Dr. Burgess's Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes

This book is a beautiful and immensely colorful work that satisfies the long-existing need for a comprehensive identification guide to marine fishes. It shows not only the popular aquarium fishes but also the oddballs and weirdos, the large public aquarium type fishes, warm water and cold water fishes, and foreign and domestic fishes. Now in its third edition, with over 4000 full-color photos. Indexed by both common and scientific names.







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Greek and Roman Mythology A to Z

The Mythology A to Z series explores the world''s most important myths and legends in an accessible style designed for young readers. Each comprehensive volume contains more than 400 well-constructed entries on the major figures, places, stories, objects, and themes of a given mythology. An introductory essay recounts the history of these civilizations and illuminates their way of life. This revised edition of Greek and Roman Mythology A to Z includes dozens of new entries on topics and themes of interest to young readers, including constellations, historic sites, gods and goddesses, sacrificial offerings, temples, and the zodiac as well as new illustrations and an updated bibliography. Its lively writing, fascinating content, and accurate descriptions make it a valuable resource for anyone with an interest in mythology or Greek and Roman history.

Pages: 160
Size: 3.60 mb
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100 Strangest Mysteries

100 Strangest Mysteries E-book









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The Complete Aquarium Guide

I highly recommend this book, especially to beginner aquarists. Great section on water quality and the relationship between hardness and pH. I also love the section on anatomy and biology of fish, and how to set up an aquarium. Not only does the book deal with fresh and marine fishes, but it also has a section on invertebrates and plants.









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Become a Millionaire in 3 Years

The first rule of success is to know exactly what you want, so your goals must be clearly defined. 
This incredible program sets your goal in cement: to become a millionaire . . . and it gives the goal a time limit: three years.....

The key to invoking the unlimited power of your subconscious mind is to have no indecisiveness whatsoever about what you want. 
Then your subconscious works nonstop to align your outer reality with your inner beliefs.

You don't have to believe this program will work for it to be effective. But you do have to listen to :
Track 1 four or more times a week (daily is best). 
Track 2 as you go to sleep. 

Begin today to focus the incredible power of your mind by listening to "Become a Millionaire in 3 Years."

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Fundamentals of Cosmology - 2nd Edition

The book is aimed at astrophysics students and professional physicists who wish to understand the basics of cosmology and general relativity as well as the observational foundations of the LambdaCDM model of the Universe. The book provides a self-contained introduction to general relativity that is based on the homogeneity and isotropy of the local universe. The simplicity of this space allows general relativity to be presented in a very elementary manner while laying the foundation for the treatment of more complicated problems. The new edition presents the most recent observations, including those of CMB anisotropies by WMAP and of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations by SDSS. Future observational and theoretical challenges for the understanding of dark energy and dark matter are discussed.

Pages: 328

Size: 3.88 mb

Language: English

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Build Your Own Electric Motorcycle

Build Your Own Electric Motorcycle









Pages: 384
Size: 7.62 mb
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The complete idiot's guide to persuasion

Persuasion is the art of changing the way people think, feel, and act through the use of language. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Persuasion provides strategies for the readers to master the art of persuasion in a positive manner. By using time-honored tools of communication, body language, and psychology, readers can use persuasion to do good things like convince kids to eat their veggies, women to get annual mammograms, and couples to communicate without arguing.

* A practical book based on sound academics to help communications and psychology majors as well as businesspeople, salespeople, performers, teachers, and parents

* Tips and tactics for writers and public speakers

Pages: 288
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Statistics Essentials For Dummies

Just the essential concepts you need to get ahead in statistics 

This practical guide sticks to the point with discrete explanations of essential concepts taught in a typical first semester statistics course. From graphs and confidence intervals to regression and hypothesis testing, the nitty-gritty information presented here is perfect to use in studying for exams, doing homework, or as a quick reference.

Chart your statistics course — get a handle on charts, graphs, and descriptive stats from standard deviations to correlations 
Know your distributions — understand the probabilities for the normal, binomial, and t 
Do the analysis — handle hypothesis tests, confidence intervals, regression, and two-way tables with ease
Take it to the limit — get the lowdown on sampling distributions and the Central Limit Theorem
Roll up your sleeves — discover the many experiments, surveys, and tests you'll encounter in statistic.

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Collins Complete Woodworker'S Manual

A completely revised, redesigned and updated edition of the definitive and bestselling woodworker's bible. Authoritative, superbly crafted and easy to use, Collins Complete Woodworker's Manual is the UK bestseller and the one book every woodworker needs. This revised edition has been extensively rewritten and contains new photographs and illustrations. It includes new products and techniques developed since the last edition. Every stage in crafting furniture and other decorative pieces are fully explained starting with the basics; the nature of wood, the tools required and setting up a workshop
The book then examines the principles of three-dimensional design from inspiration to construction. Step-by-step illustrations demonstrate how to make every type of joint and all the major crafts are given detailed coverage with the same step-by-step approach: bending wood, veneering and marquetry, woodcarving and finishing. The book also includes a chapter on using other materials, such as metal, glass and leather in combination with wood, plus a chapter on fixings and fittings.

Pages: 351
Size: 61.59 mb
Language: English
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Wood Finishing Simplified

This book will teach the woodworker how to create a successful, simple finish using only the products available from their local home centre, or woodworking store.The labelling on these products can be confusing, and this book will explain the difference in the types of stains and finishes, and instruct the reader on how to best use these products for successful results.Finishing doesn't have to be difficult, it just needs to be explained.
About the Author:
Joe L'Erario was co-host of several US television programmes. He has been finishing furniture since 1978. He is also co-author of The Furniture Guys Book. In addition, Joe is an artist who has been painting for as far back as he can remember. He is the author of Creating the Perfect Wood Finish with Joe L'Erario.

Pages: 127
Size: 29.20 mb
Language: English
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The Coming Population Crash and Our Planet's Surprising Future

Demography is destiny. It underlies many of the issues that shake the world, from war and economics to immigration. No wonder, then, that fears of overpopulation flared regularly over the last century, a century that saw the world’s population quadruple. Even today, baby booms are blamed for genocide and terrorism, and overpopulation is regularly cited as the primary factor driving global warming and other environmental issues.

Yet, surprisingly, it appears that the explosion is past its peak. Around the world, in developing countries as well as in rich ones, today’s women are having on average 2.6 children, half the number their mothers had. Within a generation, world fertility will likely follow Europe’s to below replacement levels—and by 2040, the world’s population will be declining for the first time since the Black Death, almost seven hundred years ago.

In The Coming Population Crash, veteran environmental writer Fred Pearce reveals the dynamics behind this dramatic shift. Charting the demographic path of our species over two hundred years, he begins by chronicling the troubling history of authoritarian efforts to contain the twentieth century’s population explosion, as well as the worldwide trend toward the empowerment of women that led to lower birthrates. And then, with vivid reporting from around the globe, he dives into the environmental, social, and economic effects of our surprising demographic future.

Pages: 304
Size: 2.48 mb
Language: English
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Baby Boomers - Can My Eighties Be Like My Fifties

Is the United States prepared for the Baby Boomers to grow old? This book seeks to answer these questions. It also suggests strategies to make sure that the answer to these questions becomes YES.

Much has been written about the Baby Boom generation but this is the first book to address current issues they face while simultaneously projecting ahead to challenges and benefits that are likely to characterize this next generation of older persons. It is based on keynote presentations by noted leaders in the field of aging, who discuss their expectations of their old age. Thus, it is both an introductory primer to aging today as well as a book that raises questions, suggests solutions, and indicates avenues of planning for the future.

The book takes a close look at the state of readiness of health and social service providers for the large numbers of older persons in society's future. A careful look is taken at what is and what might be in the areas of income security, health security and health care, long-term care, and housing and living arrangements. The importance of this book lies in the fact that it addresses the lack of planning by both the Baby Boomers and services providers, and identifies steps to be taken, with particular emphasis given to needed changes in the education of health and social service professionals to prepare them for what lies ahead.

Pages: 208

Size: 1.16 mb

Language: English

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Dealing with Difficult People

Workplaces are filled with all types of people, and some of them can be very difficult to get along with. By understanding difficult people and their behaviors, a savvy individual can resolve the awkward and problematic situations created by difficult people.

Dealing with Difficult People looks at difficult behavior – what drives it and how to cope with it. Issues Roy Lilley discusses include: recognizing the seven types of difficult person, handling aggressive people, handling conflict, motivating lazy colleagues, dealing with difficult customers, and handling complaints.

Practical and accessible, this book is recommended for managers looking to improve performance, sales people looking to win more business, or anyone who has to deal with difficult colleagues or the public.

Pages: 160
Size: 959.22 kb
Language: English
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Atlas of Plants and Animals in Baltic Amber

Atlas of Plants and Animals in Baltic Amber is a fabulous book with just loads of pictures - and quite a lot of other information. For the average amber enthusiast, this may be a bit expensive but it will tell you what you need to know. For someone who wants to identify insects and other animals in amber, wow, this is as good as it gets.
This atlas opens a window onto the world of Baltic amber and the Eocene amber forests. About 650 typical plants and animals are systematically represented in 92 full-page color plates. The detailed text and bibliography allow an up-to-date overview of the taxonomy, paleontology and biology of fossil plants and animals.







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How to Build a Dinosaur - Extinction Doesn't Have to Be Forever

A world-renowned paleontologist takes readers all over the globe to reveal a new science that trumps science fiction: how humans can re-create a dinosaur.

In movies, in novels, in comic strips, and on television, we’ve all seen dinosaurs—or at least somebody’s educated guess of what they would look like. But what if it were possible to build, or grow, a real dinosaur, without finding ancient DNA? Jack Horner, the scientist who advised Steven Spielberg on Jurassic Park, and a pioneer in bringing paleontology into the twenty-first century, teams up with the editor of The New York Times,/I>’s Science Times section to reveal exactly what’s in store.

In the 1980s, Horner began using CAT scans to look inside fossilized dinosaur eggs, and he and his colleagues have been delving deeper ever since. At North Carolina State University, Mary Schweitzer has extracted fossil molecules—proteins that survived 68 million years—from a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil excavated by Horner. These proteins show that T. rex and the modern chicken are kissing cousins. At McGill University, Hans Larsson is manipulating a chicken embryo to awaken the dinosaur within: starting by growing a tail and eventually prompting it to grow the forelimbs of a dinosaur. All of this is happening without changing a single gene.

This incredible research is leading to discoveries and applications so profound they’re scary in the power they confer on humanity. How to Build a Dinosaur is a tour of the hot rocky deserts and air-conditioned laboratories at the forefront of this scientific revolution.

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The Best Adult Joke Book

X-rated humour which hits your laughing G-spot and gives you the best gags to use on any adult occasion.
It's a winner for the rugby club dinner, a real coup for the stag night do, and all that's crude and lewd to upset the prude!So, if you've a thirst for a funny story... you'll sip some stuff in here.







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Size: 4.79 mb
Language: English
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Bicycle Repair Manual

From mountain bikes and road racers to hybrid and leisure bikes, this practical guide ensures you can keep any bike in peak condition.


This book covers everything from replacing brake blocks to adjusting suspension. This edition is fully revised and updated with maintenance details of the very latest cycling equipment.
Clear, jargon-free advice steers you through a complete maintenance programme, step-by-step photography shows you how to clean, maintain and repair your bicycle while easy-to-use "How it Works" section illustrates the mechanical operations.
Ideal for both beginners and dedicated cyclists alike, this is the bible of bicycle repairs.



Pages: 160
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Secret Language

From the chat codes "PAW" or "Code 9" that teens use to let their friends know that parents are eavesdropping, to the high-powered, computer-driven encryptions used by governments to prevent foreign powers from stealing classified information, covert language is ubiquitous in our society. Now, in Secret Language, Barry Blake takes the reader on a fascinating excursion down this mysterious trail of words, ranging across time and culture. With revelations on every page, and sample codes and puzzles for the reader to crack, it will entertain everyone with an urge to know more about the most arcane and curious uses of language.

From backmasking to the Enigma Machine, from magic words to literary symbols, here is a lively, engaging tour of languages that hide their meanings from all but a chosen few. Blake explains the difference between ciphers and codes (Morse code, oddly enough, is not a code but a cipher) and shows how secret messages have been written--and broken--for almost two thousand years. He explores the history and uses of the slang and argot of schools and trades, tracing the stories of centuries-old cants such as those used by sailors and criminals--among them polari, the mix of Italian, Yiddish, and slang once spoken among strolling players and circus folk and most recently adopted by the gay community. He examines the sacred languages of ancient cults and religions, uncovers the workings of onomancy, spells, and gematria, considers the obliqueness of allusion and parody, and celebrates the absurdities of euphemism and jargon.

Anyone who enjoys word games and riddles, who loves finding out the hidden meanings of slang or argot, or who delights in spy novels or real-life tales of espionage, will find this volume an endless source of fascination.

Pages: 352
Size: 1.95 mb
Language: English
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How To Find Lost Objects

In this practical yet entertaining work, Professor Solomon shows how to track down anything that's been misplaced. Keys, cash, documents, jewelry, household items-all can be located with ease, using his method. How to Find Lost Objects takes the reader on a comprehensive tour of the art of finding.

You'll learn about the Three C's, Pocket Gobble, the Camouflage Effect, Saint Anthony, hronir, the Valley of Lost Things, the Eureka Zone, Grandma's Principle, Domestic Drift, the Cool Once-over, the Basic Blunder, phantom possessions.

Plus Freud on why we misplace things.Sherlock Holmes and the Three C's a photo-fable ("Betsy Finds Her Keys" ) advice on lost luggage instructions for making a Eureka-Stik and more.

For anyone who regularly-or even occasionally-misplaces things, Professor Solomon's book will prove invaluable.



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