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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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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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GPS Made Easy (5th Edition): Using Global Positioning Systems in the Outdoors by Lawrence Letham Synopsis Keeping up with the newest technology, this work includes navigation in difficult weather (such as a whiteout), integrating hand-held GPS tools and data with computer programs (such as TOPO maps), and an explanation of systems being used in other... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Ferdinand V. Hayden: Entrepreneur of Science by James G Cassidy Publisher Comments He was the one person most responsible for the creation of the United States Geological Survey as a civilian bureau. Most importantly, Hayden's surveys led to the production of detailed topographic maps and inspired - for good or ill - the intensive... (read more) List Price $81.50 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Foundation Design Principles & Pract 2ND Edition by Donald P Coduto Publisher Comments For undergraduate/graduate-level foundation engineering courses.Covers the subject matter thoroughly and systematically, while being easy to read. Emphasizes a thorough understanding of concepts and terms before proceeding with analysis and design, and... (read more) List Price $214.50 Your price: $75.00 Used - Hardcover
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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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Seismic Tomography and Mantle Circulation: Proceedings of a Royal Society Discussion Meeting Held on 13 and 14 April 1988 by The Royal Society Publisher Comments Convection in the Earth's mantle governs the thermal and chemical evolution of the Earth, and hence controls much geological activity at the Earth's surface. Progress in determining the present-day mantle circulation, and understanding how it might have... (read more) Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Introduction to Remote Sensing by Arthur Cracknell Publisher Comments Providing a full introduction to remote sensing for all environmental scientists, this wide-ranging and authoritative text assumes no prior knowledge of remote sensing yet covers the field in sufficient depth to be suitable also as a research manual.... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Fundamentals of Global Positioning System Receivers: A Software Approach by James Bao-Yen Tsui Publisher Comments Fundamentals of Global Positioning System Receivers provides engineers who use and design GPS systems with a much-needed comprehensive reference on the operational principles guiding this important technology. With an emphasis on software-based signal... (read more) List Price $163.50 Your price: $65.00 Used - Hardcover
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Canal Builders (10 Edition) by Julie Greene Publisher Comments A revelatory look at a momentous undertaking-from the workers' point of view The Panama Canal has long been celebrated as a triumph of American engineering and ingenuity. In The Canal Builders, Julie Greene reveals that this emphasis has obscured a far... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Geocaching: Hiding, Hiking, and High-Tech (Technology in Action Series) by Erik B Sherman Publisher Comments GeoCaching: Hike and Seek With Your GPS is a guide to the relatively new, and exponentially growing, activity of geocaching. It is a treasure hunting game using handheld GPS (global positioning system) receivers that is now played world-wide. Although... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology Through History by Alfred W Crosby Publisher Comments In Throwing Fire, historian Alfred W. Crosby looks at hard, accurate throwing and the manipulation of fire as unique human capabilities. Humans began throwing rocks in prehistory and then progressed to javelins, atlatls, bows and arrows. We learned to... (read more) List Price $72.50 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Chapman & Hall/CRC Monographs and Surveys in Pure and Applie #132: Shock Waves & Explosions by P L Sachdev Publisher Comments Understanding the causes and effects of explosions is important to experts in a broad range of disciplines, including the military, industrial and environmental research, aeronautic engineering, and applied mathematics. While offering an introductory... (read more) List Price $164.50 Your price: $75.00 Used - Hardcover
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Earthquake Engineering: Application to Design by Charles K Erdey Publisher Comments Four-Story Library Annex. 5.3 Wind Analysis. 5.4 Earthquake Analysis. 5.5 Wind and Earthquake Loads. 5.6 Response of Braced Frames to Cyclic Lateral Loads. 5.7 Code Provisions. 5.8 Rules Applicable to Bracing Members. 5.9 Column Strength Requirements. 5... (read more) List Price $156.50 Your price: $65.00 Used - Hardcover
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Getting to Know Arcgis Desktop: Basics of ArcView, Arceditor, and Arcinfo with CDROM by Tim Ormsby Publisher Comments ArcView is the world’s most widely used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software. Version 8 is the most significant upgrade to ArcView since its inception—it has been completely redesigned and engineered to be an easy-to-use, fast... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $25.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Land Development Handbook: Planning, Engineering, and Surveying by Sidney O Dewberry Publisher Comments Successfully navigate the confusing maze of land development If you're looking for cutting-edge blockbuster coverage of the land development process, the search ends here! Written by one of the nation's premier consulting firms, this new edition delivers... (read more) List Price $140.00 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Remote Sensing & Image Interpretatio 4TH Edition by Thomas M Lillesand Publisher Comments The image to the right shows a volcanic landscape in central Africa, including parts of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). This image was obtained from the SIR-C multi-wavelength radar remote sensing system... (read more) List Price $103.00 Your price: $30.00 Used - Hardcover
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Introduction to Engineering Construction Inspection by Edward R Fisk Publisher Comments Introduction to Engineering Construction Inspection offers expert tools and advice on construction inspection for buildings and civil engineering projects, including construction of roads, highways, pipelines, reservoirs, water and wastewater projects... (read more) List Price $115.00 Your price: $65.00 Used - Hardcover
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Remote Sensing and GIS Integration: Theories, Methods, and Applications by Qihao Weng Publisher Comments Maximize a geographical information tool by incorporating it with up-to-date remotely sensed dataGIS is predominantly a data-handling technology, while remote sensing is a data retrieval and analysis technology. This book addresses the need to combine... (read more) List Price $129.25 Your price: $60.00 Used - Hardcover
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