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The Road Taken: The History and Future of America's ...

The Road Taken: The History and Future of America's ...

Henry Petroski

Acclaimed engineer and historian Henry Petroski explores our core infrastructure from both historical and contemporary perspectives, explaining how essential their maintenance is to America's economic health.
The Toothpick: Technology and Culture

The Toothpick: Technology and Culture

Henry Petroski

From the Trade Paperback edition.
An Engineer's Alphabet: Gleanings from the Softer Side of a ...

An Engineer's Alphabet: Gleanings from the Softer Side of a ...

Henry Petroski

This work is organized alphabetically and more like a dictionary than an encyclopedia. It is not intended to be read from first page to last, but rather to be dipped into, here and there, as the mood strikes the reader.
The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our ...

The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our ...

Henry Petroski

"Poses compelling arguments about why the scientific community must work with engineers to address the world's most pressing environmental issues, explaining how engineering can offer solutions to structural and economic challenges.
To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure

To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure

Henry Petroski

Argues that failures in structural engineering are not necessarily due to the physical design of the structures, but instead a misunderstanding of how cultural and socioeconomic constraints would affect the structures.
Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing

Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing

Henry Petroski

Presents case studies of inventions by engineers, explaining how they resolve technical difficulties, and how they make their inventions socially acceptable and economically feasible
Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design

Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design

Henry Petroski

Success through Failure--which will fascinate anyone intrigued by design, including engineers, architects, and designers themselves--concludes by speculating on when we can expect the next major bridge failure to occur, and the kind of ...
Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in ...

Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in ...

Henry Petroski

“Structural Failures Due toHuman Error –What Research to Do?” InRisk, Structural Engineering and Human Error. Edited by M. Grigoriu. Waterloo, Ontario : University of Waterloo Press. Pp. 127–137. American Society ofCivil Engineers ( 1988).
Kentucky's Frontier Highway: Historical Landscapes along the ...

Kentucky's Frontier Highway: Historical Landscapes along the ...

Karl Raitz

Historical Landscapes along the Maysville Road Karl Raitz, Nancy O'Malley. Petroski, Henry. Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Phelps, Frank T. “The  ...
The Essential Engineer

The Essential Engineer

Henry Petroski

Anand Giridharadas, "How to Build a $2,500 Car," New York Times, Jan. 8, 2008, pp. CI, C5; Anand Giridharadas, "Protests Halt India's Plant for Cheapest Car," New York Times, Sept. 3, 2008, p. A9; Anand Giridharadas, "Indian Carmaker ...
Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry ...

Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry ...

Jessie Childs

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey was one of the most flamboyant and controversial characters of Henry VIII's reign.
Shakespeare and I - Mirroring All Façades of Reality

Shakespeare and I - Mirroring All Façades of Reality

Manuel Augusto Antão

Henry and Katherine: Henry V” by William Shakespeare, A. L. Rowse One of the scenes I like the less is the one between Henry and Katherine. This scene while funny and sweet has always felt a little strange to me. Henry has never seen, met  ...
Young Henry: The Rise of Henry VIII

Young Henry: The Rise of Henry VIII

Robert Hutchinson

From that day forward everything changed. Based on contemporary accounts, Young Henry provides a compelling vision of the splendours, intrigues and tragedies of the royal court, presided over by the ruthless and insecure Henry VIII.
The Works of Henry Mackenzie

The Works of Henry Mackenzie

Henry Mackenzie

Henry Mackenzie. I . ~ . ' '_ rd_' , ' .. oF HENRY MACKENZIE, Esq. LONDON: nmrrzn Eon THE PROPRIETORS or.
The federal reporter

The federal reporter

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Henry T. HAMILTON, Herbert V. Johnson, Frank A. Jackiewicz, Frank Sullivan, Herbert Heilmann, Jr., Henry Tchorzewski, Benno Merker, Arthur Spinello, Herb Poeschla, Howard Pines, William Griffin, Henry Frank, Henry Webber, Rocco ...
Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker

Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker

Francesca Simon

Francesca Simon. Cover Title Copyright Dedication All Horrid Henry Books About the Author 1 Horrid Henry's Christmas Play 2 Horrid Henry's Christmas Presents Acknowledgements Horrid Henry's Website ...
Musquodoboit pioneers: a record of seventy families, their ...

Musquodoboit pioneers: a record of seventy families, their ...

Jennie Reid

Nancy McCabe of Greenfield, Col. Co. 1. Henry 2. Robert 3. Dora Henry (lst son of James & Nancy McCabe McFetridge). 1. Henry md. 1st Helen Ishpach. They had 1 dau. Maude. U 1. Maude md. Henry Peabody Farnham of Salem, Mass.
The Papers of Henry Laurens: Vol. 4, September 1, ...

The Papers of Henry Laurens: Vol. 4, September 1, ...

Henry Laurens

sounce: Letterbook copy, Letter Book of Henry Laurens, Oct. 30, 1762—Sept. 10, 1766, Penn. Hist. Soc. This letter was copied by HL. TO HENRY TODDa [Charles Town] 21 March 1764, Sir, This covers a Bill of Loading & Invoice of the ...
The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham, Late of St. ...

The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham, Late of St. ...

Henry Kirke White

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The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham, Late of St. ...

The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham, Late of St. ...

Henry Kirke White

Henry Kirke White, Robert Southey. M]lSOOr I&HIRIM ¥1^1- HENRY KIRKK WHIJE, BORN MARCH 2\r7 1785. DIED (MTOBBR MOO. WAUM WTFH POND llOl'g AND Ji£ARNIX
American Hereford Record and Hereford Herd Book

American Hereford Record and Hereford Herd Book

American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association

King Henry E. M. 455009 ....... Anita 341005 King Henry E. M. 455009 Bonita 341006 King Henry E. M. 455009 Ethel 310190 King Henry E. M. 455009 Fashion's Lass 337976 King Henry E. M. 455009 Mattie 341011 King Henrv E. M. 455009 ...
Henry Moore: Human Landscapes

Henry Moore: Human Landscapes

Henry Moore

Henry Moore, the celebrated English sculptor, created a century-spanning oeuvre that perfectly illustrates his comment, "knees and breasts are mountains.
Year of the Phenoms 2

Year of the Phenoms 2

Henry Gonzalez

Henry Gonzalez. Year of The Phenoms 2 A VOLLEYBALL QUEST Henry Gonzalez Copyright © 2016 Henry Gonzalez. All rights reserved. No part.
Horrid Henry's Christmas

Horrid Henry's Christmas

Francesca Simon

Henry's doing some secret Christmas present-swapping in this hilarious festive Horrid Henry story, perfect for Early Readers.
The Best American Short Plays 2013-2014

The Best American Short Plays 2013-2014

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HENRY Em. DANI Oh, HERE WE GO, playing the “Em, Em, Em” Charade—it's always, “Em, Em, Em” with you, isn't it? Why can't you just say “UM” like every other goddamn American?! HENRY Huh. DANIUhhuh. HENRY Em. DANI Oh?
Henry's Lieutenants

Henry's Lieutenants

Ford R. Bryan

Henry's Lieutenants features biographies of thirty-five people who served Henry Ford in a variety of capacities, and nearly all of whom contributed to his fame.
Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots

Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots

Thomas S. Kidd

In Patrick Henry, Kidd pulls back the curtain on one of our most radical, passionate Founders, showing that until we understand Henry himself, we will neglect many of the Revolution's animating values.
Enterprising Engines

Enterprising Engines

Rev. W. Awdry

Flying Scotsman visits the Fat Controller's Railway and Henry is jealous because he has two tenders. Duck makes Henry look silly, but it is Henry who rescues the passengers when the other railway and Duck's Branch line gets a new name.
Lancaster And York: The Wars of the Roses

Lancaster And York: The Wars of the Roses

Alison Weir

At the centre of the book stands Henry VI, the pious king whose mental instability led to political chaos, Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York and Henry's rival, and most important of all, Margaret of Anjou, Henry's wife who took up her arms ...
The history of Great Britain

The history of Great Britain

Robert Henry

THE L I F E o * ROBERT HENRY, D. D. Dr. ROBERT HENRY, author of the « History of " Great Britain, written on a new plan," was the son of James Henry, farmer at Muirtown in the parish, of St. Ninian's, North Britain, and of Jean Galloway ...

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