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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \* For readers intrigued by 3D video games as a hobby or a potential career, this book offers an introduction to the world of 3D game animation and provides step-by-step instructions on creating storyboards, scenery, characters, and even software\* Cover topics such as working with 3D coordinates, keyframing, NURBS modeling, lighting, rigging, skinning, particle effects, and more\* Video game sales exceeded the movie industry's box office draw last year by $1 billion.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Liquid life' is the kind of life commonly lived in our contemporary, liquid-modern society. Liquid life cannot stay on course, as liquid-modern society cannot keep its shape for long. Liquid life is a precarious life, lived under conditions of constant uncertainty. The most acute and stubborn worries that haunt this liquid life are the fears of being caught napping, of failing to catch up with fast moving events, of overlooking the 'use by' dates and being saddled with worthless possessions, of missing the moment calling for a change of tack and being left behind. Liquid life is also shot through by a contradiction: it ought to be a (possibly unending) series of new beginnings, yet precisely for that reason it is full of worries about swift and painless endings, without which new beginnings would be unthinkable. Among the arts of liquid-modern living and the skills needed to practice them, getting rid of things takes precedence over their acquisition. This and other challenges of life in a liquid-modern society are traced and unravelled in the successive chapters of this new book by one of the most brilliant and original social thinkers of our time.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Genius demystified, the Dummies way!In 1905, Albert Einstein revolutionized modern physics with his theory of relativity. He went on to become a twentieth-century icon-a man whose name and face are synonymous with 'genius.' Now, at last, ordinary readers can explore Einstein's life and work in this new For Dummies guide. Physicist Carlos Calle chronicles Einstein's career and explains his work-including the theories of special and general relativity-in language that anyone can understand. He shows how Einstein's discoveries affected everything from the development of the atom bomb to the theory of quantum mechanics. He sheds light on Einstein's personal life and beliefs, including his views on religion and politics. And he shows how Einstein's work continues to affect our world today, from nuclear power to space travel to artificial intelligence.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Battling for Competitive Advantage'[Battling for Competitive Advantage] systematically unravels and explains the complexities of modern business and warfare. This excellent book will prove helpful to business leaders as well as the academic community charged with explaining successful leadership of large organizations.'-General Barry R. McCaffrey, U.S.A. (Ret.), Professor of International Security Studies at West Point and NBC News Commentator'Colonel Ken Allard doesn't just have supreme military intelligence, his operational brilliance extends to the business world as well. Battling for Competitive Advantage teaches you that business is war and that Ken is the perfect commander-in-chief to follow into your business battles.'-Ron Insana, Coanchor, CNBC's Business Center'In war, they don't give out medals for second place. In business, as in war, you can't win without first surviving. [This book] offers the hard-won wisdom from one warrior's world to another. Read, laugh, squirm, survive, and win!'-Scott A. Snook, Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior Harvard Business School'In the post-9/11, post-Enron environment, Ken Allard's Ten Commandments of Military Leadership are directly applicable to today's business CEOs.'-Tom Petrie, Chairman and CEO, Petrie Parkman & Co.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Over 100 recipes, plus time-saving planning tips and sanity-saving suggestionsServe terrific food confidently and calmly, and wow your crowd!Panicky about cooking for a casual church dinner, a posh graduation party, or a holiday feast for 50 With terrific recipes plus tips for everything from planning menus to preparation and presentation, you can serve a hungry crowd without getting all steamed up about it. You ll quickly grasp the basics you need to know to cook like an experienced pro.Discover how toServe great dishes, from appetizers through dessertsDetermine food quantities when cooking for groupsHandle food safelyAdd ambience with easy decorations.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Both highly informative and entertaining, Multicultural Manners gives readers the understanding they need, the perfect words to say, and the correct behavior to use in a wide range of cross-cultural situations. This incisive and award-winning guide to etiquette features completely updated etiquette guidelines with special emphasis on post-September 11 culture clashes as well as a brand-new section that demystifies unfamiliar cultures in the news. Norine Dresser identifies key cross-cultural hot spots and suggests methods that foster respect for diversity. Readers will discover the dos and don'ts of successful business and social interaction, detailed tips on avoiding embarrassment in a variety of social settings, amusing firsthand accounts of cultural gaffes, a breakdown of customs, religions, languages, and ethnicities for seventy different countries, and appropriate etiquette for innumerable settings.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An accessible introduction to GENERATING RENTAL INCOME FROM REAL ESTATEGETTING STARTED IN RENTAL INCOMEJust as location is a critical component to the value of real estate, knowledge is a critical component to investing success. As with any type of new endeavor, gaining knowledge and experience is essential as you move forward toward success.If you re interested in generating rental income through an investment in real estate, but unsure of how to go about doing this, Getting Started in Rental Income will show you the way. Written in a straightforward and accessible manner, this book discusses the two major ways of entering the rental income market--the traditional purchase of rental properties or buying and selling fixer-upper properties--and reveals what you need to do once you re in. This easy-to-read guide clearly explains how to: Invest in the right properties Generate cash flow adequate to make insurance, tax, utility, and monthly mortgage payments as well as to allow for periodic vacancies Make a profit from flipping properties Take advantage of the tax benefits of real estate Implement specific strategies--beyond diversification--to mitigate real estate risk And much moreFurthermore, Getting Started in Rental Income also identifies the pitfalls and market risks of this field, as well as the personal aspects of becoming involved in rental income. If you re interested in generating income through real estate and want to learn how, this book has all the answers. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An in-depth look at strategies and techniques of five of the country's best money managersIn How the Top Money Managers Profit, Scott Kays taps into the investment knowledge of five of the nation's foremost money managers-Bill Nygren, Andy Stephens, Christopher Davis, Bill Fries, and John Calamos. Through extensive interviews with these investment experts, Kays found five principles that are common to all of them. This book discusses each of these five principles in detail-and gives readers specific tools to implement what they've learned by developing a step-by-step process that incorporates all five principles. Kays even teaches readers how to screen for companies that meet the criteria for quality businesses and then analyze three of the qualifying firms to determine if they sell above or below their fair market value. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this updated, second edition of the highly acclaimed international best seller, The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures, Richard Duncan describes the flaws in the international monetary system that have destabilized the global economy and that may soon culminate in a deflation-induced worldwide economic slump.The Dollar Crisis is divided into five parts:Part One describes how the US trade deficits, which now exceed US$1 million a minute, have destabilized the global economy by creating a worldwide credit bubble.Part Two explains why these giant deficits cannot persist and why a US recession and a collapse in the value of the Dollar are unavoidable.Part Three analyzes the extraordinarily harmful impact that the US recession and the collapse of the Dollar will have on the rest of the world.Part Four offers original recommendations that, if implemented, would help mitigate the damage of the coming worldwide downturn and put in place the foundations for balanced and sustainable economic growth in the decades ahead.Part Five, which has been newly added to the second edition, describes the extraordinary evolution of this crisis since the first edition was completed in September 2002. It also considers how the Dollar Crisis is likely to unfold over the years immediately ahead, the likely policy response to the crisis, and why that response cannot succeed.The Dollar Standard is inherently flawed and increasingly unstable. Its collapse will be the most important economic event of the 21st Century.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for The Art of Constructive Confrontation'There s no magic formula for building a successful enterprise,large or small. If you re in the business of making a profit,you re in the business of building people. First you build yourpeople. After that, your people produce the profit. The Art ofConstructive Confrontation is an easy-to-follow, systematic processthat makes sure you don t get those things backwards. Constructiveconfrontation is the closest thing you ll ever find to hold peopleaccountable for what they do, while at the same time reducing theconflicts that get in the way of productivity and, ultimately,profits.'--Spencer Hays, founder, The Tom James Company Executive Chairman,Southwestern/Great American, Inc.'The Art of Constructive Confrontation is a clear and concise roadmap to making the all-important conversations between team leadersand team members happen. More than that, the constructiveconfrontation process keeps those conversations happening, keepsthem consistent and constructive, keeps everybody accountable, andunleashes the leadership potential in everyone.'--Angelo Valenti, PhD, leader of The Company Psychologist andcoauthor, Unleashing Leadership'Embracing constructive confrontation builds a strong, effectiveleader with a strong, effective team. This book covers thestep-by-step process to make you that kind of leader.'--Danny Cox, coauthor, Leadership When the Heat s On.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The key to your child s educational success is in your hands'Knowledge Essentials is a remarkable series that will benefitchildren of all abilities and learning styles. . . I highlyrecommend it for all parents who want to make a difference in theirchildren s education.'--Michael Gurian, author of Boys and Girls Learn Differently andThe Wonder of Boys'Finally, a book about teaching young children by somebody whoknows her stuff!'--LouAnne Johnson, author of Dangerous Minds and The Queen ofEducationPart of the new Knowledge Essentials series, First Grade Successshows you how to enrich your child s classroom learning and take anactive role in your first grader s education by exploring: What your first grader is learning at school and the educationalstandards to expect in math, language arts, science, and socialstudies Your child s learning style--visual, auditory, orkinesthetic--and how it affects the way your child learns andprocesses information Hundreds of easy-to-do activities designed to help your childmeet specific learning requirements Environmental learning sections that identify learningopportunities in the everyday world Methods and checklists to assess your child s academicprogress Information on how teachers evaluate performance--portfolios,rubrics, test scores, and other tools of the trade Recommendations of age-appropriate books and software that willenhance learningGive your child the gift of your time--and help him or her get themost out of school with First Grade Success.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The conditions that shaped the rise and expansion of American social science are rapidly changing, and with them, the terms of its relationship with power and policy. As globalization has diminished the role of the state as the locus of public policy in favor of NGOs, multinational corporations and other private entities, it has raised important questions about the future of the social sciences and their universalist pretensions.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - It is now possible to enter a chemistry degree course at many UK universities without any formal maths training beyond age 16. Addressing this deficiency requires students to take additional mathematics training when entering university, yet the relevance of maths to chemistry is often poorly appreciated by chemistry students. In addition, many service courses are either too abstract, or aimed at physicists and engineers, for students of chemistry, who are not inclined to study mathematical techniques per se and do not make the connection between the maths they are taught and the chemistry they want to study. Based on the successful at a Glance approach, with integrated double page presentations explaining the mathematics required by undergraduate students of chemistry, set in context by detailed chemical examples, this book will be indispensable to all students of chemistry. By bringing the material together in this way the student is shown how to apply the maths and how it relates to familiar concepts in chemistry. By including problems (with answers) on each presentation, the student is encouraged to practice both the mathematical manipulations and the application to problems in chemistry. More detailed chemical problems at the end of each topic illustrate the range of chemistry to which the maths is relevant and help the student acquire sufficient confidence to apply it when necessary.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Revolution, foreign occupation, and political, cultural, and economic upheavals defined mid-twentieth-century Chinese society. This new anthology, a sequel to the acclaimed first volume, compiled by Dooling and Kristina Torgeson and covering the early twentieth century, includes an impressive range of literary, personal, and journalistic responses to these tumultuous events. From succinct reportage of contemporary historical circumstances to comic accounts of twentieth-century urban living to carefully stylized modernist works of fiction, the selections in this anthology reflect the diversity, liveliness, humor, and surprising cosmopolitanism of women's writing from the period. This collection also reveals the ways in which women writers imagined and inscribed new meanings to Chinese feminism.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An Introduction to French Pronunciation is a comprehensive and accessible guide to current French pronunciation. - enables students to not only to hear the language, but to know what to listen for - includes chapters on the general principles of French phonetics and regional variations in the pronunciation of French - includes discussion of vowels, semi-consonants, consonants, rhythmic groups, the syllable, liaison and intonation - written by a leading figure in the field, the author of A Comprehensive French Grammar (Blackwell, 2003).…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Designed to lead financial managers from initial compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, through ongoing maintenance and monitoring, Beyond Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance helps readers seize this opportunity to revitalize their business practice, drive greater performance, and transform their finance organization into a key contributor to the business. Focusing on the present and future financial road ahead, Beyond Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance explores how to implement enterprise risk management processes that comply with Sarbanes-Oxley 302/404/409 requirements, ways to build on initial compliance activities that will improve financial management processes and profitability, compliance and quarterly close checklists, timelines, and table summaries to help readers achieve their goals, and much more. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - On the Nature of Prejudice commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Gordon Allport's classic work on prejudice and discrimination by examining the current state of knowledge in the field. A distinguished collection of international scholars considers Allport's impact on the field, reviews recent developments, and identifies promising directions for future investigation. Organized around Allport's central themes, this book provides a state-of-the-art, comprehensive view of where the field has been, where it is now, and where it is going.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is about redefining the value to health of creativity. Creativity derives from biological changes during human evolution as a tool that is needed for survival. The successful use of creativity generates feelings of pleasure and self-esteem that are beneficial to health. In particular, it can help depression. Current values do not give adequate importance to creativity, and the author challenges these values in this book. The book contains contributed chapters on a theory of creativity as an innate capacity, the therapeutic benefits of creativity, factors that encourage or inhibit creativity and current research on these, and accounts of creativity both as individual projects and as groupwork.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - There has recently been dramatic growth in the medium of radio. However, advertisers and agencies too often still use radio for its basic tactical abilities, leaving the emotional power of the medium untapped. This book is a practical guide to understanding and exploiting the true power of radio as the brand conversation medium . Combining theory, listener understanding and practical advice, the authors explore the scale and effectiveness of radio advertising, how the medium communicates, it s role in emerging brand thinking, and best practice for creating better radio advertising. Overviews, summaries, quotations and checklists are featured throughout, as well as case studies from companies in all sectors including Sainsbury s, British Airways, Carphone Warehouse, BT and the British Government.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - TheHandbook of Second Language Acquisition presents an integrated discussion of key, and sometimes controversial, issues in second language acquisition research.Discusses the biological and cognitive underpinnings of SLA, mechanisms, processes, and constraints on SLA, the level of ultimate attainment, research methods, and the status of SLA as a cognitive science.Includes contributions from twenty-seven of the world s leading scholars.Provides an invaluable resource for all students and scholars of human cognition, including those in linguistics, psychology, applied linguistics, ESL, foreign languages, and cognitive science.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The risk and security industry has grown rapidly in recent years, largely as a consequence of increasing regulation and governance in many parts of the industrialized world. Risk, Crisis and Security Management not only considers how risk, crisis and security may be linked in an organizational context, but also reviews the role of simulation and gaming in responding to these phenomena.Risk remains a subject of intense social and political controversy. How we manage risk appears to dominate every debate from providing social services such as health, transport and public safety to the regulation of corporate activity. Risk, Crisis and Security Management is vital reading for all students of any of these subjects hoping to make it in the real world, as well as being highly relevant for practising security professionals.Key Features\* Shows how simulations can be used to help train employees in preparation for crisis management.\* Includes contemporary case studies such as the King's Cross underground disaster, 9/11 and City University's recovery from fire.\* Draws on the extensive and original research of the author who is one of the leading academics in this field.\* Supplementary material for readers and lecturers is provided on an accompanying website.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Breaking with the traditional treatment of random processes in engineeringOn the surface, Introduction to Random Processes in Engineering is simply a first-rate textbook for senior or first-year graduate engineering courses in stochastic processes. A closer look, however, reveals an innovative book-rich with examples and commonsense explanations-that demystifies theories, eliminates ambiguities, and provides a solid, up-to-date introduction to this important subject.Departing from the classical texts of the sixties and seventies in its coverage of random signals and data processing, Introduction to Random Processes in Engineering addresses the latest advances in communication, control engineering, and signal processing by allowing all processes to be multidimensional with an emphasis on discrete-time processes and systems.Unlike current texts, this volume provides a strong mathematical perspective for its engineering topics without getting bogged down in technicalities. It employs mathematics to achieve clarity and precision, and at times even uses the theorem/proof style to emphasize mathematical fine points. This approach is particularly advantageous when dealing with random data, and when building an understanding of the many computer programs routinely used, its theoretical principles, and the results it generates.Assuming a senior-level background in probability theory and some acquaintance with linear systems and signals, the book provides:\* A review chapter of the formulas used later in the book\* Illustrative examples\* Emphasis in simulation techniques\* Problems accompanying each chapter that often introduce the student to other relevant material\* Notes and comments following each chapter that encourage additional reading as well as historical explorations in the field\* Tips for using the material at various levels of instructionWith its logical and systematically ordered presentation of the material, as well as its fresh approach, Introduction to Random Processes in Engineering is both a superior textbook and a valuable reference for practicing engineers and researchers in the field. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Target risk in your organizationRisk management is now a part of mainstream corporate life that touches all aspects of every type of organization. Auditors must now focus firmly on risk: risk to the business, risk to the executives, and risk to the stakeholders. Auditing the Risk Management Process incorporates all the latest developments in risk management as it applies to auditors, including the new The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) enterprise risk paper.Auditing the Risk Management Process includes:\* Original risk maps and process models developed by the author, explaining where and how topics fit within an overall audit framework\* All the latest developments in risk management as it applies to auditors\* Insight into how enterprise risk management affects the responsibilities of both internal and external auditorsLearn to navigate the risks your corporation faces today, and tomorrow, with the able guidance found in Auditing the Risk Management Process. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This fresh orientation to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason presents his central theme, the development of his Transcendental Idealism, as a ground-breaking response to perceived weaknesses in his predecessors' accounts of experiential knowledge. - Traces the central theme of the Critique, the development of Kant's Transcendental Idealism. - Offers new and original readings of the central arguments in both the Transcendental Aesthetic and the Transcendental Analytic. - Appraises the success and failure of Kant's project in the Critique.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Neurology is primarily characterized by a variety of diseases which seem very similar and are therefore difficult to distinguish between. Skill at differential diagnosis is therefore absolutely paramount. Neurological Differential Diagnosis is a streamlined handbook of prioritized differential diagnosis, to be used both in clinical practice and for exam review. By presenting differential diagnosis in order of frequency and importance, this book provides a practical handbook for clinicians in training, as well as a potential resource for quick board review. Whilst the book covers the most important syndromes and disease entities, readers are referred to other texts for more exhaustive differentials. By limiting differentials in this way - to the most likely and most serious diagnoses - the reader can more easily recall relevant disease processes when faced with a particular clinical situation, whether it be a patient in the emergency room or a difficult question on the board examination. The book specifically targets neurology residents and fellows, with overlap to neurosurgery and psychiatry. Internal medicine physicians with an interest in neurological problems and medical students looking for an edge in clinical neuroscience would also benefit from this text. The content is primarily mid-level material, in a pedagogic format. In order to organize the students' thought processes concise tables and line drawing templates are included. The book is organized into broad chapters by type of disorder and some overlap occurs between particular chapters.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An indispensable treatment of optical signal processing--now in a convenient paperback editionThis introduction to optical signal processing offers an unparalleled look at its underlying theory and selected processing applications. Designed as both a senior-level undergraduate or first-year graduate-level textbook and a reference for professionals working in the field, Optical Signal Processing begins with a clear, methodical look at the fundamentals of optical signal processing, forming a firm foundation for a discussion of the field's ever-evolving technological breadth. Beginning with the second half of the book, special emphasis is given to processing wide bandwidth signals in real time by using acousto-optic technology.Complete with detailed study problems that test the limits of students' knowledge, this comprehensive text forms a complete one-volume account of the theory and applications of optical signal processing. Professional engineers and physicists will find the sheer breadth of up-to-date coverage and detail of Optical Signal Processing provides them with an indispensable treatment of this influential technology.…

Kombiprodukt. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - There are many books covering Fibonacci from an artistic and historical point of view and almost as many suggesting that Fibonacci retracements and numbers can be successfully applied to financial market time series. What is missing is a book that addresses the common errors in using screen based Fibonacci (and Gann and other tools).The book is a critical exploration of Fibonacci numbers, retracements, projections, timeframes and fanlines and their current usage within the financial markets by technical analysts. Although they can be extremely effective analytical tools when used appropriately, mistakes in usage can be extremely costly from a financial and credibility viewpoint. George MacLean takes a brief look at the history of Fibonacci and Gann, before providing a full account of their applications in financial markets, including fixed income, equity, foreign exchange, commodities and indexes. In particular, he draws attention to the overuse and misuse of easily applied computer packages available to professional and amateur traders.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This Concise Companion gives readers a rich sense of how the poetry produced in the United States during the twentieth century is connected to the country's intellectual life more broadly. - Helps readers to fully appreciate the poetry of the period by tracing its historical and cultural contexts. - Written by prominent specialists in the field. - Places the poetry of the period within contexts such as: war; feminism and the female poet; poetries of immigration and migration; communism and anti-communism; philosophy and theory. - Each chapter ranges across the entire century, comparing poets from one part of the century to those of another. - New syntheses make the volume of interest to scholars as well as students and general readers.…

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