Car Age

Fourteen-year-old Terry has parents who never paid him much attention. So when they both disappear after one of their all-too-frequent arguments, Terry isn’t exactly eager for them to come home. On his own, he occupies himself by assembling a car kit that’s been collecting dust in the garage for years. When the car is finished, Terry is pleased to discover it actually runs. Though he doesn’t know much about driving, he gets behind the wheel and heads west, with the notion of visiting an uncle in Oregon. But Terry’s plan takes a detour when he meets Shakespeare-quoting wanderer Waylon Jackson....

There’s never a dull moment with silly jokes just for kids! Forget being bored. That should never be a thing! Keep the fun and laughter going whether at home, on the go, or quite honestly…wherever! This book is overflowing with rounds of children friendly jokes!

Life is over in an instant for sixteen-year-old Finn Miller when a devastating car accident tumbles her and ten others over the side of a mountain. Suspended between worlds, she watches helplessly as those she loves struggle to survive. Impossible choices are made, decisions that leave the survivors tormented with grief and regret. Unable to let go, Finn keeps vigil as they struggle to reclaim their shattered lives.

In Car Crazy, G. Wayne Miller, author of Toy Wars: The Epic Struggle Between G.I. Joe, Barbie, and the Companies That Make Them and Men and Speed: A Wild Ride Through NASCAR's Breakout Season, takes listeners back to the wild and wooly years of the early automobile era - from 1893, when the first US-built auto was introduced, through 1908, when General Motors was founded and Ford's Model T went on the market.

Take a look at the vehicle sitting in your driveway. It may be the last one you ever own. With an estimated 33 million fully autonomous cars and taxis projected to hit the road by 2040, an automotive renaissance is soon to be upon us. Personal car ownership currently costs the average sedan owner $9,000 annually. But car ownership may soon be a thing of the past.

In many ways, Henry Ford's story is well-known; in many more ways, it is not. Richard Snow masterfully weaves together a fascinating narrative of Ford's rise to fame through his greatest invention, the Model T. A highly pleasurable listen, filled with scenes and incidents from Ford's life, I Invented the Modern Age shows Richard Snow at the height of his powers as a popular historian and reclaims from history Henry Ford, the remarkable man who, indeed, invented the modern world as we know it.

"Die große und kleine Waschstraße: Gemeinsam sind wir stark!" – Eine bezaubernde Geschichte über Freundschaft und Zusammenarbeit! In einer kleinen Stadt gibt es zwei rivalisierende Waschanlagen: eine wird von der flinken Waschbärenfamilie Blitzfell betrieben, die andere von der starken Elefantenfamilie Grauhauer. Beide Familien sind überzeugt, dass ihre Waschanlage die beste ist, doch sie haben ein Problem: die Waschbären kommen nicht an die hohen Autos ran, während die Elefanten Schwierigkeiten mit den kleinen Autos haben.

I'm visiting relatives out of state and I've picked up a hitcher, but the traffic is making it impossible. We wind up having to sleep in the back of the van, but I really struggle to sleep with clothes on. After some frustrated minutes I finally relent and undress, much to hitch-hiker Daniel’s fear. With us both so close to each other I start to get ideas and soon Daniel’s stiffness is more than apparent. I can’t wait to tackle that big thing of his and take it inside me.

Twelve stories to get your little ones through the longest journeys this summer. Worried about how to keep your little ones occupied this summer? Worry no more with this compilation of 12 of the best loved stories. One hour of audio fun to keep your children entertained on even the longest journeys - keeping at bay the dreaded question: 'are we there yet'?

The two teens are destined to meet under such circumstances that their lives become desperately entangled as they struggle to survive the Holocaust. These young adults of radically different backgrounds are cast together during war to experience their own distinct coming-of-age epiphany as they painfully explore their increasingly complicated and awkward relationship brewing beneath the canopy of dissonant cultures and beliefs.

It's 1959. Sixteen-year-old Alex Housman has just stolen his 14th car and frankly doesn't know why. His divorced, working-class father grinds out the night shift at the local Chevy plant in Detroit and looks forward to the flask in his glove compartment and the open bottles of booze in his Flint, Michigan, home. Broke and fighting to survive, Alex and his father face the realities of estrangement, incarceration, and even violence as their lives unfold toward the climactic episode that a New York Times reviewer called "one of the most profoundly powerful in American fiction."

At any age, in any age, we could all fall by the highway of life. Charlie and Angel are two such teenagers who break the monotony of their foster home life by breaking into houses. When a burglary goes wrong, they escape in a stolen van along the Great Central Road. What follows, just as they are beginning find somewhere to belong, is murder and a ruthless international crime syndicate.

Nicky Flynn is coming of age in 1970s Brooklyn, riding into his sophomore year at St. Michaels. Nicky is at once sensitive, resilient, exasperated, and keenly observant - especially when it comes to his father, Patrick. Undeniably enigmatic, and coasting on vanity, charm, and desperation, “Himself”, as Nicky calls his father, is given to picking up old car junkers for cheap at NYPD auctions. But as Patrick’s compulsions slide into alcoholism and abuse, Nicky, his mother, and his sisters brace themselves for an inevitable sharp turn in their addled lives.

Twelve of the best loved children’s book stories to get your little ones through the longest journeys this summer. Worried about how to keep your little ones occupied this summer? Worry no more with this compilation of 12 of the best-loved children’s stories. Two hours of audio fun to keep your children entertained on even the longest journeys - keeping at bay the dreaded question: ‘are we there yet?’

I have multiple daughters and grandchildren. I wrote and designed this book/game with them in mind. I wanted to make a game that provided safe fun and a learning experience for my friends and family members. None of this was copy and pasted. I did not just look up google or chatgpt questions. I asked real questions that could save your life in times of traveling. I also asked real questions about things that are going on in today's world. I did not just read questions, I used different voices and trick questions. This game actually interacts with the players.

Pretty Pinchworth, a young fairy girl from a poor family, is determined to move up in the world by learning to drive a newly invented magical motor-car. But when one instructor after another refuses to teach a girl, Pretty decides to take matters into her own hands. With help from one of the boys in the driving class, Pretty sets out to earn her driver's certification without an instructor - and along the way, she finds a relationship she didn't expect.