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Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets
Charles P Wohlforth · Pantheon Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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From a leading planetary scientist and an award-winning science writer: a propulsive account of the developments and initiatives that have transformed the dream of space colonization into something that may well be achievable.We are at the cusp of a golden age in space science, as increasingly... |
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Mindless: Why Smarter Machines are Making Dumber Humans
Simon Head · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover |
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We live in the age of Computer Business Systems (CBSs) - the highly complex, computer-intensive management programs on which large organizations increasingly rely. In Mindless, Simon Head argues that these systems have come to trump human expertise, dictating the goals and strategies of a wide... |
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Kitchen Creamery: Making Yogurt, Butter & Cheese at Home
Louella Hill · Chronicle Books,
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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As the DIY movement continues to gain momentum, it's no wonder home cheesemaking is the next hot topic. And from cheesemaking authority and teacher Louella Hill comes an education so timely and inspiring that every cheese lover and cheesemonger, from novice to professional, will have... |
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2015 International Plumbing Code
International Code Council · ICC
Format: Print book |
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With an emphasis on design and installation for optimum performance, the 2015 INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE SOFT COVER sets forth established requirements for plumbing systems. This important reference guide includes provisions for fixtures, piping, fittings, and devices, as well as design... |
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More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing
Diane Ravitch · Haymarket Books
Format: Book |
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For too long so-called education reformers, mostly billionaires, politicians, and others with little or no background in teaching, have gotten away with using standardized testing to punish our nations youth and educators. Now, across the country, students are walking out, parents are opting... |
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2015 International Mechanical Code
International Code Council · ICC
Format: Print book |
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For the most current mechanical codes that address the design and installation of the most current mechanical systems, use the 2015 INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL CODE SOFT COVER. Designed to provide comprehensive regulations for mechanical systems and equipment, it includes coverage of HVAC,... |
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Idea to Invention: What You Need to Know to Cash In on Your Inspiration
Patricia Nolan-Brown · AMACOM
Pages: 254
Format: Print book |
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You don't have to be a mechanical genius to be an inventor. Anyone can invent - a parent wrestling with a baby sling ...a coach frustrated with slick-soled running shoes ...an office worker determined to keep the computer cords untangled. Inventing is simply finding clever solutions... |
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Why Knowledge Matters: Rescuing Our Children from Failed Educational Theories
E D Hirsch · Harvard Education Press
Pages: 270
Format: Print book |
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In Why Knowledge Matters, influential scholar E. D. Hirsch, Jr., addresses critical issues in contemporary education reform and shows how cherished truisms about education and child development have led to unintended and negative consequences. Hirsch, author of The Knowledge Deficit,... |
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The Executor's Guide: Settling a Loved One's Estate or Trust
Mary Randolph · NOLO; Sixth Edition edition
Format: Book |
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The step-by-step guide to serving as an executor. If you need to wrap up the affairs of a loved one who has died, you may feel overwhelmed - especially when you're grieving. But you can do it, and this book will show you how. A roadmap to follow. The Executor's Guide will lead... |
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The Glass Cage: Automation and Us
Nicholas Carr · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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In The Glass Cage, best-selling author Nicholas Carr digs behind the headlines about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable computers and digitized medicine, as he explores the hidden costs of granting software dominion over our work and our leisure and reveals something we already... |
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The Fracking Truth:America's Energy Revolution: the Inside, Untold Story
Chris Faulkner · Platform Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover |
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The revolution has already begun. The fracking revolution, that is. The Fracking Truth is a primer on America’s ongoing energy revolution, but it’s also a call to action. The oil and gas industry has failed itself and failed the American public by doing a poor job of educating... |
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