"Describes the process of building a car"--Provided by publisher.

The efforts of French aviator Louis Bleriot are captured in this charming account.

"Describes the process of building a spacecraft"--

"#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...

"When a Muslim architect wins a blind contest to design a Ground Zero Memorial, a city of eleven million people takes notice. Waldman, a former bureau chief for the New York Times, explores a diversity of viewpoints around this fictional event, bringing in politicians, businessmen, journalists, activists, and normal people whose lives--whether by happenstance, choice, or even due to their country of origin--get caught up in the controversy. Incredibly,...

The enthralling story of one of the greatest accomplishments in our nation's 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 Civil War, when Americans believed all things were possible. So daring a concept as spanning the East River to join two great cities required vision and dedication of the kind that went into building Europe's great cathedrals....

Set in twelfth-century England, this epic of kings and peasants juxtaposes the building of a magnificent church with the violence and treachery that often characterized the Middle Ages.

Best laid plans: She was the sexiest thing in a hard hat that architect Cody had ever seen, yet structural engineer Abra also had a will as strong as a steel girder. But he has plans for her that even this spirited beauty could not resist. From this day: B.J. Clark, the manager of an inn in Vermont, resents the efforts of the inn's new owner, Taylor Reynolds, to modernize it, while Taylor's fascination with B.J. makes him think about abandoning his...

Neil Sheehan unfolds the story of American Air Force officer Bernard Schriever and his daring efforts to thwart the Soviet Union's nuclear ambitions throughout the Cold War. Hoping to maintain superiority over his Russian counterparts, Schriever laid the groundwork for an intercontinental ballistic missile system that could have potentially destroyed all of the Soviet Union in less than 30 minutes. Along the way, though, Schriever was faced with a...