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Big BurnA good case could be made for predicting a calamitous forest fire that would ravage the relatively unscathed, lush timber stands of the Northwest. Some people shrugged and lamented that one could never predict much of the future. But regardless of what people thought,...
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Principles of Underwater Sound, third editionAuthor: Robert J. UrickPublisher: Peninsula PublishingPublished: 06/15/2013Pages: 442Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90dISBN: 9780932146274
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Vision or Villainy: Origins of the Owens Valley-Los Angeles Water ControversySeventy-five years ago the growing city of Los Angeles, amid considerable conflict, appropriated water from a rural area 250 miles away. Still unresolved, the controversy surrounding the Owens Valley-Los Angeles Aqueduct has long since moved from the personal, even violent level fictionalized in the...
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German Battle Tanks in ColorOne of the only books available that presents German battle tanks in full color. Numerous color images depict battle tanks in both static and active positions.Author: Horst ScheibertPublisher: Schiffer MilitaryPublished: 01/07/1997Pages: 52Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.00h x 10.80w x 0.20dISBN: 9780887402081This title is only...
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Estimator's Piping Man-Hour ManualThis reference provides reliable piping estimating data including installation of pneumatic mechanical instrumentation used in monitoring various process systems. This new edition has been expanded and updated to include installation of pneumatic mechanical instrumentation, which is used in monitoring various process systems.Author: John S....
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Managing Crises: Responses to Large-Scale EmergenciesFrom floods to fires, tornadoes to terrorist attacks, governments must respond to a variety of crises and meet reasonable standards of performance. What accounts for governments' effective responses to unfolding disasters? How should they organize and plan for significant emergencies? With fifteen adapted Kennedy...
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Braiding Fine Leather: Techniques of the Australian WhipmakersIn this book, David Morgan, the expert who made the whips for the Indiana Jones movies, shows how to braid simple projects quickly. With close attention to detail and a little practice using the methods described here, novices can produce attractive and enduring items...
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Finding Hidden Profits: A Guide for Custom Builders, Remodelers, and ArchitectsIf you are a great craftsman and project manager but not good at numbers or paperwork, then you need to learn how. Finding Hidden Profits: A Guide for Custom Builders, Remodelers, and Architects shows you step-by-step how to position your business to make more...
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Scheduling for Home Builders with Microsoft ProjectYour company's ability to complete a high quality home on time and within budget is your most important asset. Don't let scheduling problems destroy it. Master project scheduling and you'll lower overhead and boost profits. Create efficient schedules to monitor and control construction progress...
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Defensive Estimating: Protecting Your ProfitsMore than a few residential builders and remodelers have walked away from closings with less money than they deserve. Performed correctly, estimating is your key to keeping more of your hard-earned profit. Master builder and business expert Bill Asdal shows builders and remodelers how...
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Cordwood Building: A Comprehensive Guide to the State of the Art - Fully Revised Second EditionDreamers, owner-builders, natural and sustainable building contractors, modern homesteaders Cordwood construction - log-ends set in insulated mortar - is a versatile, economical, low-impact, and beautiful building method. And while cordwood construction's durability and performance has been proven in beautiful, centuries-old buildings in North America...
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Audi A4 (B5) Service Manual: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001: 1.8l Turbo, 2.8l, Including Avant and QuattroThe Audi A4 (B5): 1996-2001 Service Manual contains in-depth maintenance, service and repair information for Audi A4 models built on the B5 platform from 1996 to 2001. Service to Audi owners is of top priority to Audi and has always included the continuing development...
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Home Heating & Air Conditioning SystemsPublisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.No do-it-yourself should be without this complete guide to home heating and air conditioning systems. Drawing on James...
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The Complete Handbook of Sand CastingPublisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Author: C. AmmenPublisher: McGraw-Hill CompaniesPublished: 03/22/1979Pages: 240Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80dISBN: 9780830610433About the AuthorAmmen,...
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Women in British Cinema: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to KnowThis book takes a broad perspective and analyses the ways in which the British film industry has dealt with women and their creativity from 1930 to the present. The first part of the book deals comprehensively with different historical periods in British film culture,...
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The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the AirplaneA Newbery Honor-winning biography of the men whose experiments brought about the Age of Flight. This engaging narrative account of Orville and Wilbur Wright, two men with little formal schooling but a knack for solving problems, follows their interest from a young age in...
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Garbage In The Cities: Refuse Reform and the EnvironmentAs recently as the 1880s, most American cities had no effective means of collecting and removing the mountains of garbage, refuse, and manure-over a thousand tons a day in New York City alone-that clogged streets and overwhelmed the senses of residents. In his landmark...
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Barbed Wire: An Ecology of ModernityThe history of animals and humans as seen through barbed wire.In this original and controversial book, historian and philosopher Reviel Netz explores the development of a controlling and pain-inducing technology--barbed wire. Surveying its development from 1874 to 1954, Netz describes its use to control...
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Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings: Design and ConstructionEarth is the oldest and most widely used building material in the world today. It's abundant, inexpensive, and energy-efficient. But if you're building with earth, simplicity of material needn't be an excuse for poor planning. Paul Graham McHenry, author of the best-selling Adobe -...
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Metropolis: Center and Symbol of Our TimesDraws on renowned social thinkers to help understand why Americans flock to urban centers The modern city is the nexus of culture, politics, and art. Despite the manifold problems cities face, more and more Americans are abandoning rural areas and relocating to urban centers....
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