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1) Cars
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This book explians what happens through the stages of a car's life cycle, from design & construction to sale to use to disposal. Covers such concepts as prototyping, production, and recycling.
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Brilliant engineer Warren Neale is determined to finish the most ambitious project in American history--the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. The terrain and climate provide formidable obstacles, but a troublesome group of Wyoming residents is the true danger. Unwilling to stand by helplessly while the country changes, the group intends to fight the coming of the railroad by any means necessary.
7) Pyramid
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Text and black-and-white illustrations follow the intricate step-by-step process of the building of an ancient Egyptian pyramid.
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An investigative history of Depression Era power brokers and labor wars in the construction of the Pulaski Skyway across the New Jersey Meadowlands.
In the 1930s, as America's love affair with the automobile began, cars and trucks leaving the nation's largest city were dumped out of the Holland Tunnel onto local roads winding through New Jersey swampland. The Pulaski Skyway, America's first "superhighway," would change all that by connecting the...
10) Bridge of Clay
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The breathtaking story of five brothers who bring each other up in a world run by their own rules. As the Dunbar boys love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world, they discover the moving secret behind their father's disappearance. At the center of the Dunbar family is Clay, a boy who will build a bridge--for his family, for his past, for greatness, for his sins, for a miracle. The question is, how far is Clay willing to go? And how much...
13) Building bridges
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Uses engaging nonfiction text and hands-on projects to help young readers explore real-life bridge engineering projects, including the science behind how these structures are planned and built.
14) Panama Canal
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"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early readers the science and engineering behind the Panama Canal. Includes infographics, an activity, glossary, and index"--
15) Mosque
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From the award-winning author of The Way Things Work, a remarkable look at how a sixteenth-century mosque would have been built, in words and pictures.
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How to catch-- volume 1
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A rhyming tale of St. Patrick's Day approaching and a leprechaun causing mischief while avoiding being caught in a trap.
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#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm. What became of Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the crimes of Memphis law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke and fled the country? The answer is in The Exchange, the riveting sequel to The Firm, the blockbuster thriller that launched the career of...
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"What does it take to build a building taller than any other building in the world? Skyscrapers don't just look impressive, there's a lot of work put into keeping them standing tall! From drilling anchor holes and erecting steel beams, to laying acres of concrete, each step is carefully orchestrated to create these massive marvels. Young readers will put on their hard hats and walk with engineers and construction workers as they learn what goes into...
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