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by Brenda Magee
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Milwaukee is most famous for its booming brewing industry, which is directly tied to a surge in German immigration in the 1840s. These new citizens brought along their work ethic, culture, and a love for their native beverage. Not all immigrants arrived from Europe; many, like Richard Owens, came from...
by Andrew T. Pittman, John O. Spengler, Sarah J. Young
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Case Studies in Sport Law, Second Edition, provides students with specific examples and perspectives of some of the most significant cases in sport law in an accessible tone that is free of legal jargon. The text is an ideal companion for non-law students who are seeking clarity and context for legal...
Custodians of the Internet
Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions That Shape Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
A revealing and gripping investigation into how social media platforms police what we post online—and the large societal impact of these decisions
Most users want their Twitter feed, Facebook page, and YouTube comments to be free of harassment and porn. Whether faced with “fake news”...
by Rod Island
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2014
Volume 11 is a continuation of Volume 10 in the series. It republishes "Sunflower Diaries," Volume 8. It covers the news from 6/27 to 6/28 of 2014. There's a section regarding "Life of Pi" and Susan Boyle's performance with "Britain's Got Talent" linked to the Psychic Field. Something...
by Javier Florencio Aragonés Mendoza
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Ejecutar y formalizar las operaciones propias del almacén de carnes y productos cárnicos hasta su despacho final, alcanzando los fines de producción y calidad establecidos en ambientes progresivamente más tecnológicos. Respetar en todo momento la normativa vigente técnico-sanitaria, en relación...
Panic at the Pump
The Energy Crisis and the Transformation of American Politics in the 1970s
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
An authoritative history of the energy crises of the 1970s and the world they wrought
In 1973, the Arab OPEC cartel banned the export of oil to the United States, sending prices and tempers rising across the country. Dark Christmas trees, lowered thermostats, empty gas tanks, and the new fifty-five-mile-per-hour...
Lean Hospitals
Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Engagement, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Organizations around the world are using Lean to redesign care and improve processes in a way that achieves and sustains meaningful results for patients, staff, physicians, and health systems. Lean Hospitals, Third Edition explains how to use the Lean methodology and mindsets to improve safety, quality,...
by Álvaro Torres Rojas
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Realizar las operaciones para la puesta a punto de las principales maquinas y equipos de impresión offset. Operar con las principales maquinas de impresión offset para realizar la tirada y conseguir la calidad requerida. Verificar los parámetros de producción sobre las primeras muestras impresas,...
by David Ignacio Machuca Sánchez, Miriam Hervás Torres
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 2, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 2, 2016
Montar y ajustar (y desmontar) moldes, matrices y cabezales de equipos en las máquinas de transformación y moldeo de polímeros, identificando las cotas principales de la pieza que deben ser obtenidas y razonando qué efectos ejercen la constitución del molde o matriz y el trabajo realizado sobre...
Making Monte Carlo
A History of Speculation and Spectacle
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
“A brisk historical tour of the marketing and selling of the small principality of Monaco and its famous city…A well-researched, dramatic rags-to-riches urban tale” (Kirkus Reviews) of Monte Carlo’s rise from small principality to prosperous resort town of the 1920s.
Monte Carlo has...
The Big Flatline
Oil and the No-Growth Economy
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
In an urgent follow-up to his best-selling Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller, Jeff Rubin argues that the end of cheap oil means the end of growth. What it will be like to live in a world where growth is over?
Economist and resource analyst Jeff Rubin is certain that the world's...
Do It Smart
Seven Rules for Superior Information Technology Performance
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 1999
A decade ago, manufacturing companies had visions of paperless offices, automated plants, and virtual enterprises. But the euphoria quickly evaporated when these visions failed to materialize. Now, from in-depth interviews in a worldwide survey of seventy manufacturing firms, a research team from...
by John Howard Reid
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2011
This mammoth book provides a feast of entertainment for movie western fans. Originally published under the title, "Westerns for a Rainy Saturday", this greatly expanded edition details not only typical matinee westerns like "Riders of Destiny" (starring John Wayne), "The Duel...
Season Finale
The Unexpected Rise and Fall of the WB and UPN
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In the mid-1990s, two major Hollywood studios, Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures, each launched their own broadcast television network with the hope of becoming the fifth major player in an industry long dominated by ABC, CBS, NBC, and, more recently, Fox. Despite the odds against them, the WB and...