Basic information on solving the difficult problems encountered in this line of work. Pocket size. Illustrated with detailed diagrams. ... Read more

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What should we have for dinner? When you can eat just about anything nature (or the supermarket) has to offer, deciding what you should eat will inevitably stir anxiety, especially when some of the foods might shorten your life. Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering fro... Read more

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An essential, authoritative reference for all who work with words: writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers. The book covers every imaginable issue regarding style and usage, as well as conventions of editing, manuscript preparation, typesetting, indexing, des... Read more

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The National Humanities Medal-winning author of The Poisonwood Bible follows the author's family's efforts to live on locally and home-grown foods, an endeavor through which they learned lighthearted truths about food production and the connection between health and diet. 175,000 first printing. ... Read more

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Marvelosissimo the Magician explains the development of standard units of measure, and shows the simplicity of calculating length, height, weight, and volume using the metric system. ... Read more

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"Reduce, reuse, recycle" goes the battle cry of the ecology movement; in other words, do more with less in order to be "eco-efficent." As William McDonough and Michael Braungart argue in this provocative, visionary book, this approach tends to perpetuate rather than challenge the... Read more

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Following the best-selling footsteps of Jon Stewart's AMERICA (THE BOOK) comes Stephen Colbert's absurdly patriotic and intentionally wrongheaded ode to America. He tackles the big topics plaguing our nation today: the dangers of Mother Nature, the ways you might become gay, the utter fraudulence of... Read more

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Thoroughly revised and updated, an alphabetical guide offers the latest nutritional information on the calorie, carbohydrate, cholesterol, sodium, protein, fat, and fiber content of a huge variety of generic and brand-name fresh, frozen, gourmet, fast-food, and health foods. Original. ... Read more

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Rip Esselstyn shares the special four-week diet program that changed the lives of his fellow firefighters in Austin. When the former triathlete became aware that his colleagues had serious health issues--including high cholesterol--he introduced a diet based primarily on plants. He also coached them... Read more

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Uses diagrams, photographs, and text to provide step-by-step instructions for making thirteen ballistic devices, including a match-powered rocket, a potato cannon, and a Cincinnati fire kite. ... Read more

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Reflecting the author's 50 years of experience in the heavy construction industry, this is the only book of its kind. It is comprehensive enough to integrate the basic principles of cost estimating and bidding in one convenient volume, and it identifies the organizational and analytical processes in... Read more

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The outspoken business maverick and philanthropist shares the story of his successful life, from the surprise success of CNN and the drama of the AOL/Time Warner deal to his ownership of the Atlanta Braves and his relationships with wife Jane Fonda and his children. ... Read more

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Cynics have been known to cite the fact that we can put a man on the moon as a precursor to lamenting our lack of achievement in other areas. In the field of science writing, one might previously have been tempted to proclaim that "We can put a man on the moon, but we can't write a decent book ... Read more

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