If you ever dreamed of being a pilot?maybe think again.Ever curious about what goes on in the cockpit or behind the scenes? This book will enlighten you.Andy Walker piloted every type of plane from gliders to Boeing 747s in four decades. He scouted gas pipelines, flew devout followers to the Hajj in Mecca, and transported service members to and from both Gulf Wars. And one stormy day, he nearly crashed into the Gulf of Alaska with his parents on board. He brings to life all those emotional, sometimes frightening experiences and more. Surviving forty-three years and twenty-five thousand hours aloft still surprises him. No Vegas gambler would have given him good odds. But in the end, a little prowess and a lotta luck gave him the edge. Herein lies the tale.

A Pilot's Tale: Terror, Luck, Africa, and Angels

Engineering & Transportation

Walker, Andy

Transportation

Alta Alpine Publishing

Batten down the hatches! Hackers, spammers and thieves (oh my!) are after you! The mere act of turning on an Internet-connected computer can put you, your family, and your personal finances at risk by exposing you to viruses, scam artists, hackers, identity thieves, and spammers. How do you fight back? Absolute Beginner's Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware and Viruses is your first line of defense. Clear, easy-to-understand definitions of viruses, spyware, and hackers will help you understand what you're up against everytime you go online. Then, you'll learn about other threats, such as identity theft, phishing, and other potential dangers you'll face in your everyday computing. Find out how to search out and destroy spyware, malware and other viscious programs that could potentially harm your computer. Then find out how to lock out hackers, spammers, and theives for good. We'll tell you how to immediately cut the risk of being attacked in half — in less than 10 minutes! Protect your bank accounts, digital photos, digital music collection, masters thesis, and everything you hold near and dear on your computer with the help of the Absolute Beginner's Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware and Viruses.

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware & Viruses

Computers & Technology

Certification

Que Publishing

Rewind Your Biology and Live Like a 20-Year-Old! Edit Your Genes to Live Disease-Free! Find a Parking Space with Your Internet-Connected Brain! Advances in longevity, genetics, nanotech, and robotics will make all this possible! This is not science fiction. This is your future. Right now, pioneering scientists and technologists are transforming what it means to be human by overcoming biological limits that have existed since our ancestors swung out of the trees…and into the suburbs. With incredible inspiration and perseverance, these visionaries are solving deep problems of human health and longevity—and their progress is accelerating. Super You takes you inside their labs, companies, and minds…to show how you can reap the benefits of a stronger, longer, better, life. You’ll learn how to start hacking your life today, to become more super, every day. Discover what’s possible when yesterday’s human limits are gone! <ul>
<li>Learn how evolution became obsolete—and why it’s time to start hacking yourself</li> <li>Save your life with whirring “jet engine” hearts, printed organs, and other medical miracles</li> <li>Rewire and turbo-boost your ape brain</li> <li>Become a mega-mind by connecting your brain directly to the Internet to use Google’s synthetic neocortex</li> <li>Become superhuman with cyborg technology</li> <li>Design and mold your looks</li> <li>Genetically engineer your baby to be a tennis star (and other true stories)</li> <li>Prepare for the political and religious backlash against the future</li> <li>Discover how scientists will make death obsolete by treating it like a curable disease—and how to live until they do </li> </ul>

Super You: How Technology is Revolutionizing What It Means to Be Human

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Energy efficiency measures are generally less expensive than a renewable energy (RE) system to provide the same amount of energy saved. The Energy Information Administration reports that, on average, a dollar spent on efficiency saves $2 off the cost of a renewable energy system to provide the same amount of energy [IEA, 2011]. But as the saying goes "you can't save yourself rich" and having installed sophisticated controls and efficient systems, we need some source of energy to power them. On-site renewable energy systems offer several advantages, especially when operated in concert with a larger utility system. The main reasons to consider RE is cost-effectiveness, but other reasons are as diverse as: reduction of atmospheric emissions; compliance with regulations requiring RE; enhanced reliability through redundant energy supply; abate risks related to fuel availability and cost, or risk of fuel-spills during delivery; score points in a sustainability rating; or as a mitigation measure in a larger environmental-permitting process. Renewable energy technologies used on buildings include daylighting; solar photovoltaics; solar water heating; solar ventilation air preheating; passive solar heating and cooling load avoidance; wind power; biomass heat (or cogeneration as discussed in Chapter 8); anaerobic digestion of waste; and geothermal heat. Ground source heat pumps are also often considered, in-part, RE systems. Daylighting and the envelope measures (passive heating and cooling) are often considered efficiency measures, but daylighting is a direct and obvious use of solar energy in buildings, and photovoltaics (PV), Solar Water Heating and Solar Ventilation Air preheating are technologies to consider on any building project. We even consider an example of hydroelectric power on the water supply to a building. We cover the operating principle of each type of system, list components and provide schematic diagram of how components are assembled into systems; provide information for cost estimate and life cycle cost calculation, describe how system size may be optimized to minimize life cycle cost, and we stress the importance of operations and maintenance (O&amp;M) over a long performance period. Significant emphasis is placed on integration of RE into the conventional utility system, at both the site level and from the perspective of the larger utility system, so that savings due to the RE may be realized without compromising the reliability of the system. Case studies are presented to exemplify application of each technology.

Integration of Renewable Energy Systems

Scheib, Jennifer

Turchi, Craig

Technology

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Solar Energy is an authoritative reference on the design of solar energy systems in building projects, with applications, operating principles, and simple tools for the construction, engineering, and design professional. The book simplifies the solar design and engineering process, providing sample documentation and special tools that provide all the information needed for the complete design of a solar energy system for buildings to enable mainstream MEP and design firms, and not just solar energy specialists, to meet the growing demand for solar energy systems in building projects.

Solar Energy: Technologies and Project Delivery for Buildings

RSMeans

Solar Energy: A Design Guide for Building Professionals

Engineering

R.S. Means Company

Examining the 50 coolest, most stylish, and most popular futuristic inventions, this handbook peers through the lens of today’s science, looking at which ones have become reality and how they work, and which are still in the imagined future—will we ever get to ride our jetpacks? From prototype to realization, the technological evolution of each invention—such as the Star Trek communicator, which has become today’s cell phone; the robot pets of Dr. Who; Vanilla Sky's cryonics; and even Sleeper’s orgasmatron—is charted in this veritable history of the future.

You Call This the Future?: The Greatest Inventions Sci-Fi Imagined and Science Promised

Literature & Fiction

SAGAN, NICK

Frary, Mark

History & Criticism

Chicago Review Press

This book describes the key business reasons and benefits of implementing business partner master data processes in SAP MDM. Users will learn the business drivers for MDM, as well as the value of integrating with the Dun &amp; Bradstreet services. The authors take the readers through the complete process of planning for and understanding master data management, and how it can specifically affect their own processes. After reading this book, users will not only understand what MDM is and what it can do for their business, but they will also have the practical assessment skills necessary to integrate SAP MDM with their systems.

Effective Master Data Management With Sap Netweaver Mdm

Ganapathy, Jagadeeshwaran

Sap Pr America

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