by David Alt  Publisher Comments "[It] provides a handy and understandable account, either to read at home, or to carry along on trips."-Oregon Historical... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Sharon Wood Wortman and Ed Wortman Publisher Comments The Portland Bridge Book, now in its third edition, is a richly detailed history of the bridges spanning the Willamette and Columbia Rivers in Portland, Oregon. This edition is totally new, with over 175 photographs and illustrations. The book makes... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell -- clear across England... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by David McCullough 
Publisher Comments This monumental book is the enthralling story of one of the greatest events in our nation's history, during the Age of Optimism -- a period when Americans were convinced in their hearts that all things were possible. In the years around 1870, when the... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your Price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Isee Publisher Comments The International Society of Explosives EngineersBlaster's Handbook as the Society enteres its 25th year of service to the explosives industry. The Handbook represents more than 185 years of DuPont and ETI blasting expertise combined with the many... (read more) Your Price $112.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Oliver Evans Publisher Comments Writing in an era when many tradesmen had limited education, the author undertakes to teach the reader all that is necessary to build and run water-powered grain mills and saw mills. He starts with physics, including the mechanical advantage of... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by George Hilton Publisher Comments One of the most colorful yet neglected eras in American transportation history is re-created in this definitive history of the electric interurbans. Built with the idea of attracting short-distance passenger traffic and light freight, the interurbans... (read more) Your Price $39.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Frank Canters Publisher Comments The use of computers in cartography has made it a lot easier for map makers to transform data from one map projection to another and experiment with alternative representations of geographical data. Yet this has also created new challenges and... (read more) Your Price $36.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Randall Schaetzl Publisher Comments Comprehensive and accessible textbook on all aspects of soils for students and researchers.... (read more) Your Price $89.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
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Friday July 4, 2008
by Donald A Wilson Publisher Comments Learn to be a good investigator and a successful retracement surveyor In the era of CSI, forensic science has taken on an unaccustomed glamor. The fact is, forensic science plays as crucial a role in the field of land surveying and title investigation as... (read more) List Price $90.00 Your Price $72.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Paul H Wright Synopsis Comprehensive book focusing solely on highway transportation. Contains treatment of highway administration and planning, evaluation, driver needs, geometric design, the nature of traffic flow and control, pavement design, and an extensive description of... (read more) Your Price $20.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Robert L Kovach Publisher Comments Investigates the relationship between historical earthquakes in the Americas and structural damage at archaeological sites.... (read more) Your Price $48.30 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Tyler G. Hicks Publisher Comments This authoritative reference offers a surefire way to save timehandling routine and nonroutine calculations in the design,construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of all types ofstructures. Each calculation procedure includes a worked-outexample... (read more) List Price $150.00 Your Price $144.75 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Ray Bottenberg Publisher Comments In the 1920s and 1930s, Oregon's legendary bridge engineer Conde B. McCullough designed a first-rate collection of aesthetic bridges on the Oregon Coast Highway to enhance an already dramatic and beautiful landscape. The six largest of these, at Gold... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your Price $15.99 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Henry Petroski
Review "[A] gem of a book....[I]n marvelously clear prose, he gives valuable insight into the limits of engineering and its practitioners." Library... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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Read an original essay by Jeremy Scahill and save 30% on Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army.
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