The military half ; an account of destruction in Quang Ngai and Quang Tin. by Schell, Jonathan, 1943-2014

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Is peace inevitable? : Aggression, evolution, and human destiny by Genovés, Santiago

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Almanac of architecture & design.

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The geometry of art and life by Ghyka, Matila C. (Matila Costiescu), 1881-1965

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Angel face by Klein, Norma, 1938-1989

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Unreal engine game development blueprints : discover all the secrets of Unreal Engine and create seven fully functional games with the help of step-by-step instructions by Valcasara, Nicola

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The complete works of O. Henry by Henry, O., 1862-1910

Table of Contents: “…Sixes and sevens : The last of the troubadours -- The sleuths -- Witches' loaves -- The pride of the cities -- Holding up a train -- Ulysses and the dogman -- The champion of the weather -- Makes the whole world kin -- At arms with Morpheus -- A ghost of a chance -- Jimmie Hayes and Muriel -- The door of unrest -- The duplicity of Hargraves -- Let me feel your pulse -- October and June -- The church with an overshot-wheel -- New York by campfire light -- The adventures of Shamrock Jolnes -- The lady higher up -- The greater Coney -- Law and order -- Transformation of Martin Burney -- The caliph and the cad -- The diamond of Kali -- The day we celebrate.…”


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Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods, Ninth Edition by Peurifoy, Robert L., Schexnayder, Clifford J., Schmitt, Robert, Shapira, Aviad

Table of Contents: “…Particle Size Reduction -- General Information -- Jaw Crushers -- Gyratory Crushers -- Roll Crushers -- Impact Crushers -- Special Aggregate Processing Units -- Feeders -- Surge Piles -- Crushing Equipment Selection -- Separation into Particle Size Ranges -- Scalping Crushed Stone -- Screening Aggregate -- Other Aggregate Processing Issues -- Belts -- Log Washers -- Segregation -- Safety -- Chapter 14 Asphalt Mix Production and Placement -- Introduction -- Glossary of Asphalt Terms -- Structure of Asphalt Pavements -- Flexible Pavements -- Asphalt Concrete -- Asphalt Plants -- General Operation -- Batch Plants -- Drum Mix Plants -- Dust Collectors -- Asphalt Storage and Heating -- Reclaiming and Recycling -- Paving Equipment -- Sweeper -- Asphalt Distributors -- Haul Trucks -- Asphalt Pavers -- Compaction Equipment -- Safety -- Trimmers -- Chapter 15 Concrete and Concrete Equipment -- Introduction -- Concrete -- Fresh Concrete -- Batching Concrete Materials -- Mixing Concrete -- Concrete Mixing Techniques -- Ready-Mixed Concrete -- Central-Mixed Concrete -- Placing Concrete -- Buckets -- Manual or Motor-Propelled Buggies -- Chutes and Drop Pipes -- Belt Conveyors -- Concrete Pumps -- Consolidating and Finishing -- Consolidating Concrete -- Finishing and Curing Concrete -- Concrete Pavements -- Slipform Paving -- Paving Production -- Additional Applications and Considerations -- Placing Concrete in Cold Weather -- Placing Concrete in Hot Weather -- Safety -- Pumping Concrete -- Chapter 16 Cranes -- Major Crane Types -- Mobile Cranes -- Lattice-Boom Crawler Cranes -- Telescoping-Boom Truck Cranes -- Lattice-Boom Truck Cranes -- Rough-Terrain Cranes -- All-Terrain Cranes -- Other Mobile Crane Types -- Lifting Capacities of Cranes -- Rated Loads for Lattice- and Telescoping-Boom Cranes -- Working Ranges of Cranes -- Tower Cranes -- Classification -- Operation -- Tower Crane Selection -- Rated Loads for Tower Cranes -- Rigging -- Rigging Basics -- Slings -- Safety -- Crane Accidents -- Safety Plans and Programs -- Zones of Responsibility -- Chapter 17 Piles and Pile-Driving Equipment -- Introduction -- Glossary of Terms -- Pile Types -- Classifications of Piles -- Timber Piles -- Concrete Piles -- Steel Piles -- Sheet Piles -- Driving Piles -- The Resistance of Piles to Penetration -- Site Investigation and Test Pile Program -- Pile Hammers -- Supporting and Positioning Piles During Driving -- Jetting Piles -- Spudding and Preaugering -- Hammer Selection -- Pile-Driving Safety -- Chapter 18 Air Compressors and Pumps -- Support Equipment -- Compressed Air -- Introduction -- Glossary of Gas Law Terms -- Gas Laws -- Glossary of Air Compressor Terms -- Air Compressors -- Compressed-Air Distribution System -- Diversity Factor -- Safety -- Equipment for Pumping Water -- Introduction -- Glossary of Pumping Terms -- Classification of Pumps -- Centrifugal Pumps -- Loss of Head Due to Friction in Pipe -- Rubber Hose -- Selecting a Pump -- Wellpoint Systems -- Deep Wells -- Chapter 19 Planning for Building Construction -- Introduction -- Site Layout -- Delivery of Structural Components -- Steel Erection -- Tilt-Up Construction -- Lifting and Support Equipment -- Cranes -- Aerial Lift Platforms -- Integrated Tool Carriers -- Telescopic Handlers/Forklifts -- Generators -- Portable Light Towers -- Portable Welding Equipment -- Control of Construction Nuisances -- Construction Noise -- Noise Mitigation -- Lighting -- Dust -- Vibration -- Chapter 20 Forming Systems -- Classification -- Formwork and The Project Engineer -- Formwork Design -- Formwork Economics -- Vertical Systems -- Horizontal Systems -- Combined Vertical and Horizontal Systems -- Shoring Towers -- Safety -- Appendix A Alphabetical List of Units with Their SI Names and Conversion Factors -- Appendix B Selected English-to-SI Conversion Factors -- Appendix C Selected U.S. …”
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Applications of biotechnology for sustainable textile production

Table of Contents: “…2.20.3 Maintenance of documents -- 2.20.4 Symbols and characters -- 2.21 Training person -- 2.22 Wages and time for work -- 2.23 Regulation on wages -- 2.24 Sexual harassment -- 2.25 Employment instability -- 2.26 Overtime at work -- 2.27 Equality for men and women -- 2.28 Gender Equality Act 2012 Workplace -- 2.29 Women's safety and health in textiles -- 2.30 Baby/child care centre -- 2.31 Recommendations on child labour elimination -- 2.32 Global labour law requirements civil rights -- 2.33 Recommendations on child labour elimination -- 2.34 Human equality global requirements for workers -- 2.35 Employment retention requirements -- 2.36 Occupational safety and environmental requirements -- 2.37 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Biotechnological approaches in desizing of textile materials -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Dry pretreatments -- 3.2.1 Cleaning, cropping, and shearing -- 3.2.1.1 Precleaning process -- 3.2.1.2 Cropping and shearing -- 3.2.2 Singing operation -- 3.2.2.1 Object of singing -- Singeing machines -- Hot plate-singeing machine -- The roller-singeing machine -- Gas-singeing machine -- 3.3 Wet pretreatments -- 3.3.1 Desizing -- 3.3.1.1 Sizing ingredients -- 3.3.2 Object of desizing -- 3.3.3 Methods of desizing -- 3.3.4 Hydrolytic type -- 3.3.4.1 Rot steep -- Advantages of rot steeping -- Disadvantages of rot steeping -- 3.3.4.2 Acid desizing -- Advantages of acid desizing -- Disadvantages of acid desizing -- 3.3.4.3 Alkali desizing -- Advantages of alkali desizing -- Disadvantages of alkali desizing -- 3.3.4.4 Enzyme desizing -- 3.3.5 Enzymatic desizing techniques -- 3.3.5.1 Desizing on Jigger -- 3.3.5.2 Continuous desizing (using a winch) -- Recipe -- 3.3.5.3 Continuous desizing (using a J-box) -- Recipe -- Advantages of continuous enzyme desizing -- Disadvantages of continuous enzyme desizing.…”
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VMware vCloud Director Cookbook. by Langenhan, Daniel

Table of Contents: “…Better vApps -- Introduction -- vSphere and vCloud vApps -- Roles and rights -- Proper vApp startup and shutdown -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Important changes in vCloud 5.5 -- There's more... -- Power Off -- Templates -- Adding a VM to a vApp -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Importing a vApp into vCloud -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Importing a VM from vSphere -- Importing an OVF/OVA into a catalog -- Import an OVF/OVA into My Cloud -- Importing from Workstation/Fusion -- How it works... -- Important changes in vCloud 5.5 -- There's more... -- Aftercare -- Migrating running VMs -- See also -- Exporting a vApp from vCloud -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Exporting a vApp from a catalog -- Exporting a vApp from My Cloud -- How it works... -- See also -- Creating a sandbox environment -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Creating an organization for the sandbox -- Creating an OvDC for the sandbox -- Adding networking -- How it works... -- Lease time -- Allocation model -- Networking -- There's more... -- Fair warning -- Using an Edge gateway to give access to the play infrastructure -- Using Guest Customization with pre and post deploy -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works.…”
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Videofashion collections. Volume 5, Spring/Summer 2014 Episode 8 : London.

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The rime of the ancient mariner by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834

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The rime of the ancient mariner by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834

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Implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Third Edition. by Chow, Alex

Table of Contents: “…Fixed Assets -- Item Tracking -- Extending a customized functionality -- Interactions with other functionalities -- The Requisition Worksheet -- Fixed Assets -- Item Tracking -- Creating a new item -- Creating and posting a purchase order for the new item -- Creating and posting a sales order for the new item -- Turning on Item Tracking for the new item -- Extending a customized functionality -- Writing a to-do list to implement a change -- The Requisition Worksheet -- Fixed Assets -- Item Tracking -- Extending a customized functionality -- Choosing the right time -- The Requisition Worksheet -- Fixed Assets -- Item Tracking -- Extending a customized functionality -- Planning the change -- The Requisition Worksheet -- Fixed Assets -- Item Tracking -- Extending a customized functionality -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Data Analysis and Reporting -- Using filters and FlowFilters -- Creating views -- Statistics -- Charts -- The Show as Chart option -- Adding charts to the Role Center page -- Creating and configuring charts -- Using reports -- Finding reports -- Running reports -- Types of reports -- List reports -- Test reports -- Posting reports -- Transaction reports -- Document reports -- Other reports -- Account schedules -- Analysis views -- Understanding dimensions -- Setting up new dimensions -- Categorizing dimensions -- Accessing dimensions -- Creating an analysis view -- Updating analysis views -- Using analysis views -- Analysis by dimensions -- Analysis views as a source for account schedules -- Extracting data -- Sending data to Microsoft Office applications -- Sending data to Microsoft Word -- Sending data to Microsoft Excel -- Extracting data through web services -- Other ways to extract Dynamics NAV data -- Understanding report development -- Reports anatomy -- Defining the dataset -- Designing the visual layout -- Summary.…”
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As time goes by : the life of Ingrid Bergman by Leamer, Laurence

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My camera : at the zoo by Marshall, Janet Perry

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Principles and types of public speaking

Table of Contents: “…-- Representing textual materials -- Acquiring visual aids -- How to : make the most of color selection for slides and other visuals -- Making your own -- Downloading visual aids from the Web -- Getting visual aids from research/others -- Strategies for selecting and using visual aids -- Consider the audience and occasion -- How to : select the right visual aids -- Consider the communicative potential of various visual aids -- Evaluate computer-generated visual materials -- How to : use visual aids effectively -- Chapter summary -- Key terms -- Assessment activities -- References -- 12. …”


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An American epic. by Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Table of Contents: “…Truman becomes President -- The relief scene shifts -- President Truman requests my assistance -- The greatest famine in all history -- We begin world organization to meet the famine -- We undertake to co-ordinate the world in battle against famine -- Co-ordination of thirty-eight nations in the battle against famine -- France, Italy, and the Vatican -- Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, and Poland -- Finland, Sweden, and Norway -- Great Britain -- Belgium, Holland, and Denmark -- Germany and Austria -- Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece, and Egypt -- Iraq, India, Thailand, and the Philippines -- China, Korea, Japan, and our return home -- We report to President Truman and to the American people -- Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile -- The Argentine, Uruguay, Brazil, Venezuela, and Cuba -- Triumph over the greatest famine in world history -- Famine continues in Germany, Austria, and Japan -- The food situation in Germany -- Germany -- The result of allied economic policies -- Austria -- Japan -- More American relief activities -- Rehabilitation of famine children--the United Nations International children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) -- CARE, inc. -- Hungarian refugees -- some last remarks -- The final chapter.…”


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Fast facts for evidence-based practice in nursing : implementing EBP in a nutshell by Maryann Godshall

Table of Contents: “…Step Four: Conduct a Review of the Literature -- Step Five: Identify a Theoretical or Conceptual Framework -- Step Six: Keep the Study Ethical -- Step Seven: Identify Study Assumptions -- Step Eight: Formulate the Hypothesis and/or Research Questions -- Step Nine: Identify the Type of Research Design -- Chapter 4: Quantitative Research -- Quantitative Research -- Designs in Quantitative Research -- Experimental Designs -- Nonexperimental Designs -- Analysis of Findings in Quantitative Research -- Level of Significance -- Confidence Interval -- Effect Size -- Standard Deviation -- Levels of Measurement -- Chapter 5: Qualitative Research -- What is Qualitative Research? …”
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Microwaves in organic synthesis

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