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Now including full coverage of the NC500, SWC300 and NE250. Forget the jet set. Come back down to earth. There is another way to travel, see the world and truly be a part of it. Taking the slow road is about turning your back on the fast lane to make time for people, places and nature. Stopping...

A thoroughly updated edition of the ultimate guide to the most scenic routes for camper vans and motorhomes around the valleys, mountains and coastlines of England and Wales Forget the jet set. Come back down to earth. There is another way to travel, see the world and truly be a part of it...

Klar, verständlich, anschaulich – das Hörbuch für alle, die verstehen wollen, wo wir am meisten Energie verbrauchen und auf welche Weise wir Energie effizient nutzen können Energie zu verbrauchen ist das Selbstverständlichste der Welt, und ohne Strom geht nichts: Die Industrie kann nicht...

Strictly speaking, a timetable isn't the kind of thing you're supposed to read for pleasure, yet you might be surprised to learn how many such individuals exist. I'm one of them . . . A landmark of Japanese travel writing, translated for the first time, this beloved classic takes the reader on a...

The crackling memoir of a middle-aged urbanite who decides to cross the US by bicycle—4,000 agonizing miles—to face down the aging infrastructure of his body, and American mobility A tech and science writer living in Brooklyn, Clive Thompson grew up as a classic '80s video-game nerd...

When a giant bridge collapses, a gas explosion blows up a building, or a major dam bursts, it’s hard not to wonder how things could have gone so catastrophically wrong. According to Grady Hillhouse, those failures are the defining force of engineering, where the most important lessons were...

How did the ancient Egyptians build the pyramids? What makes a suspension bridge so strong? And why do some machines revolutionize society while others fade into obscurity? Exploring all of the most important ideas and groundbreaking developments that have shaped the world of engineering in a...

A single-sitting read of exhilarating energy and beauty, Rig 83 reconstructs a two-week shift on a North Sea oil rig in 1980, where Jonathan Lichtenstein was one of the lucky men who got paid serious money to do the lethal work behind a deadly business – and survived. Two hundred miles from...

How did the ancient Egyptians build the pyramids? What makes a suspension bridge so strong? And why do some machines revolutionize society while others fade into obscurity? Exploring all of the most important ideas and groundbreaking developments that have shaped the world of engineering in a...

The thrilling life of aviation pioneer Bert Hinkler, dubbed 'the most daring man in the world' Grantlee Kieza tells the thrilling story of Bert's life and with it the bigger story of how the world was changed forever by men like Hinkler. Fast paced and revealing, this is an overdue, full blooded...

With the suspense of a thriller and the emotional depth of human drama, Beneath Waves and Shadows is the untold, meticulously researched story of survival after a 1906 shipwreck in the Pacific Northwest. On a mild January day in 1906, the Valencia steamed out of San Francisco and began the...

As the automobile – long a pillar of American identity and economic power – faces its biggest transformation in a century, industry insider Michael Dunne reveals how China dominated the electric vehicle market and what it means for America’s economic and technological future. In Car Wars...

Behind the headline catastrophes of wildfires and floods lies California’s history of bending nature to human purpose. The immense waters of Tulare Lake were repurposed long ago for irrigation of industrial farms, leaving a dry expanse. But wet years conjure the ghost of the lake, and recent...

Nuclear physics began long before the identification of fundamental particles, with J. J. Thomson's discovery of the electron at the end of the nineteenth century, which implied the existence of a positive charge in the atom to make it neutral. In this Very Short Introduction, Frank Close gives...

In the 1930s, the airship was viewed as the future of transatlantic travel and a brave new era of global connectedness. Germany's safe, fast and efficient airships brought it back into the international fold after its humiliation in World War I. But on May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg airship caught...

Unchecked ambition. Breakneck innovation. But at what human cost? For years, Tesla has promoted a bold vision of automated driving—one that captured global attention, reshaped public expectations, and helped propel Elon Musk to extraordinary prominence. In Elon Take the Wheel, journalist...

日航123便墜落の「撃墜説」はなぜここまで流布しているのか。日航機を撃墜したとされる護衛艦は事故当日に何をしていたのか。事故から40年、海と空を知り尽くす男が驚くべき新事実を明かす。

From Cell Phones to Smart Homes: The Hidden Health Costs of Our Wireless World

Engineering is part of almost everything we do—from the water we drink and the food we eat, to the buildings we live in and the roads and railways we travel on. In this Very Short Introduction, David Blockley explores the nature and practice of engineering, its history, its scope, and its...

Whether they're building a startup or scaling an established org, engineering leaders know the real job is keeping chaos under control. In a world of shifting priorities, scarce resources, and rapid change, leadership means embracing the unknown, managing moving targets, and creating clarity...