
ilość książek w kategorii: 12337
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On Time and on Budget: A Home Renovation Survival Guide
ISBN: 9780385475112 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In "On Time and on Budget," New York City contractor John Rusk combines his extensive knowledge of the how architects and contractors work with revolutionary win/win negotiation principles to produce a readable, entertaining and totally useful guide that no homeowner should be without.
In "On Time and on Budget," New York City contractor John Rusk combines his extensive knowledge of the how architects and contractors work with revolu...
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72,82 |
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Disease, Diagnoses, and Dollars: Facing the Ever-Expanding Market for Medical Care
ISBN: 9780387740447 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Disease, Diagnoses, and Dollars is about the costs of health care and their impact on health. The U.S. health care system is the largest sector in the biggest economy, and the US spends significantly more per capita on health care than any other country, yet it ranks last among comparison nations on the major health indicators. Within the U.S., there is evidence that regions that spend more do not have better outcomes, and some evidence suggests that quality of care is lower in the regions that spend more, not less, on health care. Robert Kaplan takes the controversial position that... Disease, Diagnoses, and Dollars is about the costs of health care and their impact on health. The U.S. health care system is the largest sector in ... |
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101,31 |
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The Illusion of Certainty: Health Benefits and Risks
ISBN: 9780387751658 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Risk analysis and risk assessment have been with us long enough for the terms to sound familiar to most people. Standard fare for the nuclear power industry and the military for a half a century or more, risk assessment is now a routine aspect of environmental management, public health and individual medical decision making. There have been popular books on risk, and the current poker craze will likely spread risk concepts to an even wider (and younger) audience. Yet, despite all of this extensive and varied experience, we the analysts and practitioners have not done nearly enough to explain...
Risk analysis and risk assessment have been with us long enough for the terms to sound familiar to most people. Standard fare for the nuclear power in...
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202,66 |
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Hand Tools: Their Ways and Workings
ISBN: 9780393322767 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. For those who would like to have the benefit of a woodworker's extensive experience with hand tools, this is the book to own. Crammed with practical information, it is the next best thing to looking over a craftsman's shoulder as he works with his tools, asking questions and getting straight answers in plain language, seeing how each tool is held and manipulated to get the best work out of it. From bit brace, chisel, and mallet to saws, specialized planes, drawknife, and spokeshave, Aldren Watson describes in detail the actions of the tools basic to good woodworking. All the procedures are...
For those who would like to have the benefit of a woodworker's extensive experience with hand tools, this is the book to own. Crammed with practical i...
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101,31 |
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Trompe l'Oeil Today
ISBN: 9780393731309 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Trompe L'Oeil Today offers a fascinating overview of the range of styles and techniques of illusionistic painting for private residences and public spaces, restaurants and other commercial interiors, and even indoor swimming pools. It covers unusual techniques, such as anamorphism, and bold geometric patterns, as well as more traditional Trompe L'oeil subjects, including Pompeian-style wall paintings, classical arches and colonnades, landscapes, statues and reliefs, and elaborate ceiling treatments. The book defines the categories of illusionistic painting: material imitation, or...
Trompe L'Oeil Today offers a fascinating overview of the range of styles and techniques of illusionistic painting for private residences and ...
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249,43 |
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The Soiling and Cleaning of Building Facades: Report of Technical Committee 62 Scf Rilem (the International Union of Testing and Research Laboratories
ISBN: 9780412306709 / Angielski / Twarda / 1988 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The report of a comprehensive investigation by RILEM which examines all aspects of the cleaning of facades, subject to soiling by both biological and non-biological agencies. The contributors are international authorities working in this field giving essential advice to all those who need to know how to approach the problems connected with the soiling and cleaning of building facades.
The report of a comprehensive investigation by RILEM which examines all aspects of the cleaning of facades, subject to soiling by both biological and ...
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1086,28 |
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Conservation Today: Conservation in Britain Since 1975
ISBN: 9780415039147 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the latest developments in heritage preservation including 60 case histories of successful developments over the last decade and sets out an action agenda for the future.
This book provides a comprehensive survey of the latest developments in heritage preservation including 60 case histories of successful developments o...
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118,45 |
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Design of Electrical Services for Buildings
ISBN: 9780415310826 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 319 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Electrical services are a vital component in any building, so it is necessary for construction professionals to understand the basic principle of services design. The Design of Electrical Services for Buildings aims to provide a basic grounding for students and graduates in the field. It covers methods of wiring, schemes of distribution and protection for lighting and power installations. Systems such as alarms and standby supplies are also covered. Each method is described in detail and examples of calculations are given. For this fourth edition, the coverage of wiring and electrical...
Electrical services are a vital component in any building, so it is necessary for construction professionals to understand the basic principle of serv...
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790,02 |
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Site Carpentry
ISBN: 9780419157502 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume provides practical advice on subjects such as framework, design and construction, timber floor construction and arch centres. It stresses the practices of sound craftsmanship, utilising the correct tools and materials.
This volume provides practical advice on subjects such as framework, design and construction, timber floor construction and arch centres. It stresses ...
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192,52 |
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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Building Services
ISBN: 9780419176800 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 355 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This is an explanatory, highly-illustrated encyclopaedia of terms used in the following engineering services in buildings: air conditioning; heating and ventilating; hot and cold water supply; fire-fighting and protection; drainage and sanitation; and electrical services. These services absorb an increasing share of the budgets for buildings and may account for as much as half the total cost of sophisticated high technology developments. The building services are of increasing importance to all building design and contracting teams as well as the commissioning, selling and management...
This is an explanatory, highly-illustrated encyclopaedia of terms used in the following engineering services in buildings: air conditioning; heating a...
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1259,10 |
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The Place of Home : English domestic environments, 1914-2000
ISBN: 9780419179801 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Home has a meaning which goes far beyond mere physical structure. It is fundamental to society - socially, economically, historically and culturally. This is an exploration of the evolution of the English domestic environment.
Home has a meaning which goes far beyond mere physical structure. It is fundamental to society - socially, economically, historically and culturally. ...
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938,15 |
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Waterjetting Technology
ISBN: 9780419196600 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 904 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Waterjet technology is used in a variety of industries including civil engineering, mining, geotechnical engineering, tunnelling, defence, construction and conservation. This text is aimed at all those engaged in waterjet technology - from manufacturers of the equipment through the Government Contracting Officers who let the awards, to the individual contractors and their engineers. It will be used in academic libraries and departments in all the above disciplines.
Waterjet technology is used in a variety of industries including civil engineering, mining, geotechnical engineering, tunnelling, defence, constructio...
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2592,25 |
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The Construction Net: Online information sources for the construction industry
ISBN: 9780419217800 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. As the range of online services continue to mushroom at a rapid rate, the difficulty is no longer the availabilty of the information but the finding of it. This book, prepared specifically for those working in or servicing the building industry worldwide, is an essential guide to industry-specific online services.
As the range of online services continue to mushroom at a rapid rate, the difficulty is no longer the availabilty of the information but the finding o...
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469,02 |
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Sidetracked Home Executives
ISBN: 9780446677677 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Two sisters share the system of organising household chores that they created to make managing a home less time consuming and more efficient, in an updated handbook that explains how to reduce chaos and clutter and achieve organisation in the home.
Two sisters share the system of organising household chores that they created to make managing a home less time consuming and more efficient, in an up...
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72,78 |
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30 Days to a Simpler Life
ISBN: 9780452280137 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Connie Cox and Cris Evatt, the authors of Simply Organized have teamed up once again and created a new step-by-step guide to simplifying your life in only thirty days. Organized in a day-by-day format, the book offers simple steps which take in an hour or less to cut down on clutter. Each section is followed by instructions for more in-depth simplifying each area (one's workplace, closets, vacation, or errand routines, a cluttered mind, and more), and a tip checklist is included for readers interested in "maximum simplification." Written in an inspirational style and a...
Connie Cox and Cris Evatt, the authors of Simply Organized have teamed up once again and created a new step-by-step guide to simp...
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103,48 |
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Houses by Mail: A Guide to Houses from Sears, Roebuck and Company
ISBN: 9780471143949 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. It was the American Dream by Mail Order --Smithsonian Americans have ordered from Sears, Roebuck just about everything they have needed for their homes for 100 years--but from 1908 to 1940, some 100,000 people also purchased their houses from this mail-order wizard. Sears ready-to-assemble houses were ordered by mail and shipped by rail wherever a boxcar or two could pull in to unload the meticulously precut lumber and all the materials needed to build an exceptionally sturdy and well-designed house. From Philadelphia, Pa., to Coldwater, Kans., and Cowley, Wyo., Sears put its guarantee on...
It was the American Dream by Mail Order --Smithsonian Americans have ordered from Sears, Roebuck just about everything they have needed for their home...
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150,47 |
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Simplified Design of Masonry Structures
ISBN: 9780471179887 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A complete, accessible introduction to structural masonry fundamentals.
This practical volume provides a thorough grounding in the design of masonry structures for buildings --with clear and easy-to-grasp coverage of basic materials, construction systems, building codes, industry standards, and simple computations for structural elements of commonly used forms of masonry. Well-written and carefully organized, the book: * Includes all principal types of masonry materials: brick, stone, fired clay, concrete block, glass block, and more * Contains information on... A complete, accessible introduction to structural masonry fundamentals.
This practical volume provides a thorough grounding in the design... |
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420,74 |
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Electrical Hazards and Accidents: Their Cause and Prevention
ISBN: 9780471290773 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. How to prevent electrical hazards in the workplace is the focus of this guide. It spells out proper design, maintenance, and operating procedures for minimizing the risks of electrical fires, accidents, and injuries on the job. Coverage of the latest electrical standards helps you comply with the current National Electrical Code (NEC) and OSHA requirements. NEC requirements and procedures are provided for grounding an electrical distribution system, selecting proper conductors, sizing the feeder, and effective branch circuit overcurrent protection. Safety considerations are explored for...
How to prevent electrical hazards in the workplace is the focus of this guide. It spells out proper design, maintenance, and operating procedures for ...
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774,17 |
Rules of Thumb for Home Building, Improvement, and Repair
ISBN: 9780471309833 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Before you drive that first nail, this is the guide you need--thousands of hints, tips, and professional tricks of the trade
Authoritative, detailed, and fully illustrated, Rules of Thumb for Home Building, Improvement, and Repair gives you all the inside information you need to make your home improvement project go faster and easier. For this all-in-one volume, do-it-yourself experts Gene and Katie Hamilton, founders of the online service HouseNet, have distilled the best professional home repair and remodeling information. Rules of Thumb will help you avoid the... Before you drive that first nail, this is the guide you need--thousands of hints, tips, and professional tricks of the trade
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88,36 |
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Tools and Their Uses
ISBN: 9780486220222 / Angielski / Miękka / 1973 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Do you have trouble with tools -- find that they wear out too quickly, find that you can't decide which tools to buy or which tools to use for a specific job, find that little things continually go wrong? The only way to learn to use tools, of course, is by using them, but first you have to know which tools to use and why. Do you have trouble with tools -- find that they wear out too quickly, find that you can't decide which tools to buy or which tools to use for a sp... |
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49,63 |