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"In 1948, Harry Truman, President of the United States, almost fell through the ceiling of the Blue Room in a bathtub into a meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A team of the nation's top architects was hastily assembled to inspect the White House, and upon seeing the state the old mansion was in, insisted the First Family be evicted immediately. What followed was the biggest home-improvement job the nation had ever seen. The Trumans...
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"Diggers, dump trucks, rollers, and more -- it takes a lot of big, noisy machines to build a school! Every young child who has ever gawked at a building site will gravitate to this exciting new entry in the kid-pleasing Construction Crew series. Wham-a-hammer, bam-a-slamma! The construction crew is back -- but what are they building this time?"--provided by publisher.
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Air Force One: Travel with the President on a 20,000 mile international mission to see what makes Air Force One faster, most secure, and more capable than any other plane. Ride in the cockpit, witness the extensive security protocols, and learn what goes in to making each stop a "zero-fail" operation.
White House behind closed doors: President George W. Bush and Laura Bush take viewers on an in-depth tour of this iconic structure that serves as a...
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Everyone has their favorite places around the community, whether it's the library or the ice cream shop. In this attractive book, readers visit the important and fun! places found in many towns and cities, including the police station and the playground. Vocabulary is reinforced as readers consider what these places look like where they live and which they d like to visit. Understanding community resources and workers are key parts of early elementary...
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Founded next to a great lake and a sluggish river, Chicago grew faster than any city ever has. Splendid department stores created modern retailing, and the skyscraper was invented to handle the needs of booming businesses in an increasingly concentrated downtown. The stockyards fed the world, and railroads turned the city into the nation's transportation hub. A great fire leveled the city, but Chicago rose again. Glorious museums, churches and theaters...
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Meticulously researched, engagingly presented, and richly detailed, Seeking Chicago is truly a must-read for anyone interested in the story of the Windy City and how it got that way. Unlike other books about local history, here Tom Miller reveals the stories of many smaller, more modest buildings that are off the beaten track - the very structures that most guide books overlook - along with the iconic landmarks.
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Available again in paperback, this first survey of building types ever written remains an essential guide to vital and often overlooked features of the architectural and social inheritance of the West. Here Nikolaus Pevsner shares his immense erudition and keenly discerning eye with readers curious about the ways in which architecture reflects the character of society. He describes twenty types of buildings ranging from the most monumental to the...
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The Tardis arrives in London in 1966, where the Doctor and Dodo visit the recently opened Post Office Tower. There, they discover a brilliant new problem-solving super computer called the Will Operating Thought ANalogue. But when WOTAN decides that it should rule the world, the Doctor is the only person who can stop its rampaging War Machines from destroying London.
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The creation of the Pentagon in seventeen whirlwind months during World War II is one of the great construction feats in American history, involving a tremendous mobilization of manpower, resources, and minds, creating an institution that ranks with a handful of other structures as symbols recognized around the world. In July 1941, the Army construction chief sprang the idea of building a single, huge headquarters that could house the entire War Department,...
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Milwaukee is often described as a "big small town," and its quirky character stems from its many neighborhoods-each with its own stories to tell. Early territorial disputes, for example, led to the horribly (or humorously) misaligned streets of downtown. The city's signature rectangular pizza was born in the Third Ward. In Kilbourntown, Teddy Roosevelt was saved from an assassin's bullet by the smallest of items. Not far from that spot, eight baseball...
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