Interest category: 2041 books
Chasing Cool
Standing Out in Today's Cluttered Marketplace
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Cool isn't just a state of mind, a celebrity fad, or an American obsession -- it's a business. In boardrooms across America, product managers are examining vodka bottles and candy bars, tissue boxes and hamburgers, wondering how do we make this thing cool? How do we make this gadget into the iPod...
Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder
Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Techno logy
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Finalist for Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction
Pronged ants, horned humans, a landscape carved on a fruit pit--some of the displays in David Wilson's Museum of Jurassic Technology are hoaxes. But which ones? As he guides readers...
About Trains: Train History, Train Travel, Types of Trains, Railroad Jobs & More Fascinating Train Facts
A "Quick Start Guide" for Learning All About Trains
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
"***UPDATED FOR 2019***
Today you see trains carrying cargo and people all over the world. They are also used as efficient ways for people to commute to and from work instead of using the roadways. Looking at the efficiency of trains today, it is sometimes hard to imagine how different...
Universal Studios Hollywood: A Planet Explorers Travel Guide for Kids
Planet Explorers Travel Guides for Kids
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
Universal Studios Hollywood is one of the oldest and biggest movie studios in California--and it's also a hugely popular theme park. Universal has a reputation for cutting-edge attractions and entertainment. Inside, your family will experience the latest in ride technology. You'll love the famous Studio...
Planet Explorers Chicago
Planet Explorers Travel Guides for Kids
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Explore the planet with this Chicago guidebook written just for kids and families. This 60 page ebook includes everything tweens need to know about Chicago and nearby attractions, including the Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium, Art Institute, Lincoln Park Zoo, the Field Museum, and Six Flags Great...
by Big Book of Photos
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
This is a wonderful collection of 30 high-quality amazing images produced by a series of today's top professional photographers. Enjoy and be inspired!
by Steven Conn
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
"We live in a museum age," writes Steven Conn in Do Museums Still Need Objects? And indeed, at the turn of the twenty-first century, more people are visiting museums than ever before. There are now over 17,500 accredited museums in the United States, averaging approximately 865 million visits...
by Michael Harris, Linda Sickler
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Georgia’s oldest city plays hostess to a bevy of ghostly guests whose stories are wrapped up in its rich southern history.
As one of America’s most haunted cities, Savannah, Georgia, has a long list of stories of the supernatural, such as the story of the first two people hanged in colonial...
The Nation's Hangar
Aircraft Treasures of the Smithsonian
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
The Nation's Hangar: Aircraft Treasures of the Smithsonian offers a fascinating textual and visual history of civilian, military, and commercial aviation from the earliest balloon flights to today's most advanced aircraft.
The Nation's Hangar charts the awe-inspiring history of flight around...
by Rick Steves, Steve Smith, Gene Openshaw
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Explore every centimeter of Paris, from the top of the Eiffel Tower to the ancient catacombs below the city: with Rick Steves on your side, Paris can be yours! Inside Rick Steves Paris 2019 you'll find:
Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring Paris
Rick's strategic advice...
by Alta Macadam, Annabel Barber
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Digital version of the fully updated eleventh edition of the classic and indispensable Blue Guide to Rome and the Vatican City: its history, monuments, art, architecture and way of life. New and exciting archaeological discoveries are perpetually being made in Rome. All these are covered in this new...
Road Trip USA
Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
**The Road Awaits!
Criss-cross the country on America's classic two-lane highways with Road Trip USA!
Inside you'll find:**
11 of America's favorite road trips with a flexible network of route combinations, color-coded and extensively cross-referenced to allow for hundreds of possible...
by Tara Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
Santiago de Chile is the country’s capital and economic center. With impressive museums, theatres, cafes, pubs and other entertainment offerings, it is the epicenter of Chile and its central location makes it a good base from which to explore the country. Close to both mountains and the Pacific,...
Endless Caverns
An Underground Journey into the Show Caves of Appalachia
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
For generations, enterprising people in the southern Appalachians have turned the region's extensive network of caves into a strange, fascinating genre of tourist attraction. Visitors pay admission to take a tour deep underground, learning a little about history and geology while puzzling over lit-up...