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1) Saturn run
Author
Language
English
Description
"The year is 2066. A Caltech intern inadvertently notices an anomaly from a space telescope--something is approaching Saturn, and decelerating. Space objects don't decelerate. Spaceships do. A flurry of top-level government meetings produces the inescapable conclusion: Whatever built that ship is at least one hundred years ahead in hard and soft technology, and whoever can get their hands on it exclusively and bring it back will have an advantage...
Author
Series
Starlight's Shadow volume 3
Language
English
Description
Intergalactic recovery specialist Lexi Bowen must join forces with a charming Valovian teleporter to find a former member of her crew who has gone missing.
3) Humvees
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Simple text and illustrations describe the Humvee and its uses by the United States military. Hummers are not Humvees. Hummers can be seen on regular streets and are made to look like the Humvee, but they are not a military vehicle. Humvees can cross a desert and travel through rivers and mud. They go wherever the U.S. Military goes. Its full name is High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, but solders call the truck "Humvee" for short.
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The foundation has been laid for fully autonomous," Elon Musk announced in 2016, when he assured the world that Tesla would have a driverless fleet on the road in 2017. "It's twice as safe as a human, maybe better." Promises of technofuturistic driving utopias have been ubiquitous wherever tech companies and carmakers meet. In Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving, technology historian Peter Norton argues that driverless cars cannot...
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Machines of every kind are the backbone of space travel. In this, the third book in the Dr. Dave Astronaut series, the former NASA astronaut takes readers on a tour of the incredible equipment that allows humans to travel, live, and work in space, with a focus on technology and engineering."--
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A veteran insider chronicles the race to develop and perfect the driverless car, sharing insights into how self-driving innovations will create profound changes in commuting, employment, safety, and environmental responsibility.
12) Police cars
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Lights flash and sirens sound! A police car is on its way! Police cars keep our roads and neighborhoods safe. Police cars are fast and carry equipment for fighting crime. Young readers will find out about police cars, their main parts, and how these important vehicles are used"--
13) Bus! Stop!
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A boy who has just missed his bus waits for the next one, but the vehicles that arrive at his stop do not look at all like the one he missed, and the riders who get on them are not quite what he expects either.
Author
Series
Genius Files volume 3
Language
English
Description
Genius twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald embark on a trip to Graceland and are horrified by the reappearance of their supposedly deceased arch nemesis Dr. Herman Warsaw, who marries their aunt Judy.
15) Motorcycles
Author
Series
Blastoff! readers volume 2
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to motorcycles. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
[1981]
Language
English
Description
The art of the engineer, expressed in engineering drawings, had its roots in the scientific and technical illustration of the Renaissance and in the architectural and naval draftsmanship of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Essentially a product of the Industrial Revolution, the beauty, ingeniousness, and power of this work is only now being fully appreciated. In the wide range of illustrations selected for ships, railroad engines, automobiles,...
19) Race cars
Author
Series
Blastoff! readers volume 2
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to race cars. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Introduces the alphabet using a vehicle for each letter, from airplane to zeppelin.
"The alphabet comes to zooming, vrooming life with vehicles for every letter, A to Z! A big, boxy bus drives up for letter B, a kayak floats by for letter K, and a rocket blasts off for letter R. A fun and thrilling range of planes, trains, automobiles, and more take readers on a ride through this charming early-learning book."--
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