This book introduces the reader to each phase of the subject, step-by-step to enable one to use the various automated drafting devices, instruments and technique of application. It shows the way to produce acceptable drafting in the framework of high productivity.

Deep in Venezuela's mist‑shrouded tabletop mountains, biologist Dr. Aris Thorne uncovers an ancient fungus that does more than kill—it learns. Ant colonies move with terrible precision; ecosystems begin to change in ways science cannot explain.In the dusty frontier town of Santa Elena, Dr. Lena Hanson treats patients suffering crippling confusion, sensory hallucinations, and bruise‑like rashes under which victims claim to feel insects crawling. Tests show nothing—and people are dyi...

To stop a mafia war, I'm being forced to marry my sworn enemy.A brutal, domineering, and lethally beautiful monster with a body built for violence, Ares Drakos—new king of the Drakos Mafia family—is every inch the God of War he's named after.And now, I belong to him.Our unholy union is meant to end the bloodshed between the Irish and Greeks. A rising tide to lift all ships.A match made in hell. And if we can't stop killing each other, "until...

I'm caught in the psychopath's web.Cold, heartless, and as dangerous as he is beautiful, Deimos Drakos is both Greek mafia royalty and a chameleon hiding a true monster in plain sight.No one sees the villain behind those dark, lethally gorgeous eyes. No one but me.You see, I know his worst secrets. But he knows my darkest fantasies. And he'll use them to trap me. To toy with me. To own me.We're blurring the lines between fantasy and reality....

I stole a kiss that wasn't mine to take.From a man cloaked in pain, scars, and mystery. Deadly and beautiful, twelve years my senior, a killer for the Irish Mafia... and my best friend's older brother.But if we're going to point fingers, I refuse to take the full blame. You see, I may have stolen the first kiss. But that's only because he stole my heart.Neither was ours for the taking. Both come with a no-return policy.I'm supposed to forget...

This book presents a study of computer-aided machine design and explains the fundamental concepts of kinematics and machine element design in lay terms. It is useful for those concerned with developing new programs in computer-aided design, in both industry and education.

He saw what I did. Now, he owns me.Brutal, formidably gorgeous, and head of a vicious Bratva organization. They call Gavan Tsarenko a king. I call him a tyrant. But now, the man with the gun-metal gray eyes and scarred past has come to conquer me.You see, I screwed up. I traded my good-girl status for a bad grad-school prank that went horribly wrong. And now, for six months, I'm Gavan's.My enemy. My monster. My dark fantasy.The savagely beau...

This text, now in its third edition, presents all common methods of computer/automated graphical construction most helpful to the engineering student, draftsperson or designer, describing, in easy-to-understand terms, a wide range of hardware platforms that will run a single set of software options from the Autodesk Corporation. Rewritten and illustrated with over 330 tables, drawings and photographs, this is a vital reference for all mechanical, electrical and electronics, manufacturing, ...

This is the road map to a seven-figure business . . . in one year or lessThe word "entrepreneur" is today's favorite buzzword, and any aspiring business owner has likely encountered an overwhelming number of so-called "easy paths to success."The truth is that building a real, profitable, sustainable business requires thousands of hours of commitment, grit, and hard work. It's no wonder why more than half of new businesses close within six years of opening, ...

My first mistake was sleeping with the most dangerous man in New York, without him knowing who I was. My second was believing he never would...It was supposed to be easy: one night of sin with a beautiful stranger to forever cut ties with my Bratva past. But I didn't pick a stranger. I picked him.Hades Drakos, the dark prince of the Drakos Mafia family, is a lethally beautiful psychopath with a trail of broken hearts and bloodshed in his wake. Oh, ...

In an ordinary high school campus, Shen Ran, Su Wei and Cheng Yize are inseparable good friends. Shen Ran is a top student who pursues perfection and bears tremendous pressure from his family and self-requirements; Su Wei is an art student who dreams of becoming a painter, but her family does not support her choice; Cheng Yize is a poor student who bears the burden of the family. In order to take care of his sick grandfather, he has to give up his studies and choose to work.As the c...