Название: Assembling and Supplying the ISS: The Space Shuttle Fulfills Its Mission
Автор: David J. Shayler
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2017
Формат: PDF
Размер: 21 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The creation and utilization of the International Space Station (ISS) is a milestone in space exploration. But without the Space Shuttle, it would have remained an impossible dream. Assembling and Supplying the ISS is the story of how, between 1998 and 2011, the Shuttle became the platform which enabled the construction and continued operation of the primary scientific research facility in Earth orbit.

Название: The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars. 2nd edition
Автор: Jeremy Simmonds
Издательство: Chicago Review Press
Год: 2012
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 13 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The bible of music’s deceased idols—Jeff Buckley, Sid Vicious, Jimi Hendrix, Tupac, Elvis—this is the ultimate record of all those who arrived, rocked, and checked out over the last 40-odd years of fast cars, private jets, hard drugs, and reckless living. The truths behind thousands of fascinating stories—such as how Buddy Holly only decided to fly so he’d have time to finish his laundry—are coupled with perennial questions, including Which band boasts the most dead members? and Who had the bright idea of changing a light bulb while standing in the shower?, as well as a few tales of lesser-known rock tragedies.

Название: Virgin Galactic: The First Ten Years
Автор: Erik Seedhouse
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2015
Формат: PDF
Размер: 12 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Thirty years ago when Sir Richard Branson called up Boeing and asked if they had a spare 747, few would have predicted the brash entrepreneur would so radically transform the placid business of air travel. But today, Branson flies airlines on six continents, employs hundreds of jets and, in 2014, was predicting that his spaceship company – Virgin Galactic – would soon open the space frontier to commercial astronauts, payload specialists, scientists and space tourists. With more than 600 seats sold at $250,000 each, what started off as a dream to send people just for the excitement to look back and marvel at Earth, was on the cusp of finally being turned into a business.

Название: The Complete Costume Dictionary
Автор: Elizabeth J. Lewandowski
Издательство: Scarecrow Press
Год: 2013
Формат: PDF
Размер: 11 Мб
Язык: английский / English

While there are costume and fashion dictionaries tied to specific countries or periods, none have been comprehensive. In The Complete Costume Dictionary, Elizabeth Lewandowski has collected from a variety of sources—including costume history texts, journal articles, historical publications, autobiographies, biographies, foreign language dictionaries, and contemporary publications—to create a resource that spans the globe, from the earliest record of fashion to the 21st century.

Название: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Spain
Автор: Editors
Издательство: DK Publishing
Год: 2016
Формат: PDF
Размер: 120 Мб
Язык: английский / English

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Spain is your indispensable guide to this beautiful part of the world, from its capital city of Madrid to its Moorish cities of the south. Watch flamenco dancers stamp their heels in Seville, discover the beaches and coves of Ibiza, and visit the Dal? Theatre-Museum just outside of Barcelona.

Автор: Insight Guides
Название: Insight Guides Rajasthan
Издательство: Insight Guides
Год: 2017
ISBN: 1786716151
Язык: English
Формат: epub
Размер: 30,2 mb
Страниц: 304

This fully updated, major relaunch of Insight Guide Rajasthan will inspire you to visit this most evocative Indian state, the name of which summons up quintessential images of the India of popular imagination: forts, deserts and palaces. Published in 2017, this is a comprehensive full-colour guide to this vibrantly colourful Indian state.

Название: A History of Death in the Hebrew Bible
Автор: Matthew Suriano
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год: 2018
Формат: PDF
Размер: 26 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Postmortem existence in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament was rooted in mortuary practices and conceptualized through the embodiment of the dead. But this idea of the afterlife was not hopeless or fatalistic, consigned to the dreariness of the tomb. The dead were cherished and remembered, their bones were cared for, and their names lived on as ancestors.

Название: Trench Art: the stories behind the talismans
Автор: Judy Waugh
Издательство: Fontaine Publishing
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 19 Мб
Язык: английский / English

This unique collection of trench art evokes emotion. Each piece was created in turmoil but all are beautiful - intuitive works of art about music, faith, love and honour. This book will appeal to collectors of artefacts, coins and militaria. It will also appeal to those interested in family history, social history, military history and art therapy in trauma. So much can be found from so little.

Название: This Book Has Balls: Sports Rants from the MVP of Talking Trash
Автор: Michael Rapaport
Издательство: Atria Books
Год: 2017
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 34 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Michael Rapaport, actor, Top 50 podcaster, award-winning film maker, and sports fanatic, is here to set the world straight on the greatest and downright worst athletes, players, teams, and jerseys—while refusing to mention statistics, analytics, or anything else that isn’t pure hustle. In 1979, nine-year-old Michael Rapaport decided he was going to do whatever it took to be a pro baller. He practiced and practiced, but by the time he was fifteen, he realized there was no place for a slow, white Jewish kid in the NBA. So he found another way to channel his obsession with sports: talking trash.

Название: CityVille For Dummies
Автор: Kyle Orland and Michelle Oxman
Издательство: For Dummies
Год: 2011
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 36 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Learn to build and play CityVille to its full potential! You don't have to move to the city?just build one! Free to play, CityVille is a real-time simulation game that is available on Facebook and is the latest online game craze. As the only how-to beginner guide for new and current players, this helpful book walks you through the process of building a city from the ground up while acting as the city leader.