Building Services Engineering: Smart and Sustainable Design for Health and Wellbeing covers the design practices of existing engineering building services and how these traditional methods integrate with newer, smarter developments. These new developments include areas such as smart ventilation, smart glazing systems, smart batteries, smart lighting, smart soundproofing, smart sensors and meters. Combined, these all amount to a healthier lifestyle for the people living within thes...

A much-needed, up-to-date guide on conventional and alternative power generationThis book goes beyond the traditional methods of power generation. It introduces the many recent innovations on the production of electricity and the way they play a major role in combating global warming and improving the efficiency of generation. It contains a strong analytical approach to underpin the theory of power plants—for those using conventional fuels, as well as those using r...

全球暢銷百萬冊鉅著《絲綢之路》珍藏全彩插畫版（改編自牛津大學史學家Peter Frankopan全球暢銷百萬冊作品，經典珍藏之作）文字簡潔，青少年也可輕鬆閱讀理解，開拓歷史新視野重新理解以絲綢之路連結的世界史及全球脈動想理解今天和明天的世界，就需要理解昨天的世界。為了做到這件事，啟程的最好地方就是在初始之際。碰巧的是，這意味著要從絲綢之路說起……彼德‧梵科潘：絲綢之路並沒有一個起點或是終點，因為它們實際上不是真正的道路，而是一個聯繫網，允許各種貨物、人和思想觀念，同樣也有疾病和暴力從東向西，或是自西向東流動。你可以把絲綢之路想成是世界的中樞神經系統，或是想像成血管和動脈，想要了解身體的話，你需要看皮膚下面的東西，也需要看作為一個整體的全身是如何運作的，而不是只看身體的某個部分。本書作者彼德‧梵科潘是享譽國際的暢銷歷史作家，在這本精彩的書中，他探索了由人、貿易、疾病、戰爭、宗教、冒險、科學和技術所構成的聯絡...

Set your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world.Peter Frankopan, number one bestselling author and historian explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in this extraordinary book about how the east married the west with a remarkable voyage at its heart – the journey along the Silk Roads.From ancient world laws laid down by King Hammurabi and the mighty Persian empire, to terrifying huns,...

Gillian Cross's brilliant retelling and Neil Packer's glorious illustrations bring to life Homer's Iliad, one of the greatest stories ever told.Gillian Cross's brilliant retelling and Neil Packer's glorious illustrations bring to life Homer's Iliad, one of the greatest stories ever told. The team behind The Odyssey (2012) now tell the story of the Trojan War. Cross's vivid adaptation begins with a beauty contest: the prize, a golden apple...

A stunning illustrated edition of the International bestselling book, now in full color and accessible for young readers.Set your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world. Peter Frankopan explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in this extraordinary book about how the east married the west with a remarkable voyage at its heart – the journey along the Silk Roads.From an...

The paperback of Walker's magnificent edition of Homer's epic story, illustrated with exquisite black and white silhouettes.Homer’s great story is retold with simplicity and style by award-winning children’s writer Gillian Cross, and vividly brought to life in Neil Packer’s stunning illustrations. It charts the ten year epic voyage of Odysseus as he returns from the Trojan War to the island of Ithaca. On his journey he encounters all manner of perils, from the man-...

Quand Livre raconte sa propre vie, c'est une histoire de plus de 5000 ans qui commence !Des tablettes sumériennes à l'arrivée de l'e-book, Livre présente avec beaucoup d'humour son autobiographie. Et sa vie se lit comme un roman ! Les 20 petits chapitres se savourent comme des friandises : Livre nous apprend qu'il a eu sa période rock and roll pendant des siècles, que grâce aux Romains il a eu un dos en bois, que les moines l'ont enluminé au Moyen Âge, qu'il a un f...

Bloomsbury presents The Silk Roads written and read by Peter Frankopan.Spellbinding ... a pitch-perfect treasure' LoveReading4KidsSet your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world.Peter Frankopan, number one bestselling author and historian, explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in this extraordinary book about how the east married the west with a remarkable voyage at its he...

“My name is Book and I’ll tell you the story of my life.” Non fiction like you've never read it before!Quirky and humorous, part poetry, part reflection, this is the story of the book told by none other than Book himself! This extraordinary character begins by reminding us of his origins in oral story and clay tablets, then ponders on papyrus, parchment and paper, and on being a scroll who finally gets a spine. We see him lovingly illuminated by monks in medieval m...

A relentless bounty hunter. A reporter chasing the story of a lifetime. A warrior paying the price for every battle fought.These stories and more are featured in the third short story anthology for the System Apocalypse, continuing the saga of survival in a world transformed by the arrival of the System. Humanity has adapted to a new reality filled with Classes, magic and monsters, but the struggle for life, love and purpose never ends. This anthology brin...