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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge (Touchstone Books) by David McCullough Publisher Comments This monumental book tells the enthralling story of one of the greatest accomplishments in our nations history, the building of what was then the longest suspension bridge in the world. The Brooklyn Bridge rose out of the expansive era following the... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Portland Bridge Book: 1989 Edition by Sharon Wood Wortman Book News Annotation Wortman offers technical information, history, and anecdotes for 12 bridges across the Willamette River, two across the Columbia River, and several railroad bridges in the Portland (Oregon) vicinity. Since the 1989 first edition, she has been leading... (read more) Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Shape Memory and Superelastic Alloys: Technologies and Applications by K. Yamauchi Et Al Publisher Comments Shape memory and superelastic alloys possess properties not present in ordinary metals meaning that they can be used for a variety of applications. Shape memory and superelastic alloys: Applications and technologies explores these applications... (read more) List Price $230.00 Your price: $154.10 New - Hardcover
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Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks by Ken Jennings Publisher Comments It comes as no surprise that, as a kid, Jeopardy! legend Ken Jennings slept with a bulky Hammond world atlas by his pillow every night. Maphead recounts his lifelong love affair with geography and explores why maps have always been so fascinating to him... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $7.98 Used - Hardcover
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To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure by Henry Petroski Synopsis When planes crash, bridges collapse, and automobile gas tanks explode, we are quick to blame poor design. But Petroski, known for his masterly explanations of engineering successes and failures, says we must look beyond design to the interdependency of... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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Reinforced Concrete Structures by Robert Park Publisher Comments Sets out basic theory for the behavior of reinforced concrete structural elements and structures in considerable depth. Emphasizes behavior at the ultimate load, and, in particular, aspects of the seismic design of reinforced concrete structures. Based... (read more) Your price: $243.25 New - Hardcover
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Catastrophe to Triumph: Bridges of the Tacoma Narrows by Richard S. Hobbs Publisher Comments In Washington State during the 1920s, before the completion of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, travelers to the Kitsap Peninsula faced a long, often expensive journey. They could either take the ferry from Point Defiance or select a lengthy highway route. The... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Empowering Electric and Gas Utilities with GIS by Bill Meehan Publisher Comments An easy-to-read narrative, this book demonstrates the trials and tribulations of a fictitious utility that ultimately is empowered by geographic information systems (GIS). Case studies are also incorporated that show how real companies rely on GIS to... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $23.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Future Tech: Innovations in Transportation by Paul Schilperoord Publisher Comments From Leonardo da Vinci's fantastic visions, to Richard Branson's plans to offer commercial space travel by 2010, visionaries and entrepreneurs have long dreamed of how we will travel in the future. Future Tech: Innovations in Transportation is a... (read more) List Price $27.25 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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