Technology & Engineering

'Witty, rigorous, and as urgent as a fire alarm' Dorian Lynskey 'Cooly prosecutorial' Guardian Nobody meant for this to happen. Facebook didn't mean to facilitate a genocide. Twitter didn't want to be used to harass women. YouTube never...

This is the first book to fully present, analyse and interpret the Dubai real estate market. Dubai is fast becoming one of the world's most attractive places to invest in real estate and this book examines the market from three interlinked sectors that...

Focusing primarily on core topics in mechanical and electrical science, students enrolled on a wide range of higher education engineering courses at undergraduate level will find Engineering Science, second edition, an invaluable aid to their learning...

The aim of this book is to take the reader by the hand and show them exactly how to carry out various inspection techniques to identify the causes of damp in buildings. This is achieved by taking them through a variety of investigation methods using...

Gardeners, small farmers, and outdoor living enthusiasts will love this compilation of 76 rustic DIY projects. From plant supports and clotheslines to a chicken coop, a greenhouse, and a root cellar with storage bins, most of the projects are suitable...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023** A panoramic revisionist portrait of the nineteenth-century invention that is transforming the twenty-first-century world.'The real feat of this book is that it takes us on a ride-across the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527287969Author Mathew Hampshire-WaughFormat PaperbackPage Count 428Imprint Crowstone PublishingPublisher Crowstone PublishingWeight(grams)...

Practical Lock Picking, Second Edition, is an instructional manual that covers everything from straightforward lockpicking to quick-entry techniques such as shimming, bumping, and bypassing. Written by Deviant Ollam, one of the security industry's...

The McGonigal brothers, Eoin and Ambrose were fiercely independent characters. Born and educated in southern Ireland to a catholic family but raised in Belfast, they wasted no time in enlisting at the outbreak of War in 1939. Both outstanding sportsmen,...

"I love your ideas, but I only have a few acres. How do I do this at my scale?" Success with domestic livestock does not require large land bases. Joel Salatin and his family's Polyface Farm in Virginia lead the world in animal-friendly and...

The complete guide on how to trim sails and tune rigging for all conditions to make the boat sail faster and safer. A well-trimmed sailing boat is not only faster - it heels less, balances better and is more comfortable. Wear and load is reduced and...

'A terrifying story of profit before patients, and a chilling glimpse of what can happen when private companies are allowed to take charge of healthcare.' Gavin Francis Six decades ago, researchers achieved the impossible: developing a treatment that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780963810908Author Joel SalatinFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint Polyface, IncorporatedPublisher Polyface, IncorporatedWeight(grams) 524gDimensions(mm)...

During the last decade, 'Hybrid Warfare' has become a novel yet controversial term in academic, political and professional military lexicons, intended to suggest some sort of mix between different military and non-military means and methods of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780872887053Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 616Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Understanding Wine Technology has become the most favoured book of many students. This book is aimed at the person with no formal scientific training, yet who is interested in the science behind wine and wants to know the mechanism behind the complex...

Genome sequencing is one of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs of the past thirty years. But what precisely does it involve and how is it developing? In this brilliantly wide-ranging, one-stop guide WIRED journalist Rachael Pells explains the...

Foreword by Werner Vogels, Vice President and Corporate Technology Officer, AmazonThe AWS exam has been updated. Your study guide should be, too. The AWS Certified Developer Official Study Guide-Associate Exam is your ultimate preparation resource for...

The updated 6th edition of the authoritative and comprehensive textbook to the field of satellite communications engineering The revised and updated sixth edition of Satellite Communications Systems contains information on the most recent advances...

The Engineering of Foundations, Slopes and Retaining Structures rigorously covers the construction, analysis, and design of shallow and deep foundations, as well as retaining structures and slopes. It includes complete coverage of soil mechanics and site...

An easy to follow guide to restoring a classic Mazda MX-5/Miata - the world's favourite small sports car. This book takes you step-by-step through choosing a project car, looking the car over, planning the restoration, and buying parts and tools to...

Well over a hundred great churches were built in the cathedral tradition in the Middle Ages. They are our most important group of historical monuments and embody the finest craftwork of medieval architecture. Despite a great mass of specialist literature...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781850102687Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes Manuals IncWeight(grams) 383g

In June 2017, Travis Kalanick, the CEO of Uber, was ousted in a boardroom coup that capped a brutal year for the transportation giant. Uber had catapulted to the top of the tech world, yet for many came to symbolise everything wrong with Silicon Valley...

HMS Conqueror is Britain's most famous submarine. It is the only sub since World War Two to have sunk an enemy ship. Conqueror's sinking of the Argentine cruiser Belgrano made inevitable an all-out war over the future of the Falkland Islands, and...

Plastic bottles, cardboard boxes, aluminium cans... we all get through a lot of rubbish, but do you really know what happens after you put it in the bin? Are you even sure which bin it goes in?Recycling has never been more important - but it has also...

The Harwich Force has made its name and will not be forgotten during the future annals of history'; so said Rear Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt on Armistice Day 1918. But that fame has not endured. Yet for the whole duration of the First World War, the...

Take some heat off the complexity of thermodynamics Does the mere thought of thermodynamics make you sweat? It doesn't have to! This hands-on guide helps you score your highest in a thermodynamics course by offering easily understood, plain-English...

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...

What "really constitutes an architectural atmosphere"? Peter Zumthor says, is "this singular density and mood, this feeling of presence, well-being, harmony, beauty ... under whose spell I experience what I otherwise would not experience in precisely...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910839645Author David JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books LtdDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 15mm

As the official manual of the world famous British Gliding Association, this book is recommended reading for all pilots and instructors. Highly illustrated and designed to be user-friendly, it takes the user through the key theories of flight...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933820668Author Michael J MettsFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Rosenfeld MediaPublisher Rosenfeld Media

Our revision resources are the smart choice for those revising for the external assessment for the Engineering BTEC Tech Award. This book will help you to: Revise essential content and key skills, and assessment skills for the performance disciplines...

"As practical as it is poetic. . . . an optimistic call to action." -Chicago Tribune Over time, with industrialization and urban sprawl, we have driven nature out of our neighborhoods and cities. But we can invite it back by designing landscapes that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047739Author Igor TulchinskyFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

This new edition of the best-selling Craft Cider Making is fully revised and updated. Packed with essential advice and information, it gives step-by-step instruction for small scale cider making. It retains the best of traditional practice but also...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993248771Author Ruth CatlowFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Torque EditionsPublisher Torque Editions

One dead body. One witness. One answer.Early one morning, DS Robin Butler is summoned to a crime scene. Not as a policeman, but as best friend to renowned meteorologist, Dr Finn Mason. The morning after studying an enormous storm, Finn has locked himself...

The ultimate SR-71 book which profiles the history, development, manufacture, modification, and active service of all 50 models in the SR-71 program. At the height of the Cold War in 1964, President Johnson announced a new aircraft dedicated to...