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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"International best-selling author Theodore Gray, whose Elements Trilogy has sold more than 1.5 million copies, now turns his irrepressible curiosity, wonderful wit, and inimitable photography to the world of engines in this visual exploration of everything from the first steam engines to giant turbines to tiny electrical engines"-- Provided by publisher.
2) Elon Musk
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era--a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter"-- Provided by publisher.
As a kid in South Africa, Musk was regularly beaten by bullies; he once was in the...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the face of climate change, demand for electric cars is growing. Elon Musk founded Tesla, making a big bet on electric cars, in 2003. Learn more about Tesla's history and what it's planning next"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xvi, 377 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Inside the outrageous, come-from-behind story of Elon Musk and Tesla's bid to build the perfect car Elon Musk is among the most controversial titans of Silicon Valley. To some he's a genius and a visionary; to others he's a mercurial con artist. Billions of dollars have been gained and lost on his tweets; his personal exploits are the stuff of tabloids. But for all his outrageous talk of mind-uploading and space travel, his most audacious vision...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"There are few industrialists in history who could match Elon Musk's relentless drive and ingenious vision. A modern alloy of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs, Musk is the man behind PayPal, Tesla Motors, SpaceX, and SolarCity, each of which has sent shock waves throughout American business and industry. More than any other executive today, Musk has dedicated his energies and his own vast fortune to inventing a future that...
6) Driven
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by true events, this is a wickedly comedic look at a bromance gone bad. Set in the opulence of early 1980s California, the story follows the meteoric rise of John DeLorean, and his iconic DeLorean Motor Company, through his friendship with charming ex-con turned FBI informant, Jim Hoffman.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
This book spotlights the technology and vision of Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, who sold one of his internet companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion. Ashlee Vance captures the full spectacle and arc of the genius's life and work, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa and flight to the United States to his technical innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits. Vance uses Musks story to explore one...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xiii, 351 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A Washington Post reporter's intimate account of the fallout from the closing of a General Motors' assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin--Paul Ryan's hometown--and a larger story of the hollowing of the American middle class. This is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the American heartland when its factory stills--but it's not the familiar tale. Most observers record the immediate shock of vanished jobs, but few stay around long...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2022
Lexile measure
1060L
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Born in South Africa in 1971, young Elon Musk loved inventions. He later founded Tesla, SpaceX, and the company that would become PayPal. Read about how Musk became one of the world's most famous entrepreneurs"--Provided by the publisher.
20) Hemi muscle
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
192 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In this celebration of Hemi muscle cars, author and photographer Robert Genat celebrates the word that has been synonymous with speed, power, and muscle. Named for its hemispherically shaped combustion chambers, Chrysler's iconic engine has powered some of the most powerful automobiles down America's highways, drag strips, and race tracks. This book on Hemi muscle cars profiles all of the great cars that have carried the Hemi badge, from muscle car...
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