Half boy. Half God. All Hero. Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a Greek God. I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. Now I spend my time battling monsters and generally trying to stay alive.

A stunning edition of this modern classic of World War One, featuring an introduction by the author and insightful testimonies from soldiers.

For courses in electrical & computing engineering. Feedback control fundamentals with context, case studies, and a focus on design Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, 8th Edition, covers the material that every engineer needs to know about feedback control-including concepts like stability, tracking, and robustness. Each chapter presents the fundamentals along with comprehensive, worked-out examples, all within a real-world context and with historical background provided.

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Basisboek Enquêteren is een handleiding voor het maken van een vragenlijst en het voorbereiden en afnemen van enquêtes. Het boek is geschreven voor hbo- en universitaire studenten, en voor (aankomend) professionals die voor hun werk een enquête moeten samenstellen.

- Toegankelijke aanpak methodisch ontwerpen;

- direct toepasbaar in de praktijk

- zeer geschikt voor zelfstudie.

Basisboek Ontwerpen laat studenten van technische opleidingen kennismaken met alle facetten van het ontwerpproces. Het boek biedt een methodische en integrale aanpak van het ontwerpen waarmee ze in de praktijk direct aan de slag kunnen. Stap voor stap komen alle aspecten die bij het ontwerpen van producten komen kijken, aan bod. Van idee tot en met implementatie. Zo krijgt de stude...

Statica is een standaardwerk voor dit onderwerp, met de didactische kwaliteiten waar Russel C. Hibbeler beroemd om is binnen het vakgebied. De principes van de statica worden toegepast op situaties die aanvankelijk eenvoudig zijn en vervolgens steeds ingewikkelder worden. In het boek zijn honderden nieuwe vraagstukken en illustraties toegevoegd. De theorie is aangevuld met talloze praktische voorbeelden en met aansprekende en fraai geïllustreerde vraagstukken.

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The modern software for Finite Element Method calculations is a powerful tool when making strength and stiffness calculations. However, this is only the case when FEM is applied correctly. This work contains all the information necessary for a thorough understanding of the FEM and its correct application:

- how are structures to be modelled into building blocks that can be used for calculations in an FEM program?

- how are FEM programs organised internally?

Part one of this work explains how ...

No single country has had a larger impact on the past century than America; and most experts agree that the role of English as a world language is due in part to the world's largest economy and third largest country, the United States. But the America of today is also a coutnry of contradictions. It is a country born out of peace and progress, but also out of violence and revolt. Aspects of the USA offers students of English and EFL teachers a broad introduction to the United States, includin...

Manual of Engineering Drawing: British and International Standards, Fifth Edition chronicles ISO and British Standards in engineering drawings, providing many examples that will help readers understand how to translate engineering specifications into a visual medium. The book includes 6 introductory chapters which provide foundational theory and contextual information regarding the broader context of engineering drawing and design. The concepts enclosed will help readers gain the most out of ...

Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. After seven years, Tracy is running out of time--her dad has only 267 days left. Then the unthinkable happens. The police arrive in the night, and Tracy's older brother, Jamal, goes from being a bright, promising track star to a "thug" on the run, accused of killing a white girl. Determined to save her brother, Tracy investigates what rea...