Global Biodiversity is the most comprehensive compendium of conservation information ever published. It provides the first systematic report on the status, distribution, management, and utilisation of the planet's biological wealth.

In this edition of Composite Materials, revised and updated throughout, increasing use of composites in industry (especially aerospace and energy) and new developments in the field are highlighted.

New edition of, variously, The Penguire Dictionary ..., The VNR Dict ..., and, under the Halsted imprint, this exact title in its third edition, 1980. A classic under any name. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Drawing on the combined expertise of three of the world's leading parking structure experts, this updated edition provides the only single-source guide to planning, designing, and maintaining parking structures.

This book is primarily a general text covering the whole sweep of the forest industries.

The lives of the founding members are described as well as the growing status of civil engineering. The book includes original documents and letters.

The only book containing a complete treatment on the construction of electric power lines.

This third volume in VNR's Building Construction Series provides construction professionals with details on site and below-grade systems in the form that they need it: both piecemeal and for whole building projects.