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4) Roadwork
Author
Series
Roadworks volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
There are many big machines and busy people involved in building a road, and this riveting board book follows them every step of the way. From clearing a pathway (screek!) to rolling the tar (squelch!) to sweeping up at the end (swish!), Roadwork is sure to delight young truck-lovers with its rambunctious rhymes and noisy fun.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
333 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Description
A spirited, urgent book that reveals the costs and benefits of being connected--how, from ancient Rome to the present, roads have played a crucial role in human life, advancing civilization even as they set it back.
Author
Formats
Description
The city's Highway 784 extension is being constructed right through every aspect of Bart Dawes's existence -- his home, his neighborhood, and the plant where he works. But something's happening inside his head, a complete and irrevocable burnout of the mental circuit breaker that keeps a mild-mannered person like Bart from turning to violent means. He's not about to give up everything without a fight.
Series
California highways and public works volume 29, no. 9-10
Publisher
Division of Highways, Department of Public Works, State of California
Pub. Date
1950]
Physical Desc
167, [1] p. ill., ports., maps. 28 cm.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
395 pages
Description
"No single sea battle has had more far-reaching consequences than the one fought in the harbor at Hampton Roads, Virginia, in March 1862. The Confederacy, with no fleet of its own, built an iron fort containing ten heavy guns on the hull of a captured Union frigate named the Merrimack. The North got word of the project when it was already well along, and, in desperation, commissioned an eccentric inventor named John Ericsson to build the Monitor,...
16) Wherever you go
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
Illustrations and rhyming text follow a young rabbit as he leaves home on a journey, discovering the joys of different kinds of roads and what they may bring--including a way back home.
17) The highway
Author
Series
Description
When two girls disappear on a remote stretch of Montana road, former police investigator Cody Hoyt and his former rookie partner Cassie Dewell begin an investigation that will lead them into the hunting ground for a killer whose viciousness is outmatched only by his intelligence.
Author
Series
Formats
Description
"From the publisher that brought you the bestselling Baby University books comes a brand-new series of construction books for kids. Let's build a highway! How? We'll show you! Join the construction team in this board book as they go about the steps involved in building a highway, from surveying the roadway, to using a bulldozer to clear the path, and so much more. Toddlers will love the bright and bold art, and parents will love the gentle explanation...
Publisher
Infinity Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (360 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In search of excitement, two young men--sheltered Yale graduate Tod Stiles and tough guy Buz Murdock--traverse the famed Route 66, which stretches from Chicago to Santa Monica, where they encounter people from all walks of life. Lincoln Case was introduced late in the third season. Shot entirely on location around the country.
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