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  The Engineer: Book 1

  Devices and Desires

  by K. J. Parker

  When an engineer is sentenced to death for a petty transgression of guild law, he flees the city, leaving behind his wife and daughter. Forced into exile, he seeks a terrible vengeance -- one that will leave a trail of death and destruction in its wake. But he will not be able to achieve this by himself. He must draw up his plans using the blood of others... In a compelling tale of intrigue and injustice, K. J.... (more)
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  The Engineer: Book 3

  The Escapement

  by K. J. Parker

  The engineer Ziani Vaatzes engineered a war to be reunited with his family. The deaths were regrettable, but he had no choice. Duke Valens dragged his people into the war to save the life of one woman - a woman whose husband he then killed. He regrets the evil he's done, but he, equally, had no choice. Secretary Psellus never wanted to rule the Republic, or fight a desperate siege for its survival. As... (more)
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  Innovative Outsourcing Solutions for Architects & Engineers

  by PM Anavaratham

• The Effective EngineerPhilip Beckley

  

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  The Effective Engineer

  by Philip Beckley

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  by Susanna Leonard Hill

  The freight train's pulling from the yard. The locomotive's working hard. ?Safe trip!? calls the station master. Chugga chugga, the train rolls faster. Susanna Leonard Hill's rhythmic text and Ana Martin Larranaga's simple but enticing art will take young readers on an adventurous freight train trip! Kids can lift the10 flaps throughout the book to make their reading experience more fun! This interactive book... (more)
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  TARGETjobs Quantity Surveying & Building Surveying

  by NA

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  Targetjobs Engineering

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• No HighwayNevil Shute

  

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  No Highway

  by Nevil Shute

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  The Engineer: Book 2

  Evil for Evil

  by K. J. Parker

  Civitas Vadanis is in trouble. The Mezentines have declared war; and the Mezentines are very focused on their goals when it comes to killing. Duke Valens, of Civitas Vadanis, has a dilemma. He knows that his city cannot withstand the invading army; yet its walls are his only defence against the Mezentines. Perhaps the only way to save his people is to flee, but that will not be easy either. Ziani Vaatzes, an... (more)
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  The Existential Pleasures of Engineering (Thomas Dunne Book)

  by Samuel C. Florman

  Humans have always sought to change their environment—building houses, monuments, temples, and roads. In the process, they have remade the fabric of the world into newly functional objects that are also works of art to be admired. In this second edition of his popular Existential Pleasures of Engineering , Samuel Florman explores how engineers think and feel about their profession. A deeply insightful and... (more)
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  A Hammer in Their Hands: A Documentary History of Technology and the African-American Experience

  Scholars working at the intersection of African-American history and the history of technology are redefining the idea of technology to include the work of the skilled artisan and the ingenuity of the self-taught inventor. Although denied access through most of American history to many new technologies and to the privileged education of the engineer, African-Americans have been engaged with a range of... (more)
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  A Culture of Improvement: Technology and the Western Millennium

  by Robert D. Friedel

  Finalist, 2008 Henry Paolucci / Walter Bagehot Book Award given by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Why does technology change over time, how does it change, and what difference does it make? In this sweeping, ambitious look at a thousand years of Western experience, Robert Friedel argues that technological change comes largely through the pursuit of improvement—the deep-rooted belief that things could... (more)
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  The Proposition (Arabesque)

  by Shirley Harrison

  Carolyn Hardy, a workaholic engineer and a daughter of one of Atlanta's finest African American families, is not impressed when she meets pro-football player Michael Hennessey at a bank, and refuses to go out with him. Two years later she is coerced into participating in a dating auction for charity, where Michael wins her company for the evening with an outrageous bid. Now a free agent, he has moved to Atlanta... (more)