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Report copyright infringementby Tom Jones (Author)A gripping first-hand account of life in space and the making of an astronaut. What is it like to fly the space shuttle and work on and in the International Space Station? Veteran NASA astronaut Tom Jones is uniquely qualified to give the details: he flew four shuttle missions and led three space walks to deliver the US Lab to the Station. . From B-52 pilot during the Cold War, to a PhD in planetary science, to the unbelievable rigors of astro...

Understanding Plastics Engineering Calculations: Hands-On Examples and Case Studies

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Report copyright infringementby Natti S. Rao (Author)The plastics engineer working on the shop floor in a plastics manufacturing plant often needs quick answers to questions such as why the extruder output is low or whether he can expect better quality product by changing the resin or if the die pressure can be lowered. Applying state-of-the art numerical software to address these issues is time consuming and costly. Starting from practical design formulas that are easily applicable, and yet ...

Simple Methods for Identification of Plastics 5e

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Report copyright infringementby Dietrich Braun (Author)Processors and users of plastics often need to determine the chemical nature of a plastics specimen. The highly practical and useful manual, now in a fifth revised and supplemented edition, will enable you to determine the class of plastic of a particular specimen. No extensive knowledge of chemistry is required and yet it is more than a simple tabular compilation. This manual is a handy, highly effective tool for many practical situation...

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Report copyright infringementby E. Bud Guitrau (Author)This text explains the unique machining capabilities of EDM in depth, to provide the reader with a full and clear understanding of both the practical and theoretical aspects of the technology. Balanced coverage is given to both wire and vertical EDM, and the book contains many tips and ideas to improve performance that can't be found in any other source. Unusual topics include discharge dressing, innovative flushing techniques and advance...

Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds: Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Emus, Guinea Fowl, Ostriches, Partridges, Peafowl, Pheasants, Quails, S

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Report copyright infringementby Carol Ekarius (Author)More than 128 birds strut their stuff across the pages of this definitive primer for intrepid poultry farmers and feather fanciers alike. From the Manx Rumpy to the Redcap and the Ancona duck to his Aylesbury cousin, each breed is profiled with a brief history, detailed descriptions of identifying characteristics, and colorful photography. Comprehensive and fun, Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds celebrates the personalities and ...

Ew 101: A First Course in Electronic Warfare

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Report copyright infringementby David L. Adamy (Editor)EW 101 has been a popular column in the Journal of Electronic Defense for a number of years. This compilation of tutorial articles from JED provides introductory level electronic warfare instruction for students of the discipline. Number of Pages: 308 Dimensions: 0.9 x 9.36 x 6.37 IN Publication Date: December 01, 2000

Design of Injection Molded Plastic Parts

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Report copyright infringementby Christoph Jaroschek (Author)This book creates a new perspective on the design of plastic parts. In many books there is a strong focus on the material, the material properties, and the calculation or dimensioning. What is often not taken into account is that very many plastic components only have to withstand low loads; in very many applications, the focus is on the actual design. This requires a good understanding of the injection molds that must be built to pr...

The Happy Mechanic: Making Money and Starting Your Own Business as a Self-Employed Car Mechanic

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Report copyright infringementby Steve Sorensen (Author)Make $100 here, $500 there, fixing cars in your spare time.November 2025 update: Completely Updated and More Than Doubled in Word Count.People are too busy to take their car to a dealership for service. They want convenience, and they are willing to pay a premium for it. Being a self-employed mobile mechanic fills that need and can provide you with substantial additional income-if you know how to navigate the modern automotive landscape.Y...

1001 Inventions: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization: Official Companion to the 1001 Inventions Exhibition

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Report copyright infringementby Salim T. S. Al-Hassani (Author)1001 Inventions: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization takes readers on a journey through years of forgotten Islamic history to discover one thousand fascinating scientific and technological inventions still being used throughout the world today. Take a look at all of the discoveries that led to the great technological advances of our time; engineering, early medicinal practices, and the origins of cartography are just a few ...

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Report copyright infringementby Kristie Macrakis (Author)A concise introduction to the history and methods of espionage, illustrated by spy stories from antiquity to today's high-tech world. Espionage is one of the most secret of human activities. It is also, as the popularity of spy stories suggests, one of the most intriguing. This book pulls the veil back on the real world of espionage, revealing how spying actually works. In a refreshingly clear, concise manner, Kristie Macrakis guides re...

Close Up at a Distance: Mapping, Technology, and Politics

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Report copyright infringementby Laura Kurgan (Author)The past two decades have seen revolutionary shifts in our ability to navigate, inhabit, and define the spatial realm. The data flows that condition much of our lives now regularly include Global Positioning System (GPS) readings and satellite images of a quality once reserved for a few militaries and intelligence agencies, and powerful geographic information system (GIS) software is now commonplace. These new technologies have raised funda...

The Backyard Chicken Keeper's Bible: Discover Chicken Breeds, Behavior, Coops, Eggs, and More

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Report copyright infringementby Jessica Ford (Author), Rachel Federman (Author), Sonya Patel Ellis (Author)The essential volume on backyard chicken keeping, this book is packed with practical information and clear and charming full-color photographs. Whether you're looking to reduce your environmental impact, improve food traceability, connect with nature, or simply relish the pure joy of chicken company, The Backyard Chicken Keeper's Bible belongs on your shelf. Environmental and homestea...

Artificial Intelligence: Modern Magic or Dangerous Future?, the Illustrated Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Yorick A. Wilks (Author)A fascinating, richly illustrated journey through the history of artificial intelligence--and an honest assessment of our future alongside it. Artificial intelligence has long been a mainstay of science fiction, and increasingly it feels as if AI is entering our everyday lives, with virtual personal assistants such as Apple's Siri now ubiquitous and self-driving cars almost upon us. But what do we actually mean when we talk about artific...

The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal

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Report copyright infringementby Laine Nooney (Author)An engrossing origin story for the personal computer--showing how the Apple II's software helped a machine transcend from hobbyists' plaything to essential home appliance. Skip the iPhone, the iPod, and the Macintosh. If you want to understand how Apple Inc. became an industry behemoth, look no further than the 1977 Apple II. Designed by the brilliant engineer Steve Wozniak and hustled into the marketplace by his Apple cofounder Steve Jobs...

Fundamentals of Transport Processes with Applications

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Report copyright infringementby V. Kumaran (Author)The study of transport phenomena is an essential part of chemical engineering, as well as other disciplines concerned with material transformations such as biomedical engineering, microfluidics, reactor design and metallurgy. Material transformations require the motion of constituents relative to each other, the transfer of heat across materials and fluid flow. This lucid textbook introduces the student to the fundamentals and applications of...

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Report copyright infringementby Robert J. Howell (Author)Self-Awareness and The Elusive Subject explores the puzzling fact that we are certain of the existence of a subject of experience despite its being objectively and subjectively elusive. It is objectively elusive in that, like phenomenal states, it cannot be found from the third-person perspective. It is subjectively elusive because it also cannot be found in introspection. On the one hand, then, the author agrees with the Buddhists and ...

Veg-Table: Recipes, Techniques, and Plant Science for Big-Flavored, Vegetable-Focused Meals

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Report copyright infringementby Nik Sharma (Author)Named a Best Cookbook of the Year by NPR, The Los Angeles Times, Epicurious, Vice, Food Network, Good Housekeeping, and more, and a Best Cookbook of Fall 2023 by Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Eater, The Strategist, and more. From the bestselling author of The Flavor Equation and Season, host of America's Test Kitchen's Flavor Forward, and winner of the 2023 IACP Trailblazer Award: A fascinating exploration of the unique wonders of more than f...

Chainsaw Love: Field Notes on the World's Most Dynamic Power Tool

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Report copyright infringementby James Card (Author)Behold the mighty chainsaw and discover its history, its influence, and its people Considered the most powerful of all hand tools, the chainsaw has been vital to contemporary life in ways large, small, and sometimes surprising since it first came on the market in the 1940s. In Chainsaw Love, author James Card celebrates this formidable implement in unflinching style, sharing stories and reflections about the world of chainsaws and the people...

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Report copyright infringementby Allan Nation (Author)"Knowledge Rich Ranching will expose you to what you need to understand when you sit down to the kitchen table on winter nights to determine how not only to make it through another year, but to develop a long-term economically sustainable farm or ranch."--David W. Morrison, Rural Papers In today's market, knowledge separates the rich from the rest. Knowledge Rich Ranching is not a how-to book on raising cattle. It is a book on how the catt...

Management-Intensive Grazing: The Grassroots of Grass Farming

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Report copyright infringementby Jim Gerrish (Author)"I like to say that when you buy an acre of land you get 43,500 square feet of solar panel. When you start thinking about your farm in these terms, the importance of having every acre covered with green, growing grass becomes apparent," Jim Gerrish writes. Gerrish coined the phrase Management-intensive Grazing (MiG), putting the emphasis on management of the growth of the grass. The animals are merely harvesters, like lawnmowers. In Manageme...

Raising Goats Naturally, 2nd Edition: The Complete Guide to Milk, Meat, and More

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Report copyright infringementby Deborah Niemann (Author)Raise healthy, productive goats without antibiotics, chemicals, or expensive veterinary interventions using natural health management. Complete guide to goat husbandry that prevents problems through nutrition, environmental management, and natural breeding practices.Why Natural Goat Management Works Better: Chemical-dependent goat raising creates ongoing costs and health problems. Natural methods build strong immune systems, reduce veter...

Building the Ultimate Dam: John S. Eastwood and the Control of Water in the West

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Report copyright infringementby Donald C. Jackson (Author)Most water control projects in the American West depend on huge gravity dams, whose stability lies in massive quantities of concrete and earth or rock fill. In the early twentieth century, John S. Eastwood designed novel dams that minimized the concrete necessary for construction. Eastwood's multiple-arch designs proved less expensive than comparable gravity dams. Yet he faced the opposition of a powerful cadre of engineers, financiers...

The Boundless Self: Communication in Physical and Virtual Spaces

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Adams (Author)Using the body as an axis for geographical theory, this book argues that communication empowers self to constantly transcend its physical limits. It urges complete review of personal borders in space and time based on symbols, signs and signals that redefine ties to the tangible world, i.e., "Dear John" letters, layout of furniture in rooms, or chronic illness. Adams shows how vehicular transit has altered traditional modalities like walking ...

Decoding Clausewitz: A New Approach to on War

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Report copyright infringementby Jon Tetsuro Sumida (Author)For nearly two centuries, On War, by Carl Phillip Gottfried von Clausewitz (1780-1831), has been the bible for statesmen and military professionals, strategists, theorists, and historians concerned about armed conflict. The source of the famous aphorism that "war is an extension of politics by other means," it has been widely read and debated. But, as Jon Sumida shows in this daring new look at Clausewitz's magnum opus, its full meani...

The Complete Book of Classic John Deere Tractors: The First 100 Years

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Report copyright infringementby Don MacMillan (Author), John Dietz (Contribution by), Andrew Morland (Photographer)The Complete Book of Classic John Deere Tractors explores the range of iconic "green tractors" with which Illinois-based John Deere has become one of the world's most recognizable brands. Part of Motorbooks' Complete Book series, this fact-packed volume takes you through dozens of John Deere farm models, beginning with the 1892 Waterloo Boy and ending with the game-changing New G...

The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google

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Report copyright infringementby Scott Galloway (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are the four most influential companies on the planet. Just about everyone thinks they know how they got there. Just about everyone is wrong. For all that's been written about the Four over the last two decades, no one has captured their power and staggering success as insightfully as Scott Galloway. Instead of buying the myths these companies broadcast, ...

Mastering Artisan Cheesemaking: The Ultimate Guide for Home-Scale and Market Producer

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Report copyright infringementby Gianaclis Caldwell (Author), Ricki Carroll (Foreword by)This comprehensive, user-friendly cheese making guide features delicious recipes, inspiring photos, and practical techniques for cheese enthusiasts from the avid home hobbyist to the serious commercial artisan.Let acclaimed cheesemaker Gianaclis Caldwell be your mentor, guide, and cheering section as you follow the pathway to a mastery of cheesemaking. With thorough explanations of the art and science that...

Spycraft: The Secret History of the Cia's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Wallace (Author), H. Keith Melton (Author), Henry R. Schlesinger (Author)An unprecedented history of the CIA's secret and amazing gadgetry behind the art of espionage In this look at the CIA's most secretive operations and the devices that made them possible, Spycraft tells gripping life-and-death stories about a group of spytechs--much of it never previously revealed and with images never before seen by the public. The CIA's Office of Technical Service ...

Introduction to Medical Imaging: Physics, Engineering and Clinical Applications

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Report copyright infringementby Nadine Barrie Smith (Author), Andrew Webb (Author)Covering the basics of X-rays, CT, PET, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, and MRI, this textbook provides senior undergraduate and beginning graduate students with a broad introduction to medical imaging. Over 130 end-of-chapter exercises are included, in addition to solved example problems, which enable students to master the theory as well as providing them with the tools needed to solve more difficult problems. T...

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Report copyright infringementby Iwan Rhys Morus (Editor)The Oxford Illustrated History of Science is the first-ever fully illustrated global history of science, from Aristotle to the atom bomb - and beyond. The first part of the book tells the story of science in both the East and West from antiquity to the Enlightenment: from the ancient Mediterranean world to ancient China; from the exchanges between Islamic and Christian scholars in the Middle Ages to the Chinese invention of gunpowder, pa...

Genius Inventions: The Stories Behind History's Greatest Technological Breakthroughs

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Report copyright infringementby Jack Challoner (Author)Go back in time to share the excitement of the greatest technological breakthroughs in history--and meet the inspired inventors who made them happen.The light bulb. Antiseptic surgery. The Internet. These inventions changed the world as we know it. Published in association with the Science Museum of London, this fascinating volume gives unprecedented insight into the minds and lives of those who shaped the way we live today. Biographies o...

The Engines of Our Ingenuity: An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture

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Report copyright infringementby John H. Lienhard (Author)Millions of people have listened to John H. Lienhard's radio program "The Engines of Our Ingenuity." In this fascinating book, Lienhard gathers his reflections on the nature of technology, culture, and human inventiveness. The book brims with insightful observations. Lienhard writes that the history of technology is a history of us--we are the machines we create. Thus farming dramatically changed the rhythms of human life and redirected...