Hidden History of Transportation in Los Angeles
Hidden History of Transportation in Los Angeles

Author: Charles P. Hobbs

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2014-11-04

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1625852002

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Los Angeles transportation's epic scale--its iconic freeways, Union Station, Los Angeles International Airport and the giant ports of its shores--has obscured many offbeat transit stories of moxie and eccentricity. Triumphs such as the Vincent Thomas Bridge and Mac Barnes's Ground Link buspool have existed alongside such flops as the Santa Monica Freeway Diamond Lane and the Oxnard-Los Angeles Caltrain commuter rail. The City of Angels lacks a propeller-driven monorail and a freeway in the paved bed of the Los Angeles River, but not for a lack of public promoters. Horace Dobbins built the elevated California Cycleway in Pasadena, and Mike Kadletz deployed the Pink Buses for Orange County kids hitchhiking to the beach. Join Charles P. Hobbs as he recalls these and other lost episodes of LA-area transportation lore.

The Library Card
The Library Card

Author: Jerry Spinelli

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780590386333

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The lives of four young people in different circumstances are changed by their encounters with books. Four humorous, poignant stories about how books changed the lives of several youngsters.

A Colorado Winter
A Colorado Winter

Author:

Publisher: Big Earth Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9781565792890

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Fielder shares the visual experience of this dazzling season while Fayhee provides a narrative to the alluring scenes featured in this stunning coffee table book.

Earth Force
Earth Force

Author: Shemer Kuznits

Publisher:

Published: 2019-04-30

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 9781096361183

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On the first day, a mist descended from the heavens blanketing Earth.On the second day, a cryptic message, 'Infusion commencing', appeared in the corner of everyone's eyes. On the third day, the sick were healed and the crippled walked again. On the fourth day, celebration and joy spread across the globe. And on the fifth day, the warping began...There was no warning. A mist descended from the sky, disabling all technology and causing a weird message to appear at the corner of everyone's eye. The situation grew even worse as animals and people started to warp, transforming into terrible monsters that prey on the livings. Within months, human civilization had crumbled. Unable to fight the seemingly-indestructible beasts, the survivors are reduced to cowering in reinforced shelters. Waiting for the end to come. Helpless. All seemed lost until a few brave souls discovered the secret of their new reality: the Tec and how to use it to level up. Together they represent humanity's last best hope for salvation. But they first must find the answers to the mystery of their new existence. Their journey will require them to quickly adapt to alien technology, operate strange spaceships, and even befriend an extra-terrestrial merchant with an Inferiority Complex.

The Dinosaur Four
The Dinosaur Four

Author: Geoff Jones

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2014-05-24

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9781499677010

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They came for the coffee and wound up in the Cretaceous. A ticking sound fills the air as Tim MacGregor enters The Daily Edition Cafe, hoping to meet his new girlfriend for coffee. Moments later, a chunk of building is transported 67 million years back in time, along with everyone inside. Ten unlikely companions find themselves in a world of dinosaurs and prehistoric reptiles. Several survivors compete for leadership as they search for a way home, while one member of the group plots to keep them all trapped in the past..."