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  1. The Big Dig
    The Big Dig

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    Snares of Guilt (A Detective Inspector Handford Mystery)

  3. Die in Plain Sight
    Die in Plain Sight

  4. The Man in the Brown Suit: Complete & Unabridged [AUDIOBOOK]
    The Man in the Brown Suit: Complete & Unabridged [AUDIOBOOK]

  5. Paul Temple: Classic Radio Serials 1954 - 1968: WITH The Conrad Case AND The Gilbert Case AND The Spencer Affair AND The Alex Affair AND The Geneva Mystery AND The Jonathan Mystery AND The Lawrence Affair AND The Margo Mystery AND The Vandyke Mystery [AUDIOBOOK]
    Paul Temple: Classic Radio Serials 1954 - 1968: WITH The Conrad Case AND The Gilbert Case AND The Spencer Affair AND The Alex Affair AND The Geneva Mystery AND The Jonathan Mystery AND The Lawrence Affair AND The Margo Mystery AND The Vandyke Mystery [AUDIOBOOK]

  6. Vodka
    Vodka

  7. Beautiful Ghosts
    Beautiful Ghosts

  8. Deadlight
    Deadlight

  9. The Last to Die
    The Last to Die

  10. Oxford Remains
    Oxford Remains

  11. Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case: BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC Radio Collection) [AUDIOBOOK]
    Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case: BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC Radio Collection) [AUDIOBOOK]

  12. Cut to Black
    Cut to Black

  13. Statue of Limitations
    Statue of Limitations

  14. All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye
    All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye

  15. Hercule Poirot's Christmas: Complete & Unabridged [AUDIOBOOK]
    Hercule Poirot's Christmas: Complete & Unabridged [AUDIOBOOK]

  16. All the Flowers Are Dying
    All the Flowers Are Dying

  17. Texas Wind
    Texas Wind

  18. The Mysteries: A Novel
    The Mysteries: A Novel

  19. The Moonstone (Classic Fiction) [AUDIOBOOK]
    The Moonstone (Classic Fiction) [AUDIOBOOK]

  20. Easy Prey
    Easy Prey

  21. Alone
    Alone

  22. Murder by Tradition: The Kate Delafield Mysteries (A Kate Delafield Mystery)
    Murder by Tradition: The Kate Delafield Mysteries (A Kate Delafield Mystery)

  23. One Tuesday Morning
    One Tuesday Morning

  24. Strong Poison: Starring Ian Carmichael, Peter Jones & Joan Hickson (BBC Radio Collection) [AUDIOBOOK]
    Strong Poison: Starring Ian Carmichael, Peter Jones & Joan Hickson (BBC Radio Collection) [AUDIOBOOK]

  25. Nightwing: Rough Justice
    Nightwing: Rough Justice

Big Dig
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Awesome Book!
Big Dig
Paul Stickland
Manufacturer: Ragged Bears
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1857142497

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5 out of 5 stars Awesome Book!.......2007-05-29

My 2-year old son absolutely LOVES construction equipment & pop-up books so this is the PERFECT combination! When I saw it in the bookstore, I knew he had to have it! He's always loved for us to read to him but this is the first book he's gotten EXCITED about in a long time. For the first two weeks we read it, it actually got him all hyped up at bed time, instead of helping him wind down because he loved it so! The pop-ups are so detailed and interactive! And he loves the simple, rhyming storyline. He already "knows" the book by heart and can identify different types of construction equipment in real life because of this book -- he even uses the words 'excavator' and 'telescopic loader'! This is a must-read for him every night and usually more than once! For any toddler who loves construction equipment (or Bob the Builder), this is a must! It's also depicts women in the construction industry which is another plus! We love it! Lisa B., Charlotte NC
The Big Dig: Reshaping an American City
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Big Dig Photography at it's best
  • Vanderwalker King of The Big Dig
  • Bought it for a kid; kept it for myself
The Big Dig: Reshaping an American City
Peter Vanderwarker
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0316605980

Book Description

In Boston Harbor a barge maneuvers a huge floating section of a steel tunnel into place, then sets it gently onto the harbor floor. High above the Charles River workers place ten lanes of roadway on what will be the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world. Boston will never look the same. Since 1991 Boston has been the scene of the largest public construction project in American history. The Central Artery/Tunnel Project-the "Big Dig"-is the solution to problems that for decades have caused major headaches for people driving in and out of this major American city. Peter Vanderwarker takes us behind the scenes of this complex, awe-inspiring project. Informative text accompanied by remarkable photographs, illustrations, and maps explain these concepts and introduce us to some of the people who have worked on this project.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Big Dig Photography at it's best.......2001-12-04

Wonderful book for Children. Great Photography. A must for the Christmas Stocking from Santa Claus

5 out of 5 stars Vanderwalker King of The Big Dig.......2001-11-10

This book is so much fun to read. The photography is wonderful. Vanderwalker has such a good "eye" for beauty, even in construction.

A must buy for the kids at Christmas

5 out of 5 stars Bought it for a kid; kept it for myself.......2001-10-10

Living in Boston, you are constantly affected by Big Dig-related twists, turns, and upsets. One day the one-way street heads east; the next it has been re-routed west. Few of us venture into the heart of this truly amazing engineering feat, but this book shows us why we should pay more attention. Vanderwarker's spectacular photographs are thrilling to see and they give a glimpse of just why so much money has been poured into this project. We get to see things only the workers would normally see. But perhaps best of all is the glimpse it gives of cutting-edge engineering and technology. Seldom have I seen so clearly how yesterday's sci-fi has become today's "sci" and tomorrow's business as usual.
Barney Backhoe And the Big City Dig (John Deere)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A great kids book!
Barney Backhoe And the Big City Dig (John Deere)
Susan Knopf
Manufacturer: Running Press Kids
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0762426594

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Barney Backhoe is excited to help build a skyscraper in the big city. Along the way to the construction site, he stops to help the people he meets. Running late, Barney meets up with Danny Dozer and the rest of the John Deere crew. But everyone's happy when Barney's good deeds save the day and the big city dig begins! Full-color illustrations

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A great kids book!.......2007-01-28

I got this book for my son who is not quite three and he really likes it. He wants to read it every night at bedtime. What surprised me is that my 5 year old daughter enjoys it so much too. It's an upbeat story with Barney Backhoe saving the day (even though he doesn't know it at the time) There's a lot of "Oh no!" and then "I can help" throughout the story. It's just a great book for kids interested in construction vehicles or even just problem solving. (It also reminds me of Bob the Builder and I think that's why my kids like it so much.)
The Big Dig (Carlotta Carlyle)
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Not The Best Carlotta
  • Pretty good mystery for a hole in the ground...
  • Corruption on "the most expensive two miles in the history of the world."
  • Barnes' Yarn (not bad, and with kudos to Bernadette Quigley)
  • Carlotta's undercover at the Big Dig.
The Big Dig (Carlotta Carlyle)
Linda Barnes
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Minotaur
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0312989695

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When PI Carlotta Carlyle is hired to go underground in the newest title in Linda Barnes's popular series, it's more than a figure of speech; she's investigating rumored theft and corruption on the big dig of the title, Boston's multibillion dollar tunnel project. She's also involved in another case, that of a missing woman whose friend, wealthy Brahmin Dana Endicott, knows that even if Victoria left her job tending bar or her other job caring for animals at a local dog-grooming company without giving notice, she would never have abandoned her beloved dog, who's been left behind at Endicott's Back Bay brownstone. Then a workman who alerted authorities that things were disappearing from the dig site dies in a fall that might be an industrial accident but on closer investigation, begins to look like murder. It takes the determined Carlyle a few more beats before she links her two cases with the big Patriot's Day celebration planned at Faneuil Hall on the anniversary of the Waco massacre, but by the time she has, she's located the missing woman and a kidnapped teenager, foiled the bad guys, and managed to bed an undercover FBI agent--attagirl, Carlotta! A lively and engaging heroine in a tidy mystery whose fast-paced narrative slows but doesn't stop for the details about Boston's ambitious, overdue, and overbudget urban renewal project. --Jane Adams

Book Description

Carlotta Carlyle, the six-foot-tall redheaded private investigator, thought that working undercover searching out fraud on Boston's Big Dig would be a challenging assignment. After all, the Big Dig, the creation of a central artery tunnel running beneath crowded downtown Boston is an engineering marvel, the largest urban construction project in modern history, a fourteen-billion- dollar boondoggle in the eyes of protesters. Playing a mild-mannered secretary working out of a construction trailer is not quite the thrill ride she had in mind.Carlotta decides to moonlight, taking on a missing person's case, but the search for Veronica James turns up one dead end after another. So do her fraud investigations on the Dig, and soon it looks like Carlotta has dug herself into one big hole. But then a break-in at Veronica's, coupled with the mysterious death of a construction worker on one of the sites, stirs up a storm, and soon enough Carlotta is in over her head in more ways than one....

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Not The Best Carlotta.......2007-01-10

Linda Barnes writes great Carlotta Carlisle mysteries but this was not a great favorite.

4 out of 5 stars Pretty good mystery for a hole in the ground..........2006-01-25

My Dad worked for Bechtel for most of his life as an engineer, and one of the projects he worked on was the Big Dig in Boston, as well as the Chunnel over in England. Living in New Hampshire was a new experience for my mother and him, as they were confirmed Californians, but what finally got to him was the incredible amount of dishonesty going on at this dig, not on Bechtel's part, but rather on local politicians as well as ones all the way up the line. I remember him coming home shaking his head in total disgust at the way things were being handled; how much it was costing to get anything done as people held out their hands for more money...contractors, politicians, law enforcement, etc. He finally asked to be removed from the project, spent the last couple of years before retirement working in California quietly.

It was because of this knowledge that I picked up this book on the Dig, to see that my father's word backed up, even in a book of fiction. This had to be one of the biggest pork projects/boondoggles ever passed on the American public, and we can only hope that in the process of all this dishonesty, contractors and builders involved did not shortchange on materials and labor. It needs to be remembered that the entire city of Boston lies above this underground highway, and the possibility for catastrophe on the scale of say New Orleans and its known inadequate levees might occur.

Carlotta gets involved in this project, when a friend who is in business for himself asks her to check out somethings. She ends up not only having to change her appearance and her usual methods of getting to the bottom of possible wrongdoing (dressing up and playing secretary is not the view we usually have of Carlotta). She ends up with two separate cases that end up being intertwined, saves the lives of a child and many other people who were going to be the target of home-grown terrorists (book was written prior to 9/11), and she finds a new 'friend-mate' in law enforement, whom I am sure we will see more of in the future.

I really enjoyed this mystery. Good plot, good and factual history leading up the this project, and good use of Carlotta's native city with its various problems (as well as its good parts). Hope to read more about this project and from Linda Barnes in the near future!

Karen Sadler

4 out of 5 stars Corruption on "the most expensive two miles in the history of the world.".......2005-10-22

Using Boston's "Big Dig" as her novel's primary setting, Linda Barnes creates a complex but intriguing mystery in which her heroine, Carlotta Carlyle, a six-foot, red-haired private eye, goes undercover as a secretary on the Big Dig construction site. She is helping the Inspector General's Office investigate possible corruption on the $14 billion project to build a two-mile underground tunnel for the Central Artery. In her off-hours, she has been persuaded by a Boston dowager, Dana Endicott, to work on an unrelated second job, locating Endicott's missing companion, who departed for the weekend and never returned, leaving her beloved dog behind.

The mystery becomes more complex with the suspicious death of a construction worker, the disappearance of the boss's teenage daughter, the FBI's preparations for the April 19th Patriots' Day celebration at Faneuil Hall with several ex-Presidents in attendance, and a possible connection to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas.

The ninth in the Carlotta Carlyle series of mysteries, The Big Dig picks up Carlotta's personal life where she left off in her previous novel, Flashpoint. She has recovered from her gunshot wounds and her ill-advised romance with the son of a Boston underworld character (featured in that novel) and is back at work, following a devastating fire at her house in Cambridge. The action here is nonstop, and Carlotta, as a free-wheeling detective who follows her intuition and her heart, defies the stereotype of hard-boiled tough, revealing herself instead as a woman who is particularly sensitive to the needs of children, especially the missing teenager, Krissi Horgan.

Though there are a great many characters to track and numerous subplots and red herrings to follow, Barnes is spot-on with her descriptions of the Dig, the ambience of Quincy Market and its tourist bars, the local traffic routes and landmarks, and the more distant small towns in northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire which figure in the action. Bostonians will particularly enjoy the local color, but the descriptions are specific enough that those unfamiliar with the area will have no trouble imagining the developing action. Fun to read, with a story that packs a lot of wild action, The Big Dig is a quick-paced mystery that also fills in more of Carlotta Carlyle's personal background and further develops her character. n Mary Whipple

3 out of 5 stars Barnes' Yarn (not bad, and with kudos to Bernadette Quigley).......2005-05-05

Not the greatest detective yarn, but with enough chops and spice to make it worth the ride in the end. Found the tape version and found the narrator compelling. Reminded me a bit of the old radio shows my grandmother loved, but with less melodrama. Have no idea what narrator looks like, but if there's a movie version, I'd go with her.

3 out of 5 stars Carlotta's undercover at the Big Dig........2005-02-15

PI Carlotta Carlyle has been hired to work undercover searching for fraud on Boston's Big Dig. She is to be a mild-mannered secretary working in a construction trailer. This is not what Carlotta had in mind.

She also ends up, with the help of her little sister, being hired in a missing person's case. Veronica James left for a weekend and never came back. Now her landlady, and friend, wants Carlotta to find her. She hits one brick wall after another in her search for Veronica

Things aren't going much better in the fraud investigation. Then a construction worker dies and Carlotta isn't sure it was an accident.

There's a break-in at Veronica's. Carlotta isn't too sure things are what they seem here as well.

Carlotta ends up putting herself in some dangerous situations to try to bring both cases to a close.

I recommend this book. I really enjoy Carlotta. I must admit this wasn't one of my tops in this series, but it was an enjoyable read. I think people who have lived through the Big Dig in Boston relate better to this story.

Big Pig on a Dig (Easy Words to Read Series)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Big Pig on a Dig
  • Big Pig on a dig (easy words to read)
Big Pig on a Dig (Easy Words to Read Series)
Phil Roxbee Cox
Manufacturer: E.D.C. Publishing
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ASIN: 0746030215

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Simple phonics reader was created especially to help children learn to read. This story is great fun and also take into account recent research on the most effective ways of teaching reading. .

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Big Pig on a Dig.......2006-04-17

A delightful book that brings squeals of joy each time my four-year-old granddaughter and I read it! The storyline also helped my granddaughter discover an appropriate way to handle disappointment.

4 out of 5 stars Big Pig on a dig (easy words to read).......2000-12-20

A very enjoyble book. About a pig who finds a treasure map and sets out on a dig to find the hidden treasure. A good book for toddlers and childern who are learning how to read.
The Big Dinosaur Dig (DK Readers, Level 3)
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    The Big Dinosaur Dig (DK Readers, Level 3)
    DK Publishing
    Manufacturer: DK CHILDREN
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    Binding: Hardcover

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    ASIN: 0789495406

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    Travel to the Sahara Desert with Josh Smith, real-life archaeologist, as he and his crew of intrepid dinosaur hunters face fierce sandstorms, long hours of difficult work, and, finally, the joy of discovering a new species of dinosaur!
    The Big Dig
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Met the author! Wonderful speaker and writer
    • KERASIOTES MUST GO
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    • Good Book
    • A terrific book
    The Big Dig
    Dan McNichol
    Manufacturer: Silver Lining
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    ASIN: 0760723079

    Book Description

    The first book ever written about Boston's Big Dig--the largest, most complex highway construction project ever embarked upon in U.S. history! This regional blockbuster reached #1 on the Boston Globe's bestseller list. Filled with dozens of remarkable photos and fascinating archival illustrations, it pulsates with details only an insider like Dan McNichol, former director of the project who was in at the conception, could provide. For example:

    During peak construction years, the Big Dig spends nearly $110,000,000 a month.
    The project will place 3.8 million cubic yards of concrete, enough to build a sidewalk three feet wide and four inches thick from Boston to San Francisco...three times.
    Rats! Some city officials told the public that construction would dislodge millions of rats from deep down under the city.

    When The Big Dig is finally finished, Boston will have over 200 acres of new parks, its skyline will be transformed, and its infamous traffic nightmares will be a thing of the past.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Met the author! Wonderful speaker and writer.......2005-06-15

    I met Dan Nichols a few years ago at a local bookstore. Mr. Nichols spoke for about a half an hour before individual book signings. Extremely nice person to meet and very informative.

    Now I have two hardcover editions signed by the author.
    Hopefully Mr. Nichols will return soon!

    5 out of 5 stars KERASIOTES MUST GO.......2004-05-05

    Dr. Bananamore endured a traffic nightmare when he last visited Boston. And Quincy Market doesn't even have any good oddball stores anymore. Where did the pig store go? It's all just a bunch of expensive fashion retailers. Not even a Cuthbert's, Inc. Scrod Bananamore left the city entirely due to its inhospitality. Be gone, Kerasiotes. Haven't you done enough already?

    4 out of 5 stars A Nice Visualization.......2002-12-21

    This is a nice piece of documentary photography to own. One can only wish that Andy Ryan had done the photos for its much weaker companion book, The Big Dig at Night. Buy this one for sure. If the other isn't on the remainder tables by now, it will be.

    4 out of 5 stars Good Book.......2001-06-27

    I just finished reading this book and I was pretty impressed. I am a civil engineering student and of course am interested in projects like the Big Dig. This book is a pretty easy read: the text is big and the sentence structure is simple. However, it is a very informative book and explains the project in terms that anyone could understand. I think it would be hard to read this book without going to Boston and seeing the construction site as the pictures are somewhat hard to follow. Other than that, a good book!

    5 out of 5 stars A terrific book.......2001-04-04

    I don't love the Big Dig (does anyone?) but I love this book. It actually explains the project that's been holding us hostage for so long.And you don't need an engineering degree to understand it. Now that the bridge is almost finished and we can see what the city's new skyline will be like, people are getting more excited about what's going on. This book, which shows what's been going on for the past 10plus years, shows how we've gotten to where we are. It's worth it just for the pictures. I'll never look at the Big Dig in the same way again.
    Big Dig: A Pop-Up Construction Ragged Bears
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    • Great Pop-up for a 2 year-old
    • Pop-up broke on first try
    Big Dig: A Pop-Up Construction Ragged Bears
    Paul Stickland
    Manufacturer: Ragged Bear
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    ASIN: 192992741X

    Book Description

    There's nothing more intriguing than a construction site. It's a mesmerizing combination of color and sound, action and excitement: from a wrecking ball smashing into old foundations, bulldozers clearing away the rubble, blocks of concrete achingly being lifted to waiting masons, to steel girders delicately being fitted into place. Paul Stickland has composed all these elements into a celebration of building. Seven high-activity spreads- each with generously sized, child-resistant self-activating pops and a brash, chant-aloud text -follow the process of construction, and culminate in a magnificent foldout scene of the finished project and cheering workers. More spectacular even than his phenomenally successful Dinosaur Stomp and Truck Jam, Big Dig is truly a job well done.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Great Pop-up for a 2 year-old.......2005-09-12

    My 2 year old son loves this book. He has learned all of the different names of construction equipment from it.

    The pop-ups are quite elaborate and very well done. Our son does need close supervision when turning the pages, so this book wouldn't be suitable for a very young baby. The previous reviewer would have enjoyed the book more if she/he had introduced the book later.

    2 out of 5 stars Pop-up broke on first try.......2003-05-14

    My infant son is fascinated by pop-up books and I've always loved them since I was a child. I am a civil engineer, and I was really looking forward to using this book to introduce my son to the construction industry. The book was pretty [$$$], but I figured it would be worth it. Wrong! The pop-ups are very elaborate and when we got to the last page where the city is supposed to pop up, the buildings tore off the page. I tried to tape them back in, but no luck. I guess this book will have some use - it can teach my son about poor engineering design.
    Bill Nye the Science Guy's Great Big Dinosaur Dig (Bill Nye the Science Guy)
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      Bill Nye the Science Guy's Great Big Dinosaur Dig (Bill Nye the Science Guy)
      Bill Nye , and Ian G. Saunders
      Manufacturer: Hyperion
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        Ben's Big Dig
        Daniel Wakeman
        Manufacturer: Orca Book Publishers
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Hardcover

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