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1.		Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1) from Delacorte Press Price: $8.99 Customer Review: This Book is awesome. It is an inspiring true story of how a young man turned his childhood dream or being involve in space exploration into a reality and the many trials and tribulations he encountered on his journey from rural, poor coal mining region of West Virginia to one of NASA's top rocketry... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.		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


3.		Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge: FAA-H-8083-25A (FAA Handbooks) from Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. Price: $14.94 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


4.		Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer from Wiley Price: $80.96 Customer Review: This textbook cotains subjects that are above most undergradute courses, for it presents advanced content that is often ommitted. This particular edition lacks the answers to end-of-chapter problems, hence the 4 stars.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


5.	[no image]	Fundamentals of Solar Energy Conversion (Addison-Wesley series in mechanics and thermodynamics) from Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Co Customer Review: i have not used the book as yet. my class start on june 23, 2010.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		Mechanics of Materials from Prentice Hall Price: $65.00 Customer Review: The order was shipped out in reasonable time and was just as described. I was very satisfied.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


7.		Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements: Embracing All Those Which Are Most Important in Dynamics, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Steam Engines... from Astragal Press Price: $10.88 Customer Review: A broken down version of almost any link or leverage device known in simplistic forum of the time. Only,you may need a College Dictionary to get the Full Flavor of the info discribed.Some words vage. Found it very usefull and not too complicated for those who need a 'booster shot' of... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		Engineering Mechanics - Statics (10th Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $34.50 Customer Review: The book was in good condition. The order transition was easy and the book was shipped quickly.	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.		Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design (Mcgraw-Hill Series in Mechanical Engineering) from McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Price: $141.26 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


10.		Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $14.65 Customer Review: The service and condition of this special book was perfect. The shipment, the book and the price was all that I could ask for.. Great happiness here with my book. Thanks, Rick	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


11.	[no image]	Technical Drawing School Binding (12th Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $30.83 Customer Review: When originally published, this decades old book had exercises dimensioned in inches only. When the authors decided to include some exercises with metric dimensions, they reused old drawings, converted the measurements from inches to millimeters, rounded off to one decimal place, and DID NOT CHECK... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


12.		Engineering Mechanics - Dynamics (10th Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $44.00 Customer Review: Amazon offered this book for a college class for my son. I was impressed with the book price offered verses the book store price of $30.00 more. Amazon always makes shopping on their site the best choice. No tax, Thanks Amazon	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


13.	[no image]	Modern Refrigeration and Air Conditioning from Goodheart-Willcox Co Inc.,U.S. Price: $33.25 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


14.		Classical Mythology from Oxford University Press, USA Price: $29.99 Customer Review: I was pleased with my purchase of a text book. I was especially pleased with the price this seller was offering. Instead of buying through my school bookstore, I saved alot of money without having to sacrifice quality. The seller was also very timely in delivering my order. I recommend this seller.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


15.		The Apollo Guidance Computer: Architecture and Operation (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) from Praxis Price: $31.45	Click here for more information


16.		Becoming an Emotionally Focused Couple Therapist: The Workbook from Routledge Price: $26.69 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


17.	[no image]	Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed from Little Brown & Co (T) Price: $18.85 Customer Review: What a great story! Well written and from a man who was there and lived a great adventure every day of his incredible career. I bought copies for my each of my sons and my father. This is a tale that should to be told to a much wider audience. Too bad more American corporations aren't run on the... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


18.		Business: A Changing World from McGraw-Hill/Irwin Price: $9.00 Customer Review: Shipping was great, book was in great condition, almost new!!!! Will definitely go through them again!	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


19.		Meriam Engineering Mechanics, SI Version: Statics from Wiley Price: $39.99 Customer Review: This is by far the worst seller that I have dealt with since I started shopping on line. Not only did my book arrive late but it was the wrong book. I emailed the seller and did not recieve a speedy response. Further, after explaining to them that I needed a book asap since I was enrolled in an... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


20.		Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual for the PE Exam, 12th Edition from Professional Publications, Inc. Price: $194.99 Customer Review: I like this book overall. It is very well organized, indexed, and contains just the right depth of information to act as a reference. The practice exam based on this book is way harder than the real thing. I would definitely recommend it as a reference. For studying, I think it has too much depth -... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


21.		Say Again, Please: Guide to Radio Communications from Aviation Supplies & Academics Customer Review: Thanks Amazon for a very very fast delivery of my books. Sincerely appreciate that because I need them for my class. The book is great and would even be better if there'll be more exercises; i.e., ATC/pilot exchanges. A must-have book for student pilots. Thank you!	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


22.	[no image]	Vector Mechanics for Engineers from Mcgraw-Hill College Price: $5.00 Customer Review: Book was in great shape, received in a timely fashion. Order from this person.	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


23.		Understanding Space: An Introduction to Astronautics + Website (Space Technology) from Learning Solutions Price: $54.97 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


24.		Product Design and Development from McGraw-Hill/Irwin Price: $9.98 Customer Review: This book is required reading for my class "New Product Development" at California College of the Arts and I must say that it covers all of the basic steps. The examples that it gives for specific stages of the process of creating a new product are very basic, but it allows you to use them as a... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


25.		Introduction to Heat Transfer, 3rd Edition from John Wiley & Sons Price: $69.59 Customer Review: the book is ok. i wish there was more examples; otherwise, its good. i learned what i needed to learn	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


26.		Basic Machines and How They Work from Dover Publications Price: $4.88 Customer Review: This book is great for those of us who hate but can do math, while at the same time like to learn by example. This book was written for sailors. With that said all the complex crap about calculating the use and interaction of simple machines is well taught & illistrated & explained.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


27.		Alien Agenda from HarperTorch Price: $4.47 Customer Review: Whether you take it as fact or fiction - I'm note quite sure just what to believe - Alien Agenda is both interesting and entertaining. I would recommend it to anyone curious about the possibility of extraterrestrial presence and UFOs.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


28.		Secrets of Antigravity Propulsion from Bear & Company Customer Review: This book thoroughly explains antigravity and everything that surrounds it.The author, Paul A. LaViolette, writes and explains the subject very well to the extent that every reader is capable of understanding the phenomenon. This book is definitively a must-buy for everyone that wants to have a deep... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


29.		Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $73.83 Customer Review: The content of Roark's Formulas is very handy for a desk reference type book and is referred to in many other works like Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers and Design of Weldments and Design of Welded Structures by Omer Blodgett. My copy of the 7th edition looks like the pages... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


30.		Control Systems Engineering, 3rd Edition from John Wiley & Sons Customer Review: The book is extremely clear, lucid explanations and the mathematical treatments are very intuive and doesn't escape steps, this is a wonderful book to treasure for good. George Ellis's book, "control system design" is another flower in the garden.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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