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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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Provides practical instruction for all manner of small-scale blacksmith work. Including general life lessons for blacksmiths, such as not falling prey to habits of intemperance, this title covers topics such as:: setting up shop, building your own machinery, repairing horse hooves, and fixing your tools.

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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.

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From fireworks in China to warfare in Renaissance Europe, Gunpowder is a riveting account of the history of substance that Francis Bacon declared to ''have changed the whole face and state of things throughout the world.'

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A tale about a dream. The dream of running a restaurant. In Uckfield, East Sussex. Uckfield didn't actually appear in the dream. But for Christopher Nye it was the perfect choice: a small town, but not too small; a town crying out for American-style diner; a town without a McDonald's. Here's the story of how to make it big in small-town Britain.

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Get to know the ultimate skill for using your own two hands!

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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Expanded and completely revised edition of a space classic. Discover this bestseller in its long-awaited new edition - a thrilling photo book featuring previously-unpublished photographs from the NASA archives captured by Apollo astronauts during their missions. Foreword by NASA astronaut Walter Cunningham.

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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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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.

A complete history of human endeavors in space, this book also moves beyond the traditional topics of human spaceflight, space technology, and space science to include political, social, cultural, and economic issues, and also commercial, civilian, and military applications.

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Translation of: Die N1: Moskaus Mondrakete, 2016.

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To mark the 40th anniversary of the first teNeues illustrated book, some all-time favourites from the past are reissued in affordable, modern softcover editions. A stunning photographic journey through the universe and the incredible achievements of the Voyager-1 and Voyager-2 probes.

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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.