Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Skyways
Author: European Skyways
Author: Lowell ThomasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Handbook of Sports Studies
Author: University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Jay CoakleyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781446224687
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Now available in paperback, this vital handbook marks the development of sports studies as a major new discipline within the social sciences. Edited by the leading sociologist of sport, Eric Dunning, and Jay Coakley, author of the best selling textbook on sport in the USA, it both reflects and richly endorses this new found status. Key aspects of the Handbook include: an inventory of the principal achievements in the field; a guide to the chief conflicts and difficulties in the theory and research process; a rallying point for researchers who are established or new to the field, which sets the agenda for future developments; a resource book for teachers who wish to establish new curricula and develop courses and programmes in the area of sports studies. With an international and inter-disciplinary team of contributors the Handbook of Sports Studies is comprehensive in scope, relevant in content and far-reaching in its discussion of future prospect.
Minnesota 150
Author: Kate RobertsPublisher: Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN: 9780873515948
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A fabulous showcase of individuals, events, and inventions that have made Minnesota.
The Minneapolis Skyway System
Author: Lawrence M. IrvinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Central business districts
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
High-Tech Highways and Super Skyways
Author: Nikole Brooks BetheaPublisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1491482664
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
From self-driving cars to magnetic trains, the future of transportation is full of exciting possibilities. Hit the fast lane with Luna Li to see what the next 100 years of transportation may have in store for the human race.
Skyway
Author: Bill DeYoungPublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813047838
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
On 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 concrete, steel, and asphalt that crossed fifteen miles of open bay. Suddenly, a violent weather cell reduced visibility to zero at the precise moment when Lerro attempted to direct the 20,000-ton vessel underneath the bridge. Unable to stop or see where he was going, Lerro drove the ship into a support pier; the main span splintered and collapsed 150 feet into the bay. Seven cars and a Greyhound bus fell over the broken edge and into the churning water below. Thirty-five people died. Skyway tells the entire story of this horrific event, from the circumstances that led up to it through the years-long legal proceedings that followed. Through personal interviews and extensive research, Bill DeYoung pieces together the harrowing moments of the collision, including the first-person stories of the survivors, and remembers those whose lives were cut short by the events of that fateful day. Similarly, DeYoung details the downward spiral of Lerro’s life, his vilification in the days and weeks that followed the accident, and his obsession with the tragedy well into his painful last years. DeYoung also offers a history of the ill-fated bridge, from its construction in 1954, through the addition of a second parallel span in 1971, to its eventual replacement. He discusses the sinking of a Coast Guard cutter a mere three months before Skyway collapsed and the Department of Transportation’s dire warnings about the bridge’s condition. The result is a vividly detailed portrait of the rise and fall of a Tampa Bay landmark.
Chicago Skyway
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on RoadsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago Skyway (Chicago, Ill.).
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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