Cars

A car is a wheeled, self-powered motor vehicle used for transportation and a product of the automotive industry. Most definitions of the term specify that cars are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels with tyres, and to be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods. The year 1886 is regarded as the birth year of the modern car. In that year, German inventor Karl Benz built the Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Cars did not become widely available until the early 20th century. One of the first cars that was a ...more

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350 books — 48 voters

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

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Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin

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54 books — 10 voters

Sports Romances: Auto racing

93 books — 29 voters

Best Gay Mechanics

210 books — 108 voters

Cabbie with a Dangerous Mind by Karl Wiggins

Confessions of a New York Taxi Driver by Eugene Salomon

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111 books — 10 voters

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

Sounds

663 books — 51 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Cars”

“ Driving a hot car is a lot like sex to me, or a lot like I keep thinking sex should be: A total body experience, overwhelming, to all the senses, taking you places you've never been, packing a punch that leaves you breathless and touches your soul. The Viper was way more satisfying then my last boyfriend. ...more ”
― Karen Marie Moning, Faefever

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“ Vampires do breathe, by the way, but their chests don't move like humans'. Have you ever lain in the arms of your sweetheart and tried to match your breathing to his, or hers? You do it automatically. Your brain only gets involved if your body is having trouble. Fortunately there was nothing about this situation that was like being in the arms of a sweetheart except that I was leaning against someone's naked chest. I could no more have breathed with him than I could have ignited gasoline and sho ...more ”
― Robin McKinley, Sunshine

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