The Book of Lost Knowledge is an eye-popping showcase of the unbelievable inventions of our ancestors that will make you rethink the past and future.

When two gruesome deaths occur weeks apart in the city of Tours, Lombard senses a malign coercive force is behind both fatalities and finds himself challenging his own loyalties.

When the hold of a plane is broken into, the thieves having supposedly stolen perfume samples, Pel is suspicious.

It's Christmas and Chief Inspector Pel finds himself going toe-to-toe with a criminal threatening to destroy the festive mood.

The thirty-three oral history in this collection reflect the character of Nantucket and represent an important aspect of the Island's legacy.

Ready to turn your contracting skills into a thriving business?The Contractor’s Handbook is your ultimate guide to launching, running, and scaling a profitable contracting company. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to elevate your existing business, this book covers everything you need to know to succeed in the competitive world of contracting. Inside, you’ll discover:Proven Business Strategies: Learn how to establish a solid foundation, from business planning to securing your first clients.Essential Financial Management: Master budgeting, pricing, and financial forecasting to ensure your business remains profitable and sustainable.Winning Sales Techniques: Develop effective marketing strategies to attract clients, close deals, and build a strong reputation in your market.Operational Excellence:Streamline your processes, manage projects efficiently, work effectively with vendors, and deliver high-quality work that keeps clients coming back.Leadership and Team Building: Learn how to hire, train, and lead a skilled team that will help your business grow.Packed with real-world examples, expert advice, and actionable tips, The Contractor’s Handbook is your comprehensive roadmap to building a successful and sustainable contracting business. Whether you're aiming to stay small or expand into a multi-million-dollar enterprise, this book will give you the tools and confidence to achieve your goals.Start your journey to contracting success today!

Peter Cook's drawings project radical possibilities for architecture. Spanning from his student days to the present, this book charts a seven-decade architectural adventure.

Fat Kinship examines the transformative power of self-selected relationships among fat people, exploring how fatness intersects with identity, intimacy, and community to challenge societal stigma and foster belonging.

Advanced Applications in Heat Exchanger Technologies presents the most recent developments in enhancing heat exchanger performance, reliability, and resilience, including the implementation of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Additive Manufacturing.

A vital account of fifteen speeches and orators - from Benjamin Franklin to Barack Obama - that tells the story of the United States as a battle over what it means to be an American, from a New York Times bestselling author and former presidential speechwriterWhat does it mean to be an American? Since the Founding, Americans have been having an intense debate over this deceptively simple question which has spawned Constitutional crises, civil war, populism, mass migrations, reform movements - and their inevitable backlash. The history of this debate over who and what makes an American, Ben Rhodes argues, is essential to understanding how the United States has evolved as a nation and the intensity of their divisions today. In this book, Rhodes tells the story of fifteen essential speeches - some famous, some obscure - that, together, offer a fresh and revealing portrait of the United States as an ongoing contest over what it means to be American. With rare insight into the power and purpose of political rhetoric, Rhodes illuminates how each speech reflects the nature of American identity at a particular historical moment, with riveting portraits of the people, movements, and social conditions that produced pivotal oratory. Rhode also establishes the unique role of speaking as an act of American political persuasion - from Franklin's case for compromise at the Constitutional convention to Alexander Stephen's case for white supremacy as the cornerstone of the Confederacy; or, in social movements, from Martin Luther King's demand for racial equality at the march on Washington, to Pat Buchanan's 'culture war' speech to the 1992 Republican convention which foreshadowed Donald Trump. For a country that values individualism, self-invention, and mass media, Rhodes reminds us that speeches have occupied an out-sized space in the American national imagination: the lone voice before a crowd, bending history to its will. At a time when what it means to be an American is a matter of intense debate and division, Ben Rhodes offers rare insight into the gap between who we say we are, and who we want to be.

Fifty years after first publication, one of the most important photobooks of the 20th century returns, offering an intimate glimpse into the daily lives of the Roma community in the 1960s and 1970s. Josef Koudelka's Gypsies remains one of his best-known series, offering a unique survey of the lives of the Roma community across then-Czechoslovakia, Romania, Hungary, France and Spain between 1962 and 1971. Originally published in 1975, five years after Koudelka left Prague following the Soviet Union's invasion, Gypsies is a classic of documentary photography. Now returning in its original, hardback format, this timely new edition is as much a pioneering photoessay as it is a lesson in book making. Carrying only his equipment, a rucksack and sleeping bag, Koudelka journeyed between different village and encampments. His nomadic existence, defined by a sense of displacement, allowed him to gain the trust of the Roma communities he encountered. The resulting series eschews the often-derogatory depictions of the community to instead provide unparalleled insight into their world, shining a light on their traditions, struggles and routines. The Roma in these images were photographed mostly in a state that no longer exists, ruled by a regime that dissolved in 1989. With such few historical depictions, Gypsies is not only a testament to the beauty of photography, but a vital historical document of a community often relegated to the shadows. Arriving at a moment of contemporary unrest and social marginalization, Gypsies is a poignant reminder of the often bleak reality of the disenfranchised, and the power of photography to bear witness.

A manifesto for museological change that examines the outcome when acquisitions policies, permanent collections and exhibitions become increasingly important battlegrounds for social justice. Museums are facing a reckoning. Thrust to the forefront of difficult conversations around toxic philanthropy, increased corporatization, decolonization, repatriation and legacies of theft and looting, many of our cultural institutions are undergoing a period of radical transformation, seemingly redefining their very function and mission to address new public concerns. But who owns the past? How bloody is too bloody? And whose museum is this, truly? Museums and Social Justice addresses these questions and more, shedding light on pressing issues such as why an oil giant attempted to sponsor an arctic exhibition at the British Museum; why Berlin's Humbolt Forum is exhibiting British-looted objects from Benin; and why the Baltimore Museum of Art has made a public commitment to acquire more works by women artists. Using such events as case studies, Dr. Maura Reilly engages with pioneering arguments in and around matters of diversity, access to heritage, decolonization, patrimony and racial equality, and outlines specific action plans to confront these challenges, avoid reputational controversy and maintain confidence in our public institutions.

The action-packed story of the British Army's Long Range Desert Group in WWII, from one of the UK's most storied special forces operators.

Documenting the author's experiences in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Tony Rossiter offers a revealing and fascinating insight into life as a British diplomat during this tumultuous period.

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