Technology & Engineering

How does Britain get its food? Why is our current system at breaking point?How can we fix it before it is too late?British food has changed remarkably in the last half century. As we have become wealthier and more discerning, our food has Europeanized...

With a Haynes Manual, you can do it yourself, from simple maintenance to full repairs. Every Manual is based on a complete stripdown of the bike. Our authors and technicians work out the best methods to do a job and present this with the home mechanic in...

An understanding of psychology-specifically the psychology behind how users behave and interact with digital interfaces-is perhaps the single most valuable nondesign skill a designer can have. The most elegant design can fail if it forces users to...

1945 onwards (strategic and tactical delivery systems), Much misinformation has been published by those who support, as well as those who are against, the continued deployment of nuclear weapons as instruments of deterrence. This book provides an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956496317Author Grant GoddardFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Radio BooksPublisher Radio BooksWeight(grams) 899gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 191mm * 27mm

Do you want to pursue a career and succeed in the lucrative area of music publishing? The Art of Music Publishing provides real inspiration and a tangible hands on perspective to this exciting side of the high-risk, high-reward music business. Prepare...

Gears in one form or another are a part of most mechanisms, but they are by no means as simple as they may appear. This book explains simply, clearly and comprehensively the underlying theory involved and, in its second part, how to cut gears on a lathe...

From an engineer and futurist, an impassioned account of technological stagnation since the 1970s and an imaginative blueprint for a richer, more abundant future. The science fiction of the 1960s promised us a future remade by technological...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312425074Author Thomas L FriedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 208mm...

Modern AI techniques -- especially deep learning -- provide, in many cases, very good recommendations: where a self-driving car should go, whether to give a company a loan, etc. The problem is that not all these recommendations are good -- and since deep...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951754457Author Greg CaldwellFormat HardbackPage Count 106Imprint Alakai Publishing LLCPublisher Alakai Publishing LLCWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm)...

For the first time ever the full international story of perry - the drinks world's best kept secret - is told in CAMRA's groundbreaking book, Perry: A Drinker's Guide. The book will help drinkers navigate the styles, flavours, varieties, countries,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582435435Author Wendell BerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm

This book emphasizes simple and concise coverage of the fundamental aspects of measuring systems. It is designed to provide the reader with essential knowledge regarding signals, signal analysis, signal conditioning circuits, and data acquisition systems...

Digitalization and automation are leading to fundamental changes in the industrial landscape. In the German-speaking countries, this development is often summarized under the term Industry 4.0. Simultaneously, interaction technologies have made huge...

ENGINEERS' DATA BOOK A completely revised and expanded fourth edition of this best-selling pocket guide. Engineers' Data Book provides a concise and useful source of up-to-date essential information for the student or practising engineer. Updated,...

A wall in the distant north cuts the world in two. Ruthless seaborne warriors raid the coasts from their war galleys, yearning to regain lost glories. A young nobleman and his kin are slaughtered under a banner of truce within a mighty castle. A warrior...

The objective of this book is to help readers better understand the links between fossil fuel, greenhouse gas, and climate change in a clear, explanatory format. It avoids sensationalism and politics, using plain language to explain the details of the...

Traditional mortars are eminently workable, effectively porous, economic in use and appropriately durable. Used in buildings for thousands of years, these materials are ideal for repair and conservation work. Unlike cement or modern hydraulic lime,...

An award-winning investigation into the strange and secretive world of international shipping 'Arresting, sharply observed, deeply researched and compelling... Plenty of books promise to reveal the secrets of little-known worlds but few actually...

Bristol and Brunel, the two are inseparable. What would the Avon Gorge be without the slender lines of the suspension bridge? The Floating Harbour without the iron-hulled Great Britain back in the dry dock where she was built, or the magnificent Great...

Often playing second fiddle to hops in the minds of craft beer drinkers, malt is the backbone of beer: "No barley, no beer." Malt defines the color, flavor, body, and alcohol of beer and has been cultivated for nearly as long as agriculture has existed...

Scenic Construction for the Stage is a comprehensive guide to the practical processes involved in constructing scenery for the theatre. Offering key insight into the role of the scenic carpenter, Mark Tweed details the progression from interpreting...

If you love your tools, want to understand them, look after them, own the very best, and use them effectively, then this is the book for you. A complete visual guide featuring more than 800 images, and a foreword from Nick Offerman, The Tool Book pays...

How to Build Dry-Stacked Stone Walls shows how to build a wall using the traditional method of dry stone masonry in which carefully selected stones are properly stacked and held together without mortar. As well as being beautiful, a dry stone wall is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784529529Author Karen J. HewittFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Panoma PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 179gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

It is widely believed that the employment of children underground in coal mines ended in 1842. This book, in contrast, shows that young people remained an important part of the workforce up until the virtual demise of the industry in the late twentieth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781563921001Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 213Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes PublishingWeight(grams) 506gDimensions(mm)...

If your organization is gearing up for IPv6, this in-depth book provides the practical information and guidance you need to plan for, design, and implement this vastly improved protocol. Author Silvia Hagen takes system and network administrators,...

The definitive visual history of the tractor The complete history of farm machinery, from steam and vintage tractors to the latest combine harvesters is showcased in this lavishly illustrated volume. Packed with images and tractor data on more than 200...

This textbook accommodates the two divergent developmental paths which have become solidly established in the field of fusion energy: the process of sequential tokamak development toward a prototype and the need for a more fundamental and integrative...

In the 2010s, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) began to mobilize an international media system to project Turkey as a rising player and counter foreign criticism of its authoritarian practices. Bilge Yesil examines the AKP's...

Board: CEM 11+ Subjects covered: Mathematics Type: Skills Practice For Ages: 9 to 10 "Great quality, imaginatively written" Dr Samina Rashid, 11+ tutor Prepare for the CEM 11+ tests with targeted ...

Eat more fish, the doctors say. But is the salmon you are consuming really healthy? In the early 1970s, a group of scientists researched how to make more food for the growing population of the world. They looked to the sea. They sampled genes from...

'Share[s] the life-enhancing joys of the humble hen' Sunday Times 'Clocks our obsession with chicken-keeping ... Brilliant' New York Magazine An immersive blend of chicken-keeping memoir and animal welfare reporting by...

Rock Lighthouses of Britain & Ireland is a new edition of the classic work on the subject - but with some of the most famous Irish rock lighthouses included. The text has been updated to include the modern technology being used by the lighthouse...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486261263Author Sir Edmund WhittakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 753Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

The Devil's Fruit describes the facets of the strawberry industry as a harm industry, and explores author Dvera Saxton's activist ethnographic work with farmworkers in response to health and environmental injustices. She argues that dealing with...

The perfect antidote to your digital diet, this is a delightful exploration of analogue product design that crosses categories and generations, celebrating the timeless allure of the real and tactile over the merely virtual. Covering sound, vision,...

This new edition of the highly successful Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Level 1 workbook provides complete coverage of the QCF National Occupational Standards at Level 1 as set by the IMI and is in-line with VRQ and NVQ qualifications. Learners will...