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1) Demolition
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Lexile measure
280L
Language
English
Description
"From the huge crane with a swinging ball (crack) to the excavator that rams the walls (wham) demolition has never been so much fun! - cover.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 640L
Language
English
Description
In rhyming text, the vehicles of the construction crew set to work demolishing an old rickety building--the necessary first step to building something new.
5) Unbuilding
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1980.
Lexile measure
1250L
Language
English
Description
This fictional account of the dismantling and removal of the Empire State Building describes the structure of a skyscraper and explains how such an edifice would be demolished.
6) Dig
Publisher
Saban Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Scott Brennan is trying to piece together a life shattered by a road rage incident that killed his wife and left his teen daughter Jane deaf and resentful of him. Still hoping to mend things with Jane a year later, Brennan accepts a contract for a high-paying demolition job in the desolate New Mexico sprawl outside Las Cruces. When he and Jane arrive at the site, they are suddenly taken hostage by a dangerous couple, who will stop at nothing to retrieve...
12) A fatal fiction
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Forgotten on the outskirts of quaint Lenape Hollow, Feldman's Catskill Resort Hotel has outlasted its heyday as a popular tourist destination and now awaits demolition. But once Mikki is hired to edit a revealing memoir by Sunny Feldman, the last living relative of its original owners, the doomed resort quickly ends up back in the spotlight . . . Unfortunately, everyone's attention shifts to Mikki when a body is discovered at the demolition site....
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A fascinating look into the West Coast recording studio scene of the '60s and the inside story of the music you heard on the radio. If you always assumed the musicians you listened to were the same people you saw onstage, you are in for a big surprise! In Los Angeles in the 1960s - 70s, if you wanted to record a chart-topping track or album, you called in the crack session musicians collectively known as the Wrecking Crew. Consisting of artists unknown...
16) Liebestraum
Series
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
"What begins as a passionate crusade to save a landmark building turns into a passionate love affair with dire consequences. Nick, a professor of architecture who's come home to visit his dying mother, knows he must preserve a cast-iron building marked for demolition by Paul, a ruthless developer and former friend. But when he falls for Paul's wife, Jane, Nick unwittingly tempts fate with his own life. For buried within the walls of the landmark lies...
17) Wreck-it Ralph
Publisher
Activision
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Ralph, a video game villain who wants nothing more than to be the good guy for a change, finally gets his chance to be a hero, but he discovers that being a do-gooder isn't as easy as it looks.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
Ã2015.
Language
English
Description
Profiles the group of Los Angeles studio musicians known as the Wrecking Crew--featuring Tommy Tedesco, guitar, Hal Blaine, Earl Palmer, drums, Carol Kaye, Joe Osborne, bass--who played on many rock and pop hits during the sixties. Gifted, versatile, and possessing the knack for turning a simple tune into something memorable, the Wrecking Crew were the players who turned the Wall of Sound in Phil Spector's head into a reality, and helped Brian Wilson...