Technology

Thomas W. Frankland

Pipe Trades Pocket Manual

McGraw-Hill, Thomas Franklin, Frankland

The Pipe Fiter's and Pipe Welder's Handbook

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

Eric Brende

Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology

On a mission to prove that modern technological advances make lives more inconvenient and less healthy, Brende and his wife lived for 12 months among an energy-free farming community.

Amanda Little

Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells--Our Ride to the Renewable Future

A hopeful call to action, written by a prize-winning environmental journalist, "Power Trip" uses historical anecdotes and contemporary reporting to explain how America has become so energy addicted, and provides real-world solutions to counter this dependency.

Amanda Little

Power Trip: The Story of America's Love Affair with Energy

After covering the environment and energy beat for more than a decade, columnist Amanda Little decided that the only way to fully understand America's energy crisis was to travel into the heart of it. So she embarked on a daring, cross-country power trip to the most extreme and exciting frontiers of our energy landscape. In "Power Trip," we accompany her to a deep-sea oil rig, the cornfields of Kansas, the catacombs of the Pentagon, the Talladega Superspeedway, and inside New York City's electrical grid. We visit laboratories creating the innovations that will carry us into a clean-energy future. Little also travels back through history to investigate how America developed its unrivaled appetite for fossil fuels. In vivid, fast-paced prose, she illustrates how the same American ingenuity that got us into this mess can get us out of it too.

It Looked Good on Paper: Bizarre Inventions, Design Disasters, and Engineering Follies

Andrew White, Richard D. Jones

Jane's Guns Recognition Guide

The most comprehensive, authoritative guide to identifying firearms includes: Pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, machine guns, bolt-action and automatic rifles, and shotguns Technical specifications Manufacturers and brand names index Firearm safety information More than 400 photographs

Henry Schlesinger

The Battery: How Portable Power Sparked a Technological Revolution

In the tradition of Mark Kurlansky's "Cod" and "Salt" comes the first popular history of the technology which harnessed electricity and powered the greatest scientific and technological advances of the modern era. Line drawings throughout.

Nicolette Hahn Niman

Righteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Food Beyond Factory Farms

Part memoir, part expos, "Righteous Porkchop" offers a searing account of the factory farm industry--and the effects the techniques have on health and well-being--by an engaging crusader who finds love and purpose along the way.

William, Jr. Powers

Hamlet's Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age

A crisp, passionately argued polemic that challenges the sacred dogma of the digital age--the more we connect through technology, the happier we are--and offers a new, practical philosophy for life in a world of screens.

Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?: The Net's Impact on Our Minds and Future

Steven Pinker, Richard Dawkins, Nassim Taleb, Sam Harris, and 150 other intellectual rock stars reveal the how the Internet is changing our minds, culture, and future.

James R. Chiles

Inviting Disaster: Lessons from the Edge of Technology

Explaining in vivid layman's terms how machines fail and deadly accidents result, this book draws on a wide range of disasters--some famous, some obscure --and combines riveting storytelling with eye-opening findings to show what happens when the reach for new technology exceeds a realistic grasp. Features a new Introduction.

Charles Hellier, Chuck Hellier, Hellier Chuck

Handbook of Nondestructive Evaluation

Wilbert F. Stoecker, Stoecker Wilbert, W. F. Stoecker

Industrial Refrigeration Handbook

State-of-the-art information and data for today's most efficient industrial refrigeration systems. Drawing from the best of the widely dispersed literature in the field and the author's vast professional knowledge and experience, here is today's most exhaustive coverage of the fundamentals, design, installation, and operation of industrial refrigeration systems. Industrial Refrigeration Handbook details the latest industry changes caused by the coversion from CFCs to non-ozone-depleting refrigerants and the development of microprocessors and new secondary coolants. Also examined in depth are: Multistate Systems--Commonly used in low-temperature systems. Compressors, Evaporators, and Condensers--Essential system components. Piping, Vessels, Valves and Refrigerant Controls--The 'glue' that connects the components. Liquid Recirculation--A popular method of distributing refrigerants to various locations throughout the plant. Refrigeration Load Calculations--Crucial to proper system design. Refrigeration and Freezing of Food--today's most significant application. Safety Procedures--Especially for systems using ammonia. Offering a rare compilation of thermodynamic data on the most-used ...

Don Geary, Geary, Geary Don

Welding

This hands-on guide to welding covers everything a beginner needs to know to work safely and productively with welding equipment. Starting with the basics of setting up a welding outfit and with a focus on oxyacetylene welding, this book discusses new processes, fuels, equipment, supplies and welding techniques in an easy-to-understand format. It even covers safety issues and how to set up your own welding workshop. it also provides welding projects for beginners totry out what they've learned. Its an ideal hands-on learning tool for beginners and an excellent bench reference for experienced welders.

George Tchobanoglous, Frank Kreith

Handbook of Solid Waste Management

@lt;b@gt;THE FIRST TRULY INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE PROBLEM@lt;p@gt;UPDATED AND EXPANDED COVERAGE OF FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS@lt;/b@gt;@lt;p@gt;In a world where incinerators are no longer an option and landfills are filled to capacity, cities are hard pressed to find a solution to the problem of what do with their solid waste. In this practical resource more than 20 top industry and government experts provide all the tools needed to successfully plan, design, implement, and manage a cost-efficient, environmentally sound municipal waste management system. @lt;p@gt;Focusing on the six primary functions of an integrated system: source reduction, toxicity reduction, recycling and reuse, composting, waste-to-energy combustion, and landfilling - the @lt;i@gt;Handbook@lt;/i@gt; fully explores each technology and examines its problems, costs, and legal and social ramifications.@lt;p@gt;Addressing both the technical and regulatory aspects of municipal waste disposal, the authors cover such wide-ranging topics as facility siting, financing a sold waste management program, environmental risk assessment and considerations, oil and battery recycling, tire disposal, ...

Patrick Mcgrath, Robert M. Goodman, Goodman Robert

Editing Digital Video [With CDROM]

@lt;b@gt;Includes CD-ROM with footage you can use to practice editing!@lt;p@gt;THE DIGITAL WAY TO CUT VIDEO@lt;/b@gt;@lt;p@gt;Superb solutions to edit your video. For the amateur, turn your family videos into stories. For the professional, learn to cut your films using the latest digital video tips and tricks.@lt;p@gt;A pair of award-winning professionals share their insights. @lt;i@gt;Editing Digital Video@lt;/i@gt; explains how to use any tool -- from iMovie or Premiere to appliances like Casablanca and Screenplay or professional systems such as Avid, Discreet, Media 100 -- to turn your imagination into results fast. Quickly acquire the skills you need to: @lt;br@gt;* EDIT COMMERCIALS, DOCUMENTARIES, FEATURE FILMS, AND MUSIC VIDEOS @lt;br@gt;* WORK WITH VIDEO, DVD, AND WEB-BASED MEDIA@lt;br@gt;* TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PROVEN TECHNIQUES FROM THE PROS@lt;p@gt;Anyone from amateurs to students to professionals can learn to edit and tell compelling stories using the results-oriented approach in @lt;i@gt;Editing Digital Video.@lt;/i@gt; Plus, a companion CD-ROM with footage and exercises lets you practice on any system. With clear illustrations and a light touch, @lt;i@gt;Editing Digital ...

Myke Predko

123 Robotics Experiments for the Evil Genius [With Printed Circuit Board]

Thomas F. Lammers, Everett Woodruff, Herbert Lammers

Steam Plant Operation

@lt;b@gt;#1 REFERENCE IN STEAM PLANT ENGINEERING@lt;/b@gt;@lt;p@gt;For nearly 70 years, this has been the definitive reference for steam plant system design, installation, operation, maintenance and repair. This trusted resource has assisted more operators to pass licensing exams than another text. Packed with illustrations and fundamental descriptions, @lt;i@gt;Steam Plant Operation@lt;/i@gt; keeps readers current with the latest design methods of various systems and assists in all areas of steam plant operation.@lt;p@gt;Balancing theory and practice, @lt;i@gt;Steam Plant Operation@lt;/i@gt; provides common power plant calculations such as plant heat rates; efficiency; pump flow and power requirements; combustion processes; and plant emission collection efficiency. Readers will also find valuable content on the approved methods of operating equipment found in power plants, making this an unmatched reference that will deliver value for years.@lt;p@gt;This major new edition provides significant updates on: @lt;br@gt;* Fluidized Bed Boilers * Combined Cycle Systems * Environmental Systems for Control of SO2, NOx and Particulates * Fuel and Ash Handling Systems Including Coal Storage ...

Brad Graham, Kathy McGowan, Graham Brad

Atomic Zombie's Bicycle Builder's Bonanza

@lt;b@gt;ATOMIC ZOMBIE'S BICYCLE BUILDER'S BONANZA@lt;p@gt;@lt;/p@gt;SUPERBIKES (FOR STINGY BUDGETS)@lt;/b@gt;@lt;p@gt;@lt;/p@gt;For bicycle lovers, tinkerers, and inventors, this dream resource offers hours of fun, creativity, and adventure. If you have standard workshop tools, @lt;i@gt;Atomic Zombie's Bicycle Builder's Bonanza@lt;/i@gt; provides everything else you need to create cool custom bicycles on a shoestring budget. You'll find exciting plans for choppers, low racers, tallbikes, recumbents, tandems, and others that defy description.@lt;p@gt;@lt;/p@gt;You'll learn how easy -- and cheap -- it can be to build machines with names like Marauder, Sky Cycle, and Hammerhead -- to construct bicycles whose profiles will make you gasp -- and to make your own recumbent bike that can speed along at 80 kph on the flats. This book shows you how to build them all, complete with photos and detailed instructions!@lt;p@gt;@lt;/p@gt;Written by long-time bike hobbyist and inventor Brad Graham, founder and host of the atomiczombie.com bicycle builder's Web site, and creator of the world's tallest bike, this value-packed, heavily illustrated manual offers an exciting range of resources from ...