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What John McPhee's books all have in common is that they are about real people in real places. Here, at his adventurous best, he is out and about with people who work in freight transportation.
Over the past eight years, John McPhee has spent considerable time in the company of people who work in freight transportation. Uncommon Carriers is his sketchbook of them and of his journeys with them. He rides from Atlanta to Tacoma alongside Don Ainsworth,...
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"Tom Standage's fleet-footed and surprising global histories have delighted readers and cemented his reputation as one of our leading interpreters of technologies past and present. Now, he returns with a provocative account of a sometimes-overlooked form of technology--personal transportation--and explores how it has shaped societies and cultures over millennia. Beginning around 3,500 BCE with the wheel--a device that didn't catch on until a couple...
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Garbology explores the hidden and costly wonders of our buy-it-now, get-it-today world of transportation, revealing the surprising truths, mounting challenges, and logistical magic behind every trip we take and every click we make. Transportation dominates our daily existence. Thousands, even millions, of miles are embedded in everything we do and touch. We live in a door-to-door universe that works...
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Buckle in the kids for a wild ride through this vehicle-themed seek-and-find title. Hundreds of hidden objects are tucked inside vehicles that roll, rumble, float, and fly across each full-color puzzle. To-find lists include both pictographs and word labels to engage pre-readers and early readers alike.
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America was made by the railroads. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line-the first American railroad-in the 1830s sparked a national revolution in the way that people lived thanks to the speed and convenience of train travel. Promoted by visionaries and built through heroic effort, the American railroad network was bigger in every sense than Europe's, and facilitated everything from long-distance travel to commuting and transporting goods to waging...
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IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Published to coincide with its 50th anniversary, this rollicking ride through Busytown introduces readers to a wide variety of wild and wacky vehicles and features a removable poster and never-before-seen original sketches.
13) Let's go!
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"A little creature and five friends find creative ways to get to a party"--
15) Here to there
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"Information for beginner readers about all forms of transportation."--Provided by publisher.
16) The school bus
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There's a lot of responsibility that comes with riding a school bus. Instructive text and . . . photographs bring bus safety to life.
20) Bus drivers
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IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces bus drivers to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
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