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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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Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why
Paul Tough · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 125 Format: Print book
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In How Children Succeed, Paul Tough introduced us to research showing that personal qualities like perseverance, self-control, and conscientiousness play a critical role in children's success. Now, in Helping Children Succeed, Tough takes on a new set of pressing questions: What does... |
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Science and the City: The Mechanics Behind the Metropolis
Laurie Winkless · Bloomsbury SIGMA Pages: 304 Format: Print book
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Science is secretly at work behind the scenes of major cities of the world and will continue to be so. Technological advances in fields as diverse as quantum mechanics, electronics, and nanotechnology are proving increasingly important to city life, and the urban world will turn to science... |
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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
Jennifer A Doudna · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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A trailblazing biologist grapples with her role in the biggest scientific discovery of our era: a cheap, easy way of rewriting genetic code, with nearly limitless promise and peril. Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use.... |
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Code Check Electrical: An Illustrated Guide to Wiring a Safe House
Redwood Kardon · Taunton Press; 2nd Spiral ed. edition Format: Print book
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This volume picks up where the original Code Check leaves off and expands on the electrical code section. Code Check Electrical clarifies the principles behind the electrical codes to ensure safety and prevent unnecessary violations. It also explains why electrical codes call for certain... |
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Retreat from a Rising Sea: Hard Choices in an Age of Climate Change
Orrin H Pilkey · Columbia University Press Pages: 240 Format: Print book
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With its 28-foot storm surge and 174 mph winds, 2005's Hurricane Katrina was responsible for nearly 2,000 deaths and more than $100 billion in damage. The event was only a preview of what will soon hit coastal communities as climate change increases the power of storms that can lay waste... |
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Quick & Legal Will Book
Denis Clifford · NOLO Pages: 204 Format: Paperback
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Make your own legal will, quickly & easily! If you want to create a will without the trouble, the Quick & Legal Will Book is the simplest and fastest way to reach your goal. Get the forms and step-by-step instructions to make a basic will that meets your needs with this all-in-one... |
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Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet
Leonard David · National Geographic Soc Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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The next frontier in space exploration is Mars, the red planet and human habitation of Mars isn t much farther off. In October 2015, NASA declared Mars an achievable goal; that same season, Ridley Scott and Matt Damon s"The Martian"drew crowds into theaters, signaled by its nearly... |
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Make: Wearable Electronics: Design, prototype, and wear your own interactive garments
Kate Hartman · Maker Media, Inc; 1 edition Format: Print book
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What if your clothing could change color to complement your skin tone, respond to your racing heartbeat, or connect you with a loved one from afar? Welcome to the world of shoes that can dynamically shift your height, jackets that display when the next bus is coming, and neckties that can nudge... |
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Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the "Jeff Davis 8?"
Ethan Brown · Scribner Pages: 272 Format: Print book
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An explosive, true-life southern gothic story, Murder in the Bayou chronicles the twists and turns of a high-stakes investigation into the murders of eight women in a troubled Louisiana parish.Between 2005 and 2009, the bodies of eight women were discovered around the murky canals and crawfish... |
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21st Century Robot: The Dr. Simon Egerton Stories
Brian David Johnson · Maker Media, Inc; 1 edition Format: Book
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When companies develop a new technology, do they ask how it might affect the people who will actually use it? That, more or less, sums up Brian David Johnsons duties as Intels futurist-in-residence. In this fascinating book, Johnson provides a collection of science fiction prototyping stories... |
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The Perfect Score Project: Uncovering the Secrets of the SAT
Debbie Stier · Harmony Format: Hardcover
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The Perfect Score Project is an indispensable guide to acing the SAT – as well as the affecting story of a single mom’s quest to light a fire under her teenage son. It all began as an attempt by Debbie Stier to help her high-school age son, Ethan, who would shortly be studying... |
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