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The Biochar Solution: Carbon Farming and Climate ChangeConventional agriculture destroys our soils, pollutes our water and is a major contributor to climate change. What if our agricultural practices could stabilize, or even reverse these trends?The Biochar Solution explores the dual function of biochar as a carbon-negative energy source and a potent...
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Essential Sustainable Home Design: A Complete Guide to Goals, Options, and the Design ProcessDesign your own sustainable home Many people dream of building a beautiful, environmentally friendly home. But until now there has been no systematic guide to help potential builders work through the complete process of imagining, planning, designing, and building their ideal, sustainable home. Essential...
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Lawrence and the Arab RevoltsThe Great War of 1914-18 is often seen as one major battleground - the Western Front - with numerous 'side-shows'. The other battle zones were not side-shows to those involved, however, although the local inhabitants often fought for motives which remained a closed book...
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BMW 5 Series Service Manual: 1989-1995The BMW 5 Series (E34) Service Manual: 1989-1995 is a comprehensive, single source of service information and specifications specifically for BMW 5 Series from 1989 to 1995. The aim throughout this manual has been simplicity, clarity and completeness, with practical explanations, step-by-step procedures and...
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The Voyage of the Beetle: A Journey Around the World with Charles Darwin and the Search for the Solution to the Mystery of Mysteries, as NarrateWhy are there so many different kinds, or species, of living things on earth, each uniquely fitted to its environment? For Charles Darwin, this question represented the mystery of mysteries. Darwin first began to formulate an answer during a youthful voyage around the world...
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Mapping Virginia: From the Age of Exploration to the Civil War(Note: The limited deluxe edition of Mapping Virginia has sold out.) As one of the chief gateways to the earliest exploration and settlement of the North American continent, Virginia was the subject of much imaginative thought and practical scrutiny. Not surprisingly, it possesses a...
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Mechanical Engineering and Simple MachinesThis engaging and informative book explores the science of simple machines and how it relates to the exciting field of mechanical engineering. Readers will learn how mechanical engineers design and innovate machines we use every day. Readers then apply the engineering design process to...
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Introduction to Fluid PowerFeaturing easy-to-understand explanations of theory and underlying mathematics principles, this book provides readers with a complete introduction to fluid power, including hydraulics and pneumatics. The differences and similarities between hydraulics and pneumatics are identified, allowing readers to leverage their knowledge en route to new...
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Audel Managing Maintenance Planning and SchedulingA good plan is good for business Breakdown maintenance still accounts for much of the time maintenance workers put in. Too often, the result is lost revenue, excessive downtime, and poor-quality repairs. This convenient, practical guide shows you how to develop a comprehensive planning...
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Audel Pumps and HydraulicsAuthor: Rex Miller, Mark Richard Miller, Harry L. StewartPublisher: T. AudelPublished: 10/29/2004Pages: 576Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.19lbsSize: 8.24h x 5.32w x 1.23dISBN: 9780764571169About the AuthorRex Miller was a Professor of Industrial Technology at The State University of New York, College at Buffalo for more than...
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The Mammoth Book of Special Forces TrainingWhat does it take, both physically and mentally, to join the world's most respected--and feared--military units? Lewis looks at the origins, training, tactics, weapons, and achievements of regiments such as Britain's SAS and Paratroopers, the US Navy SEALS, Delta Force, Army Rangers and Green...
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The Secrets of Q Central: How Leighton Buzzard Shortened the Second World WarThe first book about the communications center of Britian in World War II, from which the U.S. also conducted its black ops--features previously unpublished photos, secret maps, and German air photographsLeighton Buzzard had the biggest telephone exchange in the world 1939-45, handling all telephone...
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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn BridgeThe dramatic and enthralling story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge at the time, a tale of greed, corruption, and obstruction but also of optimism, heroism, and determination, told by master historian David McCullough. This monumental book is...
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Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern BattleIn war, do mass and materiel matter most? Will states with the largest, best equipped, information-technology-rich militaries invariably win? The prevailing answer today among both scholars and policymakers is yes. But this is to overlook force employment, or the doctrine and tactics by which...
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Brooklyn BridgeIt so happens that the work which is likely to be our most durable monument, and to convey some knowledge of us to the most remote posterity, is a work of bare utility; not a shrine, not a fortress, but a bridge. So wrote...
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EagerIt's the end of the 21st century where technocrats rule and robots take care of humans' every need. Your house watches you, knows your secrets, and talks to you. And your closest friend can be--a machine? Gavin Bell and his teenage sister Fleur come...
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Possible Minds: Twenty-Five Ways of Looking at AIScience world luminary John Brockman assembles twenty-five of the most important scientific minds, people who have been thinking about the field artificial intelligence for most of their careers, for an unparalleled round-table examination about mind, thinking, intelligence and what it means to be human....
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Classic Papers in Control TheoryThis collection of historically and technically important papers follows a logical line of development from early work in mathematical control theory to studies in adaptive control processes. The book touches upon all the major themes: stability theory, feedback control, time lag, prediction theory, dynamic...
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Information Theory and StatisticsHighly useful text studies logarithmic measures of information and their application to testing statistical hypotheses. Includes numerous worked examples and problems. References. Glossary. Appendix.Author: Solomon KullbackPublisher: Dover PublicationsPublished: 07/07/1997Pages: 432Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.98lbsSize: 8.26h x 5.64w x 0.85dISBN: 9780486696843This title is not returnable
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Helicopter TheoryThe history of the helicopter may be traced back to the Chinese flying top (c. 400 B.C.) and to the work of Leonardo da Vinci, who sketched designs for a vertical flight machine utilizing a screw-type propeller. In the late nineteenth century, Thomas Edison...
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