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Moondoggle
"This book is a dramatic tale about the appeal of tidal power, the difficulties in realizing its potential, and the engineers and U.S. presidents who tried to make clean and renewable tidal power a reality"--
Moondoggle
For 25 years, Franklin Roosevelt tried to build the world’s first tidal-electric power plant—by harnessing the Bay of Fundy’s giant tides. The enormous project would have dammed-up 110 square miles of coastal Maine and Canada. Moondoggle is a dramatic tale about the appeal of tidal power, the difficulties in realizing its potential, and the engineers and three U.S. Presidents (Roosevelt, Truman, and Kennedy) who tried to make clean and renewable tidal power a reality. Now on the 100th anniversary of the “Passamaquoddy Project’s” conception (1920-2020), Moondoggle—the only book on the project—explores what almost was, and what could be.
The Story of Modern Skiing
This is the definitive history of the sport that has exhilarated and infatuated about 30 million Americans and Canadians over the course of the last fifty years. Consummate insider John Fry chronicles the rise of a ski culture and every aspect of the sport's development, including the emergence of the mega-resort and advances in equipment, technique, instruction, and competition. The Story of Modern Skiing is laced with revelations from the author's personal relationships with skiing greats such as triple Olympic gold medalists Toni Sailer and Jean-Claude Killy, double gold medalist and environmental champion Andrea Mead Lawrence, first women's World Cup winner Nancy Greene, World Alpine cha...
Ski Area Management
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Peak Ski Guide and Travel Planner to the United States and Canada
Skiers will love this comprehensive, detailed look at all 650 alpine ski areas in North America. Featuring in-depth reviews of ski areas, trail maps, road maps, town maps, and ground transportation, the guide also includes sightseeing opportunities, restaurants, and accommodations.
Field & Stream
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