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What John McPhee's books all have in common is that they are about real people in real places. Here, at his adventurous best, he is out and about with people who work in freight transportation.
Over the past eight years, John McPhee has spent considerable time in the company of people who work in freight transportation. Uncommon Carriers is his sketchbook of them and of his journeys with them. He rides from Atlanta to Tacoma alongside Don Ainsworth,...
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"Nobody ever talks to strangers on the train. It's a rule. But what would happen if they did? From the New York Times bestselling author of The Authenticity Project, a heartwarming novel about unexpected friendships and the joy of connecting. Every day Iona, a larger-than-life magazine advice columnist, travels the ten stops from Hampton Court to Waterloo Station by train, accompanied by her dog, Lulu. Every day she sees the same people, whom she...
3) Choppers
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Offers readers a close-up look at choppers. With colorful spreads featuring fun facts, sidebars, labeled diagrams, and a "How It Works" feature, the book provides a thrilling overview of this exciting vehicle.
4) Dirt Bikes
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Offers readers a close-up look at dirt bikes. With colorful spreads featuring fun facts, sidebars, labeled diagrams, and a "How It Works" feature, the book provides a thrilling overview of this exciting vehicle.
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This is an introductory guide for people who quite like the idea of getting on a bike. It does not tell you how to use a power meter, or what ratio of protein to carbs you have to eat after a grueling turbo session. It's just about bikes, and cycling, and fun, and leisure, and safety. It's a no-nonsense, down-to-earth look at bike rules and how to stay safe. Bicycle riders on public roads have the same rights and responsibilities as motorists, and...
6) Motorcycles
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Pop a wheelie! Motorcycles are exciting vehicles used for many purposes from traveling to racing. Young readers will learn about the different parts of a motorcycle and the various kinds of motorcycles.
7) Airplanes
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Airplanes come in all shapes and sizes, from small to jumbo. Some airplanes can fly as fast as 2,000 miles per hour. Take a first look at the parts of an airplane, and hold on tight for take off!
8) Stock Cars
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Offers readers a close-up look at stock cars. With colorful spreads featuring fun facts, sidebars, labeled diagrams, and a "How It Works" feature, the book provides a thrilling overview of this exciting vehicle.
9) Hot Rods
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Offers readers a close-up look at hot rods. With colorful spreads featuring fun facts, sidebars, labeled diagrams, and a "How It Works" feature, the book provides a thrilling overview of this exciting vehicle.
10) Sports Cars
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Offers readers a close-up look at sports cars. With colorful spreads featuring fun facts, sidebars, labeled diagrams, and a "How It Works" feature, the book provides a thrilling overview of this exciting vehicle.
11) Indy Cars
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Offers readers a close-up look at Indy cars. With colorful spreads featuring fun facts, sidebars, labeled diagrams, and a "How It Works" feature, the book provides a thrilling overview of this exciting vehicle.
12) Monster Trucks
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Offers readers a close-up look at monster trucks. With colorful spreads featuring fun facts, sidebars, labeled diagrams, and a "How It Works" feature, the book provides a thrilling overview of this exciting vehicle.
13) Subway Trains
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
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A subway train is often the light at the end of the tunnel. It travels underneath a city in its own network of underground passageways. Readers just starting out will go deep in this title to discover a form of train transportation hidden from plain view.
14) Passenger Trains
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Passenger trains have all kinds of cars-baggage cars, lounge cars, dining cars, and sleeper cars. They often need to keep riders comfortable for multi-day trips. This title shows beginning readers a train type that works day and night to take passengers long distances.
15) Monorails
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Ever ride a train on an elevated track around a zoo, an airport, or an amusement park? If so, you've traveled by monorail. In this book, new readers will see many scenic aerial views offered by the off-the-ground trains that move on single rails.
16) Freight Trains
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
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The average freight car can hold 200,000 pounds. This is equal to the weight of 15 male bush elephants! Early readers will be impressed by the powerful freight trains in this book moving heavy loads of food, coal, oil, and more!
17) City Trains
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Driving around a busy downtown area can be a hassle, especially during rush hour. Cars, taxis, buses, bicycles, and pedestrians create traffic jams on city streets. So city trains are the answer for many people. In this title, beginning readers will follow city trains from stop to stop.
18) Tractors
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Up for almost any job, a tractor is a dependable farmhand. This field machine plows, plants, and bales hay, among other things. It also lets many different pieces of farm equipment hitch a ride. The powerful tractors rolling through this book will pull along beginning readers.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
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High-speed trains get their speed and their nickname from their bullet-like shape. Their long, curved noses cut through air easily to allow speeds much faster than 100 miles per hour! This quick read will get elementary students turning pages and on track for reading success.
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There are so many things new drivers need to learn about the practical aspects of driving. Learning to drive can be an exciting, exhilarating, or even a frightening thing to do for some people, imagine knowing what to do before getting into the driving seat; wouldn't that feeling of knowledge make you more comfortable or even confident? This book puts you in control of how fast you want to progress through your lessons. Think how much you could save....
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