On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless—mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and tween Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the “steam” that children with the “shining” produce when they are slowly tortured to death.
Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom
Want to start "making" but don't know where to begin or what to buy? This book is a great and practical resource for educators who are looking to incorporate meaningful play, tinkering, and STEAM initiatives into the classroom experience. (STEAM = Science Technology Engineering Art Math) Full of information, examples, and anecdotes from makers and teachers, this book will help you take the plunge and set up a mini or full-fledged Fab Lab.
Philadelphia-based Baldwin began designing and building steam locomotives in the 1830s and gave the U.S. many of its most significant and famous types of steam, and diesel-electric motive power. This history of Baldwin is illustrated with a large selection of rare, superb builder's photos and other publicity images from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, with the book's large page size showcasing the detail and crisp quality of the images in this outstanding collection. Author Brian Solomon provides technical histories of each locomotive along with builder's specifications and explanations of how the locomotives
James Watt, Chemist - Understanding the Origins of the Steam Age
In the Victorian era, James Watt became an iconic engineer, but in his own time he was also an influential chemist. Miller examines Watt’s illustrious engineering career in light of his parallel interest in chemistry, arguing that Watt’s conception of steam engineering relied upon chemical understandings.
