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1) Dino-racing
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Illustrations and rhyming text follow dinosaurs as they race against each other in dragsters, then off-road vehicles, and finally stock cars.
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"For fans of Boys in the Boat and In the Garden of Beasts, the pulse-pounding story of how a Jewish race car driver and an American speed queen triumphed over Hitler's fearsome Silver Arrows on the eve of World War II"--
They were the unlikeliest of heroes. René Dreyfus, a former top driver on the international race car circuit, had been banned from the best teams - and fastest cars - by the mid-1930s because of his Jewish heritage. Charles Weiffenbach,...
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Press start! volume 3
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Super Rabbit Boy is racing in the Super Grand Prix car race--but among the other racers is King Viking and his team of cheaters, and they will do anything to win.
6) Break in
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Jockey Kit Fielding has been riding the de Brescou's horses in a succession of triumphs on the race course. But this winning streak is about to end. Kit's twin sister, Holly, has come to him in desperation. Threatened by financial scandal, she and her husband may lose their training stables. Kit soon finds, though, that a greater danger lurks behind the threat-one that could be fatal. Narrator Simon Prebble has received enthusiastic praise for his...
7) Race day!
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From the moment the driver climbs inside the car, the sights and sounds of an exciting day at the races roars to life in this straightforward presentation.
8) High stakes
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Steven Scott may have been a successful, wealthy inventor with no experience in horse racing, yet with the inspired guidance of his trainer, Jody Leeds, and the prowess of a beautiful black hurdler named Energise, he has brought home several wins. But his winning streak is about to come to a fast end when he discovers trouble in his own stables -- trouble that could bring about his own termination if he doesn't watch his step.
9) Race cars
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64 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Describes fourteen of the fastest race cars in the world and how it feels to drive them.
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Criterion collection volume 414
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2 videodiscs (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Two drag racers battle for each other's cars and for the affections of a mysterious hitchhiker.
11) Race forever
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Choose your own adventure volume 7
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122 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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You are a race car driver alone in Africa where the course is tough, hazardous, and risky, with unscrupulous competitors. Floods, elephants and local guerrillas are nothing compared to the drivers who will do anything to win. The race course you choose may spell the beginning or end of your career.
13) The danger
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Giuseppe, sometimes called Peter, Europe's most elusive and cold-blooded kidnapper, who preys on the world of racing, and Andrew Douglas, the Continent's toughest, most successful anti-kidnapping operative, match wits.
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Cab driver Chet Conway was hoping for a good tip from his latest fare, the sort he could spend. But what he got was a tip on a horse race. Which might have turned out okay, except that when he went to collect his winnings, Chet found his bookie lying dead on the living room floor. Chet knows he had nothing to do with it-but just try explaining that to the cops, to the two rival criminal gangs who each think Chet's working for the other, and to the...
16) Planes
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1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Dusty is a cropdusting plane with dreams of competing as a high-flying air racer. But Dusty's not exactly built for racing, and he happens to be afraid of heights. So he turns to a seasoned naval aviator, who helps Dusty qualify to take on the defending champ of the race circuit. Dusty's courage is put to the ultimate test.
18) Driving force
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A dead hitchhiker, empty canisters found at the bottom of several trucks, and the murder of a harmless mechanic are the bizarre events that lead ex-jockey Freddie Croft to suspect that his transport company, Driving Force, is involved in drug smuggling, or something far worse.
20) Megafast trucks
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"Each spread of this high-energy book profiles a different monster truck and delves into records it has broken, races it has won, and other amazing feats related to its speed."--Provided by publisher.
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