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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The world's fastest machines The world's fastest machines Marcie Aboff TECHNOLOGY & APPLIED SCIENCES. Discover some of the world's most incredible pieces of machinery as thet battle it out for the title of World's Toughest, Dirtiest, Smartest, Fastest, Biggest, or Most … OL15409440W
Supercars Supercars Ian Graham Offers portraits of each record-breaker's feats with a summary "Factfile," arranged from slowest to fastest. OL17735744W
The fantastic cutaway book of speed The fantastic cutaway book of speed Jon Richards Captioned illustrations provide information about some of the world's fastest vehicles on land, sea, and in the air and describes recent record-setting attempts. OL20637741W
My big fast car book My big fast car book Duck Egg Blue (Firm) "Speed off into the exciting world of supercars--from Formula One champions and thrilling Nascars, to the record-breaking Bugatti Veyron and amazing Ferraris. With large, colorful pictures and lots o… OL21380130W
World's fastest machines World's fastest machines Mason, Paul Speed lovers around the world have found many different ways to go fast! They fly super-fast planes, or race across lakes in boats. They zoon across deserts in cars, or whizz around racetracks on mot… OL21411740W
Record-breaking airplanes Record-breaking airplanes Don Berliner Traces the history of air-speed records from Santos Dumont's first official record in 1906 to the records broken by modern-day, supersonic aircraft. OL2160718W
Speed boats Speed boats Kate Riggs This title tells us all about speed boats, looking at the different types of speed boats and how they are built, powered, and raced around the world. This is an eye-catching series about speedy machi… OL24299881W
Record breakers Record breakers Moira Butterfield An illustrated guide to record breaking cars, bikes, ships, and boats. OL2905989W
The world of speed The world of speed Jonathan Rutland Examines speed in nature and man's attempts to achieve greater speed on land, water, and in air through the development of increasingly complex machines. OL4652935W
Land speed record breakers Land speed record breakers Richard L. Knudson Relates the adventures of drivers who have sought to break the record for the fastest known speed for a car driven on land. OL5106531W
Fastest machines Fastest machines Chris Stevens Describes the machines built and used to break speed records on land, on water, and in the air. OL6323603W
Bonneville Salt Flats Bonneville Salt Flats Louise Ann Noeth So vast and open are the Bonneville Salt Flats that it could easily be the vacation place of choice for claustrophobics. So enormous is this famous natural wonder that astronaut John Glenn could eas… OL8492395W