"Seft, a talented flint miner, walks the Great Plain in the high summer heat, to witness the rituals that signal the start of a new year. He is there to trade his stone at the Midsummer Rite, and to find Neen, the girl he loves. Her family live in prosperity and offer Seft an escape from his brutish father and brothers, within their herder community. Joia, Neen's sister, is a priestess with a vision and an unmatched ability to lead. As a child, she...

Examines the history, construction, and use of the Golden Gate Bridge. Also discusses its current condition. Includes fact boxes, photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

"Explore the process of designing and creating this amazing park with incredible behind-the-scenes footage of the park's creation. It reveals the unique ways that Disney incorporated live animals into the attractions in very close proximity to the guests, seemingly without any barriers. Uncover the great lengths Disney went to in order to create authentic animal habitats that allow visitors to experience an African safari or an Asian jungle trek....

Discusses the history behind the building of the Panama Canal including why the canal was built, the problems facing the engineers designing it, and tools needed for such a large job.

The Golden Gate Bridge is an awesome bridge. It is one of the most iconic bridges in the world! In Building the Golden Gate Bridge, young readers will find out more about this engineering marvel and how it was built. Compelling photographs and easy-to-read text brings this story to life, followed by a comprehensive quiz. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles. Super Sandcastle...

"The engineering marvel that is the Erie Canal shaped the flow of American history, but the sociopolitical impact on the environment, working conditions, and the Haudenosaunee reached much further than its shores"-- Provided by publisher.

Food costs today are outrageous. For many consumers, the prospect of building a greenhouse and growing their own fruits and vegetables is beginning to sound more and more viable. Baird walks you through every step of the process.

As popular as birdhouses are, many are designed with aesthetics in mind, rather than the bird's preferences and needs. Not so for the projects in Making Bird-Friendly Birdhouses. Lifelong birder Melvin "Bird Man Mel" Toellner and pro woodworker Matt Maguire walk you step-by-step through 15+ projects for safe birdhouses that birds find conducive to their natural nesting habitats. Birdhouses include residences for bluebirds, wrens, robins, chickadees,...

If it seems like new sheds are popping up just about everywhere you look these days, that's probably because they are. From art spaces to music studios to quiet hideaways, sheds are not just for garden tools anymore. This new updated edition has everything you need to know to build a shed of your own, offering complete plans for sheds of all types and sizes, along with thorough information on how to design and build them.