Editors: 1755 books
by Editors of Scientific American
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2002
This volume reveals the latest knowledge of the composition and nature of our solar family. Here you'll discover what lies beyond the orbit of Pluto, which solar body is the most volcanically active, and which solar system bodies have atmospheres and may harbour primitive life.
Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Outdoor Carpentry
More than 40 Projects Including: Furnishings * Accessories * Pergolas * Fences * Planters
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Outdoor carpentry projects using cedar, redwood, and pressure-treated pine are perfect for DIYers of all skill levels, since the materials are easy to work with, and the results are rewarding. This book features more than 50 projects that easily can be built in a weekend with ordinary power hand tools...
Black & Decker Finishing & Refinishing Wood: Techniques & Projects for Fine Wood Finishes
Techniques & Projects for Fine Wood Finishes
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
Finishing & Refinishing Wood offers inspiration and straight-to-the point instruction on how to salvage mistreated wood surfaces and turn them once again into things of beauty. Readers will learn how to effectively use new, environmentally safe strippers to remove old paints and varnishes, how...
TIME The Year in Review 2016
Trump, Clinton and Election '16 - Cops and Communities - Rio Olympics - Hurricane Matthew - Beyonce's Year
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
America's house was divided in 2016, as the nation took sides in a presidential contest that featured two highly controversial candidates, even as divisions between police and African-American communities continued to fester. It was a year of separations: Britons voted to leave the European Union,...
by The Editors of TIME
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2017
The stories, the people and the photos that made 2017 unforgettable
2017 was packed with drama and tragedy, inspiration and awe. Now TIME reviews the highs and lows of the year, with unforgettable photographs and thought-provoking stories from the events, people and places that shaped our nation...
Scientific American's Ask the Experts
Answers to The Most Puzzling and Mind-Blowing Science Questions
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Why is the night sky dark? How do dolphins sleep without drowning? Why do hangovers occur? Will time travel ever be a reality? What makes a knuckleball appear to flutter? Why are craters always round?
There's only one source to turn to for the answers to the most puzzling and thought-provoking...
by Editors of Scientific American
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
Drawn from the pages of Scientific American and collected here for the first time, this work contains updated and condensed information, made accessible to a general popular science audience, on the subject of cloning.
by Editors of Scientific American
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2002
Written for the popular reader, this small volume contains short chapters on the science behind germ warfare. How diseases occur, the creation and use of vaccines, viral genomics, and resistance to antibiotics are some of the topics. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
by Editors of Scientific American
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2002
In this book you'll discover what constitutes a 'supercomputer', how the supercomputers of today function, how you can make your own computer into a super machine - through networking - and what tomorrow holds in store for computer usage in terms of hardware, software and everyday applications.
by The Editors of REA
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
REA’s Essentials provide quick and easy access to critical information in a variety of different fields, ranging from the most basic to the most advanced. As its name implies, these concise, comprehensive study guides summarize the essentials of the field covered. Essentials are helpful when preparing...
The Elements of Internet Style
The New Rules of Creating Valuable Content for Today's Readers
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Learn the rules of today’s tech-driven publishing landscape! The Elements of Internet Style is the first guide to embrace the new reality of creating content in the electronic age. It is packed with the tools to reach and engage today’s too-busy, too-skeptical, too-distractible readers. Read this...
by Tim MacWelch, The Editors of Outdoor Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
What if you were dropped in the woods with little more than a knife, your wits, and the (hopefully warm) shirt on your back? Could you survive? If you’d read this book, the answer is yes! Survival! It’s one of our most primal fears, most basic needs. What do you do when everything is stripped away...
by The Editors of REA
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
REA’s Essentials provide quick and easy access to critical information in a variety of different fields, ranging from the most basic to the most advanced. As its name implies, these concise, comprehensive study guides summarize the essentials of the field covered. Essentials are helpful when preparing...
by Editors of Mental Floss
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Friends? Romans? Countrymen?
You never know whom you'll have to impress
at your next corporate shindig or keg party.
Whatever the target audience, mental_floss knows staring facedown into the punch bowl isn't the trick. In fact, that's exactly why we're handing you Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets—a...