Don't Throw This Away! - The Civil Engineering Life(Paperback / softback)

Don't Throw This Away! - The Civil Engineering Life(Paperback / softback)

An engineer's personal take on what it's like to be a civil engineer in the 21st century - the life, the practice, the profession. This work covers aspects ranging from discussions of suburban sprawl, bridge aesthetics, and the engineering body of knowledge to comical accounts of packrat habits,

Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Hare David)(Paperback / softback)

It's not just that rich people don't know what they've got. They don't even know what they throw away. India is beginning to prosper. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport is an obstacle, a makeshift slum. It's home to foul mouthed Zehrunisa and her garbage sorting son Abdul,

To Throw Away Unopened (Albertine Viv)(Paperback / softback)

To Throw Away Unopened is a fearless dissection of one woman's obsession with the truth - the truth about family, power, and her identity as a rebel and

Civil Engineering: A Very Short Introduction (Muir Wood David)(Paperback)

Civil engineering has made an inestimable contribution to modern life, providing the crucial expertise behind our vast transportation systems and the wide array of built structures where we work, study, and play. In this Very Short Introduction, engineer David Muir Wood turns a spotlight on a field

Civil Engineering Specification for the Water Industry (CESWI) - CESWI 7(Paperback / softback)

A Dictionary of Construction, Surveying, and Civil Engineering (Gorse Christopher)(Paperback)

This new edition of A Dictionary of Construction, Surveying, and Civil Engineering is the most up-to-date dictionary of its kind. In more than 8,000 entries it covers the key areas of civil and construction engineering, construction technology and practice, construction management techniques and

Introduction to AutoCAD 2018 for Civil Engineering Applications (Yasmin Nighat)(Paperback / softback)

Structural Design from First Principles (Byfield Michael)(Paperback)

This enlightening textbook for undergraduates on civil engineering degree courses explains structural design from its mechanical principles, showing the speed and simplicity of effective design from first principles. This text presents good approximate solutions to complex design problems, such as

Write Away: One Novelist's Approach To Fiction and the Writing Life (George Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

American Civil War (Keegan John)(Paperback / softback)

The American Civil War was one of the longest and bloodiest of modern wars. In this magisterial history of the first modern war, the distinguished military historian John Keegan unpicks the geography, leadership and strategic logic of the war and takes us to the heart of the

Engineering Activity Book (Jacoby Jenny)(Paperback / softback)

Engineering is what brings machines to life. Little learners can discover more about engineering at home by reading the simple explanations and doing the beautifully illustrated activities on each page. Start a lifelong passion for STEM subjects and inspire children to, one day, contribute an

Decisive Battles of the English Civil War (Wanklyn Malcolm)(Paperback / softback)

In this stimulating and original investigation of the decisive battles of the English Civil War, Malcolm Wanklyn reassesses what actually happened on the battlefield and as a result sheds new light on the causes of the eventual defeat of Charles I. Taking each major battle in turn - Edgehill,

English Civil War - A People's History (Purkiss Diane)(Paperback / softback)

This popular history of the English Civil War tells the story of the bloody conflict between Oliver Cromwell and Charles I from the perspectives of those

New Penguin Dictionary of Civil Engineering (Blockley David)(Paperback / softback)

A completely new and fully-comprehensive book aimed at anyone who has contact with the construction

Daniel Deronda (Eliot George)(Paperback)

As Daniel Deronda opens, Gwendolen Harleth is poised at the roulette-table, prepared to throw away her family fortune. She is observed by Daniel Deronda, a young man groomed in the finest tradition of the English upper-classes. And while Gwendolen loses everything and becomes trapped in an

Barcelona Away(Paperback)

Matt likes nothing more than to watch the football, sink a few pints with his mates, and throw a few punches. But when his friend is killed in a riot after a match, Matt has to choose what he loves more, the footie or his family. This book is particularly suitable for adults who want to improve

Books Make Good Pets (Agard John)(Paperback)

Books make good pets and don't need going to the vet.You don't have to keep them on a lead or throw them a stick.They'll wag their words whenever you flick their dog-eared pages.Even howl an ancient tale for the inward-listening ear. Did you know that a book can take you anywhere? You only need to

Alice Next Door (Curtin Judi)(Paperback / softback)

Best friends NEED to be together. Don't they? Megan's best friend Alice has moved away -- but the two friends hatch a risky plot to get back

Don't Read This! (Dahl Michael (Author))(Paperback / softback)

Bird's Comprehensive Engineering Mathematics (Bird John)(Paperback)

Studying engineering, whether it is mechanical, electrical or civil, relies heavily on an understanding of mathematics. This textbook clearly demonstrates the relevance of mathematical principles and shows how to apply them in real-life engineering problems. It deliberately starts at an elementary

Don't Eat This Book (Sinden David)(Paperback / softback)

The antidote to activity books, Don't Eat this Book is for absolutely everyone: boys and girls, young and old. The only book you'll need this holiday, it is guaranteed to enthral as imagination and creativity are unleashed in the most interesting and unexpected ways

Engineering Power!: Machines in the Sky (Barnham Kay)(Paperback / softback)

Discover the engineering behind how machines

Engineering Power!: Machines on Land (Barnham Kay)(Paperback / softback)

Discover the engineering behind how machines

BTEC Level 3 National Engineering Student Book (Boyce Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

This Student Book is written for the Edexcel BTEC Level 3 National Engineering QCF specification for first teaching from September 2010. The Student Book for the 2010 specification BTEC Level 3 National Engineering, gives students a work-focused, approachable textbook, with all the assignment