Building With Bamboo

The applications of bamboo in architecture have become significantly wider and diversified, so that today, even structures with large spans – such as bridges – are built with this renewable material.

This revised handbook brings together the practical experiences of engineers in the field and of research programs testing bamboo. The author shows how bamboo can be harvested, seasoned and jointed to

Rodmaker George Maurer has built some of the finest and most innovative bamboo rods seen in a generation. He has imparted this knowledge to his student, Bernard Elser, who explains this exacting craft

The finale to the thrilling new series by bestselling Warriors author, Erin Hunter, which follows three panda cubs, separated at birth, who must join together to complete a prophecy and save their world.The three Dragon Speakers have one last chance to reunite the Great Dragon and bring peace to Bamboo Kingdom—but they face insurmountable odds.After being betrayed by someone they called friend, Rain and Ghost know that the monkeys have more plans in store—especially now that Brawnshanks holds a Dragon Speaker stone. They must infiltrate the monkeys' den and return the stone to its rightful owner before Brawnshanks uses it for his dark goals.Meanwhile, Leaf is far away from her panda siblings and convinced she is no longer fit to be a Dragon Speaker, though her dreams are full of dire warnings from the Great Dragon. She must find the strength to become a Dragon Speaker again and reunite with her family to stop Brawnshanks...before it's too late.Yet an even greater enemy waits in the sha