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  • Inviting Disaster

    Lessons From the Edge of Technology: An Inside Look at Catastrophes and Why They Happen

    by James R. Chiles ...
    This "very absorbing look at technological catastrophes and why they happen"explores systemic breakdowns behind disasters from Chernobyl to the Challenger ( Booklist).Inviting Disaster delves into over fifty of history's worst catastrophes in order to show how increasingly "smart" systems leave us wide open to human tragedy. Weaving a dramatic narrative that explains how breakdowns in these ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Invention and Innovation

    A Brief History of Hype and Failure

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    Tour the history of human invention—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts—in this history book from the New York Times-bestselling author of How the World Really Works.A BILL GATES RECOMMENDED BOOK: “Every Smil book that I own is marked up with lots of notes that I take while reading. Invention and Innovation is no exception.”The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil, author of ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Gone Tomorrow

    The Hidden Life of Garbage

    by Heather Rogers ...
    "A galvanizing exposé" of America's trash problem from plastic in the ocean to "wasteful packaging, bogus recycling, and flawed landfills and incinerators" ( Booklist, starred review).Eat a take-out meal, buy a pair of shoes, or read a newspaper, and you're soon faced with a bewildering amount of garbage. The United States is the planet's number-one producer of trash. Each American throws out 4.5 ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • When We Are No More

    How Digital Memory Is Shaping Our Future

    by Abby Smith Rumsey ...
    "Excellent . . . especially good at charting the changing shape of the institutions to which we have entrusted (or outsourced) our collective memory." ―Wall Street JournalOur memory gives the human species a unique evolutionary advantage. Our stories and ideas—in a word, our "culture"—can be recorded and passed on to future generations. Today, we stand at the very edge of an uncharted digital ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

    An Inquiry Into Values

    by Robert M. Pirsig ...
    A man and his young son embark on a summer motorcycle road trip across America’s Northwest, seeking to reconnect and explore the open country.But this is no ordinary vacation. As the miles unspool, the journey transforms into a profound philosophical inquiry, a rolling Chautauqua that seeks to answer one of life’s most essential questions: What is best?On a vintage motorcycle, the narrator ... Read more

    $15.39 USD

  • Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

    The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made

    by Jason Schreier ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER“The stories in this book make for a fascinating and remarkably complete pantheon of just about every common despair and every joy related to game development.” — Rami Ismail, cofounder of Vlambeer and developer of Nuclear ThroneDeveloping video games—hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more ... Read more

    $12.19 USD

  • Silent Spring

    by Rachel Carson ...
    THE CLASSIC THAT LAUNCHED THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTFEATURED ON NETFLIX'S 3 BODY PROBLEM“Rachel Carson is a pivotal figure of the twentieth century…people who thought one way before her essential 1962 book Silent Spring thought another way after it.”—Margaret AtwoodRarely does a single book alter the course of history, but Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring did exactly that. The outcry that fol... ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • The Manager's Path

    A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

    by Camille Fournier ...
    Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal—especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager.From mentoring ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • 基礎建設全圖解：秒懂STEM！160張精緻彩圖、50組關鍵詞，掌握超厲害人造設施的運作原理

    Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment

    by 格雷迪‧希爾豪斯, Grady Hillhouse ...
    Translated by 林東翰 ...
    Series series GRAFIC
    比爾・蓋茲推薦選書！亞馬遜書店破千名讀者近五星滿分好評，長踞「建築工程分類榜」Top 1！＊＊＊訂閱數破400萬YouTube科普頻道《實用工程學》創辦人格雷迪．希爾豪斯，讓你不用具備工程學背景，也能對道路、橋梁、隧道、通訊、發電、水利工程等，生活周遭厲害建設的原理讀得津津有味！＊＊＊《基礎建設全圖解》把指南類的領域從大自然現象擴展到了人造設施，讓非工程背景的人也能夠搞懂它們，不再退避三舍。這本容易理解、內容豐富，再加上彩色圖解的書，把人造世界運作方式的迷人細節攤開在世人面前。這本書是理想的道路旅伴，它為經常融入背景的建築環境片段提出了新鮮的觀點。讀者們會學到怎麼辨認電網、道路、鐵路、橋梁、隧道、水道這類工程的特徵。這本書能讓人們對於日常生活中看似普通的基礎建設，例如橋樑、道路、鐵路等，產生更多的興趣和好奇，鼓勵讀者去了解這些設施是如何設計和建造的，從而對基礎建設的原理和背後的工程知識有更深刻的認識 ... Read more

    $28.81 USD

  • Killer on the Road

    Violence and the American Interstate

    by Ginger Strand ...
    Series series Discovering America
    True crime meets cultural history in this story of how America’s interstate highway system opened a world of mobility and opportunity . . . for serial killers.Starting in the 1950s, Americans eagerly built the planet’s largest public work: the 42,795-mile National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Before the concrete was dry on the new roads, however, a specter began haunting them: the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Horse, the Wheel, and Language

    How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World

    by David W. Anthony ...
    Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even Nazis seeking the roots of the Aryan race. The Horse, the ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Tech Trends in Practice

    The 25 Technologies that are Driving the 4th Industrial Revolution

    by Bernard Marr ...
    *****BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS - FINALIST 2021***Discover how 25 powerful technology trends are transforming 21st century businesses**How will the latest technologies transform your business? Future Tech Trends in Practice will give you the knowledge of today’s most important technology trends, and how to take full advantage of them to grow your business. The book presents25 real-world technology ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • A Dictionary of Construction, Surveying, and Civil Engineering

    Edited by Christopher Gorse, David Johnston, Martin Pritchard ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
    This new edition of A Dictionary of Construction, Surveying, and Civil Engineering is the most up-to-date dictionary of its kind. In more than 8,000 entries it covers the key areas of civil and construction engineering, construction technology and practice, construction management techniques and processes, as well as legal aspects such as contracts and procurement. It has been updated with more ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • Fast N' Loud

    Blood, Sweat and Beers

    by Richard Rawlings, Mark Dagostino ...
    The breakout star of Discovery’s hit automotive restoration show Fast N’ Loud takes readers on an entertaining ride through his wild life and behind the scenes of his hit show in this memoir and automotive handbook, revving with outrageous details and jaw-dropping stories, and injected with the quick-witted, foul-mouthed charm viewers love.“If we’re gonna have fun, it better have a motor!”In Fast ... Read more

    $11.49 USD

  • 100 Inventions That Changed the World

    by The Editors of Popular Science ...
    Series series Popular Science
    From safety pins to steam engines to cell phones, the stories behind innovations that have transformed everyday lives.We take thousands of inventions for granted, using them daily and enjoying their benefits. But how much do we really know about their origins and development? This absorbing new book tells the stories behind the inventions that have changed the world, with details about:Convenience ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • When Agile Gets Physical

    How to Use Agile Principles to Accelerate Hardware Development

    by Katherine Radeka, Kathy Iberle ...
    “When Agile Gets Physical distills the right principles, derives methods to apply them, and in doing so represents a major milestone in defining the best practice of hardware product development.” —Andrew Flint, Product Development Director, IMPINJWhy is it that so many hardware teams get stuck when using Agile? Why do they still endure long, slow loopbacks? Why do organizations waste valuable ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Full Steam Ahead

    How the Railways Made Britain

    by Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman ...
    The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life – from trade and transportation to health and recreation.Full Steam Ahead reveals how the world we live in today is entirely shaped by the rail network, charting the glorious evolution of rail transportation and how it left its mark on every aspect of life, landscape and culture. Peter ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The TAB Guide to DIY Welding : Hands-on Projects for Hobbyists, Handymen, and Artists

    Hands-on Projects for Hobbyists, Handymen, and Artists

    by Jackson Morley ...
    GET STARTED WITH METAL INERT GAS (MIG) WELDING!A practical guide with step-by-step instructions and hands-on projects for newcomers to metalwork and MIG weldingThe TAB Guide to DIY Welding shows you how to get started with MIG welding and metalworking. Inside, you'll find illustrated step-by-step instructions for making useful objects for around the home, as well as fun artistic projects. This ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Manufacturing Execution Systems: An Operations Management Approach, 2e Textbook & Workbook Set

    by Thomas Seubert, Grant Vokey ...
    Series series International Society of Automation
    Manufacturing Execution Systems: An Operations Management Approach and the accompanying workbook were designed to help manufacturing operations management (MOM) practitioners and students understand how to implement and utilize manufacturing execution systems (MES) to optimize data collection and review, improve process efficiency and ensure/improve product quality to achieve the desired return on ... Read more

    $94.39 USD

  • Team Guide to Metrics for Business Decisions

    Pocket-sized insights for software teams

    by Mattia Battiston, Chris Young ...
    Series Book 2 - Team Guides for Software
    Software teams must use Business Metrics to understand Throughput, Lead Time, Forecasting, Flow, Quality, and Value - all measures that speak directly to business outcomes. By using Business Metrics, your software team will produce software that is more business-relevant with more certainty and less waste.Equip your team to measure the value and quality of their work and learn how metrics can help ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • In the Forest of No Joy

    The Congo-Océan Railroad and the Tragedy of French Colonialism

    by J. P. Daughton ...
    The epic story of the Congo-Océan railroad and the human costs and contradictions of modern empire.The Congo-Océan railroad stretches across the Republic of Congo from Brazzaville to the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noir. It was completed in 1934, when Equatorial Africa was a French colony, and it stands as one of the deadliest construction projects in history. Colonial workers were subjects of an ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Inventing Pollution

    Coal, Smoke, and Culture in Britain since 1800

    by Peter Thorsheim, Peter Thorsheim ...
    Series series Series in Ecology and History
    Going as far back as the thirteenth century, Britons mined and burned coal. Britain’s supremacy in the nineteenth century depended in large part on its vast deposits of coal, which powered industry, warmed homes, and cooked food. As coal consumption skyrocketed, the air in Britain’s cities and towns filled with ever-greater and denser clouds of smoke. Yet, for much of the nineteenth century, few ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • 101 Things I Learned® in Engineering School

    by John Kuprenas, Matthew Frederick ...
    Series series 101 Things I Learned
    Providing unique, accessible lessons on engineering, this title in the bestselling 101 Things I Learned® series is a perfect resource for students, recent graduates, general readers, and even seasoned professionals.An experienced civil engineer presents the physics and fundamentals underlying the many fields of engineering. Far from a dry, nuts-and-bolts exposition, 101 Things I Learned® in ... Read more

    $8.19 USD

  • Battleships

    An Illustrated History

    by David Ross ...
    Series series World's Greatest
    For more than 400 years, the big-gun warship stood as the supreme naval war machine. It was not only a major instrument of warfare, but a visible emblem of a nation’s power, wealth and pride.The World’s Greatest Battleships features 52 of the greatest warships to have sailed in the last 500 years. Beginning with English king Henry VIII’s flagship, Henry Grace à Dieu, the book covers all the main ... Read more

    $8.69 USD