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2015 International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings
International Code Council · ICC
Format: Book
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This comprehensive code for homebuilding combines building, plumbing, mechanical, fuel gas, energy, and electrical provisions into a single resource. The 2015 INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE FOR ONE- AND TWO- FAMILY DWELLINGS SOFT COVER uses these provisions to provide detailed insight into... |
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The Old Farmer's Almanac 2017: Special Anniversary Edition
Old Farmer's Almanac · Old Farmer's Almanac
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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What is 225 years old yet always of the moment? The Old Farmer's Almanac! America's oldest continuously published periodical, beloved by generations for being "useful, with a pleasant degree of humor," celebrates its unique history with a special edition and more readers... |
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Convicting the Innocent: Death Row and America's Broken System of Justice
Stanley Cohen · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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"A landmark in the fight against the death penalty. Extensively researched and brilliantly written." Martin Garbus, criminal defense attorneyIn January 2000, Illinois Governor George H. Ryan declared a moratorium on state executions. Three years later, Ryan commuted all Illinois... |
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The Renewable Energy Home Handbook: Insulation & energy saving, Living off-grid, Bio-mass heating, Wind turbines, Solar electric PV generation, Solar water heating, Heat pumps, & more
Lindsay Porter · Veloce Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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The Renewable Energy Home Handbook is biased towards the practical, and covers the installation of all leading types of alternative domestic energy sources - from ground- and air-source heat pumps, PV solar electricity generation and solar water heating, to bio-mass domestic heating systems... |
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Hell Is a Very Small Place: Voices from Solitary Confinement
Jean Casella · New Press
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture has denounced the use of solitary confinement beyond fifteen days as a form of cruel and degrading treatment that often rises to the level of torture. Yet the United States holds more than eighty thousand people in isolation on any given day. Now sixteen... |
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Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life
David R Montgomery · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A MacArthur Fellow's impassioned call to make agriculture sustainable by ditching the plow, covering the soil, and diversifying crop rotations.The problem of agriculture is as old as civilization. Throughout history, great societies that abused their land withered into poverty or disappeared... |
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Your Cabin in the Woods
Conrad E Meinecke · Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pages: 287
Format: Print book
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Ever dream of escaping to a cozy cabin in the great outdoors? This unique bind-up of Conrad Meinecke's classic works helps make that a reality, while imparting a deeper appreciation of nature and of building something with your own two hands. For 70 years, readers have been enjoying Meinecke's... |
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Public Domain, The: How to Find & Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More
Stephen Fishman J.D. · NOLO
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback
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Need content? Find public domain works free for the taking! Even though you've always been told otherwise, writers and artists can often copy other people's work and get away with it. Enter the world of the public domain, where everything is free for the taking, and the only secret... |
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Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting & Keeping Your Benefits
David A Morton · NOLO
Pages: 456
Format: Paperback
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Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability covers the criteria for getting disability benefits for back problems, heart and cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, autoimmune diseases, mental issues like depression and anxiety, and 200 more medical conditions. Learn how to match the medical... |
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Criminal Law Handbook, The: Know Your Rights, Survive the System
PAUL BERGMAN · NOLO
Pages: 672
Format: Paperback
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The criminal justice system is complicated, understand it and your rights Criminal law is full of complex rules and procedures, but this book demystifies them. It explains how the system works, why police, lawyers, and judges do what they do, and -- most important -- the options for suspects,... |
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102 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum
Cathy Duffy · Grove Publishing; 2015 edition
Format: Print book
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102 Top Picks makes it easy for home educators to select the right curriculum for each family situation and each child's learning style. Widely-recognized curriculum expert Cathy Duffy walks you through the curriculum selection process: goal setting, figuring out which educational approach... |
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I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street
MATT TAIBBI · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A work of riveting literary journalism that explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police - from the bestselling author of The Divide "[A] searing exposé . . . What emerges from the author's superb reporting and vivid writing... |
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