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La aprobación de la reforma energética (2012-2018) planteó cambios importantes en la explotación y en la administración de Petróleos Mexicanos, asumiendo que la apertura a la participación de las empresas privadas llevaría a una mayor competitividad y contribuiría al desarrollo del país....

NOW IN PAPERBACK The "gripping" (New York Times) and "Hitchcockian"(Publishers Weekly) story of how a nurse, a car dealership worker, and a forensic expert took on the nation’s largest banks A Kirkus Reviews and The Week best book of the year, David Dayen’s Chain of...

This study highlights the importance of photonics and microelectronics to propel the next wave of digital innovation and keep Europe competitive. Deep tech applications such as artificial intelligence, big data, additive manufacturing, robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT), and autonomous driving...

News and journalism are in the midst of upheaval: shifts such as declining print subscriptions and rising website visitor numbers are forcing assumptions and practices to be rethought from first principles. The internet is not simply allowing faster, wider distribution of material: digital technology...

An eye-opening journey into craft beer–making in America, and what you can find in the quest to brew the perfect pint Sean Lewis was living in Boston when he first set foot inside the Blue Hills Brewery. He was writing for BeerAdvocate magazine about America's craft brewers, and the then-fledgling...

This book unveils how the world in the twenty-first century will need to manage our most fundamental resource need, water. It outlines how stakeholders can improve water use in their homes, their businesses, and the world.  In particular, it focuses on the role of stakeholders in crafting...

RAND Corporation researchers review the current technical, regulatory, and economic context of the electricity market and theoretical benefits of developing a smart grid; discuss some entrepreneurial opportunities associated with smart-grid data; examine empirical evidence related to smart-grid adoption and implementation; and offer policy suggestions for overcoming identified barriers.

From the award-winning developers of Factory Physics—a powerful leadership guide for breakthrough performance A comprehensive guide that cuts through the hodgepodge of copycat initiatives, overblown buzzwords, confusing mathematics, and misguided software, Factory Physics for Managers is a breath...

For anyone who auditions regularly you do develop a tough skin, but starting out and staying with it is tough because rejection hurts. It hurts more at the beginning because you haven’t worked out all the behavioral defenses, but deep down it still hurts even the most experienced performer. Performers...

Cowboys and Indies is nothing less than the first definitive history of the recording industry on both sides of the Atlantic. From the invention of the earliest known sound-recording device in 1850s Paris to the CD crash and digital boom today, author and industry insider Gareth Murphy takes...

Volume 13 is a continuation of Volume 12. It covers news articles for 6/30 of 2014. It also is a republication of "Sunflower Diaries" Volume 10. It aligns news that surfaced that links to what was published in Volume 12 on 6/29 of 2014. It goes over Cryptology and Forensics using the Entertainment...

The need for voiceover work is expanding into areas not seen until very recently. Voiceover work in Internet podcasts, audio books, and E-learning - just to name a few- is in high demand. Author Rob Marley, a working, voiceover talent, explains how to get started in this exciting field. Not only does...

“Freeman’s rich and ambitious Behemoth depicts a world in retreat that still looms large in the national imagination.… More than an economic history, or a chronicle of architectural feats and labor movements.”—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times In an accessible and timely work of scholarship,...

A book that reveals some of the most starkly startling stories beyond the headlines about the mysterious deaths of Hollywood stars during the early development of the film industry. Read about: Part One: The Fatty Arbuckle Rape Case Part Two: The William Desmond Taylor Murder Case Part...