The Skys Their Highway

Author : K. T. Berger
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805014888
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where the Road and the Sky Collide written by K. T. Berger and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1993 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Most Americans have surprisingly intimate relationships with their cars. Nearly everyone drives - at least 140 million of us do - and nearly everyone is frustrated to tears by traffic congestion, aware of the political repercussions of driving (didn't we recently fight a war to keep us mobile?), and increasingly concerned about the car's environmental hazards." ""Car biologist" K. T. Berger sets out on an investigative journey to explore just how this dominant life form - part human, part machine - is affecting its vast, complex ecosystem. In an age when ten percent of our arable land and fifty percent of our urban areas are paved over, will the car evolve, or will it continue on its present course of destruction, which can only lead to its extinction (and possibly our own)?" "Berger searches for answers as he interviews the nation's drivers in this offbeat, on-the-road adventure. He talks to an extraordinary range of car users - from South Dakota to Florida, from Los Angeles to New York - all with personal tales that illustrate just how deeply cars and driving are ingrained in American life." "In Los Angeles, Berger finds a former street racer who tells hilarious tales of racing around the city in his custom Porsche with a Corvette engine; in Dallas, a good ol' boy police detective talks about relentlessly chasing thieves whose crimes are, by God, "crimes against the great state of Texas!"; and in New York, Berger meets the classic New York cabbie with more one-liners than Rodney Dangerfield." "What are we going to do about the transportation mess? In search of answers to this urgent question, Berger journeys to Detroit to interview automotive executives and engineers. He puts current efforts to reduce gridlock and auto pollution into focus by interviewing urban and regional planners, transportation experts in government and academia, and environmental activists, creating a panoramic and fascinating portrait of America on wheels."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : David B. Freeman
Publisher : Nissi Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780944372135
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Highways in the Sky written by David B. Freeman and published by Nissi Publishing. This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of flying adventures as told from the cockpit. The stories span a period of more than 30 years and and include both military and civilian flying in a variety of aircraft, both airplanes and helicopters.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1324 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Aeroplane written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1448 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Aeroplane and Astronautics written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jeff Kurtti
Publisher : Disney Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781484737675
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Disney Monorail written by Jeff Kurtti and published by Disney Editions. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All aboard a lavish visual celebration of one of Disney's most iconic and beloved creations: the Disney Monorail. Through a lively and succinct narrative and a stunning collection of unique historical photographs and rare concept and development art (much of it never before published) readers will be transported through the imagination of one of the great twentieth century geniuses, and into a future where yesterday's dreams are tomorrow's realities! Walt Disney is renowned as a cartoonist, filmmaker, showman, and entertainment icon. But he was also a far-sighted futurist, a transportation buff with practical roots in the past, and visionary sights set on the future. In imagining his Disneyland park, Walt saw it not only as a destination for diversion and entertainment, but also as a means of presenting practical demonstrations of new ideas and new technology with real-world applications. As Walt said, "Tomorrow offers new frontiers in science, adventure, and ideals: the Atomic Age . . . the challenge of outer space . . . and the hope for a peaceful and unified world." In The Disney Monorail: Imagineering a Highway in the Sky, readers will discover the parallel stories of the development of a new form of transportation and the evolution of Walt's prophetic creative mind, which resulted in the first daily operating monorail in the Western Hemisphere. From that day in June 1959, this mid-century modern marvel has captured the hearts and imaginations not only of theme park and Disney fans everywhere. It has also inspired, as Walt had hoped, the creation of working monorails in practical transit applications in varied locations all around the world.

Author : C. W. Guthrie
Publisher : Farcountry Press
ISBN 13 : 9781560373353
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Going-to-the-Sun Road written by C. W. Guthrie and published by Farcountry Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traveling Glacier National Park's Going to the Sun Road is an experience like no other. Laborers toiled for nearly 20 years to complete the 50-mile road that winds an impossible route through the heart of Glacier. One of the most scenic highways in the world, this marvel of engineering set the standard for all national parks. C. W. Guthrie tells the intriguing tale of the history and the construction of the epic Going-to-the-Sun Road. 60 color and black-and-white photographs.

Author : Caroline Arnold
Publisher : HMH Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hawk Highway in the Sky written by Caroline Arnold and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of hawks, eagles, and falcons throughout the world migrate each year between their winter and summer homes. Through breathtaking photographs and clear, engaging text, readers get a close-up look at these extraordinary birds of prey at a trapping and banding station in the Goshute Mountains of eastern Nevada.

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Total Pages : 1018 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sky-land written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1056 pages
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Download or read book California Highways and Public Works written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 200 pages
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Download or read book The Blue Sky written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: