18 Walls

Author : Teo Xue Shen
Publisher : Epigram Books
ISBN 13 : 9814655449
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 18 Walls written by Teo Xue Shen and published by Epigram Books. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This action-packed thriller follows a squad of 18-year-olds who must fight an army of Savages in a war they did not choose. Ren is an elite fighter who feels no emotions. That makes him the perfect soldier to battle the Savages, a feral army of half-animal, half-human species prowling outside the 18 walls protecting the city...at least that’s what the propaganda machine will have him believe. He and his motley squad are armed with genetic enhancements before venturing beyond the walls. They come to learn more about themselves and their enemies than they could have ever imagined.

Author : David Frye
Publisher : Scribner
ISBN 13 : 1501172719
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walls written by David Frye and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A lively popular history of an oft-overlooked element in the development of human society” (Library Journal)—walls—and a haunting and eye-opening saga that reveals a startling link between what we build and how we live. With esteemed historian David Frye as our raconteur-guide in Walls, which Publishers Weekly praises as “informative, relevant, and thought-provoking,” we journey back to a time before barriers of brick and stone even existed—to an era in which nomadic tribes vied for scarce resources, and each man was bred to a life of struggle. Ultimately, those same men would create edifices of mud, brick, and stone, and with them effectively divide humanity: on one side were those the walls protected; on the other, those the walls kept out. The stars of this narrative are the walls themselves—rising up in places as ancient and exotic as Mesopotamia, Babylon, Greece, China, Rome, Mongolia, Afghanistan, the lower Mississippi, and even Central America. As we journey across time and place, we discover a hidden, thousand-mile-long wall in Asia's steppes; learn of bizarre Spartan rituals; watch Mongol chieftains lead their miles-long hordes; witness the epic siege of Constantinople; chill at the fate of French explorers; marvel at the folly of the Maginot Line; tense at the gathering crisis in Cold War Berlin; gape at Hollywood’s gated royalty; and contemplate the wall mania of our own era. Hailed by Kirkus Reviews as “provocative, well-written, and—with walls rising everywhere on the planet—timely,” Walls gradually reveals the startling ways that barriers have affected our psyches. The questions this book summons are both intriguing and profound: Did walls make civilization possible? And can we live without them? Find out in this masterpiece of historical recovery and preeminent storytelling.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Magazine Subject-index written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the cumulation of the subject index issued in the quarterly numbers of the Bulletin of bibliography and magazine subject-index.

Author : International Correspondence Schools
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elements of Steel Reinforcement written by International Correspondence Schools and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Herbert Lucius Whittemore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Compressive Strength of Sand-lime Brick Walls written by Herbert Lucius Whittemore and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marie Proeller Hueston
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1588166651
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Country Living Perfect Patterns for Walls, Floors, Fabrics and Furniture written by Marie Proeller Hueston and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pattern is an easy way to add country style to a room. This book showcases inviting homes filled with combinations of all kinds of materials, to bring new life into your home.

Author : S. G. Fattal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Structural Performance of Masonry Walls Under Compression and Flexure written by S. G. Fattal and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul F. McCombie
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482250896
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drystone Retaining Walls written by Paul F. McCombie and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a Detailed Look at the Practice of Drystone Retaining Wall Construction Drystone retaining walls make very efficient use of local materials, and sit comfortably in their environment. They make an important contribution to heritage and to the character of the landscape, and are loved by many people who value the skill and ingenuity that has gone into their construction, as well as simply how they look. And yet, in engineering terms, they are complex. They can deform significantly as their loading changes and their constituent stones weather. This gives them ductility—they deal with changes by adapting to them. In some ways, they behave like conventional concrete retaining walls, but in many ways they are better. They cannot be designed or assessed correctly unless these differences are understood. Implementing concepts that require no prior knowledge of civil engineering, the authors: Explain the behavior of earth retaining structures Provide a theoretical framework for modeling the mechanical stability of a drystone retaining wall Outline reliable rules for constructing a drystone retaining wall Include charts to support the preliminary sizing of drystone retaining walls Examine the relevance of drystone in terms of sustainability Describe more advanced methods of analysis Drystone Retaining Walls: Design, Construction and Assessment draws on theoretical work and full-scale practical testing to explain how these structures work, without presuming that the reader has received an engineering education. The book goes on to give enough detail to give the professional engineer confidence in the methods used in design and assessment, and insight into what matters most in the way in which drystone retaining walls are built. It shows how to design new or replacement drystone retaining walls that are efficient, sustainable, attractive, and in keeping with the character of the area where they are built, and demonstrates how to make fair assessments of existing walls.

Author : Arnold Wexler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Structural Properties of Prefabricated Plywood Lightweight Constructions for Walls, Partitions, Floors, and Roofs Sponsored by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association written by Arnold Wexler and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pennsylvania. General Assembly
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 968 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legislative Journal written by Pennsylvania. General Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes extraordinary and special sesions as well as appendices consisting of reports of various State officials or agencies.