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The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World
Joel K Bourne Jr. · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 408
Format: Print book
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"An urgent and at times terrifying dispatch from a distinguished reporter who has given heart and soul to his subject." -- Hampton Sides When the demographer Robert Malthus (1766-1834) famously outlined the brutal relationship between food and population, he never imagined the success... |
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The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
Christian Davenport · PublicAffairs
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontier The Space Barons is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes... |
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Electronics All-in-One For Dummies
Doug Lowe · For Dummies
Pages: 864
Format: Print book
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A comprehensive collection of 8 books in 1 offering electronics guidance that can't be found anywhere else! If you know a breadboard from a breadbox but want to take your hobby electronics skills to the next level, this is the only reference you need. Electronics All-in-One For Dummies... |
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How to Write a Business Plan
Mike McKeever · NOLO; Twelfth Edition edition
Format: Print book
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Write a business plan that potential investors will embrace! If you're thinking of starting a business or raising money to expand an existing one, you need a plan. Running a successful business requires a great deal of forethought, so write a business plan and secure your venture's... |
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Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing
Hod Lipson · Wiley; 1 edition
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Voted one of the top 25 books of 2013 in China by Chinese readers! Fabricated tells the story of 3D printers, humble manufacturing machines that are bursting out of the factory and into homes, businesses, schools, kitchens, hospitals, even the fashion catwalk. The magic happens when you plug... |
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Pinpoint: How GPS Is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds
Greg Milner · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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Pinpoint tells the story of GPS, a scientific marvel that enables almost all modern technology -- but is changing us in profound ways.Over the last fifty years, humanity has developed an extraordinary shared utility: the Global Positioning System. Even as it guides us across town, GPS helps... |
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Copyright Handbook, The: What Every Writer Needs to Know
Stephen Fishman J.D. · NOLO
Pages: 472
Format: Paperback
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What copyright law protects... . and doesn't No writers like to see their hard work or creativity copied by others - or to be accused of copying. Fortunately, The Copyright Handbook provides everything you need to protect yourself Find information and forms to help you: register your work... |
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Safely to Earth: The Men and Women Who Brought the Astronauts Home
Jack Clemons · University Press of Florida
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
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In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Jack Clemons -- a former lead engineer in support of NASA -- takes readers behind the scenes and into the inner workings of the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs during their most exciting years. Discover the people, the events, and the risks involved in one of the most... |
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Stealing History: Art Theft, Looting, and Other Crimes Against our Cultural Heritage
COLLEEN MARGARET CLARKE · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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When compared to terrorism, drugs and violent crimes that occupy the news today art is not considered as important. But, as it turns out, art and cultural crime is currently ranked as the third-largest criminal enterprise in the world. What exactly is art crime? Why does art matter? And what... |
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Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business
Fred S. Steingold Attorney · NOLO
Pages: 456
Format: Paperback
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The all-in-one business law book When you run a small business, legal questions crop up almost on a daily basis. Ignoring them can threaten your enterprise - but hiring a lawyer to help with routine issues can devastate the bottom line. Fortunately, you have a better alternative. Legal... |
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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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