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Troubleshooting Marine Diesels
Peter Compton
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 1997
must have for boaters
excellent and thorough - a real compliment to the spec sheet and manual provided with the engine. Good maintenance tips that were not included in the original manual.
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Spacecraft Thermal Control Handbook: Fundamental Technologies
Aerospace Press, 2002
For the Professional Rocket Scientist
This book is essentially an update of the author's previous work, The Satellite Thermal Control Handbook, and is the collective writings of dozens of engineers who specialize in the design and analysis of spacecraft thermal control systems. While his first book ...
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Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
Thich Nhat Hanh
Riverhead Trade, 2002
Essential reading
In a society where anger is "normal" this should be required reading. The author is one of the great spiritual teachers of our time and is very naturally a profound and compassionate psychologist. This is not about "getting it out". You learn to let those hot ...
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Code Check HVAC: An Illustrated Guide to Heating and Cooling, Second Edition
Redwood Kardon
Taunton, 2005
HVAC Code Ceck
Needs to be updated to include IBC 2003. Still showing 2002. Don't expect a new edition. Note printing of June 2002.
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The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling
Daniel D. Chiras
Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2002
A Great Reference for building
This book covers much more than Solar Energy by including many energy saving features to build into a house. I bought a copy for both my Architech and General Contractor.
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D Is for Dahl: A gloriumptious A-Z guide to the world of Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
Puffin, 2007
Fun new info on a great author
This is a great review of Dahl's life and career in a really fun format that will make it fun for kids. By making it an "alphabet book" his life and times are peppered with bits from his books, funny words he invented, and lots of great illustration from Blake. I've ...
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Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects
Norbert Lechner
Wiley, 2008
Great Book
Very informative and easy to read. I picked this book up to study for my Architect's License Exam and found it to be a very well rounded book. There are lots of good ideas for saving energy and good practices for building orientation and construction. There are also ...
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Passive Solar House: The Complete Guide to Heating and Cooling Your Home
James Kachadorian
Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2006
A must read for understanding passive solar
This book is a near soup-to-nuts presentation of James Kachadorian's patented passive solar design. The patent had expired when the author released this book. While his design may not be suitable all climates, the book covers the design with a pretty good look at the ...
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Hot Air Rises and Heat Sinks: Everything You Know About Cooling Electronics Is Wrong
Tony Kordyban
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1998
Great Read, Good Practical Information
As a practicing electronics design engineer I found the information in the book very interesting. So often the only way to really grasp engineering is through encountering real world problems and having to figure out what is going on. This "opps" engineering approuch ...
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Levy Statistics & Laser Cooling
François Bardou, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, ...
Cambridge University Press, 2001
This is a book about laser cooling, a new research field with many potential applications. The authors present an original approach, using the tools and concepts of statistical physics. A new understanding of laser cooling, both intuitive and quantitative, is obtained. The volume also comprises a case study allowing non-Gaussian (Lévy) statistics, ...
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Cooling Time: An American Poetry Vigil
C.D. Wright
Copper Canyon Press, 2005
King Lear Blues
C.D. Wright has been afflicting the comfortable in poetry for some time now. Her poems amount to a continuing revolution. "Cooling Time" demonstrates form in order to talk about form: essays blur their borders with poems, lyrical meditations and diamond sharp bits of ...
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Combined Heating, Cooling & Power Handbook: Technologies & Applications: An Integrated Approach to Energy ...
Neil Petchers
Fairmont Press, 2002
Combined Heating, Cooling & Power Handbook
To those considering the CHP Handbook ---- I had the opportunity to hear the author, Neil Petchers, discuss the book at New York Institute of Technology at an AEE Meeting. To say that Neil has mastery of the subject matter is an understatement. The "Handbook" is a ...
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Cooling Techniques for Electronic Equipment, 2nd Edition
Dave S. Steinberg
Wiley-Interscience, 1991
This is THE book for thermal calcs for electronic packaging.
Lots of examples which apply theory to practical thermal problems in electronic packaging.
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Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks 1869 Reprint
Ross Brown
CreateSpace, 2008
Complete reproduction of the Vintage Book "Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks - Collection of Recipes for CUPS and other compounded Drinks and of general information on Beverages of all kinds" from 1869. This fascinating classic book introduces the delights of drinks that were in vogue before the invention of mass market beverages. There are ...
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Laser Cooling and Trapping (Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics)
Harold J. Metcalf, Peter van der Straten
Springer, 2001
Great book to get a good understanding of laser cooling.
Laser cooling and trapping techniques have given researchers new tools to explore the atom's dynamics and control. The book gives a good introduction to the forces that arise when an atom interacts with a light (laser) field, and puts a lot of emphasis on giving the ...
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