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NFPA 70®: National Electrical Code®

(NFPA) National Fire Protection Association · National Fire Protection Association
Pages: 910
Format: Paperback

Are you up-to-code? Get the NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE 2014 today! Many new and revised requirements in the NEC 2014 impact residential, commercial, and industrial electrical installations so be sure you are using this new edition which covers the latest requirements on electrical wiring...
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Small Engine Repair: 5.5 HP Thru 20 HP Four Stroke Engines

Alan Ahlstrand · Haynes Manuals N. America, Inc.
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Each Haynes manual provides specific and detailed instructions for performing everything from basic maintenance and troubleshooting to a complete overhaul of the machine. This manual features instructions on maintaining your 5.5 HP through 20 HP small engine. Do-it-yourselfers will find...
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No One at the Wheel: Driverless Cars and the Road of the Future

Samuel I. Schwartz · PublicAffairs
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The country's leading transport expert describes how the driverless vehicle revolution will transform highways, cities, workplaces and laws not just here, but across the globe. Our time at the wheel is done. Driving will become illegal, as human drivers will be demonstrably more dangerous...
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Space Stations: The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space

Gary Kitmacher · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

A rich visual history of real and fictional space stations, illustrating pop culture's influence on the development of actual space stations and vice versaSpace stations represent both the summit of space technology and, possibly, the future of humanity beyond Earth. Space Stations:...
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Space Atlas, Second Edition: Mapping the Universe and Beyond

James Trefil · National Geographic
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Space Atlas combines updated maps, lavish photographs, and elegant illustrations to chart the solar system, the universe, and beyond. For space enthusiasts, science lovers, and star gazers, here is the newly revised edition of National Geographic's enduring guide to space, with a new introduction...
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The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future

Jenny Linford · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Comprehensive illustrated guide to the history of U.S. and international space exploration, both manned and unmannedThroughout history, humans have been fascinated by space. From the Babylonian astronomers of 700 BCE who charted the paths of planets, to the ancient Inca and Aztec builders...
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life

Jane Sherron De Hart · Knopf
Pages: 768
Format: Hardcover

The first full life - private, public, legal, philosophical - of the 107th Supreme Court Justice, one of the most profound and profoundly transformative legal minds of our time; a book fifteen years in work, written with the cooperation of Ruth Bader Ginsburg herself and based on many interviews...
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Creating Things That Matter: The Art and Science of Innovations That Last

David Edwards · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Most things we create will not matter. This book is about creating things that do, from a master innovator who brings science and art together in his cutting edge labs.Art and science are famous opposites. Contemporary innovation mostly keeps them far apart. But in this book, David Edwards...
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