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1) Deeply Odd
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
How do you make sure a crime that hasn't happened yet, never does? That's the problem facing Odd Thomas, the young man with a unique ability to commune with restless spirits and help them find justice and peace. But this time, it's the living who need Odd. Three innocents will be brutally executed unless Odd can intervene, but who the potential victims are remains a mystery. The only thing Odd knows for sure is who the killer will be: a stranger...
Publisher
LearningExpress
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Break open your career options by earning your commercial driver's license. This easy-to-use guide will help you do it. Inside, find practice tests for the general-knowledge and endorsement tests; expert tips for getting great scores; and much more." --
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this masterful collection of short fiction, Joe Hill dissects timeless human struggles in thirteen relentless tales of supernatural suspense, including "In The Tall Grass," one of two stories co-written with Stephen King, basis for the terrifying feature film from Netflix. A little door that opens to a world of fairy tale wonders becomes the blood-drenched stomping ground for a gang of hunters in "Faun." A grief-stricken librarian climbs behind...
Author
Series
Cassie Dewell novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
"For three years, Investigator Cassie Dewell has been on a hunt for a serial killer known as The Lizard King. He works as a long haul trucker. His prey are the "lot lizard" prostitutes who frequent truck stops. And she almost caught him...once. Working for the Bakken County, North Dakota sheriff's department, Cassie has set what she believes is the perfect trap and she has lured him and his truck to a depot. Standing by, ready to close the net are...
Author
Series
McKenzies of Ridge Trail volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Trucker Sterling (Star) Parson is no stranger to the challenges a woman faces, both in her industry and in life. But she can take care of herself. She's never needed--or wanted--a man around...until she meets Cade McKenzie. The take-charge bar owner sets off all kinds of alarm bells for Sterling, but he also sets her heart racing. Cade's lived in Ridge Trail long enough to know trouble when he sees it, and the moment Sterling--Star--walks into his...
Author
Publisher
W W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A long-haul trucker reflects on the changing realities of the working class as witnessed during journeys ranging from the I-95 Powerland and the Florida Everglades to the truck stops of the Midwest and the Rocky Mountains.
7) Trucker
Publisher
Monterey Video
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A long-haul trucker living a carefree life is forced to take care of the son she hasn't seen since he was a baby when his father is in the hospital. Now the child and mother must learn to live together and leave their strained past behind
Author
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Keisha Taylor lived a quiet life with her wife, Alice, until the day that Alice disappeared. After months of searching, presuming she was dead, Keisha held a funeral, mourned, and gradually tried to get on with her life. But that was before Keisha started to see her wife, again and again, in the background of news reports from all over America. Alice isnt dead, and she is showing up at every major tragedy and accident in the country. Following a line...
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces truck drivers to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Philo Beddoe, the easygoing truck driver and bare-knuckle brawler, and his 165-pound orangutan pal, Clyde, get into more mischief in this faster and funnier sequel to Every Which Way but Loose. Beddoe is hoping to 'retire' from fighting. But a new contender lures him back, and mobsters kidnap his girl to ensure he'll turn up for the showdown. Ma, Orville, and those hapless motorcycle morons called the Black Widows all return for more fun
11) The circle
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Widowed van driver Bob Naylor is prodded into joining the Chichester Writers' Circle by his teenage daughter. Bob writes limericks and jingles, and fears he will be out of his class among the literati. But the members of the circle come from all walks of life and practice many forms of writing, from fantasy to household hints. There seems to be nothing about any of them to incite a serial killer. However, there is an arsonist in their midst, burning...
12) Over the top
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Down-on-his-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk goes under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championships. Relying on his wits and will power, he struggles to rebuild his life, going after the World Armwrestling Championship's first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier.
13) Black dog
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Action film about two truck drivers being chased by a relentless fanatic.
Author
Series
Ben Jones novels volume 2
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A trucker sets out to protect an abandoned child in the Utah desert...Winter has come to Route 117, a remote road through the high desert of Utah trafficked only by eccentrics, fugitives, and those looking to escape the world. Local truck driver Ben Jones, still in mourning over a heartbreaking loss, is just trying to get through another season of treacherous roads and sudden snowfall without an accident. But then he finds a mute Hispanic child who...
15) The Pushcart War
Author
Publisher
W.R. Scott
Pub. Date
[1964]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems of traffic to the attention of both the city of New York and the world.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best barroom brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love, with a flighty singer who leads him on a screwball chase across the American Southwest. Nothing's in the way except a motorcycle gang, two sneaky off-duty cops and legendary brawler Tank Murdock
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Inside one of the world's most dangerous jobs with the star of History's top-rated reality show, Ice Road Truckers The highest-rated reality show ever to hit the History channel, Ice Road Truckers follows the heart-pounding adventures of the tough-as-nails truckers who risk peril every day to deliver goods and supplies in Alaska and across Canada's frozen north. Alex shares tales of his adventures-and misadventures-in the north, and explain, in his...
18) Big rig
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Life on the road with Daddy is as good as gets for Hazmat. Together, they've been taking jobs and crisscrossing the US for years. Now Daddy's talking about putting down roots--somewhere Hazmat can go to a real school and make friends. Somewhere Daddy doesn't have to mail-order textbooks about 'nature's promise to all women.' Somewhere Mom's ashes can rest on a mantel and not on a dashboard . . . Hazmat hatches a plan to make sure Daddy's dream never...
20) Tampopo
Publisher
s.n
Pub. Date
200-?]
Language
日本語
Description
Young widow Tanpopo attempts to start a small ramen noodle restaurant. She has little success until she meets Gorō, a cowboy-hat-wearing truck driver who decides to helps her to make the perfect bowl of top ramen. A story that features various subplots and an eclectic group of supporting characters, all of whom have expressively passionate relationships with food
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