Geology and Mining

Roadside Geology of Oregon (Roadside Geology)
by David Alt

Synopsis
"[It] provides a handy and understandable account, either to read at home, or to carry along on trips."-Oregon Historical Quarterly... (read more)
 
List Price $16.00
Your Price $9.50
(Used - Trade Paper)
check for new and sale copies

Bridges

The Portland Bridge Book
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

General

Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge (Touchstone Books)
by David McCullough

Recommended
by our customers
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

Cartography

Geographic Information Systems in Transportation Research

Publisher Comments
Computer-based transportation applications and databases have been a fact of life for several decades. Transportation information, however, has often not been accessible in a user-friendly manner, and integrating data from diverse sources has too often... (read more)
 

Explosives

Chemistry of Powder & Explosives
by Tenney L. Davis

Publisher Comments
The present volume contains in one binding the whole contents of Volume I, first published in May, 1941, and the whole contents of Volume II which was published in March, 1943. The book is primarily for chemists. The writing of it was commenced in... (read more)
 
Your Price $16.00
(New - Hardcover)
check for used and sale copies

Surveying

Forensic Procedures for Boundary and Title Investigation
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 $87.75
(New - Hardcover)
check for used and sale copies

Transportation

Wild about Flying: The Dreamers, Doers and Daredevils
by David And Bruce Harris Marshall

Synopsis
A celebration of aviation's first 100 years. In 1903, the Wright Brothers achieved powered flight for the first time in history. Today, the wingspan length of commercial aircraft surpasses the distance of Orville Wright's first flight. Wild About Flying... (read more)
 
List Price $35.00
Your Price $28.00
(New - Hardcover)
check for used and sale copies

Seismology

When the Earth Moves: Rogue Earthquakes, Tremors, and Aftershocks
by Patricia Barnes-Svarney

Publisher Comments
Unlike other natural disasters, scientists are far less able to predict an earthquake, and even the places that are prone to earthquakes still do not and cannot prepare. Our most notorious earthquakes come from earthquake zones located at the boundaries... (read more)
 
Your Price $15.95
(New - Trade Paper)
check for used and sale copies

The Attic

Spatial Evolutionary Modeling (Spatial Information Systems)
by Roman Krzanowski

Publisher Comments
Evolutionary models (e.g., genetic algorithms, artificial life), explored in other fields for the past two decades, are now emerging as an important new tool in GIS for a number of reasons. First, they are highly appropriate for modeling geographic... (read more)
 
Your Price $14.00
(Used - Hardcover)
check for new and sale copies

ENTER to WIN!
Sign up for email updates from Powells.com, and you could win $250 in books! You may unsubscribe at any time.



Powells.com is proud to be the official bookseller of the Electronic Privacy and Information Center. Read about our privacy policy here.
Sale Books

Maps and the Internet Maps and the Internet
by Michael Peterson

Publisher Comments
This book examines a new trend affecting cartography and geographic information science. Presenting the work of over 30 authors from 16 different countries, the book provides an overview of current research in the new area of Internet Cartography... (read more)
 
List Price $117.50
Your Price $75.00
(Sale - Softcvr W/comp Media)

Browse more featured Sale titles

Used Books

Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences #87: Analytic Mapping and Geographic Databases Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences #87: Analytic Mapping and Geographic Databases
by G David Garson

Synopsis
Nearly 80% of the informational needs of local government policymakers are related to geographic location. As a result, the techniques of analytic mapping (the study of the dynamic diffusion and distribution of any variable across area and over time) and... (read more)
 
Your Price $7.00
(Used - Trade Paper)

Browse more featured Used titles

Dams

Geotechnical Engineering of Dams
by R. Fell

Publisher Comments
Geotechnical Engineering of Dams incorporates the collective experience of the authors each of whom has more than 35 years dams experience. It provides a comprehensive text on the geotechnical and geological aspects of the investigations for and the... (read more)
 
Your Price $269.95
(New - Hardcover)
check for used and sale copies

Soil Science and Mechanics

Soil Sampling & Methods of Analysis 2ND Edition
by E G Gregorich

Publisher Comments
Thoroughly updated and revised, this second edition of the bestselling Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis presents several new chapters in the areas of biological and physical analysis and soil sampling. Reflecting the burgeoning interest in soil... (read more)
 
Your Price $149.95
(New - Hardcover)
check for used and sale copies

Civil Engineering Handbooks

Foundation Engineering Handbook: Design and Construction with the 2006 International Building Code
by Robert W. Day

Publisher Comments
This practical resource focuses on foundation engineering, emphasizing the geotechnical aspects and the use of the International Building Code(R).... (read more)
 
List Price $131.25
Your Price $116.25
(New - Hardcover)
check for used and sale copies

Road Construction

Pavement Analysis & Design 1ST Edition
by Yang H Huang

Synopsis
Focusing on the mechanistic-empirical design procedures, rather than the purely empirical methods, this new text explores the structural analysis and design of highway pavements. It presents the theory of pavement design and reviews the methods developed... (read more)
 
Your Price $32.00
(Used - Hardcvr W/comp Media)
check for new and sale copies

Bridges

Bridges of Portland (Images of America)
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

Geology and Mining

Diamond: A Journey to the Heart of an Obsession
by Matthew Hart

Publisher Comments
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-258) and index.... (read more)
 
List Price $15.00
Your Price $4.50
(Used - Trade Paper)
check for new and sale copies