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Game Design for Free-to-Play Live Service

by Stanislav Stanković ...

Series series Synthesis Collection of Technology (R0)
"Game Design for Free to Play Live Service" is the ultimate guide to designing successful free-to-play mobile games. Based on a decade of experience at companies like Rovio, EA, and Supercell, the author provides practical advice on gameplay mechanics, monetization strategies, and player engagement. With case studies and expert insights, this book is essential reading for any game developer ... Read more

$70.99 CAD

"Game Design for Free to Play Live Service" is the ultimate guide to designing successful free-to-play mobile games. Based on a decade of experience at companies like Rovio, EA, and Supercell, the author provides practical advice on gameplay mechanics, monetization strategies, and player engagement. With case studies and expert insights, this book is essential reading for any game developer
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Organic Photovoltaics

Materials, Device Physics, and Manufacturing Technologies

Edited by Christoph Brabec, Ullrich Scherf, Vladimir Dyakonov ...

The versatility of organic photovoltaics is already well known and this completely revised, updated, and enlarged edition of a classic provides an up-to-date overview of this hot topic.The proven structure of the successful first edition, divided into the three key aspects of successful device design: materials, device physics, and manufacturing technologies, has been retained. Important aspects ... Read more

$247.99 CAD

The versatility of organic photovoltaics is already well known and this completely revised, updated, and enlarged edition of a classic provides an up-to-date overview of this hot topic.The proven structure of the successful first edition, divided into the three key aspects of successful device design: materials, device physics, and manufacturing technologies, has been retained. Important aspects
... Read more
The Ship Beneath the Ice

The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance

by Mensun Bound ...

By the subject of the National Geographic documentary Endurance, streaming soon on Disney+"As thrilling as any tale from the heroic age of exploration. . . Bound’s account is a triumph. The storytelling is piano-wire taut, the writing saturated with polar moodiness." ― Sunday TimesThe inside story of how the Endurance, Ernest Shackleton's legendary lost ship, was found in the most hostile sea on ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

By the subject of the National Geographic documentary Endurance, streaming soon on Disney+"As thrilling as any tale from the heroic age of exploration. . . Bound’s account is a triumph. The storytelling is piano-wire taut, the writing saturated with polar moodiness." ― Sunday TimesThe inside story of how the Endurance, Ernest Shackleton's legendary lost ship, was found in the most hostile sea on
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Wearable Sensors

Fundamentals, Implementation and Applications

Edited by Edward Sazonov ...

Written by industry experts, this book aims to provide you with an understanding of how to design and work with wearable sensors. Together these insights provide the first single source of information on wearable sensors that would be a valuable addition to the library of any engineer interested in this field.Wearable Sensors covers a wide variety of topics associated with the development and ... Read more

$131.19 CAD

Written by industry experts, this book aims to provide you with an understanding of how to design and work with wearable sensors. Together these insights provide the first single source of information on wearable sensors that would be a valuable addition to the library of any engineer interested in this field.Wearable Sensors covers a wide variety of topics associated with the development and
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The Quest for the Cure

The Science and Stories Behind the Next Generation of Medicines

by Brent Stockwell ...

After more than fifty years of blockbuster drug development, skeptics are beginning to fear we are reaching the end of drug discovery to combat major diseases. In this engaging book, Brent R. Stockwell, a leading researcher in the exciting new science of chemical biology, describes this dilemma and the powerful techniques that may bring drug research into the twenty-first century.Filled with ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

After more than fifty years of blockbuster drug development, skeptics are beginning to fear we are reaching the end of drug discovery to combat major diseases. In this engaging book, Brent R. Stockwell, a leading researcher in the exciting new science of chemical biology, describes this dilemma and the powerful techniques that may bring drug research into the twenty-first century.Filled with
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Landscape, Well-Being and Environment

Edited by Richard Coles, Zoe Millman ...

Well-being is now firmly established as an overarching theme of key concern to all professionals that work, manage or design the environment. However, well-being is a complex multi-dimensional issue rooted in the ways that we encounter, perceive and interpret the environment. No single discipline can claim to have sufficient knowledge to fully explain the types of interactions that occur, ... Read more

$104.99 CAD

Well-being is now firmly established as an overarching theme of key concern to all professionals that work, manage or design the environment. However, well-being is a complex multi-dimensional issue rooted in the ways that we encounter, perceive and interpret the environment. No single discipline can claim to have sufficient knowledge to fully explain the types of interactions that occur,
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Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Water Diplomacy

A Principled and Pragmatic Approach

Edited by Shafiqul Islam, Kevin M. Smith ...

Series series Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
This book introduces the concept of Water Diplomacy as a principled and pragmatic approach to problem-driven interdisciplinary collaboration, which has been developed as a response to pressing contemporary water challenges arising from the coupling of natural and human systems.The findings of the book are the result of a decade-long interdisciplinary experiment in conceiving, developing, and ... Read more

$88.99 CAD

This book introduces the concept of Water Diplomacy as a principled and pragmatic approach to problem-driven interdisciplinary collaboration, which has been developed as a response to pressing contemporary water challenges arising from the coupling of natural and human systems.The findings of the book are the result of a decade-long interdisciplinary experiment in conceiving, developing, and
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Knowing What We Know

The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

by Simon Winchester ...

“A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter . . . . Simon Winchester has firmly earned his place in history . . . as a promulgator of knowledge of every variety, perhaps the last of the famous explorers who crisscrossed the now-vanished British Empire and reported what they found to an astonished world.” — New York TimesFrom the creation of ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

“A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter . . . . Simon Winchester has firmly earned his place in history . . . as a promulgator of knowledge of every variety, perhaps the last of the famous explorers who crisscrossed the now-vanished British Empire and reported what they found to an astonished world.” — New York TimesFrom the creation of
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Route 66

The Mother Road

by David Knudson ...

Series Book 675 - Shire Library USA
Begun in 1926 to connect Chicago to Los Angeles, Route 66 was the country's first major east-west thoroughfare. By 1930 it was an important route for both truckers and travellers alike, and in 1939 it became known as 'The Mother Road' thanks to John Steinbeck's classic The Grapes of Wrath. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of Americans travelled this great road from those heading west during ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Begun in 1926 to connect Chicago to Los Angeles, Route 66 was the country's first major east-west thoroughfare. By 1930 it was an important route for both truckers and travellers alike, and in 1939 it became known as 'The Mother Road' thanks to John Steinbeck's classic The Grapes of Wrath. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of Americans travelled this great road from those heading west during
... Read more
The Fearless World of Professional Safety in the 21st Century

by Scott Gesinger ...

Professional safety is in danger of extinction. Safety professionals have become complacent and unfocused, ignorantly relying on an 80-year-old paradigm. Lazy gimmicks are substituted for the hierarchy of controls meant to be the foundation of the profession. A $10,000 investment in posters makes zero improvement in safety; a $10,000 investment in machine guarding upgrades can save lives.By ... Read more

$104.99 CAD

Professional safety is in danger of extinction. Safety professionals have become complacent and unfocused, ignorantly relying on an 80-year-old paradigm. Lazy gimmicks are substituted for the hierarchy of controls meant to be the foundation of the profession. A $10,000 investment in posters makes zero improvement in safety; a $10,000 investment in machine guarding upgrades can save lives.By
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The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals

by O. C. Zienkiewicz, R. L. Taylor ...

Series series The Finite Element Method
The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals offers a complete introduction to the basis of the finite element method, covering fundamental theory and worked examples in the detail required for readers to apply the knowledge to their own engineering problems and understand more advanced applications. This edition sees a significant rearrangement of the book's content to enable clearer ... Read more

$132.79 CAD

The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals offers a complete introduction to the basis of the finite element method, covering fundamental theory and worked examples in the detail required for readers to apply the knowledge to their own engineering problems and understand more advanced applications. This edition sees a significant rearrangement of the book's content to enable clearer
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Trashed

A Graphic Novel

by Derf Backderf ...

Trashed , Derf Backderf's follow-up graphic novel to his critically acclaimed, award-winning international bestseller My Friend Dahmer , is an ode to perhaps the toughest job of all: garbage collector."Intriguing, hilarious, and stinky." — Entertainment WeeklyEvery week we pile our garbage on the curb and it disappears—like magic! The reality is ... ... Read more

$17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Trashed , Derf Backderf's follow-up graphic novel to his critically acclaimed, award-winning international bestseller My Friend Dahmer , is an ode to perhaps the toughest job of all: garbage collector."Intriguing, hilarious, and stinky." — Entertainment WeeklyEvery week we pile our garbage on the curb and it disappears—like magic! The reality is ...
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Project Control

Integrating Cost and Schedule in Construction

by Wayne J. Del Pico ...

PROJECT CONTROLReader-friendly, integrated approach to construction project cost and scheduling control, with all-new pedagogical elementsThe Second Edition of Project Control is an introductory practical guide that explores the reasons and methodologies for proper planning, monitoring, and controlling project costs and schedule and shows how productivity models are created, monitored, and ... Read more

$83.99 CAD

PROJECT CONTROLReader-friendly, integrated approach to construction project cost and scheduling control, with all-new pedagogical elementsThe Second Edition of Project Control is an introductory practical guide that explores the reasons and methodologies for proper planning, monitoring, and controlling project costs and schedule and shows how productivity models are created, monitored, and
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The Future of Technology in Medicine

From Cyborgs to Curing Paralysis

by Julian Gendreau, Nolan J Brown, Shane Shahrestani ...

What is machine learning? What is the current state of prosthetics in healthcare? Can scientists cure paralysis? Are supercomputers composed of human DNA real?These are all questions contemplated by both highly educated biomedical engineers and individuals without formal scientific training that have simple interests in medicine. Technology, undoubtedly, has given rise to advancements in many ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

What is machine learning? What is the current state of prosthetics in healthcare? Can scientists cure paralysis? Are supercomputers composed of human DNA real?These are all questions contemplated by both highly educated biomedical engineers and individuals without formal scientific training that have simple interests in medicine. Technology, undoubtedly, has given rise to advancements in many
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Crash Test Girl

An Unlikely Experiment in Using the Scientific Method to Answer Life’s Toughest Questions

by Kari Byron ...

Kari Byron—former host of the wildly popular, iconic cult classic MythBusters—shows how to crash test your way through life, no lab coat required.Kari Byron’s story hasn’t been a straight line. She started out as a broke artist living in San Francisco, writing poems on a crowded bus on the way to one of her three jobs. Many curve balls, unexpected twists, and yes, literal and figurative explosions ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Kari Byron—former host of the wildly popular, iconic cult classic MythBusters—shows how to crash test your way through life, no lab coat required.Kari Byron’s story hasn’t been a straight line. She started out as a broke artist living in San Francisco, writing poems on a crowded bus on the way to one of her three jobs. Many curve balls, unexpected twists, and yes, literal and figurative explosions
... Read more
The Electric Vehicle

Technology and Expectations in the Automobile Age

by Gijs Mom ...

Winner of the Engineer-Historian Award from the International History and Heritage Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot Award given by the Society of Automotive HistoriansRecent attention to hybrid cars that run on both gasoline and electric batteries has made the electric car an apparent alternative to the internal combustion engine and its ... Read more

$46.99 CAD

Winner of the Engineer-Historian Award from the International History and Heritage Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot Award given by the Society of Automotive HistoriansRecent attention to hybrid cars that run on both gasoline and electric batteries has made the electric car an apparent alternative to the internal combustion engine and its
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The Formula

How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport

by Joshua Robinson, Jonathan Clegg ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A Sports Illustrated Best Book of the Year | An NPR Best BookUPDATED EDITION INCLUDES THE STUNNING RISE OF McLARENIn The Formula, Wall Street Journal reporters Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg tell the riveting motor racing saga of how Formula 1 broke through in America. Taking you inside the paddock, The Formula details the eclectic culture of racing obsessives, ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A Sports Illustrated Best Book of the Year | An NPR Best BookUPDATED EDITION INCLUDES THE STUNNING RISE OF McLARENIn The Formula, Wall Street Journal reporters Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg tell the riveting motor racing saga of how Formula 1 broke through in America. Taking you inside the paddock, The Formula details the eclectic culture of racing obsessives,
... Read more
Motorcycle Modification

Keeping your Special Safe

by John Hardaker ...

Modification is an important part of the total experience for many motorcyclists in the search for individuality, to make improvements or simply to make a beloved machine more suitable for their own use. It also supports a whole industry of parts suppliers, modifiers and manufacturers as well as providing the opportunity for all types of individual effort.All types of modification have one thing ... Read more

$12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Modification is an important part of the total experience for many motorcyclists in the search for individuality, to make improvements or simply to make a beloved machine more suitable for their own use. It also supports a whole industry of parts suppliers, modifiers and manufacturers as well as providing the opportunity for all types of individual effort.All types of modification have one thing
... Read more
Flying Green

On the Frontiers of New Aviation

by Christopher de Bellaigue ...

Can flying be green?Everyone loves to travel, and the industry’s room for growth seems almost limitless—except that flying will soon be responsible for 19 percent of global emissions. Some people have even decided never to fly. Over the coming decades, aviation will witness more innovation than at any time since the invention of the jet engine in the 1940s, transforming the way planes are powered ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

Can flying be green?Everyone loves to travel, and the industry’s room for growth seems almost limitless—except that flying will soon be responsible for 19 percent of global emissions. Some people have even decided never to fly. Over the coming decades, aviation will witness more innovation than at any time since the invention of the jet engine in the 1940s, transforming the way planes are powered
... Read more
Incense

Crafting & Use of Magickal Scents

by Carl F. Neal ...

With new recipes and information on dozens of new ingredients, this expanded and updated edition of Incense is an essential guide to making your own homemade blends with natural ingredients. Join author Carl F. Neal as he presents an extensive collection of incense knowledge, including 129 recipes and helpful descriptions of 125 ingredients, twenty-nine base materials, sixteen binders, and two new ... Read more

$23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

With new recipes and information on dozens of new ingredients, this expanded and updated edition of Incense is an essential guide to making your own homemade blends with natural ingredients. Join author Carl F. Neal as he presents an extensive collection of incense knowledge, including 129 recipes and helpful descriptions of 125 ingredients, twenty-nine base materials, sixteen binders, and two new
... Read more
ArchiMate® 4 Specification

by The Open Group ...

#html-body [data-pb-style=NV1FV82]{justify-content:flex-start;display:flex;flex-direction:column;background-position:left top;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-attachment:scroll}The ArchiMate® Specification, a standard of The Open Group, defines an open and independent modeling language for Enterprise Architecture that is supported by different tool vendors and ... Read more

$72.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

#html-body [data-pb-style=NV1FV82]{justify-content:flex-start;display:flex;flex-direction:column;background-position:left top;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-attachment:scroll}The ArchiMate® Specification, a standard of The Open Group, defines an open and independent modeling language for Enterprise Architecture that is supported by different tool vendors and
... Read more
Life and Death Design

What Life-Saving Technology Can Teach Everyday UX Designers

by Katie Swindler ...

Emergencies—landing a malfunctioning plane, resuscitating a heart attack victim, or avoiding a head-on car crash—all require split-second decisions that can mean life or death. Fortunately, designers of life-saving products have leveraged research and brain science to help users reduce panic and harness their best instincts. Life and Death Design brings these techniques to everyday designers who ... Read more

$37.59 CAD

Emergencies—landing a malfunctioning plane, resuscitating a heart attack victim, or avoiding a head-on car crash—all require split-second decisions that can mean life or death. Fortunately, designers of life-saving products have leveraged research and brain science to help users reduce panic and harness their best instincts. Life and Death Design brings these techniques to everyday designers who
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Process Control Fundamentals

Analysis, Design, Assessment, and Diagnosis

by Raghunathan Rengaswamy, Babji Srinivasan, Nirav Pravinbhai Bhatt ...

The field of process control has evolved gradually over the years, with emphasis on key aspects including designing and tuning of controllers. This textbook covers fundamental concepts of basic and multivariable process control, and important monitoring and diagnosis techniques.It discusses topics including state-space models, Laplace transform to convert state-space models to transfer function ... Read more

$242.99 CAD

The field of process control has evolved gradually over the years, with emphasis on key aspects including designing and tuning of controllers. This textbook covers fundamental concepts of basic and multivariable process control, and important monitoring and diagnosis techniques.It discusses topics including state-space models, Laplace transform to convert state-space models to transfer function
... Read more
Public Transport

Its Planning, Management and Operation

by Peter R. White ...

Series series Natural and Built Environment Series
Public Transport provides an accessible introductory text to the field of public transport systems, covering bus, coach, rail, metro, domestic air and taxi modes. The market structure is set out, together with data collection methods. The technology of bus and rail systems is introduced with particular reference to peak capacity and energy consumption. An analysis of cost structures and costing ... Read more

$117.99 CAD

Public Transport provides an accessible introductory text to the field of public transport systems, covering bus, coach, rail, metro, domestic air and taxi modes. The market structure is set out, together with data collection methods. The technology of bus and rail systems is introduced with particular reference to peak capacity and energy consumption. An analysis of cost structures and costing
... Read more

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