| Ten Questions - The Insider's Guide to Saving Money on Auto Insurance: Hidden Discounts Revealed
| "Ten Questions . . . Hidden Discounts Revealed discusses how to crack down on one's auto insurance bill . . . From finding discounts, improving one's rating, and much more . . . Ten Questions is an excellent and much recommended pick for anyone struggling with their auto insurance."-The Midwest Book ReviewWillis M. BuhleReviewer How much do you pay for your auto insurance? If you are reading this, the answer is most likely "too much!" You are looking for inform...More
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| Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance
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| Cars and Trucks and Things That Go
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| Adventures of a Motorcycle Despatch Rider During the First World War
| The Battle of Mons, The Battle of le Cateau, The Great Retreat, Over the Marne to the Aisne, The Battle of the Aisne, The Move to the North, Round la AssÉe, The Beginning of Winter 1914, St Jans Cappel, Behind the Lines.....etc
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| My Life and Work
| Ideas are of themselves extraordinarily valuable, but an idea is just an idea. Almost any one can think up an idea. The thing that counts is developing it into a practical product. - from the Introduction The lessons of Henry Ford, one of America's greatest business innovators, are as fresh and vital today as they were in 1922, when this extraordinary book was first published. Though the title suggests the autobiographical, this is in fact a bible of business philosophy from the man many conside...More
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| Joyride
| Two young men decide to take a "joyride" late one night. Little do they know that this "joyride" will place them at the center of all that is evil. Will they succumb to this evil or will they triumph?
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| Racecar: Searching for the Limit in Formula SAE
| In 2006, a small unavailing university auto racing team began building a racecar that would challenge the best engineering schools in the world. With fewer people and resources than any of the top competitors, the only way they were going to win was to push the limit, go for broke, and hope for more than a little luck. By the time they got to the racetrack, they knew: In the fog of fierce competition, whether you win or lose, you learn the hardest lessons about engineering, teamwork, friendship...More
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| Thinking Small: The Long, Strange Trip of the Volkswagen Beetle
| Sometimes achieving big things requires the ability to think small. This simple concept was the driving force that propelled the Volkswagen Beetle to become an avatar of American-style freedom, a household brand, and a global icon. The VW Bug inspired the ad men of Madison Avenue, beguiled Woodstock Nation, and has recently been re-imagined for the hipster generation. And while today it is surely one of the most recognizable cars in the world, few of us know the compelling details of this car’...More
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| OBD-II & Electronic Engine Management Systems Techbook (Haynes Techbook)
| Inside this manual you will find routine maintenance, tune-up procedures, engine repair, cooling and heating, air conditioning, fuel and exhaust, emissions control, ignition, brakes, suspension and steering, electrical systems, and wiring diagrams.
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| Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well
| Riding a motorcycle can be a dangerous activity, but reading Proficient Motorcycling can significantly reduce those risks by teaching people how to ride safer and smarter. Whether they are beginning motorcycle riders or grizzled veterans of the road, readers of Proficient Motorcycling are guaranteed to find insights, training exercises, and riding tips not found in any other publication in the world. Proficient Motorcycling offers plain talk about surface hazards, weather problems, wild animals,...More
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| Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory
| From the bestselling author of Oracle Bones and River Town comes the final book in his award-winning trilogy, on the human side of the economic revolution in China. In the summer of 2001, Peter Hessler, the longtime Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, acquired his Chinese driver's license. For the next seven years, he traveled the country, tracking how the automobile and improved roads were transforming China. Hessler writes movingly of the average people—farmer...More
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| In the Blink of an Eye: Dale, Daytona, and the Day that Changed Everything
| There was one lap to go in the 2001 Daytona 500, NASCAR's most celebrated event. Michael Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were running one-two. Junior's legendary dad, the driver race fans called "The Intimidator," was close behind in third, blocking anyone who might try to pass. Waltrip couldn't stop thinking about all the times he'd struggled to stay ahead--and the 462 NASCAR Cup races he'd lost without a single win. He'd been a race-car driver all his adult life, following in the footsteps of h...More
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| Auto Repair For Dummies
| The top-selling auto repair guide--400,000 copies sold--now extensively reorganized and updatedForty-eight percent of U.S. households perform at least some automobile maintenance on their own, with women now accounting for one third of this $34 billion automotive do-it-yourself market. For new or would-be do-it-yourself mechanics, this illustrated how-to guide has long been a must and now it's even better. A complete reorganization now puts relevant repair and maintenance information directly af...More
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| Muscle Car Spoof - Car Picture Book (Car Dreamer)
| Muscle Car Spoof Car Picture BookHave you ever wanted to just look at gleaming muscle racers and concept cars all day? At that’s it. Well, you have now got yourself the right book to do just this.There are glorious muscle cars of every ilk here as well as a few dashboards, front ends, sides and motors.They all look good to us, but hey, we’re not you so – bear that in mind. Your junk may be our treasure.None of these cars are junk. Buy you might find a few retro’s in there; plus a few lou...More
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| The truck book (The Best book club ever)
| Text and illustrations describe a variety of trucks and their functions.
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| Once Upon a Car: The Fall and Resurrection of America's Big Three Auto Makers--GM, Ford, and Chrysler
| Once Upon a Car is the brilliantly reported inside-the-boardrooms-and-factories story of Detroit’s fight for survival, going beyond the headlines to chronicle how the country’s Big Three auto companies—General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler—teetered on the brink of collapse during the 2008 financial crisis. In a tale that reads like a corporate thriller, Bill Vlasic, who has covered the auto industry for more than fifteen years, first for the Detroit News and now for the Ne...More
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| How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive 19 Ed: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot
| First published in 1969, this classic manual of automotive repair equips VW owners with the knowledge to handle every situation they will come across with any air-cooled Volkswagen built through 1978, including Bugs, Karmann Ghias, vans, and campers. With easy-to-understand, fun-to-read information — for novice and veteran mechanics alike — anecdotal descriptions, and clear language, this book takes the mystery out of diagnostic, maintenance, and repair procedures, and offers some chuckles a...More
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| All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts On Common Things
| A book to raise the spirits and warm the heart. Includes the famous Kindergarten essay that was read on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
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| How Cars Work
| An Illustrated Guide to the 250 Most Important Car Parts and how they work.
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| The Long Run: A New York City Firefighter's Triumphant Comeback from Crash Victim to Elite Athlete
| New York City firefighter's emotional and inspiring memoir of learning to run again after a debilitating accident, based on the wildly popular March 2009 piece in Runner's World.On the morning of December 22, 2005, Matt Long was cycling to work in the early morning when he was struck by and sucked under a 20-ton bus making an illegal turn. The injuries he sustained pushed him within inches of his life. Miraculously, more than 40 operations and months later, Matt was able to start his recovery. I...More
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