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Der weltberühmte Rennwagen Lightning McQueen liebt sein Leben auf der Rennstrecke, in dem er gegen seine lebenslangen Freunde und Kollegen antritt. Doch eine neue Ära bricht an, als eines Tages McQueen und seine Freunde vom neuen Hightech-Rennwagen Jackson Storm abgehängt werden. Einer nach dem anderen werden die alten Rennwagen von McQueens Generation durch neue Supercars mit neuen Trainingsmethoden ersetzt. Aber Lightning weigert sich, seine Karriere aufzugeben - er will immer noch Rennen fahren! Und er will gewinnen.

Meet Revver: a little squirrel with big dreams...to drive a race car! His siblings might not understand his need for speed, but Revver doesn’t care. And he certainly doesn’t care about looking for food, climbing trees or any other "ordinary" squirrel activity. He spends his days staring at the racetrack just below his nest, where the cars zoom by day in and day out. When Revver finally gets the chance to sneak out to the track, he finds that becoming part of the pit crew is more difficult than he expected.

Everyone loves airplanes - especially kids! In this lively, fast-paced audiobook, you’ll find 51 fabulous facts about planes from all over the world. Jet planes! Military fighters! Biplanes! Seaplanes!

Ascolta le avventure sfreccianti di Saetta e Cricchetto! Riuscirà McQueen a diventare l'auto più veloce del mondo? L'auto da corsa Saetta McQueen e il suo migliore amico Cricchetto si mettono in viaggio per partecipare al primo World Grand Prix. Tuttavia, la strada per la gara e per il titolo di indiscussa "auto più veloce del mondo" non sarà senza ostacoli per i due amici. Cricchetto si troverà infatti coinvolto nelle trame segrete di un'operazione di spionaggio internazionale, con tanto di motori che esplodono e il misterioso Professor Z determinato a sabotare la vittoria di Saetta.

Rev your engines and get ready for this exciting look at how Dale Earnhardt Jr. lived up to his family legacy and became one of the greatest professional stock car racing drivers in the world. No one was surpised when Dale Earnhardt Jr. began his racing career at age seventeen. His father and...

Do you know how buildings you see in your city got there? Before buildings are built, machines that move the ground are used! The excavator or digger move old ground away, preparing the space for a new building! A driver sits in the cab where all the fun begins! The tools to control the machine are inside the cab. Levers control the arms which do all the digging. How does the digger’s body move?

Firefighter Greg has an important job to do–he helps people who are in danger of being hurt by fire. He has a lot of equipment to help him do his job. A computer inside the fire truck shows Firefighter Greg exactly which house to go to. Ladders, rigs, and tools help get the job done! Can you name other equipment that will be needed for Firefighter Greg to help others, and be safe? How can you be safe at your house to prevent fires?

Auto racing is all about aerodynamics. Racecars use two different forces, lift and drag, to fly around the track. Find out how the cars use these forces, and then “fly” your own racecar with a fun experiment!

Based on Karyn Parson's critically acclaimed Sweet Blackberry video series comes the story of Bessie Coleman, the first African American female to earn her pilot's license. Before Bessie Coleman blazed a high trail with her plane . . . Before she performed in death-defying flying shows that...

You just tried out for the school play. Who wants the lead part more than anyone? YOU! Imagine sailing on the biggest, most beautiful ship in the world. Eating fine food. Wearing fancy clothes and partying with some very rich people. But be careful what you wish for. That might not be the way it was for a cabin attendant on Titanic…

“It’s sensibly written and beautifully illustrated.” – The Telegraph Hit the road with writer and broadcaster JAMES MAY to discover incredible human-powered vehicles – from bicycles and submarines to amphibious vehicles and even a helicopter. Yes, really! Packed with fun, facts and...

Lily the sailboat is small but sturdy, in a harbor full of enormous cargo ships, speedy fishing vessels, and bossy tugboats that all have somewhere to go. And something to say—mostly, "Out of my way, Lily!" But Lily has somewhere to go, too. 

Reaching speeds of 230 miles per hour, Indy cars are the fastest automobiles on the world’s racecourses. But besides being speedy, Indy cars are modern technological marvels. Find out how even the tiniest tweaks can mean the difference between winning and losing.

Winner of the Caldecott Medal, this stunning audiobook depicts Louis Bleriot's historic first cross-Channel flight...

Although Orville and Wilbur Wright are celebrated today as heroes for their revolutionary contributions to science and engineering - they are acknowledged as the first men to successfully achieve powered, piloted flight - their success was hard-earned. In fact, it took the self-taught engineers years of work and dozens of crashes before they managed a single 12-second flight! In this first installment of the brand new Epic Fails series, Ben Thompson and Erik Slader take listeners through the Wright brothers' many mishaps and misadventures as they paved the way for modern aviation.

Welcome a new friend to the farm with the #1 New York Times bestselling Little Blue Truck! Beep! Beep! Have you heard the news? There is someone new on the farm! All the animals are curious and cautious about the newcomer—what will he be like? Does he neigh like a horse or oink like a pig?...

It can drive off road. It can tow big trailers. This pickup truck is on the move! How do people use pickup trucks? And how do drivers control them? Listen to this audiobook to find out! Learn all about mighty machines in the Vroom-Vroom series - part of the Lightning Bolt Books™ collection. With high energy, Lightning Bolt Books™ bring nonfiction topics to life!

Bedtime is always fun with this hilarious bedtime story from Kimberly and James Dean’s New York Times bestselling Pete the Cat series. Pete the Cat and his friends are having so much fun playing and surfing in the sun, they don't want the day to end. Pete has an idea—how about a sleepover?...

How does steel become a shiny new bicycle? Follow each step in the process - from shaping the steel to testing the finished bike - in this fascinating book!

Deutschland, Mitte der 70er-Jahre: Diese Reise mit dem damals schnellsten Zug der Bundesbahn hat tatsächlich stattgefunden. Ihr erlebt hier im Originalton, wie der ET 403 für die lange Fahrt vorbereitet wird, was der Lokführer zu beachten hat vor Antritt der Fahrt. Das Kernstück der Geschichte ist die Schilderung im Führerstand des Zuges. Ihr hört, wie der Triebwagen rasant auf 160 km/h beschleunigt, erfahrt von der elektrischen Steuerung und der automatischen Bremsung und noch vieles andere mehr.