Enhanced Oil Recovery Field Case Studies bridges the gap between theory and practice in a range of real-world EOR settings. Areas covered include steam and polymer flooding, use of foam, in situ combustion, microorganisms, "smart water"-based EOR in carbonates and sandstones, and many more. Oil indu[...]

Provides engineers and operators with an easy to understand working manual to the developments in heat exchanger technology and in the diagnosis and correction of operating problems. This title provides the reader with sufficient information to make better logical choices in designing and operating [...]

Covering topics such as space weather, earthquakes, the effect on power grids, and the effect on GPS and communication devices, this book on the physics of terrestrial electric fields, their generation mechanisms, propagation and dynamics is suitable for those conducting research in upper atmospheri[...]

The Wireshark Field Guide provides hackers, pen testers, and network administrators with practical guidance on capturing and interactively browsing computer network traffic. Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer, with a rich feature set that includes deep inspection of hundreds[...]

Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 are designed to be the best performing operating systems to date, but even the best systems can be overwhelmed with load and/or plagued with poorly performing code. Windows Performance Analysis Field Guide gives you a practical field guide approach to[...]

The oil and gas engineer on the job requires knowing all the available oil field chemicals and fluid applications that are applicable to the operation. Updated with the newest technology and available products, Petroleum Engineer's Guide to Oil Field Chemicals and Fluids, Second Edition, delivers al[...]

Thousands of organizations are adopting Scrum to transform the way they execute complex projects, in software and beyond. This guidewill give you skills and confidence to deploy Scrum more rapidly, more successfully, and with far less pain and fear. Drawing on unsurpassed firsthand experience helpin[...]

These poetic and highly personal pieces describe Edward Thomas' wanderings through the English countryside, taking in meadows, farms, inns, maypoles, churches and wildlife. Whether exploring the Kent weald or the heart of England, describing a crisp winter morning or a heady August day, evoking the [...]

Playing shortstop is a way of life for Hutch?not only is his hero, Derek Jeter, a shortstop, but so was his father, a former local legend turned pro. Which is why having to play second base feels like demotion to second team. Yet that's where Hutch ends up after Darryl ?D-Will? Williams, the best sh[...]

A "New York Times "bestseller, Winner of the Crime Writers' Association's International Dagger and longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
Witty and entertaining, the Montalbano novels by Andrea Camilleri-a master of the Italian detective story-have become favorites of mystery fans every[...]

"Not since Michael Pollan has such a powerful storyteller emerged to reform American food." --"The Washington Post"
Today's optimistic farm-to-table food culture has a dark secret: the local food movement has failed to change how we eat. It has also offered a false promise for the future of food[...]

Can you grow a bonsai kitten? Should you stock up on dehydrated water? Is it easy to order human-flavored tofu? Or is this all just B.S.?
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