Product DescriptionThis book teaches you how to design and build your own sports car – from scratch! With this design guide, and your choice of FWD drivetrains, you will learn how to create your own dream car. This guide describes the entire process of designing a sports car: setting goals, research, design, and construction, of [...]
Product DescriptionFinally, homeschoolers have a comprehensive guide to designing a homeschool curriculum, from one of the country’s foremost homeschooling experts. , Rebecca Rupp presents a structured plan to ensure that your children will learn what they need to know when they need to know it, from preschool through high school. Based on the traditional pre-K [...]
Product Description Managing Time in Relational Databases shows how to make the rich information content of bi-temporal data available to business users, while simplifying the design, maintenance and retrieval of that data. Metadata declarations eliminate the need to directly model temporal data. Temporal data maintenance is isolated in code that can be invoked to update [...]
Product Description Sustainability is an increasingly vital subject for all kinds of designers, whether they work in industrial design, graphic design or architecture. This book clearly explains the key issues and debates to allow students and practitioners to adapt and integrate them into their own working practices. Design for Sustainable Change explores how design thinking [...]
Product DescriptionJapanese-style shoji screens are translucent, wooden-lattice panels that subtly transform light and space and add an elegant touch to any decor. This book contains all the information you need to design and make shoji for your own home or apartment. Features* Notes on aesthetics and design fundamentals* Complete how-to guide covering basic construction methods, [...]
Product Description The First Ever Guide for Optimizing Boat Systems This guide is invaluable for anyone designing or installing mechanical systems on a new boat, retrofitting an existing boat, or evaluating a boat’s operating condition. Writing for designers, builders, owners, buyers, mechanics, surveyors, and insurers of sailboats, powerboats, and commercial vessels, Dave Gerr provides design [...]
Product DescriptionLearn how to design the perfect deck for the yard, from choosing the best site, size, and shape to calculating the proper sizes of joists, posts, and beams. There are guidelines for drawing your own plans, ordering materials, and obtaining a permit, along with complete, step-by-step instructions for building a deck. Includes 102 color [...]
Product DescriptionMentoring can be a powerful tool in the development of talent within any organization. Experienced colleagues can help build the skills, competencies and confidence of staff, who will go onto to contribute to and drive the success of an organization. In this book, Hilarie Owen explains the skills a mentor needs and how managers [...]
