Author: Dawn Casey
Publisher: Barefoot Books
ISBN: 1782854819
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
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Race with the animals of the Zodiac as they compete to have the years of the Chinese calendar named after them. The excitement-filled story is followed by notes on the Chinese calendar, important Chinese holidays, and a chart outlining the animal signs based on birth years.
Author: Levi Tillemann
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476773505
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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The Great Race recounts the exciting story of a century-long battle among automakers for market share, profit, and technological dominance—and the thrilling race to build the car of the future. The world’s great manufacturing juggernaut—the $3 trillion automotive industry—is in the throes of a revolution. Its future will include cars Henry Ford and Karl Benz could scarcely imagine. They will drive themselves, won’t consume oil, and will come in radical shapes and sizes. But the path to that future is fraught. The top contenders are two traditional manufacturing giants, the US and Japan, and a newcomer, China. Team America has a powerful and little-known weapon in its arsenal: a small group of technology buffs and regulators from California. The story of why and how these men and women could shape the future—how you move, how you work, how you live on Earth—is an unexpected tale filled with unforgettable characters: a scorned chemistry professor, a South African visionary who went for broke, an ambitious Chinese ex-pat, a quixotic Japanese nuclear engineer, and a string of billion-dollar wagers by governments and corporations. “To explain the scramble for the next-generation auto—and the roles played in that race by governments, auto makers, venture capitalists, environmentalists, and private inventors—comes Levi Tillemann’s The Great Race…Mr. Tillemann seems ideally cast to guide us through the big ideas percolating in the world’s far-flung workshops and labs” (The Wall Street Journal). His account is incisive and riveting, explaining how America bounced back in this global contest and what it will take to command the industrial future.
Author: Christopher Corr
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 1786037319
Category : Astrology, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 35
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A beautifully illustrated version of the traditional folktale about the Chinese zodiac from the author of Deep in the Woods.
Author: Kevin O'Malley
Publisher: Walker Childrens
ISBN: 9780802721587
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Nate Tortoise is tired of living in the shadow of Lever Lapin. He can't go anywhere or do anything without hearing about the great exploits of that pesky hare. And Lever's head has grown to match the size of his entourage. It isn't until Nate challenges Lever to a race that this hare is put in his place . . . giving new meaning to the phrase "slow and steady wins the race." Kevin O'Malley fans will cheer all the way to the finish line for this clever twist on the beloved fable.
Author: Madison Grant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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Author: Madison Grant
Publisher: The Palingenesis Project (Wermod and Wermod Publishing Group)
ISBN: 0956183557
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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The Passing of the Great Race is one of the most prominent racially oriented books of all times, written by the most influential American conservationist that ever lived. Historically, topically, and geographically, Grant’s magnum opus covers a vast amount of ground, broadly tracing the racial basis of European history, emphasising the need to preserve the northern European type and generally improve the White race. Grant was, logically, a proponent of eugenics, and along with Lothrop Stoddard was probably the single most influential creator of the national mood that made possible the immigration control measures of 1924. The Passing of the Great Race remains one of the foremost classic texts of its kind. This new edition supersedes all others in many respects. Firstly, it comes with a number of enhancements that will be found in no other edition, including: an introductory essay by Jared Taylor (American Renaissance), which puts Grant’s text into context from our present-day perspective; a full complement of editorial footnotes, which correct and update Grant’s original narration; an expanded index; a reformatted bibliography, following modern conventions of style and meeting today’s more demanding requirements. Secondly, great care has been placed on producing an æsthetically appealing volume, graphically and typographically—something that will not be found elsewhere.
Author: Madison Grant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caucasian race
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Author: David McPhail
Publisher: Cartwheel Books
ISBN: 9780590849098
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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The animals on the farm want to have a race. Who will win?
Author: Dave Bouchard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Spectacular illustrations illuminate the magic of astrology in this intriguing look at how the Chinese Zodiac, one of the world's most ancient fortune-telling systems, came to be ordered. Includes a current Chinese Zodiac, so readers can look up their fortunes.
Author: William N. Hoskins
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456834819
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 477
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Fifty entrants in The Great Race ready themselves and their vehicles to run the racecourse at speeds exceeding 1,000 kph, each bent on only one thing – reaching the finish line first. This is the way it has been for 500,000 races. This is the way the Civilized Universe maintains its civilization in a conflict-free state: the winner of the race selects the Prime—the titular leader of the CU. Retired consulting engineer, Arthur Robert Lexington, hopes to live his life-long dream of building and racing his modified Porsche 914 in a local car club in Arizona. Armet’Lu, a Human, captains an interstellar freighter delivering cargo under contract. It is a business he has pursued for the last millennium of his 16,400-year life. Between the desert of Arizona and the trackless void of space, Art and Lu meet and clash bitterly. Acrimony and spite underscore the formative moments after they meet, but the four years remaining before the upcoming race allow them time to forge a bond as they struggle to build a fast and powerful vehicle. The greatest race of their lives will be run.
