30.9 - Catherine T's Task: Construction Wonders

[SRC Moderator, Moderator]

30.9 - Catherine T's Task: Construction Wonders

I have spent the last 6 months looking out of my office window onto a construction site, watching in fascination at all the work going into digging a large hole in the middle of tourist London. The machines, the logistics, and it still takes forever to make progress - I can only imagine the effort required to build the Ancient Wonders!

Read two books, one from each of the following options. One of the books must be new to you, the other a re-read. In your completed task post, you must indicate which book is new and which is a re-read.

No books with the genre childrens or kids may be used for this task - this is NOT child's play!

So, in honour of the construction process:

1. Read a book where at least 7 of the letters in CONSTRUCTION can be found in the title/subtitle. You do not need to find 7 different letters - that is, your title/subtitle will work for "7 letters" if it contains C, O, N, T twice, since those letters appear twice in the word CONSTRUCTION.

CONSTRUCTION:
2 C
2 O
2 N
1 S
2 T
1 R
1 U
1 I

Examples:
1. Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream -
2 C
1 O
2 N
2 T
2. The Post-American World -
1 C
2 O
1 N
2 T
1 R
3. Revolutionary Road -
2 O
1 N
1 T
1 R
1 U
1 I

REQUIRED: In your completed task post, indicate the letters used and their number, as in the examples above.

2. Read a non-fiction book with the main page genre engineering or history.

[Cat]

Solid foundations

I'm not going to note acceptable options for book 1, that being obvious and (with an inevitable exception, I'm sure) immutable. If you can find 7 letters in the title and subtitle it'll be ok.

Book 2: History & Non-fiction MPG


Book 2: Engineering & Non-fiction MPG

[Cat]

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[SRC Moderator, Moderator]

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Please use the format in the example listing the letters and the occurrences. It is a little easier to see if they are listed in the word construction order, but you may list them in title order. You may end the list with the 7th occurrence and need not list every letter that appears.

[Suzanne]

Could you confirm the History genre for Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time ? thankyou

[Book Concierge]

Please confirm HISTORY and NONfiction genres
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

[Book Concierge]

SRC Moderator wrote: "30.9 - Catherine T's Task: Construction Wonders

REQUIRED: In your completed task post, indicate the letters used and their number, as in the examples above. ..."

Just to clarify ... you want us to list the letters in order as they would appear in CONSTRUCTION ... vs in order as they appear in the title.

[Cat]

Book Concierge wrote: "Please confirm HISTORY and NONfiction genres
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture"

confirmed

[Cat]

Suzanne wrote: "Could you confirm the History genre for Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time ? thankyou"

confirmed

[Tawallah]

Would Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II work for CONSTRUCTION?

There are 2 C, 2T, 2O, 1S, 1U, 2N, 1I.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Book Concierge wrote: "SRC Moderator wrote: "30.9 - Catherine T's Task: Construction Wonders

REQUIRED: In your completed task post, indicate the letters used and their number, as in the examples above. ..."

Just to cla..."

Please use the format in the example listing the letters and the occurrences. It is a little easier to see if they are listed in the word construction order, but you may list them in title order. You may end the list with the 7th occurrence and need not list every letter that appears.

[Marie (UK)]

does The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks work for history non fiction

[Cat]

June wrote: "Would Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II work for CONSTRUCTION?

There are 2 C, 2T, 2O, 1S, 1U, 2N, 1I."

Yes.

[Cat]

Marie wrote: "does The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks work for history non fiction"

yes :)

[Dee]

can I please get Secret Service Dogs: The Heroes Who Protect the President of the United States approved for history

[Cat]

Dee wrote: "can I please get Secret Service Dogs: The Heroes Who Protect the President of the United States approved for history"

approved

[Brooke]

Can I get Time Travel: A History approved for History?

[Cat]

Brooke wrote: "Can I get Time Travel: A History approved for History?"

done

[Pam]

Can I get Extreme Medicine: How Exploration Transformed Medicine in the Twentieth Century approved for MPG of History?

[Cat]

Pam wrote: "Can I get Extreme Medicine: How Exploration Transformed Medicine in the Twentieth Century approved for MPG of History?"

Yup

[Trish]

SRC Moderator wrote: "30.9 - Catherine T's Task: Construction Wonders

I have spent the last 6 months looking out of my office window onto a construction site, watching in fascination at all the work going into digging ..."

Let me guess. Crossrail?

[Cat]

Trish wrote: "SRC Moderator wrote: "30.9 - Catherine T's Task: Construction Wonders

I have spent the last 6 months looking out of my office window onto a construction site, watching in fascination at all the wo..."

Surprisingly not! A hotel complex on Leicester Square in fact

[Trish]

Catherine wrote: "Surprisingly not! A hotel complex on Leicester Square in fact "

Aha. Know the one you mean.

[Jonquil]

How funny that you call it "tourist London." In Nashville ( aka Music City, USA), we can identify the tourists because they're the only ones wearing cowboy boots and cowboy hats.

[Marie (UK)]

Catherine is this how you want the post submitting

a) Tales From The Crib (NEW)
1 C's C is in Crib
1 O's O is in From
1 S S is in Tales
1 R R is in From
2 T's T is in Tales and The
1 I I is in Crib

[Cat]

Marie wrote: "Catherine is this how you want the post submitting

a) Tales From The Crib (NEW)
1 C's C is in Crib
1 O's O is in From
1 S S is in Tales
1 R R is in From
2 T's T is in Tales and The
1..."

It's the mods' request, not mine, but that seems right to me.

[Marie (UK)]

Catherine wrote: "Marie wrote: "Catherine is this how you want the post submitting

a) Tales From The Crib (NEW)
1 C's C is in Crib
1 O's O is in From
1 S S is in Tales
1 R R is in From
2 T's T is in T..."

Thanks Catherine

[Jonquil]

Found it searching for engineering, but will be posting as History. Thanks for confirming Nonfiction and History! :)

[Jessica]

Could you confirm the genres non-fiction and history for Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach? Thanks!

[Cat]

Jessica wrote: "Could you confirm the genres non-fiction and history for Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach? Thanks!"

Confirmed

[Cat]

Jonquil wrote: "Found it searching for engineering, but will be posting as History. Thanks for confirming Nonfiction and History! :)

[bookcover:Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-..."

Sorry for the delay, but confirmed