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How Boat Things Work

Features more than 100 cutaway and drawings to give you a glimpse into the inner workings of powerboats and sailboats, including engines and propulsio

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How Things Work - Jones Rob Lloyd

Anotace: Have you ever wondered how cars roar along roads, or planes soar into the sky? Discover how all sorts of amazing things work, from fire engines and submarines to dishwashers and vacuum cleaners, in this exciting introduction to engineering for young children, with over 70 flaps to lift. Includes links to carefully selected websites to find out more.

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How Things Work - Rob Lloyd Jones

<p>Have you ever wondered how cars roar along roads, or planes soar into the sky? Discover how all sorts of amazing things work, from fire engines and submarines to dishwashers and vacuum cleaners, in this exciting introduction to engineering for young children, with over 70 flaps to lift. Includes links to carefully selected websites to find out more.</p>

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See Inside How Things Work Usborne Publishing

An amazing flap book packed with inventions, machines, gadgets and devices, and facts and information about how they work. Over 90 flaps reveal the insides of car engines, toilets, escalators, submarines and microwaves and many, many other machines. Includes internet links to websites with animations, games and experiments....

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How to Do Things with Forms

The Oulipo is a literary think tank that brings together writers and mathematicians. This book assesses the work of the group, explores where it came

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Encyclopedia of Military Science

The Encyclopedia of Military Science provides a comprehensive, ready-reference on the organization, traditions, training, purpose, and functions of today's military. Entries include coverage of the duties, responsibilities, and authority of military personnel and an understanding of strategies and tactics of the modern military and how they interface with political, socia...

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The Invention Hunters Discover How Machines Work

The Magic School Bus meets The Way Things Work in this kid-friendly guide to understanding the basics of simple machines, that Kirkus dubbed "the love

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The Invention Hunters Discover How Machines Work

Learn about machines the fun way! The Magic School Bus meets The Way Things Work in this kid-friendly guide to understanding the basics of simple mach

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Practitioner's Encyclopedia of Flower Remedies

This comprehensive encyclopedia explains what flower remedies are, how they work and how to choose the right remedies for your clients' needs. It desc

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How to use graphic design to sell things, explain things, make things look better, make people laugh, make people cry, and (every once in a while) cha

An updated edition of the authoritative collection of Michael Bierut’s work, featuring six new projects and spanning his full career to date.

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Persons and Other Things

Persons and Other Things looks closely at the Bible as a philosophical work, asking insightful questions about how to interpret the Hebrew Bible, what

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How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors Behind Every Successful Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration - Flyvbjerg Bent

Anotace: Best Books of 2023 - The Financial Times and The EconomistShortlisted for Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2023`Important, timely, instructive and entertaining` - Daniel Kahneman, bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and SlowWorld expert Bent Flyvbjerg and bestselling author Dan Gardner reveal the secrets to successfully planning and deliv...

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When Things Fall Apart

Pema Chödrön's perennially best-selling classic on overcoming life's difficulties cuts to the heart of spirituality and personal growth--now in a newly designed 20th-anniversary edition with a new afterword by Pema--makes for a perfect gift and addition to one's spiritual library.How can we live our lives when everything seems to fall apart—when we are continually overcom...

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Goodbye, Things - Fumio Sasaki

Anotace: Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert; he's just a regular guy who was stressed at work, insecure, and constantly comparing himself to others -- until one day he decided to change his life by reducing his possessions to the bare minimum. The benefits were instantaneous and absolutely remarkable: without all his ''stuff,'' ...

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The Culture Map: Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done Across Cultures (1610392760)

Kniha - 288 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - 288 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Provides a field-tested model for decoding how cultural differences impact international business. Renowned business expert Erin Meyer guides the reader through the subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain where people from starkly different backgrounds are expected ...

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How Water Gets from Treatment Plants to Toilet Bowls

Curious readers want to know how things work. Easy-to-understand text explains how water gets to and from our homes and describes the role of the comm

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Things I Don't Want to Know

'Unmissable. Like chancing upon an oasis, you want to drink it slowly... Subtle, unpredictable, surprising' Guardian Things I Don't Want to Know is the first in Deborah Levy's essential three-part 'Living Autobiography' on writing and womanhood. Taking George Orwell's famous essay, 'Why I Write', as a jumping-off point, Deborah Levy offers her own indispensable reflection...

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How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors Behind Every Successful Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration, 1. vydání - Bent Flyvbjerg

Best Books of 2023 – The Financial Times and The EconomistShortlisted for Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2023‘Important, timely, instructive and entertaining’ – Daniel Kahneman, bestselling author of Thinking, Fast and Slow'Entertaining . . . compelling . . . there are lessons here for managers of all stripes' – The EconomistMegaproject expert Ben...

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The Invention Hunters Discover How Electricity Works

Learn about electricity the fun way! The Magic School Bus meets The Way Things Work in this kid-friendly guide to understanding the basics of electric

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The Invention Hunters Discover How Light Works

The Magic School Bus meets The Way Things Work in this kid-friendly guide to understanding the physics of light, that Kirkus dubbed 'the love child of

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I Know Things That Go (Clever Questions)

I Know Things That Go invites kids to discover the big and fascinating world of vehicles - over 50 different kinds of machines! Kids will love lifting the flaps and learning how various vehicles work and what they do. The book has 40 sturdy flaps to lift featuring colorful kid-friendly illustrations that introduce new concepts and vocabulary in a simple way. Clever Questi...

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The Invention Hunters Discover How Electricity Works

Learn about electricity the fun way The Magic School Bus meets The Way Things Work in this kid-friendly guide to understanding the basics of electricity, perfect for budding engineers. The Invention Hunters travel the globe in th

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Craft in the Laboratory: The Science of Making Things

The first volume to examine how craft artists and designers apply scientific and mathematical concepts to creating their work

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Unlimited Wealth: Understanding how-to Create Multiple Sources of Income

(From Back Cover) Most people have the basic fundamental idea, that in order to attract more money, or more wealth & abundance into their lives, that they must do 1 of 2 things: 1, they must either work MORE HOURS. Or, 2, they must get a 2nd/3rd/4th job, e

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How Do We Relationship? 1 - Tamifull

Anotace: A romance of convenience between two college women soon becomes the real thing.Shy Miwa has always dreamed of finding love, but living in small-town Japan made finding the right match difficult-especially since she likes girls! Even going away to college didn`t seem to help, until one day her outgoing classmate Saeko suggests they might as well start dating each...

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How Do We Relationship? 1 - Tamifull

<p>A romance of convenience between two college women soon becomes the real thing. Shy Miwa has always dreamed of finding love, but living in small-town Japan made finding the right match difficult-especially since she likes girls! Even going away to college didn't seem to help, until one day her outgoing classmate Saeko suggests they might as well start dating eac...

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Why We Make Things and Why it Matters

This is not a ‘how-to’ book in any sense, Korn wants to get at the ‘why’ of craft in particular, and the satisfaction of creative work in general,

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Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things - Adam Grant

Anotace: #1 New York Times bestseller "This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes to improve and succeed. I wish I could go back in time and gift it to my younger self. It would`ve helped me find a more joyful path to progress."-Serena Williams, 23-time Grand Slam singles tennis championThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again il...

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Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things - Adam Grant

<p>#1 New York Times bestseller "This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes to improve and succeed. I wish I could go back in time and gift it to my younger self. It would've helped me find a more joyful path to progress."-Serena Williams, 23-time Grand Slam singles tennis championThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think...

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The Joy of Work: The No.1 Sunday Times Business Bestseller: 30 Ways to Fix Your Work Culture and Fall in Love with Your Job Again - Daisley Bruce

Anotace: `Bruce Daisley is on a mission to change the world of work.´ The Times__________________________From the creator of hit podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat comes a revolutionary re-envisioning of how to enjoy your job.Do you want to get more done, feel less stressed and love your job again?Sometimes having a job can feel like hard work. But between Monk Mode mornings,...

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How Economics Works: The Concepts Visually Explained - Dorling Kindersley

<p>Discover everything you need to know about Economics. What is Economics? Why do consumers borrow and save? How do economic systems work? Money and investing can be daunting. This book covers all of the key aspects of economic theory and history.How Economics Works brings you the facts visually explained.With this simple Economics book, you can find: An introducti...

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Elon Musk, How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future Ebury Publishing

South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it. This title deals with hos work....

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Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses - Scheel David

Anotace: A riveting new exploration of the octopus from the world-leading scientific expert. For fans of Netflix`s `My Octopus Teacher` and Other Minds.`Fascinating. Scheel`s unique perspective on these animals make this the deepest of octopus books.` Peter Godfrey-Smith, author of runaway bestseller Other Minds: Octopuses and the Evolution of Intelligent Life`I was agog...

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Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses - David Scheel

<p>A riveting new exploration of the octopus from the world-leading scientific expert. For fans of Netflix's 'My Octopus Teacher' and Other Minds.'Fascinating. Scheel's unique perspective on these animals make this the deepest of octopus books.' Peter Godfrey-Smith, author of runaway bestseller Other Minds: Octopuses and the Evolution of Intelligent Life'I was agog ...

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13 Things Mentally Strong People Don´t Do : Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success - Morinová Amy

Anotace: Kick bad mental habits and toughen yourself up.--Inc.Master your mental strength--revolutionary new strategies that work for everyone from homemakers to soldiers and teachers to CEOs.Everyone knows that regular exercise and weight training lead to physical strength. But how do we strengthen ourselves mentally for the truly tough times? And what should we do when...

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Do Design: Why Beauty is Key to Everything (1907974288)

Kniha - autor Alan Moore, 128 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná So much passes us by, unnoticed. We multi-task, switch between screens, work faster. When was the last time you paused to consider a beautifully made object or stunning natural landscape? Yet this is when our spirits lift, our soul is restored. Designer Alan Moore invites us to rethink not only w...

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The MR PORTER Guide to a Better Day

<p>A dawn-to-dusk instruction manual for living effortlessly and elegantly in the modern worldThe MR PORTER Guide To A Better Day covers all aspects of a man’s daily life, from morning rituals, to flawless grooming to handy tips for taking the work out of your working and social life. Compiled by MR PORTER’s Editors and featuring wisdom from Messrs Tom Ford, Laird H...

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Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic - Winchester Simon

Anotace: `A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter` New York Times `An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and sprightly`Sunday Times From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarte...

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Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic - Simon Winchester

<p>'A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter' New York Times 'An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and sprightly'Sunday Times From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kinderg...

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Engines

The international bestselling author of How Things Work and The Elements Trilogy turns his focus to a visual exploration of the inner workings and fun

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Mastering Technical Sales: The Sales Engineer's Handbook, Third Edition

Every high-tech sales team today has technical pros on board to "explain how things work," and this success-tested training resource is written just f

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Team

A groundbreaking book about how to harness the power of collaboration and work most effectively in groups-coauthored by Getting Things Done's David Al

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Lifestyle Upper Intermediate Coursebook and CD-ROM Pack - Barrall Irene

Anotace: Lifestyle is designed to meet the everyday language requirements of people who need English for work, travel and socializing. As well as dealing with how people communicate at work, it also helps learners interact effectively outside of the work environment, enabling them to get things done in a variety of situations.

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Lifestyle Upper Intermediate Workbook and Audio CD Pack - Barrall Irene

Anotace: Lifestyle is designed to meet the everyday language requirements of people who need English for work, travel and socializing. As well as dealing with how people communicate at work, it also helps learners interact effectively outside of the work environment, enabling them to `get things done´ in a variety of situations.

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Lifestyle Elementary Workbook and Workbook CD Pack - Harrison Louis

Anotace: Lifestyleis designed to meet the everyday language requirements of people who need English for work, travel and socializing. As well as dealing with how people communicate at work, it also helps learners interact effectively outside of the work environment, enabling them to `get things done` in a variety of situations.

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Lifestyle Upper Intermediate Workbook w/ CD Pack - Irene Barrall

<p>Lifestyle is designed to meet the everyday language requirements of people who need English for work, travel and socializing. As well as dealing with how people communicate at work, it also helps learners interact effectively outside of the work environment, enabling them to ‘get things done’ in a variety of situations.</p>

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Lifestyle Elementary Workbook w/ CD Pack - Louis Harrison

<p>Lifestyleis designed to meet the everyday language requirements of people who need English for work, travel and socializing. As well as dealing with how people communicate at work, it also helps learners interact effectively outside of the work environment, enabling them to 'get things done' in a variety of situations.</p>

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Lifestyle Upper Intermediate Coursebook w/ CD-ROM Pack - Irene Barrall

<p>Lifestyle is designed to meet the everyday language requirements of people who need English for work, travel and socializing. As well as dealing with how people communicate at work, it also helps learners interact effectively outside of the work environment, enabling them to get things done in a variety of situations.</p>

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Be My Guest Teacher's Book

This fifteen-unit course deals with the many situations in which hotel employees meet guests, including reception, restaurant and bar work, answering the phone, giving directions, dealing with guests' problems, writing short e-mails and letters, suggesting places to visit and explaining how things work. A Student's Book and Audio CD are also available.

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Functions of American English Student's book

Communication Activities for the Classroom In the Student's Book, students learn how to do things with English: how to persuade a friend, how to apologize, how to complain, and so on. After each function is presented, students learn to understand a variety of ways to express it, and then some ways to perform it themselves. There are teacher-controlled exercises, as well ...

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Drive : The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - Pink Daniel H.

Anotace: A book that will change how you think and transform how you live Forget everything you thought you knew about how to motivate people - at work, at school, at home. It is wrong. As Daniel H. Pink explains in his paradigm-shattering book Drive, the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today`s world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to le...

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Ready For Anything

David Allen, 'the guru of personal productivity' (Fast Company Magazine) and author of the business bestseller GETTING THINGS DONE, inspires us to work better, not harder, in his new book, READY FOR ANYTHING. Offering over 50 productivity principles to help you clear your head and focus, READY FOR ANYTHING enables you to identify what drives you, what holds you back and h...

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The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect (0141982411)

Kniha - autor Judea Pearl; Dana Mackenzie, 432 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Correlation is not causation." This mantra, chanted by scientists for more than a century, has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. Today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, instigated by Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and e...

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This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings (0241348870)

Kniha - autor Julia Samuel, 288 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná One of the most valuable books I've ever read' Adwoa Aboah ______________________________________________________________________________________ If change is the natural order of things, why do we struggle with the huge milestones in our lives? At a time when even the most certain things fee...

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Thermodynamics For Dummies

Take some heat off the complexity of thermodynamics Does the mere thought of thermodynamics make you sweat? It doesn't have to! This hands-on guide helps you score your highest in a thermodynamics course by offering easily understood, plain-English explanations of how energy is used in things like automobiles, airplanes, air conditioners, and electric power plants.Thermo...

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Greenlights - McConaughey Matthew

Anotace: From the Academy Award (R)-winning actor, an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.I`ve been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five. Notes about succ...

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Greenlights, 1. vydání - Matthew McConaughey

<p>From the Academy Award (R)-winning actor, an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five. Notes about succe...

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The 80/20 Principle : Achieve More with Less - Koch Richard

Anotace: Millions of highly effective people have become more successful by understanding the simple fact that 80% of your results come from 20% of your efforts. All you have to do is identify the 20 percent that leads to 80 percent. The 80/20 Principle shows you how.Richard Koch`s million-copy-selling global bestseller is now completely revised and updated, and more pow...

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The 80/20 Principle : Achieve More with Less - Richard Koch

<p>Millions of highly effective people have become more successful by understanding the simple fact that 80% of your results come from 20% of your efforts. All you have to do is identify the 20 percent that leads to 80 percent. The 80/20 Principle shows you how.Richard Koch's million-copy-selling global bestseller is now completely revised and updated, and more powe...

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