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Blueprint for a Battlestar

Serious Scientific Explanations Behind Sci-Fi's Greatest Inventions

by Rod Pyle ...

"An enjoyable source of information on a wide variety of real or imagined technological marvels of the space age." —National Space SocietyThis beautifully illustrated pop science book answers the enduring questions raised by science fiction, such as: Do hoverboards really exist, how can you bring a dinosaur back to life and can we really travel in time and space.Packed with stunning images, ... Read more

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"An enjoyable source of information on a wide variety of real or imagined technological marvels of the space age." —National Space SocietyThis beautifully illustrated pop science book answers the enduring questions raised by science fiction, such as: Do hoverboards really exist, how can you bring a dinosaur back to life and can we really travel in time and space.Packed with stunning images,
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Photographer's Guide to the Panasonic Lumix LX100

Getting the Most from Panasonic's Advanced Compact Camera

by Alexander White ...

With the release of this guide book for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100 camera, White Knight Press has provided users with a complete guide to all operations of this advanced compact camera. Using a tutorial-like approach, the book provides guidance to beginning and intermediate photographers about how to accomplish things with the LX100, with tips about when and why to use the camera’s many ... Read more

$18.97 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

With the release of this guide book for the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100 camera, White Knight Press has provided users with a complete guide to all operations of this advanced compact camera. Using a tutorial-like approach, the book provides guidance to beginning and intermediate photographers about how to accomplish things with the LX100, with tips about when and why to use the camera’s many
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Photographer's Guide to the Sony DSC-RX100 II

Getting the Most from Sony's Pocketable Digital Camera

by Alexander White ...

With the release of the DSC-RX100 II camera, Sony has built upon the success of the earlier RX100 model, adding a hot shoe, tilting LCD screen, Wi-Fi capability, upgraded digital sensor, and other enhancements. White Knight Press, which published a well-received guide to the RX100, has just released Photographer’s Guide to the Sony RX100 II, a new book that addresses all of the new features of the ... Read more

$18.97 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

With the release of the DSC-RX100 II camera, Sony has built upon the success of the earlier RX100 model, adding a hot shoe, tilting LCD screen, Wi-Fi capability, upgraded digital sensor, and other enhancements. White Knight Press, which published a well-received guide to the RX100, has just released Photographer’s Guide to the Sony RX100 II, a new book that addresses all of the new features of the
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E-Reading: Getting the Most Out of Your Kindle or Other E-Book Reader

by Jeff Blum ...

Series Book 2 - Location Independent Series
A concise, but thorough, guide that will tell you everything you should—but probably don’t—know about reading in the digital age. Whether you are considering a new e-reader, are the happy owner of a Kindle or other device, or use an e-reading app on your mobile device, this book is for you.Part I discusses the different e-reading options, including dedicated e-readers and apps for personal ... Read more

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A concise, but thorough, guide that will tell you everything you should—but probably don’t—know about reading in the digital age. Whether you are considering a new e-reader, are the happy owner of a Kindle or other device, or use an e-reading app on your mobile device, this book is for you.Part I discusses the different e-reading options, including dedicated e-readers and apps for personal
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The Science Writers' Handbook

Everything You Need to Know to Pitch, Publish, and Prosper in the Digital Age

by Writers of SciLance ...

Popular science writing has exploded in the past decade, both in print and online. Who better to guide writers striving to succeed in the profession than a group of award-winning independent journalists with a combined total of 225 years of experience? From Thomas Hayden's chapter on the perfect pitch to Emma Maris's advice on book proposals to Mark Schrope's essential information on contracts, ... Read more

$28.99 NZD

Popular science writing has exploded in the past decade, both in print and online. Who better to guide writers striving to succeed in the profession than a group of award-winning independent journalists with a combined total of 225 years of experience? From Thomas Hayden's chapter on the perfect pitch to Emma Maris's advice on book proposals to Mark Schrope's essential information on contracts,
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Two-Stroke Engine Repair and Maintenance

by Paul Dempsey ...

Get Peak Performance from Two-Stroke EnginesDo you spend more time trying to start your weed trimmer than you do enjoying your backyard? With this how-to guide, you can win the battle with the temperamental two-stroke engine.Written by long-time mechanic and bestselling author Paul Dempsey, Two-Stroke Engine Repair & Maintenance shows you how to fix the engines that power garden equipment, ... Read more

$38.28 NZD

Get Peak Performance from Two-Stroke EnginesDo you spend more time trying to start your weed trimmer than you do enjoying your backyard? With this how-to guide, you can win the battle with the temperamental two-stroke engine.Written by long-time mechanic and bestselling author Paul Dempsey, Two-Stroke Engine Repair & Maintenance shows you how to fix the engines that power garden equipment,
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Farm Accounts and Farm Management - With Information on Book Keeping, Records, Arithmetic and Mapping the Farm

by Arthur D. Cromwell ...

This volume contains a guide to running a successful and profitable farm, focusing on account keeping. The management of money is one of the most important factors of farming, and this volume aims to walk the reader through what must be done and avoided to ensure fiscal success. “Farm Accounts and Farm Management” will be of considerable utility to prospective and existing farmers alike, and it ... Read more

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This volume contains a guide to running a successful and profitable farm, focusing on account keeping. The management of money is one of the most important factors of farming, and this volume aims to walk the reader through what must be done and avoided to ensure fiscal success. “Farm Accounts and Farm Management” will be of considerable utility to prospective and existing farmers alike, and it
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Photographer's Guide to the Sony DSC-RX100 III

Getting the Most from Sony's Pocketable Digital Camera

by Alexander White ...

This book is a complete guide to using the Sony DSC-RX100 III camera, one of the most advanced, but still pocketable, cameras available. With the publication of this book, author Alexander White provides users of the RX100 III with a manual covering all aspects of the camera. Using a tutorial-like approach, the book shows beginning and intermediate photographers how to accomplish things with the ... Read more

$18.97 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book is a complete guide to using the Sony DSC-RX100 III camera, one of the most advanced, but still pocketable, cameras available. With the publication of this book, author Alexander White provides users of the RX100 III with a manual covering all aspects of the camera. Using a tutorial-like approach, the book shows beginning and intermediate photographers how to accomplish things with the
... Read more
Photographer's Guide to the Sony DSC-RX100 VI

Getting the Most from Sony's Advanced Compact Camera

by Alexander White ...

This book is a complete manual on the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI camera, one of the most advanced, but still pocketable, cameras available. With this book, author Alexander White provides users of the RX100 VI with a guide to all aspects of the camera’s operation. Using a tutorial-like approach, the book shows beginning and intermediate photographers how to take still images and record video ... Read more

$18.97 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book is a complete manual on the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 VI camera, one of the most advanced, but still pocketable, cameras available. With this book, author Alexander White provides users of the RX100 VI with a guide to all aspects of the camera’s operation. Using a tutorial-like approach, the book shows beginning and intermediate photographers how to take still images and record video
... Read more
Photographer's Guide to the Nikon Coolpix P600

Getting the Most from Nikon's Superzoom Digital Camera

by Alexander White ...

This book is a complete guide to the operation and features of the Nikon Coolpix P600 digital camera. The book explains all shooting modes, menus, functions, and controls of this superzoom camera in clear language, accompanied by more than 300 illustrations and sample photographs. This guide shows beginning and intermediate photographers not only how to capture still images and videos with the ... Read more

$18.97 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book is a complete guide to the operation and features of the Nikon Coolpix P600 digital camera. The book explains all shooting modes, menus, functions, and controls of this superzoom camera in clear language, accompanied by more than 300 illustrations and sample photographs. This guide shows beginning and intermediate photographers not only how to capture still images and videos with the
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Photographer's Guide to the Panasonic Lumix LX7

Getting the Most from Panasonic's Advanced Compact Camera

by Alexander S. White ...

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 has earned a reputation as one of the top choices for photographers who want an advanced camera they can carry around to capture great images without the complication and weight of a DSLR or other large camera. With features such as a very fast lens with an aperture of f/1.4, excellent image quality, and a solid array of burst-shooting capabilities, the LX7 has ... Read more

$18.97 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 has earned a reputation as one of the top choices for photographers who want an advanced camera they can carry around to capture great images without the complication and weight of a DSLR or other large camera. With features such as a very fast lens with an aperture of f/1.4, excellent image quality, and a solid array of burst-shooting capabilities, the LX7 has
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Success Factors for Minorities in Engineering

by Jacqueline Fleming, Irving McPhail ...

Series series Routledge Research in Higher Education
This book aims to isolate specific success factors for underrepresented minorities in undergraduate engineering programs. Based on a three-phase study spearheaded by the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, the findings include evidence that hands-on exposure to problem-based courses, research, and especially internships are powerful catalysts for engineering success, and that ... Read more

$113.99 NZD

This book aims to isolate specific success factors for underrepresented minorities in undergraduate engineering programs. Based on a three-phase study spearheaded by the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, the findings include evidence that hands-on exposure to problem-based courses, research, and especially internships are powerful catalysts for engineering success, and that
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Essai sur la restauration des anciennes estampes et des livres rares - Traité sur les meilleurs procédés à suivre pour réparer, détacher, décolorier et conserver les gravures, dessins et livres

( Edition intégrale ) annoté

by Alfred Bonnardot ...

Series series Oeuvres de Alfred Bonnardot
Une estampe en parfait état sous tous les rapports n’a presque rien à exiger de moi dans cet opuscule. On n’a qu’à la conserver en cadre ou en portefeuille. (Voir le dernier chapitre.)Je suppose, dans tout le cours de ce traité, une estampe qui a tous les défauts possibles, et je la fais passer successivement par une série de procédés capable de l’amener à figurer sans trop de désavantage à côté ... Read more

$0.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Une estampe en parfait état sous tous les rapports n’a presque rien à exiger de moi dans cet opuscule. On n’a qu’à la conserver en cadre ou en portefeuille. (Voir le dernier chapitre.)Je suppose, dans tout le cours de ce traité, une estampe qui a tous les défauts possibles, et je la fais passer successivement par une série de procédés capable de l’amener à figurer sans trop de désavantage à côté
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EPUB3 und KF8 verstehen

Die E-Book-Formate EPUB3 und KF8 – Möglichkeiten und Anreicherungen im Vergleich

by Andreas Kämmerle ...

Die neuen EBook-Formate EPUB3 und KF8 haben das Potential, die Lücke zwischen den "klassischen" EBooks und den nativen Apps zu schließen. Auch wenn die Formate von den heute am Markt befindlichen Lesegeräten noch nicht vollständig umgesetzt werden, müssen sich Medienschaffende jetzt mit den neuen Möglichkeiten der "Enriched –Ebooks" auseinandersetzen. Das Buch beschreibt die technischen Neuerungen ... Read more

$41.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Die neuen EBook-Formate EPUB3 und KF8 haben das Potential, die Lücke zwischen den "klassischen" EBooks und den nativen Apps zu schließen. Auch wenn die Formate von den heute am Markt befindlichen Lesegeräten noch nicht vollständig umgesetzt werden, müssen sich Medienschaffende jetzt mit den neuen Möglichkeiten der "Enriched –Ebooks" auseinandersetzen. Das Buch beschreibt die technischen Neuerungen
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Le téléphone, le microphone et le phonographe

by Théodose du Moncel, Ligaran ...

Extrait : "À proprement parler, le téléphone n'est qu'un instrument apte à transmettre les sons à distance, et l'idée de cette transmission est aussi ancienne que le monde. Les Grecs employaient des moyens susceptibles de la réaliser, et il n'est pas douteux que ces moyens n'aient été quelquefois mis à contribution dans les oracles du paganisme..."À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN :Les éditions ... Read more

$24.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Extrait : "À proprement parler, le téléphone n'est qu'un instrument apte à transmettre les sons à distance, et l'idée de cette transmission est aussi ancienne que le monde. Les Grecs employaient des moyens susceptibles de la réaliser, et il n'est pas douteux que ces moyens n'aient été quelquefois mis à contribution dans les oracles du paganisme..."À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN :Les éditions
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Antique American Steam Gauge

A Collector's Guide

by Barry Lee David ...

The age of steam engines brought with it the ever-present possibilities of horrendous explosions. It was no surprise, then, that around the middle of the 19th century, the steam gauge made its appearance and soon was found wherever a steam engine was used. Steam gauges were used everywhere, in great numbers and varieties. Some were strictly utilitarian in appearance; others were beautiful ... Read more

$45.67 NZD

The age of steam engines brought with it the ever-present possibilities of horrendous explosions. It was no surprise, then, that around the middle of the 19th century, the steam gauge made its appearance and soon was found wherever a steam engine was used. Steam gauges were used everywhere, in great numbers and varieties. Some were strictly utilitarian in appearance; others were beautiful
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L'artillerie

by Eugène Hennebert, Ligaran ...

Extrait : "C'est à l'Orient qu'est due l'invention des appareils névro-balistiques dérivés de l'arc ; l'origine de cette découverte se perd dans la nuit des âges. Pline nous apprend que les Crétois inventèrent le scorpion ; les Syriens, la catapulte ; les Phéniciens, la baliste – mais sans assigner de date à l'apparition de ces engins."À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN :Les éditions LIGARAN proposent ... Read more

$24.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Extrait : "C'est à l'Orient qu'est due l'invention des appareils névro-balistiques dérivés de l'arc ; l'origine de cette découverte se perd dans la nuit des âges. Pline nous apprend que les Crétois inventèrent le scorpion ; les Syriens, la catapulte ; les Phéniciens, la baliste – mais sans assigner de date à l'apparition de ces engins."À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN :Les éditions LIGARAN proposent
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American Patented Brace 1829-1924

An Illustrated Directory of Patents

by Ronald W. Pearson ...

This is a vastly expanded successor to Dr. Pearson s earlier Guide to American Brace Patents 1829 1910. Not only are many newly discovered patents included, but these are now cross-indexed and illustrated and, for the first time, the author provides an indication of their rarity. Over 500 brace patents are listed alphabetically by patentee name and chronologically by date and patent number. There ... Read more

$33.10 NZD

This is a vastly expanded successor to Dr. Pearson s earlier Guide to American Brace Patents 1829 1910. Not only are many newly discovered patents included, but these are now cross-indexed and illustrated and, for the first time, the author provides an indication of their rarity. Over 500 brace patents are listed alphabetically by patentee name and chronologically by date and patent number. There
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Cutting Data for Turning of Steel

by Edmund Isakov ...

Mechanical Properties of SteelHardnessCarbon SteelsAlloy SteelsStainless SteelsTool SteelsCutting Tools MaterialsHigh Speed SteelsCemented CarbidesCermetsCeramicsPolycrystalline Cubic Boron Nitride (PCBN)Machining RecommendationsDepth of Cut and Feed RateCutting Speeds for Carbon ... ... Read more

$121.54 NZD

Mechanical Properties of SteelHardnessCarbon SteelsAlloy SteelsStainless SteelsTool SteelsCutting Tools MaterialsHigh Speed SteelsCemented CarbidesCermetsCeramicsPolycrystalline Cubic Boron Nitride (PCBN)Machining RecommendationsDepth of Cut and Feed RateCutting Speeds for Carbon ...
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Easy Math Dictionary

First Edition

by Lance John ...

Series series First Edition
The easy reference book that you will need to increase your high school mathematics pass rate. Although written for South African schooling students in mind, this book caters for international students and educators as well.It is no secret that the number of students entering the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) field is dwindling. This is because there are far too many who ... Read more

$8.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

The easy reference book that you will need to increase your high school mathematics pass rate. Although written for South African schooling students in mind, this book caters for international students and educators as well.It is no secret that the number of students entering the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) field is dwindling. This is because there are far too many who
... Read more
Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction (Illustrated)

by T. W. Shannon ...

The purpose of this book is not only to enable parents, teachers and all matured people, to inform themselves more fully concerning the vital facts of life, but it furnishes a specific guide to all parents, who would know how to tell their children the sacred story of life, and counsel intelligently with their sons and daughters at the ages of greatest danger and give them clean, concise and ... Read more

$11.38 NZD

The purpose of this book is not only to enable parents, teachers and all matured people, to inform themselves more fully concerning the vital facts of life, but it furnishes a specific guide to all parents, who would know how to tell their children the sacred story of life, and counsel intelligently with their sons and daughters at the ages of greatest danger and give them clean, concise and
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Robots financiers et I.A.

Aspects pratiques et éthiques

by Michel Mailloux ...

Le présent ouvrage propose la présentation d’une réponse intégrée et pratique de la déontologie financière, une approche holistique, dans le cadre de l’introduction des robots financiers.Il repose sur la présentation d’une réponse intégrée et pratique de la déontologie financière, une approche holistique, dans le cadre de l’introduction des robots financiers.L’objectif du présent ouvrage est donc ... Read more

$29.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Le présent ouvrage propose la présentation d’une réponse intégrée et pratique de la déontologie financière, une approche holistique, dans le cadre de l’introduction des robots financiers.Il repose sur la présentation d’une réponse intégrée et pratique de la déontologie financière, une approche holistique, dans le cadre de l’introduction des robots financiers.L’objectif du présent ouvrage est donc
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Handbook of Chemical Engineering Calculations, Fourth Edition

by Tyler G. Hicks, Nicholas P. Chopey ...

Solve chemical engineering problems quickly and accuratelyFully revised throughout with new procedures, Handbook of Chemical Engineering Calculations, Fourth Edition shows how to solve the main process-related problems that often arise in chemical engineering practice. New calculations reflect the latest green technologies and environmental engineering standards.Featuring contributions from global ... Read more

$328.20 NZD

Solve chemical engineering problems quickly and accuratelyFully revised throughout with new procedures, Handbook of Chemical Engineering Calculations, Fourth Edition shows how to solve the main process-related problems that often arise in chemical engineering practice. New calculations reflect the latest green technologies and environmental engineering standards.Featuring contributions from global
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Sniper

Militärisches und polizeiliches Scharfschützenwissen kompakt

by Stefan Strasser ...

Sportschützen, Jäger, Waffenbesitzer und allgemein an Waffen Interessierte erhalten mit dem neuen Buch "Sniperwissen kompakt" einen Einblick in die Welt der Scharfschützen. Man kennt sie aus Filmen: Wenn bei einer Geiselnahme Verhandlungen nicht mehr weiterhelfen, kommen die Scharfschützen zum Einsatz. Konzentriert und ruhig warten sie auf ihre Möglichkeit – und oft gibt es exakt nur eine –, den ... Read more

$47.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Sportschützen, Jäger, Waffenbesitzer und allgemein an Waffen Interessierte erhalten mit dem neuen Buch "Sniperwissen kompakt" einen Einblick in die Welt der Scharfschützen. Man kennt sie aus Filmen: Wenn bei einer Geiselnahme Verhandlungen nicht mehr weiterhelfen, kommen die Scharfschützen zum Einsatz. Konzentriert und ruhig warten sie auf ihre Möglichkeit – und oft gibt es exakt nur eine –, den
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