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The Lion of Venice (Paperback): Mark Frutkin The Lion of Venice (Paperback)
Mark Frutkin
R458 R366 Discovery Miles 3 660 Save R92 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This magical new novel by Governor General and Trillium Prize nominee Mark Frutkin, set in 13th century Venice and Cathay, is a dazzling fresco of shimmering language, brimming with golden tableaus of arid deserts and cobblestone alleys, the wafting scent of cardomin and the mystical trill of a praying friar. It is the story of Marco Polo as he is about to set sail on an arduous and lengthy pilgrimage with his father, uncle and faithful guide across the sun-soaked silk route, the rich path of the carpet-makers and the black seas of the Indian Ocean.

Doggedly pursued by a vengeful assassin of the Venetian Doge, Marco is eager to arrive in the promised land of the mighty Kublai Khan and bask in the safety offered by his royal legions. But while enjoying the myths of the new land, Polo is haunted by the recurring appearance of a winged lion which lurks behind his dreams and roams the palace of his heart. Even upon his return to Venice, a naval battle and capture by their rival Genoa, even as he languishes in an enemy jail cell recounting his trials to an incredulous inmate, there is always the heartbeat of the lion.

Farm Machinery and Equipment (Paperback): Harris Pearson Smith Farm Machinery and Equipment (Paperback)
Harris Pearson Smith
R1,107 Discovery Miles 11 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Meetings for School-Based Decision Making (Paperback): Keen J. Babbage Meetings for School-Based Decision Making (Paperback)
Keen J. Babbage
R1,515 Discovery Miles 15 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Have you ever left a meeting feeling that nothing had actually been accomplished? This book provides you with the keys to running a successful and efficient meeting. Babbage begins with a section on how to prepare effectively for a meeting, methods for running a concise meeting, and finishes with how to implement the key decisions made during the meeting. He also includes a section on how to maintain everyone's involvement, cooperation, and interest throughout the meeting.

Green Energy (WIRED guides) - How to build a sustainable future (Paperback): Nicole Kobie, Wired Green Energy (WIRED guides) - How to build a sustainable future (Paperback)
Nicole Kobie, Wired
R215 R172 Discovery Miles 1 720 Save R43 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Fossil fuels may be keeping the world running, but they're also destroying the planet. What viable alternatives do we have, and what technological breakthroughs are on the horizon? In this brilliantly wide-ranging, one-stop guide WIRED journalist Nicole Kobie outlines the environmental threats we face through our reliance on carbon-based energy, and considers whether and when sustainable energy can take its place. She looks at the major technologies currently available - solar, wind and geothermal among them - explaining how they work and what potential they possess. She shows how electricity supply is being transformed by advances in storage and distribution. She assesses how each form of energy is being adapted to serve our industrial and domestic needs. And she addresses the fundamental question: can the world's energy supply become fully sustainable within the next decade?

Building Parent-Teacher Communication - An Educator's Guide (Paperback): Cindy J Christopher Building Parent-Teacher Communication - An Educator's Guide (Paperback)
Cindy J Christopher
R1,446 Discovery Miles 14 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Actual strategies (with examples) That are in place in schools throught the country illustrate practical, proven techniques for building parent involvement and commitment. Also covered are documentation concerning student classwork, parent notes, conferences, and new types of assessment.

Make Projects: Small Form Factor PCs (Paperback): Duane Wessels, Matthew J. Weaver Make Projects: Small Form Factor PCs (Paperback)
Duane Wessels, Matthew J. Weaver
R752 R560 Discovery Miles 5 600 Save R192 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Shoebox sized and smaller, small form factor PCs can pack as much computing muscle as anything from a PDA to a full-sized desktop computer. They consume less power, have few or no moving parts, and are very quiet. Whether you plan to use one as a standalone PC or want to embed it in your next hacking project, a small form factor PC may be the next thing you build."Small Form Factor PCs" is the only book available that shows you how to build small form factor PCs -- from kits and from scratch -- that are more interesting and more personalized than what a full-sized PC can give you. Included in the book are projects for building personal video recorders, versatile wireless access points, digital audio jukeboxes, portable firewalls, and much more. This book shows you how to build eight different systems, from the shoebox-sized Shuttle system down to the stick-of-gum sized gumstix. With thorough illustrations and step-by-step instructions, "Small Form Factor PCs" makes it easy for anyone who wants to get started building these tiny systems. Small form factor computing is taking off, and this guide is an absolute must for anyone who wants to get in on the launch.

Water Quality Standards Handbook (Paperback, Second Edition): Environmental Protection Agency U. S. Water Quality Standards Handbook (Paperback, Second Edition)
Environmental Protection Agency U. S.
R5,685 Discovery Miles 56 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Covering such topics as designation of uses, antidegradation, procedures for review and revision of water quality standards, and the water-quality-based approach to pollution control, this handbook provides readers with guidance on complying with the Water Quality Standards Regulation, 40 CFR 131.

Butchering Chickens: A Guide to Humane, Small-Scale Processing (Paperback): Adam Danforth Butchering Chickens: A Guide to Humane, Small-Scale Processing (Paperback)
Adam Danforth
R422 Discovery Miles 4 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The space, setup, and equipment required to raise and process poultry are minimal when compared to other types of livestock, which is part of what makes chickens such an appealing choice for small-scale meat producers. Expert butcher and teacher Adam Danforth covers the entire slaughtering and butchering process in this photographic guide specifically geared toward backyard chicken keepers and small-farm operations invested in raising meat responsibly. With step-by-step photos, detailed instructions, and chapters dedicated to necessary tools and equipment, essential food safety measures, how to prepare for slaughter and process the birds quickly and humanely, how to break down the carcasses into cuts, and how to package and freeze the cuts to ensure freshness, this comprehensive handbook gives poultry raisers the information they need to make the most of their meat.

Advanced Welding Technology in Metals (Hardcover): Joao Pedro Oliveira, Zhi Zeng Advanced Welding Technology in Metals (Hardcover)
Joao Pedro Oliveira, Zhi Zeng
R3,099 R2,497 Discovery Miles 24 970 Save R602 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Achievements and Prospects of Advanced Pavement Materials Technologies (Hardcover): Zhanping You, Hainian Wang, Jian-Long Zheng Achievements and Prospects of Advanced Pavement Materials Technologies (Hardcover)
Zhanping You, Hainian Wang, Jian-Long Zheng
R3,088 R2,486 Discovery Miles 24 860 Save R602 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Beach-Dune System Morphodynamics (Hardcover): Felice D'Alessandro, Giuseppe Roberto Tomasicchio, Ferdinando Frega Beach-Dune System Morphodynamics (Hardcover)
Felice D'Alessandro, Giuseppe Roberto Tomasicchio, Ferdinando Frega
R2,239 R1,819 Discovery Miles 18 190 Save R420 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Economics of Technology - Symposium : Selected Papers (Hardcover): Ove Granstrand Economics of Technology - Symposium : Selected Papers (Hardcover)
Ove Granstrand
R7,642 Discovery Miles 76 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Hardbound. The economics of technology has recently become established as a fast growing subject field. It commands a rapidly increasing interest, also among a new generation of scholars and students, catering to the old need to bridge the gap between economics and technology in practice. This volume attempts to give an historic and current overview of economics of technology as a field, and to contribute to its development by bringing together original contributions from internationally highly recognized and representative specialists in economics and technology studies, thereby reflecting the state-of-the-art. The volume also gives extensive summaries of developments in the field and outlines directions for further research and teaching.

Celebrating the New World - Chicago's Columbian Exposition of 1893 (Paperback, Revised): Robert Muccigrosso Celebrating the New World - Chicago's Columbian Exposition of 1893 (Paperback, Revised)
Robert Muccigrosso
R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

By the turn of the nineteenth century America was coming of age. No event better illustrated the American rise, better mirrored American society, or better presaged the American century ahead than the World's Columbian Exposition. "The grandest exposition this planet has ever witnessed" has been captured by Robert Muccigrosso in this lively survey of the Great Fair and its reflection of American values and tastes. With exhibits and visitors from all parts of the globe, the Columbian Exposition allowed America to consider its past, examine its present, and ponder its future. The nation's most celebrated architects overcame formidable obstacles to showcase science, technology, and the arts, and to provide a meeting place for assorted congresses. But the exposition was also an entertainment for the 27 million (a remarkable figure for 1893) who came to see the great event staged in that most fascinating city of wealth, culture, and corruption, Chicago. With photographs and maps. American Ways Series.

Knowledge and Society - The Anthropology of Science and Technology (Hardcover): Arie Rip Knowledge and Society - The Anthropology of Science and Technology (Hardcover)
Arie Rip; Volume editing by David J Hess, Linda L. Layne
R4,129 Discovery Miles 41 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Part of a series examining different aspects of knowledge and society, this volume focuses on the anthropology of science and technology. Divided into three parts, it covers: the reconstruction of medical science and technology; science and technology at large; and discipline, culture and power.

Scientific and Technical Periodicals of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries - A Guide (Hardcover, New): David A. Kronick Scientific and Technical Periodicals of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries - A Guide (Hardcover, New)
David A. Kronick
R3,543 Discovery Miles 35 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The scientific and technical periodicals of the 17th and 18th centuries are a primary source for the study of one of the most interesting periods in our intellectual history. The author has collected and collated titles and information regarding them from a large number of sources to construct an alphabetical list of 1,851 periodicals, including those issued by the scientific and learned societies of this period in all the countries of Europe and America, from 1665, when Philosophical Transactions made its first appearance, to the end of the eighteenth century.

Farm Machinery (Paperback): Claude Culpin Farm Machinery (Paperback)
Claude Culpin
R1,416 Discovery Miles 14 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Emulsifiers in Food Technology 2e (Hardcover, 2nd Edition): V Norn Emulsifiers in Food Technology 2e (Hardcover, 2nd Edition)
V Norn
R4,098 Discovery Miles 40 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Emulsifiers are essential components of many industrial food recipes. They have the ability to act at the interface between two phases, and so can stabilise the desired mix of oil and water in a mayonnaise, ice cream or salad dressing. They can also stabilise gas/liquid mixtures in foams. More than that, they are increasingly employed in textural and organoleptic modification, in shelf life enhancement, and as complexing or stabilising agents for other components such as starch or protein. Applications include modifying the rheology of chocolate, the strengthening of dough, crumb softening and the retardation of staling in bread.

This volume, now in a revised and updated second edition, introduces emulsifiers to those previously unfamiliar with their functions, and provides a state of the art account of their chemistry, manufacture, application and legal status for more experienced food technologists. Each chapter considers one of the main chemical groups of food emulsifiers. Within each group the structures of the emulsifiers are considered, together with their modes of action. This is followed by a discussion of their production / extraction and physical characteristics, together with practical examples of their application. Appendices cross-reference emulsifier types with applications, and give E-numbers, international names, synonyms and references to analytical standards and methods.

This is a book for food scientists and technologists, ingredients suppliers and quality assurance personnel.

The Art of Technology Management (Paperback): The Art of Technology Management (Paperback)
R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
U.S. Army Ranger Handbook (Hardcover): U. S. Department of Defense U.S. Army Ranger Handbook (Hardcover)
U. S. Department of Defense
R732 R609 Discovery Miles 6 090 Save R123 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This handbook offers the techniques and tactics that make Army Rangers the best soldiers in the world. These highly-trained, easily-deployable, and widely-skilled infantrymen specialize in airborne assault, raids, recovery of personnel and equipment, and airfield seizure, among other difficult and dangerous missions. Drawing from over two centuries of bloody lessons learned in special operations combat, this guide gives modern soldiers the best advice possible. In straightforward language and a no-frills style, it covers deception, stealth, communications, escape and evasion, ambush operations, perimeter defense, counterintelligence, and much more. Handy and concise, this manual was designed so Rangers could easily carry it into the field. Now it is the ultimate resource for anyone who wants to know how Rangers think and work.

Achievements and Prospects of Functional Pavement - Materials and Structures (Hardcover): Jian-Long Zheng, Zhanping You, Xueyan... Achievements and Prospects of Functional Pavement - Materials and Structures (Hardcover)
Jian-Long Zheng, Zhanping You, Xueyan Liu
R2,594 R2,097 Discovery Miles 20 970 Save R497 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Deep Learning Methods for Remote Sensing (Hardcover): Moulay A Akhloufi, Mozhdeh Shahbazi Deep Learning Methods for Remote Sensing (Hardcover)
Moulay A Akhloufi, Mozhdeh Shahbazi
R2,599 R2,102 Discovery Miles 21 020 Save R497 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kinematics and Robot Design IV, KaRD2021 (Hardcover): Raffaele Di Gregorio Kinematics and Robot Design IV, KaRD2021 (Hardcover)
Raffaele Di Gregorio
R2,234 R1,813 Discovery Miles 18 130 Save R421 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Information Theory and Machine Learning (Hardcover): Lizhong Zheng, Chao Tian Information Theory and Machine Learning (Hardcover)
Lizhong Zheng, Chao Tian
R2,230 R1,809 Discovery Miles 18 090 Save R421 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kinetic Theory and Gas Dynamics (Paperback, 1988 ed.): C. Cercignani Kinetic Theory and Gas Dynamics (Paperback, 1988 ed.)
C. Cercignani
R1,656 Discovery Miles 16 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Solar-Powered Electricity - A survey of solar photovoltaic power in developing countries (Paperback): Bernard McNelis Solar-Powered Electricity - A survey of solar photovoltaic power in developing countries (Paperback)
Bernard McNelis
R821 R760 Discovery Miles 7 600 Save R61 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A state of the art survey of the use of photovoltaics in developing countries, in pumping, refrigerators, lighting, rural electrification and agriculture, from a UNESCO report.

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