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  Inside the Britannic -...

  Simon Mills

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  The Olympic Class ships were intended to be the greatest liners to ever sail the oceans, but the Britannic sank only four years after her sister ship the Titanic. While the wreck of the Titanic is two miles below the surface and rapidly deteriorating, the Britannic is much more accessible (only 400 ft down) and remains largely intact. One of the largest passenger ships ever to have sunk, her wreck presents a unique opportunity to explore the interior of the Olympic Class liners, and examine areas which on the Titanic simply no longer exist. 
   
   
   
  Simon Mills bought the wreck of the Britannic in 1996 and has spent more time exploring it than anyone else. Inside the Britannic is the sum of decades of work covering every inch of the shipwreck as he searches for answers to century-old questions, and discovers new mysteries to solve. Simon takes a forensic approach but this book is more than just the autopsy report of a ship. 
   
   
   
  The Britannic may have been lost over a century ago, but Simon Mills's fascinating new book gives everyone unparalleled access to rediscover her.

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  Mission to Mars

  Introbooks Team

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  Mars has always signaled to the mankind when it would travel high in the night sky. The ancient people have assumed that this rust-red planet was the god of war and therefore, they christened it with the name “Mars”. 
  The early explorers were armed with newly forms of invented telescopes discovered that Mars exhibited seasonal color changes and were subjected to dust storms that used to encircle the globe and might even have had several channels that could have crisscrossed the surface. 
  The recent explorers make use of the advanced technology and the robotic surrogates to extend their reach out to the planet Mars. With the use of the advanced technology, they have discovered that Mars is much more interesting and the complex planet in the Solar System. As per the claims of the present explorers that pieces of Mars have even arrived on the Earth as meteorites and these particles are pointing out to the possible existence of life on Mars. This has resulted in the growth of the active interests of the explorers to gain impetus about the living conditions on Mars. 
  In the past several years, several approaches have been adopted to explore Mars – the Earth’s sister. Several theories have been deduced and with the study, we are enlightened about the goal of the sending human beings to the surface of the Earth in order to explore its mysteries. A key element of the future advancements in the Mission to Mars would involve the incorporation of the integrated robotic or human exploration strategy that is currently under the development process. 
  There have been developments made in the production of the alternative approaches, technologies, flight demonstrations and precursor missions that can collectively move the Mission to Mars in the forward direction. Inputs have always been provided and will be provided in the future times that will be encouraged from all possible sources like NASA, industry, research organizations, government agencies, entrepreneurs, international partners, and even the general public. These all will help in the proper understanding and the current planning of the Mission to Mars. The current experts and explorers aim to make use of the advanced technology for the assessment of the innovative and break-through approaches that are put forward to the most cost effective exploration of the Mars. These data will also help the humans in understanding the required infrastructure for the provision of vital insights into how the International Space Station can be used to validate the technologies and key assumptions. 
  For the proper achievement of the Mission Mars, the humans will have to change the way in a fundamental manner through which the exploration can be done with the help of the humans and the robots. The humans will have to search for effective alternatives for the substantial reduction of the cost of exploration while increasing the inherent value of the mankind. The Mission Mars could provide a starting point for the continuing efforts of the NASA for the development of the technologies and the overall systems along with the international partnerships that might be needed for the grand exploration and mission of sending humans to explore another planet - Mars in the Solar System. This increases the possibility that life might again thrive on the planet for all over again.

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  Volcanoes - What Everyone Needs...

  Tamie G. Jovanelly

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  With 1350 active volcanoes on Earth and 50-70 erupting annually, this volume delves beneath the surface, explaining what makes these natural forces tick. 
   
  Volcanoes: What Everyone Needs to Know® guides the listener through one of nature's most fascinating and powerful forces, explaining essential geological concepts critical to understanding how and where volcanoes form before examining their physical structure and associated processes. Through real-world examples-from the explosive history of Mount Vesuvius to the colossal eruption of Yellowstone Supervolcano-Jovanelly uncovers mind-blowing facts about how volcanoes have shaped our planet, impacted the climate, and altered the course of civilizations.

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  The History Trees

  Colin Salter

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  The ultimate photographic collection of the most historic trees on the planet. 
  Uncover remarkable trees from around the world, many of which have borne witness to key moments in history or reached a scale and age that have allowed them to become a part of history themselves. 
  “[A] rich history … it contains some of the most extraordinary tales of trees through time” — The Sunday Post 
  First meet 'Methuselah’, a bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, believed to be 4,900 years old. Learn about trees which have inspired great events, such as the Isaac Newton apple tree in Lincolnshire, where the famous scientist observed an apple falling from a tree (which still stands in the family garden). Other flora has withstood historic events such as in Japan, where the Hibaku jumoku still grows as a survivor tree from the Hiroshima bombing and the 9/11 Survivor Tree in New York City. 
  Many trees continue to inspire our world today including the long avenue of beech trees in Northern Ireland known as the Dark Hedges which Game of Thrones fans will instantly recognise as the road to Kings Landing, the Robin Hood’s oak in the Sherwood Forest or the J. R. R. Tolkien trees in Avebury, which inspired the Ents in The Lord of the Rings. 
  Rest a while beside the oldest trunks and witness the enthralling stories nestled within the branches of these gentle giants. 
  For fans of Mary Roach (Gulp), Monica Gagliano (Memory and Learning in Plants), Gene Stone (Animalkind), Scott Christianson (Fatal Airs), and Valentina D'Efilippo (The Brain).

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  The Control of Nature

  John McPhee

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  The Control of Nature is John McPhee's bestselling account of places where people are locked in combat with nature. Taking us deep into these contested territories, McPhee details the strategies and tactics through which people attempt to control nature. Most striking is his depiction of the main contestants: nature in complex and awesome guises, and those attempting to wrest control from her—stubborn, sometimes foolhardy, more often ingenious, and always arresting characters.

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  Getting Your Brain and Body Back...

  MD Bradford C. Berk, Martha W....

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  Make the fullest possible recovery after neurological injury with this definitive guide 
   
   
   
  After an accident that left him permanently paralyzed over ten years ago, Dr. Bradford Berk made it his mission to help others recover from acute neurological injury (ANI). As the founder and director of the University of Rochester Neurorestoration Institute, he brings his abundant experience in working with patients and making his own ongoing recovery to Getting Your Brain and Body Back, the most up-to-date guide for survivors of spinal cord injury (SCI), stroke, and traumatic brain injury (TBI). 
   
   
   
  Each of these acute neurological injuries can result in similar physical and psychological challenges and require similar treatments, medications, and assistive devices. Getting Your Brain and Body Back offers comprehensive, reassuring guidance for your every concern: how to deal with grief and trauma in the aftermath of accident or injury—and build resilience as you find your way forward; what adaptive devices—for bathing, dining, mobility, and more—will help you enjoy life to the utmost; how to prevent and treat secondary health problems of every kind, such as heart, skin, and bladder troubles—sexual health included!; and therapeutic approaches from both Western and Eastern medicine to consider for maximum healing and pain relief.

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