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21) On the road
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Simple words introduce all sorts of vehicles to young readers.
22) Roads
Author
Series
Pub. Date
©2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Readers will have a blast learning about Roads. From stone to asphalt and concrete, this book explores how they are built, how they are used, and the engineer's job to build and plan for them. --Amazon.
Author
Pub. Date
07/10/2018
Description
The Pan-American Highway, monument to a centurys worth of diplomacy and investment, education and engineering, scandal and sweat, is the longest road in the world, passable everywhere save the mythic Darien Gap that straddles Panama and Colombia. The highways history, however, has long remained a mystery, a story scattered among government archives, private papers, and fading memories. In contrast to the Panama Canal and its vast literature, the Pan-American...
28) Roads
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book examines the history, design, construction, and uses of roads and describes Roman roads, the Royal Road of the Incas, the Lancaster Turnpike, and other roads.
29) Roadwork
Author
Pub. Date
1999.
Description
Originally written under the Richard Bachman pseudonym, this novel has been repackaged under King's name. In this gritty narrative, a lone man takes on the wheels of progress in a showdown of cataclysmic proportions. When a highway project puts him out of work and threatens to destroy his home, he has more than enough time on his hands to plot his revenge. One of the four original Richard Bachman books, this title includes the Introduction "The Importance...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
I said to the Road, Where do you lead? The Road said, Be a leader and find out. It's okay to be afraid or to sometimes wander down the wrong path. What the Road Said encourages us to lead with kindness and purpose and remember that the most important thing we can do in life is to keep going.
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"The Romans were the greatest builders of the ancient world, and among their most impressive achievements were their vast systems of roads and aqueducts. The roads, which featured inns and other amenities at intervals, carried soldiers, messengers, traders, and religious pilgrims far and wide. Meanwhile, the aqueducts brought life-giving water to cities and towns, making Rome's mighty urban civilization possible"--From the publisher's web site.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"The Rand McNally Road Atlas is the most trusted and best-selling US atlas on the market. This updated North American atlas contains maps of every U.S. state and Canadian province, an overview map of Mexico, and detailed inset maps of over 350 cities and 20 U.S. national parks. Road construction and conditions contact information for every state conveniently located above the maps. Contains mileage chart showing distances between 90 North American...
38) New road!
Author
Pub. Date
[1983]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the planning and construction of a new road.