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China's Strong Arm Protecting Citizens and Assets Abroad

China's Strong Arm Protecting Citizens and Assets Abroad

China has long adhered to a principle of �non-interference� in other states� affairs. However as more of its companies have been investing in projects overseas and millions of its nationals are travelling abroad Beijing is finding itself progressively involved in other countries � through the need to protect these interests and citizens. During the turmoil of the Arab Spring in 2011 China was compelled to evacuate more than 35 000 Chinese workers and expatriates from Libya and later it led the hunt for the killers of 13 Chinese sailors in the Golden Triangle region of the Mekong River. In 2015 Beijing sent a combat battalion to join the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan where it has huge oil ventures. Its plans to construct a New Silk Road will mean new commercial endeavours to protect in Pakistan. The shift in Chinese foreign policy towards a more interventionist approach in protecting nationals abroad has not been the result of grand strategy but an adjustment to unfolding events. The large risk appetite of state-owned Chinese business is inexorably drawing the Chinese state into security hotspots and as China becomes a great power its people are openly calling on their government to protect compatriots caught in crises overseas including via military means. While much attention has focused on Beijing�s increasingly assertive behaviour in disputed Asian seas this book highlights another equally important area of change with potentially far-reaching consequences for international security. | China's Strong Arm Protecting Citizens and Assets Abroad

GBP 160.00
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Timber Design

Timber Design

Timber Design covers timber fundamentals for students and professional architects and engineers such as tension elements flexural elements shear and torsion compression elements connections and lateral design. As part of the Architect’s Guidebooks to Structures series it provides a comprehensive overview using both imperial and metric units of measurement. Timber Design begins with an intriguing case study and uses a range of examples and visual aids including more than 200 figures to illustrate key concepts. As a compact summary of fundamental ideas it is ideal for anyone needing a quick guide to timber design.

GBP 31.99
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Steel Design

Steel Design

Steel Design covers steel design fundamentals for architects and engineers such as tension elements flexural elements shear and torsion compression elements connections and lateral design. As part of the Architect’s Guidebooks to Structures series it provides a comprehensive overview using both imperial and metric units of measurement. Each chapter includes design steps rules of thumb and design examples. This book is meant for both professionals and for students taking structures courses or comprehensive studies. As a compact summary of key ideas it is ideal for anyone needing a quick guide to steel design. More than 150 black and white images are included.

GBP 32.99
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Audio Engineering 101 A Beginner's Guide to Music Production

Audio Engineering 101 A Beginner's Guide to Music Production

Practical concise and approachable Audio Engineering 101 Second Edition covers everything aspiring audio engineers need to know to make it in the recording industry from the characteristics of sound to microphones analog versus digital recording EQ/compression mixing mastering and career skills. Filled with hand-ons step-by-step technique breakdowns and all-new interviews with active professionals this updated edition includes instruction in using digital consoles iPads for mixing audio apps plug-ins home studios and audio for podcasts. An extensive companion website features fifteen new video tutorials audio clips equipment lists quizzes and student exercises. | Audio Engineering 101 A Beginner's Guide to Music Production

GBP 36.99
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Masonry Design

Masonry Design

Masonry is found extensively in construction throughout the world. It is economical and strong. Masonry Design—part of the Architect’s Guidebook to Structures series—presents the fundamentals in an accessible fashion through beautiful illustrations simple and complete examples and from the perspective of practicing professionals with hundreds of projects under their belt and decades of teaching experience. Masonry Design provides the student with and reminds the practitioner of fundamental masonry design principles. Beginning with an intriguing case study of the Mesa Verde National Park visitor center the subsequent chapters present the fundamentals of masonry design bending shear compression design wind and seismic design and connection design. It is a refreshing change in textbooks for architectural materials courses and is an indispensable reference for practicing architects.

GBP 31.99
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Dance Music Manual

Dance Music Manual

Dance Music Manual aimed at the novice and seasoned professional alike takes the reader through the software and hardware needed to create original captivating and professional sounding music. Key features of Dance Music Manual include: How to create compelling professional-sounding original or remixed dance tracks. The differences between different genres and how to produce them. How to expose your tracks to their chosen audience and equip you with the skills to develop your career as a dance music producer and engineer. Along with the book is a companion website which provides examples of synthesis programming compression effects MIDI files and examples of the tracks discussed in this edition. The new and improved fourth edition covers processes and techniques used by music producers masters mixers and DJs. Each page is full of facts presented in a manner that is easy to absorb and implement.

GBP 36.99
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Color Grading 101 Getting Started Color Grading for Editors Cinematographers Directors and Aspiring Colorists

Color Grading 101 Getting Started Color Grading for Editors Cinematographers Directors and Aspiring Colorists

Written both for students and working professionals this book walks readers step-by-step through the foundations of color grading for projects of any size from music videos and commercials to full-length features. In this clear practical and software-agnostic guide author Charles Haine introduces readers to the technical and artistic side of color grading and color correction. Color Grading 101 balances technical chapters like color-matching mastering and compression with artistic chapters like contrast/affinity aesthetic trends and building a color plan. The book also includes more business-focused chapters detailing best practices and expert advice on working with clients managing a team working with VFX and building a business. An accompanying eResource offers downloadable footage and project files to help readers work through the exercises and examples in the book. This book serves as a perfect introduction for aspiring colorists as well as editors cinematographers and directors looking to familiarize themselves with the color grading process. | Color Grading 101 Getting Started Color Grading for Editors Cinematographers Directors and Aspiring Colorists

GBP 34.99
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The Visual Effects Arsenal VFX Solutions for the Independent Filmmaker

The Visual Effects Arsenal VFX Solutions for the Independent Filmmaker

Build your VFX arsenal with quick-access step-by-step instruction on how to create today's hottest digital VFX shots. This essential toolkit provides techniques for creating effects seen in movies such as 300 Spiderman 3 Predator and others with lessons on how-to:* splatter blood or digitally lop someone's arm off* create a scene with actors running from an explosion* create the twin effect (same actor same location 2 performances)* produce space-ship dog fightsOrganized in a 'cookbook' style this allows you to reference a certain effect in the index and immediately access concise instructions to create that effect. Techniques are demonstrated in each of the most popular software tools- After Effects Final Cut Studio Photoshop and Combustion are all covered. Brilliant 4-color presentation provides inspiration and stimulating visual guidance to the lessons presented while the downloadable resources contain project media files enabling you to put concepts learned into immediate practice. | The Visual Effects Arsenal VFX Solutions for the Independent Filmmaker

GBP 140.00
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The Essentials of M&A Due Diligence

The Essentials of M&A Due Diligence

How can you be sure you are buying the company you think you are? Are you sure it is as good as the seller says? How can you be certain unexpected costs and obligations will not suddenly appear once you are the owner and responsible for them? How best can you arm yourself for the negotiations? Have you worked out precisely what you are going to do with it once it is yours? How do you set the priorities for change to recoup the premium you have paid for it? The answer to all these questions and many more lies within a series of three comprehensive yet concise volumes by Peter Howson. The Essentials of M&A Due Diligence the first in the series is a must for anyone who needs to master the essentials of due diligence with the minimum effort and in the minimum amount of time. Straightforward and unbiased it sets out the fundamentals of pre-acquisition investigations showing which are appropriate and why.

GBP 18.99
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Temporal Regimes Materiality Politics Technology

Temporal Regimes Materiality Politics Technology

Temporal Regimes provides a theoretical framework for understanding the temporal structures of society; a conceptually rich empirically nuanced and culturally embodied account of temporal phenomena in contemporary world. What does it imply temporal regimes? How the everyday life as well as the global mobilities coordination requires temporal underpinnings? The answers to these questions mean more than simply understanding the general thesis on acceleration or space-time compression on the one hand; but also a micro-multiple-localised time experience by gender class or age on the other. They also mean understanding in an integrative way the very structural temporalities within the everyday lived embodied and situated ones. They require both a robust and flexible epistemic analysis considering their material bedrock through political and technological forefront dimensions. Advancing a rigorous well-grounded theoretical understanding and offering a useful way to analytically conceptualise the temporal dynamics on our societies this book will be of interest to advanced students and scholars enquiring a rich set of topics ranging from time and politics new materialism conceptual history as well as technology collective action and social change. | Temporal Regimes Materiality Politics Technology

GBP 38.99
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Explanatory Optimism about the Hard Problem of Consciousness

Explanatory Optimism about the Hard Problem of Consciousness

Explanatory Optimism about the Hard Problem of Consciousness argues that despite the worries of explanatory pessimists consciousness can be fully explained in “easy” scientific terms. The widespread intuition that consciousness poses a hard problem is plausibly based on how consciousness appears to us in first-person access. The book offers a debunking argument to undercut the justificatory link between the first-person appearances and our hard problem intuitions. The key step in the debunking argument involves the development and defense of an empirical model of first-person access: Automated Compression Theory (ACT). ACT holds that first-person access to consciousness is accomplished by automated accessing of compressed sensory information. Because of the distorting nature of this compressed access it seems to subjects that consciousness possesses “exceptional” properties—properties leading to the hard problem—even though no such properties are present. If there are no exceptional properties to explain then an explanation in easy terms can fully account for conscious experience. The book presents a range of empirical evidence for ACT and concludes that the burden of proof is now on the pessimists to show why we shouldn’t be optimistic about explaining consciousness.

GBP 130.00
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National Association of Broadcasters Engineering Handbook

National Association of Broadcasters Engineering Handbook

The NAB Engineering Handbook is the definitive resource for broadcast engineers. It provides in-depth information about each aspect of the broadcast chain from audio and video contribution through an entire broadcast facility all the way to the antenna. New topics include Ultra High Definition Television Internet Radio Interfacing and Streaming ATSC 3. 0 Digital Audio Compression Techniques Digital Television Audio Loudness Management and Video Format and Standards Conversion. Important updates have been made to incumbent topics such as AM Shortwave FM and Television Transmitting Systems Studio Lighting Cameras and Principles of Acoustics. The big-picture comprehensive nature of the NAB Engineering Handbook will appeal to all broadcast engineers—everyone from broadcast chief engineers who need expanded knowledge of all the specialized areas they encounter in the field to technologists in specialized fields like IT and RF who are interested in learning about unfamiliar topics. Chapters are written to be accessible and easy to understand by all levels of engineers and technicians. A wide range of related topics that engineers and technical managers need to understand are covered including broadcast documentation FCC practices technical standards security safety disaster planning facility planning project management and engineering management. | National Association of Broadcasters Engineering Handbook

GBP 200.00
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FABRIC[ated] Fabric Innovation and Material Responsibility in Architecture

FABRIC[ated] Fabric Innovation and Material Responsibility in Architecture

FABRIC[ated] examines fabric as a catalyst for innovation reflection change and transformation in architecture. This book explores the ways in which research and development of fabric can and historically has influenced and revolutionized architecture teaching and design. Responsive flexible impermanent fluid and adaptive—fabric interacts with and influences architecture offering innovative solutions and increased material responsibility. Foundation and theory chapters establish clear precedent and futures for fabric’s position in architectural discourse. The case study section examines 14 international projects through three different threads: Veiling Compression and Tension. Case studies include a diverse range of projects from the HiLo unit at Nest and CAST’s fabric formed concrete projects to a discussion of the impact of fabric on SO-IL and Kennedy Violich Architect’s professional work demonstrating new and fresh methods for addressing sustainability and social justice through the use of fabric in architecture. Through the work of the many authors of this book we see fabric as drape skin veil mold concept and inspiration. Fabric in its broadest definition is an important and innovative material in the development of socially conscious architecture. Offering readers pedagogical and practical models for international projects highlighting fabric’s use in architecture this book will appeal to the novice and the expert architecture students and practitioners alike. | FABRIC[ated] Fabric Innovation and Material Responsibility in Architecture

GBP 34.99
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Essentials of Sustainability for Business A Practical Approach

Essentials of Sustainability for Business A Practical Approach

Essentials of Sustainability for Business teaches the core principles of sustainability in a concise format for those new to issues at the intersection of sustainability and business. The book plots a path through the contradictions and confusions in the debates about sustainability to get to the heart of why it matters how to respond and where it leads. The book is structured around three parts in order to assess the context the goals and the applications of sustainable business. The first part provides the foundation for understanding the core issues in sustainable business including the history of sustainability the sustainable development goals corporate social responsibility responding to climate change and delivering resilient sustainability. The second part offers a framework for sustainability analysis which cuts through the complexity of multiple overlapping issues providing application to real life practice of policy makers and businesses. The final part offers more sophisticated examination of businesses and sustainable resilience. This is an ideal resource to educate students inform policy makers challenge business executives and above all arm all those with power and influence with the tools to deliver sustainability. | Essentials of Sustainability for Business A Practical Approach

GBP 34.99
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Disney Theatrical Productions Producing Broadway Musicals the Disney Way

Disney Theatrical Productions Producing Broadway Musicals the Disney Way

Disney Theatrical Productions: Producing Broadway Musicals the Disney Way is the first work of scholarship to comprehensively examine the history and production practices of Disney Theatrical Productions (DTP) the theatrical producing arm of the studio branch of the Walt Disney Corporation. This book uncovers how DTP has forged a new model for producing large-scale musicals on Broadway by functioning as an independent theatrical producer under the umbrella of a large entertainment corporation. Case studies of three productions (The Lion King Tarzan and Newsies) demonstrate the flexibility and ingenuity of DTP and showcase the various production models that the company has employed over the years. Exploring topics such as the history of DTP its impact on the revitalization of Times Square and its ability to open up a new audience base for Broadway theatre this volume examines the impact that DTP has had on American musicals both domestically and internationally and how its accomplishments have helped reshape the Broadway landscape. This book is relevant to students in Musical Theatre History of Musical Theatre Theatre History and Arts Management courses along with general Disney enthusiasts. | Disney Theatrical Productions Producing Broadway Musicals the Disney Way

GBP 36.99
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Checklists for Due Diligence

Checklists for Due Diligence

If you are buying a company how can you be sure you are buying the business you think you are? Are you sure it is as good as the seller says? How can you be certain unexpected costs and obligations will not suddenly appear once you are the owner and responsible for them? How best can you arm yourself for the negotiations? Designed to help you make your due diligence process as smooth and effective as possible this collection of checklists by acknowledged expert Peter Howson will ensure you manage the risk aspects of any acquisition. The author takes you through the due diligence process itself from legal financial and commercial to employment and IT and guides you through the collection. Each checklist includes a short introduction that enables you to make the best use of the material. Due Diligence is by its nature a process for which checklists are a wonderful source of ideas and reassurance. Peter Howson's checklists (all of which are repeated in PDF form on the downloadable resources) is a must-have reference for anyone contemplating a merger or acquisition a management buyout joint venture or other risky business transactions involving third parties. | Checklists for Due Diligence

GBP 175.00
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Lessons on Aging from Three Nations The Art of Caring for Older Adults

Lessons on Aging from Three Nations The Art of Caring for Older Adults

The global phenomenon of the aging of societies during a period of outstanding scientific economic and technological advancements is a blessing for humanity. These fundamental changes however create new needs and problems in all areas of life often difficult to address. In some countries the trend is towards compression of the period of age-related morbidity - fewer years of living with disabilities - but the absolute numbers of elderly people living with disabilities are increasing worldwide. This book highlights a series of global threats problems and challenges in the areas of care and caregiving through the prism of three multicultural nations: the United States Israel and Australia. The contributors to this book experts in their fields focus on the art of caregiving at the national level including the interface between family and state responsibilities policies and practices in the provision of services and the demands for education and training as well as the problems and difficulties faced by family caregivers. This is the second of two edited volumes on aging and caregiving. The first Lessons on Aging from Three Nations - Volume I: The Art of Aging Well examines positive aspects of and successful adaptations to aging. This book will be of interest to students of gerontology and geriatrics; those working in nongovernmental organizations - private for-profit and non-profit agencies including voluntary charitable and religious groups those working in national regional and local governments and all general readers intrigued with the aging of societies and longevity. | Lessons on Aging from Three Nations The Art of Caring for Older Adults

GBP 39.99
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Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio

Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio

Discover how to achieve release-quality mixes even in the smallest studios by applying power-user techniques from the world's most successful producers. Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio is the best-selling primer for small-studio enthusiasts who want chart-ready sonics in a hurry. Drawing on the back-room strategies of more than 160 famous names this entertaining and down-to-earth guide leads you step-by-step through the entire mixing process. On the way you'll unravel the mysteries of every type of mix processing from simple EQ and compression through to advanced spectral dynamics and fairy dust effects. User-friendly explanations introduce technical concepts on a strictly need-to-know basis while chapter summaries and assignments are perfect for school and college use. ▪ Learn the subtle editing arrangement and monitoring tactics which give industry insiders their competitive edge and master the psychological tricks which protect you from all the biggest rookie mistakes. ▪ Find out where you don't need to spend money as well as how to make a limited budget really count. ▪ Pick up tricks and tips from leading-edge engineers working on today's multi-platinum hits including Derek MixedByAli Ali Michael Brauer Dylan 3D Dresdow Tom Elmhirst Serban Ghenea Jacquire King the Lord-Alge brothers Tony Maserati Manny Marroquin Noah 50 Shebib Mark Spike Stent DJ Swivel Phil Tan Andy Wallace Young Guru and many many more. Now extensively expanded and updated including new sections on mix-buss processing mastering and the latest advances in plug-in technology.

GBP 42.99
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Sound FX Unlocking the Creative Potential of Recording Studio Effects

Sound FX Unlocking the Creative Potential of Recording Studio Effects

Every session every gig every day recording engineers strive to make the most of their audio signal processing devices. EQ Compression Delay Distortion Reverb and all those other FX are the well-worn tools of the audio trade. Recording and mixing live and in the studio engineers must thoroughly master these devices to stay competitive sonically. Its not enough to just know what each effect is supposed to do. Sound FX explains the basic and advanced signal processing techniques used in professional music production describing real world techniques used by experienced engineers and referencing popular music examples released internationally. The reader learns not just how to but also what if so they can better achieve what they already hear in the productions they admire and chase what they only hear in their imaginative minds ear. Sound FX will immediately help you make more thorough more musical use of your sound FX. The accompanying website www. soundfx-companion. com includes audio exaples of FX featured in the book. Features: A chapter dedicated to each key effect: DistortionCompression & LimitingExpansion & GatingReverbEqualizationDelayPitch ShiftVolumeMore than 100 line drawings and illustrations. Accompanying website featuring examples of all FX covered in the book. Discography of FX at the end of each relevant chapter. From the Sound FX Intro: The most important music of our time is recorded music. The recording studio is its principle musical instrument. The recording engineers and music producers who create the music we love know how to use signal processing equipment to capture the work of artists preserving realism or alte | Sound FX Unlocking the Creative Potential of Recording Studio Effects

GBP 175.00
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The Chinese and Indian Corporate Economies A Comparative History of their Search for Economic Renaissance and Globalization

The Chinese and Indian Corporate Economies A Comparative History of their Search for Economic Renaissance and Globalization

This is a compelling analysis of the corporate economies of China and India which are having a huge impact not just on the international economy but also in the geopolitical and international strategy sphere as a result of an accelerated globalisation by these two countries which is unleashing powerful economic challenges to corporate structures economic institutions and law worldwide. The big question is how after centuries of underdevelopment China and now India are emerging powerfully and pulling ahead of Western European economies. Analysing the role of the state and the adroit use of law and their impact on the corporate evolution of both China and India provides greater clarity and insight into why China has evolved as a manufacturing nation utilizing cheap abundant labour while India has not exploited such advantages but instead focused on IT and higher value industries even abroad as Tata has demonstrated in the motor industry in Europe. Again while Chinese corporations have expanded abroad as an arm of the state into Asia Middle East Africa Europe Latin America and parts of the southern states of the USA India has pushed principally into Europe through the efforts of powerful minority capitalists of Parsi and Gujerati background overcoming technological gaps and differences through acquisitions and absorptions of existing corporations in particular industries especially in steel automobiles and textiles. In China state owned corporations have been dominant. In India though state owned enterprises have been powerful since 1951 it has been private capitalists with an established stronghold since the colonial period and even under the Socialist period from 1951-1991 who have been the more productive main actors both in India and abroad. | The Chinese and Indian Corporate Economies A Comparative History of their Search for Economic Renaissance and Globalization

GBP 42.99
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