SAM: One Robot, a Dozen Engineers, and the Race to Revolutionize the Way We Build

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Date: 12 Jan 2020 07:02:52

A true story of innovation, centered on a scrappy team of engineers—far from the Silicon Valley limelight—and their quest to achieve a surprisingly difficult technological feat: building a robot that can lay bricks.

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Anzac and Aviator: The remarkable story of Sir Ross Smith and the 1919 England to Australia air race

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Date: 23 Dec 2019 04:08:04

He was courageous. He was ambitious. He was skilled. He was visionary. He could be ruthless. He was someone born of a new nation. But he was of a time now long past. And yet in the language of a later generation it could be said he had the "right stuff" . . . Michael Molkentin captures [Ross Smith] brilliantly.' - Andy Thomas, NASA Astronaut (Retired)

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Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: The story of a sporting icon

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Date: 5 Dec 2019 05:46:38

The Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is the story of one of the world's greatest sporting challenges.

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Learning from the Germans: Confronting Race and the Memory of Evil

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Date: 4 Dec 2019 05:29:44

As the western world struggles with its legacies of racism and colonialism, what can we learn from the past in order to move forward?

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The Dizzy and Daffy Dean Barnstorming Tour: Race, Media, and America's National Pastime

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Date: 21 Nov 2019 05:16:03

This book follows Dizzy and Daffy Dean's All-Stars as they barnstormed across the country in 1934, taking the field against the greatest teams in the Negro Leagues. It shows the glory of the games as well as the disingenuous journalistic tactics that proliferated during the tour with an introspective look at its impact on race relations.

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