Erik: 1534 books
Heat-Treatment of Steel: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Hardening, Tempering, Annealing and Casehardening of Various Kinds of Steel
Including High-speed, High-Carbon, Alloy and Low Carbon Steels, Together with Chapters on Heat-Treating Furnaces and on Hardness Testing
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
This vintage book contains a comprehensive treatise on the hardening, tempering, annealing, and case-hardening of various kinds of steel, including high-speed, high-carbon, alloy, and low carbon steels. "Heat-Treatment of Steel" is highly recommended for modern metal work enthusiasts and would make...
by Erik Butler
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
The now-forgotten genre of the bellum grammaticale flourished in the sixteenth- and seventeenth centuries as a means of satirizing outmoded cultural institutions and promoting new methods of instruction. In light of works written in Renaissance Italy, ancien régime France, and baroque Germany (Andrea...
Blood Matters
Five Civilized Tribes and the Search of Unity in the 20th Century
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
This study explores how the five tribes of Oklahoma - Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles - strove to achieve political unity within their tribes during the first decades of the 20th century by forging a new sense of peoplehood around the idea of blood.
Beyond Human
Engineering Our Future Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Beyond Human is an informative and accessible guide for all those interested in the developing sciences of genetic engineering, bio printing and human cloning. Illustrating the ideas with reference to well-known science fiction films and novels, the author provides a unique insight into and understanding...
Why Do We Go to the Zoo?
Communication, Animals, and the Cultural-Historical Experience of Zoos
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
Despite hundreds of millions of visitors each year, zoos have remained outside of the realm of philosophical analysis. This lack of theoretical examination is interesting considering the paradoxical position within which a zoo is situated, being a space of animal confinement as well as a site that...
Homebrewer's Problem Solver
100 Common Problems Explored and Explained
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Don't fall victim to pitfalls home brewers stumble into, trust The Homebrewer's Problem Solver**** to provide the information you need to make the finest glittering, golden brews you've ever tasted.**
Craft beer has exploded in popularity, and now it's time to try your hand at homebrewing....
Offshore Risk Assessment vol 1.
Principles, Modelling and Applications of QRA Studies
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2013
Offshore Risk Assessment was the first book to deal with quantified risk assessment (QRA) as applied specifically to offshore installations and operations. Risk assessment techniques have been used for more than three decades in the offshore oil and gas industry, and their use is set to expand increasingly...
by Erik Orsenna
Language: French
Release Date: April 23, 2003
Language: French
Release Date: April 23, 2003
Madame Bâ Marguerite est née le 10 août 1947 à Médine (Mali), sur les bords du fleuve Sénégal. Fille d?Ousmane, forgeron, sous-directeur de la chute d?eau, et de Mariama, « traditionniste », c?est-à-dire savante de toutes les choses du passé, Madame Bâ aime la connaissance.
Pour retrouver...
by Erik Orsenna
Language: French
Release Date: August 29, 2001
Language: French
Release Date: August 29, 2001
La Grammaire est une chanson douce est une fantaisie joyeuse. Jeanne, la narratrice, une jeune adolescente, pourraît être la petite soeur d'Alice, l'héroïne de Lewis Carroll, précipitée dans un monde où les repères familiers sont bouleversés. Avec son frère aîné, Thomas, elle voyage beaucoup...
Voyage aux pays du coton
Petit précis de mondialisation
Language: French
Release Date: April 5, 2006
« Cette histoire commence dans la nuit des temps. Un homme qui passe remarque un arbuste dont les branches se terminent par des flocons blancs. On peut imaginer qu'il approche la main. L'espèce humaine vient de faire connaissance avec la douceur du coton.
Depuis des années, quelque chose...
by Erik Orsenna
Language: French
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Il était une fois, Gabriel, un homme acharné à demeurer normal. Par normal, il entendait marié une seule et bonne fois pour toutes. Et, pour se prévenir de son hérédité ô combien nomade, il s'était choisi un métier de paix et de racines: les jardins.
Que Dieu soit maudit et tout...
Portrait d'un homme heureux
André Le Nôtre 1913-1700
Language: French
Release Date: April 12, 2000
"A Versailles, souvent je tends l'oreille, rêvant de retrouver une amitié, une conversation quotidienne et qui dura trente-cinq ans. Entre Louis XIV et André Le Nôtre. Le monarque le plus puissant à qui tout doit céder, même le temps. Et l'homme de la terre, le saisonnier, celui qui reste...
by Erik Orsenna, Thierry Arnoult
Language: French
Release Date: June 2, 2004
Language: French
Release Date: June 2, 2004
Le luthier lui conseille : mais non, mais non? jeune homme, tentez donc l?aventure. C?est un si bel instrument, sensible, discret, ancien et moderne à la fois. Mettez-vous au travail. Ne la vendez pas déjà. Le jeune homme approche la guitare, il la touche et commence à en rêver la nuit.
Chaque...
by Erik Orsenna
Language: French
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Language: French
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Les jeunes héros de La grammaire est une chanson douce ont grandi. Jeanne est une adolescente rêveuse qui s?intéresse aux mystères de l?amour ; Thomas, lui, cherche la clef d?un nouveau monde. L?archipel des Mots est toujours sous la dictature du président Nécrole et la police traque les opposants....