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Mankind’s Feats & Follies

Great feats of engineering and ingenuity occasionally give way to tragedies of hubris. These books chart the epic—and sometimes unwieldy—way humans have shaped the world around them.

Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
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Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power, and Lies
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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
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The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise
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High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline, 1881 to the Present
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Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
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Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge
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A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher
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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
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Great Projects: The Epic Story of the Building of America, from the Taming of the Mississippi to the Invention of the Internet
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To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight
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It Looked Good on Paper: Bizarre Inventions, Design Disasters, and Engineering Follies
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The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island
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Interstate 69: The Unfinished History of the Last Great American Highway
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Mankind’s Feats & Follies

Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century

The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power, and Lies

Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise

High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World's Greatest Skyline, 1881 to the Present

Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869

Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge

A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

Great Projects: The Epic Story of the Building of America, from the Taming of the Mississippi to the Invention of the Internet

To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight

It Looked Good on Paper: Bizarre Inventions, Design Disasters, and Engineering Follies

The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island

Interstate 69: The Unfinished History of the Last Great American Highway