tunnels

Color photos fill this overview of Boston's "Big Dig"--the Central Artery/Tunnel Project--which began in 1991, designed to relieve the city's traffic problems; describes the project's origins and planning stages and the work involved in its completion.

Simple text and photographs describe the digging of a tunnel and provide information on the workers and equipment needed.

Explains the many techniques used at various stages of building tunnels under streets and rivers or through mountains.

Describes how roads and tunnels are constructed and provides a historical perspective.

Provides descriptions and illustrations of some of the largest structures in the world and discusses how they came to be built, including the Great Pyramid, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the temple at Abu Simbel in Egypt, and others.

Text, illustrations, and projects explore how tunnels, skyscrapers, and towers are built and how they function. Includes information on lighthouses, subways, and underwater tunnels.

Photographs, diagrams, and text describe some of the world's longest tunnels and how they were constructed.

Drizzt Do'Urden, exiled from the surface world, struggles with solitude as he seeks out a new home in the labyrinth of the Underdark and watches for dark elves in pursuit.

Presents the third volume in the classic trilogy which chronicles the early adventures of the dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden as he tries to survive in the World Above.

Chronicles the decade-long planning and building of the Channel Tunnel between England and France and also covers the history of the English Channel and the influx of refugees into England on the tunnel's trains.