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Let me tell you a story. A team of mountain climbers was scaling Mount Everest and they camped below the summit. Another team was returning from the top and saw them camped there. " Why are you camped?" they wanted to know. "We are waiting for our map," they replied. "We forgot...

The ISO 9000 family of quality standards has been adopted world-wide as a framework for building better relationships between suppliers and customers. Originally a manufacturing-industry concern, quality is now acknowledged to be a key issue for the construction sector whose clients increasingly demand...

Have you ever wanted to win the lottery? What if you could increase your odds by 11,300% by using a different methodology than you are now? What if you could eliminate 99% of all possible outcomes in the next lotto drawing? This book gives you the way to do it in state lotteries such as New York Lotto,...

This book was first published in 1977.      

Including a wealth of practical information and step-by-step instructions concerning architectural drawing, this profusely illustrated handbook will be of considerable utility to illustrators, designers, architects, and artists alike. Contents include: "The Aim", "Visit to an Ideal...

This vintage book contains an fantastic treatise on the dolls of the world, looking at these timeless children's toys as enjoyed in Russia, China, Great Britain, Switzerland, and many other countries. With authentic photographs and a wealth of fascinating information, this volume will be of considerable...

Atlanta is targeted as Ground Zero for the most horrifying plague in modern times.

They'll pay him a fortune to find a killer tornado for their movie. He knows the risks all too well, but he never imagined just how dangerous the perfect storm could be. Chuck Rittenburg was one of the most intrepid storm chasers in the country until a bad decision resulted in the death of...

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A dream. A memory. That's all Brij remembers of her past - as well as the fact that she was abandoned by a dirt road at the age of three. After getting picked up by a passing stranger who seemed to know everything about her, she lives the next fourteen years of her life in an enormous nuclear power...

The enduring beauty and practicality of the traditional quilt make it one of the most treasured of household items. Yet in these fast-paced, million-things-to-do days, most needleworkers are short on time or patience or both. Quilting with Strips and Strings is the perfect solution for needlecraft...

Hitler's Atlantic Wall, the complex system of coastal fortifications that stretched from Norway to the Spanish border during the Second World War, was built to defend occupied Europe from Allied invasion. Many of its principal structures survive and can be visited today, and this book is an authoritative...

Firsthand accounts and contextual narrative chronicling the war in Europe after D-Day. Sidebars on glider operations, rear-area activities, hedgerow country, and more. Based on interviews with more than 200 veterans.

The Maginot Line, the complex system of strongpoints constructed between the world wars by the French to protect against attack from Germany, is one of the most famous, extensive and controversial defensive schemes in all military history. It stretched from Belgium to Switzerland, and from Switzerland...