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Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Life in the fast lane is a typical day's work for race car drivers. Discover the history of racing, the dangers drivers face, and the ways they stay safe on the track"--
3) Dino-racing
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Illustrations and rhyming text follow dinosaurs as they race against each other in dragsters, then off-road vehicles, and finally stock cars.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
They were the unlikeliest of heroes. René Dreyfus, a former top driver on the international race car circuit, had been banned from the best teams - and fastest cars - by the mid-1930s because of his Jewish heritage. Charles Weiffenbach, head of the down-on-its-luck automaker Delahaye, was desperately trying to save his company as the world teetered at the brink. And Lucy Schell, the adventurous daughter of an American multi-millionaire, yearned to...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York Times bestselling author Dick Francis has been hailed as “a master of understated suspense” (The San Diego Union-Tribune). With this blockbuster novel, he lives up to his dazzling reputation, delivering the compelling story of a father and son who must work together to defeat a deadly adversary...
Even though Ben Juliard had always dreamt of becoming a jockey, he couldn’t say no when...
Even though Ben Juliard had always dreamt of becoming a jockey, he couldn’t say no when...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Kyle Petty, a third-generation racer, current NASCAR commentator, and one of the most beloved figures in the sport, takes readers deep into the heart of the NASCAR he knows. Through deeply personal stories from his racing career, and that of his father and grandfather, he talks about the biggest stars, the most exciting races and, especially the tough, defining issues the sport has had to face.
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
47 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 23 x 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Racing Driver is a thrill-a-minute training course that shows children how the worlds fastest racing cars are driven. The book is divided into three types of spread that encourage the child to imagine speeding around the track and becoming a racing champion. Driving school looks at the engineering and science of driving. On the track puts the child behind the wheel in a variety of high-speed cars, including stock cars, Formula 1 cars and sports racers....
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Read about open-wheel race cars, the drivers, and the races they compete in, such as Formula One, the Indy Racing League, and the Champ series"--Provided by publisher.
12) Wild horses
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
From acclaimed master of mystery Dick Francis comes a thrilling novel about the illusion of film and the reality of murder—a New York Times notable book.
Thomas Lyon has finally been given the chance to direct a potential blockbuster, based on the true story of an unsolved crime that rocked the horseracing world twenty-six years ago. But a cryptic deathbed confession, an assault on an elderly woman, and a frightening threat...
Thomas Lyon has finally been given the chance to direct a potential blockbuster, based on the true story of an unsolved crime that rocked the horseracing world twenty-six years ago. But a cryptic deathbed confession, an assault on an elderly woman, and a frightening threat...
15) Racing pigeons
Author
Publisher
Crowood
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
18) Dead certainty
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fast-paced mystery set in the cut-throat world of horse-racing: the first in the brand-new Harry Radcliffe series.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Looking forward to participating in race day at Red Apple School, Miles and Otto discover tough competition in a Speedster-driving girl who becomes Miles' toughest rival on the track.
20) Derby Day
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nominated for the Man Booker Prize, an exquisite tale of romance and rivalry, gambling and greed, from one of England's finest writers As the shadows lengthen over the June grass, all England is heading for Epsom Down—high life and low life, society beauties and Whitechapel street girls, bookmakers and gypsies, hawkers and thieves. Hopes are high, nerves are taut, hats are tossed in the air—this is Derby Day. For months people
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