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Sustainable Communities Design Handbook: Green Engineering, Architecture, and Technology, Second Edition, brings together the major players responsible for sustainable development at both community and metropolitan scales. The book aims to explain and demonstrate the practice, planning, design, building and managing of the engineering, architectural and economic development of cities and communities to meet sustainable development objectives. ...

Greenhouse Gases Balance of Bioenergy Systems covers every stage of a bioenergy system, from establishment to energy delivery, presenting a comprehensive, multidisciplinary overview of all the relevant issues and environmental risks. It also provides an understanding of how these can be practically managed to deliver sustainable greenhouse gas reductions. Its expert chapter authors present readers to the methods used to determine the greenhous...

Eine mitreißende Einladung zum guten LebenMitten im Wohlstand und Überfluss unserer Zeit wuchert ein besorgniserregendes Phänomen: Immer mehr Menschen sind in einer tiefen geistigen und existentiellen Verunsicherung und Entmutigung gefangen. Sie ziehen sich aus dem Leben zurück und suchen Ersatzbefriedigung im reinen Konsum oder in bedenklichen Massenbewegungen. Dem materiellen Wohlstand steht mit anderen Worten eine geistig-existentielle Vera...

Mütter brauchen andere Methoden als Manager, um Kraft zu tanken und ihre eigenen Bedürfnisse zu beachten. Mit gezielten Fragen und fundiertem Hintergrundwissen verhilft Hans Hartmann, Leiter einer Mutter-Kind-Klinik, gestressten Müttern zu einem neuen Blick auf sich selbst, einer besseren Widerstandskraft und wirkungsvollen Stressbewältigung. Er erklärt auch, wie sie ihre persönlichen Ziele formulieren, ihre Beziehungsmuster verändern und mit ...

Wer eine gebrauchte Immobilie kaufen will, muss oft lange suchen und vieles besichtigen, bis er ein geeignetes Objekt findet. Dabei geht es vor allem darum, die Bausubstanz zu bewerten und die Renovierungskosten abzuschätzen. Dieser Ratgeber hilft hier weiter. Er enthält Checklisten, mit denen bei der Besichtigung der bauliche Zustand ermittelt wird. Anhand von Kostentabellen können Sie schnell berechnen, wie teuer die Renovierung werden könnt...

George R.R. Martin - der Superheld der Superhelden! Vor genau vierzig Jahren veränderte der Wild-Cards-Virus das Antlitz der Erde, schuf mächtige Asse und mutierte Joker. Grund genug für die größte Party des Jahrhunderts! Doch während sich New York auf die Feierlichkeiten vorbereitet, plant der Astronom seine Rache. Er ist eines der mächtigsten Asse der Welt, und hätten ihn nicht einige Helden aufgehalten, würde er längst die Erde beherrschen....

Drawing on in-depth interviews with animation professionals, field research, and a wide-scale market survey, The Anime Boom in the United States investigates the Japanese export of anime television and film to the United States. This story carries broad significance for those interested in understanding the cultural and media globalization.

History records only one peaceful transition of hegemonic power: the passage from British to American dominance of the international order. To explain why this transition was nonviolent, Kori Schake explores nine points of crisis between Britain and the U.S., from the Monroe Doctrine to the unequal "special relationship¿ during World War II.

Knowledge of wild chimpanzees has expanded dramatically. This volume, edited by Martin Muller, Richard Wrangham, and David Pilbeam, brings together scientists who are leading a revolution to discover and explain human uniqueness, by studying our closest living relatives. Their conclusions may transform our understanding of human evolution.

Perhaps no figure embodied the ambiguities, colonial fears, and collective imaginations of Kenya's decolonization era more than Dedan Kimathi, the self-proclaimed field marshal of the rebel forces that took to the forests to fight colonial rule in the 1950s.

Perhaps no figure embodied the ambiguities, colonial fears, and collective imaginations of Kenya's decolonization era more than Dedan Kimathi, the self-proclaimed field marshal of the rebel forces that took to the forests to fight colonial rule in the 1950s.

The Indian Ocean Nodule Field: Geology and Resource Potential, Second Edition, provides a view of the most recent studies along with classical theories starting from the 1960s. New concepts, hypotheses and critical appreciation of the state-of-the-art knowledge on nodule formation and resource management are featured in this new edition. The economy of the Indian Ocean has vast potential and yet it is one of the least studied oceans. Garnering...

Collecting some of the most frequently requested articles from one of the most influential publications on film, this volume explores the paradoxical ways that digital technology and the Internet have transformed film criticism, programming, and preservat

Digital technology and the Internet have revolutionized film criticism, programming, and preservation in deeply paradoxical ways. The Internet allows almost everyone to participate in critical discourse, but many print publications and salaried positions for professional film critics have been eliminated. Digital technologies have broadened access to filmmaking capabilities, as well as making thousands of older films available on DVD and elect...

A YouTube superstar cartoonist and illustrator presents her first-ever art instruction book! It's an easy-to-follow complete cartoon-style course covering everything from basic materials and finding drawing inspiration to creating characters, clothing and settings in her super-cool style. Full color. 8 5/16 x 10 15/16.

A geometric dissection is a cutting of a geometric figure (such as a regular polygon, or a star, or a cross) into pieces that we can rearrange to form another geometric figure. The best dissections are beautiful and possess economy (few pieces), symmetry, or hingeability. They are often challenging to discover.Ernest Irving Freese was an architect who lived and worked in Los Angeles until his death in 1957. Shortly before he passed away, he co...

A geometric dissection is a cutting of a geometric figure (such as a regular polygon, or a star, or a cross) into pieces that we can rearrange to form another geometric figure. The best dissections are beautiful and possess economy (few pieces), symmetry, or hingeability. They are often challenging to discover.Ernest Irving Freese was an architect who lived and worked in Los Angeles until his death in 1957. Shortly before he passed away, he co...

Examining Ecology: Exercises in Environmental Biology and Conservation explains foundational ecological principles using a hands-on approach that features analyzing data, drawing graphs, and undertaking practical exercises that simulate field work. The book provides students and lecturers with real life examples to demonstrate basic principles. The book helps students, instructors, and those new to the field learn about the principles of ecolo...

Currently an estimated 17 million nuclear medicine procedures are performed each year in the US and constantly evolving, as new radiopharmaceuticals and imaging techniques are introduced for better diagnosis and treatment of human diseases. In keeping up with new developments, the Seventh Edition of Fundamentals of Nuclear Pharmacy chronicles the advancements in radiopharmaceuticals and their use in clinical applications. It discusses basic co...

A First World War classic, detailed in its history, evocative of the period and the context, Wolff 's study of the 1917 campaign contains expert narrative in the strategy and tactics of the Battle of Third Ypres.