Technology:

The One-Straw Revolution
An Introduction to Natural Farming
Written by Masanobu Fukuoka
Preface by Wendell Berry
Afterword by Masanobu Fukuoka
Translated by Larry Korn
Introduction by Frances Moore Lappe

Format: Trade Paperback, 200 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $15.95

Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man... Read more >

Technopoly
The Surrender of Culture to Technology
Written by Neil Postman

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 31, 1993
Price: $14.00

In this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, the author of Amusing Ourselves to Death chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it--with radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art, education, intelligence, and... Read more >

The Pixar Touch

Written by David A. Price

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $16.00

The Pixar Touch is a lively chronicle of Pixar Animation Studios' history and evolution, and the “fraternity of geeks” who shaped it. With the help of animating genius John Lasseter and visionary businessman Steve Jobs, Pixar has become the gold standard of animated filmmaking, beginning with a short special effects shot... Read more >

The Complete Modern Blacksmith

Written by Alexander Weygers

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2004
Price: $19.95

A truly unusual and unique resource, this extremely hands-on book brings together three popular but long-out-of-print classics (THE MODERN BLACKSMITH; THE RECYCLING, USE, AND REPAIR OF TOOLS; and THE MAKING OF TOOLS) essential for anyone interested in the making, repair, maintenance, or arcana of tools. An essential volume in any serious... Read more >

The Hunt for Zero Point
Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology
Written by Nick Cook

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2003
Price: $14.95

This riveting work of investigative reporting and history exposes classified government projects to build gravity-defying aircraft--which have an uncanny resemblance to flying saucers.

The atomic bomb was not the only project to occupy government scientists in the 1940s. Antigravity technology, originally spearheaded by scientists in Nazi Germany, was another high priority, one... Read more >

The Resume Catalogue
200 Damn Good Examples
Written by Yana Parker

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2004
Price: $19.95

With over 180,000 copies in print, this is the resume resource for job seekers by Yana Parker, widely known and loved author of the best selling DAMN GOOD RESUME GUIDE (over 500,000 copies in print). Sample resumes-ready to be adapted and/or used for inspiration-cover all levels of experience and an extraordinarily... Read more >

The Technological Society

Written by Jacques Ellul

Format: Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: October 12, 1967
Price: $13.95

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To Engineer Is Human
The Role of Failure in Successful Design
Written by Henry Petroski

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 31, 1992
Price: $14.95

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The God Machine
From Boomerangs to Black Hawks: The Story of the Helicopter
Written by James R. Chiles

Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $14.00


From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues worldwide, and providing some of our most-watched TV moments—including the cloud of newscopters that trailed O. J. Simpson’s Bronco—the helicopter is far more capable than early inventors expected. Now James Chiles profiles the many helicoptrians who... Read more >

The Colouring, Bronzing and Patination of Metals

Written by Richard Hughes and Michael Rowe

Format: Hardcover, 372 pages
On Sale: February 1, 1991
Price: $85.00

The techniques of metal colouring, bronzing and patination are assuming a new importance in contemporary fine metalwork and design. Richard Hughes and Michael Rowe have assembled and tested the recipes included in this book, which is the most comprehensive work on the subject currently available, an essential reference and sourcebook for... Read more >