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1.		Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods from John Wiley & Sons Price: $25.00 Customer Review: please send me a solutions manual for those chapters qestion in the in this book ( fundamentals of building construction ).please spon.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.		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


3.		Minimum Design Loads for Buildings And Other Structures: SEI/ASCE 7-05 (ASCE Standard No. 7-05) (ASCE Standard) from American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Price: $40.00 Customer Review: It is a good book, reasonable price, fast shipping, and I got exactly what I needed.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


4.		Site Engineering for Landscape Architects from Wiley Price: $285.48 Customer Review: Good quality, no way to track order didn't even know it was sent , just showed up	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


5.		Real-Time Collision Detection (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3-D Technology) from Morgan Kaufmann Price: $41.30 Customer Review: First and foremost a great book. The Author (Christer Ericson) is Director of Technology at SCEA and works on the God of War franchise - so he knows what he's talking about. The book covers all the relevant and required math for anyone interested in commercial game development. C++ and Object... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		Mechanics of Materials (7th Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $115.00 Customer Review: Be warned that this book is on backorder. It has been 15 days and it hasn't even shipped yet. I am canceling my order because it is well into the semester and I don't even have the book yet. I am extremely displeased with the slowness of delivery, and it would be nice if Amazon would have warned me... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


7.		The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: The Real Goods Solar Living Book from Chelsea Green Publishing Company Price: $21.90 Customer Review: This book is not only a great guide to Cob, but a great introduction to 'Natural' homes.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		Building Structures Illustrated: Patterns, Systems, and Design from Wiley Price: $26.34 Customer Review: The product was fine. It took about two weeks longer to get to me then I expected.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.		Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture from W.W. Norton & Co. Price: $9.55 Customer Review: I love this book, along with its companion "Why Buildings Fall Down". For the lay person, this is informative and entertaining; it makes structural engineering very attractive. I have a much higher appreciation for the science that goes into making any building and the people who execute this... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


10.		Design of Wood Structures-ASD/LRFD from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $34.00 Customer Review: I am using this book to study for the SE II exam. This is my second time taking the test and I really wish I had bought this book the first time around. It is an awesome reference! It not only teaches all the basics of wood design, it clearly explains shear walls, chords, collectors, and diaphram... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


11.		The Farmhouse: New Inspiration for the Classic American Home from Taunton Press Price: $12.54 Customer Review: I liked the layout of this book. The different perspectives of farmhouses presented in this book offer a plethora of ideas!	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


12.		Project Management In Construction from McGraw-Hill Companies Price: $24.94 Customer Review: well written book. Really for beginners who know little to nothing of construction office work.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


13.		Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down from Da Capo Press Price: $11.31 Customer Review: Well written, interesting book on a subject that most of us see daily. Explains basic principals in terms of real life examples from ships and bridges to animals. Material is presented with a minimum of math and provides an excellent conceptual overview of the subject. This is my... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


14.		Structural Engineering Formulas from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $17.58 Customer Review: This work provides information on such things as geometric sections, beams, trusses, arches, plates, etc., often under various loading conditions. Its chapter on frame analysis is notable. Also featured are such things as building foundations, pipes and tunnels, soils, retaining structures, etc.more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


15.		Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail from W.W. Norton & Co. Price: $9.94 Customer Review: This is one of the best books I've read on the engineering behind structural failures. The authors teach by example, exploring fallen apartment buildings, stadiums, bridges and other structure, and using each to illustrate an important engineering principle. The illustrations are also an invaluable... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


16.		Foundations & Concrete Work (Best of Fine Homebuilding) from Taunton Press Price: $5.95 Customer Review: [...] This forum has better information then the book. That's sad. For anyone looking for help with concrete pours, this isn't the book. Nothing at all on bracing or forming. Especially if you're forming a slab, instead of the basement walls they show. It's an overview, and... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


17.		Pool Idea Book from The Taunton Press Price: $5.11 Customer Review: different styles, even goes into "just a little" about different makes of pools like fiberglass nylon and cement. very beautiful pictures!	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


18.		MEL Scripting for Maya Animators, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) from Morgan Kaufmann Price: $34.98 Customer Review: Actually, this is the second time I buy this book, I bought it for one of my friend who has just started to learn MEL. The book will bring you to mid level very soon. I liked the examples at the end, where you learn how to code a simple crowd simulation system with obstacle avoidance. It... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


19.		Reinforced Concrete: Mechanics and Design (5th Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $137.23 Customer Review: This is probably the best textbook for reinforced concrete design in the market, especially for the two to three semester sequences of reinforced concrete courses that are taught at universities. It provides many in-depth examples and clearly explains all procedures in a very concise manner, making... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


20.		Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders from Wiley Price: $42.00 Customer Review: The book was in the exact condition i ordered it..brand new. The shipping was pretty fast and i'll definitely be buying more books from here. I really needed this book for class and i saved a lot of money on it buying it here. Great!	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


21.		Dictionary of Architecture & Construction from Mcgraw-Hill (Tx) Price: $50.00 Customer Review: No table of contents. No Alphabetical index. No navigation at all. To look up a word 'Zoning' , you need to press next page button 1,000 times or more. (I got a refund as soon as I addressed the issue to the customer service.) Hopefully they(McGraw Hill) fix the problem soon. This review only... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


22.		Design of Reinforced Concrete from Wiley Price: $103.53 Customer Review: Design of Reinforced Concrete (Eighth Edition) by Jack C. McCormac and Russell H. Brown is an excellent book. I am a registered mechanical engineer and am trying to expand my understanding of reinforced concrete. What I really like about this book is how the authors use basic principles of mechanics... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


23.		Structural Steel Design (4th Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $124.25 Customer Review: Structural Steel Design (4th Edition) This book come well recommended for architectural students learning steel design.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


24.		Mechanics of Materials from Wiley Price: $87.66 Customer Review: The book is nicely arranged for the first time you read through it, but good luck finding what you are looking for later on. Since the questions are randomly throughout the book, makes finding sections next to impossible.	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


25.		Design Loads on Structures During Construction (SEI/ASCE 37-02) from Amer Society of Civil Engineers Price: $32.95	Click here for more information


26.		Sustainable Landscape Construction: A Guide To Green Building Outdoors from Island Press Price: $41.02 Customer Review: Some good information, a lot of common sense. But much of it now needs updating. I found it to be very poorly written. The folksy tone may be accessible to some, but I found it un-authoritative and somewhat annoying.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


27.		Mechanics of Materials from CL-Engineering Price: $74.85 Customer Review: I used the 2nd edition of this book (listing Timoshenko as coauthor) more than two decades ago as an engineering student. I liked the book back then, and it turned out to provide a solid foundation for my engineering career. I just finished reading the entire book again, cover to cover, to refresh... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


28.		Simplified Building Design for Wind and Earthquake Forces (Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides) from Wiley Price: $74.35	Click here for more information


29.		Reinforced Concrete Design (7th Edition) from Prentice Hall Price: $91.43 Customer Review: Helpful for designing retaining walls...	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


30.		Introduction to Data Compression, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems) from Morgan Kaufmann Price: $25.00 Customer Review: This book is quit good for data compression. It covers a lot of topics. But for developing your own code, you may need some additional books. For example, DSP using Matlab and wavelets should be a good one. The book has clarity and is well written. In the wavelet compression... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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