Download or read book Sustainable Winter Road Operations written by Xianming Shi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first and only comprehensive guide to best practices in winter road operations Winter maintenance operations are essential to ensure the safety, mobility, and productivity of transportation systems, especially in cold-weather climates, and responsible agencies are continually challenged to provide a high level of service in a fiscally and environmentally responsible manner. Sustainable Winter Road Operations bridges the knowledge gaps, providing the first up-to-date, authoritative, single-source overview and guide to best practices in winter road operations that considers the triple bottom line of sustainability. With contributions from experts in the field from around the world, this book takes a holistic approach to the subject. The authors address the many negative impacts on regional economies and the environment of poorly planned and inadequate winter road operations, and they make a strong case for the myriad benefits of environmentally sustainable concepts and practices. Best practice applications of materials, processes, equipment, and associated technologies and how they can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of winter operations, optimize materials usage, and minimize cost, corrosion, and environmental impacts are all covered in depth. Provides the first up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive overview of best practices in sustainable winter road operations currently in use around the world Covers materials, processes, equipment, and associated technologies for sustainable winter road operations Brings together contributions by an international all-star team of experts with extensive experience in designing, implementing, and managing sustainable winter road operations Designed to bring professionals involved in transportation and highway maintenance and control up to speed with current best practice Sustainable Winter Road Operations is essential reading for maintenance professionals dealing with snow and ice control operations on highways, motorways and local roads. It is a valuable source of information and guidance for decision makers, researchers, and engineers in transportation engineering involved in transportation and highway maintenance. And it is an ideal textbook for advanced-level courses in transportation engineering.
Download or read book Margarito and the Snowman written by REYoung and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-09 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: REYoung ‘s latest features a nation buried in snow and ice in an obligatory 365 days a year Christmas celebration, a tribe of Mayan warriors in comedy troupe disguise, an existentially challenged hero known as the Snowman on a quest that takes him south of the border down ol’ Mexico way, and a B-grade movie director named Boone Weller with his own agenda. Is it a book? A movie? Told in a shoot from the hip Texas style, Margarito and the Snowman is loose, rangy, battered with an attitude and bound to offend everybody.
Download or read book Design Guidelines for the Control of Blowing and Drifting Snow written by Ronald D. Tabler and published by Strategic Highway Research Program (Shrp). This book was released on 1994 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of the Snowman written by Bob Eckstein and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-10-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who made the first snowman? Who first came up with the idea of placing snowballs on top of each other, and who decided they would use a carrot for a nose? Most puzzling of all: How can this mystery ever be solved, with all the evidence long since melted? The snowman appears everywhere on practically everything -- from knickknacks to greeting cards to seasonal sweaters we plan to return. Whenever we see big snowballs our first impulse is to deck them out with a top hat. Humorist and writer Bob Eckstein has long been fascinated by this ubiquitous symbol of wintertime fun -- and finally, for the first time, one of the world's most popular icons gets his due. A thoroughly entertaining exploration, The History of the Snowman travels back in time to shed light on the snowman's enigmatic past -- from the present day, in which the snowman reigns as the King of Kitsch, to the Dark Ages, with the creation of the very first snowman. Eckstein's curiosity began playfully enough, but soon snowballed into a (mostly) earnest quest of chasing Frosty around the world, into museums and libraries, and seeking out the advice of leading historians and scholars. The result is a riveting history that reaches back through centuries and across cultures -- sweeping from fifteenth-century Italian snowballs to eighteenth-century Russian ice sculptures to the regrettable "white-trash years" (1975-2000). The snowman is not just part of our childhood memories, but is an integral part of our world culture, appearing -- much like a frozen Forrest Gump -- alongside dignitaries and celebrities during momentous events. Again and again, the snowman pops up in rare prints, paintings, early movies, advertising and, over the past century, in every art form imaginable. And the jolly snowman -- ostensibly as pure as the driven snow -- also harbors a dark past full of political intrigue, sex, and violence. With more than two hundred illustrations and a special section of the best snowman cartoons, The History of the Snowman is a truly original winter classic -- smart, surprisingly enlightening, and quite simply the coolest book ever.
Download or read book Pure Joy written by Patricia Knight and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Corpse in the Snowman written by Nicholas Blake and published by Agora Books. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PI Nigel Strangeways returns in a “finely written wits-twister” with a “surprise shake-up at the finish” from the renowned Golden Age mystery author (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Sex. Money. Drugs. Take your choice. In middle of a cold snap, with snow swirling round the imposing Easterham Manor, Nigel and Georgia Strangeways enter the warmth of the Victorian estate. But upon their arrival, the couple quickly learns that all is not as cozy as it seems. The whole house is pervaded by a sense of foreboding: A room is haunted, the cat is possessed, and the specter of the enigmatic Elizabeth Restorick looms. Confounded by the guests’ strange reactions to the very mention of Elizabeth’s name, Nigel never gets the chance to form his own opinion of the young woman. The next morning, Elizabeth Restorick is found hanged and naked in her room, a hint of a smile playing on her painted lips. Could her apparent suicide be more than just that? Would this beautiful girl—sensuous, compassionate, full of vitality—have taken her own life? Or did someone take it from her? With too many loose ends to count, planted evidence, and motives mounting, Nigel must delve into Miss Restorick’s colorful past to solve this tragic mystery. Praise for Nicholas Blake “An outstanding mystery novel. Mr. Blake’s writing is a delight in itself.” —The New York Times “The Nicholas Blake books are something quite by themselves in English detective fiction.” —Elizabeth Bowen “His plots are ingenious.” —The Times Literary Supplement “A master of detective fiction.” —The Daily Telegraph
Download or read book In The Footsteps Of A Sculptor written by Frank Schwarz and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-08-23 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are times when our faith is tested and we find ourselves blaming God for the misfortunes. How do you find your faith after losing it through trials? This story will lead you through the whole magnitude of God's truth and equip you with renewed faith!
Download or read book Boys Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1975-12 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
Download or read book War Heaven written by Mack Maloney and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rachel Yoder Out of Control written by Wanda E. Brunstetter and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten-year-old Rachel is driving her Amish friends and family "buggy" with her lack of patience. Her attempts to control every situation bring her trouble at every turn-from sledding into a creek to scorching a yummy shoo-fly pie, to flunking a test in school, to being dragged facedown in the snow. Can Grandpa's wise words regarding patience get through to Rachel? Or will she spend the winter getting into more trouble than her Lancaster County family and schoolmates can handle? What will it take to teach Rachel that there are some things she just can't control? Out of Control is book 3 in the Rachel Yodar series.
Download or read book The Snow Day written by Lynda Charow and published by Lynda Charow. This book was released on 2010-11-14 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tori learns first hand how a fun day off of school for a snow day can become a struggle for your life when the weather gets out of control. Victoria is a bubbly 12 year old that lives in the coastal town of Saint Clair Shores, MI. Michigan weather can be very unpredictable no matter what the season.
Download or read book Teaching Children to Draw written by Barbara Ward and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-04-10 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressed to elementary school teachers, provides ideas and strategies designed to help students learn how to draw and includes tips on using a variety of sketching materials.
Download or read book Raincrow written by Joe Watson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raincrow is set over 9 decades, spanning past present and the future. It is a roller coaster ride, rich with characters, full of humor, and the highs and lows of everyday life. The story takes us from an orphanage in Firestone, Illinois, to the river town of Flatwater, Nebraska, telling the story of Thomas Raincrow, along with Harley, Eve, Angeline and Big Hat.
Download or read book The Corpse in the Snowman written by Cecil Day Lewis and published by New York London, Harper & brothers [c1941]. This book was released on 1941 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Amanda s Resolution written by Breanna Cone and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-09-29 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DEAD-line: Midnight New Year's Eve Someone is stalking Amanda Michaels. An assassin hired by her estranged husband. Bradley Michaels MUST be a widower before the divorce is final to control their children's large trust fund. Sheriff Greg Rogers discovers the danger to the young mother and offers himself as her personal bodyguard for a week. To provide this protection, the sheriff persuades Amanda to let him move in with her and the children. The perfect ruse for living in the same house? Pretend to be romantically involved. It will take all of the sheriff's professional expertise to keep the lady alive. The plan is going well but he isn't prepared for the strong feelings this togetherness creates. Amanda is too sexy for his peace of mind. Greg is having a hard time pretending to pretend. Amanda dreams about how life might have turned out if she met someone like Greg Rogers twelve years ago. Sam and Sara need a father they can respect and she needs a good man to love her, a man like Greg. Will fate give Amanda a second chance at love and happiness?
Download or read book Popular Mechanics written by and published by . This book was released on 1950-12 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
Download or read book The Bloomsbury Reader in the Study of Myth written by Jonathan Miles-Watson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is myth? Why do myths exist? What do myths do? Where are myths going? This reader is organized into 4 parts which explore these questions. Drawing on over 10 years of experience teaching myth in religious studies and anthropology departments in the UK, USA and Continental Europe the editors have brought together key works in the theory of myth. Key features include: - a general introduction to the reader that outlines a comparative and interpretative framework - an introduction contextualizing each part and sub-section - an introduction to each reading by the editors - a companion website that provides discussion questions and further reading suggestions, including primary sources. From functionalism to feminism, nationalism to globalization, and psychoanalysis to spatial analysis, this reader covers the classic and contemporary theories and approaches needed to understand what myth is, why myths exist, what they do, and what the future holds for them.
