Transportation & communication series

Explains how firefighters tried to save San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake, looks at early fire-fighting techniques, and examines different types of modern-day fire-fighting machines and methods.

Photographs and simple text offer a brief introduction to the history of flight and explore the many jobs people have making airplanes, and working on airplanes and in airports.

Examines the history of roads, the purpose of different types of roadways, the people who work on them, and ways to make better roads in the future.

Discusses different types of trucks, from light pickup trucks to the massive crawler-transporters that move space shuttles to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Traces the history and development of the telephone, discussing how everyone in the world has been brought closer together by the invention and how the technology has changed throughout the years.

Discusses the history, accessibility, and functioning of the Internet.

Traces the history and development of wireless communication from Marconi's invention of the telegraph in 1895 to the arrival of satellite radio in cars in 2001.

The history of cars through the years. Shows how Henry Ford's Model T changed everything.

A color-illustrated historical overview of trains that also explains how trains work and presents a time line, a glossary, and a listing of related books and Web sites.

Describes different types of motorcycles, safety equipment and people who enjoy riding them.