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The Sunday Times bestselling edge-of-your-seat non-fiction thriller, perfect for readers of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham. 'Essential' New...

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Hör du till dem som ännu inte har sett norrsken eller till dem som redan har det? Under de närmaste åren förväntas fler och starkare norrsken över hela Sverige, eftersom vi går mot det som kallas solmaximum, den tid av solcykeln då solfläckarna bl...

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Arkitekten och överintendenten Carl Johan Cronstedt presenterade 1767 ett memorial med titeln "Beskrifning på Ny Inrättning af Kakelugnar til Weds Besparing för Rikets råd". Där beskrevs en revolutionerande konstruktion som skulle komma ...

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Denna bok är en sammanslagning av boken Knuttimring- en arbetsbeskrivning steg för steg och boken Timmerknutar- traditionell knuttimring. Den visar hur man gör en timmerstomme från syllvarvet till takåsen. Den beskriver också hur man gör de allra ...

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Kan resor till Mars och utomjordiska kolonier bli verklighet inom en snar framtid eller är det bara science fiction? Och varför ska vi ens lämna vår kära hemplanet? I  Exit jorden  beger vi oss ut på en ry...

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Följ med Sveriges enda rymddesigner och "space broker" Cecilia Hertz på en rafflande resa av upptäckter, innovation och forskning som ytterst kan rädda vår planet! Från astronaut till urbanaut Astronauter konsumerar bara den exakta mängd...

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WINNER OF THE FORTNUM & MASON FOOD AND DRINK AWARDS 2022 WINNER OF THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS SPECIALIST SUBJECT AWARD 2022 FINALIST IN THE IACP AWARDS 2022 _________ 'I have nothing against gluten, but this book is just full of recipes I ...

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Theres no better guide through mind-expanding questions such as what the nature of space and time is, how we fit within the universe, and how the universe fits within us than Neil deGrasse Tyson. But today, few of us have time to contemplate the c...

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The original and bestselling leadership book! Sun Tzu's ideas on survival and success have been read across the world for centuries. Today they can still be applied to business, politics and life. The Art of War demonstrates how to win withou...

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'Irresistible . . . My aviation title of the year' Rowland White 'Stupendously brilliant . . . Completely addictive' James Holland 'The most explosive book about aircraft ever' Jim Moir, aka Vic Reeves From the terror...

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**Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award** Picked as a Book of the Year by THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST and NEW STATESMAN A BBC RADIO 4 Book of the Week 'A compelling narrative of the human ...

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The purpose of this book is to help you to the skill level where you can start to disassemble and re-assemble a watch movement by understanding the different parts, their names, and functionality. After having read this book you will not be a prof...

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This encyclopedia traces the fascinating history of knives, daggers, bayonets, swords, sabres and lances, from their Palaeolithic origins through to the 21st century. Weapons from around the world are examined, such as the decorated daggers of Per...

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On the brink of a critical moment in human history, this book presents a vision of "planetary stewardship" - a rethinking of our relationship with our planet - and plots a new course for our future. The authors, whose work is the subject...

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From one of the most brilliant and capacious thinkers of our time, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity-and its attendant breakthroughs and busts. The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most r...

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Has any war in history gone according to plan? Monarchs, autocrats and elected leaders alike have a dismal record on launching and prosecuting wars. From pursuing over- ambitious goals, to making decisions without considering intelligence, terrain...

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A NEW, FULLY ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF ANDREW MAY'S ILLUMINATING GUIDE TO LIFE NOT ON EARTH The possibility that alien life exists in the universe is among the most profound of human conjectures, which today is being investigated not just by sci...

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In The Complete Ninja, Masaaki Hatsumi, the world's most renowned ninja grandmaster and top budo master, creates a companion volume to his bestselling The Way of the Ninja. Like the earlier work, it features hundreds of historical illustratio...

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For space enthusiasts, science lovers, and star gazers, the newly revised edition of National Geographic's enduring guide to space, with a new introduction by American hero Buzz Aldrin, combines thoroughly updated maps, lavish photographs, an...

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"There's something intriguing to be learned on practically every page... [How to Astronaut] captures the details of an extraordinary job and turns even the mundane aspects of space travel into something fascinating."Publishers Weekl...

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The words of the ancient Chinese sages are as timeless as they are wise. The words of ancient Chinese philosophers have influenced other thinkers across the world for more than 2,000 years, and continue to shape our ideas today. The Art of War &am...

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A mix of art, science and a touch of alchemy, taxidermy lets you engage with the natural world in ways most other people dont. In Stuffed Animals, rogue taxidermists Divya Anantharaman and Katie Innamorato demystify the practice, shatter the gross...

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An up-to-date, comprehensive survey of modern warfare furnishes a detailed explanation of virtually every facet of modern war, examining the world's armed forces, cutting-edge weapons, tactics, logistics, intelligence, the increasing use of t...

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Designed between 1969 and 1972 and first flown into space in 1981, the NASA Shuttle will have flown almost 140 missions by the time it is retired in 2010. David Baker describes the origin of the reusable launch vehicle concept during the 1960s, it...

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Fifty years into my life journey I realise that, while I love remote wild places and the peoples I meet there, it is in forests that I find the greatest joy. Of all the forests that I have explored, it is the great circumpolar Boreal forest of the...

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A classic of Chinese philosophy, Sun Tzus The Art of War is one of the most influential books of military strategy ever written and a perennial bestseller. More than 2,000 years old, it lays out a systematic approach to tactics that leaders have a...

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This well-known undergraduate electrodynamics textbook is now available in a more affordable printing from Cambridge University Press. The Fourth Edition provides a rigorous, yet clear and accessible treatment of the fundamentals of electromagneti...

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1967-1973 (Apollo 4 to Apollo 17 & Skylab), Few launch vehicles are as iconic and distinctive as NASA's behemoth rocket, the Saturn V, and none left such a lasting impression on those who watched it ascend. Developed with the specific brief to...

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Den Gyldene Freden är krogarnas krog. Den mest klassiska. Nya restauranger med stjärnor uppmärksammas och blommar för en kort tid. Ett fåtal är bestående. Freden gäller i alla tider. Och här är Svenska Akademien en intressent inte bara som ständig...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the Unit...

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