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Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight
Jay Barbree · Thomas Dunne Books; First Edition ~1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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Much has been written about Neil Armstrong, Americas modern hero, historys most famous space traveler, and the first man to walk on the moon. Yet shy of fame and never one to steal the spotlight Armstrong was always reluctant to discuss his personal side of events. Here for the first time... |
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101 Law Forms for Personal Use
Nolo Editors · NOLO
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
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Reliable legal forms for common personal and family transactions At one time or another, we all need to get an agreement in writing. But where to start? 101 Law Forms for Personal Use makes it easy to create legal agreements and organize essential information. The plain-English instructions... |
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Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
Mary Roach · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 285
Format: Print book
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A New York Times / National Bestseller "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war.Grunt tackles the science behind... |
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Bricks & Mortals: Ten Great Buildings and the People They Made
Tom Wilkinson · Bloomsbury
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Long-listed for the Guardian First Book Award. We don't just look at buildings: their facades, beautiful or ugly, conceal the spaces where we live. We are born, work, love, and die in architecture. We buy and sell it, rent and squat it, create and destroy it. All of these aspects of buildings--economic,... |
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A Space Traveler's Guide to the Solar System
Mark Thompson · Pegasus Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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An eye-opening and provocative tour of our solar system, from one of Britain's celebrated astronomists. Have you ever dreamed of being an astronaut, traveling through the universe on your very own space mission? What would it be like to tour the solar system, visiting the sun and the planets,... |
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Breaking Through: Using Educational Technology for Children with Special Needs
Barbara Albers Hill · Square One Publishers
Pages: 143
Format: Paperback
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While one-on-one therapy is certainly beneficial, for some children, the process of developing social skills, manual dexterity, and educational competency presents much more of a challenge. Fortunately, the introduction of new and easy-to-use technological devices has created a quiet revolution... |
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The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
Kevin Kelly · Viking
Pages: 328
Format: Print book
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A New York Times BestsellerFrom one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our livesMuch of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological... |
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Vacation Guide to the Solar System: Science for the Savvy Space Traveler!
OLIVIA KOSKI · Penguin Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Packed with real science and fueled by imagination, a beautifully illustrated travel guide to traveling in our solar system Imagine taking a hike along the windswept red plains of Mars to dig for signs of life, or touring one of Jupiter's sixty-four moons where you can photograph its swirling... |
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3D Modeling and Printing with Tinkercad: Create and Print Your Own 3D Models
James Floyd Kelly · Que Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Book
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The First Complete Guide to Tinkercad 3D Modeling Thats Powerful, Friendly, Free! Want to master 3D modeling and printing? Tinkercad is the perfect software for you Its friendly, web-based, and free. Even better, you dont have to rely on Tinkercads technical documentation to use it. This... |
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Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life
David R Montgomery · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A MacArthur Fellow's impassioned call to make agriculture sustainable by ditching the plow, covering the soil, and diversifying crop rotations.The problem of agriculture is as old as civilization. Throughout history, great societies that abused their land withered into poverty or disappeared... |
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The New School: How the Information Age Will Save American Education from Itself
Glenn H Reynolds · Encounter Books
Pages: 121
Format: Hardcover
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Economist Herb Stein famously said that something that can't go on forever, won't. For decades now, America has been investing ever-growing fortunes into its K-12 education system in exchange for steadily worse results. Public schools haven't changed much from the late 19th... |
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A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age
Daniel J Levitin · Dutton
Pages: 292
Format: Print book
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From The New York Times bestselling author of THE ORGANIZED MIND and THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC, a primer to the critical thinking that is more necessary now than ever. We are bombarded with more information each day than our brains can process - especially in election season. It's raining... |
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Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
Blake J. Harris · It Books
Format: Hardcover
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Following the success of The Accidental Billionaires and Moneyball comes Console Wars—a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized... |
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