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Book Synopsis Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. This updated resource shows how to interpret schematic diagramsâand design your own Written by an experienced engineer, this easy-to-follow TAB guide shows, step-by-step, how to navigate the roadmaps of electronic circuits and systems. Filled with new illustrations and DIY examples, the book clearly explains how to understand and create high-precision electronics diagrams. You will discover how to identify parts and connections, interpret element ratings, and apply diagram-based information in your own projects. Beginnerâs Guide to Reading Schematics, Fourth Edition, also contains valuable appendices covering symbols, resistor color codes, and parts suppliers.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 The Master PlanBlock DiagramsSchematic DiagramsSchematic SymbologyComponent InterconnectionsA Visual Language2 Block DiagramsA Simple ExampleFunctional DrawingsCurrent and Signal PathsFlowchartsProcess PathsSummary3 Components and DevicesResistorsCapacitorsInductors and TransformersSwitches and RelaysConductors and CablesDiodes and TransistorsOperational AmplifiersElectron TubesElectrochemical Cells and BatteriesLogic GatesSummary4 Simple CircuitsGetting StartedComponent LabelingTroubleshooting with SchematicsA More Sophisticated DiagramSchematic/Block HybridsA Vacuum-Tube RF AmplifierThree Basic Logic CircuitsSummary5 Complex CircuitsIdentifying the Building BlocksPage BreaksSome More CircuitsGetting Comfortable with Large SchematicsOp Amp CircuitsSummary6 Diagrams for Building And TestingYour BreadboardWire WrappingKirchhoff’s Current LawKirchhoff’s Voltage LawA Resistive Voltage DividerA Diode-Based Voltage ReducerMismatched Lamps in SeriesA Compass-Based GalvanometerSummary and ConclusionA Schematic SymbolsB Resistor Color CodesC Parts SuppliersSuggested Additional ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisThe perfect set of books for any beekeeper: a practical guide to setting up a hive, written by a best-selling expert on the subject, together with a gorgeous guide to using and cooking with honey.

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Book SynopsisUnlock your full potential with this revision guide that will guide you through the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in the City & Guilds Level 3 Advanced Technical Diploma in Electrical Installation (8202-30).- Plan your own revision and focus on the areas you need to revise with key content summaries and revision activities for every topic- Understand key terms you will need for the exam with user-friendly definitions and a glossary- Breakdown and apply scientific and mathematic principles with clear worked examples- Use the exam tips to clarify key points and avoid making typical mistakes- Test yourself with end-of-topic questions and answers and tick off each topic as you complete it- Get ready for the exam with tips on approaching the paper, and sample exam questions----''This book is long overdue. It deepens students'' understanding of concepts in electrical installation with clear and accurate technical drawings and i

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Book Synopsis“As practical as it is poetic. . . . an optimistic call to action.” —Chicago Tribune Over time, with industrialization and urban sprawl, we have driven nature out of our neighborhoods and cities. But we can invite it back by designing landscapes that look and function more like they do in the wild: robust, diverse, and visually harmonious. Planting in a Post-Wild World by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West is an inspiring call to action dedicated to the idea of a new nature—a hybrid of both the wild and the cultivated—that can ?ourish in our cities and suburbs. This is both a post-wild manifesto and practical guide that describes how to incorporate and layer plants into plant communities to create an environment that is re?ective of natural systems and thrives within our built world.

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Book SynopsisThe bestselling phenomenon - an enthralling 6,000-year journey through the history of books and readingA FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST AND MAIL ON SUNDAY BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE 2023'Outstanding, universal and unique' NEW YORK TIMES'A literary phenomenon.' TLS'Masterly.' ECONOMIST'Mindboggling' TELEGRAPHLong before books were mass-produced, scrolls hand copied on reeds pulled from the Nile were the treasures of the ancient world. Emperors and Pharaohs were so determined to possess them that they dispatched emissaries to the edges of the earth to bring them back.In Papyrus, celebrated classicist Irene Vallejo traces the dramatic history of the book and the fight for its survival. This is the story of the book's journey from oral tradition to scrolls to codices, and how that transition laid the very foundation of Western culture. And it is a story full of heroic adventures, bloodshed and megalomania - from the battlefields of Alexander the Great and the palaces of Cleopatra to the libraries of war-torn Sarajevo and Oxford.An international bestseller, Papyrus brings the ancient world to life and celebrates the enduring power of the written word.Trade ReviewA literary phenomenon . . . didactic and daring . . . elegant and richly digressive. * Times Literary Supplement *'Outstanding, universal and unique' * New York Times *[A] bestselling phenomenon... Irene Vallejo recounts the birth of literary culture in the ancient world while interweaving dynamic, thrilling tales that underscore and celebrate the power of words to change the world. * Financial Times, Books of the Year *A mindboggling history of the earliest books... Vallejo is a novelist and she has a storyteller's ability to animate her subjects... and the story she tells is impressively rip-roaring. She draws a six-thousand-year line from the clay tablets of Mesopotamia to the e-reader tablets of today and leaves her readers inspired, invigorated and sincerely grateful for the invention of the book.' * Henry Eliot, Daily Telegraph *Packed with fascinating insights into literacy in the ancient world... Vallejo is a diligent scholar, excelling with her accounts of the human experience of books in the era. * i news *Irene Vallejo, a Spanish journalist and scholar, has a writer's passion for books and a classicist's fascination with the way they came to be. She is also imaginative, lively and contemporary. In her hands written texts are not only a sensual pleasure, but living and frequently disruptive... Ms Vallejo has a notable talent for evoking ancient scenes. Her description, for example, of the poet Martial returning to Spain from Rome, near the end of the book, is masterly. * Economist *This prize-winning Spanish title has a classy jacket and impressive heft, which is only fitting really, since it celebrates the book as an object. More enticingly still, novelist and essayist Vallejo enlivens history with imagination and personal anecdote as she traces the book's lineage from scrolls made of aquatic plant pith to codices and tablets, digressing to show how its development is interwoven with the development of western civilisation. Is Papyrus available as an ebook? Yes, but I'll bet any reader drawn to it is going to want to save up for the hardcover. * Observer *In this generous, sprawling work... Vallejo sets out to provide a panoramic survey of how books shaped not just the ancient world but ours too. While she pays due attention to the physicality of the book... Vallejo is equally interested in what goes on inside its covers. And also, more importantly, what goes on inside a reader when they take up a volume and embark on an imaginative and intellectual dance that might just change their life. As much as a history of books, Papyrus is also a history of reading. * Guardian *An excellent, illuminating celebration... Vallejo's vigorous celebration of book culture excels at illuminating the ancient world through contemporary references - including to Margaret Atwood, Bob Dylan and Taxi Driver - and draws revealing parallels between antiquity and today.' * The Irish Times *[A] masterpiece . . . I am absolutely sure that it will continue to be read when its readers today are already in the afterlife. * Mario Vargas Llosa *

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Book SynopsisSince 1944, the National Research Council has published 10 editions of the Nutrient Requirements of Swine. This reference has guided nutritionists and other professionals in academia and the swine and feed industries in developing and implementing nutritional and feeding programs for swine. The swine industry has undergone considerable changes since the tenth edition was published in 1998 and some of the requirements and recommendations set forth at that time are no longer relevant or appropriate. The eleventh revised edition of the Nutrient Requirements of Swine builds on the previous editions published by the National Research Council. A great deal of new research has been published during the last 15 years and there is a large amount of new information for many nutrients. In addition to a thorough and current evaluation of the literature on the energy and nutrient requirements of swine in all stages of life, this volume includes information about feed ingredients from the biofuelsTable of Contents1 Front Matter; 2 Summary

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Book SynopsisIn a world increasingly preoccupied by borders, bridges celebrate the possibility of connection, allowing the flow of goods, people and ideas. Bridges are among our grandest physical structures with the power of transforming lives and economies, but we also stand (or fall) upon the simple arch of bones in our feet. Text is a bridge between writer and reader, and conversation builds bridges of understanding between minds. Dr Gavin Francis has spent his life fascinated by the power of bridges to improve human connection. In The Bridge Between Worlds he examines bridges both actual and metaphorical, on a journey through more than twenty countries, across four decades of travel. From Rome''s Ponte Sant''Angelo to Brooklyn, Victoria Falls to London, Singapore to Siberia, this thought-provoking book reflects on connections between nations and between individuals. Francis demonstrates what the building of bridges has meant to our civilisation, how crossings can

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Book SynopsisTHE UK'S BEST-SELLING ROAD ATLAS for anyone driving large vehicles - every bridge height, width and weight limit you could need. 'A map that beats all others' The Daily Telegraph 'Scale, accuracy and clarity are without parallel' Driving Magazine 'No.1 in the UK for clear maps' Independent research survey - Exceptional scale: 1.5 miles to 1 inch = 1:100,000 (Northern Scotland: 3 miles to 1 inch = 1:200,000) - The Road Atlas for the professionals- Over 6,000 bridge heights, nearly 1,500 weight-restricted bridges and over 250 width-restricted bridges-The only road atlas of Britain offers this level of detail and clarity - Super-detailed 6-page route-planning section- Every street in Britain marked on the maps - Over 3000 roads named - 100 indexed town-centre maps plus approaches maps to 12 major urban areas - Exceptional road detail, from motorways to country lanes, with every junction, roundabout and slip-road shown - Thousands of individually named farms, houses and hamletsPhilip's Navigator atlases are widely used by professional drivers and the emergency services, including national police training, and is recommended in the motoring press and national newspapers.Trade ReviewRegarded as the UK's bestselling road atlas for anyone driving large vehicles. * Trucking Magazine *

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Book SynopsisThis report provides an overview of the literature on telework, examines telework practices from across seven government agencies, and explains how government agencies benefit when employees engage in telework. There are similarities across successful agency telework programs regarding compliance with federal and organizational policies, technological accommodations, return on investment, performance management tools, and training.

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Book SynopsisA compelling history of the greatest ships ever launched.The importance of the fighting ship is as considerable today as ever before. Battleships are built, counted, assessed and exercised with the same determination now as at the beginning of the twentieth century, and during the Napoleonic Wars.In this riveting book, leading historian Richard Hough examines fifteen of history’s most significant and interesting battleships, from Lord Howard Effingham’s Ark Royal, which held the Spanish Armada at bay, to the American New Jersey, which took part in three wars, and whose guns still remain ready for action. From the mighty German Bismarck of 1941, destroyed on its first operation voyage, Battleship ranges to Admiral Nelson’s legendary HMS Victory, still a flagship after more than 200 yearsHough weaves these examples into a pattern of progress ranging from the galleon to the immense super-dreadnought. In addition, he focuses in depth upon armaments, structural developments, and the tactics of war – all these play a crucial part in the epic history of the battleship. But above all Richard Hough’s story is a human one, a record of men and ships, of courage and endurance – a true taste of the sea.

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Book SynopsisA thoroughly accessible and engaging workbook-style text, ideal for all NVQ students, including Foundation Modern Apprentices. Mechanical Engineering: Level 2 NVQ is a practical and interactive engineering book, written by practicing lecturers and designed for college students and Foundation Modern Apprentices. A highly readable text is supported by numerous assignments provided to build up a portfolio of evidence. Designed so that students can complete the blanks this book can be used as evidence for assessment purposes and as an essential reference guide for their subsequent employment. This book covers the mandatory units (1-3), general support units (4-5) and option units (10-12) required to deliver a full NVQ programme. Key Skills activities are also provided at the relevant points through the book.Mechanical Engineering: NVQ2 is a new single-volume text for the new Performing Engineering Operations NVQs from EMTA and City & Guilds updTrade Review"Nicely presented and written at the right level for NVQ Level 2 students. The exercises are relevant and closely follow EMTA requirements." Mike Tooley, Brooklands CollegeTable of ContentsPreface; Chapter/unit references; Introduction for candidates; Introduction for trainers; Working safely in an engineering environment; Developing yourself and working with other people on engineering activities; Communicating using engineering drawings; Communicating technical information in the workplace; Identifying and selecting engineering materials; Checking workpieces for accuracy; Marking out for engineering activities; Fitting using hand skills; Machining engineering materials by turning; Machining engineering materials by milling; Using computer software packages to assist with engineering activities; Problem solving; Appendices; Index

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Book SynopsisKai-Fu Lee (Author) Kai-Fu Lee is the CEO of Sinovation Ventures and New York Times bestselling author of AI Superpowers. Lee was formerly the president of Google China and a senior executive at Microsoft, SGI, and Apple. Co-chair of the Artificial Intelligence Council at the World Economic Forum, he has a bachelor's degree from Columbia and a PhD from Carnegie Mellon. Lee's numerous honors include being named to the Time 100 and Wired 25 Icons lists.Chen Qiufan (Author) Chen Qiufan (aka Stanley Chan) is an award-winning author, translator, creative producer, and curator. He is the president of the World Chinese Science Fiction Association. His works include Waste Tide, Future Diseases, and The Algorithm for Life. The founder of Thema Mundi, a content development studio, he lives in Beijing and Shanghai.

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Book SynopsisUnlock your full potential with this revision guide that will guide you through the content and skills you need to succeed in the City & Guilds Level 2 Technical Certificate in Electrical Installation (8202-20).- Plan your own revision and focus on the areas you need to revise with key content summaries and revision activities for every topic- Understand key terms you will need for the exam with user-friendly definitions and a glossary- Breakdown and apply scientific and mathematic principles with clear worked examples- Use the exam tips to clarify key points and avoid making typical mistakes- Test yourself with end-of-topic questions and answers and tick off each topic as you complete it- Get ready for the exam with tips on approaching the paper, and sample exam questions----''A must for all Level 2 Electrical learners who wish to be successful. It allows students to expand on their basic knowledge to obtain a high score in their exams.''

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Book SynopsisBeekeeping is surprisingly easy; the bees are the ones that do all the hard work. In Bees & Honey, Rachel de Thample tells you everything you need to know about setting up a hive in both rural and urban locations, caring for happy and healthy bees and harvesting golden pots of honey for use in your kitchen.This practical handbook will enable you to establish a colony of honeybees and understand exactly what is going on inside the hive. You'll be guided through the bee's year month-by-month, and be given instructions for sustainably harvesting the products of their hard work. And once you have retrieved your first pot of delicious honey, there are recipes for cakes and buns, sauces and marinades, and drinks and tonics, as well as some creative ideas for using the beeswax and propolis.With an introduction by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and plenty of clear step-by-step photography, this book will be the only one you ever need on the art of keeping bees.

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Book SynopsisDigitization is the biggest disruption for business as usual at any major corporation. Trusted mindsets and existing business models are collapsing, corporations are struggling to react to the Fourth Industrial Revolution by risking too little transformation too slowly - and your industry is up next! It's time to wake up, act and really shape digital change. We need to take up responsibility for digitization and Europe might well be the center stage for this change. "Fightback" delivers a stunning and convincing blueprint that will enable business leaders to use the digital economy to their advantage by leveraging three powerful, but little understood, strategic tools - platform business models, digital ventures and the special skills of tech entrepreneurs. Based on a sophisticated analysis, the book is a hands-on playbook for corporate renewal in an age of digitization and makes a convincing case for Europe leading the way in changing minds and business around the world.Trade ReviewThe Fourth Industrial Revolution is creating a rapid, comprehensive transformation - technologically, economically, socially and politically. To shape this transformation, we must take collective responsibility. Fightback showcases how to embrace digitalization and how to overcome disruption." Klaus Schwab Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum "There are so many opportunities for traditional industry to benefit from digitization - we have just scratched the surface. Fightback provides food for thought and inspiration as to how such opportunities could be realized."Marcus Wallenberg Vice Chair, Investor AB "We need to harness the ingenuity of tech entrepreneurs to solve pressing global issues. Fightback fosters readers' entrepreneurial spirit, sharing learnings on how to create significant sources of growth with positive impacts." Nicolas Brusson Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BlaBlaCar

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Book Synopsis 'Dirt to Soil is the [regenerative farming] movements’s holy text' The Observer Author and farmer Gabe Brown, featured in the Netflix documentary Kiss the Ground ‘A regenerative no-till pioneer’ NBC News ‘Dirt to Soil confirms my belief that animals are part of the natural land. We need to reintegrate livestock and crops on our farms and ranches, and Gabe Brown shows us how to do it well.’ Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation Soil health pioneer Gabe Brown did not set out to write a book on no-till, regenerative agriculture but that was the end product of his research into a new method of farming that would bring back life to his farm, rather than taking away from it. As a series of weather-related crop disasters put the Brown family farm on the brink of financial ruin, Brown took the bold decision to cut costs by omitting the use of most pesticides, insecticides and synthetic fertilizers. This was the catalyst that led to Brown experimenting with regenerative agriculture, a method of farming that undid the damage of conventional agricultural practices. He switched to no-till planting, started planting diverse cover crops mixes and changed his grazing practices. In doing so, Brown transformed a degraded farm ecosystem into one full of life starting with the soil and working his way up, one plant and one animal at a time. The Brown’s Ranch model, developed over twenty years of experimentation and refinement, focuses on regenerating resources by continuously enhancing the living biology in the soil. Using these principles, Brown’s Ranch has grown several inches of new topsoil in only twenty years! The 5,000-acre ranch profitably produces a wide variety of cash crops and cover crops as well as grass-finished beef and lamb, pastured laying hens and pastured pork, all marketed directly to consumers. The future is regenerative, no-till, organic farming and Dirt to Soil is the perennial bestseller to start you on that journey, for the betterment of the food we consume and the state of our shared planet. Trade Review“Dirt to Soil confirms my belief that animals are part of the natural land. We need to reintegrate livestock and crops on our farms and ranches, and Gabe Brown shows us how to do it well.”—Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation“Gabe Brown’s Dirt to Soil could not be more timely, as farmers are beginning to see an increase in costs of the fertilizers and many other inputs they rely on. Gabe provides us with his complete story of how he transitioned to a largely self-renewing and self-regulating (regenerative) farming system. Even though I have been an organic farmer for 40 years, I was amazed at how much I learned from reading Dirt to Soil. I highly recommend it to all farmers and food entrepreneurs, especially anyone interested in anticipating future changes and preparing for them in advance.”—Frederick Kirschenmann, distinguished fellow, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture; author of Cultivating an Ecological Conscience“Restoring the productivity of agricultural land is one of the most urgent imperatives of our time. In this landmark book, Gabe Brown explains, step by step, how farmers and ranchers can transform lifeless dirt to healthy topsoil, offering a profound yet elegantly simple blueprint for reversing land degradation across the globe.”—Dr. Christine Jones, soil ecologist; founder of amazingcarbon.com“Civilization was made possible by agriculture developed over the centuries by ordinary people domesticating plants and animals using the emerging biological sciences. Today mainstream agriculture—dominated by monoculture cropping and confined animal feeding—is the most destructive industry ever to evolve. Based on chemistry and marketing of technology, current agricultural practices produce twenty times more dead, eroding soil than food, year after year. In this dangerous time, Gabe Brown’s book comes as a breath of fresh air, showing by example what any farmer who cares enough about the future can do by following sound ecological principles and using common sense and imagination.”—Allan Savory, president, Savory Institute“This book is a must read for anybody who thinks that the ‘Green Revolution’ has been a success. Gabe Brown provides a heartfelt personal account of his journey and awakening to a new perspective on the importance of soil biology and the urgent need for a return to regenerative integrated organic farming methods, not just to feed the world but also to save the ecosystem from imminent disaster.”—Stephanie Seneff, senior research scientist, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory“Dirt to Soil skillfully describes the learning process and rich rewards of perseverance in the conversion from yield-driven farm practices that degrade soils to the regeneration processes that provide pride, productivity, nutrition, health, and sustainability to the basic infrastructure of society—agriculture. The core values of stewardship Gabe Brown describes for managing the agricultural ecology are reinforced by science that links diverse components so they function together to benefit everyone and everything in the dynamic rejuvenation of soils. The principles are exemplified through firsthand experiences that not only explain what, why, and how things need to change, but also provide the motivation to start doing them. The book provides hope that nutrition and health can be guiding principles in food production for successive generations to displace the ‘Band-Aid’ interventions adopted by the past two generations that have resulted in serious, unintended negative consequences.”—Don M. Huber, emeritus professor of plant pathology, Purdue University“Gabe Brown’s dirt-to-soil story is an inspiring example of how land can flourish when a farmer tunes out the textbooks and chemical purveyors and starts listening to nature. Brown has become a folk hero in regenerative agriculture circles, and this book delivers his trademark candor and ability to cut through myth, jargon, and generations of bad advice to reveal essential dynamics of how farm ecosystems work. By keeping it real, this practical, spirited, and timely book can help spark an agricultural shift from conventional wisdom to common sense.”—Judith D. Schwartz, author of Cows Save the Planet and Water in Plain Sight“After hearing a presentation by Gabe Brown, many people picture Brown’s Ranch in North Dakota as some sort of Xanadu where nothing goes wrong. This book provides a realistic perspective on Gabe’s struggles in a challenging environment. Gabe and his family didn’t let the challenges defeat them; they viewed them as opportunities to learn and innovate. This determination has made Gabe one of the leaders in the movement to regenerate soils. He has also helped to push, pull, and drag science toward finding solutions to solve our current farm and food crises. Farmers and ranchers like Gabe Brown and the others whose stories are told in Dirt to Soil are addressing the critical need to develop resilient systems that provide abundant, nutrient-dense food on regenerated soils that efficiently cycle nutrients and water through diverse biological communities.”—Kris Nichols, PhD, soil microbiologist, KRIS Systems Education and Consultation“Gabe Brown’s story is a journey of hope and freedom for all those who care about food, health, and the earth. His passion to heal the land and serve others has shaken the foundations of the industrial agriculture model. The industrial agriculture complex is an insatiable furnace of consumption that devours soil, leaves farm families destitute, and impoverishes rural communities—ultimately destroying nations. Who would have thought that a North Dakota rancher would lead the regenerative agriculture revolution, a campaign that shows us a new way of growing nutritious food—food that is medicine and that nurtures and honors all of creation. Because of Gabe Brown, I have hope for the future of agriculture. Dirt to Soil is a must read!”—Ray Archuleta, “The Soil Guy,” retired USDA/NRCS soil health specialist“If you have interest in your health or saving the earth or eating food that tastes the way food should, you have heard a lot recently about regenerative farming. There are dozens (or hundreds) of self-proclaimed experts on the subject. Here is what I know: Gabe Brown is the Real Deal. He has done more than anyone to bridge the gap between research scientists and practicing farmers. His understanding of how to put the science of soil regeneration into practice is unsurpassed. Dirt to Soil should be required reading for every industrial farmer on the face of the earth.”—Will Harris, White Oak Pastures, Bluffton, Georgia“Dirt to Soil is the perfect title for this new book from Gabe Brown. It is an apt metaphor to describe the Brown family’s escape, through intelligence and determination, from their entrapment in an agricultural model that has failed economically, ecologically, and as a source of quality of life for the family. Their accomplishment stems from their realization that long-term success is possible only when all parts of the soil-plant-animal-wealth-human complex we call a farm/ranch are nurtured simultaneously. The Browns understand that agriculture must be about promoting life. It must be regenerative.”—Walt Davis, author of How to Not Go Broke Ranching“I can no longer drive by a farm without wanting to get out of the car and start planting cover crops. Dirt to Soil is an entertaining, illuminating read that will change the way people think about agriculture.”—Mark Schatzker, author of The Dorito Effect“There is growing awareness that industrialized agricultural methods are doing considerable damage to our soil, farms, and planet. The way we farm needs to change, and Dirt to Soil is about to transform the way agriculture is practiced around the world. This book is filled with excellent advice on how to farm by following Mother Nature’s guidance, seasoned with Gabe’s great sense of humor and humility.”—Colin Seis, agricultural management consultant; owner of Winona, New South Wales, Australia“Reading Dirt to Soil is like having a personal conversation with Gabe Brown about the changes he witnessed as he put regenerative practices into place on Brown’s Ranch. Most important is his clear message about capturing the value of his system by marketing directly to the consumer. In Gabe’s words, he ‘prefers to sign the back of the check, not the front.’”—Dwayne Beck, PhD, manager, Dakota Lakes Research Farm; professor of plant science, South Dakota State University“Civilization after civilization plowed itself out of prosperity by degrading the soil. Gabe Brown’s inspiring story shows why regenerative farming to rebuild healthy, fertile soil is not just an academic theory—it’s already been done on farms like his.”—David R. Montgomery, author of Dirt and Growing a Revolution“Dirt to Soil is an inspiration! Gabe Brown offers a proven model that will help other farmers improve their soils and our planet. More and more growers are starting to realize that they must be soil farmers first and foremost. Gabe helps us imagine what the health of our planet would look like and how the profitability of farms, both large and small, would improve if all of us shift the way we practice agriculture. His message to mimic nature rather than trying to fight against her resonates with everyone who cares about the quality of our food and our future.”—Todd Colehour, founder, Williams and Graham and Tribe Market

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Book SynopsisA celebrated international bestseller that exposes the ticking time-bomb underneath our new technological order. The resources race is on. Powering our digital lives and green technologies are some of the Earth’s most precious metals — but they are running out. And what will happen when they do? The green-tech revolution will reduce our reliance on nuclear power, coal, and oil, but by breaking free of fossil fuels, we are setting ourselves up for a new dependence — on rare metals like cobalt, gold, and palladium. These are essential to electric vehicles, wind turbines, and solar panels, as well as our smartphones, computers, tablets, and other technologies. But we know very little about how rare metals are mined and traded, or their environmental, economic, and geopolitical costs — until now.Trade Review‘Recognising that the latest technologies might not be as green as we like to think is a good place to start planning for a better world.’ -- John Arlidge * The Sunday Times *‘[T]he journalist and filmmaker warns against the optimistic belief that technology is the solution … At a time when many claim to be “citizens of the world” or retreat into naive or hypocritical protectionism, Pitron’s book is an attempt to open people’s eyes to the consequences of their societal choices and lifestyles.’ * Green European Journal *‘Both novel and eye opening … The Rare Metals War is worth the read.’ -- Art Flynn * Irish Examiner *‘French Writer and analyst Guillaume Pitron warns about growing reliance on rare-earth metal — which are necessary to build high-tech products … He shines a light on “the untold story” of the energy and digital transitions.’ * European Scientist *‘An expert account of a poorly understood but critical element in our economy.’ * Kirkus Reviews *‘[E]xposes the dirty underpinnings of clean technologies in a debut that raises valid questions about energy extraction.’ * Publishers Weekly *‘The Rare Metals War is Guillaume Pitron’s urgent exposé of the race for resources and an examination of its environmental and human impacts.’ -- Dan Shaw * Happy Magazine *

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Book Synopsis2020 independent Press Award Winner--Green Book CategoryRainwater Harvesting for? Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2? is a how-to guide enabling you to plant the rain by creating water-harvesting earthworks?or rain gardens. Earthworks? are simple, inexpensive strategies and landforms that passively harvest multiple sources of free on-site water including rainfall, stormwater runoff, air conditioning condensate, and greywater within living tanks of soil and vegetation. The plants then pump the water back out? in the form of beauty, food, shelter, wildlife habitat, timber and forage, while controlling erosion, reducing down-stream flooding, dropping utility costs, increasing soil fertility, and improving water and air quality.This revised and expanded full-color second edition builds on the information in Volume 1 by showing you how to turn your yard, school, business, park, and neighborhood into lively, regenerative producers of resources. Conditions at home will improve as you simultaneously enrich the ecosystem and inspire the surrounding community.Learn to select, place, size, construct, and plant your chosen earthworks. All is made easier and more effective by the illustrations of natural patterns of water and sediment flow with which you can collaborate or mimic. Detailed step-by-step instructions with over 550 images show you how to do it, and plentiful stories of success motivate you so you will do it!Trade Review“Harvesting rainwater was once a worldwide technology, but was replaced by pipes, canals, and sprinklers: an inefficient and wasteful strategy that results in running dry. In Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2 Brad uses the concept of ‘planting water’ as a guiding principle in designing landscapes that passively harvest resources to grow more resources. Such brilliant, low-tech, regenerative systems are vital to hydrating the land and maximizing the benefit that water brings to plants, animals and people. Thus, this book is an excellent and comprehensive tool for all bucket and shovel ‘engineers’ to maximize the hydrological resource, reduce energy use and transform their once erosive landscapes into ones of stability, botanical diversity, and abundance.”—Arty Mangan, Bioneers Food and Farming Program Director“The original edition was a great book, and this edition is even better! The clear prose and illustrations, the consistently well-organized chapters, the themes and variations, the case studies, the practical design and construction information, the fun can-do attitude—these combine into a manual that is greater than the sum of its parts. Like my copy, you’ll have yours dog-eared with successful use!”—Dave Jacke, ecological designer, educator, and co-author of Edible Forest Gardens“The cheapest and sanest way to meet our growing need for water is to squeeze (or cycle) more out of the water we already have, especially rainwater and used household water. Lancaster approaches these unsung streams as a farmer might, cultivating them in order to nourish dry landscapes. He has produced a water-farming guide that will inspire both the casual gardener and the card-carrying permaculturalist. With step-by-step instructions and clear illustrations, he guides the reader through simple techniques -berms, curbcuts, greywater plumbing – which in turn guide water into your soil and landscape. Lancaster is clearly determined to save the world. And he’s determined to make it easy for the rest of us to help.”—Hannah Holmes author of Suburban Safari: A Year on the Lawn“As mayor of a city in the desert southwest, this book is a critical resource to me for implementing strategies that support ecological restoration and community resiliency.”—Emily S. Niehaus, founder of Community Rebuilds and Mayor of Moab City, Utah“Brad’s work is a labor of love for water and life. The breadth, depth, and clarity of this book goes far beyond the usual technical manual. Its deep heart allows these ideas to stick and makes this book a compelling invitation to actively participate. This is a philosophy of life, an offering, made practical in a way that renews life and expands our co-evolutionary engagement.”—Bill Reed, AIA, principal in Regenesis. A founding Board of Director of the US Green Building Council, co-founder of LEED Green Building Rating System, and leader in Integrative Systems Design“I highly recommend this book to those working hard to be good living ancestors and to those who truly care about the next generations.”—Lilian Hill, Executive Director, Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture“This is the right book at the right time for a world where water security is one of the most important socio-ecosystemic challenges humanity faces.”—Delfín Montañana, Urban Biologist, Bio·Logica·Urbana consultancy; Director, Socioecological Education, Isla Urbana“There is nothing like this comprehensive and well-illustrated book about capturing and repurposing rain and other free on-site waters. It’s a must-have for every household, policy maker, and professional interested in making their homes, communities, and world more sustainable, self-sufficient, and vibrant.”—Betsy Damon, Founder of Keepers of the Waters“From Rajasthan to Arizona, Brad learns and teaches, showing how it can be done and why it should be done. Hugely practical and genuinely inspirational.”—Fred Pearce, journalist and author of When the Rivers Run Dry“This very informative book, based on real-life successes, has a very wide application even across the seas. What touches us most are Brad’s friendly narration and the ‘tell-tale’ illustrations that have an eye for detail.”—Shree Padre, Messenger of Rainwater Harvesting, India“With this book anyone, at any scale of project, can harvest the rain.”—Judy Mielke, landscape architect and author of Native Plants for Southwestern Landscapes“As someone working along with others to directly help refugees and other displaced populations grow more of their own food—often in dryland situations—this book gives us the tools to create lasting change. I carry it in my travel bag wherever I go.”—Thomas Cole, Resilience Design and Agroecology Consultant“Bridging the gap between DIY and savvy professional work, this is the book everyone should own if they get rainfall in their climate….that means YOU!”—Matt Powers, educator and author of The Permaculture Student 2“Brad Lancaster has written the definitive how-to guide for harvesting rainwater. Much of this information has been near impossible to find, and we owe Brad a huge debt for assembling it so lucidly. These universal principles work not just in drylands, but in wetter climates too. This is by far the best resource for designing and building Earth-friendly, low-cost solutions to help us save our most precious resource: water.”–Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture“Everyone wants to ‘go green’ lately and, usually, the expression is followed by a plug for a new product. Brad offers a shovel instead, and directs you, literally, not figuratively, to your own back yard. We’ve tried some of the methods explained in this book, and they work. Even if you’re a lazy, mediocre, vagabond gardener, like we are, they still work. And if you don’t take the time to understand every technical detail so thoroughly outlined in this bible of rainwater– these methods still will work.”–Shay Salomon and Nigel Valdez, author and photographer, Little House on a Small Planet“Get out your shovels and dance in the rain! That is what Brad Lancaster’s second volume in his trilogy on rainwater harvesting, will make you want to do. This outstanding book provides an abundance of well-documented ideas and tools for sustainable living in your watershed. You don’t have to let wasteful, polluting large-scale water systems get you down! Get out, get wet, and become a positive part of the hydrological cycle!”–David A. Cleveland, U of California, Santa Barbara (www.es.ucsb.edu/faculty/cleveland) and Center for People, Food and Environment; co-author of Food from Dryland Gardens“Many approach water as a problem: there’s too much, too little, or it’s in the wrong place. Brad Lancaster’s indispensable book demonstrates the myriad ways that no matter where you live, water is an opportunity to create more beauty in our cities and landscapes, to grow more food, to build community resilience and reduce infrastructure costs, and to mitigate climate change—since climate is largely driven by hydrology. Brad’s book is filled with essential information ranging from general insights on how water moves to detailed instructions for professionals and homeowners on how to implement water harvesting.”—Judith D. Schwartz, author of Water In Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty WorldKirkus Reviews– "This comprehensive second edition includes Lancaster’s revised tactics for rainwater harvesting, new anecdotes, a host of visually pleasing images by debut illustrator Marshall, and many colorful photographs by the author and others. Much of the book extols the virtues of various earthworks—like berms that capture runoff and spread water over a broad area. Using earthworks can also flush out bad salts from the soil over time, reducing the loss of precious farmland. Lancaster’s smooth prose is easy to read, and it’s not necessary to have a scientific mind in order to understand his eight common-sense principles for rainwater harvesting. For example, he suggests that potential water farmers begin by studying the land to learn its patterns of rain and sediment flow and determine the best type of earthworks needed. Practical tools are included, such as illustrated, boxed instructions for measuring the slope of the land. Presenting many choices of earthworks—such as mulching, digging basins and trenches, planting vegetation, and building terraces—this expansive volume provides inspiration for harvesting rain and runoff in many types of yards and farmland. The author also delivers inspiration and advice for ways to harvest and reuse wastewater from appliances like washing machines. Readers who enjoy real-life success stories will find plenty of memorable ones here. For example, Chris Meuli of Albuquerque, New Mexico, fills trenches with junk mail, creating a “sponge” for watering trees. A valuable wellspring of hands-on advice for effective watershed stewardship."

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Book SynopsisThe technology of wine production explained for the student and the lover of wine.Table of ContentsChapter 1 THE GIFT OF NATURE The origins of wine The natural cycle Enzymes in nature Wine and health - Alcohol - Phenolic compounds - Resveratrol - Potassium - Histamine - Ethyl carbamate - Sulfites (Sulfur dioxide) The modern paradox Chapter 2 IN THE VINEYARD The vine Factors influencing the vine Phylloxera & grafting Terroir Climate Training & pruning Soil and water Irrigation Green harvest and green operations Vineyard maintenance - Viticulture Raisonnee (La Lutte Raisonnee) - Organic viticulture - Biodynamic viticulture - Precision viticulture Chapter 3 INSIDE THE GRAPE Sugars Acids Mineral salts Phenolic compounds - Tannins - Anthocyanins - Other polyphenols Flavour components Proteins and colloids Veraison and maturity Chapter 4 THE ROLE OF OXYGEN Old-style winemaking Dissolved oxygen Anaerobic winemaking Antioxidants - Carbon dioxide - Nitrogen - Argon Sparging The positive role of oxygen Chapter 5 PRODUCING THE MUST Harvesting the grapes - Picking by hand - Machine harvesting Transport to the winery Sorting De-stemming Crushing the grapes Draining the juice Pressing the berries - The basket press - Horizontal screw press - Pneumatic press - Tank press - Continuous screw press Chapter 6 ADJUSTING THE MUST Sulfur dioxide Clarification (white and pink wines) - Settling - Centrifugation - Flotation Hyperoxidation Acidification Deacidification Enrichment Must concentration - Vacuum distillation - Cryoextraction (cryoconcentration) - Reverse osmosis Nutrients - Bentonite - Activated charcoal - Tannin Chapter 7 FERMENTATIONS Yeasts The action of yeasts Wild fermentation Cultured yeasts Control of temperature Monitoring the fermentation Stopping the fermentation A 'stuck' fermentation The malolactic fermentation Chapter 8 RED AND PINK WINE PRODUCTION Fermentation vessels Maceration Traditional punching down Submerged cap process Pumping-over systems Delestage (Rack and return) Autovinifier Rotary fermenters Thermovinification Flash release (Flash detente) Carbonic maceration (Maceration carbonique) Variants on carbonic maceration - Whole bunch fermentation - Whole berry fermentation Pink wines - Short maceration or direct press - Saignee - Vin d'une nuit Chapter 9 WHITE WINE PRODUCTION Dissolved oxygen Cool fermentation Skin contact (maceration pelliculaire) Tank vs. barrel Sur lie ageing and batonnage Sweet wines - Addition of grape concentrate - Addition of grape juice - Stopping the fermentation - Dehydrated grapes - Frozen grapes Chapter 10 SPARKLING AND FORTIFIED PROCESSES Sparkling wines - Traditional method - Artisanal method - Transfer method - Tank method (Cuve Close, Charmat, Metodo Italiano) - The Asti method - Carbonation ('Pompe bicyclette') Fortified wines (liqueur wines) - Vins doux naturels (VDN) - Port - Sherry - Madeira - Marsala Chapter 11 SPECIALITY WINES The technical revolution Organic wines vs. made from organic grapes Biodynamic wines Natural wines Vegan wines Kosher wines Does it make a better wine? Amber wines (Orange wines) Low alcohol wines Wine products Chapter 12 WOOD & MATURATION Type of wood Size of vessel Seasoning and toasting Fermentation in barrel Maturation in wood Putting the wood in the wine Micro-oxygenation Chapter 13 PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS OF WINE Alcohols Acids Esters Residual sugars Glycerol Aldehydes and ketones Phenolic compounds Chapter 14 CLARIFICATION AND FINING Is treatment necessary? Racking Protection from oxidation Blending Colloids Fining Fining agents - Ox blood - Egg white - Albumin - Gelatine - Isinglass (ichthyocol or colle de poisson) - Casein - Silica sol (Kieselsol) - Vegetal proteins - Bentonite - Tannin - Polyvinylpolypyrrolidone (PVPP) - Activated charcoal Other specialized fining agents Allergens Blue fining Chapter 15 TARTRATE STABILIZATION Natural and harmless? Cold stabilization Contact process Ion exchange Electrodialysis Metatartaric acid Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) Mannoproteins Chapter 16 ADDITIVES Sulfur dioxide Ascorbic acid Sorbic acid Tartrate precipitation inhibitors Citric acid Malic, lactic and tartaric acids Tannins Acacia (Gum arabic) Copper sulfate or silver chloride Enzymes Chapter 17 FILTRATION Principles of filtration Depth filters - Kieselguhr filters (earth filters) - Sheet filters and lenticular filters Surface filters - Membrane filters (cartridge filters) - Crossflow filters (tangential filters) The future? Chapter 18 PACKAGING MATERIALS Containers - Glass bottles - Measuring container bottles (MCBs) - Plastic bottles - Aluminium cans - Bag-in-box (BIB) - Cardboard 'bricks' Closures - Natural cork - Technical corks - Synthetic closures - Aluminium screwcaps - Glass stoppers Capsules Labels Boxes and pallets Storage of packaging materials Recyclability and carbon footprint Chapter 19 STORAGE & BOTTLING Storage without change The final sweetening Shipping in bulk Preparation for bottling Traditional bottling Principles of modern bottling Bottling processes - Sterilization of bottling line - Bottle rinsing - Thermotic or Hot Bottling - Tunnel pasteurization - Flash pasteurization - Cold sterile filtration - Dimethyldicarbonate (DMDC) Maturation in bottle Chapter 20 QUALITY CONTROL & ANALYSIS Quality plan Records and traceability Laboratory analyses Permitted additives - Sulfur dioxide - Other additives Contaminants - Dissolved oxygen (DO) - Iron and copper - Sodium Clarity and filterability testing Microbiological analysis Advanced methods of analysis Chapter 21 QUALITY ASSURANCE Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) ISO 9000, 9001 and 9004 ISO 14001, 14004 and 14005 ISO 22000:2018 Supplier audits The BRC Global Food Standard Quality awards Chapter 22 WINE FAULTS Oxidation Reductive taint Beyond shelf life Light and heat damage Tartrate crystals Foreign bodies Musty taint Volatile acidity Second fermentation Iron casse Copper casse Mousiness Brett Geranium taint Grape contaminations - Mouldy tastes - Smoke and Eucalyptus taints - Ladybird (Ladybug) taint Chapter 23 LEGISLATION & REGULATIONS Who regulates the production of wine? Regulations regarding food safety Good Manufacturing Practice and food safety Traceability and lot marking Labelling regulations Allergen labelling regulations Permitted sizes Ingredient labelling Authorized winemaking techniques and ingredients Chapter 24 THE TASTE TEST Preparations for tasting Tasting (or drinking) glasses Styles of tasting - Tasting in front of the label - Comparative tasting - Blind tasting Writing a tasting note Tasting the wine Drinking - A few personal tips

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Book SynopsisAn important examination of our digital world, how it harms us and how we can change it for the better.

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Book SynopsisThis one-stop guide to opening a restaurant from an accountant-turned-restaurateur shows aspiring proprietors how to succeed in the crucial first year and beyond.Ninety percent of all restaurants fail, and those that succeed happened upon that mysterious X factor, right? Wrong! A man of many hats—money-guy, restaurant owner, and restaurant consultant—Roger Fields shows how a restaurant can survive its first year and keep diners coming back for years. Featuring real-life start-up stories (including many of the author’s own), this comprehensive how-to walks readers through the logistics of opening a restaurant: concept, location, menu, ambiance, staff, and, most important, profit. Updated to address current trends such as food trucks and to tackle online opportunities (and pitfalls!) including Groupon, Yelp, and Twitter, Restaurant Success by the Numbers remains a critical resource for navigating the food industry. Opening a restaurant isn’t easy, but this realistic dreamer’s guide helps set the table for lasting success.

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Book SynopsisFrom farmer, lawyer and political activist John Klar comes a bold, solutions-based plan for Conservatives that gets beyond the fatuous pipe dreams and social-justice platitudes of the dominant, Liberal “Green” agenda – offering a healthy way forward for everyone. While many on the Left have taken up the mantle of creating a “green” future through climate alarmism, spurious new energy sources and technocratic control, many on the Right continue to deny imminent environmental threats while pushing for unbridled deregulation of our most destructive industrial forces. Neither approach promises a bright future. In a time of soil degradation, runaway pollution, food insecurity and declining human health, the stakes couldn’t be higher, and yet the dominant political voices too often overlook the last best hope for our planet – supporting small, regenerative farmers. In fact, politicians on all sides continue to sell out the interests of small farmers to the devastating power of Big Ag and failed ‘renewable energy’ incentives. It’s time for a new vision. It’s time for bold new agriculture policies that restore both ecosystems and rural communities. In Small Farm Republic, John Klar, an agrarian conservative in the mold of Wendell Berry and Joel Salatin, offers an alternative that puts small farmers, regenerative agriculture and personal liberty at the center of an environmental revival – a message that everyone on the political spectrum needs to hear.Trade Review“I have read at least 20 books a year for the past 25 years and Small Farm Republic is absolutely one of the very best that I have ever read. John Klar describes in great detail the fallacies of the current agricultural production model and the changes that need to be made for the sake of our natural resources and humanity. A must-read not only for those involved in all facets of agriculture but policy makers and consumers as well.”—Gabe Brown, regenerative rancher, author of Dirt to Soil“John Klar makes a strong case in Small Farm Republic that Republicans could use support of small farms as a way to shift the party’s identity toward improving the environment and reducing the dangers of climate change. In the process, he makes a refreshing case for conservative Republicans reclaiming their traditional role in the political mainstream.”—David E. Gumpert, author of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Food Rights“John Klar makes a compelling case for thoughtful Republicans to put aside their differences with Democrats on divisive political issues and to focus on solving the environmental, social, and economic problems caused by today’s corporately controlled, industrial agri-food system. The same case could be made for thoughtful Democrats to join forces with Republications to demand government programs and policies that incentivize and support small-scale, regenerative family farms and locally controlled, community-based food systems. Current US farm and food policies are the work of both Democrats and Republicans, and it will take a bipartisan consumer-taxpayer revolution to change them. Klar’s Small Farm Republic is a clarion call for the revolution to begin.”—John Ikerd, agricultural economist; professor emeritus, University of Missouri; author of Small Farms Are Real Farms

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Book SynopsisPut your entry-level electrical knowledge to use and build elegant hardware that works on the first try. A uniquely practical guide, this book teaches you the things most engineers learn only through experience - with an emphasis on explaining the reasoning behind each method in order to ensure your designs are driven by insight, not blind rule-following. It''s also packed with hundreds of highly useful tricks and techniques that speed up workflow and save hardware designers time and money. You''ll learn the entire process for developing a device - from conceiving an idea to the final schematic, including prototyping, selecting components, layout, fabrication, assembly, working with suppliers, cost-engineering, regulatory testing, and even troubleshooting when things go wrong.

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Book SynopsisThis book has been written as an exam practice aid to complete the City & Guilds Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Electrotechnical Technology (5357).It sets out methods of studying, offers advice on exam preparation and provides details of the scope and structure of the examinations.This qualification is for learners who want to work as an electrician and those installing electrical systems and equipment in buildings and structures. It helps acquire the necessary knowledge regarding the design, installation and commissioning of electrical systems.The book:Includes guidelines and advice about sitting the examIncludes practice examinations, with fully worked and ''model'' answersActs as a valuable revision aid, to help students prepare for the full exam

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Book SynopsisTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA compelling vision of where the internet should go and how to get there.' Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAIThe promise of the internet has been stolen. Over the last decade, a handful of giant companies like Facebook and Google have seized control of the web sapping its dynamism and taking its profits for themselves. But there is a way to take it back. Here, a leading Silicon Valley investor argues that blockchains the radically free and democratic new type of software design that underpins web3' could return financial and decision-making power to the internet's users. For the first time, we won't just read and write on the internet we will own it, too. A must for anyone who wants to better understand the real potential of blockchains and web3.' Bob Iger, CEO, DisneyA refreshing and radical new take at a time when we need fresh thinking more than ever.' Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind and author of The Coming WaveThe most elegant and sophisticated argument for blockchain to date . . . Shines as a history of computing and the internet.' Fortune

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Book SynopsisOn 'Lady Day', March 1943 a group of Christian pacifists took possession of a vacant farm in Frating, a hamlet on the Essex Tendring Peninsula. There they established a working community, inspired by their association with The Adelphi journal, where D.H.Lawrence, John Middleton Murry, Vera Brittain, Iris Murdoch, George Orwell and others shared ideas for the future with European religious radicals such as Nikolai Berdyaev, Martin Buber and Simone Weil. Frating Hall Farm provided a settlement and livelihood for individuals and families (as well as a temporary sanctuary for refugees and prisoners-of-war), and over time became a successful arable and livestock land-holding of more than 300 acres. Scorned initially by their neighbours for their anti-war views, the Frating community won respect not only through their farming achievements, but having established a touring theatre company and choir, for bringing new life to the villages and churches around them. The lost story of Frating Hall Farm is based on the reminiscences of those who grew up on the farm, together with photographs, letters and organisational records, never before seen or published. The book is a kaleidoscopic history of a farm during its eleven-year occupation, and an enquiry into the passionate religious and political ideals of the back-to-the-land movement in wartime and post-war rural England.

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Book SynopsisStarting with a short history of computing on the eve of World War II, this book illuminates humanity's desire for calculation aids throughout history, and how that led to the the computers from that time up to the computers of the Cold War Era.

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Book SynopsisA Sunday Times Business Book of the Year.Scary Smart will teach you how to navigate the scary and inevitable intrusion of Artificial Intelligence, with an accessible blueprint for creating a harmonious future alongside AI. From Mo Gawdat, the former Chief Business Officer at Google [X] and bestselling author of Solve for Happy.Technology is putting our humanity at risk to an unprecedented degree. This book is not for engineers who write the code or the policy makers who claim they can regulate it. This is a book for you. Because, believe it or not, you are the only one that can fix it. – Mo GawdatArtificial intelligence is smarter than humans. It can process information at lightning speed and remain focused on specific tasks without distraction. AI can see into the future, predict outcomes and even use sensors to see around physical and virtual corners. So why does AI frequently get it so wrong and cause harm?The answer is us: the human beings who write the code and teach AI to mimic our behaviour. Scary Smart explains how to fix the current trajectory now, to make sure that the AI of the future can preserve our species. This book offers a blueprint, pointing the way to what we can do to safeguard ourselves, those we love, and the planet itself.'No one ever regrets reading anything Mo Gawdat has written.' – Emma Gannon, author of The Multi-Hyphen Method and host of the podcast Ctrl Alt DeleteTrade ReviewMo Gawdat is my life guru. His writing, his ideas and his generosity in sharing them has changed my life for the better in so many ways. Everything he writes is an enlightening education in how to be human. -- Elizabeth DayMo is an exquisite writer and speaker with deep expertise of technology . . . This book will teach you how to navigate the scary and inevitable intrusion of AI as well as who really is in control. Us. -- Dr Rupy Aujla, MBBS, BSc, MRCGP, Founder of "The Doctor's Kitchen"A proactive and bold read that provides the shake that humans need to take back our agency over AI, and therefore the fate of the world as we see it. -- Dr Camilla Pang, author of Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us About Life, Love and RelationshipsA brilliant mind . . . Mo takes us on a whirlwind exploration of the fast-approaching singularity, and offers a desperate last chance to have a say in the future of humanity. Read this book! -- Tim Ash, bestselling author of Unleash Your Primal BrainNo one ever regrets reading anything Mo Gawdat has written. -- Emma Gannon, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Multi-Hyphen Method and host of award-winning podcast Ctrl Alt DeleteScary Smart is unlike anything I’ve ever read . . . What Mo does is help us analyze what it means to be human, by looking at what can or cannot happen with the rise of artificial intelligence. -- Poppy Jamie, author and founder of Happy Not Perfect

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Book SynopsisThe Practical Watch Escapement explains the action of the escapement in terms accessible to both expert and layman.One of George Daniels'' central contributions to horology is his co-axial escapement. Having observed that the dominant lever escapement begins to change its rate after a year or two - a disturbance caused by the sliding action of the impulse elements of the escapement - Daniels set about developing a mechanism that avoided this problem.The result of his efforts was the co-axial escapement, a mechanism in which he sought to combine the strengths and eliminate the deficiencies of existing watch escapements, the lever escapement foremost among them. First devised in 1977, today it remains largely the same as fitted in watches of Daniels'' own manufacture, as well as those of several wrist-watch manufacturers.The text is accompanied by a series of detailed line drawings.Table of ContentsForeword Introduction General Principles Verge Escapement Cylinder Escapement Virgule Escapement Duplex Escapement Lever Escapement Escaping Angle Lever Angle The Draw Angle The Balance Roller The Pallets and Escape Wheel Detent Escapement The Unlocking Angle The Angle of Draw The Locking Stone Pivoted Detent The Impulse Angle Radial Impulse at Each Vibration Robin Escapement Echappement Naturel Summary Detached Escapements without lubricant Independent Double Wheel Escapement Double Radial Impulse with Single Wheel Co-Axial Escapement Extra Flat Co-Axial Escapement Symmetrical Co-Axial Escapement Photographic Plates

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Book SynopsisCreate a thriving garden or allotment that works in harmony with nature and will flourish in the face of ever-changing environmental conditions.InThe Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook, expert organic gardener Sally Morgan shares a wide range of ecological concepts from permaculture, regenerative gardening, agroecology and more to boost your garden's biodiversity and enrich your soil. This must-have guide will help you: Build your soil so it's full of healthy organic matter and protect it through no-dig practices,composting, cover crops and mulching Increase resilience through productive plant combinations and polyculture Create wildlife-friendly habitats utilising walls and fences, log piles, water features and wild corners Choose the right plants toattract pollinatorsand plant defenders Combat disease and keep pests at bayusing natural predators, companion planting and trap and barrier crops

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Book SynopsisFully illustrated in a striking landscape format, Ships contains 300 mercantile and military vessels arranged in chronological order, from ancient times to the present day. Every type of vessel from every part of the world is featured, from Phoenician war galleys from 1500BC, through the graceful trading clippers of the nineteenth century, to the sophisticated and heavily armed submarines of the nuclear era. In these information-packed pages you will find out about ancient galleys, Viking longships, medieval cogs, galleasses, galleons, men-of-war sailing ships, coastal gunboats, iron-clad steam boats, dreadnoughts, aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines. Many well-known ships are included, such as Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory, the ill-fated passenger liner Titanic, the infamous German World War II battlecruiser Bismarck and many, many more. Each ship is illustrated with a colourful artwork, while lively text offers a concise service history of the ship and a specification box provides comprehensive technical data, including displacement, dimensions, machinery, armament, speed and complement.Table of ContentsIntroduction Cheops ship/Egyptian warship Phoenician cargo ship Greek War Galley Roman War Galley Roman/Mediterranean cargo ship Viking longship English warship/Christopher Hanseatic Cog Chinese Junk Nao Caravel/Caravel Redonda/Nina Carrack/Santa Maria Great Harry Galleon/San Martin Mediterranean Galley Ark Royal Slave Carrack St Louis Sovereign of the Seas Fluyt Galleass Dutch Frigate Le Soleil Royal Chebeck Bucintoro Boston Endeavour Victory Santissima Trinidad South Carolina Turtle Bounty 74-gun ship/Vanguard Constitution Essex Fulton Claremont Astrolabe Demologos Morris Sirius Great Western Jane Gifford Congress Great Britain Bertha Washington Agamemnon Powhatan Bretagne Gloire Warrior Alabama Monitor/Monadnock Banshee Hope/Savannah Parramatta Adelaide Canada Friedrich Karl Natchez Devastation City of Berlin Collingwood Dogali Charleston Gymnote Lawhill Texas Havoc Louisville/St. Louis Esmerelda Forban Majestic D'Entrecasteaux Fuji Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Chateaurenault Giuseppe Garibaldi Bayan Mikasa Deutschland Blucher Discovery Bainbridge Thomas W Lawson Archibald Russel Lusitania Chester class Dreadnought Scharnhorst (Gneisenau) Invincible Emden Wyoming Michigan/Delaware class Titanic Courbet class Gangut/Octyabr Revolutskya Cap Trafalgar E-class submarine Kongo class/Haruna Queen Elizabeth class Fuso Nevada class U-21 Baden Pennsylvania/Arizona R class/Royal Oak Courageous class Furious M1/M2 New Mexico class/Idaho Eagle Hood Hermes Java Akagi/Kaga William G Mather Lexington class Nelson class Takao class (Myoko) Koln Infanta Beatriz Ardent/A class Exeter/York Amerigo Vespucci Zara Conte di Savoia Rex Indianapolis Achilles/Leander Class Astoria Fantasque class Town class/Belfast Queen Mary Graf Spee/Deutschland class Mogami Normandie Condottiere class Dunkerque La Galissonniere/Gloire Brooklyn class Scharnhorst class Type II Type VII Yorktown class Giulio Cesare (modernised) Tromp Ark Royal Soryu/Hiryu Tribal class Vittorio Veneto Niew Amsterdam Atlantis Hipper class K, J and N classes/Kelly T-class subs T-class (German) Z class Shokaku/Zuikaku Audacity Bismarck class Hunt class/Atherstone Illustrious/Indomitable class Kagero class/Hamakaze Marconi class Renown 2nd mod Richelieu S boote Flower class/Acanthus King George V class/Howe Wasp North Carolina/Washington Ognevoi class PC class Type IX V and W classes (modernised)/Walker Yamato class J, O and P classes Akitsuki Gato class RO class South Dakota class Baltimore class Bogue class Essex class Fletcher class Independence class Iowa class S-class subs/Seraph S-W classes Ashland LSD Artemis attack transport Allen M Sumner class Taiho Esso Manchester C class destroyer Colossus class Gearing class/Duncan Shinano Type XXI Type XXIII Midway class/Coral Sea Daring class Ark Royal/Eagle Neutrashimyy United States Albacore Trieste Forrestal Endurance November class Hermes/Viraat Farragut Skipjack class Savannah Osa/Komar class Foxtrot George Washington class Long Beach/Bainbridge/Truxton Oberon/Porpoise class County class Dreadnought/Valiant Enterprise Iwo Jima Kitty Hawk class/JFK Kruppnyy class Canberra France/Norway Leander Class Galileo Galei Kashin class Alligator Moskva Fearless/Intrepid Queen Elizabeth 2 Sturgeon class Kresta class Resolution Type 201/206/209 Yankee class Gus class Vittorio Veneto Han class Knox/Baleares California/Virginia class Le Redoutable A class/Amazon class Kiev class Nanuchka Tango Class Type 42 class Charlie class Sparviero Agosta/Daphne Los Angeles Tachikaze Nimitz class Spruance Broadsword class Delta class Lupo/Maestrale Oliver Hazard Perry Class Tarawa Ivan Rogov Kirov class Invincible class Nacken class Sovremenny Typhoon/Akula Victor III MEKO series frigates Udaloy AP .1-88 CG47 class/Ticonderoga Giuseppe Garibaldi Sierra class Slava class T class submarines Aster Minehunter Whidbey Island Xia Jakob van Heemskerk Vastergotland Index Halifax Neutrashimyy Club Med Arleigh Burke Floreal Kongo Jervis Bay Futura Type 123 Brandenburg Le Triomphant Vanguard Murasame class Chakri Naruebet Oyashio Ferry Lavender Voyager of the Seas

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Book Synopsis''Celebrates human cognitive diversity, and is rich with empathy and psychological insight'' Steven Pinker ''Bold, intriguing, profound'' Jay Elwes, Spectator Why can humans alone invent? In this book, psychologist and world renowned autism expert Simon Baron-Cohen puts forward a bold new theory: because we can identify patterns, specifically if-and-then patterns. Baron-Cohen argues that the genes for this unique ability overlap with the genes for autism and have driven human progress for 70,000 years. From the first musical instruments to the agricultural, industrial, and digital revolutions, Pattern Seekers links one of our greatest human strengths with a condition that is so often misunderstood and challenges us to think differently about those who think differently.Trade ReviewAmbitious and provocative...goes beyond the usual discussion of 'special gifts' in autism to propose that the diversity of human operating systems has accelerated the advancement of human civilization and culture in ways we can barely imagine. -- Steve Silberman, author of NeuroTribesIt's rare to come across a surprising new idea that explains important phenomena, but Simon Baron-Cohen's exploration of abstract pattern-seeking in human affairs is one of them. This book sheds light on one of humanity's most distinctive traits, celebrates human cognitive diversity, and is rich with empathy and psychological insight. -- Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind WorksA game-changing book, a passport into exploring the world of innovation and creativity. Most importantly, it celebrates autistic people and is a call for action, to welcome neurodiversity. -- David Joseph, Chairman and CEO Universal Music UKA fascinating account of the mechanisms underlying the related capacities of both autistic individuals and innovators. -- Brian Josephson, winner of the Nobel Prize in physicsErudite, illuminating...His bold new idea, that the genes for autism drove the evolution of human invention, places this disability centre stage in the story of humans. -- Jools HollandBased on massive research, Simon Baron-Cohen argues that most of us are specialized in how we perceive the world around us. There are those who focus on people and those who focus on things. The author makes a compelling case that the second kind of mind-the pattern seeker-is at the root of modern human civilization. -- Frans de Waal, author of The Age of EmpathyDestined to become a classic...In an age of increasing specialization, Baron-Cohen's book comes as a breath of fresh air. -- VS Ramachandran * author of the Tell Tale Brain *Bold, intriguing, profound. -- Jay Elwes * Spectator *A wonderful, lyrical celebration of the autistic mind. -- Alice Thomson * Times *

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Book SynopsisPreventing another Great Stink – the legacy of Sir Joseph Bazelgette and the Thames Tideway TunnelTrade ReviewDelighted that [Phil is] writing the book . . . so important to capture the learning from this fantastic project. -- Victoria BorwickA fascinating account of the trials, hazards and occasional perils of making the greatest contribution to the cleansing of the Thames since Sir Joseph Bazalgette in Victorian times, written by one who was at the centre of the operation. -- Dr Stephen HallidayA fascinating insight into how communities can help shape big infrastructure projects. -- Justine GreeningA comprehensive and authoritative overview of one of the great engineering projects of our time, written by someone who was at the heart of the action from the outset. -- Nick Raynsford

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Book SynopsisTraces the history of this construction technique, discusses woods, tools, and special joints, and shows how to plan and build a timber framed house.

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Book SynopsisJames Herriot grew up in Glasgow and qualified as a veterinary surgeon at Glasgow Veterinary College. Shortly afterwards he took up a position as an assistant in a North Yorkshire practice where he remained, with the exception of his wartime service in the RAF, until his death in 1995. He wrote many books about Yorkshire country life, including some for children, but he is best known for his memoirs, beginning with If Only They Could Talk. The books were televised in the enormously popular series All Creatures Great and Small.Trade ReviewI grew up reading James Herriot's books and I'm delighted that thirty years on, they are still every bit as charming, heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny as they were then -- Kate HumbleHerriot’s enchanting tales of life in the Dales are deservedly classics. Full of extraordinary characters, animal and human, the books never fail to delight -- Amanda Owen, bestselling author of The Yorkshire ShepherdessThe attraction of Herriot’s ever popular memoirs of a country vet . . . is their alternating highs and lows, humour and pathos, and gripping anecdotes about delivering lambs, grumpy farmers, hypochondriac pet-owners, stroppy cows and blunt Yorkshire characters. And, of course, there’s a powerful nostalgia element in these stories about our green and pleasant land in the day before the ravages of ribbon development * Daily Mail *

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Book SynopsisAs humans continue to degrade and destroy our planet’s resources, leading to predictions of total ecological collapse, some (such as the entrepreneur Elon Musk) now suggest that a human colony elsewhere may be our species’ best hope for survival. Adam Morton examines extra-terrestrial colonization plans with a critical eye. He makes a strong case for colonization – just not by human beings. Humans live relatively short lives and, to survive, require large amounts of food and water, very specific climatic conditions and an oxygen-rich atmosphere. We can create colonists that have none of these shortcomings. Reflecting compassionately on the nature of existence, Morton argues that we should treat the end of the human race in the same way that we treat our own deaths: as something sad but ultimately inevitable. The earth will perish one day, and, in the end, we should be concerned more with securing the future of intelligent beings than with the preservation of our species, which represents but a nanosecond in the history of our solar system.Trade Review"Why should we value the survival of our species? Adam Morton confronts this fateful yet rarely-asked question. This is a fascinating, instructive work of scientifically-informed philosophy."—John Broome, University of Oxford "Adam Morton is known for turning a penetrating intellect on one after another subject that philosophers have made the mistake of neglecting."—Elijah Millgram, University of Utah

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The Electrician's Guide to Fire Detection and Fire Alarm Systems, 3rd Edition is ideal for individuals involved in the design and installation of fire detection systems as part of electrical installations. It offers information, advice, and guidance on managing BS 7671 and BS 5839 requirements. This Guide is an essential publication for all fire alarm designers, installers, specifiers, electricians, electrical contractors, installation designers and students in further education and/or professional training. Key Features include: Ideal for individuals involved in the design and installation of fire detection systems as part of electrical installations Includes essential advice on special fire risk, systems design and integration, and installation competency Provides information, advice and guidance on managing BS 7671:2018 and BS 5839 requirements Updated to accommodate the changes, revisions and new information made to IET's 18th Edition, BS 7671:2018 regulations Updated to include changes, revision and new information added to the BS 5839-1 and BS 5839-6 requirements An essential publication for all fire alarm designers, installers, specifiers, electricians, electrical contractors, installation designers and students in further education and/or professional training

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