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1) Elevators
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A look at some of the most amazing elevators in the world. Addresses the obstacles of construction, the impact on society, and the science of engineering such superstructures.
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Travel with Gordon Goldsborough from Rapid City School to Mallard Lodge to Union Stockyards and many places in between as the author helps us reclaim some of our long-lost heritage. is full colour, richly illustrated book looks at abandoned sites around Manitoba, describing their features, what caused them to be abandoned,and what they tell us about the history of the province.
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A Gathering of Promises is a history of acid rock and psychedelic music in and from, the state of Texas, focusing, largely on its mid-1960s origins with the 13th Floor Elevators and contemporaries such as, the Golden Dawn, the Red Crayola and Bubble Puppy, and following its development to the present day and the popularity of the annual Austin Psych Fest. Grounded in a strong social, cultural and historical context, the book asks how Texas produced...
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When Carolina Giddle moves into the Blatchford Arms, no one knows what to make of her sequin-sprinkled sneakers and her trinket-crusted car. But the parents are happy there's a new babysitter around, and Carolina seems to have an uncanny ability to calm the most rambunctious child with her ghostly stories. Armed with unusual snacks (bone-shaped peppermints, granghoula bars and Rumpelstiltskin sandwiches), candles to set the mood, and her trusty sidekick...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustratons ; 24 cm
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It takes a tight-knit team to keep the Hotel running smoothly, and Elevator Bird is at the center of it all. He helps people get where they need to go and has a kind word for everyone he meets. Elevator Bird makes everyone's day brighter. So when he confesses to his friend Mousey that he's always longed for a room with a view, Mousey wants to make it happen. All of Elevator Bird's friends hatch a secret plan to make sure Elevator Bird has the nest...
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356 pages ; 25 cm
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"In the lucrative world of Wall Street finance, Vincent, Jules, Sylvie and Sam are the ultimate high-flyers. Ruthlessly ambitious, they make billion-dollar deals and live lives of outrageous luxury. Getting rich is all that matters, and they'll do anything to get ahead. When the four of them are ordered to participate in a corporate team-building exercise that requires them to escape from a locked elevator, things start to go horribly wrong. They...
10) Lift
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52 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"Iris loves to push the elevator buttons in her apartment building, but when it's time to share the fun with a new member of the family, she's pretty put out. That is, until the sudden appearance of a mysterious new button opens up entire realms of possibility, places where she can escape and explore on her own. But when she's forced to choose between going at it alone or letting her little brother tag along, Iris finds that sharing a discovery with...
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453 pages ; 24 cm
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"Four people board an elevator in a Manhattan office tower, press the buttons for their floor. The elevator proceeds, non-stop ... then plummets to the bottom of the shaft. It appears to be a horrific tragedy ... until the next day it happens again, in a different skyscraper. The third day plunges the city into chaos. What does this sabotage have to do with the fingerless body found on the High Line? New York detectives and journalists race to find...
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207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm
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A graphic tour through the inner workings of modern skyscrapers explains how they operate and how sophisticated networks of technologies and utilities are possible within their complex structures.
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"The global boom in skyscrapers-why it's happening now, how they're made, and what they do to cities and people. We are living in a new urban age and its most tangible expression is the "supertall": megastructures that are dramatically bigger, higher, and more ambitious than any in history. In Supertall, TED Resident Stefan Al-himself an experienced architect who has worked on some of the largest buildings in the world-reveals the advancements in...
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vii, 371 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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How scientific reasoning explains our most common daily fears from germs to natural disasters and everything in between. Quick -- what do you worry about most? Your cell phone giving you cancer? The public bathroom you're using being dirty? GMOs in your food? An asteroid strike? Something else? In this witty and evidenced-based book, Lise Johnson and Eric Chudler get to the root of our worries, all the while using science to help tame the anxiety...
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255 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"How Technology Works demystifies the machinery that keeps the modern world going, from simple objects such as zip fasteners and can openers to the latest, most sophisticated devices of the information age, including smartwatches, personal digital assistants, and driverless cars. It includes inventions that have changed the course of history, like the internal combustion engine, as well as technologies that might hold the key to our future survival,...
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268 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
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"Paula Grey explores how creative thinkers--sometimes collaborating, sometimes competing, and always building on the work of their predecessors--have envisioned new ways to move about in the world. From the first foot migration out of Africa to the Model T Ford, hot air balloons, submarines, rickshaws, and moon rockets, humans have combined imagination, daring, and scientific and technical knowledge to improve existing vehicles or create new ones....
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x, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast." --
Have you ever stopped to consider why you don't see metal fire escapes on new buildings? Or pondered the story behind those dancing inflatable figures in car dealerships? Mars and Kohlstedt reveal the stories baked into the buildings we inhabit, the streets we drive, and the sidewalks we traverse....
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