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Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Forms offers a powerful new answer to one of the most pressing problems facing literary, critical, and cultural studies today — how to connect form to political, social, and historical context. Caroline Levine argues that forms organize not only works of art but also political life — and our attempts to know both art and politics. Inescapable and frequently troubling, forms shape every aspect of…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: A current view of the challenging field of catalytic arylation reactions. Clearly structured, the chapters in this one-stop resource are arranged according to the reaction type, and focus on novel, efficient and sustainable processes, rather than the well-known and established cross-coupling methods. The entire contents are written by two authors with academic and industrial expertise to ensure…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Detecting Deception offers a state-of-the-art guide to the detection of deception with a focus on the ways in which new cognitive psychology-based approaches can improve practice and results in the field. Includes comprehensive coverage of the latest scientific developments in the detection of deception and their implications for real-world practice Examines current challenges in the field — such…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: «This book is a «go-to» source for industrial energy management programs. It addresses the needs of engineers and managers who are designing and implementing policies and programs for energy management and energy efficiency. It introduces a framework for an industrial energy management program, provides illustrations, and discusses the basic principles of the component elements of the program.…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 288 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 450) Аннотация: Russia first encountered Alaska in 1741 as part of the most ambitious and expensive expedition of the entire 18th century. During the next 126 years the struggle to develop and refine geographic knowledge of the vast region comprising northeastern Asia, the North Pacific, and Alaska met with many obstacles, including inclement weather, the chain of supply over great distances, the need to train…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Attacks on the Press analyzes press conditions and documentsnew dangers in more than 100 countries worldwide. In the Americas, national leaders are building elaborate state media operations todominate the news and amplify their personal agendas. In Europeanand African nations, authorities are invoking national securitylaws and deploying intelligence services to intimidate the press. The Committee…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Leon Hess' business acumen started with picking up oil waste products and delivering them for residential use and eventually to refiners and utilities in 1933. His single-truck business quickly grew to a fleet of 12 and after returning from the war, he branched out, building his own oil refineries first at home, and later offshore as he developed Hovensa, the largest refinery in the Western…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: A runaway train is racing toward five men who are tied to the track. Unless the train is stopped, it will inevitably kill all five men. You are standing on a footbridge looking down on the unfolding disaster. However, a fat man, a stranger, is standing next to you: if you push him off the bridge, he will topple onto the line and, although he will die, his chunky body will stop the train, saving…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 177 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 232) Аннотация: The world's energy trade has a new master puppeteer. Led by Vladimir Putin, a tenacious KBG officer turned modern-day tsar, Russia is undergoing a rapid economic and geopolitical renaissance. The story of Putin's rise to power holds the key to understanding how Russia toppled a generation of robber barons, upset the global balance of trade, and positioned itself as the most powerful force in the…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 502 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 688) Аннотация: Concentrating primarily on easily displayed theories and methodologies of Monte Carlo simulation, this authoritative book goes wider and deeper than any other and includes timely applications to the fields of financial engineering, risk management, and economics. Written by a well-known, international expert in the field, the book includes topics such as random number and variate generation,…

Скачать книгу (размер 901 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 178) Аннотация: Published in 1922 in Russian, Aleksei Gan's Constructivism was the first theoretical treatise of post-revolutionary Russia's emergent Constructivist movement. Fired with revolutionary zeal, it was unquestionably a declaration of war on traditional bourgeois art. Constructivism recast artists and architects as Constructors, turning away from aesthetic or speculative problems in art but instead…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Loyal readers of the monthly Universe essays in Natural History magazine have long recognized Neil deGrasse Tyson's talent for guiding them through the mysteries of the cosmos with clarity and enthusiasm. Bringing together more than forty of Tyson's favorite essays, Death by Black Hole? explores a myriad of cosmic topics, from what it would be like to be inside a black hole to the movie…

Скачать книгу (размер 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 100) Аннотация: Preservation is Overtaking Us brings together two lectures given by Rem Koolhaas at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, along with a response (framed as a supplement to the original lectures) by Jorge Otero-Pailos. In the first essay Koolhaas describes alternative strategies for preserving Beijing, China. The second talk marks the inaugural Paul…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: When the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History reclassified Pluto as an icy comet, the New York Times proclaimed on page one, Pluto Not a Planet? Only in New York. Immediately, the public, professionals, and press were choosing sides over Pluto s planethood. Pluto is entrenched in our cultural and emotional view of the cosmos, and Neil deGrasse Tyson, director…

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Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: «The ultimate expose of the Misunderstood Millennials «Understanding Y» is a fresh and incisive book that offers a better understanding, appreciation and awareness of the Millennial generation. In this groundbreaking work, author Charlie Caruso has amassed a diverse array of papers, articles and journals from prominent individuals, noted entrepreneurs and bestselling authors who collectively…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The workplace is drastically changing. Managers have more direct reports than before the recession, Millennials will soon out number all other generations at work, businesses have the new technology and tools to boost performance, cut costs, and give employees more freedom over their own projects, and of course, our ability to work from anyplace, at any time. In order for businesses to succeed in…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 085 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 214) Аннотация: Angela Merkel was already unique when she became German chancellor: the first female leader of Europe's biggest economy, the first from former communist East Germany and the first born after World War II. Since 2010, the debt crisis that spread from Greece to the euro region and the world economy has propelled her to center-stage, making Merkel the dominant politician in the struggle to preserve…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Encourages planners and architects to look at, learn from, and, indeed, admire the nature of the forces that drive the change, and then work with them to nudge, anticipate and prepare for where it takes us. The author analyses the notions of urban design and urban evolution and examines whether or not they need be seen as opposing one another.