Bridges
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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
$40.00 Add to cartThe dramatic and enthralling story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, the world’s longest suspension bridge at the time, a tale of greed, corruption, and obstruction but also of optimism, heroism… [more below]
- Author: McCullough, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: May 15 2012
- ISBN10: 1451683235
- Language: English
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Portals: Gates, Stiles, Windows, Bridges & Other Crossings
$15.00 Read moreAn illustrated exploration of our limitless fascination with doors, gates, and bridges.
The word “portal” comes from the Latin for “gate,” but it refers to any place of ingress and egress. According t- Series: Wooden Books
- Author: Lewis, Philippa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: January 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1635570840
- Language: English
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El Puentecito Azul (the Little Blue Bridge)
$7.99 Read moreThe can-do heroine from the acclaimed The Little Red Fort returns in this fresh, feminist spin on The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
La cabeza de Ruby siempre está llena de ideas.
Un dÃa ve unos arándanos
- Author: Maier, Brenda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1338849131
- Language: Spanish
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Galloping Gertie: The True Story of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse
$18.99 Read moreThis compelling nonfiction picture book captures the story of the infamous collapse of the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington State.
The story of Galloping Gertie, the first Tacoma Narrows Brid- Author: Abler, Amanda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 1632172631
- Language: English
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Spanning the Gilded Age: James Eads and the Great Steel Bridge
$34.95 Read moreThe fascinating history of the St. Louis Bridge, the first steel structure in the world.
In Spanning the Gilded Age, John K. Brown tells the daring, improbable story of the construction of the St. Lo
- Series: Hagley Library Studies in Business, Technology, and Politics
- Author: Brown, John K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1421448629
- Language: English
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Skyway: The True Story of Tampa Bay’s Signature Bridge and the Man Who Brought It Down
$19.95 Add to cartOn the morning of May 9, 1980, harbor pilot John Lerro was guiding a 600-foot freighter, the Summit Venture, into Tampa Bay. Directly in the ship’s path was the Sunshine Skyway Bridge–two ribbons of
- Author: DeYoung, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0813062977
- Language: English
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Mackinac Bridge
$23.99 Add to cartOn November 1, 1957, traffic officially opened on the far-reaching Mackinac Bridge.
That was the culmination of 70 years of talking and dreaming about a bridge across
the Straits of Mackinac, of discour- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Fornes, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 29 2007
- ISBN10: 0738550698
- Language: English
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On Cold Iron: A Story of Hubris and the 1907 Quebec Bridge Collapse
$19.99 Add to cartWhen engineering students in Canada are soon to graduate, the solemn “Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer,” penned by none other than Rudyard Kipling, charges them with their Obligation to high stand… [more below]
- Author: LeVert, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: March 12 2020
- ISBN10: 1525562215
- Language: English
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A View through the Fog
$36.95 Add to cartA View through the Fog is compelling, poignant, and packed with both moving and hilarious anecdotes. All human life (and death) is here. With his own distinct voice, McGee opens the door on the dizzyi
- Author: McGee, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: May 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1957354275
- Language: English
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Science Comics: Bridges: Engineering Masterpieces
$21.99 Add to cartA 2023 National Science Teachers Association Best STEM Book
Suspend your disbelief with Science Comics: Bridges, a new volume of First Second’s STEM graphic novel series! Follow Bea, Archie, Trudy, an- Series: Science Comics
- Author: Zettwoch, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1250216893
- Language: English
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Covered Bridges of New Hampshire
$39.95 Read moreAn engaging and well-illustrated history of the covered bridges in New Hampshire, featuring historical photos of each bridge paired with color images.
The author partnered with bridgewrights, timber f
- Author: Chandler, Kim Varney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1942155522
- Language: English
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Bridges
$19.99 Add to cartExplore bridges around the world–and how they unite us–in this gorgeously illustrated nonfiction picture book
Bridges can be high or low, long or short, straight or curvy. Some are designed to blend- Author: Majewski, Marc
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1419756818
- Language: English
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A Book of Bridges: Here to There and Me to You
$16.99 Read moreBridges are some of the most fascinating structures in our landscape, and they come in all forms. From towering suspension bridges to humble stone crossings, this book visits them all in sweet, bounci… [more below]
- Author: Keely, Cheryl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1585369969
- Language: English
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The Great Bridge
$23.00 Add to cartThe dramatic and enthralling story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, the world’s longest suspension bridge at the time, a tale of greed, corruption, and obstruction but also of optimism, heroism
- Author: McCullough, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 636
- Publish Date: January 12, 1983
- ISBN10: 067145711X
- Language: English
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Moving the Millers’ Minnie Moore Mine Mansion: A True Story
$19.99 Add to cartAuthor Dave Eggers and artist Júlia Sardà spin a quirky historical event into a whimsical and tall-ish true tale of American ingenuity.
Make way for history as only Dave Eggers could stage it. It a- Author: Eggers, Dave
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: June 06, 2023
- ISBN10: 1536215880
- Language: English
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Science Comics: Bridges: Engineering Masterpieces
$13.99 Add to cartA 2023 National Science Teachers Association Best STEM Book
Suspend your disbelief with Science Comics: Bridges, a new volume of First Second’s STEM graphic novel series! Follow Bea, Archie, Trudy, an- Series: Science Comics
- Author: Zettwoch, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1250216907
- Language: English
