On the last day of second grade, Song Lee's party at the local amusement park forces Harry to face his fear of elevators when he is expected to ride the Drop of Doom.

A Hugo and Nebula Award–winning novel from the legendary “colossus of science fiction” and creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey (The New Yorker).
 
Renowned structural engineer Dr. Vannevar Morgan seeks to link Earth to the stars by constructing a space elevator that will connect to an orbiting satellite 22,300 miles from the planet’s surface. The elevator would lift interstellar spaceships...

Young Iris loves elevators. She especially loves when her parents let her push the button. However, her relationship to elevators--and to her little brother--changes when he starts pushing the buttons.

"Familiar phrases and unusual characters accompany a boy as he ascends and descends in an elevator"--Verso page.

Quirky babysitter Carolina Giddle moves into the Blatchford Arms, a spooky apartment building rumoured to be haunted, and enchants her young charges with ghost stories that they find eerily familiar.

"Elizabeth Major can't believe her bad luck when, during a blackout, she finds herself trapped with her ex-boyfriend. Elizabeth Major and Tom Quinlan had a passionate relationship until she broke things off abruptly, seemingly for no reason. Now Elizabeth has her own interior design business in a sleek office building in downtown Dallas, but she can't escape her fiery past with Tom - he ends up right across the hall from her, running a private investigation...

"Our homes, businesses, and other buildings would not exist without the expert craftsmanship of dedicated trade workers. In this book, readers will learn what it is like to work as an elevator mechanic. They will find out what elevator mechanics do each day, what kind of education is required to become an elevator mechanic, and much more"--

"When Milligan Creekѫs iconic grain elevators are slated for demolition, to be replaced by a huge, ugly cement-and-steel inland grain terminal a couple of miles from town, brothers Matt and Chad and their best friends Andrew and Dean concoct a wild scheme to save their grain elevatorsاand their small prairie communityاfrom being wiped off the face of the planet"--Back cover.

"At the end of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, we left our hero riding in triumph in his Great Glass Elevator, the proud new owner of the gigantic and fabulous Chocolate Factory. The other passengers were his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bucket, his four grandparents (all in one huge bed!) and, of course, Mr. Willy Wonka, chocolate maker extraordinaire! When Grandma Josephine panics and presses the wrong button, the Great Glass Elevator goes into orbit!...

¿Cuál es el mejor lugar para trazar un plan de espionaje? El malhumorado Xiant Silver no tiene nada en común con la impulsiva Preswen Ellis. O tal vez sí. Cuando se quedan atascados en el elevador del lujoso edificio Obsidiana, una rápida enemistad se forma entre ellos. Sin embargo, esa extraña coincidencia los obliga a trabajar en equipo para resolver un misterio que podría cambiar la vida de ambos para siempre. Si quieren tener éxito, deberán...