books about: landslides     books:       Landslides in Practice: Investigation, Analysis, and Remedial/Preventative Options in Soils5 reviews Derek Cornforth Wiley, 2005 The Authoritative Source for Landslides Landslides in Practice is an outstanding technical publication aimed at geotechnical engineers and geologists. I am very impressed with the format, layout and technical content. The book is well divided into three sections, with useful case histories in the third section. All figures are well presented and easy to follow. I am also impressed with the opportunity to estimate "ballpark" costs ...             Landslide3 reviews Desmond Bagley Doubleday, 1967 Great way to fill a holiday! Back in the 1960s and even 1970s, Desmond Bagley was easily one of the best thriller writers around. As a rule, his books tend to be short and to the point, filled with action and marked with innovative ideas. Landslide is one of my personal favorites which I suddenly stumbled upon after many years. Set in a "company town" in north America, this is a story of dominant business families and cowed ...             Landslides: Investigation and Mitigation (Special Report (National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation ...1 review Transportation Research Board, 1996 The slippery slope of landslides As an Engineering Geologist this book is an invaluable resource. As the title implies it covers all aspects of landslides from investigation to mitigation as well as current terminology and some insightful case studies.This is a well written book with a good selection of diagrams to support and enhance the text. A must as a reference book for those working or studying in the field of Engineering ...             Landslide!1 review Veronique Day E.M. Hale and Company, 1968 A nearly perfect juvenile adventure! Monsieur and Madame Colson send their children, Laurent, Bertille and Daniel, to spend their Christmas holidays with their friends the Gunthers, who own a hotel in Montpierre. Laurent, who is fourteen, is placed in charge of his siblings as well as the two Berthier children, Véronique and Alexis, who are vacationing while their mother recovers from surgery. An introspective and bookish boy, ...             Don't Buy Another Vote, I Won't Pay for a Landslide: The Sordid And Continuing History of Political ...10 reviews Allen H. Loughry McClain Printing Company, 2006 Don't Buy Another Vote, I Won't Pay for a Landslide Dr. Allen Loughry's "Don't Buy Another Vote, I Won't Pay for a Landslide" is truly a breath of fresh air in a genre that sorely needed it. Most books written these days about the political arena and the corrupt nature attendant to it are riddled with shortcomings and philosophical pitfalls and, in the end, simply don't deliver. More often than not they serve to advance the agenda of their own ...             LANDSLIDE PA5 reviews Jane Mayer, Doyle McManus Mariner Books, 1989 Can't Believe It's So Obscure I sell used books and just happened to come across this. I'm straining to remember it (I'd be really surprised if it hadn't caused some ripples, as it came out in '88 when RR was still in office) but I just have no recollection. I'm a Democrat who was sort of undergoing a gradual process of reevaluating Reagan in a more positive light. Nevermind! The book makes a very strong indictment of RR as a ...             The Day the House Fell: Homeowner Soil Problems-From Landslides to Expansive Clays and Wet Basements1 review Richard L., Ph.D. Handy American Society of Civil Engineers, 1995 Professor Handy is an authentic expert on things soil. Professor Handy was one of my teachers and I can still, after 22+ years, remember some of his lessons. His simplifies complex subjects with humor in a manner that is unforgetable. I am purchasing several copies for Christmas gifts for friends interested in earth science. I highly recommend this book for all professional earth scientists and engineers. I especially recommend the book for ...             Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture CD-ROM : (Single-User version)9 reviews Nicholas T. Dines, Kyle D. Brown McGraw-Hill Professional, 2002 A good reference book for landscape design professionals Landscape Architecture is a young and emerging profession. It is also a marginal discipline that borrows heavily from other disciplines like Horticulture, Architecture, Ecology and Civil Engineering, etc. The boundary and standards for Landscape Architecture has not been finalized yet. "Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture" can help to set an industrial standard for Landscape ...             Landslide deposits in the Logan 30' x 60' quadrangle, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho (Open-file report)2 reviews Roger B Colton United States Department of Interior, Geological Survey, 1991 The Most Comprehensive German History Trilogy I saw Mr. Holborn's books on the shelf in a bookstore almost two years ago and I purchased Part III (1840-1945). After I completed that, I immediately went back for the other two, working my way backward. This series has a great deal of valuable information on German social, cultural, economic, political and military history from Roman times through the Reformation, the Thirty Years War, ...             Landslide2 reviews Veronique Day Dell Pub Co, 1966 A nearly perfect juvenile adventure! Monsieur and Madame Colson send their children, Laurent, Bertille and Daniel, to spend their Christmas holidays with their friends the Gunthers, who own a hotel in Montpierre. Laurent, who is fourteen, is placed in charge of his siblings as well as the two Berthier children, Véronique and Alexis, who are vacationing while their mother recovers from surgery. An introspective and bookish boy, ...             Out of Nowhere: Disaster and Tourism in the White Mountains1 review Eric Purchase The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999 interesting history of NH's White Mountain region Author Eric Purchase makes the case that New Hampshire's tourism industry took off after an 1826 tragedy in which the entire Willey family, who ran an inn in the Crawford Notch area, was killed trying to outrun an avalanche that left their home untouched. Along the way, we also learn a lot about America of the early 19th century -- tourism, literature, commerce and science -- all are discussed ...             A Rock in a Landslide1 review Rance S. Gregory iUniverse, Inc., 2005 Rocky Piece of Real Estate A Rock in a Landslide begins with the death of Earl Johnson, the owner of a huge ranch in prime countryside. As his death spreads, many greedy developers start to fight over the property. Environmentalists want it for the beautiful wildlife on it. Johnson's daughter has no place else to go as people try to take the ranch from her. She knows she must sell but what will happen to her and her ...             Landslide1 review Jayne Glasson Xlibris Corporation, 2005 Clark Howard Contempory fiction with political reviews. This book deals with mankinds daily struggles and the burden to the soul in dealing with them. The end of this book is minblowing, very entertaining.             The Lipstick Chronicles: Book One: Men at Work/ By a Nose/ Landslide/ Tumbling Down (Berkley Sensation)12 reviews Kathryn Shay, Fiona Kelly, ... Berkley, 2006 Never put it down I am not one for reading books, but this book i couldnt put down             Documented historical landslide dams from around the world (Open-file report / U.S. Geological Survey)1 review John E Costa National Landslide Information Center [distributor], 1991 Very interesting This book was a really interesting depiction of male life in this creole neighborhoods. It was not an "easy read" for someone who is not in the field of anthropology, but if you can see through the wordiness of the pages, it is really an interesting story. Knowing that the author predominantly focuses on the role of men in society, he occassionally recognizes how the women and children of this ...             Acceleration of a large coastal landslide following the Loma Prieta Earthquake in California2 reviews Joan E Van Velsor Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 1992 Good book for beginner skaters If you are enthusiastic about inline skating, you probably want to read everything about it you can get your hands on. I have read 3 or 4 books so far. I have learned at least something good-to-know from each one -- this one included. It's cheap enough -- order it and read it!             Landslide!: A Kid's Guide to the U.S. Elections3 reviews Dan Gutman Topeka Bindery, 2000 Answering over a hundred basic questions about an election Do not let the fact that this is the 2000 Edition of Dan Gutman's "Landslide! A Kid's Guide to the U.S. Elections," because except for the appendix that is devoted to the candidates for the Presidency four years ago (Bill Bradley, Albert Gore, George W. Bush, and John S. McCain), Gutman's discussion of how elections work refrains from anything that would make the information outdated. More ...             Awesome Forces of Nature: Thundering Landslides (Awesome Forces of Nature) (Awesome Forces of Nature)1 review Louise Spilsbury, Richard Spilsbury Heinemann Library, 2004 A nice edition to a school library collection I like how this book is set up. The sections usually start out with a question to be answered like: "Can Landslides Be Predicted?" There are also several "case studies" of different places and times in history when landslides occured and what the effects were. Bold printed words appear in the glossary in the back. The "More Books to Read" section was disappoionting because it only had three ...             21st Century Complete Guide to Landslides and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Landslide Hazards ... U.S. Government Progressive Management, 2005 This up-to-date and comprehensive electronic book on CD-ROM presents an library of documents covering landslide hazards, including the work of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Landslide Hazards Mitigation program. Contents include: A Framework for Loss Reduction - USGS Circular 1244 * National Landslide Mitigation Strategy * Wildfire-Induced Debris Flows * National Landslide * Hazards Program * National Landslide Information ...              search for books acceleration, architecture, basements, california, chronicles, continuing, corruption, documented, earthquake, elections, expansive, following, geological, historical, homeowner, investigation, landscape, landslide, landslides, mitigation, preventative, problems-from, quadrangle, reference, scientific, single-user, standards, thundering, time-saver, transportation books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen health & personal care: Egyptian Oil 8 oz. leave a comment home  impressum - about us