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81) Roads
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Readers will have a blast learning about Roads. From stone to asphalt and concrete, this book explores how they are built, how they are used, and the engineer's job to build and plan for them."--Amazon.com.
82) Dams
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Readers will have a blast learning about Dams. From beaver dams to the Hoover Dam, this book explores how they are built, how they are used, and the engineer's job to build and care for them."--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
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"In Golden Gate Bridge, early fluent readers explore the mechanics behind this steel engineering marvel. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they learn about this iconic American bridge"--Provided by the publisher.
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Series
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiv, 146 pages : illustrations)
Language
English
Description
"Fiendishly Fun Ways to Use the Beagle Bone Black! This wickedly inventive guide shows you how to program and build fun and fascinating projects with the BeagleBone Black. You'll learn how to connect the BeagleBone Black to your computer and program it, quickly mastering BoneScript and other programming tools so you can get started right away. 30 BeagleBone Black Projects for the Evil Genius is filled with a wide variety of do-it-yourself LED, sensor,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
NOVA returns to Ground Zero to witness the final chapter in an epic story of engineering, innovation, and the perseverance of the human spirit. Ground Zero Supertower examines the new skyscraper, One World Trade Center, rising up 104 stories and 1,776 feet from the site where the Twin Towers once stood. NOVA also goes underground to see another engineering marvel taking shape here: the construction of the National September 11 Memorial Museum that...
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Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xv, 223 pages)
Language
English
Description
In this TAB book, bestselling electronics author Simon Monk shows maker-entrepreneurs how to use Fritzing's open-source software and services to create electronics prototypes, design and manufacture printed circuit boards (PCBs), and bring professional-quality electronic products to market. Fritzing for Inventors: Take Your Electronics Project from Prototype to Product explains how to use this set of free, open-source electronics prototyping tools...
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Language
English
Description
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....
Author
Publisher
McGraw Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xv, 173 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Explore the Internet of Things and build useful, functioning Photon projects Quickly learn to construct your own electronics devices and control them over the Internet with help from this DIY guide. Programming the Photon: Getting Started with the Internet of Things features clear explanations and step-by-step examples that use inexpensive, easy-to-find components. Discover how to connect to Wi-Fi networks, attach hardware to I/O ports, write custom...
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Language
English
Description
Could Henry Ford have taken his idea for an automobile assembly line from the elves at the North Pole? Maybe so. Set just before Christmas in 1908, this charming tale finds Henry Ford puzzling over a way to make his Model T affordable for the average family. His little son Edsel suggests that Daddy write to Santa for advice. Since Santa makes toys for millions of children, Edsel points out, he must know a better way. Henry writes the letter just to...
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Language
English
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Eleven years have passed since Lieutenant John Dunbar became the Comanche warrior Dances With Wolves and married Stands With A Fist, a white-born woman raised as a Comanche from early childhood. With their three children, they live peacefully in the village of Ten Bears. But there is unease in the air, caused by increased reports of violent confrontations with white soldiers, who want to drive the Comanche onto reservations. Disquiet turns to horror,...
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English
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Description
"Perfect for the do-it-yourselfer, this handy guide to household electronics gives the weekend workbench enthusiast a multitude of ideas on how to salvage valuable parts from old electronics and turn them into useful gadgets once more. This handbook is loaded with information and helpful tips for disassembling old and broken electronics. Each of the more than 50 deconstruction projects includes a "treasures cache" of the components to be found, a...
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxvi, 789 pages)
Language
English
Description
"A gateway to all the Cisco basics as well as an introduction to new trends in the world of internetworking. This practical guide covers the fundamentals, including IOS command structure, routing and networking protocols, design and management tools, network security, and network device configuration. The fifth edition features new coverage of latest technologies, including cloud transitions, telepresence, adding mobile devices, software-defined networking,...
93) Devil in spring
Author
Series
The Ravenels volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Most debutantes dream of finding husbands. Lady Pandora Ravenel has different plans. The ambitious young beauty would much rather stay at home and plot out her new board game business than take part in the London Season. But one night at a glittering society ball, she's ensnared in a scandal with a wickedly handsome stranger. After years of evading marital traps with ease, Gabriel, Lord St. Vincent, has finally been caught by a rebellious girl who...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this engaging title, young readers learn about different forms of energy! Different forms of energy such a potential and kinetic are explained, as are gravity, acceleration, velocity, g-forces, and centripetal force. These properties are illustrated by the design and operation of roller coasters. Colorful infographics make joules and shifting energy easily accessible, and prominent contributors such as LaMarcus Thompson are featured. A fun experiment...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early readers the science and engineering behind the Pyramids of Egypt. Includes infographics, an activity, glossary, and index"--
97) Shadow men
Author
Series
Max Freeman mysteries volume 3
Language
English
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Description
Book three of the bestselling Max Freeman mystery series: Max seeks to uncover the twisted truth behind an eighty-year-old triple homicide. In the 1920s, three of Mark Mayes's ancestors left to help build the first road through the Everglades - backbreaking labor from which they never returned. Now, decades later, Mayes has discovered letters that point to murder as the cause of their disappearance, and he hires Max Freeman to get to the bottom of...
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English
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"Architects of Death tells the astonishing story of how the gas chambers and crematoria that facilitated the murder and incineration of more than one million people in the Holocaust were designed not by the Nazi SS, but by a small respectable family firm of German engineers. Topf and Sons designed and built the crematoria at the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Belzec, Dachau, Mauthausen, and Gusen. At its height, 66 Topf triple...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Recounts the life of William Powell, an African American golfer discriminated against because of his race, and how his perseverance and spirit helped him rise from a caddy to the first African American owner of a public golf course.
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