User:Mbrickn/Book ideas

This is my current list of book ideas and potential structures. I leave them here to incubate structures and to mull over how to best write about them before I start in earnest.

Feel free to plunge forward and make a WikiBook about any of these!

Understanding Infrastructure
A laymans guide
 * Water
 * Bridges
 * Weirs
 * Fords
 * Water Treatment
 * Sewage Treatment
 * Desalination
 * Transportation Infrastructure
 * Highways
 * Bike Paths
 * Pedestrian Paths
 * Sidewalks
 * Communication Infrastructure
 * Wired
 * Wireless
 * Power Infrastructure
 * Emergency Infrastructure
 * Sirens
 * Fire Hydrants

American Environmental History

 * Significant Legislation
 * Accidents & Incidents
 * Centralia
 * Three Mile Island
 * Davis Bessie near accident
 * Deepwater Horizon

Home Improvement
This book is concerned with improvements you can make around the house to improve your quality of life.

By room


 * Living Room
 * Layout
 * Seating
 * Couches


 * Kitchen
 * Layout
 * The Kitchen Sink
 * Appliances
 * Oven types
 * Water Management and Purification


 * Bedroom
 * Bed
 * Mattress
 * Pillow


 * Office or Study
 * Desks
 * Chairs
 * Bookshelves


 * Garage
 * Electric Car charging
 * Workshop
 * Pegboard
 * Counter
 * Parts Drawers


 * Outside
 * Porch
 * Patio
 * Fire pit
 * Grass and Vegetation

By technique


 * Heating and Lighting
 * Insulation
 * Heat
 * Air conditioning
 * Lightbulbs


 * Smart Home Improvements
 * Automation
 * Domestic Robots
 * Home Networking
 * Router
 * PiHole
 * Outlet improvements


 * Home security
 * More secure locks
 * Drop box
 * Security cameras

History of Anime & Manga

 * Influences
 * First Anime
 * Impact of seminal anime like Astro Boy, Lupin III, Gundam 07, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Etc.
 * Conventions
 * Comiket
 * Otakon
 * Export to western audiences
 * Social Impact
 * Hikikomori
 * Chūnibyō

Robot History

 * Concept
 * Clockwork
 * Industrial Automation
 * Consumer Automaton
 * Industrial Robots
 * Logistics Robots
 * Consumer Robots

Automotive History

 * Quadricycles
 * Early EVs
 * Model T
 * 50's cars
 * Kei Cars and Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation
 * DMC
 * 1990's & EV revival
 * Hybrids, hydrogen, and EV revival

UAV Operation

 * Basics and principles of operation
 * Common regulations and common sense

Interactive Fiction Writing

 * Branching
 * Meaningful Choices

Introduction to cells of the Human Body

 * Red Blood Cells
 * While Blood Cells

The Designs of Castles

 * Early Fortifications
 * European Castle Design
 * Indian Fort Design (Castles in India are more commonly referred to as forts)
 * Japanese Castle Design
 * Post Medieval Castles

Tanks over time

 * Russian and Soviet Tanks
 * British Tanks
 * American Tanks
 * French Tanks
 * Japanese Tanks
 * New Zealand Tanks - The Bob Semple

Social Aspects of Free Culture Communities
A guide discussing the social aspects of free software and open source communities.

Data and Cultural

 * Wikimedia Projects
 * OpenStreetMap

Software

 * Linux Kernel
 * TempleOS
 * Godot
 * Ren'Py

Other

 * Makerspace development Maker Space Noun Project constructive.svg
 * Design thinking Noun brainstorming 1325497.svg
 * Library development
 * Hackathon guide
 * Computers for the rest of us - How to use your computer in daily life without being a geek.
 * How to Map a Planet Community Mapping icon - Noun Project 8677.svg
 * Pinewood Derby
 * Architectural Movements
 * Legacy Technology (How to use old busses, standards on contemporary systems)
 * The Analects Analyzed. (Import from Wikisource and add annotations.)
 * The Toledo War
 * Guide to Public Domain Films
 * The General