Wood Pellet Heating Systems offers well-grounded advice for anyone embarking on the planning, sizing, design or installation of a wide variety of wood fuel systems. The book is well illustrated, jargon-free and clearly written, offering a valuable contribution to unlocking the potential of wood fuel in a wide range of applications. With alternative fuels on [...]
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Surviving: How Animals Adapt to Their Environments by Alessandro Minelli and Maria Pia Mannucci features more than 90 beautiful photographs of animals with an accompanying note about the survival mechanism portrayed. This magnificent coffee table book is arranged under the broad categories of hunger, love, attacks, extremes, and change with a general introduction for each [...]
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Help the Downtown Akron Partnership in their third annual Green and Clean Day, Friday, May 7. Sign up a team of friends or co-workers and volunteer to make an impact sprucing up our downtown. While you’re in the neighborhood, stop by the Science & Technology department, say hi, and check out some of our books on living the [...]
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