Landy

Landy
Author: Veronica Lamond
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2015-04-01
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780956678317

Landy's Dodges

Landy's Dodges
Author: Geoff Stunkard
Publisher: CarTech Inc
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2016-07-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 161325248X

One of the greatest innovators of his time, Dick Landy was one of those guys who made you rush back to your seat from the concessions stand so you could watch him navigate the 1320. Win, lose, or draw, watching one of Landy's Dodges battling the likes of Ronnie Sox, "Grumpy" Jenkins, or Hubert Platt was worth the price of admission alone. Landy's Dodges: The Mighty Mopars of "Dandy" Dick Landy takes you chronologically through the cars of Dick's career, from piloting his first mount (1954 Ford Pickup) through his historic years of campaigning Dodges. Chrysler racing historian and author Geoff Stunkard presents a highly detailed account of Dick's cars, including results and images from the Landy family's personal archive and modern shots of his restored cars. In addition to coverage of Dick's 1964 S/S Dodge and 1968 Hemi Dart, scarce info about his Ford Galaxies and Plymouth Savoy is included as well. At no other time has Landy's entire career been chronicled and cataloged in print with this much attention to detail. Sit back in your recliner (wheels up) and enjoy the most comprehensive book on the history of "Dandy" Dick Landy and his cars.

Jojo's Wire Car

Jojo's Wire Car
Author: Veronica Lamond
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2014-07-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1775842320

Beautifully illustrated and with a heart-warming story, this African-flavour book will appeal to a wide range of children. Jojo lives with his old granny in a shack. He has to help out with many chores after school, including selling fruit at the roadside to help make ends meet. A wire-toy-making competition offers him the chance of winning a big prize ... but his packed schedule means he has less time than his friends to look for wire and other scraps. With its colourful, evocative drawings, this book will have young readers sharing in Jojo's plight – and rejoicing in the happy ending.

Fender

Fender
Author: Veronica Lamond
Publisher: Veronica Lamond
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2011
Genre:
ISBN: 9780956678324

Mussolini's Dream Factory

Mussolini's Dream Factory
Author: Stephen Gundle
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2013-12-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1782382453

The intersection between film stardom and politics is an understudied phenomenon of Fascist Italy, despite the fact that the Mussolini regime deemed stardom important enough to warrant sustained attention and interference. Focused on the period from the start of sound cinema to the final end of Fascism in 1945, this book examines the development of an Italian star system and evaluates its place in film production and distribution. The performances and careers of several major stars, including Isa Miranda, Vittorio De Sica, Amedeo Nazzari, and Alida Valli, are closely analyzed in terms of their relationships to the political sphere and broader commercial culture, with consideration of their fates in the aftermath of Fascism. A final chapter explores the place of the stars in popular memory and representations of the Fascist film world in postwar cinema.

The Spacesuit

The Spacesuit
Author: Alison Donald
Publisher: Maverick Arts
Total Pages: 23
Release: 2019
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1848864159

There is a competition to make the spacesuit for the first moon landing Ellie, an ordinary woman, is asked to lead a team of other talented seamstresses. No one believes they can win, but they are determined to try. Based on the incredible true story behind the spacesuit that astronauts wore on the first moon walk and the team of women who sewed it together.

We Were The Ramchargers

We Were The Ramchargers
Author: David G. Rockwell
Publisher: SAE International
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2023-07-24
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1468605763

With over 200 new images, the new edition of We Were the Ramchargers is perfect for drag racing enthusiasts. This book takes readers behind the scenes with the group of Chrysler engineers who, from the 1950s through the 1970s, became one of the most successful and influential drag racing teams of all time. The only team of engineers from an automobile manufacturer to drag race successfully, the Ramchargers broke the most time barriers in drag racing history and earned the most National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Super Stock titles during the sport’s golden era of factory competition. Author Dave Rockwell, a Ramcharger himself, interviewed more than 40 team members, competitors, and track operators for We Were the Ramchargers, making it the first and only book to provide inside details on all elements of the Ramchargers story. In addition to chronicling the races they won and legendary cars they developed (including the High and Mighty, 426 Hemi, and first Funny Car), Rockwell opens corporate and personal files to take readers behind the doors at Chrysler (showing, among other things, how the Ramchargers helped pioneer the platform team concept), while revealing the personalities of the men who made it all happen. (Second Edition, ISBN: 9781468605754, ISBN: 9781468605761, ISBN: 9781468605778, DOI: 10.4271/9781468605761)

Skulduggery Pleasant (10) – Resurrection

Skulduggery Pleasant (10) – Resurrection
Author: Derek Landy
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2019-06-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0008266476

The skeleton detective is coming back to life... again! It’s the tenth, triumphant novel in the Skulduggery Pleasant series, and it will rearrange your world.

Season of War

Season of War
Author: Derek Landy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2020-04-02
Genre: Young adult fiction
ISBN: 9780008386252

The thirteenth thrilling novel in the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series, SEASONS OF WAR will test the Skeleton Detective and Valkyrie like never before... War is coming. To avert catastrophe, Skulduggery and Valkyrie are sent on a secret mission that takes them away from everything they know, to a forsaken land of magic and grim, unrelenting terror. It is here that Valkyrie will have to fight the hardest - not only against the enemies who want her dead, but also against her own self-destructive impulses. It's only by crawling through darkness that she'll be able to once again stand in the light...