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The Interstellar Age: Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission
Jim Bell - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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The story of the men and women who drove the Voyager spacecraft mission - told by a scientist who was there from the beginning.The Voyager spacecraft are our farthest-flung emissaries - 11.3 billion miles away from the crew who built and still operate them, decades since their launch.Voyager... |
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The Shark's Paintbrush: Biomimicry and How Nature is Inspiring Innovation
Jay Harman - White Cloud Press
Format: Hardcover
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Why does the bumblebee have better aerodynamics than a 747? What structural design is shared by a tornado and a blood vessel?Since the Industrial Revolution, manufacturers have built things by a process known as “heat, beat, and treat.” They use enormous amounts of energy to heat... |
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Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis
Sandra Steingraber - Da Capo Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Nothing could be more important than the health of our children, and no one is better suited to examine the threats against it than Sandra Steingraber. Once called "a poet with a knife," she blends precise science with lyrical memoir. In Living Downstream she spoke as a biologist... |
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Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Home and Community Scale Wind-Energy Systems
Paul Gipe - Chelsea Green Co.
Format: Paperback
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The availability of clean, renewable power is without question going to be the defining challenge and goal of the 21st century, and wind will lead the way. Internationally acclaimed wind energy expert Paul Gipe is as soberly critical of past energy mistakes as he is convincingly optimistic... |
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Flight: 100 Years of Aviation
R G Grant - Dorling Kindersley
Format: Book
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From the early pioneers to the latest spaceflight technology, this groundbreaking book charts the inspirational story behind humankind's conquest of the skies. In the 100 years since the Wright brothers' first powered flight, aviation has witnessed many memorable events. From record-breaking... |
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
William Kamkwamba - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is the immensely engaging and inspiring true account of an enterprising African teenager whoconstructed a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his entire community. William Kamkwamba shares the remarkable story ofhis youth in Malawi, Africaa nation... |
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Atomic Awakening: A New Look at the History and Future of Nuclear Power
James Mahaffey - Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Nuclear power is a paradox of danger and salvation―how is it that the renewable energy source our society so desperately needs is the one we are most afraid to use? The American public's introduction to nuclear technology was manifested in destruction and death. With Hiroshima... |
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A Space Traveler's Guide to the Solar System
Mark Thompson - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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An eye-opening and provocative tour of our solar system, from one of Britain's celebrated astronomists. Have you ever dreamed of being an astronaut, traveling through the universe on your very own space mission? What would it be like to tour the solar system, visiting the sun and the planets,... |
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The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
Russell Gold - Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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"Fracking has vociferous critics and fervent defenders, but the debate between these camps has obscured the actual story: Fracking has become a fixture of the American landscape and the global economy. It has upended the business models of energy companies around the globe, and it has started... |
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Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War
Michael J. Neufeld - Knopf; 1 edition
Format: Deckle Edge]
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The first authoritative biography of Wernher von Braun, chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich—creator of the infamous V-2 rocket—who became one of the fathers of the U.S. space program. In this meticulously researched and vividly written life, Michael J. Neufeld gives us a man of profound... |
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Inboard/Outdrive Service Manual
Intertec Publishing - Primedia Business Directories & Books; 6 edition
Format: Paperback
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Clymer ProSeries Inboard/Outdrive manual. |
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Chilton Asian Service Manual: 2012 Edition, Volume 1
Chilton Book Company. - Chilton
Format: Print book
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Chilton's editors have put together current automotive repair information for this 2012 edition Chilton Asian Service manual set. This new five-volume manual set allows users to accurately and efficiently diagnose and repair late-model cars and trucks. You know you can trust the step-by-step... |
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Chilton 2006 Asian Volume I Mechanical Service Manual
Chilton - Chilton; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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For Asian vehicles Acura- Isuzu, The Chilton 2006 Asian Volume I Mechanical Service Manual provides updated coverage through 2005 models, and even many 2006 models, as made available from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Chilton is still your reliable source for fast, accurate repairs... |
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Chilton Asian Service Manual, 2010 Edition, Volume 1: Acura, Honda
Chilton Book Company. - Cengage
Format: Hardcover
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The CHILTON 2010 ASIAN VOLUME I SERVICE MANUAL now includes even better graphics and expanded procedures! Chilton's editors have put together the most current automotive repair information available to assist users during daily repairs. This new manual allows users to accurately and efficiently... |
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50 Aircraft that Changed the World
Ron Dick - Boston Mills Press
Format: Hardcover
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A close-up survey of 50 of the most remarkable and influential aircraft ever. For this book, the authors of the widely acclaimed Aviation Century series chose 50 of history's most influential aircraft, with profiles of their pilots and designers. They begin with the Wright Brothers'... |
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Design in Nature: How the Constructal Law Governs Evolution in Biology, Physics, Technology, and Social Organization
Adrian Bejan - Doubleday; 1st edition
Format: Book
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In this groundbreaking book, Adrian Bejan takes the recurring patterns in nature—trees, tributaries, air passages, neural networks, and lightning bolts—and reveals how a single principle of physics, the Constructal Law, accounts for the evolution of these and all other designs... |
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Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man
Mark Kurlansky - Anchor
Format: Hardcover
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The Washington PostBirdseye turns out to be less a biography than a glimpse into an exuberantly inventive time in America. Little is known about Birdseye's personal life, and Kurlansky is quick to admit it. But the impact of the man's inventions is on full view here: the whaling... |
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I Cant Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street
Matt Taibbi - Random House Audio
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 DivideNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POSTOn July 17, 2014, a forty-three-year-old... |
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The Dock Manual: Designing/Building/Maintaining
Burns, Max - Storey Books
Format: Paperback
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Add value and enjoyment to your waterfront property by building your own dock. From analyzing your shoreline and choosing an appropriate design to accessorizing with decorative trims, Max Burns covers every aspect of dock construction. Providing illustrated step-by-step instructions with... |
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CHRYSLER Full-Size Trucks, 1997-00 (Chilton's Total Car Care Repair Manual)
Haynes North America - Haynes,Chilton; New title edition
Format: Paperback
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Total Car Care is the most complete, step-by-step automotive repair manual you'll ever use. All repair procedures are supported by detailed specifications, exploded views, and photographs. From the simplest repair procedure to the most complex, trust Chilton's Total Car Care to give you everything... |
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Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know
Jose Goldemberg - Oxford University Press, USA
Format: Hardcover
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Without a doubt, the topic of energy--from coal, oil, and nuclear to geothermal, solar and wind--is one of the most pressing across the globe. It is of paramount importance to policy makers, economists, environmentalists, and industry as they consider which technologies to invest in, how to promote... |
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Chilton 2006 Ford Mechanical Service Manual
Chilton - Chilton; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The Chilton 2006 Ford Mechanical Service Manual provides updated coverage through 2005 models and even many 2006 models, as made available from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) . Chilton is still your reliable source for fast, accurate repairs and reassembly and it still provides... |
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Master the ASVAB
Scott A. Ostrow - Peterson's; 5 edition
Format: Book
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Newly updated, Peterson's Master the ASVAB is a comprehensive guide that provides extensive review and practice tests, top-notch study tips and strategies, along with updated information on changes to the AFQT exam. This guide provides: Four full-length ASVAB practice tests, including... |
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Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars
Paul Ingrassia - Simon & Schuster; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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A narrative like no other: a cultural history that explores how cars have both propelled and reflected the American experience— from the Model T to the Prius. From the assembly lines of Henry Ford to the open roads of Route 66, from the lore of Jack Kerouac to the sex appeal of the Hot Rod,... |
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Chilton Ford Service Manual, 2008 Edition
Cengage Learning. - Chilton
Format: Hardcover
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Chilton 2008 Ford Service Manuals expertly provide the most currently available information to assist you in your daily activities. These new, reliable and comprehensive manuals provide essential information, allowing you to accurately and efficiently diagnose and repair. Step-by-step... |
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Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Jose Goldemberg - Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
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Without a doubt, the topic of energy--from coal, oil, and nuclear to geothermal, solar and wind--is one of the most pressing across the globe. It is of paramount importance to policy makers, economists, environmentalists, and industry as they consider which technologies to invest in, how to promote... |
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Picture Book of the Continental Soldier
C. Keith Wilbur - Stackpole Books
Format: Hardcover
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Transfixed by the skillful pen of illustrator-author C. Keith Wilbur, the American Revolution comes alive in this panoramic view of the pleasures and privations enjoyed and endured by its soldiers. A pithy, virile text and three-dimensional drawings - both in the pen-and-ink fashion of that... |
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Chilton 2005 Chrysler Mechanical Service Manual:
Chilton - Chilton; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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For the most up-to-date service and repair information anywhere, look no further than the newly updated Chilton 2005 Mechanical Service Manuals - Annual Editions (covering model years 2001-2005)! Still the lowest-priced professional repair manuals on the market. Increased model coverage... |
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McGraw-Hill's Firefighter Exams
Ronald Spadafora - McGraw-Hill; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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PREPARE FOR YOUR FIREFIGHTER'S EXAM WITH A TOP EXPERT AND EDUCATOR -- AND JOIN AMERICA'S BRAVEST! Chief Ronald Spadafora of the New York City Fire Department has created this test prep guide and career handbook to give you the very latest information about firefighter testing... |
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Chilton European Service Manual - Annual Edition
Chilton - Chilton
Format: Hardcover
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The newly configured 2004 edition Chilton Service Manuals meet the needs of automotive professionals like never before! The same, great mechanical service and repair information that technicians have come to rely on is now offered in a series of five manufacturer-based books, with updated... |
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Chilton 2005 European Mechanical Service Manual:
Chilton - Thomson/Delmar Learning
Format: Book
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For the most up-to-date service and repair information anywhere, look no further than the newly updated Chilton 2005 Mechanical Service Manuals - Annual Editions (covering model years 2001-2005) ! Still the lowest-priced professional repair manuals on the market. Increased model coverage... |
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Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too
Beth Terry - Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Book
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A practical guide to ridding your life--and the planet--of plastic!Like many people, Beth Terry didn't think an individual could have much impact on the environment. But while laid up after surgery, she read an article about the staggering amount of plastic polluting the oceans and decided... |
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Chilton Ford Service Manual 2004
Chilton - Chilton; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The newly configured 2004 edition Chilton Service Manuals meet the needs of automotive professionals like never before! The same, great mechanical service and repair information that technicians have come to rely on is now offered in a series of five manufacturer-based books, with updated... |
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The Skeleton Crew: How Amateur Sleuths Are Solving America's Coldest Cases
Deborah Halber - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Solving cold cases from the comfort of your living room ... The Skeleton Crew provides an entree into the gritty and tumultuous world of Sherlock Holmes-wannabes who race to beat out law enforcement - and one another - at matching missing persons with unidentified remains. In America today,... |
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Electronics All-in-One For Dummies
Peter D Hipson - Wiley
Format: Paperback
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Take your electronics skills to the next level! If you're looking for a solitary resource that covers everything you need to know about electronics, then look no further. This friendly-and-straightforward guide introduces the basics of electronics and enhances your learning experience by debunking... |
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Organic Chemistry Demystified 2/E
Daniel Bloch - McGraw-Hill Professional; 2 edition
Format: Paperback
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You don't need genius DNA to master organic chemistry! Whether you're taking a chemistry class or studying for the MCAT or DAT, Organic Chemistry Demystified is your formulas for learning or reviewing fundamental concepts and theories step-by-step. This practical guide eases you into... |
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Chilton Chrysler Service Manual: 2004 Edition
Chilton - Chilton; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The newly configured 2004 edition Chilton Service Manuals meet the needs of automotive professionals like never before! The same, great mechanical service and repair information that technicians have come to rely on is now offered in a series of five manufacturer-based books, with updated... |
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Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts
Emily Anthes - Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of 2014 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Best Young Adult Science BookLonglisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardOne of Nature's Summer Book PicksOne of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Spring 2013 Science BooksFor centuries, we've toyed with our creature... |
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Solar Electricity Basics: A Green Energy Guide
Dan Chiras - New Society Publishers
Format: Paperback
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The future will be powered by renewables. As we transition away from finite and polluting fossil fuels, clean, reliable, and affordable renewable technologies such as solar electricity will become the mainstay of our energy supply. Solar Electricity Basics provides a clear understanding... |
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Vacation Guide to the Solar System: Science for the Savvy Space Traveler!
OLIVIA KOSKI - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover
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Packed with real science and fueled by imagination, a beautifully illustrated travel guide to traveling in our solar system Imagine taking a hike along the windswept red plains of Mars to dig for signs of life, or touring one of Jupiter's sixty-four moons where you can photograph its swirling... |
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A Dangerous Master: How to Keep Technology from Slipping Beyond Our Control
Wendell Wallach - Basic Books (AZ)
Format: Hardcover
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We live in an age of awesome technological potential. From nanotechnology to synthetic organisms, new technologies stand to revolutionize whole domains of human experience. But with awesome potential comes awesome risk: drones can deliver a bomb as readily as they can a new smartphone;... |
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Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster
Tom Shroder - Harper; Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed edition
Format: Hardcover
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A real-life thriller in the tradition of The Perfect Storm In the spring of 2010 the world watched for weeks as more than 200 million gallons of crude oil billowed from a hole three miles deep in the Gulf of Mexico. Warnings of various and imminent environmental consequences dominated... |
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Rocket Boys: A Memoir
Homer H Hickam - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover
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"Until I began to build and launch rockets, I didn't know my home town was at war with itself over its children, and that my parents were locked in a kind of bloodless combat over how my brother and I would live our lives. I didn't know that if a girl broke your heart, another girl,... |
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Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration
Buzz Aldrin - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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"Any time an Apollo-era astronaut steps forward with ideas for our future in space, it's time to stop what whatever we're doing and pay attention. Buzz Aldrin, one of the first moonwalkers, has no shortage of these ideas. And in Mission to Mars he treats us to how, when,... |
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Blueprint Reading Basics
Warren Hammer - Industrial Press, Inc.; 3 edition
Format: Book
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Written by a seasoned professional with more than 50 years experience in manufacturing, the new third edition of this widely used text and self-training manual has been expanded to include many new and revised worksheets designed to facilitate the reader's ability to form a mental picture... |
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Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
Steven Johnson - Riverhead Hardcover; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from? With Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson pairs the insight of his bestselling Everything Bad Is Good for You and the dazzling erudition of The Ghost... |
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Farmacology: Total Health from the Ground Up
M.D. Miller Daphne - William Morrow; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In Farmacology, practicing family physician and renowned nutrition explorer Daphne Miller brings us beyond the simple concept of food as medicine and introduces us to the critical idea that its the farm where that food is grown that offers us the real medicine.By venturing out of her clinic... |
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Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy
Gwyneth Cravens - Knopf
Format: Deckle Edge]
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In this timely book, Gwyneth Cravens takes an informed and clarifying look at the myths, the fears, and the truth about nuclear energy.With concerns about catastrophic global warming mounting, it is vital that we examine all our energy options. Power to Save the World describes the efforts... |
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Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating
Charles Spence - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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The science behind a good meal: all the sounds, sights, and tastes that make us like what we're eating - and want to eat more.Why do we consume 35 percent more food when eating with one other person, and 75 percent more when dining with three? How do we explain the fact that people... |
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The Crime Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
Dorling Kindersley, Inc. - DK
Format: Hardcover
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An essential guide to criminology, exploring the most infamous cases of all time, from serial killers to mob hits to war crimes and more.From Jack the Ripper to Jeffrey Dahmer, The Crime Book is a complete study of international true crime history that unpacks the shocking stories... |
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Beyond: Our Future in Space
Chris Impey - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Beyond dares to imagine a fantastic future for humans in space -- and then reminds us that we're already there.Human exploration has been an unceasing engine of technological progress, from the first homo sapiens to leave our African cradle to a future in which mankind promises to settle... |
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New How Things Work: From Lawn Mowers to Surgical Robots and Everthing in Between
John Langone - National Geographic
Format: Print book
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Covering all areas of technology, The New How Things Work contains the most up-to-date, elaborately illustrated, fascinating, and fun entries that explain how our technology-driven world functions.Learn about the objects and ideas we encounter every day, and that are changing our lives,... |
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Chilton's Import Service Manual, 1999-2003 - Annual Edition
Chilton Book Company. - Chilton
Format: Hardcover
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Designed for today's Professional Technician, Chilton's Service Manuals on automotive repair are more comprehensive and technically detailed, offering maintenance, service and repair information for the automotive professional. Information is provided in an easy-to-read format,... |
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Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life
Carl Zimmer - Pantheon Books
Format: Print book
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* Within days of being born, we are infected with billions of E. coli. They will inhabit each and every one of us until we die. E. coli is notorious for making people gravely ill, but engineered strains of the bacteria save millions of lives each year.* Despite its microscopic size, E.coli... |
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Chasing Gideon: The Elusive Quest for Poor People's Justice
Karen Houppert - The New Press; First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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On March 18, 1963, in one of its most significant legal decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that all defendants facing significant jail time have the constitutional right to a free attorney if they cannot afford their own. Fifty years later, 80 percent... |
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General Class License Manual
ARRL Inc. - Amer Radio Relay League; 7 Pap/Cdr edition
Format: Book
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The General Class license is the second of three US Amateur Radio licenses. To upgrade to General Class, you must already hold a Technician Class license (or have recently passed the Technician license exam). Upgrading to a General license--which conveys extensive HF privileges only requires... |
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Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
Neil deGrasse Tyson - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A thought-provoking and humorous collection on NASA and the future of space travel. Neil deGrasse Tyson is a rare breed of astrophysicist, one who can speak as easily and brilliantly with popular audiences as with professional scientists. Now that NASA has put human space flight effectively... |
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Chilton 2005 General Motors Mechanical Service Manual:
Chilton - Chilton; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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For the most up-to-date service and repair information anywhere, look no further than the newly updated Chilton 2005 Mechanical Service Manuals - Annual Editions (covering model years 2001-2005)! Still the lowest-priced professional repair manuals on the market. Increased model coverage... |
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Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry
Christie Wilcox - Scientific American/Farrar
Format: Print book
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A thrilling tale of encounters with nature's masters of biochemistryIn Venomous, the molecular biologist Christie Wilcox investigates venoms and the animals that use them, revealing how they work, what they do to the human body, and how they can revolutionize biochemistry and medicine... |
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Top Screwups Doctors Make and How to Avoid Them
Joe Graedon - Harmony; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A primary care doctor is skeptical of his patient’s concerns. A hospital nurse or intern is unaware of a drug’s potential side effects. A physician makes the most “common” diagnosis while overlooking the signs of a rarer and more serious illness, and the patient... |
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Hydrofracking: What Everyone Needs to Know
Alex Prud'homme - Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
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Constantly in the news and the subject of much public debate, fracking, as it is known for short, is one of the most promising yet controversial methods of extracting natural gas and oil. Today, 90 percent of natural gas wells use fracking. Though highly effective, the process-which fractures... |
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A Rift in the Earth: Art, Memory, and the Fight for a Vietnam War Memorial
James Reston, Jr. - Arcade Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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A Distinguished and Bestselling Historian and Army Veteran Revisits the Culture War that Raged around the Selection of Maya Lin's Design for the Vietnam Memorial A Rift in the Earth tells the remarkable story of the ferocious "art war" that raged between 1979 and 1984... |
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The Skeleton Crew: How Amateur Sleuths Are Solving America's Coldest Cases
Deborah Halber - Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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Mary Roach meets C.S.I. in this “lively study that’s part whodunit, part sociological study…The result is eminently entertaining and will be devoured by armchair detectives” (Publishers Weekly).Currently, upwards of forty thousand people in America are dead and unaccounted... |
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Entrepreneur's Guide To Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets
Jill Gilbert Welytok - Berkley Books
Format: Paperback
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Today, virtually all companies, artists, and innovators run the risk of losing their competititve edge-and big money-by not adequately safeguarding their intellectual property. Written by an expert in intellectual property law, this is the first book to address the full range of legal protections... |
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Hell Is a Very Small Place: Voices from Solitary Confinement
Jean Casella - New Press
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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Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth
Andrew Smith - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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The Apollo Moon landings have been called the last optimistic act of the twentieth century. Twelve astronauts made this greatest of all journeys, and all were indelibly marked by it. In Moondust, journalist Andrew Smith reveals the stories of the nine still living men caught between the gravitational... |
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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Mary Roach - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what... |
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Water in Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty World
Judith D. Schwartz - St. Martin's Press
Format: eBook
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Water scarcity is on everyone's mind. Long taken for granted, water availability has entered the realm of economics, politics, and people's food and lifestyle choices. But as anxiety mounts - even as a swath of California farmland has been left fallow and extremist groups worldwide... |
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Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry
Elizabeth Grossman - Shearwater; 2 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Each day, headlines warn that baby bottles are leaching dangerous chemicals, nonstick pans are causing infertility, and plastic containers are making us fat. What if green chemistry could change all that? What if rather than toxics, our economy ran on harmless, environmentally-friendly... |
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Science Fair Season: Twelve Kids, a Robot Named Scorch . . . and What It Takes to Win
Judy Dutton - Hyperion; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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This is the engaging true story of kids competing in the high-stakes, high-drama world of international science fairs. Every year the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair brings together 1,500 high schoolers from more than 50 countries to compete for over $4 million dollars in prizes... |
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Encyclopedia of Electronic Circuits Volume I
Rudolf F. Graf - McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Diagrams and describes the basic circuits used in alarms, switches, voltmeters, battery chargers, modulators, receivers, transmitters, oscillators, amplifiers, converters, pulse generators, and field strength meters. |
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