Engineering

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Wharton professor and author of the popular One Useful Thing Substack newsletter Ethan Mollick comes the definitive playbook for working, learning, and living in the new age of AI Something new entered our world in November 2022 — the first general...

The National Book Award–winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal, a first-rate drama of the bold and brilliant engineering feat that transformed global trade routes and shaped modern American history, as told by Pulitzer Prize–winning author and master historian David...

This is a new reading of the thrilling account of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded. In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October, 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was...

On the fiftieth anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s sinking, the bestselling author of The Great Halifax Explosion tells the definitive story of the “Mighty Fitz.” For three decades following World War II, the Great Lakes overtook Europe as the epicenter of global economic strength...

With an introduction read by the author himself, Mark Pincus, and acclaimed narrator Fred Sanders, comes an unconventional, hands-on guide to turning ideas into products that matter—and that people love—from the legendary Silicon Valley pioneer, founder of Zynga, and creator of Stanford...

Brought to you by Penguin. Top Gear turned gloomy Sunday nights into celebratory Friday nights. It made household names of presenters Clarkson, Hammond and May, their unique chemistry and buddy movie antics proving irresistible to a vast global audience. With these three at the helm, Top Gear...

What happens when intelligent machines aren’t just in our pockets but are also driving our cars, making our decisions, folding our laundry, and educating our kids? You’ve heard the hype: AI will make us healthier, give every child a personalized tutor, run our businesses more efficiently...

New York Times Best Seller How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology—and there’s nobody better qualified or situated to explore that...

From the author of In the Hurricane's Eye and Valiant Ambition, the riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller and a major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, directed by Ron Howard. Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, and Brendan Gleeson star in a film based on this National...

A data-driven, scientific account of our need for speed—exploring a wide range of topics including evolution, transportation, and technology In a world obsessed with efficiency, perhaps nothing is valued as highly as being fast. Some of our greatest achievements include building planes that...

New York Times “The Nonfiction Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2026” An astonishing true story—one of the most gripping maritime sagas of the nineteenth century—told by our era’s “expert literary steersman” (Washington Post). From the best-selling author of Black Flags, Blue...

Instant New York Times Bestseller In time for Apple’s 50th anniversary, CBS Sunday Morning correspondent David Pogue tells the iconic company’s entire life story: how it was born, nearly died, was born again under Steve Jobs, and became, under CEO Tim Cook, the most valuable company in the...

2015 Audie Award Finalist for Nonfiction Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson’s New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed The Innovators is a “riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving” (The Atlantic) story of the people who created the...

The New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot delivers an electrifying narrative account of the top-secret U.S. mission to kill Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese commander who masterminded Pearl Harbor. ""Operation Vengeance is colorful, intimate, eye-popping history, delivered at a...

A monumental tale of American ambition, told by Pulitzer Prize–winning author and master historian David McCullough. This gripping saga of the creation of the Brooklyn Bridge, one of the country’s boldest engineering achievements, reveals not only the politics and personalities behind...

Shortlisted for the Zócalo Book Prize Named one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker and The New Republic “Consistently entertaining and often downright funny.”—The New Yorker “Wry and revelatory.” —The New York Times "A romp, packed with tales of anger, violence, theft...

The stunning story of one of America’s great disasters, a preventable tragedy of Gilded Age America, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough. At the end of the nineteenth century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hardworking families striving...

An entertaining and fascinating memoir of “gifted storyteller” (People) Ann Hood’s adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant. In 1978, in the tailwind of the golden age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of glamor and sophistication. Fresh out of college and hungry to...

An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, LONGITUDE is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking. During the great ages of exploration, "the longitude problem" was...

Unabridged and expertly crafted for audiobook listeners. The Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge provides basic knowledge that is essential for pilots. This handbook introduces pilots to the broad spectrum of knowledge that will be needed as they progress in their pilot training. Except...

One hundred years ago, the mightiest "unsinkable" ship began her maiden voyage to cross the Atlantic. An engineering feat 11 stories high, the Titanic contained a list of passengers collectively worth $250 million when she left port on April 10, 1912, but she would never reach her destination...

In this New York Times bestseller, Stephen Ambrose brings to life the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad, from the men who financed it to the engineers and surveyors who risked their lives to the workers who signed on for the dangerous job. Nothing Like It in the World gives...

For years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But treating management as the default path for an engineer with leadership ability doesn't serve the industry well—or the engineer. The staff engineer's path allows engineers to contribute at a high...

Help transform your business and innovate like the world's top tech companies! Transformed: Moving to the Product Operating Model was written to bridge the gap between where most companies are right now and where they need to be. The leaders of these companies know they must transform to compete...

Auckland Island is a godforsaken place in the middle of the Southern Ocean, 285 miles south of New Zealand. With year-round freezing rain and howling winds, it is one of the most forbidding places in the world. To be shipwrecked there means almost certain death. In 1864, Captain Thomas Musgrave...

With an introduction read by the author himself, Mark Pincus, and acclaimed narrator Fred Sanders, comes an unconventional, hands-on guide to turning ideas into products that matter—and that people love—from the legendary Silicon Valley pioneer, founder of Zynga, and creator of Stanford...

A history of the engineering marvels behind one of America's most innovative and beloved entertainment experiences When Disneyland opened to the public in 1955, it demystified the hidden world of factory automation through its extraordinary new attractions. In this fascinating book, Roland...

Bloomsbury presents Little Blue Dot by Katherine Dunn, read by Laurel Lefkow The unexplored history of GPS, a military technology turned daily necessity that impacts all aspects of our lives. Gone are the days when we pulled off to the side of the road, twisted a map this way and that, and...

Conquer the ASE H7 Exam: Study Guide for the Transit Bus Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Test is a concise review guide covering the technical knowledge required for transit bus HVAC service, diagnosis, and repair. Organized into forty-six focused chapters, the guide reviews refrigeration principles, heating systems, ventilation, electrical controls, electronic diagnostics, climate control strategies, and mechanical service procedures using clear, practical explanations suitable for experienced technicians and those preparing for professional certification. The guide progresses ...

Conquer the ASE H8 Exam: Study Guide for the Transit Bus Preventive Maintenance and Inspection Test is a concise review guide designed to reinforce the knowledge required for preventive maintenance and inspection of transit buses. It covers the major vehicle systems, inspection procedures, diagnostic principles, and service practices commonly associated with the ASE H8 content areas. The material is organized for efficient review and is intended to complement hands-on experience and more comprehensive reference materials. The guide reviews preventive maintenance fundamentals, pre-trip and ...

Conquer the ASE H4 Exam: Study Guide for the Transit Bus Brakes Test Covering Air Supply Systems, Foundation Brakes, Parking Brakes, ABS, and Wheel Bearings is a focused review guide designed for transit bus technicians seeking a structured overview of brake system concepts, components, inspection procedures, and diagnostic practices. The book follows the major knowledge areas commonly associated with transit bus brake service and maintenance, presenting technical information in a clear and organized format. Coverage begins with air brake system fundamentals, including compressors, ...

Conquer the ASE H5 Exam: Study Guide for the Transit Bus Suspension and Steering Test is a focused review guide covering the major knowledge areas associated with transit bus steering, suspension, wheel alignment, wheels, tires, and related diagnostic procedures. The content is organized to reinforce key concepts commonly encountered in heavy-duty transit bus maintenance and inspection. Topics include steering system layouts, steering columns, steering gears, hydraulic and electric power steering systems, steering linkages, kingpins, steering knuckles, control arms, stabilizer bars, shock ...

Conquer the ASE H3 Exam: Study Guide for the Transit Bus Drive Train Test Covering Automatic Transmissions, Drive Shafts, Universal Joints, and Drive Axle Diagnosis and Repair provides a structured review of the full drivetrain system found in modern transit buses. The content follows a complete power flow approach, beginning with torque converter operation and automatic transmission design, then progressing through hydraulic systems, electronic controls, and gearset operation. Each topic is presented in a clear technical format designed to reinforce understanding of system function and ...

Conquer the ASE H2 Exam: Study Guide for the Transit Bus Diesel Engines Test is a focused review guide covering the major knowledge areas associated with transit bus diesel engine diagnosis, inspection, maintenance, and repair. Designed for technicians, students, and experienced professionals seeking a structured refresher, this book emphasizes the systems, components, and diagnostic procedures commonly encountered in modern diesel-powered transit buses. Topics include diesel engine fundamentals, engine mechanical systems, cylinder heads, valve train components, pistons, liners, crankshafts...

Conquer the ASE H1 Exam: Study Guide for the Transit Bus Compressed Natural Gas Engines Test is a focused review guide designed for technicians, mechanics, maintenance personnel, and students working with compressed natural gas transit bus engines. The book provides a structured overview of the systems, components, diagnostics, and service concepts commonly associated with modern CNG-powered transit vehicles. Coverage includes compressed natural gas fuel storage systems, fuel delivery components, pressure regulation, fuel metering, combustion management, engine mechanical systems, ...

A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read "A powerful and urgent call to action—for the health and safety of half of our population, it’s time we rethink the male body ideal and build a world that includes us all.” —Dr. Elizabeth Comen, MD, medical oncologist, associate professor of medicine at NYU...

Construction runs on a quiet, expensive lie: that quality is something you catch at the end. Build fast and rough, then inspect, then fix what the inspection caught. Save the standard for the punch list. Treat the person who stops the line over one small flaw as a fanatic who doesn't understand schedule. In Core 6, the sixth and final pillar of the Elevating Construction the Lean Way series, Jason Schroeder walks you across the distance between how that excellence looks from the outside — unreachable, almost magical — and how it actually feels from inside the journey: obvious, joyful, ...

You can't out-effort a broken system. In 1948, the West tried to supply a blockaded city of two million people entirely from the air — and at first, it failed. Not for lack of courage. For lack of rhythm. Then one man stopped the heroic scramble and built a machine: a steady beat, a continuous flow, ruthlessly standardized work, a rhythm protected above any single load. The tonnage climbed and never stopped. A superpower was beaten by logistics alone. Your jobsite is no different. Most projects don't fail because the plan is bad. They fail because readiness never arrives on the beat — ...

From a microvolt in the air to music in the room. Amplification is the quiet miracle at the heart of electronics: a whisper of a signal goes in, and a faithful, larger copy comes out. Amplifier Theory explains that miracle from first principles — twice. Once through the glowing vacuum tube, once through the cold silicon of the transistor — and then shows them to be two dialects of a single language: a controlled valve with a load line drawn across its curves. Starting with nothing more than the idea of gain, the book builds the decibel, the load line, and the resonant tuned circuit; ...

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...

Every HVAC owner knows the first 97-degree Saturday. Thirty-one voicemails before 7 a.m. Every caller says "no air," and every one of them is right that it's an emergency. A tech texts in sick — maybe sick, maybe interviewing with the shop that's been poaching. And somewhere in that phone, a $12,000 replacement quote is going cold, because the season that buries you in $189 service calls is the same season you lose the five-figure installs. Feast or famine, twice a year, every year. Either the season runs you, or you run the season. This is a practical playbook for owners of residential ...

In the 1860s, the Victorian obsession with billiards was pushing the African elephant to the brink of extinction. The solution didn't come from a conservationist, but from a tinkerer who pressed out the world’s first plastic to replace ivory. In 'Plastics', Owen Briggs takes readers on a white-knuckle ride through the secret history of the material that saved the natural world before slowly consuming it. This isn't a dry chemistry lecture; it’s a vivid, narrative biography of the substances that built the modern age. From the 'Nylon Riots' and the tragic genius of Wallace Carothers to ...

**2022 Will Rogers Medallion Award Silver Winner for Western Non-Fiction** When the last spike was hammered into the steel track of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Point, Utah, Western Union lines sounded the glorious news of the railroad's completion from New York...

Look up on a clear night, away from the glare of the city, and the sky seems empty — a black vault sprinkled with stars, serene and eternal. It is an illusion. A few hundred kilometres above your head, the space nearest to Earth has become the most crowded, most contested, and most polluted region in the whole neighbourhood of our planet. Every hour of every day, tens of thousands of tracked objects and many millions of untracked one’s races around the Earth at velocities that defy intuition, and the number climbs with almost every launch. The objects up there are not, for the most part...

You press the start button, hear the hum, feel the faint vibration—and still have no idea what is actually happening under the hood. Hundreds of controlled explosions per second, electric motors twisting silently, sensors watching every wheel, airbags and crumple zones waiting in reserve, software deciding how and when your car should intervene. This book turns that mystery into a clear, satisfying picture you can finally hold in your head. Inside this book, readers will learn how to: See what really happens in a four‑stroke engine and why most fuel becomes heat, not motion Compare ...

A pacemaker for a parent. An MRI referral that arrives with no explanation. A new prosthetic limb, an insulin pump for a child, or a smartwatch that suddenly flashes a warning about your heart. These moments tend to arrive at the most stressful times, and the devices at the center of them can feel like sealed black boxes. The professional textbooks cost a fortune and speak in dense jargon, while the headlines chase futuristic hype that has little to do with the device now sitting under someone's skin. Somewhere between the clinical explanation, the marketing brochure, and the science ...

APE 2026: La Guida Operativa alla Nuova Certificazione Energetica è un manuale pratico per certificatori energetici, progettisti, amministratori di condominio, proprietari, operatori immobiliari, consulenti tecnici e professionisti coinvolti nella redazione dell’Attestato di Prestazione Energetica secondo il quadro normativo aggiornato. Il libro affronta la nuova disciplina APE con taglio operativo, partendo dal Decreto del Ministro dell’Ambiente e della Sicurezza Energetica 28 ottobre 2025, pubblicato nella Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 283 del 5 dicembre 2025, e dalle indicazioni operative ...

Metal, Body, Mind, System This book has followed four threads, and it is time to draw them together, because they were never really separate. The metal fatigues: a pylon bearing cracks slowly over thirty years until an engine tear from a wing over Louisville. The body fails: a heart stops, a pilot collapses, and an aircraft is saved only by the second human beside him. The mind suffers in silence: a first officer hides a depression that a punishing screening regime taught him to conceal, and 150 people die in the Alps. And the system, the regulation and organization meant to hold all of it ...

Forget the heroic score and the Hollywood gloss. In Apollo 13: 87 Hours, Three Men, and the Improvised Rescue That Brought Them Home, Jack Soren delivers a gripping, precision-engineered account of NASA’s most famous 'successful failure.' This is the story of how three men survived a ticking bomb in the vacuum of space, not through miracles, but through the relentless application of engineering logic under impossible pressure. From the 28-volt thermostatic switch that doomed the mission years before launch to the improvised 'mailbox' that saved the crew from suffocation, Soren strips away...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The Airplane Flying Handbook, FAA-H-8083-3C, provides basic knowledge that is essential for pilots. This handbook introduces basic pilot skills and knowledge that are essential for piloting airplanes. It provides information on transition to other...