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  The Algebra of Infinite Justice

  by Arundhati Roy

  The title refers to the article Roy published during the furor of demonstrations by a few city intellectuals defending the rights of villagers and tribals affected by building of dams destroying forests, human and wildlife habitats, natural balance of ecology, and more. In the years since, the essays she has published in magazines and newspapers worldwide have reinforced an impression of a writer in the... (more)
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  Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition

  by Patrick McCully

  Entirely updated in light of the recent World Commission on Dams Report , and responding to it, this new edition of Patrick McCully's now classic study shows why large dams have become such a controversial technology in both industrialized and developing countries. He explores the wide-ranging ecological impacts of large dams, the human consequences, the organization of the dam-building industry, and the... (more)
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  Deep Water: The Epic Struggle over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment

  by Jacques Leslie

  A Discover Magazine Top Science Book of the Year   A Northern California Book Award Finalist   There are more than 45,000 of them in the world. They have altered the speed of the planet's rotation, the tilt of its axis, and the shape of its gravitational field. They influence landscapes and societies. They are dams, and in Deep Water, Jacques Leslie offers an incisive, searching, and beautifully written... (more)
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  Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century

  by Michael A. Hiltzik

  As breathtaking today as the day it was completed, Hoover Dam not only shaped the American West but helped launch the American century. In the depths of the Great Depression it became a symbol of American resilience and ingenuity in the face of crisis, putting thousands of men to work in a remote desert canyon and bringing unruly nature to heel. Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Michael Hiltzik uses the saga of the... (more)
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  Wigfield

  The Can-Do Town That Just May Not

  by Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, Stephen Colbert

  Now in paperback, a hilarious, satirical look at a small town on the verge of extinction, from the comedic team behind Strangers with Candy . In his desperate search for a small town dying in America, intrepid journalist Russell Hokes stumbles upon a quarter-mile stretch of concrete and gravel dotted with strip clubs and used auto parts shops. Welcome to Wigfield. Population: vague. Upon his arrival,... (more)
• The Delta Project: Preserving the Environment and Securing Zeeland Against Flooding (NETHERLANDS)

  

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  The Delta Project: Preserving the Environment and Securing Zeeland Against Flooding (NETHERLANDS)

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  Geotechnical Engineering of Dams

  by Robin Fell, Patrick MacGregor, David Stapledon, Graeme Bell

  Geotechnical Engineering of Dams provides a comprehensive text on the geotechnical and geological aspects of the investigations for and the design and construction of new dams. In addition, much attention is paid to the review and assessment of existing dams. The main emphasis of this work is on embankment dams, but much of the text, particularly those parts related to geology, can be used for concrete gravity... (more)
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  Water Sheikhs and Dam Builders: Stories of People and Water in the Middle East

  by Francesca de Cha?tel

  In Water Sheikhs and Dam Builders Francesca de Châtel discusses the problems and paradoxes of water resources in the Middle East and North Africa, exploring the past, present, and future of water in the region and exposing the roots of the current water crisis. The author provides a colorful and diverse portrait of a resource that is inextricably entwined with the history and future of the region and its... (more)
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  Dams

  by Christine Macy

  A lavishly illustrated exploration of these landscape-defining structures across the United States. Dams are a monumental presence on the American landscape. This newest book in the Norton/Library of Congress series shows that the history of dam development is characterized by invention and innovation, and parallels that of the United States. It emphasizes the unique design and engineering complexities of these... (more)
• Rivers, What They DoAlexander & Nancy Larrick Crosby

  

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  Rivers, What They Do

  by Alexander & Nancy Larrick Crosby

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  Hoover Dam: An American Adventure

  by Joseph E. Stevens

  Hoover Dam was the supreme engineering feat of its time (1931-1935), a triumph of American ingenuity and technology. More than half a century later, even with bigger and more sophisticated dams, it remains the benchmark, the granddaddy of big dams, yet this is the first full story of Hoover Dam from conception through construction to completion. Stevens has written a riveting history that reads like a novel; he... (more)
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  Big Dams of the New Deal Era: A Confluence of Engineering And Politics

  by David P. Billington, Donald C. Jackson

  The massive dams of the American West were designed to serve multiple purposes: improving navigation, irrigating crops, storing water, controlling floods, and generating hydroelectricity. Their construction also put thousands of people to work during the Great Depression. Only later did the dams' baneful effects on river ecologies spark public debate. Big Dams of the New Deal Era tells how major... (more)
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  Hardy Boys: Book 27

  The Secret of Skull Mountain (Hardy Boys, Book 27)

  by Franklin W. Dixon

  The Hardys team up with a team of engineers to discover how water is disappearing from Bayport's new reservoir near Skull Mountain.
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  The Man Who Walked Through Time

  The Story of the First Trip Afoot Through the Grand Canyon

  by Colin Fletcher

  The remarkable classic of nature writing by the first man ever to have walked the entire length of the Grand Canyon.
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  Columbia

  by Pamela Jekel

  In the opening sequence of this plodding generational saga, a Neanderthal called First Boy kills a mastodon by the banks of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. A few pages later, in 1792, the family chronicle of the Demers clan officially begins when a Chinook Indian princess is driven by a spiritual vision to marry a white trader, Duncan McDougal. Their son, Caleb, a half-breed raised by the white Demers... (more)
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  Mountain in the Clouds: A Search for the Wild Salmon

  by Bruce Brown