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Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks by Ken Jennings Staff Pick Ken Jennings's Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks is an intriguing (dare I say, captivating?) look into the realm of maps, geography, and cartophiles. Jennings writes remarkably well, infusing his engrossing subject with a... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Rubble: Unearthing the History of Demolition by Jeff Byles Publisher Comments From the straight boulevards that smashed their way through rambling old Paris to create the city we know today to the televised implosion of Las Vegas casinos to make room for America’s ever grander desert of dreams, demolition has long played an... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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GIS in Public Policy by R W Greene Publisher Comments How government officials, educators, and social welfare experts can put GIS to use.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $8.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Georeferencing: The Geographic Associations of Information (Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing) by Linda L Hill Publisher Comments andlt;Pandgt;Georeferencing--relating information to geographic location--has been incorporated into today's information systems in various ways. We use online services to map our route from one place to another; science, business, and government... (read more) List Price $40.25 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Road Ecology: Science and Solutions by Richard T Forman Publisher Comments A central goal of transportation is the delivery of safe and efficient services with minimal environmental impact. In practice, though, human mobility has flourished while nature has suffered. Awareness of the environmental impacts of roads is increasing,... (read more) List Price $58.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Undersea with GIS by Dawn J Wright Publisher Comments In the same way GIS has helped make analysis and mapping of the earth's surface more accessible and powerful, GIS technology allows experts to see that large portion of the planet that is underwater. This collection of works from experts in marine... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Big Dams and Other Dreams: The Six Companies Story by Donald E Wolf Publisher Comments In this freewheeling saga of American industrial might, civil engineer Donald E. Wolf tells how a giant combine of firms, Six Companies, built the great Hoover, Bonneville, and Grand Coulee Dams and laid the foundations for the Golden Gate and San... (read more) Your price: $27.00 Used - Hardcover
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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: $2.95 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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The Canal Builders: Making America's Empire at the Panama Canal 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: $5.95 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 $75.50 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Thinking about GIS: Geographic Information System Planning for Managers by Roger Tomlinson Publisher Comments Updated and easier to use, this third edition of the GIS classic details a planning model developed for designing data and technology systems that will meet an organizations specific needs, whether its an enterprise-wide GIS or a single-shop launch.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Design of Highway Bridges: Based on Aashto LRFD, Bridge Design Specifications by Richard Barker Publisher Comments The up-to-date guide to applying theory and specifications to real-world highway bridge design Design of Highway Bridges, Second Editionoffers detailed coverage of engineering basics for the design of short- and medium-span bridges. Based on the American... (read more) List Price $120.00 Your price: $75.00 Used - Hardcover
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ESRI Map Book, Volume 26 by Esri Press Publisher Comments The Esri Map Book, Volume 26 features how GIS enables change and provides innovative, spatially-based solutions to wide-ranging issues affecting business, the environment, utilities, transportation, and government, among others. The full... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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GIS Tutorial Two: Spatial Analysis Workbook (Tutorial) by David Allen Publisher Comments GIS Tutorial II: Spatial Analysis Workbook offers hands-on exercises to help GIS users at the intermediate level continue to build their problem-solving and analysis skills. Inspired by The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis book series by Andy Mitchell, GIS... (read more) List Price $79.95 Your price: $35.00 Used - Spiral/comb
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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 $161.50 Your price: $46.00 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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Remote Sensing & Image Interpretation 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: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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