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Flora's Empire

Eugenia W. Herbert

Flora's Empire

Like their penchant for clubs, cricket, and hunting, the planting of English gardens by the British in India reflected an understandable need on the part of expatriates to replicate home as much as possible in an alien environment. In Flora's Empire , Eugenia W. Herbert argues that more than simple nostalgia or homesickness lay at the root of this «garden imperialism,» however. Drawing on a wealth of period illustrations and personal accounts, many of them little known, she traces the...

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Eugenia W. Herbert

Islamic Gardens and Landscapes

D. Fairchild Ruggles

Islamic Gardens and Landscapes

"In the course of my research," writes D. Fairchild Ruggles, «I devoured Arabic agricultural manuals from the tenth through the fourteenth centuries. I love gardening, and in these texts I was able to enter the minds of agriculturalists and botanists of a thousand years ago who likewise believed it was important and interesting to record all the known ways of propagating olive trees, the various uses of rosemary, and how best to fertilize a garden bed.» Western admirers have long seen the...

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D. Fairchild Ruggles

Connecting People, Place and Design

Angelique Edmonds

Connecting People, Place and Design

Connecting People, Place and Design examines the human relationship with place, how its significance has evolved over time and how contemporary systems for participation shape the places around us in our daily lives. Divided into three parts – place, people and participation – this interdisciplinary volume examines people, place and design across the fields of architecture, design, cultural studies, sociology, political science and philosophy. Part I, on place, considers the cultural,...

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Angelique Edmonds

Dendrimer Chemistry

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Dendrimer Chemistry

The unique structures and properties of dendrimers make them attractive for many applications, from drug delivery and antimicrobial agents to catalysis and as functional materials. Dendrimer Chemistry provides an overview of the latest advances in the synthesis of dendrimers and other complex dendritic architectures. The book focuses on established building block families for generating dendritic macromolecules, capitalizing on the evolution in the synthesis of dendrimers and other complex...

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Sliding-rolling Contact And In-hand...

Lei Cui

Sliding-rolling Contact And In-hand Manipulation

Robots interact with the world through curves and surfaces — the subjects of study in differential geometry. This book applies the moving-frame method, developed extensively by Élie Cartan, and the adjoint approach, conceived by Ernesto Cesàro, to study the kinematics of two surfaces subject to rolling contact and sliding–rolling contact to demonstrate the applications in robotic in-hand manipulation.Firstly, it explores two surfaces, and the geometry...

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Lei Cui

Exploring the Capital

Andrew Waldron

Exploring the Capital

The many and varied threads of Canada’s national life come together in its capital region. Where the Rideau River flows into the Ottawa River, an Algonquin community was visited by French explorers and settled by British colonists. The town grew into a city, spilled over a provincial border, and now represents Canada to the world.Ottawa is a seat of government and has all the official edifices to show for it. But as Andrew Waldron shows you in Exploring the Capital, it’s a lot more than that....

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Andrew Waldron

Collective Dreams

Keally D. McBride

Collective Dreams

How do we go about imagining different and better worlds for ourselves? Collective Dreams looks at ideals of community, frequently embraced as the basis for reform across the political spectrum, as the predominant form of political imagination in America today. Examining how these ideals circulate without having much real impact on social change provides an opportunity to explore the difficulties of practicing critical theory in a capitalist society. Different chapters investigate how ideals...

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Keally D. McBride

Injection Mold Design Engineering 2...

David O. Kazmer

Injection Mold Design Engineering 2E

This book provides a structured methodology and scientific basis for engineering injection molds. The topics are presented in a top-down manner, beginning with introductory definitions and the big picture before proceeding to layout and detailed design of molds. The book provides very pragmatic analysis with worked examples that can be readily adapted to real-world product design applications. It will help students and practitioners to understand the inner workings of injection molds and...

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David O. Kazmer

Robust Process Development and Scie...

Suhas Kulkarni

Robust Process Development and Scientific Molding 2E

This book introduces the concepts of Scientific Molding and Scientific Processing for Injection Molding, geared toward developing a robust, repeatable, and reproducible (3Rs) molding process. It explains the underlying principles of polymer science: the properties that are important to injection molding and their application to molding process development. The effects of polymer morphology, thermal transitions, drying, and rheology on the injection molding process are explained in detail. The...

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Suhas Kulkarni

Radical Cities

Justin McGuirk

Radical Cities

“A colorful journey through Latin America—a crucible of architectural and urban innovation What makes the city of the future? How do you heal a divided city? In Radical Cities, Justin McGuirk travels across Latin America in search of the activist architects, maverick politicians and alternative communities already answering these questions. From Brazil to Venezuela, and from Mexico to Argentina, McGuirk discovers the people and ideas shaping the way cities are evolving. Ever since the mid...

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Justin McGuirk

In Defense of Housing

Peter Marcuse

In Defense of Housing

In every major city in the world there is a housing crisis. How did this happen and what can we do about it? Everyone needs and deserves housing. But today our homes are being transformed into commodities, making the inequalities of the city ever more acute. Pro fit has become more important than social need. The poor are forced to pay more for worse housing. Communities are faced with the violence of displacement and gentri fication. And the bene fits of decent housing are only available for...

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Peter Marcuse

The Wright Company

Edward J. Roach

The Wright Company

Fresh from successful flights before royalty in Europe, and soon after thrilling hundreds of thousands of people by flying around the Statue of Liberty, in the fall of 1909 Wilbur and Orville Wright decided the time was right to begin manufacturing their airplanes for sale. Backed by Wall Street tycoons, including August Belmont, Cornelius Vanderbilt III, and Andrew Freedman, the brothers formed the Wright Company. The Wright Company trained hundreds of early aviators at its flight schools,...

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Edward J. Roach

A Country of Cities

Vishaan Chakrabarti

A Country of Cities

In A Country of Cities, author Vishaan Chakrabarti argues that well-designed cities are the key to solving America's great national challenges: environmental degradation, unsustainable consumption, economic stagnation, rising public health costs and decreased social mobility. If we develop them wisely in the future, our cities can be the force leading us into a new era of progressive and prosperous stewardship of our nation. In compelling chapters, Chakrabarti brings us a wealth of...

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Vishaan Chakrabarti

Marijuana 101

Professor Lee

Marijuana 101

Unlike the vast majority of other grow books, Marijuana 101 reads like an informal study guide for an «Introduction to Growing» course run by a professor who had a successful grow for a decade. Professor Lee involves his readers and helps them over each potential stumbling block, with constant reference to his own experience, giving the book the personal touch similar guides lack. Lee discusses what to think about before even choosing to grow, how to keep it secret, and how to keep it cheap. He...

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Professor Lee

Cannabis Sativa Volume 3

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Cannabis Sativa Volume 3

The third volume in the best-selling series featuring the world's finest Cannabis sativa strains.Marijuana plants are classified into two species: indica and sativa. This book focuses on sativa, an especially tall and potent species of the Cannabis plant that true connoisseurs love not only for its psychedelic high, but also for the interesting challenges its size presents to growers. No other strain guide has looked at Cannabis sativa in such depth, with profiles of both emerging seed...

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Cannabis Sativa Volume 2

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Cannabis Sativa Volume 2

Cannabis plants are classified into two main groups: Indica and Sativa. This book focuses on Cannabis Sativa, an especially tall and potent species of marijuana that true connoisseurs love not only for its smoke that induces a desire to create art and socialize with people, but also for the interesting challenges it presents to growers due to its size. This is the latest book in the bestselling series focusing on Cannabis Sativa, the most celebrated and mythologized marijuana type in the United...

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True Living Organics

The Rev

True Living Organics

The only organics grow guide is also the only book that shows how to change an existing grow room to an all-natural, synthetic-free, living, breathing cannabis cultivation space. Written in the accessible, easy-to-follow style that’s won The Rev so many followers, this book sifts through the jargon surrounding organic marijuana growing and gets straight to the heart of the matter: the living soil. True Living Organics provides several different ways to create a high-quality living...

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The Rev

Cannabis Cultivation

Mel Thomas

Cannabis Cultivation

Written by commercial-scale grower Mel Thomas, Cannabis Cultivation divulges the expertise, tips, and insight he learned at the helm of one of the world’s largest marijuana growing operations. Ideal for beginners and anyone interested in learning more about growing marijuana indoors, the book is free of technical jargon and boring theory, and its step-by-step directions enable anyone to grow and harvest the highest quality marijuana using simple techniques and inexpensive, everyday...

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Mel Thomas

Science and Art

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Science and Art

Science and art are increasingly interconnected in the activities of the study and conservation of works of art. Science plays a key role in cultural heritage, from developing new analytical techniques for studying the art, to investigating new ways of preserving the materials for the future. For example, high resolution multispectral examination of paintings allows art historians to view underdrawings barely visible before, while the use of non-invasive and micro-sampling analytical techniques...

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Garden Ponds, Fountains & Waterfall...

Miranda Smith

Garden Ponds, Fountains & Waterfalls for Your Home

Gardening: The Complete Guide will satisfy those readers who enjoy the process of gardening as much as the finished product. It contains equal parts of inspirational photographs and hands-on instructional pictures. The book presents the latest gardening techniques for the 21st century gardener with an emphasis on time-saving, efficient practices. There is considerable space devoted to growing herbs, flowers, vegetables, and fruit. This book is perfect for the gardener who wants to know how...

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Miranda Smith

Farm and Workshop Welding

Harold Hall

Farm and Workshop Welding

Metal Lathe for Home Machinists is a project-based course that provides a complete introduction to the lathe and lathe metalworking. This book takes beginners through all the basic techniques needed to tackle a wide range of machining operations. Advance through a series of practice projects that teach how to use the lathe and develop essential skills through practical application. Contained 12 lathe turning projects to develop confidence and become an accomplished home shop machinist, each...

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Harold Hall

Build Your Own Garage Manual

Крис Смит

Build Your Own Garage Manual

· An engaging and fun book to introduce kids to science · Includes 50 awesome experiments to easily try at home with items you already own · From turning rice into quicksand and making gooey slime to fooling your senses and measuring the speed of light with margarine, the results will amaze everyone of all ages · Contains fascinating follow-up information on how each experiment works and how it can be applied to the real world · By the famous and award-winning Naked Scientists

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The Easy Fruit Garden

Clare Matthews

The Easy Fruit Garden

Filled with sound horticultural advice, this book is essential reading for time-poor gardeners who want to achieve maximum yields from their fruit gardens with minimum effort. With clear practical instructions and inspirational photographs, it demystifies the growing of fruit and shows that with the right approach, fruit gardens can be maintained successfully on weekends or slotted into a busy week. The Easy Fruit Garden is packed with practical advice and shortcuts, from planning what to grow...

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Clare Matthews

Fast, Fresh Garden Edibles

Brenda Abdoyan

Fast, Fresh Garden Edibles

Color your world with the fabulous art of henna tattoo. Mehndi, also known as henna tattoo, is a traditional Middle Eastern art used to adorn the body for weddings and other special celebrations. Today, you can join in the beauty and fun of mendhi with this simple book of patterns and instructions for the body and even home decor objects! Inside, you will find a variety of original henna tatttoo patterns that can be applied to the hands, feet, belly and back. You'll also be interested in...

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Brenda Abdoyan

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