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No Ducks in the Attic

No Ducks in the Attic & Other Basics of HVAC Installation, J. R. Schuster, BookSurge, 2009 HVAC technicians will find this no-nonsense book useful. 140 pages.

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Wind Power

Wind Power, Peggy J. Parks, ReferencePoint, 2010 A 75 page overview with pictures and bar charts, which will be useful to students.

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How to Install Automotive Mobile Electronics

How to Install Automotive Mobile Electronics, Jason Syner, Motorbooks, 2009 Here is a do-it-yourself guide to selecting and installing custom sound and navigation systems. It has many illustrations, but gives shallow coverage of the electronics and acoustics. A chapter shows … Continue reading

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Half-lives – A Guide to Nuclear

Half-lives – A Guide to Nuclear Technology in Canada, H. Y. Tammemagi, 2009 This book is on the history and technology of nuclear power and medicine in Canada. It covers many topics and is well written. Unfortunately, its discussion of … Continue reading

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Toward A Zero Energy Home

Toward A Zero Energy Home : A Complete Guide to Energy Self-sufficiency at Home, David Johnston, Taunton, 2010 This book is for the homeowner who wants to build a energy efficient dwelling. It is readable, and has many pictures, but … Continue reading

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Learning AutoCAD 2010

Learning AutoCAD 2010, Autodesk, 2010 This is a user guide to AutoCAD. More graphics than text. 850 pages, heavy.

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The LEGO Book

The LEGO Book by Daniel Lipkowitz, DK Publishing, 2009 This book is full of pictures of the latest Lego toys, and will make a youngster want to get them all. The history of the company is briefly told by a … Continue reading

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The Unofficial LEGO Builder’s Guide

The Unofficial LEGO Builder’s Guide By Allan Bedford, No Starch Press, 2005 If you are building larger or more complex projects with Lego bricks then this book will be useful. It discusses all the brick shapes, and techniques for planning … Continue reading

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Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Build your own Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle / Seth Leitman, McGraw-Hill, 2009. Written for a technically competent reader, this book appears to cover your car project from soup to nuts (er, from planning through construction). 250 pages, with tables, schematics, … Continue reading

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Lineman’s and Cableman’s

The Lineman’s and Cableman’s field manual 2nd ed. / Thomas M. Shoemaker, McGraw-Hill, 2009 If you work at the top of poles, you need to know all this information. Hardcover, 350 pages.

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