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Documents the high standards once required of Pan Am stewardesses, from second-language fluency and a college education to youth and a trim figure, sharing the stories of remarkable, high-achieving women who served during the jet age. 50,000 first printing. Illustrations. Maps.
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Passages
by Michelle D. Commander
In Passages, Michelle D. Commander plies four freighted modes of travel―the slave ship, train, automobile, and bus―to map the mobility of her ancestors over the past five centuries. In the process, she refreshes the conventional American travel narrative by telling an urgent story about how history shapes what moves us, as well as what prevents so many Black Americans from moving or being moved
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Driven : the race to create the autonomous car
by Alex Davies
An editor at WIRED, profiling the industry’s key players — Google, Uber and other companies — tells the dramatic, colorful story of the quest to transform transportation and change our lives by developing driverless cars. 60,000 first printing.
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Drive : the definitive history of driving
by Andrew Noakes
A history of the automobile, from the arrival of horseless carriages to the advent of driverless vehicles, explores the early glamour of driving, motor sport, and car design, and looks at how the automobile has shaped the modern world
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The mechanical horse : how the bicycle reshaped American life
by Margaret Guroff
Presents the history of the bicycle in the United States, describing its introduction in the early nineteenth century, the transformative impact it had on society as a new form of mobility, and its continued popularity in every decade
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Iron empires : robber barons, railroads, and the making of modern America
by Michael A. Hiltzik
A four-decade history of America's Gilded Age traces how empire builders and robber barons shaped the Transcontinental Railroad industry and its role in stock-market dynamics, labor strikes and the relationship between government and business. 35,000 first printing. Illustrations. Map(s).
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Around the world in 80 trains : a 45,000-mile adventure
by Monisha Rajesh
When Rajesh announced plans to circumnavigate the globe in eighty train journeys, she was met with disbelief. But it wasn't long before she was plotting a route that would cover 45,000 miles coasting along the world's most remarkable railways.
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The field guide to trains : locomotives and rolling stock
by Brian Solomon
"This book is an indispensable illustrated resource for railfans and families on road trips, filled with easy-to-find information on locomotives and rolling stock, such as railroad cars, coaches, and wagons"--Provided by publisher
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