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Arya, Atam P. Introduction to Classical Mechanics. Prentice, 1990. A standard text.
Cotterell, Brian. Mechanics of Pre-Industrial Technology: An Introduction to the Mechanics of Ancient and Traditional Material Culture. Cambridge University Press, 1992. Readable historical account; comprehensive in its overview.
Dugas, Rene. A History of Mechanics. Dover, 1988. Classic history of the field.
Lunn, Mary. A First Course in Mechanics. Oxford, 1991. Introduction to well-established field.
Vogel, Steven. Cats' Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People. Norton, 1998. Introduces biomechanics, comparing human technology to nature's designs.

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