This is the classic visual guide to the basics of building construction, now with the most current information. For nearly three decades, "Building Construction Illustrated" has offered an outstanding introduction to the principles of building construction. This new edition of the revered classic remains as relevant as ever - providing the latest ...
All the reference information anyone needs on virtually any subject is right at their fingertips in this handy pocket-sized guide. Its tables, drawings, charts, lists, and formulas cover virtually every practical topic and fact imaginable. Provides more than 3,000 conversion factors and useful general data.
World band radio explodes with hundreds of programmes you cannot find elsewhere. From the matchless reporting of the BBC to the musical heights of the Andes, it is a broadcast menu that is one part Newsweek, another National Geographic. Every station stands out - comedy from England, science from Russia, and waltzes from Austria. It is the depth ...
The new, updated edition of the successful book on interior design "Interior Design Visual Presentation, Second Edition" is fully revised to include the latest material on CAD, digital portfolios, resume preparation, and Web page design. It remains the only comprehensive guide to address the visual design and presentation needs of the interior ...
Brief, accessible, and inexpensive, The Little Brown Essential Handbook, Fifth Edition, answers questions about the writing process, usage, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, document design, research writing, and documentation. Minimal terminology, clear explanations and examples, and pointers for ESL writers help students at all levels. Extensive ...
Celebrating nearly 100 years as "The Bible of the Mechanical Industries", The 28th Edition brings together volumes of knowledge, information and data gathered, revised and improved upon from experts throughout the mechanical industries. Extraordinarily comprehensive yet easy to use since it premiered, "Machinery's Handbook" provides mechanical and ...
More than just a guide, the "Handbook of Technical Writing" places writing in a real-world context with quick access to hundreds of technical writing topics and scores of sample documents and visuals. Its dedicated author team - with decades of combined academic and professional experience - has created a comprehensive reference tool for students ...
This dictionary will keep you up to speed with your telecommunications and internet terminology. Harry Newton has designed his book to be used as a daily quick reference; he has simplified difficult terms that are being used more and more casually in today's technological marketplace.
The notion that our society, its education system and its intellectual life, is characterised by a split between two cultures - the arts or humanities on one hand, and the sciences on the other - has a long history. But it was C. P. Snow's Rede lecture of 1959 that brought it to prominence and began a public debate that is still raging in the ...
From making an omelet extra fluffy to deodorizing those musty household smells, from improving flossing and mouth freshness to washing clay flower pots without leaving residue, this book offers hundreds of tips for making the most of baking soda.
Prepared by the American Institute of Architects Bruce Bassler, Student Edition Editor, and John Ray Hoke, Jr., FAIA, Editor in Chief, Architectural Graphic Standards Architectural Graphic Standards has been the bedrock design reference for architects, builders, and engineers for almost seventy years. This book gives students their own new edition ...
When Ettlinger's young daughter asked him, What's polysorbate 60? he was at a loss--and determined to find out. The result is a fascinating, thoroughly researched exploration into the food industry and some of the most commonly processed food ingredients.
The "Civil Engineering Reference Manual" fully prepares applicants for the civil PE exam--by far the most popular of the PE disciplines. Every exam subject is thoroughly covered, with illustrations and practice problems. Extensively indexed and carefully researched, this book serves as a comprehensive manual for daily reference.
This work presents the basics of video in an accessible format. It covers video concepts and processes to production tools and techniques, and shows how the production environment (studio or field, inside or outside) affects the final product.
An appropriate supplement for any accounting course, business communications (for accounting majors), or any writing courses containing accounting majors. This text, the largest selling book of its kind, discusses the communication, both written and oral, actually done by professional accountants. It uses real-world accounting situations and ...
This invaluable handbook provides engineers and technicians with more than 5,000 calculations for solving day-to-day problems in all ten major engineering fields. The new Fourth Edition features numerous new areas from new design codes in civil engineering to miniaturization, new approaches to HVAC design, composite usage in engineering design, ...
This text provides theoretical explanations, realistic examples, explanation of field testing methods, and problem sets. Changes to this third edition include coverage of new developments in design procedures, geotechnical materials and environmental engineering issues.
Learn How to Achieve Optimal Industrial Experimentation Through four editions, Douglas Montgomery has provided statisticians, engineers, scientists, and managers with the most effective approach for learning how to design, conduct, and analyze experiments that optimize performance in products and processes. Now, in this fully revised and enhanced ...
The leading text in technical writing, Reporting Technical Information introduces students to all aspects of technical communication, including letters, proposals and progress reports, recommendation reports, research reports, instructions, and oral reports. Continuing the esteemed tradition of its predecessors, the tenth edition provides students ...
This upper-level Business Spanish textbook, adopted by over 200 colleges and universities in four countries, prepares students to effectively use the language in a cross-cultural context for success in today's Spanish-speaking business world. Students improve basic language skills while gaining valuable business insight through a variety of ...
The de facto standard text for heat transfer - noted for its readability, comprehensiveness and relevancy. Now revised to include clarified learning objectives, chapter summaries and many new problems. The fourth edition, like previous editions, continues to support four student learning objectives, desired attributes of any first course in heat ...
This is a revision of the classic reference covering all important principles and techniques needed by practicing civil engineers. The 5th Edition incorporates changes in design and construction practices, especially in design specifications for construction materials, buildings and bridges, safety and health concerns, and the most current codes ...
The fourth edition of "Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes" has been updated significantly from the previous edition, and it now includes co-author S. Unnikrishna Pillai of Polytechnic University. The book is intended for a senior/graduate level course in probability and is aimed at students in electrical engineering, math, and ...
This is the holy writ of cannabis, documenting varieties and providing a commemtary on their aromas, flavours, effects, and origins. Learn the history of marijuana breeding and decide whether "Doc Kevorkian", "Black Widow" and others are suitably named.
Focused primarily on hardware design and organization -- and the impact of software on the architecture -- this volume first covers the basic organization, design, and programming of a simple digital computer, then explores the separate functional units in detail. FEATURES: *develops an elementary computer to demonstrate by example the ...
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