In a hole under the floorboards Silas Marner the linen-weaver keeps his gold. Every day he works hard at his weaving, and every night he takes the gold out and holds the bright coins lovingly, feel…
When Black Beauty is trained to carry a rider on his back, or to pull a carriage behind him, he finds it hard at first. But he is lucky - his first home is a good one, where his owners are kind peo…
I. Introduction II. Climate Change and Thermal Energy Storage III. Energy Efficient Design and Economics of TES IV. Underground Thermal Energy Storage V. Phase Change Materials VI. Thermochemi…
1. Global warming and climate change 2. Solar power and sustainable energy technologies and their impact on global economy 3. Overview of solar power system technology 4. Solar power system econ…
1 Principal Laws and Methods in Electrical Machine Design 2 Windings of Electrical Machines 3 Design of Magnetic Circuits 4 Inductances 5 Resistances 6 Design Process of Rotating Electrical Ma…
What does the name ‘Agatha Christie’ mean? To many people, it means a book about a murder mystery – a ‘whodunnit’. ‘I’m reading an Agatha Christie,’ people say. 'I'm not sure who th…
Allegra is an unusual name. It means ‘happy’ in Italian, but the little girl in this story is sometimes very sad. She is only five years old, but she tells Adrian, her new friend, that she is g…
'There's going to be a storm,' Father told Fritz. 'Find your brothers and bring them to our room.' A Swiss family is going to Australia when their ship sinks in a storm. After that, Mother, Father…
It's Gromit the dog's birthday, and his friend Wallace gives him an unusual present a pair of techno-trousers. At first Wallace uses the trousers to take Gromit for walks, but when the penguin com…
A man from the British royal family leaves an expensive gold and emerald crown at Holder and Stevenson's - one of the best banks in London. When someone tries to take the crown from Mr Holder's des…