Monster Moves: Adventures in Moving the Impossible [ Book & DVD] [Hardcover]

Moving house is one of the most stressful experiences we ever encounter - but can you imagine moving an entire house? This companion to the hit global TV series Monster Moves reveals the dramatic feats of engineering involved in moving whole buildings and huge machines vast distances through cities, across mountains and over oceans. Meet the fearless expert movers who slice up mansions with chainsaws, haul lighthouses off the edges of crumbling cliffs and slide whole houses across frozen lakes. Marvel at the ingenuity behind the moves, the heroic battles waged by the crews to overcome seemingly impossible odds and the epic races against time and tides. Astonishing stories include a Nova Scotia town house sawn up into jigsaw pieces and put back together in the countryside, the Iowa church pulled across the prairies by tractor to its new home and congregation and the fleet of floating houses shipped through treacherous waters to create a futuristic waterborne town on Vancouver Island. Join the race to rescue more than twenty of Egypt's finest temples from being flooded by the River Nile, the mission to save a Nantucket lighthouse from being swept off a cliff into the ocean and the 70-day struggle to haul a vintage steam locomotive from South Africa back to its home in Scotland. Each exciting story is brought to life with revealing interviews, stunning photography and eye-popping illustrations. The accompanying 90-minute DVD features two whole episodes of Monster Moves.

Amazing true stories and intrepid adventures from the international hit TV series, Monster Moves. Join teams of engineers from around the world as they battle seemingly impossible odds to transport supersize buildings, machines and vehicles vast distances through cities, over mountains and across oceans, including: The Iowa church pulled across the prairies to its new home and congregation; The fleet of floating houses shipped through treacherous waters to create a futuristic waterborne community; The runaway crane and raging hurricane that threatened to wreck a historic town house midway through its move to the country; The heroic rescue mission to save a Nantucket lighthouse from collapsing into the sea; The 70-day struggle to return a vintage steam locomotive from South Africa to its home in Scotland; The international rescue mission to save more than twenty ancient Egyptian temples from being flooded by the River Nile.