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1.		Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1) from Delacorte Press Price: $12.41 Customer Review: Homer Hickam Jr. fell in love with rockets at an early age. Other boys might idolize movie stars or football players, but Homer's hero was always Wernher von Braun. The launching of the Soviet Sputnik spurred Homer on to attempt to develop a rocket that would help the U.S. catch up in the space... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.	[no image]	WEST WITH THE NIGHT from PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Customer Review: Despite the exquisite prose, I was disappointed with this book. The "adventure aspect" was lacking for me. The content was more autobiographical than expected.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


3.		Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements: Embracing All Those Which Are Most Important in Dynamics, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Steam Engines... from Astragal Press Price: $12.97 Customer Review: The copyright on the original book is, of course, expired, so several publishers have printings available. This one uses what seems like pretty cheap paper; more significantly, the pages are printed at an unusually small size - I have to believe it's been reduced from the original. The text is on... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


4.		Electric Motors and Drives: Fundamentals, Types and Applications (3rd Edition) from Newnes Price: $18.70 Customer Review: I have been searching for years for a book on drives which explains the subject intuitively without resorting to complex mathematics. This book fits the bill perfectly. I finally learned drives....kudos to Mr. Hughes!	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


5.		Air Transportation: A Management Perspective from Ashgate Price: $59.00 Customer Review: Not bad, A generalized view on the structure of aviation management. Your basic stuff, Railway Labor act,Ntsb,Warsaw pact, blah,blah,blah. Book missed out on the real issues such as fuel costs ($149 barrel of oil) overtaking labor costs and nearly bankrupting the entire system, (R.I.P. express... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge: FAA-H-8083-25A (FAA Handbooks) from Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. Price: $16.12 Customer Review: I was just looking to increase my general knowledge when I bought this book. I was amazed at how well the information is presented in a very clear and well written way. The illustrations are excellent. The explanation of the various forces that combine to produce lift is the best I have ever seen.... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


7.		Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Sourcebook, Fourth Edition from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $53.82 Customer Review: I was introduced to this book by a professor in grad school, and have used it ever since. In my collection of a dozen or so mechanism books, this is the one I reach for first. The book covers more or less every conceivable mechanism. Other books may have more mechanisms, but they tend to be... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $61.66 Customer Review: As like others, I also recommend this text for it's overall content and subject matter. This is a helpful reference book for daily engineering applications. But - users should be aware that there are some basic mistakes in the book. The book is very user friendly to locate formulas and items.... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.		Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $15.30 Customer Review: Funny, the title is Stick and Rudder and yet the author spends half the book complaining that the stick should be restricted to prevent dangerous excessive elevator and rudders shouldn't exist because they are the major cause of crashes. The book was written in the 30's and focuses on tail... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


10.		Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual for the PE Exam, 12th Edition from Professional Publications, Inc. Price: $174.43 Customer Review: Lindeburg has done a great job at pulling together everything you'll see on the PE Mechanical exam. The format of the 12th edition is better than the 11th. The 11th included extra problems at the end of each chapter. Though this is helpful for studying, it clutters up the book and adds extra pages... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


11.	[no image]	Modern Refrigeration and Air Conditioning from Goodheart-Willcox Co Inc.,U.S. Price: $29.00 Customer Review: I was specifically looking for detailed information on how to adjust a commercial dehumidifier, and the book just had short bits and pieces on those units. No real specifics on how to set up the pressures and charges for dehumidifiers. Otherwise, the book is fabulous. Great diagrams and loads... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


12.	[no image]	Small Gas Engine Repair from Tab Books Price: $50.00 Customer Review: Although I am far from expert in small gas engine repair, I just can't understand all the positive buzz about this book. It is far from a reference work, being barely 200 pages of text, in small format. Frankly, other than some basic pointers on piston, crank, and valve replacement -- which are... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


13.	[no image]	Serenade to the Big Bird (Schiffer Military History) from Schiffer Publishing Price: $24.95 Customer Review: After reading all the great reviews, this seemed a no-brainer. I waited for weeks for this book to arrive. What a disappointment. It's a very short read. Only 152 pages. I can't argue with those who were "there" who say "this is the way it was". Perhaps, but the book is rather boring. There are... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


14.		Airport Planning & Management from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $39.21 Customer Review: The book is in outstanding shape, looks new. The book is just what I was looking for.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


15.		Principles of Helicopter Flight (ASA Training Manuals) from Aviation Supplies & Academics Price: $99.95 Customer Review: I'm using this book as my primary flight instruction book for helicopter flying. It seems to cover the aerodynamics principles much better and in more depth than others I have read. If you are searching for a book with real world helicopter stories and applications/techniques for flying a... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


16.		Introduction to Heat Transfer from John Wiley & Sons Price: $44.95 Customer Review: While IDBL does start off very slowly, by the time chapter three starts it really hits it's stride. The book contains a surprising amount of information compared to how readable it is (at least compared to BSL, the long time standard for the subject), and the examples and derivations are relevant... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


17.	[no image]	Fundamentals of Solar Energy Conversion (Addison-Wesley series in mechanics and thermodynamics) from Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Co Customer Review: The book was exactly as listed, brand new, great condition. I received a little over a week later. If you need it quicker, choose expedited shipping.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


18.	[no image]	Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed from Little Brown & Co (T) Price: $35.00 Customer Review: This is a great memoir of Ben Rich's years at Skunk Works. I would give it the highest recommendation. I read in the book in a few days time and then loaned it to another guy at work who was going to serve jury duty. He finished the book in 2 days time. I would highly recommend this book to anyone... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


19.		Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design (McGraw-Hill Series in Mechanical Engineering) from McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Price: $122.00 Customer Review: Took a little longer to deliver than I would have liked, but the book is in great shape!	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


20.		Secrets of Antigravity Propulsion: Tesla, UFOs, and Classified Aerospace Technology from Bear & Company Price: $12.95 Customer Review: If you want to learn about the real research into anti-gravity propulsion, this book covers it's history from the 20's onward. The section on T.T.Brown's research even included physical formulas! I'm relieved to report that this book excludes any of the bunk you'd find in other fringe science books.... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


21.		Becoming an Emotionally Focused Couple Therapist: The Workbook from Routledge Price: $25.87 Customer Review: This book was required for my graduate level psychology class. It was well written and full of useful information. I intend to keep it as a reference book for my practice.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


22.	[no image]	Half a Wing, Three Engines and a Prayer: B-17s over Germany from Aero Pub Inc Price: $74.58 Customer Review: I've read several books about the air war over Europe during World War II, and this is the best one I've read. The author does a fine job of describing the formation of the Eighth Air Force. From its beginnings in the fall of 1942 up until the end of the war in May, 1945, American B-17s along with... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


23.		Say Again, Please: Guide to Radio Communications from Aviation Supplies & Academics Price: $11.66 Customer Review: This is a good book to read if you're a student pilot and need to become more comfortable with ATC communications. It served that purpose for me and was worth the money.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


24.		Alien Agenda from HarperTorch Price: $4.28 Customer Review: This book is a lot of fun in particular I liked the The hollow Moon theory. Also includes an overview of all your basic UFO stories. The truth is out there and it is fascinating.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


25.		The War in the Air (Bison Frontiers of Imagination) from Bison Books Price: $2.00 Customer Review: Written in 1908, Wells predicted warfare as we know it now. He foresaw pushbutton wars, "cold-blooded slaughters ... in which men who were neither excited nor ... in any danger, poured death and destruction on homes and crowds..." Paradoxically, Wells also predicted it to be "a universal guerilla... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


26.		The Wild Blue : The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45 from Simon & Schuster Price: $6.00 Customer Review: I will start out by saying that I've always despised George McGovern and his liberal politics but in all honesty I have a new respect for Mr. McGovern, I still don't like his politics, but as a man he obviously had many admirable traits. As to the book itself, the correct title should have... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


27.		The Designer's Guide to VHDL, Second Edition (Systems on Silicon) from Morgan Kaufmann Price: $32.50 Customer Review: A very fine book. I have many VHDL books but this one does it for me.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


28.	[no image]	Steam-plant Operation from McGraw-Hill Inc.,US Price: $32.88 Customer Review: The books arrived on time and in good shape. Thanks for the prompt arrival of these items. The price for these books is reasonable.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


29.		Basic Machines and How They Work from Dover Publications Price: $5.11 Customer Review: It's astounding that a book titled "Basic Machines and How They Work" has a cover of three gears meshed at three points -- an impossible configuration if one expects the gears to actually be able to move. In the new 2008 updated edition, the gears featured on the cover are locked against each other;... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


30.		Understanding Space from Learning Solutions Price: $74.99 Customer Review: I own an earlier edition of this book, which I bought after a friend and Air Force Academy graduate let me borrow his. Unless you are already a guru in all things space-related, there is probably something useful in this book. It is a primer for the basics of orbit and attitude dynamics,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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