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One could argue that Tesla, the visionary genius, was the architect of the modern age. Get to know the man behind the most important technologies of all time, and save 30% on select titles for a limited time.

Chemistry
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The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe
The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe
by Theodore Gray
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Beautiful and informative, surprising and smart, The Elements will appeal to your inner geek (even if you didn't know you had one). With unique stories, bizarre facts, and dazzling photographs of the 118 elements in the periodic table, this book will charm and delight anyone interested in science.
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Springer Yellow Sale
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Living with Goats: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Backyard Herd
Living with Goats: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Backyard Herd
by Margaret Hathaway
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Every day, my daughter and I walk by a house that has two pygmy goats hanging out in the front yard. How sweet and charming they are! Perhaps their owners read Living with Goats by Margaret Hathaway. This book is jammed full of useful, practical advice on raising goats on one acre or 20. Wily and smart, goats need attentive care. Inside this book, you'll find great tips on fencing, feeding, milking, breeding, and butchering, as well as delicious recipes that will help you use up all that goat milk.
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Featured Titles in Tech
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The Black-Out Book: 500 Family Games and Puzzles for Wartime Entertainment
The Black-Out Book: 500 Family Games and Puzzles for Wartime Entertainment
by Evelyn August
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As war loomed in the winter of 1939 in Great Britain, citizens endured "blackout" regulations, imposed by the government so German planes wouldn't spot targets. In an age without television or computers, it was terribly important to keep children quiet and occupied. "Blackout" books, filled with poems, cartoons, word puzzles, factoids, and other amusements, became sought-after collectibles. Reading this clever little book is like time traveling back to 1939.
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Environmental Engineering
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Introduction to Permaculture
Introduction to Permaculture
by B. C. Mollison
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Written to introduce readers to Permaculture concepts and design strategies. Topics include: energy efficient site analysis, planning and design methods, house placement, design for temperate, dry-land and tropical regions, urban Permaculture garden... (read more)

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Construction
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The Lost Art of Steam Heating
The Lost Art of Steam Heating
by Dan Holohan
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Everything you ever wanted to know about steam heating in one easy-to-understand book. There, that's as straight as I can put it. I spent five years researching Lost Art, and believe me, it was a labor of love. Those where the days when I first met the... (read more)

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Metal
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How to Run a Lathe: The Care and Operation of a Screw Cutting Lathe,  1942 edtion
How to Run a Lathe: The Care and Operation of a Screw Cutting Lathe, 1942 edtion
by South Bend Lathe Works
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You get everything you need to set up a lathe and get it running. This is the lathe manual that Dave Gingery raves about. You get eleven chapters: history and development of the lathe, setting up and leveling the lathe, operation of the lathe, lathe... (read more)

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Communications
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Loudspeaker Design Cookbook, 7th Edition
Loudspeaker Design Cookbook, 7th Edition
by Vance Dickason
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Now in the 7th edition! More comprehensive and featuring a wealth of new material, the 7th edition of the Loudspeaker Design Cookbook is a must-have for new speaker builders as well as owners of previous editions of the Cookbook. Highlights from the new... (read more)

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Physics
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Physics for Entertainment
Physics for Entertainment
by Yakov Perelman
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Written in the early days of the Soviet Union, Physics for Entertainment is filled with easy-to-understand explanations of the essential laws of the universe, which Perelman sets up with questions such as: Can an invisible man see? Why does a... (read more)

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Engineering
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Working Steam Engines
Working Steam Engines
by Rudy Kouhoupt
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This second book in this series of drawings only from the late Rudy Kouhoupt, concentrates on small steam engines, with the full drawings for a Walking Beam Engine, a Model Marine Engine, an Open Column Steam Engine, a Model Mill Engine, and Enclosed... (read more)

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Electricity
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Tube Circuits for Audio Amplifiers: Power Amplifiers and Pre-Amplifiers, for Monaural and Stereophonic Reproduction from Microphone, Radio, Tape, and Pick-up Signals
Tube Circuits for Audio Amplifiers: Power Amplifiers and Pre-Amplifiers, for Monaural and Stereophonic Reproduction from Microphone, Radio, Tape, and Pick-up Signals
by Mullard
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The complete guide to building eleven power and control amps for sound systems with vacuum tubes, featuring a four-chapter tutorial on sound quality which is solid guidance on achieving the best sound with tubes. First published in 1959 by Mullard, one... (read more)

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Riemannian Geometry 2ND Edition
Riemannian Geometry 2ND Edition
by Peter Petersen
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Intended for a one year course, this volume serves as a single source, introducing students to the important techniques and theorems, while also containing enough background on advanced topics to appeal to those students wishing to specialize in... (read more)

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The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America
The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America
by Steven Johnson
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From the author of The Ghost Map and Everything Bad Is Good for You, a new national bestseller: the exhilarating( Los Angeles Times) story of a founding father long forgotten.(Newsweek) National bestselling author Steven Johnson tells the fascinating... (read more)

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Introduction to Permaculture
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    by Dan Holohan
  4. Core Performance Guide
    by New Buildings Institute
  5. IPT's Crane & Rigging Handbook (Revised Edition - 2005)
    by Ronald G. Garby

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Fulvio Melia: IMG A Shuddering before the Beautiful



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