Alphabet board book for the next generation of motorsports enthusiasts. The book is packed with fun auto related illustrations to teach children.

Your child will not only learn the alphabet using car parts as an example but also many interesting stories about automobiles. You'll be able to bond with your child by explaining to them how the different parts in a car work. Did you know that the first car navigation looked like a wristwatch? With this book your child will learn: All the letters of the alphabet - Each letter in the alphabet is accompanied by a picture with at least one part of the car that begins with that letter. Car parts - Each part is accompanied by, a brief definition. The book covers various parts such as airbag, engine, shock absorber, or seat belt. Interesting Facts - On each page, there is an interesting fact or historical reference about automobiles. Your child will learn when the first car was built, what the first headlights looked like, or the history of the first driving license. You, with this book, will get the opportunity to connect with your child. You will be able to elaborate on the different parts of a car. Some definitions will require further explanation, so you can explain them to your child and get them interested in automobiles. Also, you will learn interesting facts about cars and you will be able to expand your knowledge about this topic together. Together you can talk for hours about cars. Content information about this book: 50 colorful pages with alphabet letters from A to Z - with pictures definitions and fun facts Knowledge and Education - short interesting facts about cars Cover - eye-catching elements make the child more likely to reach for the book If you want your child to learn letters enjoyably, spend a pleasant time with him explaining how a car works, and learn some interesting facts and stories, choose our book.

Zen Driving can make each driving experience enjoyable, whether it’s a daily hour-long drive to work, or a ten-minute run to the local Safeway. You may well ask, what is Zen driving? The Japanese word zen literally means meditation, and meditation means being fully aware, fully in touch with your surroundings. When you are in a meditative state, you are in your natural self, your Buddha self—and you can do it while driving. But why Zen driving? The purpose of Zen Driving, the book, is to introduce you to your natural self, which is what remains when you still your mind and ignore your chattering ego. When you do this, you gain confidence in your ability, and finally you are that ability. The frustrations of other drivers cutting you off or causing you to sit through two red lights because they’re too timid to make a left turn on yellow will no longer make your blood pressure explode. Zen Driving will teach you to look, simply observe without qualification, and then make your move. Zen driving is effortless, spontaneous, nondeliberate. It is being one with the road. And in turn, driving becomes a pathway to consciousness, an activity that clears the mind and soothes the soul, something to take with you all those other times when you’re not behind the wheel.

It has long been accepted that the social and cultural meanings of the car far exceed the practical need for mobility. This book marks the first attempt to contribute to road safety, considering, in depth, these meanings and the cultures of driving that are shaped by them. In the Company of Cars examines the perspectives that young people have on cars, and explores the broader social and cultural meanings of the car, the potential it is supposed to fulfil, and the anticipated benefits it offers to young drivers. From focus-group research conducted in Australia, the book takes up the views of young people on a range of topics, from media to car use to gender performance. The author looks at the ways in which driving has been defined by articulations of the car that emphasize valued features of the car-driver, such as gender, youthfulness, status, age, power, raciness, sexiness, ruggedness and competitiveness. The book takes a global perspective on mobility, considering the impact of cars and road safety policy on quality of life, and the value and significance of other modes of travel, in a range of countries.

An ABC book featuring Lightning McQueen, Mater, and friends from Disney/Pixar Cars—just in time for the release of Cars 3 on Blu-ray and DVD! Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in the game, he will need the help of an eager young race technician with her own plan to win, inspiration from the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and a few unexpected turns. Proving that #95 isn’t through yet will test the heart of a champion on Piston Cup Racing’s biggest stage! Directed by Brian Fee (storyboard artist Cars 2, WALL-E) and produced by Kevin Reher (A Bug’s Life, La Luna short), Cars 3 cruises into theaters on June 16, 2017. Race through the alphabet with Mater and Lightning McQueen from the Disney/Pixar Cars films! Children ages 2 to 5 will love this beautifully illustrated hardcover ABC book featuring all their favorite friends from the Cars franchise.

Rising gas prices, sprawl and congestion, global warming, even obesity—driving is a factor in many of the most contentious issues of our time. So how did we get here? How did automobile use become so vital to the identity of Americans? Republic of Drivers looks back at the period between 1895 and 1961—from the founding of the first automobile factory in America to the creation of the Interstate Highway System—to find out how driving evolved into a crucial symbol of freedom and agency. Cotten Seiler combs through a vast number of historical, social scientific, philosophical, and literary sources to illustrate the importance of driving to modern American conceptions of the self and the social and political order. He finds that as the figure of the driver blurred into the figure of the citizen, automobility became a powerful resource for women, African Americans, and others seeking entry into the public sphere. And yet, he argues, the individualistic but anonymous act of driving has also monopolized our thinking about freedom and democracy, discouraging the crafting of a more sustainable way of life. As our fantasies of the open road turn into fears of a looming energy crisis, Seiler shows us just how we ended up a republic of drivers—and where we might be headed.