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This reference aims to provide expert tasting notes on all high-quality vodkas and gins, from the most popular to the more obscure. It describes current and historical production methods, recent trends, and the different flavouring components of these liquors.

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This is the comprehensive, standardized dictionary of military and associated terminology compiled and used by the Department of Defense. Divided into sections, The Dictionary of Military Terms contains all definitions approved for DoD and the North...

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A new space race has broken out in Asia. In the past two years, spacecraft have been launched to the Moon by China, Japan, India and the US. South Korea has suddenly announced lunar plans. The situation is like a repeat of the Cold War space race, but this time, the US could lose.

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The Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle was the first rifled firearm issued to every soldier in the British Army, and gave the infantry a revolutionary increase in firepower. This title looks at the design, the history, the mechanics, and the use of this one of the most important firearms of the 19th century.

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"Published to coincide with the launch of NASA's Perseverance rover mission this summer, the definitive account of our quest to find life on the Red Planet."--Publisher.

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Learn the tactics ofthe U.S. Army's top counterintelligence operatives and enter the world ofinternational...

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

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

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This is a comprehensive account of the open pit slope design process. Created as an outcome of the Large Open Pit (LOP) project, an international research and technology transfer project on the stability of rock slopes in open pit mines, this book provides an up-to-date compendium of knowledge of slope design processes and available tools.

Written by two preeminent authors in the field, this book provides an accessible global narrative of the nuclear arms race since 1945 that focuses on the roles of key scientists, military chiefs, and political leaders.

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The first and only comprehensive illustrated history of dynamite in the United States

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"Describes weapons, gear, and uniforms used by various military forces during America's biggest wars"--

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"Introduces cosmological inflation, a landmark theory on what happened before the Big Bang and what it means for other cosmological theories, such as the theory of a multiverse"--

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"Simple text and full-color illustrations describe the true story of Laika, the first dog in outer space"--

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The machine gun-often called the killing machine-revolutionized modern ground combat, brought an end to the traditional infantry and cavalry charge, and changed the battlefields of war forever.

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Translation of: Die N1: Moskaus Mondrakete, 2016.

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The possibility that alien life exists in the universe is among the most profound of human conjectures, which today is being investigated not just by science-fiction writers but by scientists.

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A hundred years on from the first Moon landing, where will space exploration have taken us

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From the author of the acclaimed Apollo 11: The Inside Story - our next fifty years of space exploration.