Technology & Engineering

Following the tradition of its predecessor, the fifth edition of Nutrition: Maintaining and Improving Health continues to offer a wide-ranging coverage of all aspects of nutrition while providing new information to this edition including: Increased...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783967040401Author gestaltenFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

Want to develop novel robot applications, but don't know how to write a mapping or object recognition system? You're not alone, but you're certainly not without help. By combining real-world examples with valuable knowledge from the Robot Operating...

This is a very British story from more than 50 years ago. It is a story of remarkable technological ambition from a different country than is seen today. It was an era in which the country adjusted to decolonisation and a dangerous nuclear arms race...

This book comprehensively covers the principles of Risk-based vulnerability management (RBVM) - one of the most challenging tasks in cybersecurity -- from the foundational mathematical models to building your own decision engine to identify, mitigate,...

Horse Business Management will equip you with the knowledge to run a profitable horse business. Down-to-earth and highly readable, this book demonstrates how to apply modern business theory to create success, in addition to outlining British legal...

An illustrated study of the design, development and eventual fates of the uncompleted super-battleships intended to be built before and during World War II. Before the start of World War II, the battleship was still king, and all the major powers...

Discover a new and hopeful path forward as you consider your family's approach to social media, screen time, and technology.We've all heard the mind-boggling statistics about technology and social media use. The numbers don't lie; our obsession with...

The twelfth edition of this essential valuation textbook reflects the changes in the regulatory and statutory framework for property valuations that have occurred since 2013, as well as presenting the tried and tested principles and practices of real...

From the author whose books inspired the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small, Let Sleeping Vets Lie is the third volume of James Herriot's classic memoirs; a book for all those who find laughter and joy in animals, and who know and understand the...

Leuthen (1757) is one of the best-known battles of the Seven Years' War, the most consequential conflict in continental Europe between the Thirty Years' War and the wars of Revolutionary and then Napoleonic France. It was a victory against the odds, over...

Exam Board: OCRLevel: GCSESubject: Design & TechnologyFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: June 2019Explore, create, evaluate: help your students to develop an understanding of the iterative design process and to be critical and innovative...

Everything the apprentice or on-the-job professional needs to know about the intelligent and efficient operation of machine tools is here.Includes over 760 illustrations and 70 tables in two volumes.Offers sections on numerical control; grinding wheels...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel changed the world as we know it. He was responsible for building the Great Western Railway main line, introducing regular steamship travel across the Atlantic, building the first tunnel under a major river, and constructing docks,...

The history of the telegraph - the men and women who made it - and its relevance to the current Internet debateBeginning with the Abbe Nollet's famous experiment of 1746, when he successfully demonstrated that electricity could pass from one end to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788185987002Author Fukuoka MasanobuFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint BookventurePublisher BookventureWeight(grams) 430gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 180mm *...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910085264Author Harry FieldsFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint World Ideas LtdPublisher World Ideas LtdWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Things you've done online: ordered a pizza, checked the weather, booked a hotel, and reconnected with long-lost friends. Now it's time to find out how these things work. Vinay Trivedi peels back the mystery of the Internet, explains it all in the...

How did the Oracle of Delphi obtain her prophecies? Can you access information just by holding an object? Are itches actually messages? Is it really possible to read the future in the bottom of a teacup? In this condensed book, experienced seer Jewels...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781565233850Author Brent HullFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Fox Chapel PublishingPublisher Fox Chapel PublishingWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 279mm...

IELTS Preparation and Practice will help you to build your confidence in answering the different question types in the IELTS test.Understand what the questions in each section are asking you to do and what the examiners are looking for in your answers...

'Illuminating, witty and written with a wide open mind' - Sunday Times An exploration of humans, sexuality, interaction and technology through the lens of the sex robot. The idea of the seductive sex robot is the stuff of myth, legend and science...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679775485Author James GleickFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

In this book, David Morgan, the expert who made the whips for the Indiana Jones movies, shows how to braid simple projects quickly. With close attention to detail and a little practice using the methods described here, novices can produce attractive and...

This beautiful book draws on Robert Race's extensive collection of traditional moving toys, looking at the ways the makers have achieved remarkable and varied results, often with very limited resources. Each chapter begins by looking at the mechanisms...

As a veteran campaigner, the Byzantine emperor Maurice (582-602) compiled a unique and influential handbook intended for the field commander. In this first complete English translation, the Strategikon is an invaluable source not only for early Byzantine...

This welcome new edition discusses bioprocess engineering from the perspective of biology students. It includes a great deal of new material and has been extensively revised and expanded. These updates strengthen the book and maintain its position as the...

When Jenny and Robert fall in love in the late 1960s they decide to build a new future together, away from the city. They escape to an isolated sheep farm nestled on a mountainside. It has no running water but it is beautiful and rugged. Their young sons...

Property and Money is a simple guide to the investment and financial aspects of commercial property. Putting property into its financial context, it seeks to bridge the world of the surveyor and property developer and the investment and financial markets...

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...

Does the Bible really condemn same-sex relationships? Many Christians wrestle with this question. Here, in his compassionate, cogent book, David Runcorn outlines how someone can support same-sex relationships on the basis of the Bible, not in spite...

A completely up-to-date introduction to the most common group of bees in Britain. Bees, for most people, mean honey or bumble bees, but in fact these social species make up only a small proportion of the species that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982284060Author Mike Frain Ceng Fiet MCMIFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint Balboa Press UKPublisher Balboa Press UKWeight(grams) 957gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641525138Author Christina AnthisFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Althea PressPublisher Althea PressWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 188mm *...

As American astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from shy military spouses to American royalty: having tea with Jackie Kennedy,...

The availability of a reliable supply of water is one of the most important determinants of human health, with the supply of clean drinking water being a multibillion dollar industry in the developed world and a key concern for less developed countries. ...

"A fascinating and intimate portrait of a garden over time ... Reading is like being given a rusty key to a beautiful secret garden." - Ben Dark, Author of The GroveHidden away behind high stone walls in the centre of London is Lambeth Palace Garden, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899238330Author Lindsay PorterFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Porter Publishing LtdPublisher Porter Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 216g

From Aristotle's description of a submersible chamber and experiments with an underwater capsule by Alexander the Great, inventors have pursued the dream of undersea travel. This fully illustrated book follows that dream, starting with examples of the...