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Creatures of Empire: How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America - Paperback

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by Virginia DeJohn Anderson (Author)When we think of the key figures of early American history, we think of explorers, or pilgrims, or Native Americans--not cattle, or goats, or swine. But as Virginia DeJohn Anderson reveals in this brilliantly original account of colonists in New England and the Chesapeake region, livestockplayed a vitally important role in the settling of the New World. Livestock, Anderson writes, were a central factor in the cultural clash between colonists and Indians as...

Structural Timbers: Built Up Southern Yellow Pine And Maximum Spans For Joists And Rafters (1921) - Paperback

$33.05

by National Lumber Manufacturers Assoc (Author)Structural Timbers: Built Up Southern Yellow Pine And Maximum Spans For Joists And Rafters is a book published in 1921 by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. The book provides a comprehensive guide to the use of built-up Southern Yellow Pine timbers in construction, including information on the maximum spans for joists and rafters. The book is aimed at architects, builders, and engineers who are involved in the design and construction ...

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by Edna Walker Chandler (Author), Jack Merryweather (Illustrator) Number of Pages: 46 Dimensions: 0.12 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: September 02, 2011

Re-Design Of The Transmission System Of The Edison Electric Company Of Southern California (1908) - Paperback

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by Frank Kellogg Brainard (Author)""Re-Design Of The Transmission System Of The Edison Electric Company Of Southern California"" is a technical book written by Frank Kellogg Brainard in 1908. The book provides a detailed description of the redesign of the transmission system of the Edison Electric Company of Southern California. Brainard, who was an electrical engineer and a consultant for the company, discusses the challenges faced by the company's transmission system and the solutions he pr...

A Plan Of Mr. Pope's Garden: As It Was Left At His Death: With A Plan And Perspective View Of The Grotto (1745) - Paperback

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by John Serle (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 36 Dimensions: 0.09 x 11 x 8.5 IN Pub...

The Dorrigo Forest Reserve (1894) - Paperback

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by Joseph Henry Maiden (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 48 Dimensions: 0.12 x 11 x 8...

The Province Of New Brunswick: Its Soil, Climate, Resources, Institutions, Free Grant Lands, Etc. (1872) - Paperback

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by Providence of New Brunswick (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 20 Dimensions: 0.05 ...

Notes On The Cells Of The Bee (1866) - Paperback

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by Jeffries Wyman (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 24 Dimensions: 0.06 x 11 x 8.5 IN...

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition - Paperback

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by Marc Reisner (Author)"I've been thinking a lot about Cadillac Desert in the past few weeks, as the rain fell and fell and kept falling over California, much of which, despite the pouring heavens, seems likely to remain in the grip of a severe drought. Reisner anticipated this moment. He worried that the West's success with irrigation could be a mirage -- that it took water for granted and didn't appreciate the precariousness of our capacity to control it." - Farhad Manjoo, The New York Tim...

Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut's Journey - Hardcover

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by Fred Haise (Author), Bill Moore (Author), Gene Kranz (Foreword by)"The extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only 24 men to fly to the moon"--Author BiographyFRED HAISE served as a backup Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 8 and Apollo 11 before serving as the Lunar Module Pilot for the Apollo 13 mission. He worked with NASA for nine years after Apollo 13, serving on the backup crew for Apollo 16, commanding free flight test missions for the Space Shuttle program, and was ...

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...

An Improbable Astronaut: How a Georgia farmboy wound up flying the space shuttle - Hardcover

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by Roy D. Bridges (Author)Astronaut Roy Bridges intentionally pursued a life of adventure. From fearlessly hunting bears in the woods with his cap pistol at age five, to piloting a fighter jet in Vietnam in his twenties, to rocketing into space at forty-two, he quietly, diligently, and relentlessly made his dream a reality. Fueled by ambition and hard work, fed by the support of family, and formed by the wisdom and character of their example, he made his way from humble beginnings to position...

The Backyard Homestead: Produce All the Food You Need on Just a Quarter Acre! - Paperback

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by Carleen Madigan (Editor)This comprehensive guide to homesteading provides all the information you need to grow and preserve a sustainable harvest of grains and vegetables; raise animals for meat, eggs, and dairy; and keep honey bees for your sweeter days. With easy-to-follow instructions on canning, drying, and pickling, you'll enjoy your backyard bounty all winter long. Also available in this series: The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner, The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Project...

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by Magdalena Droste (Author)In a fleeting 14-year period between two world wars, Germany's Bauhaus school of art and design changed the face of modernity. With utopian ideas for the future, the school developed a pioneering fusion of fine art, craftsmanship, and technology, which they applied across media and practices from film to theater, and sculpture to ceramics. This best-selling reference work is made in collaboration with the Bauhaus-Archiv/Museum für Gestaltung in Berlin, the world's ...

Design Driven Innovation: Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things Mean - Hardcover

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by Roberto Verganti (Author)Until now, the literature on innovation has focused either on radical innovation pushed by technology or incremental innovation pulled by the market. In Design-Driven Innovation: How to Compete by Radically Innovating the Meaning of Products, Roberto Verganti introduces a third strategy, a radical shift in perspective that introduces a bold new way of competing. Design-driven innovations do not come from the market; they create new markets. They don't push new tech...

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by John D. Kelleher (Author), Brendan Tierney (Author)A concise introduction to the emerging field of data science, explaining its evolution, relation to machine learning, current uses, data infrastructure issues, and ethical challenges.The goal of data science is to improve decision making through the analysis of data. Today data science determines the ads we see online, the books and movies that are recommended to us online, which emails are filtered into our spam folders, and even how much...

Auto Repair & Maintenance for Beginners - Paperback

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by Dave Stribling (Author)Your one-stop resource for basic car care and repair. Working on your vehicle can be intimidating with the complicated engines, sophisticated electrical systems and other high-tech components, but with this helpful guide by your side, you learn to fine-tune and identify common car problems and make your own repairs! In it, you get: Quick tips on jumping a battery, changing a tire, and replacing a headlight.Easy steps for checking and changing filters, spark plugs, be...

How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure - Hardcover

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by John Rocco (Author)LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD - YALSA EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION FINALIST - A ROBERT F. SIBERT HONOR BOOK This beautifully illustrated, oversized guide to the people and technology of the moon landing by award-winning author/illustrator John Rocco (illustrator of the Percy Jackson series) is a must-have for space fans, classrooms, and tech geeks. Everyone knows of Neil Armstrong's famous first steps on the moon. But what did it really take to get us there? The Moo...

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by Erik Larson (Author)A true story of love, murder, and the end of the world's "great hush."In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men--Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication--whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time. Set in Edwardian London and on the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Cape Cod, and Nova Scotia, Thunderstruck evokes the dy...

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by Jameel M. Al-Khayri (Editor), Shri Mohan Jain (Editor), Dennis V. Johnson (Editor)Date palm, (Phoenix dactylifera), tree of the palm family (Arecaceae) is cultivated for its sweet edible fruits. Over the past century, it has become a major commercial fruit crop and a key component of agricultural production in the world's subtropical arid and semiarid regions. A crop suited both to the low-input small farmer and the modern high-input commercial plantation, the date palm provides livelihood...

The Story Behind: The Extraordinary History Behind Ordinary Objects - Hardcover

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by Emily Prokop (Author)Discover the Surprising History of Ordinary Things"Emily magically weaves a vibrant history of simple everyday objects we often take for granted. The Story Behind will surprise and delight..." ─Deana Marie, Creator & Host of the Twisted Philly podcast#1 Best Seller in Trivia & Fun Facts, Art History, Design History & Criticism, Reference, Decorative Arts & Design, and History of TechnologyLearn the fascinating history and trivia you never knew about thi...

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...

Waging War: Conflict, Culture, and Innovation in World History - Paperback

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by Wayne E. Lee (Author)Waging War: Conflict, Culture, and Innovation in World History provides a wide-ranging examination of war in human history, from the beginning of the species until the current rise of the so-called Islamic State. Although it covers many societies throughout time, the book does not attempt to tell all stories from all places, nor does it try to narrate "important" conflicts. Instead, author Wayne E. Lee describes the emergence of military innovations and systems, examin...

Advanced Autocad(r) 2022 Exercise Workbook: For Windows(r) - Paperback

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by Cheryl R. Shrock (Author), Steve Heather (Author)Looking to take your AutoCAD skills to the next level, but don't know where to turn? Your search is over. AutoCAD(R) gurus Cheryl Shrock and Steve Heather have created the perfect learning system, packed with lessons, exercises, projects, and practical inside tips. Refreshed screenshots and step-by-step exercises, frequently asked questions, and updated industry-specific projects highlight this edition covering the new AutoCAD 2022 software....

SIFT Study Guide: SIFT Test Study Guide and Practice Exam Questions for the Military Flight Aptitude Test [5th Edition] - Paperback

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by Tpb Publishing (Author)Test Prep Books' SIFT Study Guide: SIFT Test Study Guide and Practice Exam Questions for the Military Flight Aptitude Test 5th Edition] Taking the SIFT test? Want to get a good score? Written by Test Prep Books, this comprehensive study guide includes: Quick Overview Test-Taking Strategies Introduction Simple Drawings Hidden Figures Army Aviation Spatial Apperception Reading Comprehension Math Skills Test Mechanical Comprehension Test Practice Questions ...

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by Sun-Tzu (Author), Thomas Cleary (Translator)Compiled more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, The Art of War is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world today, as eagerly studied in Asia by modern politicians and executives as it as been by military leaders since ancient times. As a study of the anatomy of organizations in conflict, The Art of War applies to competition and conflict in general, on every level from the int...

Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects - Hardcover

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by Amy Stewart (Author)In this darkly comical look at the sinister side of our relationship with the natural world, Stewart has tracked down over one hundred of our worst entomological foes--creatures that infest, infect, and generally wreak havoc on human affairs. From the world's most painful hornet, to the flies that transmit deadly diseases, to millipedes that stop traffic, to the "bookworms" that devour libraries, to the Japanese beetles munching on your roses, Wicked Bugs delves into th...

The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy - Leather

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by Sun Tzu (Author), Lao-Tzu (Author), Confucius (Author)The words of the ancient Chinese sages are as timeless as they are wise. IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award Winner 2017! The words of ancient Chinese philosophers have influenced other thinkers across the world for more than 2,000 years, and continue to shape our ideas today. The Art of War & Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy includes translations of Sun Tzu's Art of War, Lao-Tzu's Tao Te Ching, the teachings of the master sage Co...

The Springfield 1903 Rifles: The Illustrated, Documented Story of the Design, Development, and Production of All the Models, Appendages, and Accessori - Paperback

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by William S. Brophy Usar (Author)The Springfield 1903 Rifle, considered one of the smoothest working bolt action rifles ever made, saw action through World War II and is still used in hunting today. Its extreme popularity down the years has lent this gun a romance that has lingered to the present.The Springfield 1903 Rifles is a book worthy of its legendary subject. It is the massive lifetime work of the rifle's premier authority, William Brophy.His exhaustive research took Brophy into some ...

Essentials of Technical Communication - Paperback

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by Elizabeth Tebeaux (Author), Sam Dragga (Author)In today's complex workplace, no one wants to read what you write. The Essentials of Technical Communication, Fifth Edition, was developed with this principle in mind. The respected author team continues to provide students with accessible and comprehensive instructions for planning, drafting, and revising technical documents that are clear and concise. Divided into two flexible parts--Principles and Applications--the text lays a strong founda...

The Beekeeper's Bible: Bees, Honey, Recipes & Other Home Uses - Hardcover

$40.00

by Richard a. Jones (Author), Sharon Sweeney-Lynch (Author)"A glorious invitation into the depths of the honeybee hive." --Chicago Tribune "Elegant, information-packed." --Better Homes & Gardens' Country Gardens "Jones and Sweeney-Lynch explain the science and society of bees in clear, accessible language. And the recipes are admirably useful: honey scones, honey soap, honey hangover cures." --New York Times The Beekeeper's Bible is as much an ultimate guide to the practical essentials o...

An Incipient Mutiny: The Story of the U.S. Army Signal Corps Pilot Revolt - Hardcover

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by Dwight R. Messimer (Author)An Incipient Mutiny traces the creation of the U.S. Army Signal Corps Aeronautical Division in 1907 up to the establishment of the Air Service of the National Army in 1918. It is a shocking account of shortsightedness, mismanagement, criminal fraud, and cover-up that led ultimately to a pilot revolt against the military establishment. Dwight R. Messimer focuses on the personalities of the pilots who initiated the rebellion and on the Signal Corps officers whose m...