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The Intelligent Workforce: How Humans & Machines Will Co-Create a Better Future

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Report copyright infringementby Tim Houlne (Author)Over a decade ago, Tim Houlne wrote The New World of Work, suggesting that many businesses would shift from the cube to the cloud. Work wouldn't just be conducted in the office, and employees could work remotely. While this declaration was met with much resistance, two years of the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything, and many more companies embraced the concept of remote work. Today, Houlne believes we're at another pivotal moment in histor...

Smarter Healthcare with AI: Harnessing Military Medicine to Revolutionize Healthcare for Everyone, Everywhere

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Report copyright infringementby Hassan A. Tetteh (Author)Smarter Healthcare with AI by Dr. Hassan A. Tetteh offers a comprehensive look at the transformative power of artificial intelligence in healthcare, grounded in the author's extensive military medicine experience. Dr. Tetteh introduces the VP4 Framework--Purpose, Personalization, Partnership, and Productivity--as a model for integrating AI into medical practice effectively and ethically. This book explores how AI can revolutionize areas...

Nanofuture: What's Next For Nanotechnology

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Report copyright infringementby J. Storrs Hall (Author)Nanotechnology is the science of designing and building machines at the molecular and atomic levels.Dr. Hall - a leading researcher on the frontiers of nanotechnology who has designed for NASA - describes nanotechnology in a very accessible way, so that anyone can understand what it's about, what it could do, and what it can't do. He puts it into historical context, explaining how previous technological developments have affected us, how ...

Error Traps: How High-Performing Teams Learn to Avoid Mistakes in Aircraft Maintenance

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Report copyright infringementby Elmar Lutter (Author)Flying is one of the safest modes of transportation, but should we and can we make it even safer? Elmar Lutter, President & CEO at Lufthansa Technik Philippines, believes unequivocally that we should. But how, in a field mired with technical and design complexities, reliance on human judgement, impossible timing constraints, and how-to-manuals that go on for miles, do we? In Error Traps: How High-Performing Teams Learn to Avoid Mistakes...

Built to Fail: Why Construction Projects Take So Long, Cost Too Much, and How to Fix It

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Report copyright infringementby Todd R. Zabelle (Author)The construction industry is as big as it is important. Without construction, our society would cease to be. We would have no ports, roads, or bridges. No communications networks, power grids, or water systems. No hospitals. No schools. No homes. But we can barely get anything built. Capital projects are routinely finished late and over budget. Everyone acknowledges the problem, but no one seems to have the vision, or the will, to fix it...

Failing Fast?: The Ten Secrets to Succeed Faster

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Report copyright infringementby Luv Tulsidas (Author)A must read for executives, entrepreneurs, and aspiring leaders. In collaboration with Forbes Books, the award-winning innovation consulting entrepreneur, Luv Tulsidas, brings you the 10 secrets to succeed faster in this new era of AI disruption with your personal and business innovation goals. With easy to digest insights, case studies, personal battle stories and practical tools that can be implemented in your daily life, this book delive...

Beyond the Glass: A Comprehensive Guide to Window Replacement

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Report copyright infringementby Scott R. Young (Author)Are your energy bills through the roof, and is your home still cold in the winter and hot in the summer? That's the reality for many homeowners in Wisconsin today, but it doesn't have to be that way. Advances in glass technology and window construction in recent years have made old style windows obsolete. In fact, some windows now on the market are more energy efficient than the walls that surround them. Taking into consideration the wi...

$Just the Fracks, Ma'am: The Truth about Hydrofracking and the Next Great American Boom$

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Report copyright infringementby Greg Kozera (Author)How does fracking affect our children, grandchildren and future generations? In Just the Fracks Ma'am Greg Kozera takes the mystery out of the fracking process. He explains a very technical process and issues associated with it in a way that they are easily understood by non-technical people. Greg is a master story teller and uses stories to make fracking understandable and his book memorable.Author BiographyGREG KOZERA is a father, grandfat...

The Biodiesel Solution: How Biodiesel Is Making a Difference for Our Future

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Report copyright infringementby Samuel P. Pat III Black (Author)Biodiesel: Cleaner, Safer and Made in America If you want to succeed as a business or world leader you have to be decisive and persistent, making sure no opportunities are squandered. Whatever is wasteful should be made productive. This is the concept behind the advent of the biodiesel industry, which does exactly that. Biodiesel turns waste into energy, making it a mainstream fuel source that provides an array of environmental,...

Transforming the Utility Pole: Using Innovation to Disrupt Commodity Markets and Fuel Sustainable Business

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Report copyright infringementby Barry Breede (Author)Getting Out Of The Woods One Forest Products Company's Approach to Sustainability and Innovation This book is about one company, Cox Industries, and their mission to establish an innovation program that powers the creation of a unique, industry-leading business model. Family owned and operated for over sixty-five years, Cox Industries--recently acquired by Koppers--is the largest American-owned provider of treated wood utility poles in the ...

Here to Help: Pest Management Solutions for Commercial Properties

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Report copyright infringementby Kevin Thorn (Author)COCKROACHES DON'T CARE WHERE THEY SPEND THE NIGHT, BUT YOUR CUSTOMERS AND TENANTS DO Pest infestation is a scary situation, to say the least. But there is help--professionals who know how to handle and prevent stubborn pests and keep them away. In HERE TO HELP, Kevin Thorn provides you with the knowledge and resources you need to: CONFIDENTLY CHOOSE THE BEST PEST CONTROL PROVIDER PREVENT A PEST CONTROL CRISIS . . . SAVING YOU MONEY ACHIEVE...

You and AI: A Citizen's Guide to Ai, Blockchain, and Puzzling Together the Future of Healthcare - Hardcover

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by Rajeev Ronanki (Author)Exponential technologies are transforming our present and shaping the future. The leading companies of today--and tomorrow--are those that make innovative exponential technologies central to their business practices and strategy. In You and AI, author Rajeev Ronanki explores how exponential technologies can solve the problems that plague the American healthcare industry and provide everyone better, personalized healthcare at a lower cost. Enterprising healthcare com...

AI Driven: Staying Alive in the Age of Digital Darwinism

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Report copyright infringementby Wolf Ruzicka (Author), Victor Shilo (Author)As artificial intelligence reshapes entire industries, business leaders face a stark reality--adapt or die. Companies failing to harness AI's transformational power risk joining the ranks of obsolete organizations gone extinct. In AI Driven, digital strategists Wolf Ruzicka and Victor Shilo crystallize decades of experience guiding enterprise transformations into an accessible playbook for thriving in the age of Digit...

Mosaic of Minds: Navigating the Coexistence of Artificial Intelligence and Humanity

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Report copyright infringementby Songyee Yoon (Author)Mosaic of Minds offers thought-provoking discussions on how to develop ethical AI that benefits humanity. As AI proliferates, complex philosophical questions about right versus wrong emerge, raising concerns about potential harms. However, renowned AI experts argue that open debate and collaboration between diverse perspectives can uncover solutions hidden in differences. Drawing from conversations with pioneers across academic, corporate, ...

Inflection Point: How the Transition to Renewable Energy Became Inevitable

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Report copyright infringementby Rod Perry (Author)In 2025, humanity crossed a threshold that will reshape civilization. For the first time in the industrial age, clean energy sources accounted for nearly all new electrical capacity globally, marking the peak and the beginning of the permanent, structural decline of fossil fuel generation. An inflection point from which there is no return. This book explains how we arrived at this historic turning point and why the transition is now unstoppabl...

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Report copyright infringementby Ian Cramb (Author)Drawing on five generations of family tradition as stonemasons in his Native Scotland, Ian Cramb created this masterful work to pass on his knowledge and experience to craftsmen who wish to learn the ancient, but still necessary, principles of the stonemason's art.Author BiographyIan Cramb began his apprenticeship at age fourteen in Scotland, became Master Stonemason in the 1950s and restored the monastic buildings at Iona Abbey. He moved to t...

Slide Rules: Their History, Models, and Makers - Paperback

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by Peter M. Hopp (Author)In the hopes of "preserving these delightful devices for future generations," this collector of slide rules covers everything one could possibly want to know about this crude form of analog computer: from its invention in the 17th century to manufacturers- retailers, 1850-1998, and the Oughtred Society for collectors. Includes a glossary with biographies, patent data, component specs, dating and valuing, care, historical milestones, and illustrations Number of Pages: ...

Dictionary of Leather-Working Tools, c.1700-1950 and the Tools of Allied Trades - Paperback

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by R. A. Salaman (Author)A reprint of Salaman's classic reference, out of print for ten years, describing and illustrating in b&w virtually every tool used in the leatherworking trades in Great Britain from about 1700 nearly to the present. Tools are arranged by trade, from bookbinder to whipmaker. Number of Pages: 400 Dimensions: 0.82 x 10 x 7 IN Publication Date: September 01, 1996

Year 2000: The Inside Story of Y2K Panic and the Greatest Cooperative Effort Ever

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Report copyright infringementby Nancy P. James (Author)Can you imagine Congress compromising, or a president signing a bill against their donors' interests? Year 2000: The Inside Story of Y2K Panic and the Greatest Cooperative Effort Ever tells how the Y2K crisis--when date-sensitive software risked crashing vital systems--was averted through unprecedented cooperation. Author Nancy James describes how the crisis was exposed, analyzed, and resolved, offering a fascinating look at teamwork on e...

Stanley Rule & Level Company's Combination Plane

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Report copyright infringementby Kenneth D. Roberts (Author)Invaluable for anyone who owns or uses a Stanley 45 or 55 combination plane. This special compilation covers the development of all major types of Stanley combination planes: the Miller, the Traut, as well as the Stanley 45 and 55. Not only are the planes and their evolution described and fully illustrated, but their patent information is included and, in the case of the 45 and 55, so are copies of the original instruction booklets. 8...

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 ...

Destination Mars: New Explorations of the Red Planet - Paperback

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by Rod Pyle (Author), Robert Manning (Foreword by)In the next decade, NASA, by itself and in collaboration with the European Space Agency, is planning a minimum of four separate missions to Mars. Clearly, exciting times are ahead for Mars exploration. This is an insider's look into the amazing projects now being developed here and abroad to visit the legendary red planet. Drawing on his contacts at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the author provides stunning insights into the history ...

The Infrastructure Book: How Cities Work and Power Our Lives

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Report copyright infringementby Sybil Derrible (Author)"[A] penetrating analysis of urban infrastructure..." -NatureClean water, paved roads, public transit, electricity and gas, sewers, waste processing, telecommunication, even the Internet - all this infrastructure is what makes cities work and powers our lives, often seamlessly and silently. Virtually everything we do and consume depends on infrastructure. Yet, most people have little to no idea how these systems work. How is water treated...

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Report copyright infringementby Tom McCarthy (Editor) On November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress approved a resolution for the organization of the Corps, creating what would become the Marines, a heroic group of men and women who put their lives on the line in far-flung places around the globe. Here are ten unforgettable stories on the courage of America's finest fighting force. These visceral accounts have one thing in common: heroism in its purest form. You will find in this eminently ...

The Forests of Alabama, and Their Products; The Grasses, and Other Forage Plants of Alabama, Indigeneous [sic] Naturalized, and Cultivated]

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Report copyright infringementby Charles (Charles Theodore) 182 Mohr (Created by)This informative text provides a comprehensive survey of the plant life in Alabama's forests, including native trees and shrubs and their uses, cultivation, and management. It also includes information on the grasses and forage plants that are important for animal husbandry.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This wo...

Robotics, Vision and Control: Fundamental Algorithms in Python

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Corke (Author)Back JacketThis textbook provides a comprehensive, but tutorial, introduction to robotics, computer vision, and control. It is written in a light but informative conversational style, weaving text, figures, mathematics, and lines of code into a narrative that covers robotics and computer vision--separately, and together as robotic vision. Over 1600 code examples show how complex problems can be decomposed and solved using just a few simple l...

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Rhodes (Author), Paul Goldberger (Foreword by)In this perceptive and illustrative look at the expressive and practical use of stone throughout history, Richard Rhodes unlocks the underlying principles of this ancient material--and explains the closely guarded "Sacred Rules" of the Freemasons guild for the first time ever. The relationship between mankind and stone is elemental and deeply ingrained in us all. Stone, after all, has been the primary buildi...

The U.S. Navy Seal Survival Handbook: Learn the Survival Techniques and Strategies of America's Elite Warriors

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Report copyright infringementby Don Mann (Author), Ralph Pezzullo (Author)From New York Times bestselling author Don Mann and Ralph Pezzulo, Navy SEAL expert advice on surviving in the jungle, in the mountains, in the desert, or at sea. As the elite of the military elite, U.S. Navy SEALs know that they can be deployed anywhere in the world at a moment's notice. Whether in a temperate, tropical, arctic, or subarctic region, they might find themselves alone in a remote area with little or no p...

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Report copyright infringementby Tim Danton (Author)Discover the birth of the technological world we now live in through the origins of 12 influential computers built between 1939 and 1950.In 1940, a computer was someone who ploughed through grueling calculations each day. A decade later, a computer was a buzzing machine that filled a room. This book tells the story of how our world was reshaped by a dozen such computers -- and the geniuses that brought them into being, from Alan Turing to Jo...

Secrets of the Japanese Art of Warfare: From the School of Certain Victory

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Cleary (Author)This samurai strategy books is the first widely available English translation of Yamamoto Kansuke's classic treatise on strategy and tactics. Secrets of the Japanese Art of Warfare is Thomas Cleary's translation of the seminal writings attributed to Yamamoto Kansuke on Japanese martial arts and military service. A mysterious man of humble origins, Yamamoto distinguished himself in the service of the redoubtable Takeda Shingen. Yamamoto was...

Handcraft in Wood and Metal - A Handbook of Training in Their Practical Working for Teachers, Students, & Craftsmen

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Report copyright infringementby John Hooper (Author)This antique book contains a detailed handbook on handcrafting in wood and metal. The author's intention is to show the possibilities of craftwork as an educational subject, and to briefly indicate its cultural aspects. Designed as a training book for the practical working of teachers, students and craftsmen, this text is perfect for the amateur and makes for a great addition to handcrafting literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Hi...

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Report copyright infringementby William Norman Brown (Author)Delve into the intricate world of decorative finishing with William N. Brown's "Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition." This comprehensive guide, subtitled "For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing," provides a detailed exploration of japanning techniques, varnishing, lacquering, and other forms of metal finishing. Originally published as a practical resource for artisans and manufacturers, this met...