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Название: Stories in Stone New York: A Field Guide to New York City Area Cemeteries & Their Residents
Автор: Doug Keister
Издательство: GIbbs Smith
Год: 2011
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 26 Мб
Язык: английский / English

With Stories in Stone New York, the author presents cemetery buffs with stunning photographs, fascinating text, and easy GPS directions for locating gracious architecture, fabulous artwork, and memorable gravesites of famous and not-so-famous area “residents” residing peacefully in its beautiful cemeteries. Includes The Big Four, Manhattan Churchyards & Resting Places, Eternal Excursions in well-known boroughs, as well as Humane Remains at the pet cemetery in Hartsdale.

Название: How to Make a Spaceship
Автор: Julian Guthrie and Richard Branson
Издательство: Penguin Press
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 23 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Alone in a Spartan black cockpit, test pilot Mike Melvill rocketed toward space. He had eighty seconds to exceed the speed of sound and begin the climb to a target no civilian pilot had ever reached. He might not make it back alive. If he did, he would make history as the world’s first commercial astronaut. The spectacle defied reason, the result of a competition dreamed up by entrepreneur Peter Diamandis, whose vision for a new race to space required small teams to do what only the world’s largest governments had done before.

Название: Crime and Detection (DK Eyewitness Books)
Автор: Brian Lane and Laura Buller
Издательство: DK Publishing
Год: 2005
Формат: PDF
Размер: 17 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Throughout history, there have been criminals notorious for their crimes and judges famous for upholding the law. This fantastic collection of specially commissioned photographs shows how these crimes were committed, detected and judged. Since Cain murdered Abel, societies have developed laws that dictate the ways people should behave. However, every land has its lawbreakers, from the assassins of Ancient Rome, to the Internet pirates of today. Although crime has continued, the means of detecting crimes have become more efficient since the development of forensic science. See how traces of blood, dirt, or skin, and strands of hair or fibers have led to the identification of a criminal.

Название: Saltwater Aquariums For Dummies
Автор: Gregory Skomal
Издательство: For Dummies
Год: 2007
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 19 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Demystifies aquarium setup and maintenance. Combine and care for a wide variety of marine fish and invertebrates.
Dive into the colorful world of saltwater fish! This fun, friendly guide gives you easy step-by-step instructions for choosing and caring for these amazing animals. You get the latest on feeding, tank upkeep, filtering systems, maintaining live rock, and preventing algae build-up, as well as what not to include in your aquarium.

Название: Armed for Personal Defense
Автор: Jerry Ahern
Издательство: Gun Digest Books
Год: 2010
Формат: PDF
Размер: 11 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Ever feel threatened in your home? In your car? On the street? Violent criminals are everywhereand that's why you needArmed for Personal Defense by Jerry Ahern. In Armed for Personal Defense, you'll learn the basics of concealed carry, from what kind of gun to choose to what kind of holster. In addition, you'll learn about knives, clubs and improvised weapons that can save your life when a gun isn't available.

Название: Armed: The Essential Guide to Concealed Carry
Автор: Bruce N. Eimer and Massad Ayoob
Издательство: Gun Digest Books
Год: 2012
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 13 Мб
Язык: английский / English

It seems everywhere you turn these days someone is offering advice on carrying a handgun for self-defense. But Armed--The Essential Guide to Concealed Carry is like nothing you've read before. Authored by Bruce N. Eimer, Ph.D., a noted psychologist with a dedication to teaching skills for staying armed and alive, Armed is the thinking gun owner's bible. This comprehensive volume breaks down not just the tools and tactics, but the mindset and choices a law-abiding citizen must have and make to become self-reliant, alert and legally armed.

Автор: Insight Guides
Название: Insight Guides Explore Lisbon
Издательство: Insight Guides
Год: 2017
ISBN: 1786716011 / 9781786716019
Серия: Insight Explore Guides
Язык: English
Формат: epub
Размер: 21,9 mb
Страниц: 128

A hip and historic city with great weather and all for good value: it's no wonder Lisbon is experiencing such a burst of popularity.

Название: Assembling and Supplying the ISS: The Space Shuttle Fulfills Its Mission
Автор: David J. Shayler
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2017
Формат: PDF
Размер: 21 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The creation and utilization of the International Space Station (ISS) is a milestone in space exploration. But without the Space Shuttle, it would have remained an impossible dream. Assembling and Supplying the ISS is the story of how, between 1998 and 2011, the Shuttle became the platform which enabled the construction and continued operation of the primary scientific research facility in Earth orbit.

Название: The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars. 2nd edition
Автор: Jeremy Simmonds
Издательство: Chicago Review Press
Год: 2012
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 13 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The bible of music’s deceased idols—Jeff Buckley, Sid Vicious, Jimi Hendrix, Tupac, Elvis—this is the ultimate record of all those who arrived, rocked, and checked out over the last 40-odd years of fast cars, private jets, hard drugs, and reckless living. The truths behind thousands of fascinating stories—such as how Buddy Holly only decided to fly so he’d have time to finish his laundry—are coupled with perennial questions, including Which band boasts the most dead members? and Who had the bright idea of changing a light bulb while standing in the shower?, as well as a few tales of lesser-known rock tragedies.

Название: Virgin Galactic: The First Ten Years
Автор: Erik Seedhouse
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2015
Формат: PDF
Размер: 12 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Thirty years ago when Sir Richard Branson called up Boeing and asked if they had a spare 747, few would have predicted the brash entrepreneur would so radically transform the placid business of air travel. But today, Branson flies airlines on six continents, employs hundreds of jets and, in 2014, was predicting that his spaceship company – Virgin Galactic – would soon open the space frontier to commercial astronauts, payload specialists, scientists and space tourists. With more than 600 seats sold at $250,000 each, what started off as a dream to send people just for the excitement to look back and marvel at Earth, was on the cusp of finally being turned into a business.