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Los puentes son obras esenciales en la infraestructura vial destinadas a salvar obstáculos naturales -ríos, valles, lagos, cañones o brazos de mar- y artificiales -vías férreas y carreteras- para así unir caminos de viajeros y hacer posible el transporte de animales y mercancías. Algunas de estas estructuras, son antiguas, y pueden presentar deterioros que afecten su operación. Por ello, es importante indagar y profundizar sobre su estado...
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"Bridges are more than just a way to get from place to place. They are amazing feats of engineering! From the longest bridges to the oldest bridges, sea bridges to landmark bridges, these engineering marvels have helped to shape our world. Brilliant photographs and graphic organizers, paired with exciting fun facts, are sure to entertain--and educate--readers. Young engineers will learn about the science behind bridges, the obstacles of construction,...
64) Moving Lila
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Mira De Land inherits her childhood home - a house named Lila in Ona Island, North Carolina. The catch is that she must move it to her family's current home in Arkansas. Moving Lila forces Mira and her much younger sister, Kat, to unearth long-buried family secrets as their own relationship changes. Ultimately, they reconcile the family's past and present by realizing that each one is guilty of something, which has the paradoxical effect of absolving...
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"The next gritty, gun-slinging entry in the New York Times-bestselling series, featuring itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. Territorial Marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are back in Appaloosa, where their work enforcing the law has been exceptionally quiet. All that is about to change. An ominous storm rolls in, and along with it a band of night riders with a devious scheme, who show up at the Rio Blanco camp, where a three-hundred-foot...
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David P. Billington (1927–2018) was the Gordon Y. S. Wu Professor of Engineering Emeritus at Princeton University. His many books include Robert Maillart's Bridges and Power, Speed, and Form (both Princeton).
An essential exploration of the engineering aesthetics of celebrated structures from long-span bridges to high-rise buildings
What do structures such as the Eiffel Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the concrete roofs of Pier Luigi Nervi have...
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In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked into William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana. She became the first black student to attend the previously all-white school. This event paved the way for widespread school desegregation in the South. Ruby Bridges and the Desegregation of American Schools explores Bridges's legacy.
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Horrible Harry volume 33
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When his best friend Doug discovers his top secret hideout, Harry enlists the help of his friends' to save it from being developed into an apartment building -- publisher
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The Golden Gate Bridge is an awesome bridge. It is one of the most iconic bridges in the world! In Building the Golden Gate Bridge, young readers will find out more about this engineering marvel and how it was built. Compelling photographs and easy-to-read text brings this story to life, followed by a comprehensive quiz. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles. Super Sandcastle...
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"When Ruby Bridges was six years old, she became the first African American student to integrate an elementary school in the South. Told in the perspective of her six year old self and based on the pivotal events that happened in 1960, Ruby tells her story like never before. Embracing her name and learning that even at six years old she was able to pave the path for future generations, this is a story full of hope, innocence, and courage"--
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June 1997 marked the opening of the Confederation Bridge which spans the Northumberland Strait and connects Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick. The bridge, designed and built by the international consortium Strait Crossing, is one of the most innovative engineering projects undertaken in Canada. It is the longest bridge ever constructed over ice covered water and one of the longest continuous multi-span bridges in the world. Bridging the Strait...
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Have you ever wondered how bridges don't fall down or how really old buildings stay standing up? Basic principles of architecture and engineering, including an introduction to bridges, locks, arches, columns, and skyscrapers are explored through diagrams, photos, and informative and engaging text.
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When she hears the story about the screaming bridge, where a busload of orphans were killed fifty years before, sixteen-year-old Emma Donovan and her friends decide to investigate the abandoned orphanage and the bridge--and that is the beginning of a terrifying night for Emma.
76) Bridges
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Readers will have a blast learning about Bridges. From truss bridges to suspension bridges, this book explores how they are built, how they are used, and the engineer's job to build and care for them. --Amazon.
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"National civil rights activist and icon Ruby Bridges responds to letters from thoughtful and concerned young students from across America."I've heard their hearts and now share those hearts with you. These pages truly speak to the power of children." -- Ruby Bridges. Ruby Bridges was the first Black child to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. She established the Ruby Bridges Foundation to promote tolerance and to create change...
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"On a warm spring day in 1883, a woman rode across the Brooklyn Bridge with a rooster on her lap. It was the first trip across an engineering marvel that had taken nearly fourteen years to construct. The woman's husband was the chief engineer, and he knew all about the dangerous new technique involved. The woman insisted she learn as well. When he fell ill mid-construction, her knowledge came in handy. She supervised every aspect of the project while...
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They say a railroad is little more than a small town that stretches a thousand miles along a single winding thread. And like any small town, gossip is known to travel up and down the rail so fast it might as well be a telephone party line. So when a local runaway turns up dead sixty miles down track under a bridge marked as a safe hobo camp, it becomes Hook Runyon's job to find out what happened before it hits the headlines of the local newspapers....
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