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Long before smartphones and satellite apps, people trusted the sky to tell them what tomorrow would bring. Reading the Sky is your practical, easy-to-follow guide to forecasting the weather using nature’s timeless signs—cloud shapes, wind shifts, colors at dawn and dusk, and even the stars above.

For three decades following World War II, the Great Lakes overtook Europe as the epicenter of global economic strength. The region was the beating heart of the world economy, possessing all the power and prestige Silicon Valley does today. And no ship represented the apex of the American Century better than the 729-foot-long Edmund Fitzgerald—the biggest, best, and most profitable ship on the Lakes. But on November 10, 1975, as the “storm of the century” threw 100 mile-per-hour winds and 50-foot waves on Lake Superior, the Mighty Fitz found itself at the worst possible place.

2015 saw the worst American maritime disaster in decades. The captain of the SS El Faro commanded his crew to sail straight into a hurricane. The ship sank and all 33 crew members died. The sinking raised troubling questions: Why did the captain choose to sail into the hurricane? Why did no one on board or on shore stop him? And why was such an old and heavily loaded ship even allowed on the water?

When bulldozers came to carve a highway through her property, one woman refused to move. Margaret “Bonnie” Orcutt wasn’t just protecting her home—she was standing her ground against the unstoppable weight of progress all the way to the White House. Set against the sun-scorched backdrop of Newberry Springs, California, Mrs. Orcutt’s Driveway tells the true and stirring story of a retired widow, a long-forgotten patch of Route 66, and the power of quiet defiance.

In The Origins of Efficiency, Brian Potter argues that improving production efficiency—finding ways to produce goods and services in less time, with less labor, using fewer resources—is the force behind some of the biggest and most consequential changes in human history.

Noraly Schoenmaker was a thirtysomething geologist living in the Netherlands when she learned that her live-in partner had been having a long-term affair. In desperate need of a new beginning, she decided to quit her job and jet off to India. But her plans were dashed when she fell quickly and helplessly in love: with a motorcycle. Behind the handlebars, she felt alive and free—nimble enough to trace the narrowest paths, powerful enough to travel the longest of roads.

In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice. For five months, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways in one of the most savage regions of the world. Lansing describes how the men survived a 1,000-mile voyage in an open boat across the stormiest ocean on the globe and an overland trek through forbidding glaciers and mountains.

Something new entered our world in November 2022—the first general purpose AI that could pass for a human and do the kinds of creative, innovative work that only humans could do previously. Wharton professor Ethan Mollick immediately understood what ChatGPT meant: after millions of years on our own, humans had developed a kind of co-intelligence that could augment, or even replace, human thinking. Through his writing, speaking, and teaching, Mollick has become one of the most prominent and provocative explainers of AI.

Author Martin Kleppmann helps you navigate the diverse data landscape by examining the pros and cons of various technologies for processing and storing data. Software keeps changing, but the fundamental principles remain the same. With this book, software engineers and architects will learn how to apply those ideas in practice, and how to make full use of data in modern applications.

When disaster strikes, will you be ready? If the grid went down tomorrow, could you power your home, feed your loved ones and keep them safe? This comprehensive audiobook transforms urban dwellers into prepared survivors, even with limited space and budget. Perfect for busy listeners who want to learn while commuting, exercising, or shopping for prepping supplies, this expertly narrated guide delivers practical emergency preparedness strategies you can implement immediately and to fast-track the essentials.

A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how goods, languages, religions, and entire cultures spread across and along the world's waterways, bringing together civilizations and defining what makes us most human.

This all-new 2025 edition of Operationally Speaking is the trusted manual for anyone managing complex events, from golf championships to community festivals. Built on 40+ years of experience—including the U.S. Open Golf Championship, World Cup Polo, and more—this book delivers up-to-date strategies, modern solutions, and real-world wisdom from one of the industry’s most experienced professionals.

Have you ever gazed up at the night sky—at the vast stretch of darkness dotted with stars—and felt something stir in your chest? A sense of awe, perhaps. Or curiosity. Or even longing. For thousands of years, human beings have looked upward and dreamed. We dreamed of flight, of touching the Moon, of venturing beyond the pull of our gravity well. We built telescopes to see the heavens better.

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After sailing 300,000 miles and weathering dozens of storms in all the world's oceans, John Kretschmer has plenty of stories and advice to share. John's offshore training passages sell out a year in advance, and his entertaining presentations are popular at boat shows and yacht clubs all over the English-speaking world. John's talent for storytelling enchants his audience as it soaks up the lessons he learned during his often challenging voyages. Now you can take a seat next to John - at a lesser cost - and get the knowledge you need to fulfill your own dream of blue-water adventure.

You are no doubt a busy student with a lot of things going on! It can be challenging to find the time to study in preparation for the FE Civil exam. However, the truth is that the FE Civil test is a challenging test. It is normal to have some anxiety about taking this test. Thorough preparation cannot be overlooked. That is why the author Taylor Fernandez, an engineering professional, developed the FE Civil Exam Study Guide ! This edition is a complete review edition. It covers all essential concepts found on the exam from all categories of the exam .

Construction isn’t broken because people don’t care—it’s broken because the system they’re forced to use was never designed to work. 10 Myths About CPM is a bold, no-BS takedown of the Critical Path Method—a system that’s hijacked the construction industry for decades. In this unapologetic book, Jason Schroeder pulls back the curtain on how CPM drives chaos, overburdens teams, wrecks trust, and quietly systematizes disrespect for the very people who build our projects. This isn’t theory. It’s real-world. It’s raw. It’s field-tested. Inside, you’ll uncover: Why CPM ...

On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. For months, German U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic.

Logic abstracted as relationships and their derivates is the next evolution of programming. There is an assumption that, with the rise of artificial intelligence, the art of programming is dead, in part because it has the reputation of being expensive, with costs rising and production timelines expanding. But can anything be done? The answer is yes. However, complexity must be better understood. This book introduces Network Logic Programming Theory, which tackles programming's challenges with a technique that separates complex programming algorithms into networks and computations (U.S.

Updated & Re‑formatted— July 15, 2025 ❓ Struggling to grasp the core principles of electrical engineering despite hours of research and study, and feeling confused? ❓ You know the formulas, but when you face a circuit, you don’t know where to start or in what order to proceed? ❓ For every exercise, do you wonder which theorem to use (Ohm, Kirchhoff, Thevenin/Norton?) and when to apply it, wasting precious time? 7-Day Learning Strategy: forget endless pages of raw formulas—each chapter leads you through a four-step path that turns theory into real-world skill: Theory and ...