Books History: October 2016

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Place, Ritual, Material, Thresholds, and Path

By :"Edwin Henry Folk"
Published on 2003 by

Category :"Architecture, Japanese"

Lenght : 150

Language : en

This Book was ranked 30 by Google Books for keyword traditional japanese architecture

The Good Food Revolution

By :"Will Allen"
Published on 2012-05-10 by Penguin

Category :"Biography & Autobiography"

A pioneering urban farmer and MacArthur “Genius Award” winner points the way to building a new food system that can feed—and heal—broken communities. The son of a sharecropper, Will Allen had no intention of ever becoming a farmer himself. But after years in professional basketball and as an executive for Kentucky Fried Chicken and Procter & Gamble, Allen cashed in his retirement fund for a two-acre plot a half mile away from Milwaukee’s largest public housing project. The area was a food desert with only convenience stores and fast-food restaurants to serve the needs of local residents. In the face of financial challenges and daunting odds, Allen built the country’s preeminent urban farm—a food and educational center that now produces enough vegetables and fish year-round to feed thousands of people. Employing young people from the neighboring housing project and community, Growing Power has sought to prove that local food systems can help troubled youths, dismantle racism, create jobs, bring urban and rural communities closer together, and improve public health. Today, Allen’s organization helps develop community food systems across the country. An eco-classic in the making, The Good Food Revolution is the story of Will’s personal journey, the lives he has touched, and a grassroots movement that is changing the way our nation eats.

Lenght : 272

Language : en

This Book was ranked 18 by Google Books for keyword the vertical farm

The book of the farm

By :"Henry Stephens"
Published on 1844 by

Category :"Agriculture"

Lenght :

Language : en

This Book was ranked 16 by Google Books for keyword the vertical farm

Unlearn, Rewild

By :"Miles Olson"
Published on 2012-10-09 by New Society Publishers

Category :"Nature"

Provides a manual to break free from enslavement to jobs, bills, and the trap of civilization, sharing advice on survival skills and sustainable living.

Lenght : 240

Language : en

This Book was ranked 39 by Google Books for keyword off the grid

Projects to Get You Off the Grid

By :"Instructables.com"
Published on 2014-11-11 by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Category :"House & Home"

Instructables is back with this compact book focused on a series of projects designed to get you thinking creatively about thinking green. Twenty Instructables illustrate just how simple it can be to make your own backyard chicken coop, or turn a wine barrel into a rainwater collector. Illustrated with dozens of full-color photographs per project accompanying easy-to-follow instructions, this Instructables collection utilizes the best that the online community has to offer, turning a far-reaching group of people into a mammoth database churning out ideas to make life better, easier, and in this case, greener, as this volume exemplifies.

Lenght : 144

Language : en

This Book was ranked 31 by Google Books for keyword off the grid

Off The Grid Meals

By :"Fadi Ayat"
Published on 2015-03-19 by Booktango

Category :"Cooking"

If variety is the spice of life, then you will love these savory meals. Some of these recipes are challenging, and others are a snap. Some are one-pot wonders that leave you only one pot to clean up. The last recipe in this book is a fry bread that you can make quickly and easily.

Lenght :

Language : en

This Book was ranked 26 by Google Books for keyword off the grid

Get Off the Grid

By :"Joy Green"
Published on 2014-02-18 by Lulu Press, Inc

Category :"House & Home"

“The Grid” is the common term used for power grid. An average house is linked to natural gas, telephone, water and power lines. Choosing to go off the grid should mean that you will turn away from those public utilities in support of producing your own energy. A few homeowners decide to be off the grid partially through producing the supply to their own energy and trenching their phone lines, while depending on the comfort offered by the city sewage and water. Other people choose completely living off the grid through digging wells or making use of some cistern system in order to fetch water. A functional septic tank will take care of the sewage, which means you will no longer need to incur any water bill. If you want to learn and understand how this living method will be able to change your life for the better, checking out the following chapters should provide you the best ideas.

Lenght : 22

Language : en

This Book was ranked 24 by Google Books for keyword off the grid

Off the Grid

By :"LaMar Alexander"
Published on 2007 by Lulu.com

Category :"Dwellings"

Lenght : 355

Language : en

This Book was ranked 23 by Google Books for keyword off the grid

Eating Off the Grid

By :"Denise Hansen"
Published on 1999 by

Category :"Cooking"

Lenght : 256

Language : en

This Book was ranked 19 by Google Books for keyword off the grid

Dangling from the Golden Gate Bridge and Other Narrow Escapes

By :"John Anthony Adams"
Published on 1988-08-12 by

Category :"Fiction"

Lenght : 199

Language : en

This Book was ranked 38 by Google Books for keyword golden gate

Guardian of the Golden Gate

By :"Kevin Briggs"
Published on 2015-07-15 by

Category :

The wind was gusting around the Golden Gate Bridge on a March afternoon in 2005 when a 22-year-old man climbed the railing, convinced he and this world would be better without each other. He put himself on a thin beam 220 feet above the Pacific Ocean.The man had just lost his job and felt overwhelmed as a new father. Kevin Berthia wanted to die, and he had come to the world's most effective suicide destination to make that happen. That's when he met a highway patrolman, a former Army soldier and San Quentin State Prison guard named Kevin Briggs.\

Lenght : 304

Language : en

This Book was ranked 10 by Google Books for keyword golden gate

The Three Little Pigs

By :"Margaret Hillert"
Published on 2006-08-01 by Norwood House Press

Category :"Juvenile Fiction"

Originally published by the Follett Book Company in 1963.

Lenght : 30

Language : en

This Book was ranked 6 by Google Books for keyword the three little pigs

Off the Grid

By :"LaMar Alexander"
Published on 2007 by Lulu.com

Category :"Dwellings"

Lenght : 355

Language : en

This Book was ranked 36 by Google Books for keyword on the grid

Simulation and Visualization on the Grid

By :"Björn Engquist","Lennart Johnsson","Michael Hammill","Faith Short"
Published on 2012-12-06 by Springer Science & Business Media

Category :"Science"

It is now 30 years since the network for digital communication, the ARPA-net, first came into operation. Since the first experiments with sending electronic mail and performing file transfers, the development of networks has been truly remarkable. Today's Internet continues to develop at an exponential rate that even surpasses that of computing and storage technologies. About five years after being commercialized, it has become as pervasive as the tele phone had become 30 years after its initial deployment. In the United States, the size of the Internet industry already exceeds that of the auto industry, which has been in existence for about 100 years. The exponentially increas ing capabilities of communication, computing, and storage systems is also reshaping the way science and engineering are pursued. Large-scale simulation studies in chemistry, physics, engineering, and sev eral other disciplines may now produce data sets of ,several terabytes or petabytes. Similarly, almost all measurements today produce data in digital form, whether from collections of sensors, three-dimensional digital images, or video. These data sets often represent complex phenomena that require rich visualization capabilities and efficient data-mining techniques to under stand. Furthermore, the data may be produced and archived in several differ ent locations, and the analysis carried out by teams with members at several locations-possibly distinct from those with significant storage, computation, or visualization facilities. The emerging computational Grids enable the transparent use of remote instruments, computational and data resources.

Lenght : 304

Language : en

This Book was ranked 14 by Google Books for keyword on the grid

Walls within walls

By :"Anita M. Weiss"
Published on 1992-06 by Westview Pr

Category :"Business & Economics"

This is a rich description of socio-cultural issues affecting the lives of working women residents of Lahore's Walled City. Weiss reveals the interplay between Islamic religious ideals and traditionally embedded orientations, and how women respond to practical economic needs.

Lenght : 201

Language : en

This Book was ranked 1 by Google Books for keyword walls within walls

The Blue Book of Optometrists

By :
Published on 1988 by

Category :"Optometrists"

Lenght :

Language : en

This Book was ranked 36 by Google Books for keyword apartment therapy s big book of

Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues

By :"Nina Shengold","Smith & Kraus Inc"
Published on 1987 by Turtleback

Category :"Drama"

A splendid collection of monologues from both well-known and obscure scripts.

Lenght : 384

Language : en

This Book was ranked 31 by Google Books for keyword apartment therapy s big book of

Star Wars Epic Yarns: Return of the Jedi

By :"Jack Wang","Holman Wang"
Published on 2015-04-14 by Chronicle Books

Category :"Juvenile Fiction"

Share your love of Star Wars with your baby! In twelve needle-felted scenes and twelve child-friendly words, rediscover the iconic moments you know and love. Simple words, sturdy pages, and an epic story make these books the perfect vehicle for early learning at lightspeed. Jedi apprentices and little princesses alike will delight in this (heart)felt retelling of the Star Wars trilogy made just for them! In Return of the Jedi, meet the monster Jabba, watch the team reunite, and cheer them on as they fight against the dark side. It's a Star Wars primer unlike any other in the galaxy! © and TM Lucasfilm Ltd.

Lenght : 24

Language : en

This Book was ranked 27 by Google Books for keyword apartment therapy s big book of

The World of Shabby Chic

By :"Rachel Ashwell"
Published on 2015-03-24 by Rizzoli International Publications

Category :"Design"

In this inspiring and useful design bible of the ever-popular Shabby Chic style, creator Rachel Ashwell shares her twenty-five years of work, showing readers how to apply her look to their own homes. A large, comfortable slipcovered sofa. Painted antique furniture. A palette and patina of soft colours and faded antiques. The essence of Shabby Chic is a romantic and charming interior filled with well-worn and well-loved objects, a look that is about comfort yet always remains chic. Celebrating the now-iconic Shabby Chic aesthetic, this design bible includes all the best of the look--from furniture, linens, paint colours and wallpaper, to lighting, accessories, and table-tops. Organized thematically, this volume is full of inspiration for every room in the house, as well as the garden. Sections include: Foundations (assessing the space, determining colour palette, light); Furnishings and Fabrics (creation of mood boards, linens, mixing and matching patterns, furniture styles, and space planning); Accessories (lighting, mirrors, arrangements); Entertaining and Gardens (table-top, flowers, outdoor spaces); and Pulling It All Together (showing a range of favourite homes, illustrating modern shabby, romantic shabby, or cottage shabby). Appendixes include information on sourcing, how to identify hidden gems at flea markets, and how to clean and restore them. The most lavish, thorough, and comprehensive book on the Shabby Chic look, this beautiful volume celebrates the enduring timelessness of Ashwell's creations while providing practical instruction on how to decorate your home in the Shabby Chic style. Rachel Ashwell is the creator of the Shabby Chic brand and line of stores. She lives in a shabby chic cottage in Los Angeles.

Lenght : 272

Language : en

This Book was ranked 14 by Google Books for keyword apartment therapy s big book of

You Are a Badass

By :"Jen Sincero"
Published on 2013-04-23 by Running Press

Category :"Self-Help"

Offers a blunt and irreverent guide to achieving the money, relationships, career, and happiness that one desires through recognizing and doing away with self-sabotaging beliefs and behaviors.

Lenght : 256

Language : en

This Book was ranked 13 by Google Books for keyword apartment therapy s big book of

Design Engineering Manual

By :"Mike Tooley"
Published on 2009-10-30 by Elsevier

Category :"Technology & Engineering"

Design Engineering Manual offers a practical guide to the key principles of design engineering. It features a compilation of extracts from several books within the range of Design Engineering books in the Elsevier collection. The book is organized into 11 sections. Beginning with a review of the processes of product development and design, the book goes on to describe systematic ways of choosing materials and processes. It details the properties of modern metallic alloys including commercial steels, cast irons, superalloys, titanium alloys, structural intermetallic compounds, and aluminum alloys. The book explains the human/system interface; procedures to assess the risks associated with job and task characteristics; and environmental factors that may be encountered at work and affect behavior. Product liability and safety rules are discussed. The final section on design techniques introduces the design process from an inventors perspective to a more formal model called total design. It also deals with the behavior of plastics that influence the application of practical and complex engineering equations and analysis in the design of products. Provides a single-source of critical information to the design engineer, saving time and therefore money on a particular design project Presents both the fundamentals and advanced topics and also the latest information in key aspects of the design process Examines all aspects of the design process in one concise and accessible volume

Lenght : 610

Language : en

This Book was ranked 39 by Google Books for keyword the design of design

The Design of Life

By :"William A Dembski","Jonathan Wells"
Published on 2008 by Foundation for Thought and E

Category :"Science"

When future intellectual historians list the books that toppled Darwins theory, The Design of Life will be at the top. So writes Lehigh biochemist Michael Behe, a leading critic of Darwinism and proponent of intelligent design.The scientific community continues to wrestle with deep and fundamental questions: Where did the universe come from? How did life originate? How did a coded language like our DNA come to form the basis of life? How could multicellular life form so suddenly from unicellular life? What is the origin of the complex molecular machines, essential to life, which are inside every cell of our bodies? The Design of Life gives all interested parties in the debate over biological origins the hard scientific evidence they need to assess the true state of Darwins theory and of the theory of intelligent design. But it does much more: it carefully fosters the attitude of open inquiry that science needs not only to thrive but also to avoid becoming subservient to special interests. In this book, authors William Dembski and Jonathan Wells empower readers to navigate the captivating and controversial waters of biological origins.The Design of Life has nine chapters, each of which is accompanied by Endnotes and Discussion Questions. The ninth, an Epilogue, is followed by a 12-page Glossary and a 14-page Index. The General Notes on an accompanying CD supply each chapter with additional analysis and discussion at a more advanced level. A Foreword by University of South Dakota biologist William S. Harris introduces the book. Chapter 1 Human Origins. This chapter addresses key topics in human origins - the 98% gene identity (base sequences) between chimpanzees and humans, the significance of brain size to intelligence, the uniqueness of human language, and the challenge that altruism poses to evolutionary ethics. Chapter 2 Genetics and Macroevolution. This chapter examines Darwins theory of evolution, Mendelian inheritance, the adaptational package, the molecular basis for genes and evolution, and evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-Devo).Chapter 3 The Fossil Record. This chapter examines major patterns in the fossil record, the failure of Darwins theory to match up with these patterns (a failure Darwin himself regarded as the gravest objection to his theory), and why fossils alone cannot establish evolutionary lines of descent. Chapter 4 The Origin of Species. This chapter describes theories about how new species originate. It explains the critical distinction between evidence for small changes and claims about vast transformations (micro- vs. macroevolution), It also explains why the current examples of alleged new species (observed speciation) provide no evidence for macroevolution.Chapter 5 Similar Features. This chapter discusses analogy and homology do things look alike because they do the same job, like scissors, or because they are related, like siblings? The puzzling story of the pandas provides a useful illustration. It also looks at molecular phylogeny, vestigial structures, and the discredited story of recapitulation.Chapter 6 Irreducible Complexity. This chapter discusses biochemist Michael Behes concept of irreducible complexity and then applies it to molecular machines inside the cell, such as the bacterial flagellum. Conventional evolutionary explanations (coevolution and co-option) are contrasted with intelligent design explanations, which are seen as more powerful and scientifically fruitful. Chapter 7 Specified Complexity. This chapter characterizes specified complexity as an information-theoretic property of structures that places them beyond the reach of chance-based explanations (such as natural selection and random variation). It then applies the theory of specified complexity to biological systems, demonstrating their actual design.Chapter 8 The Origin of Life. This chapter describes why the origin of life is such a difficult problem and examines the main materialistic proposals (Oparins Hypothesis, the Miller-Urey experiment, the RNA world, self-organization, molecular Darwinism). It summarizes the failure to find a non-intelligent origin.Chapter 9 Epilogue: The Inherit the Wind Stereotype. The Epilogue examines key social interpretations of the issues: The movie Inherit the Wind (Hollywoods stereotype of the Scopes Monkey Trial), the actual Scopes Trial, the importance of keeping science honest, and the 2005 Kitzmiller v. Dover trial.

Lenght : 339

Language : en

This Book was ranked 26 by Google Books for keyword the design of design

The Design of Sites

By :"Douglas K. Van Duyne","James A. Landay","Jason I. Hong"
Published on 2007-01 by Prentice Hall Professional

Category :"Computers"

The best-selling web design book fully updated - new design patterns for building customer-centred Web sites!

Lenght : 981

Language : en

This Book was ranked 21 by Google Books for keyword the design of design

Handbook of Design and Analysis of Experiments

By :"Angela Dean","Max Morris","John Stufken","Derek Bingham"
Published on 2015-06-26 by CRC Press

Category :"Mathematics"

Handbook of Design and Analysis of Experiments provides a detailed overview of the tools required for the optimal design of experiments and their analyses. The handbook gives a unified treatment of a wide range of topics, covering the latest developments. This carefully edited collection of 25 chapters in seven sections synthesizes the state of the art in the theory and applications of designed experiments and their analyses. Written by leading researchers in the field, the chapters offer a balanced blend of methodology and applications. The first section presents a historical look at experimental design and the fundamental theory of parameter estimation in linear models. The second section deals with settings such as response surfaces and block designs in which the response is modeled by a linear model, the third section covers designs with multiple factors (both treatment and blocking factors), and the fourth section presents optimal designs for generalized linear models, other nonlinear models, and spatial models. The fifth section addresses issues involved in designing various computer experiments. The sixth section explores \

Lenght : 960

Language : en

This Book was ranked 20 by Google Books for keyword the design of design

The Dictionary of Imaginary Places

By :"Alberto Manguel","Gianni Guadalupi"
Published on 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Category :"Fiction"

Describes and visualizes over 1,200 magical lands found in literature and film, discussing such exotic realms as Atlantis, Tolkien's Middle Earth, and Oz.

Lenght : 755

Language : en

This Book was ranked 33 by Google Books for keyword bir ehri yok etmek