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Publisher
Profession Design Press Co., Ltd
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st.
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1 online resource.
Language
English
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"This book is concerned with a relatively new design discipline at the intersection of graphic design and architecture - wayfinding. It includes contributions of best practice design solutions around the world. This publication gathered a collection of 245 state-of-the-art wayfinding projects from around the globe grouped in parks, education facilities, corporate environments, commercial spaces, hospitality, transportation,healthcare, and so on. Testimonies...
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Publisher
John Champion
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
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"Various options for importation from the USA (also applicable to other countries) are discussed. The authors personal experience in the process is drawn upon and includes several perfectly legal, money saving tips like offshore delivery and taking advantage of the Australian/USA free trade agreement. Four distinct chapters address selection of a boat with analysis of what passage makers and live aboards are sailing, (everything), checklists for inspection,...
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Over many centuries, wars have been lost due to lack of food and proper supplies for the troops. Without a way to survive, the troops had to retreat rather than stay and fight. The same need applied to ships at sea. New York to Okinawa Sloooooowly is the true story of a soldier who served on one of the supply ships that were vital to the survival of the troops in battle during World War II. John Barnes graduated from high school in 1941. While many...
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English
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This book contains a complete copy of the Inland and International Navigation Rules as presented by the United States Coast Guard. In addition all Notice to Mariners updates to date, 1/1/2012 are incorporated within the text. The Coast Guard requires that an up-to-date copy of Navigation Rules such as this one be carried on all vessels 12 meters (39 feet) or more in length at all times. We have also included detailed instructions on how to log on...
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Publisher
Nomad Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Describes the history and technology of the methods people have used to find their way on sea, land, and air, and provides 15 activities designed to improve one's navigation and orienteering skills.
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"From journalist and adventurer extraordinaire Hans Aschim, here's a lively and interactive book that gets kids unplugged and out of the house-and teaches them cool navigation techniques to use while hiking, camping, or just exploring the backyard or nearby park. With lively full-color illustrations and full-color photos throughout, How to Go Anywhere (and Not Get Lost) combines fascinating history with fun hands-on activities that bring critical...
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The village of Newborough has a rich history, which includes the ruins of a medieval princely residence and the shrine of the Welsh equivalent of St Valentine. In the 16th century it enjoyed a brief spell as the county town, a status which later attracted whispers of political influence by a foreign power, and by the 18th century it was involved in a political wrangling with its rival, Beaumaris. The growing of marram grass to prevent the engulfing...
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Imagine you're on a road trip somewhere in the middle of nowhere – no towns for miles, it's nighttime, and there is no cell service. Suddenly, your GPS fails. You didn't print out directions. All you have in your glove compartment is a map and a compass. What would you do?
Captain Robert R. Singleton explains the not-so-complicated science of simple navigation. Starting from the absolute basics, "You'll Never Get Lost Again" can teach even the most...
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Français
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Une histoire de la navigation dans le monde. Des vaisseaux des pharaons aux sous-marins, de l'arche de Noé au Nautilus, de la mutinerie de la Bounty à celle du Potemkine, découvrez une histoire de la navigation dans le monde à travers les navires les plus célèbres de l'Histoire. Saviez-vous que le naufrage tragique du Titanic avait été prédit dans un roman édité en 1898 ? Que c'est en prisonnier que Christophe Colomb revint des Amériques,...
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Before radar, depth finders and satellite-guided navigation, long before the seafloor was charted with scientific precision, mariners relied on lighthouses to approach a coastline safely. South Carolina's history with lighthouses goes back nearly two and a half centuries. At Cape Romain, a windmill was converted into a lighthouse. St. Philip's Church in Charleston was converted into a beacon for seafarers to aid navigation to the Holy City. With such...
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Tom and Lee Szelog were the first tenants to live in the former lightkeeper's house at Marshall Point Light in Port Clyde, Maine. A professional photographer, Tom naturally kept a visual record of their years at Marshall Point, and both Szelogs kept personal journals. This book offers arrestingly beautiful visual images, as well as moving and interesting selections from the Szelogs' journals.
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Standing tall on the colorful clay cliffs of Martha's Vineyard, Gay Head Lighthouse has provided safe passage to seafarers since 1799. The steadfast tower marks a dangerous and heavily traveled passage between the island and mainland known as Devil's Bridge. Being the first lighthouse on the Vineyard, Gay Head Light has a rich and varied history filled with stories of inspirational lighthouse keepers, disastrous shipwrecks and even mysterious deaths....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
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This book will delight young readers as they learn about the homing pigeon's Awesome Animal Power. Basic information is covered, such as life cycle, range, diet, predators, and threats. Table of contents, body diagram, map, fun facts, facts page, glossary, and index are included.
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English
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Navigation is the key human skill. It's something we do everywhere, whether feeling our way through a bedroom in the dark, or charting a ship's course. But how does navigation affect our brains, our memory, ourselves? Blending scientific research and memoir, and written in beautiful prose, Finding North starts with a quest by the author to understand this most basic of human skills--and why it's in mortal peril.
In 1844, Foy's great-great grandfather,...
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Ph.D. Oceanographer Scott McDowell's comprehensive guidebook is written for new boaters as well as those selecting a home port for their live-abroad retirement. The book is filled with practical tips including how to approach Marina Management, selecting the best type of slip for easy docking and dinghy storage, assessing amenities, interpreting vessel insurance policies and more. Also covered are key ocean processes such as tides, storm surge, tsunamis...
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From the United States Department of Transportation and the United States Coast Guard, the official, legally required handbook for every boat owner-covering safety, collision avoidance, towing and pushing, and more.
Navigation Rules and Regulations fulfills the legal requirement to have a copy of these guidelines on your vessel at all times. Updated to accommodate the most recent changes to marine law and standard operating procedure, this handbook...
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English
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Traveling across the great northern expanses from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Delta Junction, Alaska, the 1,500-mile Alaska Highway remains one of the greatest driving adventures of all time. Inside you will find details on gas prices, where to camp, how to prepare your vehicle for the journey, and insightful driving tips. Brimming with full-color photography, this updated edition of Guide to the Alaska Highway is the most stunning, the most...
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Français
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Naviguer consiste, au sens originel, à se déplacer ou à voyager sur l'eau. Par extension logique, ce terme qualifie également l'art et la science de conduire un navire. Ultérieurement, la notion de navigation s'est étendue aux domaines aérien, terrestre et spatial. Nul ne saura peut-être jamais...
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013" "Shortlisted for the 2013 BSHM Neumann Book Prize, British Society for the History of Mathematics" Glen Van Brummelen is coordinator of mathematics at Quest University Canada and former president of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics. He won the 2016 Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics, awarded by the Mathematical Association...
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