Cool Tools is a highly curated selection of the best tools available for individuals and small groups. Tools include hand tools, maps, how-to books, vehicles, software, specialized devices, gizmos, websites — and anything useful. Tools are selected and presented in the book if they are the best of kind, the cheapest, or the only thing available that will do the job. This is an oversized book which reviews over 1,500 different tools, explaining why each one is great, and what its benefits are. Indirectly the book illuminates the possibilities contained in such tools and the whole catalog serves an education outside the classroom. The content in this book was derived from ten years of user reviews published at the Cool Tools website, cool-tools.org.
Rapidly increasing in popularity, square foot gardening is the most practical, foolproof way to grow a home garden. That explains why author and gardening innovator Mel Bartholomew has sold more than two million books describing how to become a successful DIY square foot gardener. Now, with the publication of All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition, the essential guide to his unique step-by-step method has become even better. Mel developed his techniques back in the early 1980s and has been teaching them throughout the world ever since. In the process, he has made improvements and refinements and continually adapted his practices to keep pace with modern times. In this new volume, Bartholomew furthers his discussion on one of the most popular gardening trends today: vertical gardening. He also explains how you can make gardening fun for kids by teaching them the square foot method. Finally, an expanded section on pest control helps you protect your precious produce. Rich with new full-color images and updated tips for selecting materials, this beautiful new edition is perfect for brand-new gardeners as well as the millions of square foot gardeners who are already dedicated to Mel’s industry-changing insights.
Rapidly increasing in popularity, square foot gardening is the most practical, foolproof way to grow a home garden. That explains why author and gardening innovator Mel Bartholomew has sold more than two million books describing how to become a successful DIY square foot gardener. Now, with the publication of All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition, the essential guide to his unique step-by-step method has become even better. Mel developed his techniques back in the early 1980s and has been teaching them throughout the world ever since. In the process, he has made improvements and refinements and continually adapted his practices to keep pace with modern times. In this new volume, Bartholomew furthers his discussion on one of the most popular gardening trends today: vertical gardening. He also explains how you can make gardening fun for kids by teaching them the square foot method. Finally, an expanded section on pest control helps you protect your precious produce. Rich with new full-color images and updated tips for selecting materials, this beautiful new edition is perfect for brand-new gardeners as well as the millions of square foot gardeners who are already dedicated to Mel’s industry-changing insights.
The definitive guide to unsaturated soil— from the world’s experts on the subject
This book builds upon and substantially updates Fredlund and Rahardjo’s publication, Soil Mechanics for Unsaturated Soils, the current standard in the field of unsaturated soils. It provides readers with more thorough coverage of the state of the art of unsaturated soil behavior and better reflects the manner in which practical unsaturated soil engineering problems are solved. Retaining the fundamental physics of unsaturated soil behavior presented in the earlier book, this new publication places greater emphasis on the importance of the “soil-water characteristic curve” in solving practical engineering problems, as well as the quantification of thermal and moisture boundary conditions based on the use of weather data. Topics covered include:
Theory to Practice of Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
Nature and Phase Properties of Unsaturated Soil
State Variables for Unsaturated Soils
Measurement and Estimation of State Variables
Soil-Water Characteristic Curves for Unsaturated Soils
Ground Surface Moisture Flux Boundary Conditions
Theory of Water Flow through Unsaturated Soils
Solving Saturated/Unsaturated Water Flow Problems
Air Flow through Unsaturated Soils
Heat Flow Analysis for Unsaturated Soils
Shear Strength of Unsaturated Soils
Shear Strength Applications in Plastic and Limit Equilibrium
Stress-Deformation Analysis for Unsaturated Soils
Solving Stress-Deformation Problems with Unsaturated Soils
Compressibility and Pore Pressure Parameters
Consolidation and Swelling Processes in Unsaturated Soils
Unsaturated Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice is essential reading for geotechnical engineers, civil engineers, and undergraduate- and graduate-level civil engineering students with a focus on soil mechanics.
The definitive guide to unsaturated soil— from the world’s experts on the subject
This book builds upon and substantially updates Fredlund and Rahardjo’s publication, Soil Mechanics for Unsaturated Soils, the current standard in the field of unsaturated soils. It provides readers with more thorough coverage of the state of the art of unsaturated soil behavior and better reflects the manner in which practical unsaturated soil engineering problems are solved. Retaining the fundamental physics of unsaturated soil behavior presented in the earlier book, this new publication places greater emphasis on the importance of the “soil-water characteristic curve” in solving practical engineering problems, as well as the quantification of thermal and moisture boundary conditions based on the use of weather data. Topics covered include:
Theory to Practice of Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
Nature and Phase Properties of Unsaturated Soil
State Variables for Unsaturated Soils
Measurement and Estimation of State Variables
Soil-Water Characteristic Curves for Unsaturated Soils
Ground Surface Moisture Flux Boundary Conditions
Theory of Water Flow through Unsaturated Soils
Solving Saturated/Unsaturated Water Flow Problems
Air Flow through Unsaturated Soils
Heat Flow Analysis for Unsaturated Soils
Shear Strength of Unsaturated Soils
Shear Strength Applications in Plastic and Limit Equilibrium
Stress-Deformation Analysis for Unsaturated Soils
Solving Stress-Deformation Problems with Unsaturated Soils
Compressibility and Pore Pressure Parameters
Consolidation and Swelling Processes in Unsaturated Soils
Unsaturated Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice is essential reading for geotechnical engineers, civil engineers, and undergraduate- and graduate-level civil engineering students with a focus on soil mechanics.
