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A winning combination of practical travel information, stunning color photographs, and rich maritime history makes Lighthouses of California your essential guide to maritime beacons in the Golden State. From Old Point Loma Light near San Diego to St. George Reef Light near Crescent City,...

Fans of Gay M. Grant's Along the Kennebec: The Herman Bryant Collection will enjoy these more than 200 newly released images taken by gifted South Gardiner photographer Herman Bryant (1858-1937). Now part of the collections of the Maine State Museum, Bryant's work documents late-19th-...

Transport systems are the lifeblood of all great cities and this is certainly true of London. As far back as Roman times, their city Londinium was the hub of a network of roads leading out to all the major centers of the time. It...

This study of shipping makes visible a sector that has led European economic growth for centuries, yet rarely appears in business or economic histories.Author: Gelina HarlaftisISBN-10: 1108466788ISBN-13: 9781108466783Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/03/2022Pages: 400Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.17lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d

This facsimile reprint covers the variety of flying clothing and equipment manufactured by Spalding during the 1920s and 1930s, including flying suits, leather jackets, helmets, face masks, oxygen helmets, gloves and gauntlets, women's flying suits, jackets and coats, leather coats, waders, boots, goggles, and...

Handbook of Mobility Data Mining, Volume One: Data Preprocessing and Visualization introduces the fundamental technologies of mobile big data mining (MDM), advanced AI methods, and upper-level applications, helping readers comprehensively understand MDM with a bottom-up approach. The book explains how to preprocess mobile big...

Handbook of Mobility Data Mining, Volume Two: Mobility Analytics and Prediction introduces the fundamental technologies of mobile big data mining (MDM), advanced AI methods, and upper-level applications, helping readers comprehensively understand MDM with a bottom-up approach. The book explains how to preprocess mobile big...

Transportation Amid Pandemics: Practices and Policies is the first reference on pandemics (especially COVID-19) in the context of transport, logistics, and supply chains. This book investigates the relationships between pandemics and transport and evaluates impacts of COVID-19 and effects of policy responses to address...

Handbook of Mobility Data Mining: Volume Three: Mobility Data-Driven Applications introduces the fundamental technologies of mobile big data mining (MDM), advanced AI methods, and upper-level applications, helping readers comprehensively understand MDM with a bottom-up approach. The book explains how to preprocess mobile big data,...

Geographic Information Systems for Intermodal Transportation: Methods, Models, Applications examines the basic concepts and applications of Geographic Information Systems for Transportation. The book discusses the unique characteristics of each transportation mode-- highway, railway, waterway and airway--as well as the combined intermodal transportation network. The...

The Digital Transformation of Supply Chain Management offers a roadmap to all areas of supply chain management, with the idea of ecosystem as a center of gravity. The book describes the impact of Internet-driven global information and communication systems in enhancing supply chain management...

Super Car coloring book for Adults Super Car Coloring Book is full of high-quality illustrations in black and white. This coloring book incorporates a variety of adorable designs and creates hours of coloring fun for adult. This book gift for you, your parents and...

My book will tell you almost everything you need to know about the trucking industry. It will tell you what the lifestyle will be like for the beginners. It is also a great book for readers interested in the trucking field.Author: Sheree HarrisISBN-10: 866924196XISBN-13:...

THIS BOOK HAS 125 JOBCARDS DESIGNED FOR MECHANICS, THIS IS IDEAL FOR MOBILE MECHANICS, MECHANICS, WORKSHOPS, WORKSHOP CONTROLLERS ETCAuthor: Shields BooksISBN-10: 8616188320ISBN-13: 9798616188328Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/21/2020Pages: 126Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.27d

This text provides a comprehensive overview on how modern cruise ships are run, covering the most important topics of today's shipboard operation involving Deck, Engine and Hotel divisions, with a focus on the recent innovations in the Culinary Arts, Entertainment productions, Spa and Beauty...

An incisive economic and political history of the Panama Canal On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage....

Take a road trip along one of America's most famous roads, Route 66! This social studies book details how Route 66 changed American life. Route 66 stretched more than 2,000 miles and was one of the first major U.S. highways. This teacher-approved book shows...

Scania: Trucking in Australia - Collector's Edition #1 is the first book in the "Trucking in Australia series", produced by Australian Trucking Quarterly magazine and renowned Australian transport photojournalist and filmmaker Howard Shanks. This photo book contains 256 COLOUR PHOTOS and features an easy-to-read...

Author: David E. NyeISBN-10: 0262546647ISBN-13: 9780262546645Publisher: MIT PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2022Pages: 296Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d

Author: Lee KlancherISBN-10: 1642341398ISBN-13: 9781642341393Publisher: Octane PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/31/2023Pages: 384Format: HardcoverWeight: 5.95lbsSize: 10.60h x 12.10w x 1.40d

Beginning readers explore the types of transportation people use. What kinds of vehicles do their families use? This easy-reading nonfiction text pairs with the fiction story From the Train.Author: Katie PetersISBN-10: 1728475996ISBN-13: 9781728475998Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)Language: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2023Pages: 16Format: Library BindingWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 8.11h x...

"Hello, bus drivers! Young learners are introduced to this community helper in a beginning reader that's perfect for curious kids. Early readers will learn how bus drivers drive in all kinds of weather. Full color images and carefully leveled text highlight what bus drivers...

America's Rolling is the story of the United States as told around the fabric of the American railroad. Within you will learn about such luminaries as A.J. Russell and Kate Shelley. Touching on the histories of the Baltimore and Ohio and Union Pacific Railroads....

Handy 3d book format street map of London showing over 555 famous landmarks and locations with Underground stations, Government buildings including, Police stations, courts, Libraries, Hospitals, Shopping, Embassies etc. Ideal for any visitor with a "Must visit" tick-box and easy to find index and...

Communities rely on bus drivers. They safely get people where they need to go. Join the furry friends from Sesame Street to learn more about these helpers. About the Sesame Street (R) Loves Community Helpers series: Community helpers are everywhere! Celebrate the people who...

118 pages, with more than 60 illustrations, diagrams and charts, size 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Originally published under the similar title The Book of Reliant by J. Thorpe, this book is one of a series published in the USA by Floyd Clymer by arrangement...

Python Programming (Advanced) Learn Python (Advanced) in 7 Days and Ace It Well. Hands On Challenges INCLUDED NO BS NO Nonsense Straight to the point Level Up Your Python Programming Skills and No More Overtime Have you ever wonder why your colleagues are coding...

Whether you are an owner operator or an in-house chauffeur, working in the limousine industry does have its pros or cons. Whether it's bribing the dispatchers somehow or receiving "hush gratuity," limo chauffeurs tend to survive financially one way or the other even though...

The legendary cities of Turkestan--Merv, Khiva, Bokhara and Samarkand--have long exerted a romantic fascination upon Western travellers. During the last century, men of many nationalities have played what they and their contemporaries have called "The Great Game"--travelling throughout Central Asia. The author revives memories...

The book "Transportation of the Future" is the first book in a series of "Problems - Ideas - Solutions." The author takes the liberty to claim that the development of transport in the beginning of the 21st century have stalled. Namely, there appeared the...

On Saturday, May 8, 2010, at 0918 eastern daylight time, the passenger ferry Andrew J. Barberi allided with the terminal structure at slip No. 5 at the St. George terminal, Staten Island, New York, after a loss of propulsion control. Eighteen crewmembers, 2 New...

In 2004, a team of representatives from the Federal Highway Administration, State highway agencies, industry, and academia visited Canada, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Scotland, and the United Kingdom. The purpose of this International Technology Scanning Program study was to identify practices that might be...

(Hydraulic Engineering Circular No. 25) The purpose of this manual is to provide guidance on hydraulic modeling for bridges over tidal waterways. This document includes descriptions of: (1) common physical features that affect transportation projects in coastal areas, (2) tide causing astronomical and hydrologic...

The purpose of this document is to assist organizations and their leaders in implementing and sustaining regional traffic incident management programs, both by examining some successful models, and by considering some of the lessons learned by early implementers. There is some form of incident...

The immense, global transportation and logistics sector is vital to businesses of all types. This carefully-researched book covers exciting trends in supply chain and logistics management, transportation, just in time delivery, warehousing, distribution, intermodal shipment systems, airlines, trains, marine transport, courier services, logistics services,...

If you want to learn how to buy, drive, and maintain a recreational vehicle to travel and live the RV lifestyle, then check out HowExpert Guide to RV Life.HowExpert Guide to RV Life is a book for folks who don't know much about RVs...

If you want to learn how to buy, drive, and maintain a recreational vehicle to travel and live the RV lifestyle, then check out HowExpert Guide to RV Life.HowExpert Guide to RV Life is a book for folks who don't know much about RVs...

This book is an interesting way to learn about the American transportation in the USA.Author: Glen StarkeyISBN-10: 1543431631ISBN-13: 9781543431636Publisher: Xlibris UsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/21/2018Pages: 106Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d

This is the second Images of America book showcasing the rich history of the town of Burrillville. Incorporated in 1806, the town grew in prosperity because of the many woolen mills that sprang up along its rivers and streams. This photographic history tells the...

Getting to the Vineyard has never been easy. Native Americans built canoes for the journey, and early settlers crossed Vineyard Sound in small sailing packets. Steamships dramatically changed island life. On the island, the horse-drawn trolley evolved into the electric trolley. Tourists and residents...

This aeronautics guide is written for the novice--and for the novice who is completely a novice. We have assumed, in writing it, that it will come into the hands of men who, having determined to enter this great and growing industry of aviation, and...

Point Cabrillo Lighthouse, on the rugged coast of Mendocino County in Northern California, was first lit as an aid to navigation on June 10, 1909. The light station continues to serve mariners and is regarded as one of the crown jewels of lighthouses on...

Buffalo has witnessed the evolution of mass transportation through the decades, from the International Railway Company's streetcars in 1902 to the formation of the Niagara Frontier Transit System (NFT) Metro in 1974. The Great Gorge Route, the world's most famous scenic electric railway, offered...

How Cities Learn traces the circulation of bus rapid transit (BRT) to understand how and why it was widely adopted in South Africa. Investigates the global proliferation and localization of BRT Examines the production and distribution of transportation knowledge in the global south Addresses...

Europe and the Maritime World: A Twentieth-Century History offers a new framework for understanding globalization over the past century. Through a detailed analysis of ports, shipping, and trading companies whose networks spanned the world, Michael B. Miller shows how a European maritime infrastructure made...

I designed a simple but powerful cross-compound double-acting reciprocating steam engine similar to the Stanley Steamer. The power (from the boiler energy) is equivalent to a standard 290 hp V8 internal combustion engine. The materials used are from standard off-the-shelf items, simple machining processes,...

This is Steven M. Johnson's seventh book. It covers his early years, starting when he was holed up with a drafting table and bed in a small space directly under the staircase of an empty, rented corner grocery store in Oakland, CA from 1963-65....

This book covers liquid pipeline hydraulics as it applies to transportation of liquids through pipelines in a single phase steady state environment. It will serve as a practical handbook for engineers, technicians and others involved in design and operation of pipelines transporting liquids. Currently,...

This book covers liquid pipeline hydraulics as it applies to transportation of liquids through pipelines in a single phase steady state environment. It will serve as a practical handbook for engineers, technicians and others involved in design and operation of pipelines transporting liquids. Currently,...

Step by step instructions on how to build and assemble an ATV from scratch. Totally illustrated with diagrams and photgraphs. This ATV also features roll bars and cage for safety. Designed for a top speed of 45 MPH.Author: Shannon Waite, Mitchell WaiteISBN-10: 1466485116ISBN-13: 9781466485112Publisher:...