Author: Anne F. Rockwell
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0670062618
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A boy and his parents prepare breakfast at their truck stop for drivers of 18-wheelers, tankers, moving vans, and other vehicles, while Uncle Marty checks tires and makes repairs. Full color.
Truck Stop
Author: Anne F. Rockwell
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0670062618
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A boy and his parents prepare breakfast at their truck stop for drivers of 18-wheelers, tankers, moving vans, and other vehicles, while Uncle Marty checks tires and makes repairs. Full color.
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0670062618
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A boy and his parents prepare breakfast at their truck stop for drivers of 18-wheelers, tankers, moving vans, and other vehicles, while Uncle Marty checks tires and makes repairs. Full color.
Angel's Truck Stop
Author: Angel Pilato
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983210818
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
How do you survive when everything you believed about the world is turned upside down? In 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, testosterone-fueled fighter pilots take off from Udorn Air Base in Thailand on sorties over dangerous targets in North Vietnam. Some come back, many do not. Into this fog of war enters Captain Pilato, a starry-eyed idealist, assigned to manage the officers' club. The fighter pilots christen the officers' club "Angel's Truck Stop," which becomes the backdrop for the conflicts, challenges, and choices she encounters. It reveals a woman's struggle to fit into a man's world. As the realities of war erode her ideals, she realizes the future doesn't hold the certainties it once did. Angel's Truck Stop is hilarious and at times, heart- wrenching. This memoir keeps the reader engaged from beginning to end.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983210818
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
How do you survive when everything you believed about the world is turned upside down? In 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, testosterone-fueled fighter pilots take off from Udorn Air Base in Thailand on sorties over dangerous targets in North Vietnam. Some come back, many do not. Into this fog of war enters Captain Pilato, a starry-eyed idealist, assigned to manage the officers' club. The fighter pilots christen the officers' club "Angel's Truck Stop," which becomes the backdrop for the conflicts, challenges, and choices she encounters. It reveals a woman's struggle to fit into a man's world. As the realities of war erode her ideals, she realizes the future doesn't hold the certainties it once did. Angel's Truck Stop is hilarious and at times, heart- wrenching. This memoir keeps the reader engaged from beginning to end.
When Trucks Stop Running
Author: A.J. Friedemann
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319263757
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
In lively and engaging language, this book describes our dependence on freight transport and its vulnerability to diminishing supplies and high prices of oil. Ships, trucks, and trains are the backbone of civilization, hauling the goods that fulfill our every need and desire. Their powerful, highly-efficient diesel combustion engines are exquisitely fine-tuned to burn petroleum-based diesel fuel. These engines and the fuels that fire them have been among the most transformative yet disruptive technologies on the planet. Although this transportation revolution has allowed many of us to fill our homes with global goods even a past emperor would envy, our era of abundance, and the freight transport system in particular, is predicated on the affordability and high energy density of a single fuel, oil. This book explores alternatives to this finite resource including other liquid fuels, truck and locomotive batteries and utility-scale energy storage technology, and various forms of renewable electricity to support electrified transport. Transportation also must adapt to other challenges: Threats from climate change, financial busts, supply-chain failure, and transportation infrastructure decay. Robert Hirsch, who wrote the “Peaking of World Oil Production” report for the U.S. Department of Energy in 2005, said that planning for peak world production must start at least 10, if not 20 years ahead of time. What little planning exists focuses mainly on how to accommodate 30 percent more economic growth while averting climate change, ignoring the possibility that we are at, or near, the end of growth. Taken for granted, the modern transportation system will not endure forever. The time is now to take a realistic and critical look at the choices ahead, and how the future of transportation may unfold.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319263757
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
In lively and engaging language, this book describes our dependence on freight transport and its vulnerability to diminishing supplies and high prices of oil. Ships, trucks, and trains are the backbone of civilization, hauling the goods that fulfill our every need and desire. Their powerful, highly-efficient diesel combustion engines are exquisitely fine-tuned to burn petroleum-based diesel fuel. These engines and the fuels that fire them have been among the most transformative yet disruptive technologies on the planet. Although this transportation revolution has allowed many of us to fill our homes with global goods even a past emperor would envy, our era of abundance, and the freight transport system in particular, is predicated on the affordability and high energy density of a single fuel, oil. This book explores alternatives to this finite resource including other liquid fuels, truck and locomotive batteries and utility-scale energy storage technology, and various forms of renewable electricity to support electrified transport. Transportation also must adapt to other challenges: Threats from climate change, financial busts, supply-chain failure, and transportation infrastructure decay. Robert Hirsch, who wrote the “Peaking of World Oil Production” report for the U.S. Department of Energy in 2005, said that planning for peak world production must start at least 10, if not 20 years ahead of time. What little planning exists focuses mainly on how to accommodate 30 percent more economic growth while averting climate change, ignoring the possibility that we are at, or near, the end of growth. Taken for granted, the modern transportation system will not endure forever. The time is now to take a realistic and critical look at the choices ahead, and how the future of transportation may unfold.
All-American Truck Stops
Author: Guy Kudlemeyer
Publisher: Enthusiast Books
ISBN: 9781583882863
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From the first “Mom & Pop” stops to the truck stops built by oil companies, to today’s travel plazas and turnpike stations, this is the first in-depth history of America’s truck stops as it departed from the gas station and expanded with the Interstate system and prosperity in America. The huge variety of truck stops across America are well documented through vintage black and white and color photographs, as well as vintage advertising and other memorabilia.
Publisher: Enthusiast Books
ISBN: 9781583882863
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From the first “Mom & Pop” stops to the truck stops built by oil companies, to today’s travel plazas and turnpike stations, this is the first in-depth history of America’s truck stops as it departed from the gas station and expanded with the Interstate system and prosperity in America. The huge variety of truck stops across America are well documented through vintage black and white and color photographs, as well as vintage advertising and other memorabilia.
The Pocket Truck Stop Guide®
Author: Frank Salisbury
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781495125690
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781495125690
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
On the Grand Trunk Road
Author: Steve Coll
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780143115199
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap, a trek across a socially and politically damaged South Asia Bestselling author Steve Coll is one of the preeminent journalists of the twenty-first century. His last two books, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars and New York Times bestseller The Bin Ladens, have been praised for their creative insight and complex yet compelling narratives-and have put him on par with journalists such as the legendary Bob Woodward. Now, for the first time ever, the paperback edition of On the Grand Trunk Road is finally available, revised and updated with new material. Focusing on Coll's journeys in conflict-ridden India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Afghanistan as a bureau chief for The Washington Post, On the Grand Trunk Road reveals a little-seen area of the world where violence, corruption, and greed have had devastating effects on South Asians from all walks of life.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780143115199
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap, a trek across a socially and politically damaged South Asia Bestselling author Steve Coll is one of the preeminent journalists of the twenty-first century. His last two books, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars and New York Times bestseller The Bin Ladens, have been praised for their creative insight and complex yet compelling narratives-and have put him on par with journalists such as the legendary Bob Woodward. Now, for the first time ever, the paperback edition of On the Grand Trunk Road is finally available, revised and updated with new material. Focusing on Coll's journeys in conflict-ridden India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Afghanistan as a bureau chief for The Washington Post, On the Grand Trunk Road reveals a little-seen area of the world where violence, corruption, and greed have had devastating effects on South Asians from all walks of life.
Truck Stop
Author: John Penney
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
On a lonely stretch of highway in the Utah mountains, Cedar Mountain Truck Stop awaits the unsuspecting traveler. Over the years, it has been the setting of unspeakable acts of horror that have gone undiscovered. It is the hunting ground for a serial killer who disposes the bodies in the junkyard behind the rambling, rundown complex. But the long dead victims are not going quietly-- Their spirits haunt the dingy hallways, sleeping rooms, gift shop and repair garage, seeking out someone who can solve their horrific deaths. Seeking someone who is a sensitive that can hear their cries for vengeance...
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
On a lonely stretch of highway in the Utah mountains, Cedar Mountain Truck Stop awaits the unsuspecting traveler. Over the years, it has been the setting of unspeakable acts of horror that have gone undiscovered. It is the hunting ground for a serial killer who disposes the bodies in the junkyard behind the rambling, rundown complex. But the long dead victims are not going quietly-- Their spirits haunt the dingy hallways, sleeping rooms, gift shop and repair garage, seeking out someone who can solve their horrific deaths. Seeking someone who is a sensitive that can hear their cries for vengeance...
Truck Stop Rainbows
Author: Iva Pekárková
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780679746751
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
A woman's free and easy life on the road--hitchhiking through Eastern Europe and sleeping with truck drivers--takes a turn when her best friend needs a wheelchair and she prostitutes herself to get it for him
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780679746751
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
A woman's free and easy life on the road--hitchhiking through Eastern Europe and sleeping with truck drivers--takes a turn when her best friend needs a wheelchair and she prostitutes herself to get it for him
American Semi Trucks
Author: Stan Holtzman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610605731
Category : Tractor trailer combinations
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610605731
Category : Tractor trailer combinations
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Truck Stop Titan
Author: Krissy Daniels
Publisher: Krissy Daniels
ISBN: 1733615970
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
I'm a firm believer in happily ever afters. So when my sister died, leaving behind a daughter, I swallowed my grief, dumped my boyfriend, and caught the first plane to Idaho. I wasn't prepared to meet my niece, let alone be a single parent. But that didn't stop me. I never expected to have the romp of my life with a grumpy stranger on my first night in Whisper Springs. But I threw caution to the wind. Imagine my surprise when that brooding bad-boy turned out to be my niece's savior. And my heartbreak when I discovered the man we'd both fallen for was a dangerous criminal. Happy endings never come easy. But don't worry; I'm a fighter. And sometimes, our scariest challenges become the most extraordinary adventures. **** Whisper Springs belonged in my rearview, and I had long since put my past to rest. Then she came along, a tiny captive who captured my heart. My hometown was the only safe place to take the broken child. I didn't belong, wasn't wanted, and had no intention of sticking around. Until her aunt barreled into town, all beauty, bravery, and fighting spirit. Moriah challenged me, riled me, and fell into me time and time again. And hell, I liked catching that live wire. Those girls believed me a hero. Little did they know, I'd always been the bad guy. Search Terms: contemporary romance, romance novel, complete series, bad boy, anti-hero, dark romance, insta-daddy, insta family, vigilante justice, violence, past abuse, revenge, sexy, pregnancy, steamy romance, small town, Truck Stop series, Krissy Daniels, love, happily ever after, erotic, erotic romance, family, father, mc
Publisher: Krissy Daniels
ISBN: 1733615970
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
I'm a firm believer in happily ever afters. So when my sister died, leaving behind a daughter, I swallowed my grief, dumped my boyfriend, and caught the first plane to Idaho. I wasn't prepared to meet my niece, let alone be a single parent. But that didn't stop me. I never expected to have the romp of my life with a grumpy stranger on my first night in Whisper Springs. But I threw caution to the wind. Imagine my surprise when that brooding bad-boy turned out to be my niece's savior. And my heartbreak when I discovered the man we'd both fallen for was a dangerous criminal. Happy endings never come easy. But don't worry; I'm a fighter. And sometimes, our scariest challenges become the most extraordinary adventures. **** Whisper Springs belonged in my rearview, and I had long since put my past to rest. Then she came along, a tiny captive who captured my heart. My hometown was the only safe place to take the broken child. I didn't belong, wasn't wanted, and had no intention of sticking around. Until her aunt barreled into town, all beauty, bravery, and fighting spirit. Moriah challenged me, riled me, and fell into me time and time again. And hell, I liked catching that live wire. Those girls believed me a hero. Little did they know, I'd always been the bad guy. Search Terms: contemporary romance, romance novel, complete series, bad boy, anti-hero, dark romance, insta-daddy, insta family, vigilante justice, violence, past abuse, revenge, sexy, pregnancy, steamy romance, small town, Truck Stop series, Krissy Daniels, love, happily ever after, erotic, erotic romance, family, father, mc