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TRIZ for Engineers: Enabling Inventive Problem Solving

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TRIZ is a brilliant toolkit for nurturing engineering creativity and innovation. This accessible, colourful and practical guide has been developed from problem-solving workshops run by Oxford Creativity, one of the world's top TRIZ training organizations started by Gadd in 1998. Gadd has successfully introduced TRIZ to many major organisations such as Airbus, Sellafield Sites, Saint-Gobain, DCA, Doosan Babcock, Kraft, Qinetiq, Trelleborg, Rolls Royce and BAE Systems, working on diverse major projects including next generation submarines, chocolate packaging, nuclear clean-up, sustainability and cost reduction. Engineering companies are increasingly recognising and acting upon the need to encourage successful, practical and systematic innovation at every stage of the engineering process including product development and design. TRIZ enables greater clarity of thought and taps into the creativity innate in all of us, transforming random, ineffective brainstorming into targeted, audited, creative sessions focussed on the problem at hand and unlocking the engineers' knowledge and genius to identify all the relevant solutions. For good design engineers and technical directors across all industries, as well as students of engineering, entrepreneurship and innovation, TRIZ for Engineers will help unlock and realise the potential of TRIZ. The individual tools are straightforward, the problem-solving process is systematic and repeatable, and the results will speak for themselves. This highly innovative book:  Satisfies the need for concise, clearly presented information together with practical advice on TRIZ and problem solving algorithms Employs explanatory techniques, processes and examples that have been used to train thousands of engineers to use TRIZ successfully Contains real, relevant and recent case studies from major blue chip companies Is illustrated throughout with specially commissioned full-colour cartoons that illustrate the various concepts and techniques and bring the theory to life Turns good engineers into great engineers.

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Classical and Advanced Theories for Modeling and Analysis

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Smart structures that contain embedded piezoelectric patches are loaded by both mechanical and electrical fields. Traditional plate and shell theories were developed to analyze structures subject to mechanical loads. However, these often fail when tasked with the evaluation of both electrical and mechanical fields and loads. In recent years more advanced models have been developed that overcome these limitations.  Plates and Shells for Smart Structures offers a complete guide and reference to smart structures under both mechanical and electrical loads, starting with the basic principles and working right up to the most advanced models. It provides an overview of classical plate and shell theories for piezoelectric elasticity and demonstrates their limitations in static and dynamic analysis with a number of example problems. This book also provides both analytical and finite element solutions, thus enabling the reader to compare strong and weak solutions to the problems. Key features:  compares a large variety of classical and modern approaches to plates and shells, such as Kirchhoff-Love , Reissner-Mindlin assumptions   and higher order, layer-wise and mixed theories introduces theories able to consider electromechanical couplings as well as those that provide appropriate interface continuity conditions for both electrical and mechanical variables considers both static and dynamic analysis accompanied by a companion website hosting dedicated software MUL2 that is used to obtain the numerical solutions in the book, allowing the reader to reproduce the examples given as well as solve problems of their own  The models currently used have a wide range of applications in civil, automotive, marine and aerospace engineering. Researchers of smart structures, and structural analysts in industry, will find all they need to know in this concise reference. Graduate and postgraduate students of mechanical, civil and aerospace engineering can also use this book in their studies. www.mul2.com

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Erasmo Carrera, Salvatore Brischetto, Pietro Nali

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Based on the Life Story of Charlene Perlmutter Schiff

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Escaping the Horochow ghetto was just the beginning for twelveyearold Musia Perlmutter. Alone, starving, freezing at times, and running and hiding for her life, Musia sought refuge in the forest for two years while Holocaust death camps loomed nearby. Child of the Forest is based on the true story and tribulations of Shulamit Musia Perlmutter, born in 1929 to Simcha and Fruma Perlmutter, and stands as a memorial to her extraordinary courage.

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Lunette has never failed a contract. As one of the most sought-after vampire assassins in Ichorna, she knows what she's doing when she accepts a contract to take out the minotaur king of Delkos. It's not her job to ask questions, but when faced with her target, she wonders if she should be asking anyway.

Basilious tries to be a good king to his people, but his advisors have been pressuring him to secure an heir for the kingdom. He always hoped to find real love and partnership, but the reality of an arranged marriage or single parenthood looms. As the day he must announce his decision approaches, the last thing he expects is to imprint on a would-be assassin.

This spicy novelette is full of swoony romance and a touch of court intrigue.

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Mav is the Captain of the Guard of Zhava City; a petty jewel thief should not be causing her this much trouble. A string of robberies of Sartya's nobility has put her career at risk. As a Manticore, Mav has had to work hard to fit in with her human peers in the guard, and she refuses to risk all she has worked for by letting this string of thefts continue. Her thief is tricky though, and impossible to pin down...until one day a clue appears at the scene of the crime.

Colette returned to Zhava City three years ago to take care of her grandmother. After struggling to find employment, she decides to put her skills to use to redistribute the wealth of Sartya's nobility. It turns out she's a rather excellent jewel thief, but the savvy Captain of the Guard is on her tail now. Colette finds that she rather enjoys the Captain's attention.

In this spicy novelette, follow Mav and Colette as they navigate their enemies-to-lovers whirlwind romance. A full list of what to expect is included at the back of the book.

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What if selling your soul was not a metaphor but a legally binding contract?

Inside a historic Southern theater turned bar, a sharp-tongued lawyer launches a gimmick to bring in customers. A free beer in exchange for your soul. Finger pricks. Blood signatures. A joke meant for laughs-until the dead actually show up to collect.

Soon, ghosts roam the theater, becoming crime-stoppers, protecting the property, solving their own murders, and exposing corruption that reaches far beyond the grave. What begins as a supernatural comedy quickly becomes a darkly satirical exploration of power, consequence, and bureaucracy that does not end with death.

Set against a Southern Gothic backdrop of music, poker games, haunted Americana, and ancient folklore, The Trained Ghost Gimmick blends supernatural fiction, dark fantasy, and irreverent humor into a genre-bending story unlike anything else on the shelf. Ghosts are not just haunting the place. They are running it.

But not everyone is amused. An ancient Choctaw boogieman, bound to the land and furious over stolen souls, begins to collect his debt. The joke is over. The stakes are real. Every deal comes with fine print no one bothered to read.

This is not a gentle ghost story.

It is not clean fantasy.

It is not written to play it safe.

The Trained Ghost Gimmick is a bold, darkly comic supernatural novel for readers who enjoy paranormal fiction for adults, dark humor, supernatural satire, Southern Gothic atmosphere, and stories that are strange, sharp, and unapologetically original.

If you enjoy supernatural fiction novels, dark fantasy rooted in folklore, paranormal stories with humor, and cult-style books that challenge convention, this story will stay with you long after the last page.

Read it. Just read the fine print first.

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Nick was nervous, he was a coward. Scared of being told no by Sarah, but he went for it., asking her if he could go for a few nights to drink some beer and celebrate his friend getting engaged. Ony problem was, it was a few nights away at the biggest adult playground in the world-Las Vegas.

What could go wrong?

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Chloe travels to England for what should be her first meeting with the extended family, but nothing goes quite as planned. Amid the unexpected twists, Melissa steps in to teach a stranger a lesson in manners, turning a chaotic visit into a memorable adventure.

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The Hollywood Misadventures of a Small-Town Girl

Tales of ambition, delusion, drugs, sex, and misogyny... including selling T-shirts on the Girls Gone Wild bus

GIRL GONE WILD is a collection of exploits and delusions about chasing your dreams with reckless abandon and what happens when their pursuit becomes a new kind of trap. In this memoir-in-essays, Kocak takes readers along on her heady metamorphosis from girl to woman and from dreamer to professional artist, as she is transformed in this unwitting feminist coming-of-age. It's a wild, cringeworthy, and often heartbreaking tale, but with Kocak's wry wit and clear-eyed accounting, it's nothing short of captivating.

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Unsung Heroes of the Orchestra According to a Hollywood Session Violinist and Other Musical Offerings

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Step backstage into the hidden world of the orchestra with PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS, a captivating collection of essays by Hollywood session violinist Constance Meyer. With wit, warmth, and the keen eye of an insider, Meyer shines a spotlight on the unsung heroes of classical and studio music-the tuba players, percussionists, violists, and countless others whose artistry forms the backbone of every performance, yet whose stories are rarely told.

From the thunderous depths of the double bass to the shimmering elegance of the harp, Meyer's vivid portraits reveal the quirks, challenges, and quiet triumphs of musicians who thrive in the shadows. Discover the secret lives of film score artists, the relentless dedication of piano technicians, and the transformative power of music education through the eyes of those who live it every day.

Whether you're a lifelong music lover or a curious newcomer, PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS invites you to experience the orchestra as never before-a vibrant, collaborative tapestry woven from countless unseen threads. Prepare to be moved, amused, and inspired by the extraordinary people who make the music that moves us all.

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India is the largest user of the ground water in the world. The earliest stepwell found in India belongs to the Harappan civilisation. India has the largest number of the stepwells in the world. Construction of existing stepwells, in various parts of India, commenced from 7th century and went up to just before independence in 1947. Indians treated them like water temples-jal mandir-which served to fulfil the purpose of irrigation and domestic uses of the public at large, apart from being used for traders, armies and personal enjoyment. Stepwells lost their importance due to the advent of electrical pumps, tube wells and piped water supply. They were neglected and ultimately became waste dumping ground for public. However, with the grave water scarcity staring the human kind, the existing stepwells have regained their importance as the possible source of water. Rajasthan is said to be having the largest number of stepwells in India. But they have neither been surveyed and documented nor maintained and cared for. There is hardly any book, more so in English, containing their geographical location and present condition. The present book by Dr. Yatindra Pal Singh describes around 230 stepwells in detail. The book contains their geographical locations, present condition, historical details of construction, and architecture with coloured photographs. According to the available information, there is no other book, either in Hindi or English, containing so much details of so many stepwells. Many of these stepwells have immense potential to become great tourist attractions. This book is of great importance to the tourists, cultural and heritage enthusiasts and the government authorities responsible for the maintenance of these water structures.

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Joseph and Tercia never imagined that curiosity would lead them deep into the wild, untamed heart of the Amazon rainforest. What began as a daring adventure quickly turned into a fight for survival-where every day brought new mysteries, dangers, and discoveries. From crafting their first makeshift tools to building farms on fertile soil, they carved out a life in the jungle. Along the way, they forged an unbreakable bond with Josia, a fearless jaguar, and Toseph, a strange hybrid creature of cat and dog who became their loyal partner. But the Amazon had more in store than survival. Hidden time capsules, ancient fossils, buried bunkers, and the wreckage of a long lost plane revealed pieces of history that tled their journey to Eduardo, a man whose secrets and treasures tested their loyalty and greed. Through storms, wolf attacks, haunting caves, and the discovery of priceless riches, Joseph and Tercia faced the hardest questions of all: What is survival worth? What is family worth? And how much should one risk for treasure? Their final escape brought them bread, warmth, and recognition in the city-simple comforts they had once taken for granted. But even as reporters celebrated them as heroes, Joseph and Tercia knew the Amazon still held secrets, and their story was far from over.

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The Edible Bounty of Nature stands as a tribute to the many sources of wisdom that have shaped its purpose and substance. Foremost among these are the oral traditions of elders, who have preserved their intimate knowledge of the land through stories, chants, and lived practices. Their words embody not only an understanding of plants and seasons but also enduring values-restraint in consumption, reverence for nature, and gratitude for its gifts.

Equally influential are the shared experiences of village life-the collective knowledge embedded in gathering wild herbs, tending home gardens, and distributing seasonal harvests in the spirit of kinship. These humble yet profound acts have yielded insights far richer than written records alone could offer.

The book also draws upon contemporary research and digital resources, enabling a dialogue between inherited wisdom and scientific inquiry. This synthesis reveals how ancestral practices often align closely with modern ecological principles. Field observations-made along forest paths and wayside fields where villagers continue to cultivate, gather, and conserve edible plants-have further deepened the author's appreciation of the resilience and ingenuity inherent in living traditions.

The work is enriched by the encouragement of friends, colleagues, and well-wishers whose goodwill and collaborative spirit sustained the journey. Their support formed the quiet foundation beneath this endeavor, reminding the author that the preservation of knowledge is a shared responsibility.

At its heart, this book aspires to serve both as a repository of knowledge and as a call to remembrance. Forests are not merely resources to be extracted; they are living sanctuaries that sustain ecological balance. The foraging of leaves, roots, and fruits is not only a means of survival but a cultural inheritance-an expression of wisdom, resilience, and reverence for the Earth.

To preserve these traditions is to safeguard more than food security; it is to protect the ethical and spiritual values that bind communities to the land. In honoring this heritage, the book invites future generations to rediscover the nourishment of both body and spirit found within nature's enduring abundanc.

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Kuhu's Kindness Quest is a gentle and joyful book about kindness, care, and understanding. Follow Kuhu, a curious and loving little girl, as she learns how small acts of kindness can make a big difference. From helping an injured bird, to bringing happiness to a lonely painter, and guiding a lost star back to the sky, each story shows how love and empathy can brighten even the saddest moments. Written in simple, lyrical language, this book helps children understand feelings of their own heart and others'. Perfect for bedtime reading, classroom sharing, or quiet moments together, Kuhu's Kindness Quest teaches young readers that kindness is a special superpower that makes the world a happier place.

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"The Unchanging Framework: Leadership Principles for Every Era" is a practical handbook for leaders navigating constant technological change. Drawing on real-world case studies from companies like Amazon, Boeing, Netflix, Toyota, and Google, this book reveals the timeless frameworks that separate successful leaders from those who fail.Author Bala Pulem distills nearly two decades of experience in data engineering, analytics, and enterprise leadership into 30+ actionable frameworks covering decision-making, execution, communication, crisis management, and team leadership. From SWOT analysis and OKRs to Radical Candor and psychological safety, each framework is illustrated with compelling stories of triumph and failure.

Technology changes every decade. Business models evolve. Markets shift. But the fundamental challenges of leadership-making decisions under uncertainty, prioritizing ruthlessly, executing with accountability, building trust-remain unchanged. This book teaches you to master the frameworks that work across any era, industry, or challenge.

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Decoding the Ultimate Code is a journey across time, divinity, and human consciousness. It bridges the realms of science and spirituality, blending ancient Indian wisdom with modern reflections on existence.

Through eighteen thoughtfully structured chapters, the book takes readers from the Human Timeline of kings and civilisations to the Cosmic Timeline of Brahma's creation, exploring avatars, scriptures, dharma, karma, rituals, and evolution as interconnected parts of one eternal rhythm.

It doesn't just tell myths, it translates them into meaning, inviting readers to see that every story in the Vedas, Puranas, and Upanishads

mirrors our own spiritual growth. In essence, the book asks: What if the universe isn't moving through time but we are? What if gods are not

distant beings but symbols of our inner evolution?

Decoding the Ultimate Code inspires readers to look within, to rediscover the timeless dialogue between science and soul. It is not a religious text; it's a philosophical awakening written with warmth, humility, and wonder.

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Inspired by early 2000s lyricists like Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell, this mosaic of poetry, photos, art, and more addresses mental health issues and embracing queerness in Houston, TX.

At times brutal and sometimes caressing, Genrequeer: A Mini-Memoir, Remastered explores the world through the eyes of a bipolar, transgender, mixed Latinx Millennial. In this experimental work, seemingly random elements like astrological traits, hashtags, and lyrics written in broken Spanish scaffold the nostalgic, often visceral poetry woven throughout. 'Genrequeer' is a coming-of-age tale that asserts that "angst" is just another word for "the blues" as it unapologetically discusses messy romance and questions religious sentiments.

'Genrequeer' dives deep into both the light and dark aspects of life. It will resonate with neurodivergent people, the LGBTQIA+ community, Millennials, and anyone else who has ever felt like an outcast. This collection invites the reader to appreciate how far they've come in what one reviewer calls, "a brave voice that fearlessly shouts, 'This is who I AM.'"

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Every week, Calvin and Leanne Davidson change lives.

The founders of Bounty Competitions draw lots and give away prizes ranging from kettles to mini breaks, cash, cars and even houses.

In this candid and insightful look inside Bounty Competitions and their lives, Calvin and Leanne tell the inspirational story of how they began their business during the lockdown of 2020.

"We want to show you that anything is possible and that backgrounds don't matter. With the right skill set and the right attitude, it is possible to achieve success," says the couple.

Calvin and Leanne describe their beginnings, their challenges, their family life - and how they blend it all with work.

"This is our story - no holds barred. We hope you enjoy coming along for the ride."

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Alex the Great has one job, pull off the perfect magic trick.

There is just one problem.

Every time he tries, something goes very wrong.

Snakes, clowns, and even a bat... this show is not going as planned.

But maybe, just maybe, his biggest trick is still waiting inside the hat.

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Penley the Panda and the Power of Patience: Volume 3

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Penley the Panda and the Power of Patience is a gentle, inspiring children's story about learning patience. As Penley begins his martial arts journey, he struggles with wanting to improve quickly, but through guidance from his family and observing nature, he discovers that growth takes time-and that patience makes him stronger inside.