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Mountain Bike Master

Essential Skills and Advanced Techniques Made Easy

By: Mark Langton

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Mountain Bike Master

Essential Skills and Advanced Techniques Made Easy

By: Mark Langton

Ride faster, better, and stronger with professional mountain bike skills guide Mark Langton. Mountain Bike Master is a practical and inspiring guide that begins with the fundamental skills like shifting, braking, and climbing. Simple moves such as correcting seat-height adjustment and learning how to best-shift when engaging a steep ascent add tons of fun and efficiency to any ride. Intermediate skills, including riding technical terrain, power wheelies, and cornering, zip readers into the next level of riding competence. Now sporting a wide grin and the confidence of nailing the basic and intermediate skills, readers transition into advanced skills such as jumps, bunny hops, and counter steering. After reading and putting Langton's lessons to practice, what once was a thigh-quivering lap around the park should now feel and look more like an iron-saddled grind up a steep mountain path. Today's demanding trails and high-tech bikes meet needs for speed, bumps, and thrills. Veteran mountain biker Mark Langton expertly guides and instills the confidence needed to get out there and have a great time while minimizing injury to self and bike. Headed into his 22nd year as a mountain bike trainer and guide, Langton and Mountain Bike Master take the guesswork out of quickly and safely mastering the art and science of cleanly rounding banked mountain curves and getting the most pedal for the metal with efficient riding basics.

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Menasha Ridge Press

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0897327837

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The Essential Guide to Motorcycle Maintenance

By: Mark Zimmerman

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The Essential Guide to Motorcycle Maintenance

By: Mark Zimmerman

A guide to motorcycle maintenance that explains how to perform the basic and essential maintenance tests, with easy-to-follow instructions and tips for dealing with problems.

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Motorbooks International

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0760352712

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Death Rode the Rails

American Railroad Accidents and Safety, 1828–1965

By: Mark Aldrich

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Death Rode the Rails

American Railroad Accidents and Safety, 1828–1965

By: Mark Aldrich

For most of the 19th and much of the 20th centuries, railroads dominated American transportation. They transformed life and captured the imagination. Yet by 1907 railroads had also become the largest cause of violent death in the country, that year claiming the lives of nearly twelve thousand passengers, workers, and others. In Death Rode the Rails Mark Aldrich explores the evolution of railroad safety in the United States by examining a variety of incidents: spectacular train wrecks, smaller accidents in shops and yards that devastated the lives of workers and their families, and the deaths of thousands of women and children killed while walking on or crossing the street-grade tracks. The evolution of railroad safety, Aldrich argues, involved the interplay of market forces, science and technology, and legal and public pressures. He considers the railroad as a system in its entirety: operational realities, technical constraints, economic history, internal politics, and labor management. Aldrich shows that economics initially encouraged American carriers to build and operate cheap and dangerous lines. Only over time did the trade-off between safety and output—shaped by labor markets and public policy—motivate carriers to develop technological improvements that enhanced both productivity and safety. A fascinating account of one of America's most important industries and its dangers, Death Rode the Rails will appeal to scholars of economics and the history of transportation, technology, labor, regulation, safety, and business, as well as to railroad enthusiasts.

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JHU Press

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0801889073

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How to Restore Your Jeep 1941-1986

By: Mark Altschuler

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How to Restore Your Jeep 1941-1986

By: Mark Altschuler

It’s not a truck or a car—it’s a Jeep! Developed in the early 1940s as a light reconnaissance vehicle for the US Army, the Jeep successfully transitioned from military usage to public use with the arrival of the CJ-2A in 1945. Many more CJ models followed, which cemented the Jeep as one of the most successful and longest-tenured models when the CJ-10A was discontinued in 1986. With more than 1.5 million Jeeps sold, a restoration book for these vehicles has been desperately needed. Author Mark Altschuler of restoremyjeep.com showcases his decades of experience in this must-have restoration book that features component restoration of all aspects of the timeless Jeep. Step-by-step procedures document the disassembly, restoration, and reassembly of your favorite models, while color illustrations depict exactly what you’re wanting to see as you address your project. How to Restore Your Jeep 1941–1986 is not only a handy tool that addresses the total restoration of your prized machine but it will likely also be one of the most affordable tools that you will purchase for your project.

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CarTech Inc

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1613254520

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Woods on Road Traffic Offences

By: Oisín Clarke,Matthew Kenny,Mark O’Sullivan

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Woods on Road Traffic Offences

By: Oisín Clarke,Matthew Kenny,Mark O’Sullivan

Road Traffic Offences are by far the most prosecuted type of criminal offence in the Courts of Ireland. Woods on Road Traffic Offences provides a single of point of reference for road traffic law, covering the investigation, prosecution and the hearing of offence cases. The book covers a wide range of topics including detecting traffic violations, careless driving, parking and obstruction offences, and lighting of vehicles. These are set out in a straightforward and helpful manner. The statutory provision is set out along with the potential penalties and possible defences. This new edition has been extensively revised and rewritten. In particular this new edition has been updated to include: - The enactment of Road Traffic act 2010 which substantially overhauls the landscape on driving offences. - New EU rules for maximum daily and fortnightly driving times, as well as daily and weekly minimum rest periods for all drivers of road haulage and passenger transport vehicles. - Legislative changes in the area of Public Service Vehicles - Considerable amendments to the Finance Acts as they relate to Road Traffic Offences The relevant cases, legislation and Acts covered include: - European Union (Road Transport) (Working Conditions and Road Safety) Regulations 2017 - Road Traffic Act 2014 - Taxi Regulation Act 2013 - Road Traffic Act 2010 - Public Transport Regulation Act 2009 - Roads Act 2007 - Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2001 Oisín Clarke BL is a practising barrister specialising in criminal law and road traffic offences. Oisín has considerable experience in defending intoxicated driving offences and a large part of his practice comprises the defence of criminal cases at both trial and appellate level. He also specialises in judicial review in which he appears for both State parties and private citizens. Oisín has also written and lectured extensively on road traffic legislation and offences. Matthew Kenny is the co-founder of O'Sullivan Kenny Solicitors, a Road Traffic Specialist Solicitors Practice in Dublin. He has worked extensively in the trial department, and so he has wide experience of all aspects of criminal defence matters. He has a particular interest in Road Traffic cases, and wrote a CPD guide to Road Traffic Law for a major on-line education provider. Mark O'Sullivan is a partner with O'Sullivan Kenny Solicitors, a firm specialising in criminal defence, road traffic law and related areas. Mark has represented clients in the District Court; The Circuit Court; The Central Criminal Court; The Court of Criminal Appeal and the Supreme Court. He appears daily in the District Court where he represents clients charged with all criminal and road traffic offences. Mark is a volunteer with the Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC) with whom he has been working with since 2014.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1784512060

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9781784512064

Mustang 5.0 Projects

Performance and Upgrade How-To's for 1979-1995 5.0 Mustangs

By: Mark Houlahan

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Mustang 5.0 Projects

Performance and Upgrade How-To's for 1979-1995 5.0 Mustangs

By: Mark Houlahan

Includes in-depth instructions on: engine tech, exhaust, fuel systems, manual and automatic transmissions, suspension, interior, body and exterior, nitrous and supercharging, and much more.

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Penguin

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1557882754

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9781557882752

Advances in Traffic Psychology

By: Mark Sullman

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Advances in Traffic Psychology

By: Mark Sullman

Traffic psychology is a rapidly expanding and broad field within applied psychology with a considerable volume of research activities and a growing network of academic strands of enquiry. The discipline primarily focuses on the behaviour of road users and the psychological processes underlying these behaviours, looking at issues such as cognition, distraction, fatigue, personality and social aspects, often delivering practical applications and educational interventions. Traffic psychology has been the focus of research for almost as long as the motor car has been in existence and was first recognised as a discipline in 1990 when the International Association of Applied Psychology formed Division 13: Traffic and Transportation Psychology. The benefits of understanding traffic psychology are being increasingly recognised by a whole host of organisations keen to improve road safety or minimise health and safety risks when travelling in vehicles. The objective of this volume is to describe and discuss recent advances in the study of traffic psychology, with a major focus on how the field contributes to the understanding of at-risk road-user behaviour. The intended readerships include road-safety researchers from a variety of different academic backgrounds, senior practitioners in the field including regulatory authorities, the private and public sector personnel, and vehicle manufacturers concerned with improving road safety.

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CRC Press

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1317185072

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9781317185079

SAAB SONETTS

By: Mark Staniforth

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SAAB SONETTS

By: Mark Staniforth

ANTI-SONNETS comprised the creation of one sonnet per day over a year, irrespective of personal circumstance. Each sonnet's subject matter, and perhaps also the perceived quality of its artistic execution, would reflect the tribulations of daily life. ANTI-SONNETS aimed to challenge assumptions associated with the sonnet form, and to champion the ascendency of context over content. SAAB SONETTS is part of the extended fall-out.

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Lulu.com

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0244226806

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9780244226800

Triathlon - the Go Faster Guide

How to Make Yourself a Quicker Triathlete

By: Mark Barfield

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Triathlon - the Go Faster Guide

How to Make Yourself a Quicker Triathlete

By: Mark Barfield

Within these pages are the tools, insights and strategy to achieve your goals - faster.' - PT Magazine This book will smarten up your training, improve your technique and help you set out a plan to bring down your race times. Whether you've completed a single discipline, a few events or are already a seasoned triathlete, your goal is the same - to be better. Triathlon - the Go Faster Guide will smarten up your training, improve your technique and help you set out a plan to bring down your race times. Learn how to: - Goal set effectively - Hone your technique across the separate disciplines - including transition - Timetable your sessions - Plan your training in the medium and long term - Eat and drink right to race at your best - Analyse your performance to prepare for the next event You can become your own expert coach. This smart guide will push you ahead of the pack in one of the world's fastest growing and most demanding sports. Within these pages are the tools, insights and strategy to achieve your goals - faster.

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A&C Black

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1472905377

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Integrated Automotive Safety Handbook

By: Mark Gonter,Ulrich W Seiffert

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Integrated Automotive Safety Handbook

By: Mark Gonter,Ulrich W Seiffert

Even though a number of developed countries enjoy a high level of vehicle safety, more than 1.2 million fatalities still occur each year on roadways worldwide. There remains a need to continue improving vehicle and road safety. New technologies in sensors and electronic control units, and the growing knowledge of car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure technologies have led to a fusion of the previously separated areas of accident avoidance (popularly known as active safety) and mitigation of injuries (popularly known as passive safety) into the newer concept of integrated vehicle safety. This new approach represents a further step toward lowering accident rates. This book, written by two of the foremost automotive engineering safety experts, takes a unique and comprehensive approach to describing all areas of vehicle safety: accident avoidance, pre-crash, mitigation of injuries, and post-crash technologies, providing a solutions-based perspective of integrated vehicle safety. Also covered are accident investigation and worldwide legislation as they apply to integrated vehicle safety. The man-machine interface, biomechanics and development and simulation techniques are also key concepts that are thoroughly described. Special attention is given to driver assistance systems and to compatibility in car-to-car crashes and pedestrian protection. Chapters cover: accident research, functions of integrated safety, biomechanics and protection criteria, injury mitigation, adaptive occupant protection, compatibility, calculation and simulation, and the future. The book is useful for those interested in any aspect of automotive safety. Engineers and scientists from the automotive industry can learn new details as well as the broad perspective of vehicle safety today. The book also provides key information to traffic safety professionals, law enforcement, insurance practitioners, and journalists. Those who help shape traffic and vehicle legislation can gain a wider understanding of the topic to help them craft better laws. The book also serves as a valuable learning resource for academicians and students.

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SAE International

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0768064376

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9780768064377

Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team: Teach Your Kid How to Ride a Bike

By: Mark Riedy

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Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team: Teach Your Kid How to Ride a Bike

By: Mark Riedy

Provides guidance for parents to help children master the techniques of cycling and includes information on safety skills and bike repair.

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Rodale

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1594863989

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Conceptual Aircraft Design

An Industrial Approach

By: Ajoy Kumar Kundu,Mark A. Price,David Riordan

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Conceptual Aircraft Design

An Industrial Approach

By: Ajoy Kumar Kundu,Mark A. Price,David Riordan

Provides a Comprehensive Introduction to Aircraft Design with an Industrial Approach This book introduces readers to aircraft design, placing great emphasis on industrial practice. It includes worked out design examples for several different classes of aircraft, including Learjet 45, Tucano Turboprop Trainer, BAe Hawk and Airbus A320. It considers performance substantiation and compliance to certification requirements and market specifications of take-off/landing field lengths, initial climb/high speed cruise, turning capability and payload/range. Military requirements are discussed, covering some aspects of combat, as is operating cost estimation methodology, safety considerations, environmental issues, flight deck layout, avionics and more general aircraft systems. The book also includes a chapter on electric aircraft design along with a full range of industry standard aircraft sizing analyses. Split into two parts, Conceptual Aircraft Design: An Industrial Approach spends the first part dealing with the pre-requisite information for configuring aircraft so that readers can make informed decisions when designing vessels. The second part devotes itself to new aircraft concept definition. It also offers additional analyses and design information (e.g., on cost, manufacture, systems, role of CFD, etc.) integral to conceptual design study. The book finishes with an introduction to electric aircraft and futuristic design concepts currently under study. Presents an informative, industrial approach to aircraft design Features design examples for aircraft such as the Learjet 45, Tucano Turboprop Trainer, BAe Hawk, Airbus A320 Includes a full range of industry standard aircraft sizing analyses Looks at several performance substantiation and compliance to certification requirements Discusses the military requirements covering some combat aspects Accompanied by a website hosting supporting material Conceptual Aircraft Design: An Industrial Approach is an excellent resource for those designing and building modern aircraft for commercial, military, and private use.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119500273

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9781119500278

Aerial Adventure Environments

The Theory and Practice of the Challenge Course, Zip Line, and Canopy Tour Industry

By: Elizabeth A. Speelman,Mark Wagstaff,Scott H. Jordan,Kathy Haras

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Aerial Adventure Environments

The Theory and Practice of the Challenge Course, Zip Line, and Canopy Tour Industry

By: Elizabeth A. Speelman,Mark Wagstaff,Scott H. Jordan,Kathy Haras

Aerial Adventure Environments offers a comprehensive introduction to the aerial adventure industry, including low and high challenge (ropes) courses, zip lines, canopy tours, and aerial adventure parks.

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Human Kinetics Publishers

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1492570648

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Collector's Originality Guide Corvette Sting Ray

By: James Mann, Mark Hughes, Tom Falconer

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Collector's Originality Guide Corvette Sting Ray

By: James Mann, Mark Hughes, Tom Falconer

For many Corvette enthusiasts, the world’s most enduring and successful sports car reached its zenith with the incomparable Sting Ray of 1963-1967. For those who collect, restore, or simply admire this peerless vehicle, this book provides a complete, detailed, fully illustrated guide to the original factory specifications for both the coupe and convertible models. With hundreds of color photographs and information on every aspect of the car, inside and out (including mechanical parts, bodywork, interiors, and upholstery), this is the essential resource for bringing a Corvette Sting Ray back to its original factory condition.

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1610608879

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Bikepacking & Off-Road Cycle Touring Guide

How to prepare, plan & undertake extended bikepacking adventures

By: Mark Watson

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Bikepacking & Off-Road Cycle Touring Guide

How to prepare, plan & undertake extended bikepacking adventures

By: Mark Watson

The Bikepacking & Off-Road Cycle Touring Guide provides a tool kit of skills and knowledge for cyclists who want to get off the beaten track and undertake extended bikepacking tours, with a focus on travelling light. While this book is aimed at cyclists planning long distance off-road oriented tours, the information within contains many gems that are applicable in any bikepacking scenario, long or short. The evolution of bikepacking bikes, luggage, technology and know-how have made off road cycle touring adventures more possible than ever. There are a huge variety of published bikepacking routes all over the world, and the information to plan our own lies just an Internet search away, or within detailed maps and imagery that we can access on our phones. In the Bikepacking & Off-Road Cycle Touring Guide adventure bikepackers Mark Watson and Hana Black draw on their wealth of outdoor experience to provide their view of travelling by bike: how to travel long and light on adventurous routes while having fun along the way.

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Mark Watson/Highluxphoto

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0473662892

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9780473662899

Visual Perception

Physiology, Psychology, and Ecology

By: Vicki Bruce,Patrick R. Green,Mark A. Georgeson

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Visual Perception

Physiology, Psychology, and Ecology

By: Vicki Bruce,Patrick R. Green,Mark A. Georgeson

This edition contains over 460 additional references and the treatment of visual psychology in the early chapters has been extensively revised.

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Psychology Press

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0863774504

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9780863774508

Global Leadership

Research, Practice, and Development

By: Mark E. Mendenhall

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Global Leadership

Research, Practice, and Development

By: Mark E. Mendenhall

This key book provides a multidisciplinary, integrative, current and comprehensive discussion of the dimensions, issues, leading-edge approaches and continuing challenges faced in defining, measuring and developing global leadership.

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Routledge

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0415808855

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9780415808859

Safety First

Technology, Labor, and Business in the Building of American Work Safety, 1870-1939

By: Mark Aldrich

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Safety First

Technology, Labor, and Business in the Building of American Work Safety, 1870-1939

By: Mark Aldrich

The first full account of why the American workplace became so dangerous, and why it is now so much safer. In 1907, American coal mines killed 3,242 men in occupational accidents, probably an all-time high both for the industry and for all laboring accidents in this country. In December alone, two mines at Monongah, West Virginia, blew up, killing 362 men. Railroad accidents that same year killed another 4,534. At a single South Chicago steel plant, 46 workers died on the job. In mines and mills and on railroads, work in America had become more dangerous than in any other advanced nation. Ninety years later, such numbers and events seem extraordinary. Although serious accidents do still occur, industrial jobs in the United States have become vastly and dramatically safer. In Safety First, Mark Aldrich offers the first full account of why the American workplace became so dangerous, and why it is now so much safer. Aldrich, an economist who once served as an OSHA investigator, first describes the increasing dangers of industrial work in late-nineteenth-century America as a result of technological change, careless work practices, and a legal system that minimized employers' responsibility for industrial accidents. He then explores the developments that led to improved safety—government regulation, corporate publicizing of safety measures, and legislation that raised the costs of accidents by requiring employers to pay workmen's compensation. At the heart of these changes, Aldrich contends, was the emergence of a safety ideology that stressed both worker and management responsibility for work accidents—a stunning reversal of earlier attitudes.

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JHU Press

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0801854059

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9780801854057

The Electric Vehicle Conversion Handbook HP1568

By: Mark Warner

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The Electric Vehicle Conversion Handbook HP1568

By: Mark Warner

A guide on how to convert any gas- or diesel-powered vehicle to electric power. Includes ownership advantages, basic EV operation, subsystems, components, basic EV operation, project vehicles, and conversion kits.

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Penguin

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1101515791

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An Introduction to Aircraft Thermal Management

By: Mark Ahlers

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An Introduction to Aircraft Thermal Management

By: Mark Ahlers

Aircraft Thermal Management (ATM)focuses on how to manage heat in an aircraft to meet the temperature requirements for passengers and vehicle. This primarily involves removing heat and protecting equipment, systems, and structure from heat sources that could raise their temperature beyond design limits. Crew and passengers must be neither too hot nor too cold during airplane operations. Thus, maintaining thermal comport is critically important, and not a trivial operation. Written by Mark F. Ahlers, a retired Boeing Technical Fellow and its first Thermal Marshal, An Introduction to Aircraft Thermal Management is the ultimate source of knowledge concerning: Temperature and thermal related requirements Airplane-generated heat sources External heat sources Aircraft heat sinks Fire and Failures Environmental control systems Thermal design Analytical modeling Analytical software Testing Military aircraft thermal management Fully illustrated and amply referenced, An Introduction to Aircraft Thermal Management provides a very balanced approach between theory and practice, best practices and technical insights. It is a must-have reference for both young engineers starting in the filed and for seasoned professionals willing to re-sharpen their skills.

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SAE International

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0768095522

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The Total Motorcycling Manual

291 Essential Skills

By: Mark Lindemann,The Editors of Cycle World

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The Total Motorcycling Manual

291 Essential Skills

By: Mark Lindemann,The Editors of Cycle World

Learn motorcycle riding and maintenance essential from Cycle World Magazine’s resident expert in this comprehensive, fully illustrated guide. In Total Motorcycle Manual, industry insider Mark Lindemann shares his considerable firsthand knowledge gained from riding more than 750 different bikes over more than 30 years. Packed practical tips and tricks, this is the perfect guide for anyone who wants to get the most out of their motorcycle. Whether you are starting as a new daily commuter, track fiend or budding off-roader, Mark will teach you how to get the right gear for you, tackle test rides, avoid lemons, maintain and tune your ride and master fundamental bike skills.

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Weldon Owen International

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1681886979

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Technical Skills for Adventure Programming

A Curriculum Guide

By: Mark Wagstaff,Aram Attarian

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Technical Skills for Adventure Programming

A Curriculum Guide

By: Mark Wagstaff,Aram Attarian

If you're looking for a book that will improve your knowledge and technical instruction skills in land, water, and snow and ice sports and activities, this is it Technical Skills for Adventure Programming: A Curriculum Guide is an all-in-one resource, based on current methods, that will guide you in becoming a skilled adventure instructor in the classroom and in the field. This book includes -comprehensive units with lesson plans for 12 popular outdoor adventure activities; -7 to 15 progressive, pedagogically sound lesson plans for each unit, featuring foundational teaching methods, experiential learning activities, and assessment strategies for adventure technical skills; -a CD-ROM with printable lesson plans and supporting materials for each unit that make it easy to print only what you will need in the field; and -an overview of the teaching process as it relates to adventure-based activities, including discussions of adventure education theory, learning styles, experiential learning and teaching, and outdoor teaching tips and considerations. Edited by nationally known outdoor adventure educators, this book allows you to tap into the knowledge and expertise of skilled instructors who present progressive technical skills for these activities: -Backpacking -Canoeing -Caving -Ice climbing -Mountain biking -Mountaineering -Nordic skiing -Rafting -Rock climbing -Sea kayaking -Snowshoeing -Whitewater kayaking Throughout the guide, the expert instructors share insights, best practices, and field-tested lesson plans that help you teach essential skills to new outdoor and adventure enthusiasts. Lesson plans include a topic overview, equipment information, basic skill instruction, Leave No Trace practices, and safety considerations. You'll also find outcomes and assessment protocols for each lesson as well as information on modifying some of the activities to include people with disabilities. The format of the lessons provides you with the flexibility to select and use the plans and assessment strategies appropriate for your group's ages, ability levels, time constraints, and settings. Both a classroom and field-friendly guide, Technical Skills for Adventure Programming: A Curriculum Guide supports common practices and standards of the Wilderness Education Association, Outward Bound, Leave No Trace, the American Mountain Guide Association, the American Canoe Association, and the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. And it will prepare those with experience to confidently teach a dozen popular land-based, water-based, and winter activities.

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Human Kinetics

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0736066993

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9780736066990

Pel And The Party Spirit

By: Mark Hebden

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Pel And The Party Spirit

By: Mark Hebden

Chief Inspector Pel and Brigade Criminelle are mobilised when a fatal stabbing, an anticipated delivery of lethal drugs, and the discovery of a corpse in an ancient tower all coincide with a frantic search for two murderous hitchhikers.

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House of Stratus

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0755125266

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9780755125265

No Miracles Needed

How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air

By: Mark Z. Jacobson

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No Miracles Needed

How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air

By: Mark Z. Jacobson

How you can solve the climate, energy and air pollution crises, without relying on 'miracle technologies'.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009249541

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9781009249546

Recollections of "Tucson Operations"

The Millimeter-Wave Observatory of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory

By: Mark Gordon

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Recollections of "Tucson Operations"

The Millimeter-Wave Observatory of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory

By: Mark Gordon

A personal account of the evolution of millimeter-wave astronomy at the US National Radio Astronomy Observatory. The author recounts the behind-the-scenes activities of the staff from the beginnings at Kitt Peak to the closing of the Tuscon offices.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1402032358

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