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T28: How Charlie, His Great-Great Grandfather, and Supermax Saved the World
Price range: $3.99 through $20.99How Charlie, His Great-Great Grandfather. and Supermax Saved the world describes the problem of the ever more severe weather that is coming in our future.
A young boy, Charlie, in the year 2080, is troubled as he listens to his parents who worried as they research an approaching storm. They are scientist studying climate changes. They have become alarmed as the storm is the worst ever.
Charlie’s parents have him a supercomputer for company and Charlie and the super computer have become pals.
As Charlie wonders aloud id something can be done to lessen the dangerous weather, his supercomputer pal, Supermax, suggests a way-time travel back to when his great-great grandpa was POTUS, and in a position to change the climate for the world and improve the weather.
This illustration story will interest grammar school aged children as it descries the problem of extreme weather. The story tells the basic science explaining this climate change. It is also a science fiction tale with time travel and political intrigue, It is the story of a brave boy from the future who, with the help of his genius computer, travels back in time to change his great-great grandpa’s position on climate, and by doing so, saves humanity leaving a beautiful earth for us all.
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Construction Engineering and Inspection: What You Learn in The Field
Price range: $3.99 through $9.99This book serves as a training tool that teaches how to write helpful daily reports. The content of this work is knowledge acquired outside the classroom.
The information included is valuable because it informs about what is expected of inspection teams when writing daily construction reports. The content is relevant because it describes the information that construction, engineering, and inspection managers need to bring the project to its successful completion.
Knowing how to write useful daily reports is vital to provide inspection services that meet customer expectations.
The central theme of this volume is to properly document the daily activities and critical events of the construction site. Nevertheless, it also reflects on issues that answer the question of whether contractors and inspectors are enemies.
Experts use the methodology shown when supervising highway construction, but users can apply it to other types of infrastructure work.
Consultants will benefit significantly from these pages because their employees will know a successful way to anticipate emerging risks consistently and, therefore, be more effective in delivering good quality projects.
The book is essential for new inspectors or young engineers seeking guidance on how to report on road construction work. This book shortens their learning curve and helps them get the recognition they will need to advance their careers.
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Reboot Nation: A Guide To The Internet For The Technically Challenged
Price range: $3.99 through $17.99Reboot Nation: A Guide to the Internet for the Technically Challenged is a book that outlines the different forms of Internet connections available to today’s consumers. Inside are also helpful tips and advice for the average consumer to implement to ensure their connections to the World Wide Web are fast and reliable.
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The Fire Club: A dangerously humorous journey with a regular crew of irregular firefighters.
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Cole Walker, an inexperienced fire captain, is cruelly baptized into fire life when he is ripped from his air-conditioned desk job and plunged into the command of an obstinate crew of four mischievous firefighters. Walker’s book-smarts do not prepare him for tumultuous firehouse life, or the vivid horrors of his dangerous profession.
Cole Walker finally realizes his life-long dream when he is promoted to fire captain, and takes the place of a highly respected, veteran captain. Ironically, Walker has never held a command nor even worked in a firehouse! His entire career has been safely sheltered behind the insular walls of headquarters. Rookie Captain Cole Walker painfully discovers he must lead his rebellious firefighters through predicaments he’d never experienced before. In his cathartic journey to prove himself as a worthy field captain, Walker discovers that he must fight more than fire.
His firefighters despise him for his lack of experience, they quarrel and plague him with vicious pranks. A rival captain and nefarious mayor torment Walker through public humiliation, while a mirthful young coed from the ladies Auxiliary sparks a contentious rivalry. In between station conflicts, Walker and crew are deluged with deadly fires and agonizing rescues. Walker and his firefighters struggle to survive the volatile incidents that assail them from both inside and outside the firehouse.
Amid the dangers and persistent firehouse hazing, Walker must allay firefighter rivalries, survive career sabotage, mend broken people, and make command decisions that could easily kill himself and his crew.
Based on Real Events
