Gravelle, Karen
Summary: Covering different scenarios new drivers may face, from changing a tire and negotiating privileges with parents to handling a car in bad weather, a practical guide helps teens navigate through tricky territory on the road and at home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Crawford, Matthew B.
Summary: A celebration of open-road driving explores the road trip as a technology-threatened but enduring path to human reliance, exploration, and freedom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 388.3 CRAGoldstone, Lawrence
Summary: "From the acclaimed author of Birdmen comes a revelatory new history of the birth of the automobile, an illuminating and entertaining true tale of invention, competition, and the visionaries, hustlers, and swindlers who came together to transform the world. In 1900, the Automobile Club of America sponsored the nation's first car show in New York's Madison Square Garden. The event was a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 GOLMcClintock, Barbara
Summary: Follows a young girl's imaginary journey as she zooms in a race car past fields and forests to faraway lands before returning home to her own safe bed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCCCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCCApelqvist, Eva.
Summary: "Readers will learn about the general requirements for permits, driver's tests, different kinds of licenses, learning to drive, dangerous behavior, and other areas related to driving"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.2 APESantat, Dan
Summary: "A boy goes on a long car ride to visit his grandmother and discovers time moves faster or slower depending on how bored he is"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SANHollister, Tim
Summary: "A new and unique approach to helping parents of teen drivers focus on preventing dangerous situations written by a father who lost his teenage son in a car crash"-Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 HollisterQuensel, Warren P.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Safety Enterprises 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 QuenselStephenson, Melissa
Summary: "For fans of Wild, a searing memoir about one woman's road to hope following the death of her troubled brother, told through the series of cars that accompanied her Growing up in a blue-collar family in the Midwest, Melissa Stephenson longed for escape. Her wanderlust was an innate reaction to the powerful personalities around her, and came too from her desire to find a place in the world where...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STEPHENSON, MELISSA STESummary: Alone on a desolate highway, two homebound teens are nearly run off the road by a dementd tailgater. Later they spot this maniac disposing a body down into a sewer pipe. When they stop to investigate, they realize the horrible mistake they have made. The unspeakable evil maniac now intends to make them his next victims.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JEESummary: When a mild-mannered Uber driver named Stu picks up a passenger who turns out to be a cop hot on the trail of a brutal killer, he's thrust into a harrowing ordeal where he desperately tries to hold onto his wits, his life, and his five-star rating.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY STUCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD StLaRochelle, David.
Summary: When Cow gets her hooves on the farmer's car, she takes it for a wild ride through the country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E LARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LARGordon, Nick
Summary: "Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces monster trucks to young readers through leveled text and related photos."
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "In Need for Speed Most Wanted, you can try to become the most notorious street racer alive. Outrun both racers and cops to increase your reputation and move up the street racing blacklist. "--Gamespot.com.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Electronic Arts 2013
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1 available in Video Games, Call number: GAME WiiU NEEJoseph, James
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 JosephCalmenson, Stephanie
Summary: Driving his red sports car through busy streets, a dinosaur named Rex honks his horn while his friend Stego repeats, "No honking allowed," in this rhyming story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CALO'Rourke, P. J.
Summary: A collection of O'Rourke's writings about cars for Car and Driver, Automobile, Esquire, Forbes, and other publications.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.5402 OROCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.5402 OROSummary: Synopsis: Filled with updated task list theory, practice tests, and abundant, demonstrative graphics, this revised edition provides all the latest information required to sufficiently prepare technicians to pass each of the A1-A8 and L1 ASE certification exams. Each chapter begins with a pretest that indicates the depth of preparation required to become familiar with the information in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cengage 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: An interactive driver education course aimed at teens. Includes quizzes at the end of each section, road sign tests, practice exams, a virtual driver feature, and graphics that show difficult maneuvers such as parallel parking from up to 6 different angles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jumby Bay Studios 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 RulesHenderson, Craig
Summary: "From a brilliant new voice in crime fiction comes Welcome to the Game, a gripping thriller that races through Motor City at heart-stopping pace as a getaway driver and a local mobster swerve to avoid danger at every turn. Craig Henderson screeches onto the scene with this fast-paced debut starring ex-rally driver Spencer Burnham. Having moved his family from England to Detroit and opened a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HENSmith, Timothy C.
Summary: A guide for parents of teenage drivers discusses such topics as developing defensive driving skills, handling road emergencies, providing basic car maintenance, and helping teenagers avoid alcohol and drugs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 SmithEvans, Richard Paul
Summary: "The #1 New York Times bestselling author and "king of Christmas fiction" (The New York Times) delivers a charming and inspirational collection of personal essays.Before he was the #1 New York Times bestselling author of holiday classics such as The Christmas Box, Richard Paul Evans was a young boy being raised by a suicidal mother and dealing with relentless bullying. He could not fathom what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Presented by the All City Stick Driving School in San Diego, this video will help drivers new to manual transmissions get moving. After covering the basics-starting the engine, putting it in gear, accelerating through the gear changes, and coming to a stop-the video calmly demonstrates how to handle uphill and downhill stops and starts. Reverse is also illustrated, and the questionable practice...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006