{"title":"Series: Maintenance: Of Everything","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaintenance: Of Everything\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a diverse exploration of practical and intellectual upkeep across fields such as technology, history, finance, and science. Readers will find expert guidance on sustaining complex systems, from commercial design and cybersecurity to economic strategies and environmental awareness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis series also delves into the preservation of culture, knowledge, and personal growth, inviting readers to engage with topics ranging from historical events and travel insights to self-improvement and political analysis, each providing tools for maintaining a well-rounded understanding of our world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"maintenance-of-everything-by-stewart-brand-9781953953490","title":"Maintenance: Of Everything","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first in-depth exploration of maintenance  and a powerful argument for its civilisational importance  from the author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Buildings Learn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and creator of the\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhole Earth Catalog.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaintenance is what keeps everything going. It's what keeps life going. Yet it's also easy to shirk or defer  until the thing breaks, the system falters, and everything stops. The apparent paradox is profound: Maintenance is absolutely necessary and maintenance is optional.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first in a multi-volume work, \u003ci\u003eMaintenance: Of Everything, Part One\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive overview of the civilisational importance of maintenance. The book begins with a dramatic contest of maintenance styles under life-critical conditions: the Golden Globe around-the-world solo sailboat race of 1968. It goes on to explore the insights that can be gleaned from vehicle maintenance, from the zeal of motorcycle maintainers to the maintenance philosophies that fought for dominance of the auto industry to the state of electric vehicle manufacturing today, with absorbing detours into the evolution of precision in manufacturing, the enduring importance of manuals, sustainment in the military, and the never-ending battle against corrosion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaintenance: Of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e is a wide-ranging and provocative call to expand what we mean by 'maintenance'  not just the tiresome preventative tasks but the whole grand process of keeping a thing going. It invites us to understand not only the profound impact maintenance has on our daily lives but also why taking responsibility for maintaining something  whether a motorcycle, a monument, or our very planet  can be a radical act.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47932300886252,"sku":"9781953953490","price":79.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781953953490-maintenance-of-everything.jpg?v=1783859259"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/series-maintenance-of-everything.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}