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The Textbook and the Lecture: Education in the Age of New Media
Norm Friesen · Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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Why are the fundamentals of education apparently so little changed in our era of digital technology? Is their obstinate persistence evidence of resilience or obsolescence? Such questions can best be answered not by imagining an uncertain high-tech future, but by examining a well-documented... |
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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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Off the Grid: Houses for Escape
Dominic Bradbury · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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The ultimate escapist collection of environmentally sustainable houses, cabins, and retreats, this book circles the globe to find the best eco-architecture in the most stunning and remote locations. The imperative to reduce our carbon footprint and focus on renewable energy is having a profound... |
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Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
Alan Stern · Picador
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The up close, inside story of the greatest space exploration project of our time, New Horizons' mission to Pluto, as shared with David Grinspoon by mission leader Alan Stern and other key players.On July 14, 2015, something amazing happened. More than 3 billion miles from Earth, a small... |
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Pennsylvania Legal Research
Barbara J Busharis · Carolina Academic Press
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
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Pennsylvania Legal Research, now in its second edition, was written to provide a practical introduction to legal research with a special focus on Pennsylvania. It is intended to be of use to students who are beginning their legal careers; to practitioners who may need a concise description... |
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Jumpstarting the Arduino 101: Interacting with a Computer That Learns
YINING SHI · Maker Media, Inc
Pages: 124
Format: Paperback
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Arduino 101 houses an Intel Curie module which offers a better performance at a lower power footprint. The module has two 32-bit MCUs - an x86 Intel Quark processor and an ARC EM4 processor along with 384kB flash memory and 80kB SRAM. These onboard MCUs combine a variety of new technologies... |
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America's First Rocket Company: Reaction Motors, Inc.
Frank H Winter · AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast.
Format: Hardcover
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America's First Rocket Company is the story of Reaction Motors, Inc. (RMI) , the U.S.'s first liquid-propellant rocket company. Founded in December, 1941 following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, with the single-minded goal of developing the liquid-propellant rocket for the war effort,... |
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The Heart of the Constitution: How the Bill of Rights became the Bill of Rights
Gerard N Magliocca · Oxford University Press
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
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This is the untold story of the most celebrated part of the Constitution. Until the twentieth century, few Americans called the first ten constitutional amendments drafted by James Madison in 1789 and ratified by the states in 1791 the Bill of Rights. Even more surprising, when people finally... |
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The Architecture of Closed Worlds: Or, What Is the Power of Shit?
Lydia Kallipoliti · Lars Müller Publishers/Storefront for Art and Architecture
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
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From Aqualungs to the Eden Project: a history of closed systemsWhat do outer space capsules, submarines and office buildings have in common? Each was conceived as a closed system -- a self-sustaining physical environment demarcated from its surroundings by a boundary prohibiting the transfer... |
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Stand Your Ground: A History of America's Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense
Caroline E Light · Beacon Press
Pages: 248
Format: Print book
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A history of America's Stand Your Ground gun laws, from Reconstruction to Trayvon MartinIn the aftermath of the 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, conservative legislators and school administrators shocked some observers when they proposed armed "public school patrols"... |
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Every Landlord's Guide to Finding Great Tenants
JANET PORTMAN · NOLO
Pages: 488
Format: Print book
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Searching for the perfect tenant? Get the only book devoted to the most important decision a landlord can make! Landlords face many challenges, but choosing new tenants has the greatest potential to affect your bottom line. Fortunately, Every Landlord's Guide to Finding Great Tenants... |
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