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The Tibetan Book of the Dead (The Great Book of Natural Liberation Through Understanding in the Between)
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The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy: Achieving Energy Independence through Solar, Wind, Biomass and Hydropower (Mother Earth News Wiser Living)
The coming energy crisis caused by a peak in global oil and natural gas production will profoundly affect the lives of all North Americans As the price of these vital fuels rises, homeowners will scramble to cut their fuel bills. Two options for meeting the upcoming challenge are dramatic improvements in home energy efficiency and efforts to tap into clean, affordable, renewable energy resources to heat and cool homes, to provide hot water and electricity, and even to cook. These measures can result in huge savings and a level of energy independence. The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy tells you how. It starts by outlining the likely impacts of fossil fuel shortages and some basic facts about energy. It then discusses energy conservation to slash energy bills and prepare for renewable energy options. Focusing carefully on specific strategies needed to replace specific fuels, the book then examines each practical energy option available to homeowners: Solar hot water, cooking, and water purification
Space heat: passive and active solar retrofits
Wood heat
Passive cooling
Solar electricity
Wind-generated electricity
Electricity from microhydropower sources
Emerging technologies-hydrogen, fuel cells, methane digesters, and biodiesel The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy gives readers sufficient knowledge to hire and communicate effectively with contractors and, for those wanting do installations themselves, it recommends more detailed manuals. With a complete resource listing, this well-illustrated and accessible guide is a perfect companion for illuminating the coming dark age. Dan Chiras has studied renewable energy and energy efficiency for three decades and has installed several renewable energy systems. He lives in a self-designed passive solar/solar electric home. An award-winning author of over 20 books, he is a sustainability design consultant who teaches courses on renewable energy, green building, and sustainability at Colorado College. .
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Awareness Through Movement: Easy-to-Do Health Exercises to Improve Your Posture, Vision, Imagination, and Personal Awareness
Thousands have found renewed health and increased sensory awareness through the Feldenkrais method as explained in Awareness Through Movement. Here is a way for people of every age to integrate physical and mental development into a new, invigorating wholeness. Feldenkrais provides a modern-day, practical program for the perennial ideal of a healthy mind in a healthy body. His down-to-earth method carefully avoids any mystical component and never obliges any pupil to master abstruse theories. Exercises for posture, eyes, imagination, and more will simultaneously build better body habits and focus new dimensions of awareness, self-image, and human potential. .
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Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders (Center for Public Leadership)
Despite real progress, women remain rare enough in elite positions of power that their presence still evokes a sense of wonder. In "Through the Labyrinth", Alice Eagly and Linda Carli examine why women's paths to power remain difficult to traverse First, Eagly and Carli prove that the glass ceiling is no longer a useful metaphor and offer seven reasons why. They propose the labyrinth as a better image and explain how to navigate through it. This important and practical book addresses such critical questions as: How far have women actually come as leaders? Do stereotypes and prejudices still limit women's opportunities? Do people resist women's leadership more than men's? And, do organisations create obstacles to women who would be leaders?This book's rich analysis is founded on scientific research from psychology, economics, sociology, political science, and management. The authors ground their conclusions in that research and invoke a wealth of engaging anecdotes and personal accounts to illustrate the practical principles that emerge. With excellent leadership in short supply, no group, organisation, or nation can afford to restrict women's access to leadership roles. This book evaluates whether such restrictions are present and, when they are, what we can do to eliminate them..
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Twins 101: 50 Must-Have Tips for Pregnancy through Early Childhood From Doctor M.O.M.
"A must-read for expectant or multitasking mothers of multiples by an academic pediatrician and mother of twins, Twins 101 provides practical tips and wise words in a readable style that fits into the fast pace of these mothers’ lives." — Theodore Sectish, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; program director, Children’s Hospital Boston Dr. Le-Bucklin's new parenting book is the first by a pediatrician who is also a mother of twins. No other pregnancy and parenting book for multiples offers this unique and much-needed perspective. Twins 101 features practical advice and well-researched information in an easy-to-read format. From maintaining a healthy twin pregnancy to meeting the daily challenge of caring for twins, Twin 101 guides families through each stage with insightful tips, practical advice, useful resources, and inspirational stories..
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Income Investing Today: Safety & High Income Through Diversification
Income Investing Today Income Investing Today details a safe alternative to the downside risks inherent in the stock market--income securities that can provide a 7% to 8% annual cash income. With this book, fixed income expert Richard Lehmann outlines income investing concepts you need to understand, various investment vehicles, and investment strategies that will help you build a safe, diversified portfolio of investments. The investment vehicles he explains range well beyond traditional fixed income securities or creditor instruments such as bonds, to include hybrids, REITs, mutual funds, and more. He shows that the key to building a steady, growth-oriented income portfolio is to diversify over a variety of securities that depend on different drivers--that is, portfolios that are not vulnerable to any one specific economic factor such as interest rates. The ideal guide for individual investors saving for retirement and seeking more safety in their portfolios, Income Investing Today shows how a diversified collection of income securities can equal or exceed the returns from common stock with much lower risk..
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The Complete Corvette Restoration and Technical Guide, Vol. 2: 1963 Through 1967
The 1963-1967 Corvette Sting Rays are coved by collectors as the most desirable Corvettes ever. Like the first volume, this edition was compiled from years of owner interviews and pages of original information and photos from Chevrolet's archives. Every detail of the Sting Ray years is examined and described. Photographs, exploded schematics and clearly written text make it possible to authenticate even the tiniest detail. Each of the five model years is covered with completely detailed information on the "base unit," plus options and supplementary data detailing the changes made during each model year's production run. This volume is the only available source of information on how these cars were assembled at the factory. Detailed text is accompanied by more than 520 photographs and nearly as many charts and diagrams. Here is the history of what happened to the Corvette on the assembly line, the story of every Corvette that was produced from 1963 through 1967, including information on the engine, chassis and body, from Powerglide to Positraction to Power Team Combinations. .
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Driving the Pan-American Highway to Mexico and Central America: A Complete Guide for Do-It-Yourself Planning and Driving Through Mexico and Central America
The purpose of this guidebook is to assist those wishing to drive through Mexico and into Central America. The United States was a sleeping giant in the 19th century. The railroads that were built across the country were instrumental in its development. Mexico and Central America are being awakened from their slumber by the building of the Pan American Highway..
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The Simply Lean Pocket Guide - Making Great Organizations Better Through PLAN-DO-CHECK-ACT (PDCA) Kaizen Activities
The most basic premise of Lean is to simply and effectively problem solve. The Simply Lean Pocket Guide is a step-by-step approach to the implementation of process improvements using the PDCA model with a Lean twist. If you are just beginning to adopt Lean or Six Sigma as a business improvement model, whether you are in the healthcare, financial services, construction, armed services, manufacturing, public administration, logistics, service, or construction industry, the first thing that should be acknowledged is that the solution to the problem (or improvement target that is to be reached) will be found in the intellect of the people who are working the process. Therefore, as a trainer, consultant (internal or external), or departmental head, the focus to improve a situation would be to somehow work with that group (and their intellect) and find a solution. However, that somehow is not always easy to attain and will require some guidance along the way. Simply Lean will provide that guidance ensuring root causes and wastes are eliminated in creating a Leaner, problem-free process. This book will assist teams and individuals to: 1. Collect the right data, in the right way, to support Lean or Six Sigma projects 2. Meet effectively to maximize organizational resources 3. Brainstorm to solicit best ideas 4. Obtain a consensus to solve problems and determine solutions 5. Determine root cause(s) 6. Standardize improvements 7. Think outside the box 8. Accept change 9. Work to attain process perfection The tools of Effective Teams, Effective Meetings, Problem Identification, Data Collection (Data Check Sheet), Pareto Chart, Brainstorming, Fishbone (Cause and Effect) Diagram, Process Mapping, 5 Why Analysis, Accepting Change, Countermeasure Kaizen Log, Failure Prevention Analysis, Training Plan, Gantt Chart, Impact Map, Run Chart, Standard Work, Performance Measurements, and Yokoten will be explained in step-by-step detail as well as through application in the Tinker Town case study. Additional tools of 5S, Continuous Flow, Mistake Proofing, Visual Controls, Standard Work, Takt Time, Pitch, Work Load Balancing, and Just-In-Time are explained as to their application in the Tinker Town case study. As a bonus, a Waste Audit, larger examples of the forms and worksheets, Idea Kaizen Forms, Glossary, and Index are included!.
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