Dirtbike Daredevils

Dirtbike Daredevils
Author: Pam Withers
Publisher: Walrus Books
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781552858042

A series of accidents on the racing track and a natural disaster make Peter and Jake realize that they do not really understand how to use their dirt bikes.

Evel

Evel
Author: Leigh Montville
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2012-05-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0767930525

Evel Knievel, the father of extreme sports, was a high-flying daredevil. He was the personification of excitement and danger and showmanship, and represented a unique slice of American culture and patriotism. But behind the flash and the frenzy, who was this man in red, white, and blue? With characteristic flair and insight, Leigh Montville delves into Knievel’s amazing place in pop culture, as well as his notorious dark side, exploring Knievel’s complicated and often contradictory relationships with his image, the media, his own family, and his many demons. With this all-American saga, Montville has delivered another definitive biography of a one-of-a-kind sports legend.

Motocross

Motocross
Author: Peter Castellano
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2015-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1482429853

Likely the most physically difficult motorcycle sport, motocross challenges its riders with rough terrain and high-speed competition. With events taking place on courses 1 to 3 miles long, motocross riders need to have endurance as well as the fearlessness characteristic of daredevil athletes. Readers enter the fast-paced world of motocross through accessible language and exciting information that will appeal to even reluctant readers. A colorful layout and photographs showcase on-course action, while the main content introduces the rules of the sport as well as safety. Full of high-octane fact boxes, this volume is a ride readers can enjoy without a helmet.

An Introduction to Sustainable Transportation

An Introduction to Sustainable Transportation
Author: Preston L Schiller
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2017-11-09
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1317289145

Cities around the globe struggle to create better and more equitable access to important destinations and services, all the while reducing the energy consumption and environmental impacts of mobility. An Introduction to Sustainable Transportation illustrates a new planning paradigm for sustainable transportation through case studies from around the world with hundreds of valuable resources and references, color photos, graphics and tables. The second edition builds and expands upon the highly acclaimed first edition, with new chapters on urban design and urban, regional and intercity public transportation, as well as expanded chapters on automobile dependence and equity issues; automobile cities and the car culture; the history of sustainable and unsustainable transportation; the interrelatedness of technologies, infrastructure energy and functionalities; and public policy and public participation and exemplary places, people and programs around the globe. Among the many valuable additions are discussions of autonomous vehicles (AVs), electric vehicles (EVs), airport cities, urban fabrics, urban heat island effects and mobility as a service (MaaS). New case studies show global exemplars of sustainable transportation, including several from Asia, a case study of participative and deliberative public involvement, as well as one describing life in the Vauban ecologically planned community of Freiburg, Germany. Students in affiliated sustainability disciplines, planners, policymakers and concerned citizens will find many provides practical techniques to innovate and transform transportation.

The Devil Can Ride

The Devil Can Ride
Author: Lee Klancher
Publisher: Motorbooks
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2010-06-12
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1610600444

Authors such as Hunter Thompson, Robert Pirsig, and Mark Singer have written about the motorcycle, that icon for outlaws, rebels, thieves, and beat poets. This collection of motorcycle tales features the best of the vast collection of motorcycle writing created since old Gottlieb Daimler first bolted a crude internal-combustion engine to his wooden two-wheeled Einspur in 1876. In addition to essays from Thompson and Pirsig, The Devil Can Ride features works by Peter Egan, T.E. Lawrence, James Stevenson, Jamie Elvidge, John Hall, and Kevin Cameron.

Life of Evel

Life of Evel
Author: Stuart Barker
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2004
Genre:
ISBN: 9780312547356

An American Story

An American Story
Author: Mark Lages
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2020-07-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1728367794

Welcome to An American Story. This will probably be different than books you’re accustomed to. This book has a beginning and an end, but you’ll also be constantly entertained by jugglers, clowns, singers, thespians, and sages. At times it may feel confusing and disjointed, but rest assured that every facet has been included for a reason. Nothing is arbitrary. In a nutshell, this story is about a man named Huey Baker. It is his story, and it is not meant to represent any specific sexual gender, economic class, race, religion, weight, hair color, or political persuasion. Huey is just one of 370 million citizens who was born and raised in America. So how does one read this novel? Expectations will only let you down, so don’t search for anything specific. Just pour a cup of coffee, keep an open mind, and enjoy the show.

Evel Incarnate

Evel Incarnate
Author: Steve Mandich
Publisher: Dean Street Press
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2015-03-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1910570087

He was not a rock'n'roll star, cartoon character, religious figure, professional wrestler, writer, or politician. Nor was he famous for being an artist, comic book superhero, television personality, or movie star. He wasn't exactly an athlete either. Granted, he wore a few of these hats at various points throughout his career, but his fame primarily emanated from an obscure occupation which he made entirely his own.Arguably, no other figure in popular culture outside these realms had an impact which resulted in global notoriety, generated millions of dollars in merchandise, inspired widespread imitation, and yet was a constant source of controversy. He was a genuine celebrity, and at the height of his career, he was one of the most talked-about men in America.In Evel Incarnate, Steve Mandich vividly recounts the life and the legend of Evel Knievel -a relentless self-mythologizer, abetted by an international community of fans. They were hungry for a real-life super-hero, and waited with bated breath for the summit of his career: the much heralded, now infamous, Snake River Canyon jump.But the truth about this motorcycle daredevil is as fascinating, extraordinary and injury-laden as any of the legends he could promote. Incisive, witty and informed, Evel Incarnate is the Evel Knievel biography by which all others must be measured.

Pure and Simple: Anesthesia Writtens Review II Questions, Answers, Explanations 1 - 500

Pure and Simple: Anesthesia Writtens Review II Questions, Answers, Explanations 1 - 500
Author: Christopher J Gallagher, MD
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2015-05-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1483431126

Pure and simple, to get ready for the boards, do tons of questions. There are plenty of good reviews and question banks out there. By all means, use them! Then, to make absolutely sure you pass, do THESE questions as well. This the second volume in the Pure and Simple series has the answers and explanations to the first 500 questions. Once you've gone through these, then go on to the third volume for 500 MORE questions, and use the fourth volume (to get the answers and explanations). Pure and simple, the more questions you do, the more likely you are to pass. Dr Gallagher has been helping people review for the Anesthesiology boards since the 80's. Author of the Board Stiff series, he is now writing for the written board audience.

Born to Be Wild

Born to Be Wild
Author: Randy D. McBee
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2015-05-14
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1469622734

In 1947, 4,000 motorcycle hobbyists converged on Hollister, California. As images of dissolute bikers graced the pages of newspapers and magazines, the three-day gathering sparked the growth of a new subculture while also touching off national alarm. In the years that followed, the stereotypical leather-clad biker emerged in the American consciousness as a menace to law-abiding motorists and small towns. Yet a few short decades later, the motorcyclist, once menacing, became mainstream. To understand this shift, Randy D. McBee narrates the evolution of motorcycle culture since World War II. Along the way he examines the rebelliousness of early riders of the 1940s and 1950s, riders' increasing connection to violence and the counterculture in the 1960s and 1970s, the rich urban bikers of the 1990s and 2000s, and the factors that gave rise to a motorcycle rights movement. McBee's fascinating narrative of motorcycling's past and present reveals the biker as a crucial character in twentieth-century American life.