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1) Mr. Mercedes
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
"In a mega-stakes, high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands. In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Corporation
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Description
Profiles the history of a pioneer company whose many designs, inventions, and innovations became milestones in the history of the car and automotive engineering.
7) My Mercedes is not for sale: from Amsterdam to Ouagadougou : an auto-misadventure across the Sahara
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Publisher
CIMware
Pub. Date
c2005-2006
Language
English
Description
A video interview and presentation by Miklos F. Ranky, Mercedes Automobile Design. The discussion topics include case-by-case, in-depth evaluation of several different crashed Mercedes cars, focusing on design for safety and quality, maintenance and repair aspects, as well as on quality design and manufacturing principles and processes.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 940L
Language
English
Description
It's 1888 and Bertha Benz's husband, Karl, has invented the prototype Benz motorwagen. But the German government declares the vehicle illegal, and the church calls it the devil's work. Unbeknownst to her husband, Bertha steals away with her two sons and drives nearly one hundred miles to prove just how amazing the motorwagen is. Bertha's mechanical savvy gets the boys to Grandma's house safely, and the remarkable mother/son road trip reduces global...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In 1938, Mercedes-Benz began production of the largest, most luxurious limousine in the world. A machine of frightening power and sinister beauty, the Grosser 770K Model 150 Offener Tourenwagen was 20 feet long, seven feet wide, and tipped the scales at 5 tons. Its supercharged, 230-horsepower engine propelled the beast to speeds over 100 m.p.h. while its occupants reclined on glove-leather seats stuffed with goose down. Armor plated and equipped...
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