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  • The New Science of Strong Materials

    Or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor

    by J E Gordon ...
    Why isn't wood weaker that it is? Why isn't steel stronger? Why does glass sometimes shatter and sometimes bend like spring? Why do ships break in half? What is a liquid and is treacle one? All these are questions about the nature of materials. All of them are vital to engineers but also fascinating as scientific problems. During the 250 years up to the 1920s and 1930s they had been answered ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

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    Structures

    Or Why Things Don't Fall Down

    by J. E. Gordon ...
    Narrated by Bethan Dixon Bate ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 32 min

    J.E. Gordon strips engineering of its confusing technical terms, communicating its founding principles in accessible, witty prose.For anyone who has ever wondered why suspension bridges don't collapse under eight lanes of traffic, how dams hold back--or give way under--thousands of gallons of water, or what principles guide the design of a skyscraper, a bias-cut dress, or a kangaroo, this book ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Victorian Traveller's Guide to Cambridge

    by Gordon Home, J W Clark ...
    Series series The Victorian Traveller's Guide to ...
    Before Lonely Planet, this book was the essential accompaniment to any Victorian gentleman or lady’s trip to one of the foremost cities of the United Kingdom. The city of Cambridge has a long and prosperous history, and is renowned the world over as a centre of academic learning. At the end of the nineteenth century, the city, caught up in the Industrial Revolution, experienced rapid growth that ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Structures

    Or Why Things Don't Fall Down

    by J. E. Gordon ...
    In a book that Business Insider noted as one of the "14 Books that inspired Elon Musk," J.E. Gordon strips engineering of its confusing technical terms, communicating its founding principles in accessible, witty prose.For anyone who has ever wondered why suspension bridges don't collapse under eight lanes of traffic, how dams hold back-or give way under-thousands of gallons of water, or what ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Quaternary of Scotland

    Edited by J.E. Gordon, D.G. Sutherland ...
    Series series Geological Conservation Review Series
    In describing the geomorphological heritage of Scotland, this volume offers a remarkable account of how the natural environment responded in terms of landforms, processes and plant communities, to severe climatic change as the Quaternary era progressed over the last two million years.This legacy, as preserved in the 138 nationally important GCR sites described, documents a remarkable diversity of ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • The Country Life Omnibus Collection: 47 Captivating Books

    The Graftons, Cottage Folk, Minerva's Manoeuvres, Pastorals of Dorset, The House of Quiet, etc.

    by Renee Richmond Huntley Ormsbee, Thomas H. Ormsbee, Will Levington Comfort, G. J. Whyte-Melville, Edward Eggleston, Berthold Auerbach, S. R. Crockett, Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow, Harriet S. Caswell, Archibald Marshall, Alice Vansittart Strettel Carr, Charles Battell Loomis, M. E. Francis, Arthur Christopher Benson, George Walter Fiske, Randolph Caldecott, Martha Foote Crow, William Howitt, David Grayson, Dallas Lore Sharp, Warren H. Wilson, W. J. Dawson, Tickner Edwardes, Ernest R. Groves, Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, Lillian Elizabeth Roy, George Manville Fenn, Charlotte M. Vaile, Mary Grant Bruce, Edward Payson Roe, William O. Stoddard, Amy Walton, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Amy Brooks, Laura Lee Hope, Johanna Spyri, Elizabeth Gordon, Clara Ingram Judson, Josephine Franklin, Sophie Fox Sea, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford, L. T. Meade, Albert Bigelow Paine, Jacob Abbott, William John Hopkins, Howard Roger Garis ...
    The Country Life Omnibus Collection: 47 Captivating Books is a splendid anthology that gathers a vibrant array of voices exploring the idyllic and complex tapestry of rural existence. This anthology showcases a myriad of literary styles through tales that range from bucolic nostalgia to sharp critiques of the agrarian lifestyle, capturing the essence of country life in all its multifaceted glory. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • White Waters and Black (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. An Early Twentieth-Century Amazon Expedition Through Rapids, Rainforest, Science, Survival, and Jungle Ordeal

    by Gordon MacCreagh, Maeve Westcroft ...
    White Waters and Black is Gordon MacCreagh's vigorous record of travel through the Amazonian river world, especially the contrasting "white" and "black" waters that organize its geography and imagination. Written in the tradition of early twentieth-century expedition narrative, it combines adventure, natural history, comic ordeal, and ethnographic encounter in a prose style at once brisk, ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Thanksgiving Story Book

    Classic Holiday Tales for Children

    by Harriet Beecher Stowe, George Eliot, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Eleanor H. Porter, Susan Coolidge, Andrew Lang, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Eugene Field, Edward Everett Hale, Phila Butler Bowman, Katherine Grace Hulbert, Isabel Gordon Curtis, Eleanor L. Skinner, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, P. J. Stahl, Sheldon C. Stoddard, Kate Upson Clark ...
    This carefully edited collection of the greatest tales of Thanksgiving is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: An English Dinner of Thanksgiving (George Eliot) An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Louisa May Alcott) Aunt Susanna's Thanksgiving Dinner (Lucy Maud Montgomery) The Genesis of the Doughnut Club (Lucy Maud Montgomery) Ezra's Thanksgivin' Out West (Eugene ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Exploring the Old Testament

    A Guide to the Historical Books

    by Philip E. Satterthwaite, J. Gordon McConville ...
    Series Book 2 - Exploring the Bible Series
    The historical books, from Joshua to Ezra and Nehemiah, form the narrative backbone of the Old Testament. Without them the Pentateuch would stop cold and the Prophets would hang in suspension. Even the Psalms and Wisdom literature would lose someof their luster for lack of a setting. Without these historical books the New Testament would be resolving an incomplete narrative, answering a question ... Read more

    $37.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Joe Detective: Money in The Middle (Book Five)

    by JH Gordon ...
    Credit cards are freedom for some and insidious enslavement for many.Elderly folks get wiped out of their homes by bankers and plunged into minimum-payment hell all the time. But when others even less scrupulous enslave them to criminality, Joe has no choice, his motto is: give credit where it's due and penalties where they're over-due. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mr. Punch with the Children

    A Rich Tapestry of British Humor and Victorian Childhood

    by Phil May, Charles Keene, John Leech, L. Raven-Hill, David Wilson, George du Maurier, Gordon Browne, C. E. Brock, Tom Browne, J. Bernard Partridge, Lewis Baumer, Tom Wilkinson, Charles Pears, Hilda Cowham ...
    Mr. Punch with the Children is a captivating anthology that delves into the whimsical yet poignant realm of childhood through the lens of classic illustration and narrative. This collection showcases an extensive array of literary and artistic styles, ranging from satirical caricatures to tender depictions of youthful innocence. Highlighting the societal nuances and cultural norms surrounding ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Foundations of Health Professions Education Research

    Principles, Perspectives and Practices

    Edited by Charlotte E. Rees, Lynn V. Monrouxe, Bridget C. O'Brien, Lisi J. Gordon, Claire Palermo ...
    Foundations of Health Professions Education ResearchUnderstand the principles, perspectives, and practices for researching health professions education with this accessible introductionEducating healthcare students and professionals is critical to the long-term improvement of human health. Health professions education research (HPER) is a growing field with enormous potential to enrich the ... Read more

    $47.00 USD