Bridge Books

I purchased this book for an Advanced Materials Science course I was taking and I found that not only was it extremely useful for my paper but it was also a great read. This book goes through the events and gives quite a bit of detail on what happened and why. The book goes through transcripts from the inquiry after the disaster which I found interesting. The event was photographed pretty extensively and the author goes through the pictures and tells you what to look for and why.

The rail disaster at the Tay bridge shocked the whole world in 1879: it was the longest bridge in the world, and collapsed during a storm, taking a passenger train to its doom. There were no survivors. This new evaluation of the tragedy shows why it occurred, and counters all previous speculation that it was the storm which caused the accident. In fact, the bridge was badly designed, and built on the cheap. Perfectly good bridges had been built of cast iron columns braced with wrought iron by Eiffel in France, and still carry trains to this day. The Tay bridge started to suffer irreparable damage of its joints from the day that it carried trains, and the author shows that metal fatigue played a key role in its deterioration. The final catastrophe occurred when the damaged joints reached criticality, and over half a mile of the bridge fell with the train. The lessons learnt gave birth to the magnificent Forth Bridge, which like the Booklyn bridge, remain ikons of engineering skill to this day.

This book is a great rea for anyone who is interested in Chicago life in the 1920's. I thought that this book would be boring, but actually it is very interesting, especially the Genealogy section on Jacobs descendants.

A great history of a Chicago family from 1869 through 1963. The book tells how the Jacob Best family helped to shape the industrial growth of the "Miracle City."

I checked this book out from the library and knew I had to have a copy on hand for my own research. It has more information between its covers than several other books I've read on kimono combined. Extremely valuable for anyone interested in the history of kimono and Japanese textiles. Beautiful color photographs, well-written and well-researched sections, copious footnotes and good quality paper all make this book worthy of a place on any textile collector's bookshelf.

This publication gives an excellent and extensive overview of the traditional Japanese folk textiles that are in the collection of the Seattle Museum of Art. Articles include an overview of these textiles and their use of color and bast fibers. Other articles highlight sashiko, kogin and hishizashi embroidery; katazome, tsutsugaki and yuzenzome, kasuri (ikat) weaving and the textiles of Okinawa. The book is lavishly illustrated with very high quality photographs of garments from the museum's collection. This will be a nice additiion to the library of any fiber artist or someone interested in Japanese design and crafts.

The Biddle Street Bridge was an outstanding read. I couldn't put it down. It was definatley a feel good book, that brought a smile to my face & a warm feeling to my heart. THIS IS A MUST READ!!

The Biddle Street Bridge was an outstanding read. I couldn't put it down. It was definatley a feel good book, that brought a smile to my face & a warm feeling to my heart. THIS IS A MUST READ!!

this book is the best resource for personal study on the power of the Blood of our Lord and His awesome sacrifice. i highly recommend this book for everyone in the body of Christ, and especially those in leadership. this phenomenal book is an excellent way to stay in remembrance of what our Lord Jesus accomplished for us on the Cross, and the power that was released in His resurrection -- power that is available now to everyone who believes. if you've lost your First Love, this book will light the path to restoration. it is as timely now as it was when it was written. the Blood speaks today!

This book is an incredible journey into the truths of human blood and more importantly, Jesus' Divine Blood. It goes into detail about how Jesus' Blood cleanses humans from sin and how the stripes that Jesus' bore are for our healing. I recommend it to anyone who is hungry to know the God of the Bible.

Mano's book is weirdly prescient about the burgeoning power of the green movement and he explores the darker ramifications of a world ruled by a green/socialist government whose ecological politics have tainted and warped the very fabric of society. Mankind is no longer dominant in this world, but has willingly ceded his dominion over it. The big change comes during a civil war between the Green/Eco forces and the Realist/Christian forces. In the end the Greens won and proceeded to radically remake the world, tearing up highways and parking lots, planting genetically modified plants that could grow in the harsh and polluted soils of the cities, and ending man's consumption of nature's resources. Pretty much what the Greens seek to do now, actually.

But in this dystopian future we see what would happen if it is taken to it's ultimate end, such as the PETA or ELF folks would have it. For in this future no one farms or raises food, in fact eating or drinking anything is forbidden and punishable under the law. To subsist everyone consumes a liquid e-diet provided by the government. The e-diet is a chemically constructed nutrient rich fluid that the body can consume completely and produces no waste products at all, it is also loaded with narcotics to keep the people docile. Pollution of all forms has also been outlawed, even noise pollution - people are forbidden to listen to music, watch movies, or speak. In fact all communication is by a type of finger-speech or reading lips, and anyone making noise or speaking aloud, even in surprise, can be punished under the law. No competition is allowed either, playing games with others or competing against one's fellow man is a sign of anti-social behaviour and punishable under the law.

There are more such laws that Mano introduces us to, and he does so in an interesting way. He has Priest, the main protagonist for much of the book, a newly released convict travel from Yankee Stadium (where he was imprisoned for speaking in anger) back to his home in New Loch to be with his wife and new born child. The government has released Priest because their latest policy decree is that the very act of human breathing is offensive to nature (because of the germs and virii killed in the process) and therefore everyone must die. Priest now has seven days to get home before the decreed day of death is final. In those seven days we explore this world and discover that it is a study of opposites, at once verdant and yet bereft life, and that Priest is at once both a hero for wanting to live and choosing life over a senseless death, and at the same time an ugly savage and anti-hero for his actions and behavior. With the sparing use of other characters such as Paul Xavier, the aged Catholic priest who befriends Priest on his trip home, Mano does an excellent job of showing us the logical result of the faux intellectualism and arrogance of the nannystate that a green/socialist government ultimately leads to; a society of death and nihilism, that values even microbial life more than human life, and in the end sows the seeds of it's own destruction.

The storyline is unusual enough - In the near future humanity has tired of its miserable life so much that a fanatical government decides to give earth back to nature. While all around Dominick Priest humanity is either commiting suicide or being killed by fanatics, the hero struggles overland toward his home village, not really knowing what awaits him there. On the way there, including during the crossing of the name-giving storm-tossed suspension bridge, he slowly goes mad and becomes the prophet of a new religion that embraces life - perhaps a bit too much...

BERLIN WAS LEFT TO PEACES, THE RUSSIANSWANTED TO DRIVE THERE WARTIME COLLEAGUES FROM THE FORMER CAPITAL.

BERLIN WAS LEFT TO PEACES, THE RUSSIANSWANTED TO DRIVE THERE WARTIME COLLEAGUES FROM THE FORMER CAPITAL.

In this first book, "Bridge and Tunnel" John Hennessy's rich language takes us through the industrial landscape of New Jersey with humor, heart, and a sharp eye. He introduces us to the neighborhood, the times, and to the local characters, "Mike Devlin"and "Dr. Swann".

Even when we meet bullies and abusers, Hennessy never strays into bathos or hysteria. For instance in, "How the Dog-Star Got His Name," he keeps an even tone,a matter-of-fact voice as the poem balances a mixture of pity, rage, confusion, and revenge. Here Hennessy uses every word to work out the complex truths he finds in the experience.

The poems in "Bridge and Tunnel" are energetic, accessible, wise, interesting, and original. In this collection the poems build on and interact with each other in a way that cannot be captured except by reading the whole book.

I haven't had a chance to digest this entire amazing volume of delicious poetry yet, and am literally chewing it one word at a time. MY DATE WITH SATAN is what made me want to buy this book and what a juicy little vignette it is. Women will LOVE this. FREE UNION is another poem to savor, again one that will appeal deeply to women.
This is a down to earth, EARTHY voice about life on earth - not about the etheral or spiritual in the least.

One of the largest military operations in the World War II European theatre was 'Operation Market Garden', an Allied offense that included a massive airborne strike against Nazi-occupied Holland. The purpose was to create a corridor through which Allied troops could bypass the German 'Siegfried Line', and invade the enemy homeland to defeat the Germans and bring down Hitler and his Nazis before Christmas. The military action was led by the First British Airborne Division (an elite unit known as the Red Devils) whose assignment was to seize the bridge across the Lower Rhine at Arnhem. But despite all the Allies could do, Operation Market Garden ended as a victory for the German forces. Now with "A Bridge At Arnhem", military historian Charles Whiting has written the complete story of this key military engagement that was to decisively affect the entire outcome of the operation. Included are the British officers who planned the operation and their assigned units who paid a blood price for the mistakes those planners made. This large print edition of "A Bridge At Arnhem" is especially recommended for community library Military History collections and would have particular appeal for older male readers who require a large print format.

The Battle of Arnhem had TWICE AS MANY CASUALTIES AS D-DAY. Think about that for a minute. How could something as bold and daring as OPERATION MARKET- GARDEN, which started with such promise, end in ignominious defeat for the Allies? Poor planning and an overstretched supply line. So what went wrong? On paper, it was brilliant, General Montgomery's plan, code-named Market-Garden, was in two phases. Phase One, Market, the airborne drop. Phase Two, Garden, the ground attack. The Allied objectives were three bridges. One at Eindhoven, one at Nijmegen, and the GRAND PRIZE. The bridge at Arnhem itself. It was smart, it was well-planned, well-executed, and doomed to failure. Why? The drop zones were too far from their objectives, the paratroopers jumped in broad daylight, something suicidal and something not done since the German raid on Fort Eban Emaile, the Germans, far from being defeated and demoralized, had regrouped and were ready to fight to the last man, and by the time it ended, General Browning said: "I think we went a bridge too far." I recommend this book.

Lynette Ramsay Silver is a noted author of books on the part Australians played in Southeast Asia in World War Two. She was the historian of the 8th Australian Division Association (the 8th Division fought in Malaya.)
The Bridge At Parit Sulong is an enthralling account a group of Australian and Indian soldiers who were cut off by the Japanese advance in Malaya. They heroically battled their way through multiple blocking positions, conducting bayonet charges while singing Waltzing Matilda. They arrived at Parit Sulong only to find the unit defending it had abandoned the position. The men at Parit Sulong made repeated attempts to break through and seize the bridge, but lacked the strength to carry the position. The unit tasked to break through the Japanese front and rescue the men at Parit Sulong abandoned the attack after making a half-hearted effort. The commander at the bridge, Lt.Col. Charles Anderson, was left with no choice but to order a breakout through the jungle by the able bodied. The wounded would have to be left to the Japanese. The Japanese massacred the 100 Australian and 35 Indian wounded left at the bridge. The Bridge At Parit Sulong records not only the historic fight (for which Lt.Col. Anderson was awarded the Victoria Cross) but the postwar investigation into the massacre, and the warcrimes trial of the men responsible for ordering the killings. Lest We Forget.

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