Download or read book Big Truck s Road Adventure written by Amelia Marshall and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roads are busy places, especially with characters like Big Truck exploring them! In this charming fiction title, readers meet Big Truck and the machines he calls his friends, including tankers, dump trucks, log trucks, garbage trucks, and more. Readers will delight in this title’s fantastic, bright photographs and accessible text, which help reinforce the beginning concepts discussed. Playful rhymes and an info-vocabulary feature make this volume a perfect choice for young readers and for adults and children to share and explore together.
Download or read book My Big Truck Book written by Roger Priddy and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the perfect book for kids who love trucks. On the big, sturdy board pages, they'll discover bright, bold photographs of all different kinds of trucks, from farm trucks to fire trucks to construction vehicles. Each has their name written underneath, so that children can learn what they're called, build their truck vocabulary, and start to develop word and picture association.
Download or read book The Big Book of Trucks written by Caroline Bingham and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strong, fast trucks on the move are featured in full-color photographs and illustrations. Large, poster-like spreads and fascinating facts make this book a fun read.
Download or read book Big Joe s Trailer Truck written by Joe Mathieu and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vehicle-obsessed boys and girls can follow Big Joe through a typical day’s work in his giant trailer truck. Detail-packed full-color illustrations will fascinate readers—especially the final two-page spread, which labels every working part of a tractor-trailer rig.
Download or read book Big Truck Big Truck written by Rae Lee and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big Truck Big Truck explores the world of trucks. He finds fun and unique ways to help children learn about various types of trucks they see on the road. Big Truck Big Truck loves to explore these things and encourages children to learn and to go on the journey with him.
Download or read book Pa s Big Adventure Vietnam 1966 1971 written by Lawrence R. Beutlich and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-02-20 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Shoot” hollered Willie B. “Where” I screamed. “Shoot, Shoot.” Screamed Willie B. Again. I clicked my rifle from safe to full auto and let it rip in the direction of the tracers from the other two guys. I fired one complete magazine. I had no idea what was happening. I changed magazines. I buried my face in the dirt attempting to make myself invisible. I was terrified. I lie there cowering by hiding my face in the dirt. I had no idea what to do. “Shoot” screamed Willie B. again . My rifle had a bi-pod attached to the front of it as it was a select fire. (Semi or full auto). I extended the bi-pod and again ripped off full auto rounds. My hands and fingers were moving too slow. It was as if I was moving in slow motion. I couldn’t make my hands move any faster. I kept shooting like the other two . At what, I had no idea. My heart was pumping ninety miles an hour. I heard firing erupt from the NDP then stop. A piece of hot brass hit me in the neck and went down my fatigue shirt burning the hell out of me. I kept firing and trying to shake the hot brass out of my shirt at the same time. I had fired six magazines before I noticed the other two had stopped firing. I errently touched the barrel of my rifle and got a burn that bubbled up the skin. We all lie still. My mouth was so dry, I couldn’t swallow. I was shaking badly and couldn’t catch my breath. Again, I buried my face in the dirt in a futile attempt to escape. I didn’t like any of this. This wasn’t at all like playing soldier in the back yard as a kid. - In this touching memoir and short story collection, Beutlich chronicles his experience during the Vietnam war. It showcases incredible military adventures, perfect for readers who are into reading thrilling war stories.
Download or read book The Excellent Adventures of Max and Madison written by Grandma Bette and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2013-06-21 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a little country town not far from Canberra in Australia, and this is where all of these adventures take place. Max is only five years old and his sister is a little younger. They live in a house just outside of town with their parents Kerrie and Michael. Max has just started school while Madison is attending kindergarten. Both children are very interested in the world around them and are eager to learn new and interesting things. Max is also practising to be a magician. Across the road from their home is a large area of native Australian forest where many bush animals and birds live together, this is called a national park. Joe MacDonald and his wife Mrs Jill have a farm nearby where they keep dairy cows, chickens, geese, ducks and bee hives. They make a living by selling their produce at the weekly market near town. There always seems to be something happening around this area and Max and Madison are usually involved somehow. They are joined sometimes by their friends, the Baker cousins.
Download or read book Highway to New York written by Inge Auerbacher and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-10-15 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They call Lisa Stack the Asphalt Angel and more oftenThe Bitch On Wheels. But deep down, shes soft as mush. She drives on the sometimes lonely and dangerous highways across America in her Freightliner, making the asphalt cry out beneath her. Lisas heart-pounding lady trucker adventures begin when she is the subject of a brutal mugging. She gets caught in the web of the notorious N.Y.G. (New York Gang), whose slogan is: Comply or you die! She witnesses the explosion of a gas tanker and the murder of its driver by ski-mask wearing hoodlums. Lisa gets a tour of New York City with a gun to her head, under the watchful eyes of Tony, a member of this vicious gang. She experiences the gangs world of narcotics, extortion, prostitution and murder, with no light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. Fasten your seatbelts and listen to the roar of the engine. I invite you all to come along on this terrifying ride.
Download or read book The Truck Book written by Harry McNaught and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1978-04-12 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climb behind the wheel of over 50 different types of trucks, from dump trucks and fire trucks to tanker trucks and ice cream trucks! Full of colorful and detailed illustrations and loads of interesting facts, The Truck Book is a must-have for all vehicle fans.
Download or read book The Big Rig written by Steve Viscelli and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-haul trucks have been described as sweatshops on wheels. The typical long-haul trucker works the equivalent of two full-time jobs, often for little more than minimum wage. But it wasn’t always this way. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States. The Big Rig explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it. Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews and years of extensive observation, including six months training and working as a long-haul trucker, Viscelli explains in detail how labor is recruited, trained, and used in the industry. He then shows how inexperienced workers are convinced to lease a truck and to work as independent contractors. He explains how deregulation and collective action by employers transformed trucking’s labor markets--once dominated by the largest and most powerful union in US history--into an important example of the costs of contemporary labor markets for workers and the general public.
Download or read book The Big Roads written by Earl Swift and published by HMH. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the twists and turns of one of America’s great infrastructure projects with this “engrossing history of the creation of the U.S. interstate system” (Los Angeles Times). It’s become a part of the landscape that we take for granted, the site of rumbling eighteen-wheelers and roadside rest stops, a familiar route for commuters and vacationing families. But during the twentieth century, the interstate highway system dramatically changed the face of our nation. These interconnected roads—over 47,000 miles of them—are man-made wonders, economic pipelines, agents of sprawl, uniquely American symbols of escape and freedom, and an unrivaled public works accomplishment. Though officially named after President Dwight D. Eisenhower, this network of roadways has origins that reach all the way back to the World War I era, and The Big Roads—“the first thorough history of the expressway system” (The Washington Post)—tells the full story of how they came to be. From the speed demon who inspired a primitive web of dirt auto trails to the largely forgotten technocrats who planned the system years before Ike reached the White House to the city dwellers who resisted the concrete juggernaut when it bore down on their neighborhoods, this book reveals both the massive scale of this government engineering project, and the individual lives that have been transformed by it. A fast-paced history filled with fascinating detours, “the book is a road geek’s treasure—and everyone who travels the highways ought to know these stories” (Kirkus Reviews).
Download or read book The Adventures of Harry Wombat and Friends written by Margaret L. Young and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this colour-illustrated childrens book as you read The Adventures of Harry Wombat and Friends and discover the world of Australian native animals. Harry Wombat is a very young, very adventurous, wombat who finds himself lost and far from home after he is coaxed into a car by two small children. Once he escapes the car, he discovers he still has to escape from the claws of an eagle and the jaws of a fox. Perhaps, with some help from a friendly frilled-neck lizard named Brodie, a huge native bird named Mr. Emu (who cannot fl y), and a kangaroo named Ellie Roo, Harry Wombat might just survive his adventures in the Australian desert and make his way home to his worried mother.
Download or read book My Adventures with Earl written by Margaret J. Hyler and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-07-02 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I wrote this book to tell my future descendants how I love to travel, and maybe inspire them to go see the world that God made. There are days that are great, and some not so great when traveling, but one learns to adapt to various circumstances in order to keep traveling. My husband was our travel agent except when we flew to Hawaii or Puerto Rica. This book tells of the beautiful places that we have seen, and we have been to all fifty states. This United States is gorgeous! One will never be able to see it all, but Earl and I have tried.
Download or read book Get the Truck Out of My Way written by S. Stanton and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the Truck Out of My Way is a humorous book based on the real life adventures of semi truck drivers; the unsung heroes of America's open roads. Author S. Stanton knows the life of these big rig drivers intimately, as she has spent many months riding the road, obtained her CDL, and is training to become a driver herself. At times funny, at times absurd, and always fascinating, this highly engaging book chronicles the trials, obstacles and adventures semi drivers face on a daily basis. Whether it's the complex and confusing rules and regulations set forth by the Department of Transportation, the difficulties of dealing with loading points and destinations, or navigating the complete lack of awareness of passenger car drivers, Get the Truck Out of My Way exposes the daily rigors of driving a big rig in a humorous and informative way. Author S. Stanton invites you to climb inside the cab, buckle up, and enjoy the ride of your life as you find out what it's really like to do one of the most dangerous jobs in America. S. Stanton is a writer, semi truck driver and enthusiast who lives in Gulf Breeze, on the Florida panhandle.When she's not in a big rig or writing, she can often be found singing and playing piano or working outside in her yard. Although she has published numerous articles in magazines over the years, Get the Truck Out of My Way is her first book. Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/SStanto
Download or read book Woodstock the Greatest Road Adventure written by Thomas Hunt and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-05-05 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to 1969. Like all families. Trips are suppose to be memorable. But when four friends take a trip from Washington to New York. It’s like a nightmare. After hearing on the radio about the biggest concert ever. But along the way. They encounter problems and love along the way. Will they ever make it to Woodstock on time? Find out in Woodstock the Greatest Adventure.
Download or read book Big Truck and Little Truck written by Jan Carr and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big Truck and Little Truck work together on Farley's Farm, until the day that Big Truck is towed away for repairs and Little Truck must haul produce to the city all by himself.
Download or read book Memorable Life Adventures written by Al O’Connor and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-22 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book An Adventure of Adventures is a collection of autobiographical short stories that provide glimpses into the boyhood to the present life of Al O’Connor. A lover of the outdoors, he has had a passion for fishing, hunting, and hiking from a young age. In addition, it is about a life well-lived where everyday happenings are viewed as adventures often filled with humor. Many journeys are planned, but often they veer from the path in unexpected ways that are even better than were originally intended. Hopefully, O’Connor’s own stories will inspire others to reminisce about their own life in the spirit of adventure. About the Author Al O’Connor is a member of several hunting and fishing groups that advocate conserving, preserving, and enhancing wildlife and their habitats. He is also a member of a group that focuses on preserving farmlands. His hobbies include hunting, fishing, crabbing, clam digging, working on his small farm, woodworking, gardening, carpentry, mending and repairing equipment, buildings, and their contents. O’Connor is also passionate about wildlife habitat conservation, watching wildlife, recycling metals, artwork with wood, watching sports, and working in his metal shop. He is happily married with a wife and daughter, son-in-law, and grandson. He also has a younger sister. His mother, father, and an older and a younger brother that have passed on. O’Connor is a professional civil engineer and geologist. He is a board member of the Washington Waterfowl Association as well as a member of the Delta Waterfowl Association, Ducks Unlimited, Friends of Clark County, and Vancouver Wildlife League.
