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The United States military s official guide to first...

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A reference and instruction guide to the mechanics of working the land. The "Ultimate Guide to Farm Mechanics "combines three classic farming texts for the first time, compiling knowledge from the best sources of its time into a comprehensive reference book that should belong in any modern-day farming household.

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The village pump was once the focal point of rural life, providing the only water supply to communities and offering a place in town squares and village greens for people to come together. This book focuses on the history of the village pump, exploring the different designs that existed and shedding light on the communities that relied upon them.

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Sticks (wattle) and clay or earth (daub) has been used to fill gaps in wooden framework buildings. This book explains the technique and mysteries surrounding this building method.

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This book is a collection of essays focused on the Gordian knot of our time, the closely coupled
problems of energy poverty for billions of humans, and global warming for all humans. The
central thesis of the book in that nuclear power is not only the only solution, it is a highly
desirable solution, cheaper, safer, less intrusive on nature than all the alternatives.

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Focuses on the physics of sound for the nonspecialist to empower readers with a hands-on, ears-open approach that includes production, analysis, and perception of sound. This book helps you discover how musical instruments really work, how pitch is perceived, and how sound can be amplified with no external power source.

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Published to mark 150 years of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple.

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Wireless technology has become deeply embedded in everyday life. This book correlates Italian and European modernism with early wireless technology. It presents an alternative history of modernism that listens as well as looks and bears in mind the altered media environment brought about by the emergence of the wireless.

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Wireless technology has become deeply embedded in everyday life. This book correlates Italian and European modernism with early wireless technology. It presents an alternative history of modernism that listens as well as looks and bears in mind the altered media environment brought about by the emergence of the wireless.

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National Geographic recaptures this gripping moment in the human experience with a lively and compelling new account.

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This book provides a description of road maintenance management. Written primarily from a management perspective, it provides insights into the relationship between the various functions involved in managing a modern road network.

A landmark book rolls out a bold, new, energy-based theory of human history based on a simple, yet powerful law: whoever controls the world's effective energy supplies during a given energy age will inevitably dominate the economic, political, and cultural history of that age.

From the invention of eyeglasses to the Internet, this three-volume set examines the pivotal effects that inventions have had on society, providing a fascinating history of technology and innovations in the United States from the earliest colonization by Europeans to the present.

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Alley farming is one of a range of farming and land-use systems which have evolved in the humid and sub-humid tropics, each adapted to local ecological and socio-economic conditions and cultures. This book should help readers both understand the concept of alley farming and its potential.

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Forms part of a series of 15 books on animal production in the tropics, which are intended to provide up-to-date information for students, extension specialists and farmers, in an accessible manner. The book explains why livestock are an important component of agriculture in the tropics.

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The new book from the award-winning SUNDAY TIMES journalist Brian Appleyard. This is a spirited exploration of cars and their cultural impact throughout their petrol or diesel-driven 150 years

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For 50 years the New Zealand Young Farmer of the Year awards have tested the mettle of New Zealand men and women as they go to head to head in a challenging competition that tests a range of farming and agribusiness skills.

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