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Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, 4th Edition: Breed Selection, Facilities, Feeding, Health Care, Managing Layers & Meat Birds - Paperback

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by Gail Damerow (Author)Serious poultry farmers and backyard bird raisers have relied on this best-selling reference for more than 20 years. The fourth edition of Gail Damerow's comprehensive handbook is now completely revised and redesigned, making it more accessible and informative than ever. You'll get the most up-to-date details on shelter, food, health care, eggs, chicks, and meat, and recent research into chicken behavior and communication makes the sections on flock management truly au...

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by Sun-Tzu (Author), Thomas Cleary (Translator)A comprehensive collection of the most essential versions of The Art of War, the classic Chinese military treatise considered by many as the ultimate strategy guide Sun Tzu's Art of War, compiled more than two thousand years ago, is a study of the anatomy of organizations in conflict. It is perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world today. Now, this unique volume brings together the essential versions of Sun Tzu's ...

Electrical Installation Calculations: Basic - Paperback

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by Christopher Kitcher (Author)Now in its 10th edition, Electrical Installation Calculations: Basic has been updated to include any changes required to bring it in line with the 18th edition of the IET electrical wiring regulations (BS7671:2018). Electrical calculations required for exams can prove difficult to master, but for more than 40 years, this book series has proved very helpful to students and professional electrical engineers studying for electrical qualifications. It covers all the...

Tank: The Definitive Visual History of Armored Vehicles - Hardcover

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by DK (Author), Smithsonian Institution (Contribution by)Pivotal to modern warfare, tanks have dominated the battlefield for over a century. Get up close to more than 400 military colossuses with this definitive visual guide to armored vehicles. In 1916, the British built a vehicle that could pound the battlefield impervious to enemy fire, crushing obstacles and barbed wire in its path. The first tank, or "Mother" as it was known, had arrived. In Tank you can view it in detail, along with oth...

Nourishing Fats: Why We Need Animal Fats for Health and Happiness - Paperback

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by Sally Fallon Morell (Author)Bestselling author Sally Fallon Morell predicted the rise of bone broth, an old-fashioned remedy turned modern health craze, in her hit Nourishing Broth. Now, Sally explains the origins of, and science behind, the next movement in the wellness world--healthy fats. In the style of her beloved cult classics Nourishing Traditions and Nourishing Broth, Nourishing Fats supports and expands upon the growing scientific consensus that a diet rich in good fats is the ke...

The New Organic Grower, 3rd Edition: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener, 30th Anniversary Edition - Paperback

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by Eliot Coleman (Author)"Updated for its 30th anniversary edition; [This book] remains as relevant as ever."--New York Times Book Review Since its original publication in 1989, The New Organic Grower has been one of the most important farming books available, with pioneer Eliot Coleman leading the charge in the organic movement in the United States. Now fully illustrated and updated, this 30th Anniversary Edition is a must-have for any agricultural library. Eliot Coleman's books and innovati...

Integrated Forest Gardening: The Complete Guide to Polycultures and Plant Guilds in Permaculture Systems - Paperback

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by Wayne Weiseman (Author), Daniel Halsey (Author), Bryce Ruddock (Author)Permaculture is a movement that is coming into its own, and the concept of creating plant guilds in permaculture is at the forefront of every farmer's and gardener's practice. One of the essential practices of permaculture is to develop perennial agricultural systems that thrive over several decades without expensive and harmful inputs: perennial plant guilds, food forests, agroforestry, and mixed animal and woody speci...

The Essential Guide to Passing the Structural Civil PE Exam Written in the form of Questions: 160 CBT Questions Every PE Candidate Must Answer - Paperback

$108.00

by Jacob Petro (Author)The main objective of this book is to provide a comprehensive and a thorough coverage for the Structural Civil PE exam topics with the use of questions. This book is written in accordance with the latest (2024) NCEES exam specifications and design standards with the use of structured and well thought out questions. Questions that serve as an overall guide to help the reader understand and remember all the knowledge areas presented in the 2024 exam specifications, along ...

Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness - Hardcover

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by Gregg F. Martin (Author)Maj. Gen. Gregg Martin cut a striking figure in the Army: athletic, quick witted, devout, and studious, he was a natural leader. Thanks to his engineering and leadership knowhow, Martin was chosen to lead the thousands of combat engineers who paved the way for 100,000 Army troops to battle their way to Baghdad in 2003. Martin was astonishing to watch as he led this effort, his mind laser focused and body vibrating with energy. He made quick decisions, often anticipa...

Airman Knowledge Testing Supplement for Sport Pilot, Recreational Pilot, Remote Pilot, and Private Pilot (Faa-Ct-8080-2h) - Paperback

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by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (Author)THE DEFINITIVE TOOL FOR AIRMAN KNOWLEDGE EXAM STUDY IN 2023, DEVELOPED BY FAA EXPERTS This testing supplement was designed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Flight Standards Service and intended for use by Airman Knowledge Testing (AKT) administrators in the following knowledge areas: Sport Pilot: Airplane (ASEL and ASES), Gyroplane, Glider, Airship (LTA), Balloon, Weight-Shift Control (WSCS and WSCL), and Powered Parachute (PPL a...

Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (2023): Faa-H-8083-25c - Paperback

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by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (Author)THE ESSENTIAL FULL-COLOR HANDBOOK FOR PILOTS, IN A NEW 2023 EDITION! This official Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) handbook provides basic knowledge essential for pilots on topics like decision-making, aerodynamics, flight controls, weather theory, airport operations, and more. Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge introduces pilots to the broad spectrum of information that will be needed as they progress in their pilot training. W...

A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the SS United States - Paperback

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by Steven Ujifusa (Author)"A fascinating historical account...A snapshot of the American Dream culminating with this country's mid-century greatness" (The Wall Street Journal) as a man endeavors to build the finest, fastest, most beautiful ocean liner in history. The story of a great American Builder at the peak of his power, in the 1940s and 1950s, William Francis Gibbs was considered America's best naval architect. His quest to build the finest, fastest, most beautiful ocean liner of his ti...

Information Operations: Facts Fakes Conspiracists - Hardcover

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by Steve Tatham (Author) Number of Pages: 272 Dimensions: 0.88 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: May 13, 2024

The Power of Where: A Geographic Approach to the World's Greatest Challenges - Paperback

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by Jack Dangermond (Author)The Power of Where presents the visionary concepts of Jack Dangermond, cofounder of Esri(R), the world's leading mapping software company. With a foreword by bestselling author and writer for The Atlantic, James Fallows, it's filled with the latest web maps, illustrations, and real-life stories from a vibrant global community of geographic information systems (GIS) users. If you've never heard of GIS, this is the book for you, and if you think you know what GIS is, ...

Ultimate Speed Secrets: The Complete Guide to High-Performance and Race Driving - Paperback

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by Ross Bentley (Author)Performance and racing drivers constantly seek ways to sharpen their skills and lower their lap times. Ultimate Speed Secrets is the indispensable tool to help make you faster, whatever your driving goals. Professional race driver and coach Ross Bentley has raced everything from Indycars to World Sports Cars to production sedans, on ovals, road courses, and street circuits all around the world. His proven high-performance driving techniques benefit novice drivers as we...

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by Nicole Starosielski (Author)In our "wireless" world it is easy to take the importance of the undersea cable systems for granted, but the stakes of their successful operation are huge, as they are responsible for carrying almost all transoceanic Internet traffic. In The Undersea Network Nicole Starosielski follows these cables from the ocean depths to their landing zones on the sandy beaches of the South Pacific, bringing them to the surface of media scholarship and making visible the mater...

Information Operations: Facts Fakes Conspiracists - Paperback

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by Steve Tatham (Author) Number of Pages: 272 Dimensions: 0.74 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: May 10, 2024

Sound Reinforcement Handbook - Paperback

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by Gary Davis (Composer), Ralph Jones (Composer)(Yamaha Products). Sound reinforcement is the use of audio amplification systems. This book is the first and only book of its kind to cover all aspects of designing and using such systems for public address and musical performance. The book features information on both the audio theory involved and the practical applications of that theory, explaining everything from microphones to loudspeakers. This revised edition features almost 40 new pages ...

Hammer's Blueprint Reading Basics - Paperback

$87.68

by Charles Gillis (Author), Warren Hammer (Author)Overview Warren Hammer's Blueprint Reading Basics has been a bestselling classic for nearly two decades, revered for its ease of understanding and for giving readers opportunities to practice what they learned. With this historic revision, new author Charles Gillis has updated the entire package, replacing ALL figures with CAD-generated artwork, adding new illustrations, representing metric drawing practices alongside English, and including co...

Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words - Hardcover

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by Randall Munroe (Author)Have you ever tried to learn more about some incredible thing, only to be frustrated by incomprehensible jargon? Randall Munroe is here to help. In Thing Explainer, he uses line drawings and only the thousand (or, rather, "ten hundred") most common words to provide simple explanations for some of the most interesting stuff there is, including: food-heating radio boxes (microwaves) tall roads (bridges) computer buildings (datacenters) the shared space house (the In...

Handbook of Cannabis Production in Controlled Environments - Paperback

$124.81

by Youbin Zheng (Editor)For thousands of years, Cannabis sativa, commonly called cannabis or marijuana, has been used for many different purposes. Due to its enormous medicinal values, increasing numbers of countries and regions have started to legalise the cultivation of this plant. When grown commercially, cannabis is most often produced in controlled environments including greenhouse and indoor growing rooms, to ensure consistent growth and high quality. Even for field production, propaga...

Salesforce End-to-End Implementation Handbook: A practitioner's guide for setting up programs and projects to deliver superior business outcomes - Paperback

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by Kristian Margaryan Jørgensen (Author)Packed with practical examples, case studies, and proven recommendations, this handbook helps you manage enterprise-grade Salesforce programsKey Features: Explore the end-to-end Salesforce implementation lifecycle with templates and practical examples Discover common issues and strategies for mitigation and prevention Work with checklists to assess the state of your Salesforce implementation in each phase Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a...

Genetics of the Fowl: The Classic Guide to Poultry Breeding and Chicken Genetics - Paperback

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by Frederick B. Hutt (Author)Genetics of the Fowl is still the most useful work on poultry genetics. Just the last chapter, "Genetics in Practice," provides the best introduction to successful poultry breeding ever written, covering the difference between breeding for dominant vs. recessive characteristics, individual selection vs. progeny testing, inbreeding vs. crossing, and much more. Professor Hutt was sympathetic to the needs of practical farmers, show breeders, and researchers, so this ...

Communications: An International History of the Formative Years - Paperback

$170.10

by Russell W. Burns (Author)Communications: An international history of the formative years traces the evolution of communications from 500 BC, when fire beacons were used for signalling, to the 1940s, when high definition television systems were developed for the entertainment, education and enlightenment of society. The book does not simply provide a chronicle of dates and events, nor is it a descriptive catalogue of devices and systems. Rather, it discusses the essential factors - technica...

A History of Beekeeping and the Honeybee in Contested Eastern European Landscapes: Empires of the Bee - Hardcover

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by Catherine B. Clay (Author)A History of Beekeeping and the Honeybee in Contested Eastern European Landscapes: Empires of the Bee traces the material-cultural dynamics of the honeybee and beekeeping from prehistory to the present, through Kievan Rus, the Novgorod Republic, Muscovy, Imperial Russia the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. Interweaving environmental, social, economic, and cultural history, this book explores the meaning and experience of beekeeping in the longue duree, to ...

Farming the Woods: An Integrated Permaculture Approach to Growing Food and Medicinals in Temperate Forests - Paperback

$39.95

by Ken Mudge (Author), Steve Gabriel (Author), John Munsell (Foreword by)The first in-depth guide for farmers and gardeners who have access to an established woodland and are looking for productive, innovative ways to create a natural forest ecosystems that produces a wide range of food, medicinals, and other non-timber products. "What a joy to read! Nice pictures, great case studies, and well organized. . . . Farming the Woods is the source for temperate climate agroforestry."--Jonathan Bate...

Bim and 3D GIS Integration for Digital Twins: An Introduction - Hardcover

$162.00

by Mohsen Kalantari (Author), Christian Clemen (Author), Mojgan Jadidi (Author)Building information modelling (BIM) uses a combination of technologies and resources to capture, manage, analyse, and display a digital representation of the physical and functional characteristics of a facility. A Geographic Information System (GIS) offers tools for visualising and analysing built and natural environments and their impacts on infrastructure systems, such as land use, transportation, etc. This boo...

Advanced Mechanical Vibration: Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation - Hardcover

$153.00

by Bingen Yang (Author)Modeling, analysis, and simulation--everything vibration engineering students need to succeed, including late-breaking advances in this ever-changing fieldAdvanced Mechanical Vibration covers modeling and analysis of vibrating systems with damping and gyroscopic effects, dynamics of combined distributed-lumped systems, and approximate methods for solutions of complex vibration problems, which are often overlooked in other such textbooks. Case studies and pre-coded MATLA...

Fractional and Fractal Derivative Models for Anomalous Sediment Transport - Hardcover

$282.13

by Hongguang Sun (Author), Zhipeng Li (Author), Shiqian Nie (Author)Author Biography HongGuang Sun, Zhipeng Li, Shiqian Nie, Hohai University, China Number of Pages: 194 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN Publication Date: December 02, 2024

FinFET Devices for VLSI Circuits and Systems - Paperback

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by Samar K. Saha (Author)To surmount the continuous scaling challenges of MOSFET devices, FinFETs have emerged as the real alternative for use as the next generation device for IC fabrication technology. The objective of this book is to provide the basic theory and operating principles of FinFET devices and technology, an overview of FinFET device architecture and manufacturing processes, and detailed formulation of FinFET electrostatic and dynamic device characteristics for IC design and man...

Like Silicon from Clay: What Ancient Jewish Wisdom Can Teach Us about AI - Hardcover

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by Michael M. Rosen (Author)How can we reconcile competing claims about artificial intelligence in today's policy debate? Will AI herald a technological utopia filled with scientific breakthroughs that extend and enhance life, or will the machines we create turn on us and usher in the apocalypse? Will chatbots stifle creativity and crush the human spirit, or are they just reflections of ourselves, for better or worse? As we grapple with these questions, technologists, philosophers, entreprene...

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by Tutorial Books (Author)Creo Parametric 11.0 Basics is a comprehensive and user-friendly guide designed for beginners and those looking to expand their knowledge in 3D design and modeling using Creo Parametric. With clear explanations and practical exercises, this book helps learners grasp essential skills in CAD (Computer-Aided Design) from the ground up. Each chapter covers a key area of Creo Parametric, with topics that build on each other for a step-by-step learning journey. Starting wi...