A Novel of High-Stakes Romance and Betrayal, Set During the Race to Finish the World's Tallest Building In Empire Rising, his extraordinary third book, Thomas Kelly tells a story of love and work, of intrigue and jealousy, with the narrative verve that led the Village Voice's reviewer to dub him "Dostoevsky with a hard hat and lead pipe." As the novel opens, it is 1930-the Depression-and ground has just been broken for the Empire State Building....

When she develops feelings for her best friend, construction worker Russell Hart, high-powered corporate exec-and virgin-Abby Sullivan, as he tries to keep her a safe distance, sees through his tough-talking exterior and is determined to turn the friendzone into foreplay.

Follows Mr. Rally and his dog, Lightning, as they travel the town on a big yellow digging machine, taking care of five important jobs.

A New York Times Notable Book for 2011
One of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year
One of NPR's 10 Best Novels of 2011
From the National Book Award-winning author Denis Johnson (Tree of Smoke) comes Train Dreams, an epic in miniature, and one of Johnson's most evocative works of fiction.
Suffused with the history and landscapes of the American West—its otherworldly

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"In the decade since high school graduation, Christine Sawyer has realized her dream of opening Treasure Hunting Antique Mall. She's happy with her life-- if a bit lonely. She was always less lucky in love than her fraternal twin sister, Britney. Brent Nickelson is trying to come to grips with the shambles his life has become: after high school, an injury ended his planned football career, and now he's lost his construction business. When his great-aunt...

A dream job it's not. But for Emily Prentice, working as a seafood inspector in Ketchikan, Alaska, takes her one step closer to becoming a marine biologist. And it'll give her a first taste of independence from her overprotective mom and the doctor boyfriend she's pushing into Emily's arms. Emily's certainly not looking for romance . . . until a huge dog knocks her down and sends her flying into fish goo. It's love at first sight for Emily and Bear,...

Following directions from the job site boss, construction workers carry out important tasks at a construction site using heavy machinery, including a bulldozer, an excavator, and a loader.

Construction crew monsters arrive on the scene with tractors, cranes, and grader machines, and after a gruesome site is created as their routine, they straighten it up and leave everything clean.

Construction workers ask Kristen, a young apprentice, to bring them snacks and supplies. Provides information on the workers' jobs and equipment.