Speed Kings

Speed Kings
Author: Andy Bull
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1592409709

Traces the efforts of four American athletes from disparate backgrounds to win the gold medal for bobsledding during the 1932 Olympics, profiling how the American public, deep in the grip of the Great Depression, rallied around their achievements.

Speed Kings

Speed Kings
Author: Irwin Stambler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1973
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780385093538

Recounts the efforts of twelve people to set speed records in sprinting, swimming, distance running, flying, and bicycle, motorcycle, power boat, dragster, and automobile racing.

Popular Science

Popular Science
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1939-04
Genre:
ISBN:

Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.

Popular Mechanics

Popular Mechanics
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 254
Release: 1939-05
Genre:
ISBN:

Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.

Graphite

Graphite
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1912
Genre: Engineering
ISBN:

List of Films, Reels and Views Examined

List of Films, Reels and Views Examined
Author: Pennsylvania. State Board of Censors of Moving Pictures
Publisher:
Total Pages: 486
Release: 1918
Genre: Motion pictures
ISBN:

"... containing the names and the disposition made of more than 20,000 pictures, from ... May 15th, 1915, up to the end of the year 1917. This list will be supplemented by further lists presented at the end of each half yearly period."--Pennsylvania. State Board of Censors of Moving Pictures. Report, 1918, p. 7.