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1) Driver's Ed
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
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Three teenagers' lives are changed forever when they thoughtlessly steal a stop sign from a dangerous intersection and a young mother is killed in an automobile accident there.
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"Michael Skellig is a limo driver waiting for his client in the alley behind an upscale hotel. He's spent the past twenty-eight hours ferrying around Bismarck Avila, a celebrity skateboard mogul who isn't going home any time soon. Suddenly the wind begins to speak to Skellig in the guttural accent of the Chechen torturer he shot through the eye in Yemen a decade ago: Troubletroubletrouble. Skellig has heard these warnings before--he's an Army Special...
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Driver volume 1
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An ex-con buddy introduces Vince to the Horse, a high-living gangster in need of a driver. The new job comes with perks and peril, as Vince evades cops on a breakneck chase and later becomes party to a brutal beating.
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Driver volume 2
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Vince attempts to rectify a horrific act of violence and discovers his newfound wealth won't mend the damage to his marriage. The Horse viciously doles out punishment to a bumbling gang member, while the cops catch wind of Vince's criminal activities.
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Driver volume 3
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As the police tighten their noose on Vince, the gang prepares a major heist. Betrayed by a coworker and caught between the criminals and the cops, Vince hits the gas to save his family.
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The riveting memoir of a life lived at the right-hand edge of the speedometer.
Alex Roy's father, while on his deathbed, hints about the notorious, utterly illegal cross-country drive from Los Angeles to New York of the 1970s, which then inspired his young son to enter the mysterious world of underground road rallies. Tantalized by the legend of the Driver-the anonymous, possibly nonexistent organizer of the world's ultimate secret race-Roy set out...
7) The Driver
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The Driver is a novel by American journalist Garet Garrett, published in 1922 by E.P. Dutton. It tells the story of brilliant financial speculator Henry M. Galt. Through his own vision and work ethic, Galt takes over the failing Great Midwestern Railroad during an economic crisis, turning it into a hugely productive and profitable asset for the benefit of himself and the rest of the nation. The novel begins against the backdrop of the panic of 1893...
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A troubled ghost begs the new girl in town to help him rest in peace Nobody knows exactly what happened the night Nguyen Trang drove off the cliff. When Kirsten Wilkes moves to Port Lincoln, she hears all kinds of rumors about the strange Vietnamese boy's death. Was it suicide? An accident? Was there anybody else in the car? Even though her family has just moved into Nguyen's new house, Kirsten doesn't have time for rumors. She's too busy trying to...
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The book from the author's perspective is about someone who came to golf late. He has a conflicted look back in time when he began playing golf, knowing now he did not see the whole picture but only that he wanted to play golf. No consideration of what playing golf would entail. He knows very well a clear-headed and well-thought-out approach to start playing golf probably would have stymied or created mental crutches rather than playing golf. He would...
11) Driver #8
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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.
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Driver volume 4
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With everything starting to fall apart around him, Vince tries to find a way out of his situation.
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Take a load off, have a cup of coffee, and join Jeremy, as he recounts some of the most outrageous and bizarre conversations he's had with truck drivers over the years.
Recruiting is all about people, and people can be strange. There's nothing like the pressure of a job interview to bring out the most awkward, illogical, and mystifying behavior in all of us.
While we often celebrate the victories-like a glowing referral, nailing a dream...
14) The Driver
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Hell-raiser, getaway driver, and occasional knight in tarnished armor Chuck Calder has never had any illusions about being a serious boyfriend. He may not be a good guy, but at least as part of Josh Salinger's crew of upscale thieves and cons, he can feel good about his job.
Right now, his job is Lucius Broadstone.
Lucius is a blueblood with a brutal past. He uses his fortune and contacts to help people trying to escape abuse, but someone is doing...
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CONCISE CAR The rubrics of CAR are similar to other Cognitive Apprenticeship Methodologys: Watch It Do It Know It. CARs unique power to facilitate recovery is derived by adding the ingredients of The Way of Analogy and The Concept of The Singular. You might want to start by first reading Chapter 5 in Bingo: The chairs fixed, relax and sit in it as a way to preempt any confusion about how The Way of Analogy is being used in Relationship Associations....
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"Few inventions have changed life as much as the car. These large hunks of steel and horsepower are everywhere, so ubiquitous and deeply intertwined with our lives, jobs and families that we barely pay them any attention. The mundane car, however, is about to become the ultimate mobility device. Thanks to rapid advances in robotics and artificial intelligence, cars are poised to morph into the first mainstream autonomous robots that we will entrust...