Technology & Engineering
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Culture of Control: Farming With the Shackles of the Canadian Wheat Board
$36.99 Add to cartIn 1935 the Canadian Wheat Board was established to oversee the marketing, handling, and transportation of Western Canadian grain. Under the CWB’s increasingly rigid regulations, farmers in the West w… [more below]
- Author: Motiuk, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: April 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1038317533
- Language: English
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More Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius: 40 New Build-It-Yourself Projects
$38.00 Add to cartPublisher’s Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.
This much an… [more below]
- Author: Iannini, Robert E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0071459057
- Language: English
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Scrolling Ourselves to Death: Reclaiming Life in a Digital Age
$18.99 Add to cartChristian Wisdom for Our Tech-Saturated Age
The rapid advance of digital technology is reshaping our world and warping our minds. The onslaught of social media and smartphones has brought an appetit
- Author: McCracken, Brett
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1433599449
- Language: English
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Why the Hindenburg Had a Smoking Lounge: Essays in Unintended Consequences
$34.95 Add to cartEssays by international bestselling author Edward Tenner that explore both the negative and positive surprises of human ingenuity
How did the addition of lifeboats after the Titanic shipwreck contribu- Author: Tenner, Edward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 585
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1606180274
- Language: English
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The Heart and the Chip: Our Bright Future with Robots
$17.99 Add to cartThere is a robotics revolution underway. A record 3.1 million robots are working in factories right now, doing everything from assembling computers to packing goods and monitoring air quality and perf
- Author: Rus, Daniela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1324105089
- Language: English
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The Cybernetic Society: How Humans and Machines Will Shape the Future Together
$30.00 Add to cartWhy the major risk and opportunity of AI is that humans and computers have fused, giving AI the ability to shape the future of human affairs
Artificial intelligence is inescapable: at home, at work,- Author: Husain, Amir
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 1541605713
- Language: English
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The Invention That Changed the World: How a Small Group of Radar Pioneers Won the Second World War and Launched a Technological Revolution
$32.99 Add to cartFrom Simon & Schuster, The Invention That Changed the World explores how a small group of radar pioneers won the second World War and launched a technical revolution.
The technology that was created t- Series: Sloan Technology Series
- Author: Buderi, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: March 23 1998
- ISBN10: 0684835290
- Language: English
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The New Age of Sexism: How AI and Emerging Technologies Are Reinventing Misogyny
$28.99 Add to cartMisogyny is being hardwired into our future. Can we stop it?
We like to believe we’re moving closer to equality, riding the wave of technological progress into a brighter, fairer future. But beneath th
- Author: Bates, Laura
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1464234361
- Language: English
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Schaum’s Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics, 4th Edition
$34.00 Add to cartTough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?
Fortunately, there’s Schaum’s. This all-in-one-package includes more than 600 fully solved problems, examples, and practice exercises to sharpen
- Author: Liu, Cheng
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 09 2013
- ISBN10: 0071831452
- Language: English
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Cryptography: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartCryptography is a part of everyday life for almost all of us, though we may not realise we’re using it.
We are a far cry from the historical prediction that cryptography would only be used by militari- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Murphy, Sean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 0192882236
- Language: English
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The Apple: A Delicious History
$29.99 Add to cartThe Apple: A Delicious History tells the engrossing and richly informative story of a fruit with a unique attachment to the human story. The 10,000-year tale of the round and pleasantly crunchy produc
- Author: Coulthard, Sally
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1803287969
- Language: English
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Shell Games: A True Story of Cops, Con Men, and the Smuggling of America’s Strangest Wildlife
$14.99 Add to cartA unique blend of natural history and crime drama, Shell Games by Craig Welch is a riveting tale of rogues, scoundrels, and the hunt for nature’s bounty in the tradition of The Orchid Thief. A strange
- Author: Welch, Craig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 12 2011
- ISBN10: 0061537144
- Language: English
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Wiring Made Easy: Learn the Basics of Home Wiring and Tackle DIY Electrical Projects with Confidence: Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners to Wire Your Ho
$29.97 Add to cartYou don’t always have to “call a guy” when you want to do wiring projects. Sometimes, e.g., when installing bulbs or fixing switches, you can save your money by doing the wiring yourself.However, you … [more below]
- Author: Victor Wise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 118
- Publish Date: May 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1803623284
- Language: English
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The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi
$19.99 Add to cartThe Mississippi River lies at the heart of America, an undeniable life force that is intertwined with the nation’s culture and history. Its watershed spans almost half the country, Mark Twain’s travel
- Author: Upholt, Boyce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 1324110473
- Language: English
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Off-Grid Projects: A Comprehensive Beginner’s Guide to Build an Efficient Life of Self-Sufficiency
$19.99 Add to cartHave you ever wanted to live a life beyond the reach of modern civilization? A life where you can harness the power of nature to sustain yourself and live autonomously? Off-grid projects offer just th
- Author: Martin, Isabelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1088242820
- Language: English
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The Internet of Us: Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data
$16.95 Add to cartWe used to say “seeing is believing”; now, googling is believing. With 24/7 access to nearly all of the world’s information at our fingertips, we no longer trek to the library or the encyclopedia shel
- Author: Lynch, Michael P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 09 2017
- ISBN10: 1631492772
- Language: English
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An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Raising Backyard Turkeys: Varieties, Feeding, Shelter, Care
$18.99 Add to cartFrom an expert in homesteading, this accessible guide shows you how to nurture happy, healthy turkeys right in your own yard.
Written by a backyard homesteader with a small flock of heritage turkeys,- Author: Benjamin, Stacy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1635867568
- Language: English
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Cathedrals of Industry: Exploring the Factories and Infrastructure That Made America
$65.00 Add to cart“This book . . . documents better than any economic historian could some of the enormous changes our economy and our society have been going through.”
–From the foreword by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nob
- Author: Horowitz, Michael L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0789214989
- Language: English
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3D Printers: A Beginner’s Guide, 2nd Revised and Expanded Edition: All of the Design and Technical Basics You Need to Use Any 3D Printer
$19.99 Add to cartThis must-have book will guide you through your first steps in 3D printing at home! Get started with a solid overview of concepts and techniques, and learn the basics of 3D construction with essential… [more below]
- Author: Bothmann, Oliver
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1497100623
- Language: English
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Robot-Proof, Revised and Updated Edition: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
$24.95 Add to cartA fresh look at a “robot-proof” education in the new age of generative AI.
In 2017, Robot-Proof, the first edition, foresaw the advent of the AI economy and called for a new model of higher education
- Author: Aoun, Joseph E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 0262549859
- Language: English
