My First Car

Celebrities such as Jay Leno, Mario Andretti, Patrick Dempsey, Danica Patrick reflect on their first cars.

A hilarious story collection that describes the trials and tribulations that often follow the decision to purchase a car for the first time.

A humorous picture book about cars and two young brothers who go on an adventurous ride. Suggested level: junior.

Love them or hate them, our first cars are seldom forgotten. This book offers some tantalising glimpses of what life was like before fame and fortune came calling.

The first edition of The Rhetoric of Fiction transformed the criticism of fiction and soon became a classic in the field. One of the most widely used texts in fiction courses, it is a standard reference point in advanced discussions of how fictional form works, how authors make novels accessible, and how readers recreate texts, and its concepts and terms—such as "the implied author," "the postulated reader," and "the unreliable narrator"—have become part of the standard critical lexicon. For this new edition, Wayne C. Booth has written an extensive Afterword in which he clarifies misunderstandings, corrects what he now views as errors, and sets forth his own recent thinking about the rhetoric of fiction. The other new feature is a Supplementary Bibliography, prepared by James Phelan in consultation with the author, which lists the important critical works of the past twenty years—two decades that Booth describes as "the richest in the history of the subject."

It's all fun and games till those words are said. Those four little words that all parents dread. Will they make it home in time? Find out as you read and rhyme!

Covering every decade from the 1890s until now, this book reveals an incredible array of fascinating and advanced vehicle suspension designs. Meet the people and ideas behind Packard's Torsion Level suspension, BMC's Hydrolastic and BMW's semi-trailing arms. Understand the outcry over the Corvair's 'unsafe at any speed' rear suspension design... marvel at the McLaren F1's extreme handling.... and be amazed at the Citroën 2CV's interconnected innovation. Meet the world's first vehicle suspension designer - and read his biting replies to his critics. Discover how Maurice Olley persuaded General Motors to spend half a million dollars in the middle of the Great Depression to build two suspension test cars. Understand the technology of the Porsche Panamera air suspension and see how the engineers built body stiffness into the C5 Corvette. Researched on three continents and containing more than 500 photos, diagrams and graphs, this book will forever change how you view car suspension. "An excellent, extensively-referenced book that covers many successful suspension designs. From horse-drawn buggies to Benz, to flat ride, interconnection and air suspension, this is a fascinating read." - Douglas Milliken, co-author Race Car Vehicle Dynamics