Urban Transit Systems and Technology
Urban Transit Systems and Technology

Author: Vukan R. Vuchic

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2007-02-16

Total Pages: 622

ISBN-13: 047175823X

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This is the only current and in print book covering the full field of transit systems and technology. Beginning with a history of transit and its role in urban development, the book proceeds to define relevant terms and concepts, and then present detailed coverage of all urban transit modes and the most efficient system designs for each. Including coverage of such integral subjects as travel time, vehicle propulsion, system integration, fully supported with equations and analytical methods, this book is the primary resource for students of transit as well as those professionals who design and operate these key pieces of urban infrastructure.

Space Shuttle Missions Summary (NASA/TM-2011-216142)
Space Shuttle Missions Summary (NASA/TM-2011-216142)

Author: Robert D. Legler

Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK

Published: 2011-09-01

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781782662235

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Full color publication. This document has been produced and updated over a 21-year period. It is intended to be a handy reference document, basically one page per flight, and care has been exercised to make it as error-free as possible. This document is basically "as flown" data and has been compiled from many sources including flight logs, flight rules, flight anomaly logs, mod flight descent summary, post flight analysis of mps propellants, FDRD, FRD, SODB, and the MER shuttle flight data and inflight anomaly list. Orbit distance traveled is taken from the PAO mission statistics.

The Brigade: A History, Its Organization and Employment in the US Army
The Brigade: A History, Its Organization and Employment in the US Army

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Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1428910220

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This work provides an organizational history of the maneuver brigade and case studies of its employment throughout the various wars. Apart from the text, the appendices at the end of the work provide a ready reference to all brigade organizations used in the Army since 1917 and the history of the brigade colors.

God Said This
God Said This

Author: Leah Nanako Winkler

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 71

ISBN-13: 082223954X

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When Masako is diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of uterine cancer, her dispersed family is brought back to their Kentucky hometown to care for her. Hiro, the older daughter and a New York City transplant, struggles to make peace with the demons she inherited; the younger daughter, Sophie, negotiates her faith in the face of her mother’s illness and her own broken dreams; their father, James, is a recovering alcoholic seeking forgiveness and redemption; and a friend, John, worries about the legacy he’ll be able to leave his only son. Forced together in a time of need, five estranged people come face to face with their own mortality.