While on a world tour, Lightning McQueen and Mater find themselves in a world of intrigue, thrills, and fast-paced comedic escapades. Kids can be a part of the action with this book that comes with a toy car. When the car is moved across the pages, the motion activates four car sound effects. Full color. Consumable.

With Learn to Draw Disney-Pixar Cars, young artists will be on the fast track to drawing their favorite characters from the film in no time.

Kids will love hearing their parents read this story to them, and the built-in microphone and speaker lets parents record the story in their own voice for kids to play back and enjoy countless times. The lovable heroes of Cars 2, Lightning McQueen and his new pit boss Mater are on the road as they compete in a 24-hour ‘Race of Champions,’ that takes them to Tokyo, Italy, and England. But when Mater gets involved in a case of mistaken identity and saves the life of a British secret agent sports car named Finn McMissile, he and McQueen find themselves in a fast-paced comical adventure full of spy story hijacks that as well as action-packed racing scenes. Kids will love hearing their parents read the story to them, and the built-in microphone and speaker let parents record the story in their own voice. Kids can play back the recording and enjoy countless re-tellings of this heartwarming story. With a simple recording device and speaker that sits in the storybook, Disney Pixar Cars 2 Best Friends Record-A-Book is so easy to use! An adult can record the story, and when a child plays back the recording he can hear the story and follow along in the book. As the child grows, he can learn to record the book himself. Perfect for everyday play, Disney Pixar Cars 2 Best Friends Record-A-Book is sure to make a great gift. How to record the story on your Record-A-Book: Please read all instructions prior to starting your recording. · Move the switch on the side of the recording device to record mode. · Press and hold the button until you hear “Record One.” Release button immediately. · Press, but do not hold, the button again. When you hear a beep, begin reading the text indicated with a 1, located on the inside front cover. · Press, but do not hold, the button again when you are done reading the first section. You will hear a beep. This indicates the recording has stopped. · Repeat steps 3 and 4 until all sections are recorded. · Move the switch to play mode. If you make a mistake, please refer to the full instructions located on the inside back cover of your book.

In the tradition of the smash hits Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles comes the newest film from Pixar Animation Studios, Cars, the story of a race car who learns that it's not all about the fast lane. (In fact, life begins at the off-ramp.) Offering an insider's view into the artistic development of Cars, this gorgeously illustrated book celebrates the whimsical yet painstaking research that fueled Pixar's directors, production designers, and artists. Fascinating storyboards, full-color pastels, on-the-road snapshots, and hundreds of character sketches reveal the origins of Pixar's charming and clever automobile-based world. Gleaned from the team's trips to racetracks and down the famed Route 66, The Art of Cars is as colorful as its memorable story and characters, making this book—the only movie tie-in for adults—a spirited ride down the road of a masterful animated feature film. Cars is a Walt Disney Pictures presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios film. 2006 by Disney Enterprises, Inc./Pixar Animation Studios. All rights reserved.

All the world's a racetrack as superstar Lightning McQueen zooms back into action, with his best friend Mater in tow, to take on the globe's fastest and finest in Disney/Pixar Cars 2. This Step 2 film retelling is sure to be a hit with children ages 4 to 6. Step 2 readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. For children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.

This collection of squadron histories has been prepared by the USAF Historical Division to complement the Division's book, Air Force Combat Units of World War II. The 1,226 units covered by this volume are the combat (tactical) squadrons that were active between 7 December 1941 and 2 September 1945. Each squadron is traced from its beginning through 5 March 1963, the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the 1st Aero (later Bombardment) Squadron, the first Army unit to be equipped with aircraft for tactical operations. For each squadron there is a statement of the official lineage and data on the unit's assignments, stations, aircraft and missiles, operations, service streamers, campaign participation, decorations, and emblem.

Celebrated as Pixar's "Chief Creative Officer," John Lasseter is a revolutionary figure in animation history and one of today's most important filmmakers. Lasseter films from Luxo Jr. to Toy Story and Cars 2 highlighted his gift for creating emotionally engaging characters. At the same time, they helped launch computer animation as a viable commercial medium and serve as blueprints for the genre's still-expanding commercial and artistic development. Richard Neupert explores Lasseter's signature aesthetic and storytelling strategies and details how he became the architect of Pixar's studio style. Neupert contends that Lasseter's accomplishments emerged from a unique blend of technical skill and artistic vision, as well as a passion for working with collaborators. In addition, Neupert traces the director's career arc from the time Lasseter joined Pixar in 1984. As Neupert shows, Lasseter's ability to keep a foot in both animation and CGI allowed him to thrive in an unconventional corporate culture that valued creative interaction between colleagues. The ideas that emerged built an animation studio that updated and refined classical Hollywood storytelling practices--and changed commercial animation forever.

THQ's Cars The Videogame brings the upcoming Pixar film to life with over 30 races, more than 10 playable characters and a massive open world for gamers to explore.

Quentin Jacobson has spent a lifetime loving Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life - dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge - he follows. After their all-nighter ends, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo has disappeared.

The veteran producer and author of the bestseller Hello, He Lied takes a witty and critical look at the new Hollywood. Over the past decade, producer Lynda Obst gradually realized she was working in a Hollywood that was undergoing a drastic transformation. The industry where everything had once been familiar to her was suddenly disturbingly strange. Combining her own industry experience and interviews with the brightest minds in the business, Obst explains what has stalled the vast moviemaking machine. The calamitous DVD collapse helped usher in what she calls the New Abnormal (because Hollywood was never normal to begin with), where studios are now heavily dependent on foreign markets for profit, a situation which directly impacts the kind of entertainment we get to see. Can comedy survive if they don’t get our jokes in Seoul or allow them in China? Why are studios making fewer movies than ever—and why are they bigger, more expensive and nearly always sequels or recycled ideas? Obst writes with affection, regret, humor and hope, and her behind-the-scenes vantage point allows her to explore what has changed in Hollywood like no one else has. This candid, insightful account explains what has happened to the movie business and explores whether it’ll ever return to making the movies we love—the classics that make us laugh or cry, or that we just can’t stop talking about.