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Principles of Robotics & Artificial Intelligence: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access

Salem Press - Salem Press
Format: Hardcover

This volume provides readers with the important information they need to understand the basic concepts of artificial intelligence as well as ways that both AI and robotics can be successfully incorporated into manufacturing, transportation, education, and
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Electronics from the Ground Up: Learn by Hacking, Designing, and Inventing

Ronald Quan - Mcgraw-Hill
Format: Paperback

Discover the inner-workings of electronics through innovative hands-on experimentsAre you fascinated by the power of even the smallest electronic device? Electronics from the Ground Up guides you through step-by-step experiments that reveal how electronic circuits function so you can advance...
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Making Local Food Work: The Challenges and Opportunities of Today's Small Farmers

Brandi Janssen - University Of Iowa Press
Format: Paperback

When it comes to local food, it takes more than "knowing your farmer." Brandi Janssen takes on some of the myths about how the local food system works and what it needs to thrive. Advocates claim that small biodiverse farms will fundamentally change farming, rural communities,...
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Calculus: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself

HUGH NEILL - Teach Yourself
Format: Paperback

Calculus: A Complete Introduction is the most comprehensive yet easy-to-use introduction to using calculus. Written by a leading expert, this book will help you if you are studying for an important exam or essay, or if you simply want to improve your knowledge. The book covers all areas...
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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

Suzanne Simard - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

Suzanne Simard is a pioneer on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence; she's been compared to Rachel Carson, hailed as a scientist who conveys complex, technical ideas in a way that is dazzling and profound. Her work has influenced filmmakers (the Tree of Souls of James...
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Gems of the World

Cally Oldershaw - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

This new book is a practical, comprehensive guide to the identification and use of precious and semi-precious gems, novelty stones, agates and crystals. Presenting the latest information on the gemstone industry, with an extensive section on ethical mining, conflict diamonds, and the emergence...
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An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

Ed Yong - Random House
Format: Hardcover

A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive the world - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of I Contain Multitudes.The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric...
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Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe

Kathy Peiss - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

While armies have seized enemy records and rare texts as booty throughout history, it was only during World War II that an unlikely band of librarians, archivists, and scholars traveled abroad to collect books and documents to aid the military cause. Galvanized by the events of war intoacquiring...
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Faithfully Yours: The Amazing Bond Between Us and the Animals We Love

Peggy Frezon - Paraclete Press (MA)
Format: Hardcover

With inspiring stories of devotion, protection, healing, compassion, and faith, Faithfully Yours explores why we love animals so much. You will meet:
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52 Ready-to-Use Gaming Programs for Libraries

Ellyssa Kroski - ALA Editions
Format: Paperback

Gaming programs offer many benefits: they encourage interaction among patrons, strengthen community bonds with the library, and when done right they can be incredibly popular. Kroski, a bestselling author as well as an avid gamer herself, has gathered more than 50 creative programming ideas...
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