Intelligent skins / Michael Wigginton and Jude Harris. by Wigginton, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Commerzbank Headquarters: Frankfurt-am-Main --…”

Divided : the perils of our growing inequality / edited by David Cay Johnston.

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The professional practice of landscape architecture : a complete guide to starting and running your own firm / Walter Rogers. by Rogers, Walter

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Ai Weiwei's blog : writings, interviews, and digital rants, 2006-2009 / Ai Weiwei ; edited and translated by Lee Ambrozy. by Ai, Weiwei

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Combined power plants : including combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plants / J.H. Horlock. by Horlock, J. H.

Table of Contents: “…Rate of Return Under the U.S. Tax System --…”

The great A&P and the struggle for small business in America / Marc Levinson. by Levinson, Marc

Capital in the twenty-first century / Thomas Piketty ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer. by Piketty, Thomas, 1971-

Geothermal HVAC : green heating and cooling / Jay Egg, Brian Clark Howard. by Egg, Jay

Table of Contents: “…-- Summary -- 3: Geothermal Heat Pumps And Their Uses -- Passive and forced-air earth-coupled duct systems -- Water-source, forced-air heat pumps (water-to-air heat pumps) -- Direct expansion geothermal heat pumps -- Water-to-water heat pumps (heat pump chillers and boilers) -- Applications of geothermal heat pumps -- Pool heaters -- Domestic hot water -- Process cooling and heating -- Rooftop equipment -- Modular or piggyback units -- Package terminal heat pumps -- Vertical stack modular units -- 100% fresh air equipment -- Refrigeration systems -- Hybrid systems -- Superefficient DC HVAC -- Keeping the cows cool -- Summary -- 4: Earth Coupling Through Ground Loops -- Getting the load and loop size right -- Piping material -- Grout and backfill -- Manifolds or header systems -- Loop designs -- Vertical loops -- Horizontal loops -- Pond, lake, or ocean loops (use with caution ) -- Pumping groundwater, lake water, or seawater (open-loop systems) -- Pump and reinjection -- Standing column wells -- Surficial aquifers and caisson infiltration -- Concerns with open loops -- Open loops versus closed loops -- Summary -- 5: Introduction To Load Sharing --Benefits of load sharing -- Case of a large hotel -- Earth coupling as thermal savings bank -- Summary -- 6: Efficiency And Load Calculations Simplified -- Rating geothermal systems -- Annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE) (for gas furnaces) -- Cooling load in kW/ton -- Coefficient of performance (COP) -- Energy efficiency ratio (EER) -- Determining actual efficiencies -- Load calculations -- Manuals published by the air conditioning contractors of America -- Manual J: Residential heat gain and loss analysis -- Manual N: Commercial heat gain and loss analysis -- Manual D: Residential duct design -- Manual Q: Commercial low-pressure duct design -- Energy calculations and value -- Summary -- 7: Understanding Pricing And Geothermal Systems -- Factors that affect the price of geothermal HVAC -- Efficiency rating -- Quality -- System sizes -- Topography -- Load sharing -- Sales volume and competition -- Optional upgrades -- Heat recovery for domestic hot water -- Domestic hot water geothermal heat pumps -- Exchanger materials -- Compressor stages -- Hot gas reheat -- Intermediate exchangers -- Direct digital controls (DDC) -- Summary -- 8: Incentives, Tax Credits, Rebates -- U S federal tax credits -- Commercial tax credits and incentives -- Feingold-Ensign Support Renewable Energy Act -- Home star (cash for caulkers) -- Rural Energy Saving Program Act -- State and local incentives -- PACE funding -- Summary -- 9: Understanding Geothermal Project Proposals -- Typical geothermal HVAC proposals -- Poor proposals -- Good proposals -- Summary -- 10: How To Calculate Your Payback -- Determining ROI on residential systems -- ROI on geothermal pool heat pumps -- Calculating payback periods for commercial geothermal systems -- Net present value -- 30 cents a KWh: the big impact of higher electric rates -- Summary -- 11: Verifying Your Systems -- Actual SEER and EER results -- Factors that can affect efficiency -- Regional climate issues -- How to calculate your own EER -- Data points -- Minimum efficiency standards -- Summary -- 12: Life Cycles And Longevity -- Benefits of indoor equipment -- How to determine when upgrades pay off -- Summary -- 13: Common Problems And Horror Stories -- Word on water conservation -- Common issues -- Underground hazards -- Pressurized pockets -- Broken or damaged loops -- Design and installation fails -- Choosing the wrong loop type -- Unfinished jobs -- Pushy contracts -- Miscommunication, faulty equipment, inexperience-oh my! …”

Food city / CJ Lim. by Lim, C. J.

Popular economics : what the Rolling Stones, Downton Abbey, and LeBron James can teach you about economics / John Tamny ; foreword by Steve Forbes. by Tamny, John

Table of Contents: “…Taxes. Taxes are nothing more than a price placed on work ; When we tax companied, we rob them of their future ; Government spending did not create the Internet, and has never created a job ; It's the spending, stupid : budget deficits really don't matter ; Capital gains are the elusive jackpot that drive innovation ; The best way to spread the wealth around is to abolish the estate tax ; Wealth inequality is beautiful ; Savers are an economy's most valuable benefactors ; Job creation requires perpetual job destruction ; Bulldoze the Y.S. …”

Liquid assets : a history of New York City's water system / Diane Galusha. by Galusha, Diane

Table of Contents: “…Building reputations, too -- Cannonsville. When the rains didn't come -- Assessng the damage. Tax disputes -- Tunnel vision -- To the future- -- Conclusion : pride and sorrow.…”

A hacker's mind : how the powerful bend society's rules, and how to bend them back / Bruce Schneier. by Schneier, Bruce, 1963-

Overcomplicated : technology at the limits of comprehension / Samuel Arbesman. by Arbesman, Samuel

Credit scoring and its applications / Lyn Thomas, Jonathan Crook, David Edelman. by Thomas, L. C., Crook, Jonathan N., Edelman, David B.

Business adventures : twelve classic tales from the world of Wall Street / John Brooks. by Brooks, John, 1920-1993

Systematic : how systems biology is transforming modern medicine / James R. Valcourt. by Valcourt, James R.

Table of Contents: “…The basics -- Seeing the systems in biology: technological advances are letting scientists understand living things in a new way -- Déjà vu all over again: the common patterns and principles of natural systems -- America's next top mathematical model: understanding complex systems sometimes requires math -- Ignoring the devil in the details: robustness, prediction, noise, and the general properties of systems -- Part II. …”

The road taken : the history and future of America's infrastructure / Henry Petroski. by Petroski, Henry

Table of Contents: “…Lay in Leaves : triage, budgets, and choice, again -- 16. Trodden Black : corruption, graft, waste, fraud, abuse -- 17. …”
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A book of luminous things : an international anthology of poetry / edited, and with an introduction by Czeslaw Milosz.

Table of Contents: “…The south / Wang Chien -- Travelling northward / Tu Fu -- After collecting the autumn taxes [and] Rain / Po Chü-I -- Another Spring / Tu Fu -- Exile in Japan / Su Man Shu -- In the Lake District [and] Odysseus to Telemachus / Joseph Brodsky.…”
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Limitarianism : the case against extreme wealth / Ingrid Robeyns. by Robeyns, Ingrid

The sky's the limit : applying radical architecture / [ed. by Robert Klanten and others].

Table of Contents: “…Architects: New Airport Building -- Estudio Barozzi Veiga//Fabrizio Barozzi, Alberto Veiga: Headquarters of the Regulatory Board of the Denomination of Origin Ribera del Duero -- Giancarlo Mazzanti: Spain Library -- Foster + Partners: Spaceport America…”