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The Enlightened Cyclist: Commuter Angst, Dangerous Drivers, and Other Obstacles on the Path to Two-Wheeled Trancendence by BikeSnobNYC Publisher Comments The joys of commuting by bike attract scores of new converts every year. But as fresh-faced cyclists fill the roads, they also encounter their share of frustrations: careless drivers, wide-flung car doors, zoned-out pedestrians, and aggressive fellow... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Hardcover 
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Longitude : True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (05 Edition) by Dava Sobel Publisher Comments Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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How To Use Plastic Sextants - With Applications to Metal Sextants and a Review of Sextant Piloting by David Burch Publisher Comments Sextants are used to measure angular heights of celestial bodies above the horizon to find the latitude and longitude of the observer. They can also be used on land with artificial horizons. Sextants can also be used to find the correct Universal Time by... (read more) List Price $5.95 Your price: $5.50 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger by Marc Levinson Publisher Comments "The continuous decline of ocean shipping costs in the last 40 years is rarely credited for the growth of global trade in contemporary literature. Don't miss this amazing history."--George Stalk, Boston Consulting Group and author of Surviving the China... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A Man on the Moon by Andrew L Chaikin Publisher Comments This acclaimed portrait of heroism and ingenuity captures a watershed moment in human history. The astronauts themselves have called it the definitive account of their missions. On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when Neil Armstrong... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Aramis, Or the Love of Technology by Bruno Latour Publisher Comments Bruno Latour has written a unique and wonderful tale of a technological dream gone wrong. As the young engineer and professor follow Aramis' trail--conducting interviews, analyzing documents, assessing the evidence--perspectives keep shifting: the truth... (read more) List Price $31.00 Your price: $24.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Rethinking a Lot: The Design and Culture of Parking by Eran Ben-joseph Publisher Comments There are an estimated 600,000,000 passenger cars in the world, and that number is increasing every day. So too is Earth's supply of parking spaces. In some cities, parking lots cover more than one-third of the metropolitan footprint. It's official: we... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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The Routemaster Pocket-Book: 1956 by Conway Publishing Publisher Comments The iconic 1956 double-decker Routemaster bus is as much a symbol of London as Big Ben or Tower Bridge. Today it's gone international, doing everything from hauling tourists around Manhattan to providing passenger service in Sri Lanka. This illustrated... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Hardcover
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The Passenger Has Gone Digital and Mobile; Accessing and Connecting Through Information and Technology. by Nawal K Taneja Book News Annotation This volume on airline business and emerging technologies explores the benefits of digital and mobile technologies for streamlining services and outlines future trends in airline management focusing on user experience and convenience over traditional... (read more) List Price $64.95 Your price: $43.52 New - Hardcover
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Wiley Series in Sustainable Design #16: Sustainable Transportation Planning: Tools for Creating Vibrant, Healthy, and Resilient Communities by Jeffrey Tumlin Publisher Comments "The Great American Dream of cruising down the parkway, zipping from here to there at any time has given way to a true nightmare that is destroying the environment, costing billions and deeply impacting our personal well-being. Getting from A to B has... (read more) Your price: $95.00 New - Hardcover
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Global Positioning System-revised : Theory and Practice (5TH 01 Edition) by Bernhard Hofman-wellenhof Publisher Comments Review of the 4th edition "... The growing society of GPS users and designers could be very grateful for the efforts of both the authors and the publisher resulting in the fourth, revised edition of this splendid reference book within six years ... The... (read more) List Price $109.00 Your price: $82.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Inland and Coastal Navigation Workbook by David Burch Publisher Comments The workbook we use in our Home Study Course on Inland and Coastal Navigation is now available to the public. This book provides over 100 exercises with answers covering all aspects of small-craft navigation. These are practical problems that all... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $9.20 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile by Taras Grescoe Publisher Comments Taras Grescoe rides the rails all over the world and makes an elegant and impassioned case for the imminent end of car culture and the coming transportation revolution I am proud to call myself a straphanger, writes Taras Grescoe. The perception of... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Challenger Launch Decision (96 Edition) by Diane Vaughan Publisher Comments When the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28, 1986, millions of Americans became bound together in a single, historic moment. Many still vividly remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard about the tragedy. In... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Blast: Spaceship Sketches and Renderings by Annis Naeem Publisher Comments Following in the successful tracks of DRIVE, vehicle sketches and renderings, BLAST takes the readers on a visual exploration of spaceships. The team from DRIVE, Scott Robertson, Annis Naeem, and Danny Gardner are together again for BLAST, with each of... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Rotorcraft Flying Handbook (8083-21) (00 Edition) by Federal Aviation Association Publisher Comments This series of textbooks and supplements for pilots, student pilots, aviation instructors, and aviation specialists provides information on every topic needed to qualify for and excel in the field of aviation. Most FAA Knowledge Exams questions are taken... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Simple Science of Flight : From Insects To Jumbo Jets (97 - Old Edition) by Henk Tennekes Publisher Comments From the smallest gnat to the largest aircraft, all things that fly obey the same aerodynamic principles.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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New Perspectives and Methods in Transport and Social Exclusion Research by Graham (edt) Currie Book News Annotation This text develops and describes new, quantitative methodologies for studying links between transport disadvantage, social exclusion, and well-being and considers insights derived from applying the new methodologies. The 16 contributions presented by... (read more) Your price: $91.95 New - Hardcover
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Long Term Almanac 2000-2050 - For the Sun and Selected Stars With Concise Sight Reduction Tables by Geoffrey Kolbe Publisher Comments Nautical almanac data for the sun and selected stars valid until 2050, plus easy to use, concise sight reduction and altitude correction tables. Plus work forms to make the process even easier. A concise one-book solution for celestial navigation. It... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $9.20 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Taxi! Cabs and Capitalism in New York City (08 Edition) by Biju Mathew Publisher Comments As the point of entry for many of the city's visitors, the yellow cab has become an enduring metaphor for New York City and its exuberant twenty-four-hours-a-day rush. But just as the city has changed in recent years, so too has the industry that keeps... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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