Super trucks - Ian Graham

How powerful are the largest trucks in the world? What does the inside of a truck driver's cab look like? Which truck holds the world speed record? Discover the world of super trucks: their history, their design and use today and their future.

Motor trucks first proved their usefulness for transporting goods during World War I. Since then, advances in technology have led to the design of different types of trucks able to carry out a vast range of tasks, from transportation and rubbish clearance to firefighting and high speed racing.

Ian Graham has written more than one hundred non-fiction books and numerous magazine articles on video, computers, electronics and communications. After taking a degree in applied physics and a post-graduate diploma in journalism at the City University, London, he worked for three years as an editor in consumer electronics magazines before turning freelance. His book 'How it works: Helicopters' received a commendation in that year's Science Book Prizes and he has also had books selected as 'Books for the Teen Age' by the US Library of Congress.

This series supports the National Curriculum and would be relevant in many areas if teachers wish to follow up with projects and discussions.
School Librarian, v. 48, no,.2, Summer 2000