Alternative Energy Demystified
English | PDF | 337 Pages | 4.25 Mb
The fast and easy way to get up-to-speed on alternative energy

Because of current events, geopolitics, and natural disasters, the cost of fuel is front and center in our lives. This book provides a concise look at all forms of energy, including fossil fuels, electric, solar, biodiesel, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, and renewable fuel cells. You will get explanations, definitions, and analysis of each alternative energy source from a technological point of view.

From the Back Cover
There's no better time -- or easier way -- to LEARN about ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Thinking about heating your home with solar power but don't know how it really works? Wondering what makes hybrid cars run? Alternative Energy Demystified shines the light on the various energy sources and technologies available today.

The book begins by covering a wide range of heat sources, including wood, corn, coal, oil, gas, electricity, and solar heat. Propulsion methods are discussed next, including gasoline, methane, ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen, fuel cells, and more. Electricity from fossil fuels, water, wind, atoms, and other sources is also covered. Featuring end-of-chapter quizzes and a final exam, this illuminating guide explains the technical basics of many different forms of energy -- some that may surprise you!

This self-paced guide gives you:

* A thorough overview of the various sources of energy
* To-the-point explanations and detailed illustrations
* A quiz at the end of each chapter to reinforce learning and pinpoint weaknesses
* A final exam at the end of the book
* A time-saving approach to performing better on an exam or at work!

Expert CAD Management: The Complete Guide
English | PDF | 288 Pages | 3.2 MB
Get the strategies you need for successful CAD management in this one-of-a-kind resource. You?ll learn basics such as how to assign tasks, set budgets, and formulate ROI-and gradually delve into more complex issues such as managing intellectual property, selling ideas to management and end users, and configuring for specific engineering environments. This indispensable resource is packed with savvy insights, practical techniques, and real-world advice to broaden your technical, business, and management skills.

Mechanical Engineering Systems
English | PDF | 310 Pages | 5.3 MB

Alistair Duffy, Series Editor
'The mechanical engineering text offers a broad introduction to the subject with a practical focus, the text is structured in a modular manner allowing a mixing and matching of sections to suit syllabi.'

Review
'an excellent addition to the Institution of Incorporated Engineers textbook series....With their lively text, the authors have striven to arouse an enthusiasm for sound analysis and design based on an understanding of basic engineering concepts and principles.'
Times Higher Educational Supplement, March 8, 2002

'The mechanical engineering text offers a broad introduction to the subject with a practical focus, the text is structured in a modular manner allowing a mixing and matching of sections to suit syllabi.' Alistair Duffy, Series Editor

'The book would be ideal fo A Level physics students and those in their first year at university studying engineering... this is a good basic engineering textbook which presents the subject matter in a progressive, easily understandable way.'
Marine Engineers Review, Sept 2003

Site Planning and Design Handbook
English | PDF | 560 Pages | 11.3 MB

The book aims to cover site analysis; environmental assessment; grading; design for traffic control; open space design; project management issues, including permitting and quality assurance; historic landscapes; preserving trees; stormwater management; and materials specifications and standards. Russ makes a heroic effort to cover these topics and to provide an overview of landscape restoration and site layout as well as a compressed discussion of landscape and culture -- all in 12 chapters and 560 pages.

The four chapters on site analysis, site grading, street and parking lot design, and infrastructure include some good discussion and some useful new information about sustainable design. One particularly nice inclusion is the identification of standards and specifications from the American Society for Testing and Materials as well as other sources. Chapter 4, "Designing for People," has a helpful section on designing pedestrian walkways and paving-material standards and specifications.

Anger Management For Dummies
English | PDF | 384 Pages | 3.31 MB
If your anger, or that of a loved one, is out of control and threatening your life and livelihood, you need the calm, clear, and understanding help you'll find in Anger Management For Dummies. This concise and practical guidebook shares specific anger management methods, skills, and exercises that will help you identify the sources of your anger and release yourself from their grip. You'll find out how to:

* Defuse your anger before it strikes
* Express your feelings calmly
* Respond rather than react
* Prevent anger incidents in the future
* Release healthy anger in a healthy way
* Confess your anger in a journal
* Use anger constructively
* Get beyond old anger through forgiveness

Complete with coverage of road rage, air rage, office rage, and dealing with angry children, Anger Management for Dummies gives you the tools you need to overcome your anger and live a happier, more productive life.

Anger Management For Dummies
English | PDF | 384 Pages | 3.31 MB
If your anger, or that of a loved one, is out of control and threatening your life and livelihood, you need the calm, clear, and understanding help you'll find in Anger Management For Dummies. This concise and practical guidebook shares specific anger management methods, skills, and exercises that will help you identify the sources of your anger and release yourself from their grip. You'll find out how to:

* Defuse your anger before it strikes
* Express your feelings calmly
* Respond rather than react
* Prevent anger incidents in the future
* Release healthy anger in a healthy way
* Confess your anger in a journal
* Use anger constructively
* Get beyond old anger through forgiveness

Complete with coverage of road rage, air rage, office rage, and dealing with angry children, Anger Management for Dummies gives you the tools you need to overcome your anger and live a happier, more productive life.