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Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
Brief
Author: Hemi Under Glass: Bob Riggle and His Wheel-Standing Mopars
Author: Richard TruesdellPublisher: CarTech Inc
ISBN: 1613255616
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Look up to the skies through Bob Riggle's eyes in this wheelstanding, must-have Mopar history book on Hemi Under Glass! While the established stock and modified brackets are long-recognized as the heart and soul of drag racing, it was the wheelstanders that more often than not put butts in the bleachers. In that category, some of the most well-known names included Bill "Maverick" Golden's Little Red Wago, Bill Shewsberry's L.A. Dart and Chuck Poole’s Chuck Wagon. Although, most memorable of all was the Hurst Hemi Under Glass Plymouth Barracuda campaigned by Bob Riggle. Riggle started his career in the early 1960s as a car builder and mechanic for Hurst-Campbell and eventually ascended to pilot the Hemi Under Glass. When he left Hurst in 1969, the Hemi Under Glass franchise transferred with Riggle. He continued for six more years as the owner/driver of a succession of Hemi Under Glass renditions. In the 1990s he resurrected the concept of the original car—making four different versions (1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969)—and continued to thrill drag racing fans with his wheelstanding antics. At the time of this writing, Bob’s last run with the Hemi Under Glass was in the summer of 2019. He claims to have retired (he was 83 years old at the time), but he’s claimed that before! For all the success he enjoyed over his long and distinguished career, which is believed to be one of the longest in all of motorsports, he’s best remembered for a run at Irwindale Raceway in early 2016 with comedian and car buff Jay Leno in the passenger seat in a video that has been viewed more than 10 million times. This is Bob’s story, one that Mark Fletcher and Richard Truesdell, co-authors of the 2012 book Hurst Equipped, are honored to share. They say the story was easy to tell—given their unprecedented access not only to Bob but also to his vast archive of photos that reflect his ongoing popularity. Many of the photos in this book are seen in print for the very first time.
Food
Author: Robert PalmatierPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313002525
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Each of the more than seven hundred entries in the dictionary contains a description of the historical background of each of the two types of language, literal and nonliteral, and provides an explanation for the relationship between them. Wherever possible, dates of first record in English are provided, along with the bibliographical sources of these dates; and all of the works that record those terms and expressions are given in coded form as listed in the Key to Works Cited. A Guide to Reading the Entries illustrates the typical form of an entry by analyzing an example from the dictionary that introduces five nonliteral expressions, cites thirteen bibliographical sources, and refers the reader to three other relevant entries by means of cross-references. Following the dictionary proper is a Classification of Terms According to Source, in which nearly three hundred nonliteral terms and expressions are listed under the more than four hundred literal categories from which they derive.
Locomotive Railway Carriage and Wagon Review
Author: The Cowboy Encyclopedia
Author: Richard W. SlattaPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393314731
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Over 450 entries provide information on cowboy history, culture, and myth of both North and South America.
Entertaining Tucson Across the Decades, Volume 3: 1990s
Author: Robert E. ZuckerPublisher: BZB Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 193905009X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
The third of four volumes that cover the Tucson entertainment scene during the second half of the 20th century. This 3rd volume features Tucson musicians, actors and sports personalities from the 1990s. More than 220 pages and thousands of entertainers, hundreds of articles, interviews and original photos published in the Entertainment Magazine into the early 2000s.
Kidspeak
Author: June FactorPublisher: Melbourne University
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Reference guide, in dictionary format, to colloquial, vernacular language used by Australian children and teenagers, including slang. Entries are organised by headword and elements of the entries may include examples of usage, explanatory comments, cross-references and lists of related words. Foreword by Iona Opie. Includes introduction and select bibliography. Author is a graduate of the University of Melbourne and University of London and is a Senior Fellow at the Australian Centre. An expert in children's folklore, she has published several collections of rhymes, sayings and jokes for children, such as 'Far Out, Brussel Sprout!' and 'June Factor's Jumping Joke Book', and a social history, 'Captain Cook Chased a Chook: Children's folklore in Australia', which was awarded the United States Opie Prize.
The Engineer
Author: The Black Diamond
Author: Billboard
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Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.