Civil
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Civil Engineering: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartCivil engineering has made an inestimable contribution to modern life, providing the crucial expertise behind our vast transportation systems and the wide array of built structures where we work, stud… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Muir Wood, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 25 2012
- ISBN10: 019957863X
- Language: English
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Mechnsm&mec DVC Srcbk 5e (Pb)
$116.00 Add to cartPublisher’s Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.
THOUSANDS OF… [more below]
- Author: Sclater, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: April 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1265631786
- Language: English
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The New Carbon Architecture: Building to Cool the Climate
$34.99 Read moreIn The New Carbon Architecture, discover biomimicry-inspired innovations in construction – from wooden cities to mycelium insulation – that pull carbon from the atmosphere, heal the climate, and produ
- Author: King, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0865718687
- Language: English
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Buried Truths and the Hyatt Skywalks: The Legacy of America’s Epic Structural Failure
$29.99 Read moreIn 1981 the sudden collapse of two skywalks in Kansas City’s Hyatt hotel killed 114 people and injured another 200. There never was a public trial, nor a full airing of everything that went wrong. Ric
- Author: Serrano, Richard A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 460
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1612497152
- Language: English
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St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project: An Oral History of the Greatest Construction Show on Earth
$34.95 Add to cartThe culmination of a century-long dream to link the Great Lakes interior industrial hubs to the Atlantic Ocean, the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project stands as one of the largest and most importan
- Author: Parham, Claire Puccia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: July 09 2009
- ISBN10: 0815609132
- Language: English
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Skyway: The True Story of Tampa Bay’s Signature Bridge and the Man Who Brought It Down
$19.95 Add to cartOn the morning of May 9, 1980, harbor pilot John Lerro was guiding a 600-foot freighter, the Summit Venture, into Tampa Bay. Directly in the ship’s path was the Sunshine Skyway Bridge–two ribbons of
- Author: DeYoung, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0813062977
- Language: English
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The Columbia River
$23.99 Read moreThe Columbia River is the dominant river system of the Northwest United States. It is a river of many uses–hydropower, fisheries, and irrigation–and was known by many names–Columbia’s River, the Bi… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Harrison, John a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 29 2021
- ISBN10: 1467107689
- Language: English
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The Blue Ridge Tunnel: A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia
$24.99 Add to cartTold through the eyes of three Irish immigrant families who helped build it, discover the groundbreaking story of the construction of the Blue Ridge Tunnel.
In one of the greatest engineering feats of
- Series: Transportation
- Author: Lyons, Mary E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 25 2014
- ISBN10: 1626194211
- Language: English
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The St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project: An Oral History of the Greatest Construction Show on Earth
$24.95 Add to cartIn this book, Claire Puccia Parham reveals the human side of the project in the words of its engineers, laborers, and carpenters. Drawing on firsthand accounts, she provides a vivid portrait of the li… [more below]
- Author: Parham, Claire Puccia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: January 28 2016
- ISBN10: 0815610734
- Language: English
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A Trucker’s Tale: Wit, Wisdom, and True Stories from 60 Years on the Road
$16.99 Add to cartWit, wisdom, adventure, and revelations from sixty years on the road.
They say that only truck drivers experience the true grandeur and landscape of America: the winding mountainsides at sunrise, the f
- Author: Miller, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1954641818
- Language: English
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Plumber’s Licensing
$49.00 Add to cartPublisher’s Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Ace the Jour… [more below]
- Author: Frankel, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 16 2012
- ISBN10: 0071798072
- Language: English
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Self Build and Renovation For Dummies
$25.99 Add to cart- Series: For Dummies
- Author: Walliman, Nicholas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 394
- Publish Date: October 27 2006
- ISBN10: 0470025867
- Language: English
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Structural Engineering
$12.99 Add to cartHave you ever wondered how it’s possible to build a skyscraper, a big bridge, a jumbo jet, or a cruise liner?
Everything has structure. Structure is the difference between a random pile of components- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Blockley, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0199671931
- Language: English
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Colossus: The Turbulent, Thrilling Saga of the Building of Hoover Dam
$21.00 Add to cartAs breathtaking today as when it was completed, Hoover Dam ranks among America’s most awe-inspiring, if dubious, achievements. This epic story of the dam–from conception to design to construction–by… [more below]
- Author: Hiltzik, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 03 2011
- ISBN10: 141653217X
- Language: English
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Partial Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers
$24.99 Add to cartMost physical phenomena, whether in the domain of fluid dynamics, electricity, magnetism, mechanics, optics, or heat flow, can be described in general by partial differential equations. Indeed, such e… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Mathematics
- Author: Farlow, Stanley J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 01 1993
- ISBN10: 048667620X
- Language: English
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Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture
$19.99 Add to cartBetween a nomad’s tent and the Sears Tower lies a revolution in technology, materials, and structures. Here is a clear and enthusiastic introduction to buildings methods from ancient times to the pres… [more below]
- Author: Salvadori, Mario
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 17 2002
- ISBN10: 0393306763
- Language: English
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Covered Bridges of Vermont
$23.99 Add to cartBoth a history and a guide, this book offers scenic tours to all 106 of Vermont’s covered bridges and tells the rich stories behind them. For many people, covered bridges are much more than picturesqu… [more below]
- Author: Barna, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: January 06 2012
- ISBN10: 0881503738
- Language: English
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Mackinac Bridge
$23.99 Add to cartOn November 1, 1957, traffic officially opened on the far-reaching Mackinac Bridge.
That was the culmination of 70 years of talking and dreaming about a bridge across
the Straits of Mackinac, of discour- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Fornes, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 29 2007
- ISBN10: 0738550698
- Language: English
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Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles
$19.99 Add to cartThe author of Last Train to Paradise tells the story of the largest public water project ever created–William Mulholland’s Los Angeles aqueduct–a story of Gilded Age ambition, hubris, greed, and one
- Author: Standiford, Les
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0062251457
- Language: English
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Builder’s Guide to Floors
$30.00 Add to cartNow thousands of construction professionals can turn to the most detailed, reader-friendly information about leading-edge practices and technological advances in the industry.
Each guide the McGraw-Hil
- Series: Builder’s Guide
- Author: Fleming, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 19 1997
- ISBN10: 0070218986
- Language: English
