The pedal meets the metal in *Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing--*the thrilling series that traces the history of stock car racing from the dusty dirt tracks of East Tennessee to the multi-million-dollar, high-tech venues of today.In the 200-mile-per-hour world of championship stock car racing, if you aren't the first man to the flag, all the talent and promise in the world ain't worth a bucket of spit."Rocket Rob" Wilder is everything the fans and those inside big-time car ra...

The pedal meets the metal in *Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing--*the thrilling series that traces the history of stock car racing from the dusty dirt tracks of East Tennessee to the multi-million-dollar, high-tech venues of today.On to Talladega by Kent Wright and Don KeithEvery dream has a price. Is Jodell willing to pay?Stock car racing sure has changed since the dirt track days. The speedways are bigger, and the stakes even higher. The country has changed, ...

The pedal meets the metal in *Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing--*the thrilling series that traces the history of stock car racing from the dusty dirt tracks of East Tennessee to the multi-million-dollar, high-tech venues of today.On the Throttle by Kent Wright and Don KeithHot young rookie "Rocket" Rob Wilder has burst onto the racing scene in a big way, but that first Cup victory has still so far eluded him. But finally Victory Lane is in sight. Wilder's leading the...

The pedal meets the metal in *Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing--*the thrilling series from Kent Wright and Don Keith that traces the history of stock car racing from the dusty dirt tracks of East Tennessee to the multi-million-dollar, high-tech venues of today.In the race to glory, only one man can finish first...For Jodell Lee, it's been an exciting, dizzying climb to the top of the stock car racing circuit. Gone are the days of racing round flat dirt ovals on Sunday afterno...

The pedal meets the metal in *Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing--*the thrilling series that traces the history of stock car racing from the dusty dirt tracks of East Tennessee to the multi-million-dollar, high-tech venues of today.Inside Pass by Kent Wright and Don Keith"You ready, kid?"Rob smiled. "I was ready when I crawled out of the rack this morning."The guard has definitely changed. Talented but brash young stars like Rocket Rob wilder are flexing ...

The pedal meets the metal in Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing: Road to Daytona, the second book in a thrilling new series by Kent Wright and Don Keith that traces the history of stock car racing from the dusty dirt tracks of East Tennessee to the multi-million-dollar, high-tech venues of today.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

This is an intellectual biography of Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709-85), who emerges as a central figure in the history of republican thought in the era of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution.This book has two related aims. The first is to fill an important gap in historical scholarship. Although Mably, whose career as a historian and political theorist stretched from 1740 to the eve of the French Revolution, clearly played a major role in the intellectual history of his era...

The pedal meets the metal in *Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing--*the thrilling series from Kent Wright and Don Keith that traces the history of stock car racing from the dusty dirt tracks of East Tennessee to the multi-million-dollar, high-tech venues of today.The tracks are faster. The cars, too. But the hunger for speed--and the hunt for the checkered flag--hasn't changed.Jodell Bob Lee has long since retired from driving, but the love of the sport is still like a fire in...

The pedal meets the metal in *Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing—*the thrilling series from Kent Wright and Don Keith that traces the history of stock car racing from the dusty dirt tracks of East Tennessee to the multi-million-dollar, high-tech venues of today."You know how it feels ... the power of the motors vibrating in your chest, stunning your ears, your heart pumping in your throat, the grit of spent tire rubber in your mouth. You know how it feels from the grandstand? Just ima...

"…Sublimely ties together the drama of high school football, gender politics, and the impact of war on a small town in Texas." – Sports IllustratedA 2019 One of the Best Books So Far--Newsweek.comA cross between Friday Night Lights and The Atomic City Girls, When The Men Were Gone is a debut historical novel based on the true story of Tylene Wilson, a woman in 1940's Texas who, in spite of extreme opposition, became a female footba...

Earnhardt recounts his rookie season and shares memories of his father in an engaging book that is sure to appeal to the millions of NASCAR (stock-car racing) fans worldwide.

An honest, unflinching self-portrait of the basketball legend, told in Julius "The Doctor" Erving's own voice. "A terrific memoir by a man worthy of one." — Sports IllustratedWith his flights of improvisation around the basket and his towering Afro, Julius Erving became one of the most charismatic (and revolutionary) players basketball has ever known. But while the public has long revered this cultural icon, few have known the double life ...