Science and Technics / Technology & engineering

Fluid Catalytic Cracking Handbook: An Expert Guide to the Practical Operation, Design, and Optimization of FCC Units

by Reza Sadeghbeigi

This new and improved edition focuses on providing practical information and tools that engineers can use to maximize the profitability and reliability of their fluid catalytic cracking operations. The updated...

The Inner Workings of a Watch - A Simple Guide for Enthusiasts of Clockwork Mechanisms

by Anon.

A guide to help the keen amateur teach themselves the wonderful curiosities of the mechanical watch. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce...

Automobile Mechanical and Electrical Systems

by Tom Denton

This textbook will help you learn all the skills you need to pass Level 3 and 4 Vehicle Maintenance and Repair courses from City and Guilds, IMI and BTEC, and is also ideal for higher level ASE, AUR and other...

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

by Bill Bryson

From one of the most beloved authors of our  time—more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone—a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home.

“Houses...

British Architectural Styles

by Trevor Yorke

Here is a compact and useful guide, filled with detailed and original drawings, to help put a date to the variety of period buildings we see around us. It covers an immense range of structures and styles from...

The Filter Bubble: How the New Personalized Web Is Changing What We Read and How We Think

by Eli Pariser

In December 2009, Google began customizing its search results for all users, and we entered a new era of personalization. With little notice or fanfare, our online experience is changing, as the websites we...

Mechanics V10 Home Study

by Clive W. Humphris

Mechanics V10 Home Study. eBook covers all the topics of this popular software title used in schools and colleges worldwide for over twenty years.

See Additional Notes for instructions to download the highly...

Learn BASIC Programming for STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths V10

by Clive W. Humphris

Learn BASIC Programming in Minutes for STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths V10. eBook covers all the topics of this popular software title used in schools and colleges worldwide for over twenty...

Mind Performance Projects for the Evil Genius : 19 Brain-Bending Bio Hacks

by Brad Graham & Kathy McGowan

Have some evil fun inside your head!This wickedly inventive guide offers 19 build-it-yourself projects featuring high-tech devices that can map, manipulate, and even improve the greatest computer on earth-the...

Breakthrough!: Canada's Greatest Inventions and Innovations

by John Melady

Canada's greatest medical breakthrough might well be insulin, but the telephone, the light bulb, the jetliner, the BlackBerry, and basketball also had Canadians behind them. Author John Melady showcases the...

Rabbits for Flesh and Fur - With Information on Breeding, Varieties, Housing and Other Aspects of Rabbit Farming on a Smallholding

by , J. O. Baker

This early work on rabbit farming is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains details on the best methods of housing, breeding, feeding and other aspects of rabbit management. This is...

Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 1: Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Switches, Encoders, Relays, Transistors

by Charles Platt

Want to know how to use an electronic component? This first book of a three-volume set includes key information on electronics parts for your projects—complete with photographs, schematics, and diagrams. You’ll...

Making Android Accessories with IOIO

by Simon Monk

Create your own electronic devices with the popular IOIO ("yoyo") board, and control them with your Android phone or tablet. With this concise guide, you’ll get started by building four example projects—after...

Project Planning and Control Using Oracle Primavera P6 Version 8.2 Eppm Web

by Paul E Harris

A user guide, reference book and two-day training course written for Project Management Professionals who wish to learn how to plan and control both an unresourced and resourced project in an established Oracle...

McGraw-Hill National Electrical Code 2008 Handbook, 26th Ed.

by Brian J. McPartland & Joseph F. McPartland

The #1 Guide to the 2008 NEC® to Ensure that Electrical Work Passes Inspection on the First Try!

Completely revised and updated to reflect all 2008 Code changes, McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Code® 2008...

Handbook of Rigging: For Construction and Industrial Operations

by Joseph A. MacDonald, W. A. Rossnagel & Lindley R. Higgins

The Ultimate Guide to Designing and Operating Safe, Efficient Rigging Systems

Recent years have seen an abundance of changes in the rigging industry. This popular, hands-on reference brings you completely up...

Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space

by John W. Young & James R. Hansen

He walked on the Moon. He flew six space missions in three different programs--more than any other human. He served with NASA for more than four decades. His peers called him the "astronaut's astronaut."

Enthusiasts...

Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster

by Melissa Fay Greene

The deepest coal mine in North America was notoriously unpredictable. One late October evening in 1958, it "bumped" - its rock floors heaving up and smashing into rock ceilings. A few miners staggered out, most...

Corporate Real Estate Asset Management

by Barry Haynes & Nick Nunningham

It is important for those studying and practising in Real Estate and Property Management to learn to manage property assets effectively, to be able to provide their companies with effective property and facilities...

30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius

by Simon Monk

30 Ways to Have Some Computer-Controlled Evil Fun!

This wickedly inventive guide shows you how to program and build a variety of projects with the Arduino microcontroller development system. Covering Windows,...