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Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West
Heather Hansman · University of Chicago Press
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
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The Green River, the most significant tributary of the Colorado River, runs 730 miles from the glaciers of Wyoming to the desert canyons of Utah. Over its course it meanders through ranches, cities, national parks, endangered fish habitats, and some of the most significant natural gas fields... |
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Developing Firefighter Resiliency
Bob Carpenter · Fire Engineering Books & Videos
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
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Three Key Messages This is important. You can do it. I won't give up on you. Training ordinary people to do extraordinary things requires an understanding of how we learn. Developing Firefighter Resiliency starts with the basic psychophysical aspects of learning. The fire service... |
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The Absent Hand: Reimagining Our American Landscape
Suzannah Lessard · Counterpoint
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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This engrossing work of literary nonfiction is a deep dive into our surroundings -- cities, countryside, and sprawl -- exploring change in the meaning of place, and reimagining our American landscape Following her bestselling The Architect of Desire, Suzannah Lessard returns with a remarkable... |
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Follow This Thread: A Maze Book to Get Lost In
Henry Eliot · Three Rivers Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Beautifully designed and gorgeously illustrated, this immersive, puzzle-like exploration of the history and psychology of mazes and labyrinths evokes the spirit of Choose Your Own Adventure, the textual inventiveness of Tom Stoppard, and the philosophical spirit of Jorge Luis Borges.Labyrinths... |
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Interplanetary Robots: True Stories of Space Exploration
Rod Pyle · Prometheus Books
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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A NASA insider tells the exciting story of robotic space missions to explore the solar system.Exploring the planets has been a goal of America's space program since the dawn of the space race. This insider's perspective examines incredible missions of robotic spacecraft to every... |
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Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution?and Why America Might Miss It
Susan Crawford · Yale University Press
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
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The world of fiber optic connections reaching neighborhoods, homes, and businesses will represent as great a change from what came before as the advent of electricity. The virtually unlimited amounts of data we'll be able to send and receive through fiber?optic connections will enable... |
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