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After the Future explores a century-long obsession with the concept of the "future," starting with Marinetti's "Futurist Manifesto," tracing it through the punk movement of the early 70s, and into the media revolution of the 90s. The future, Bifo argues, has come and gone, the concept has lost its usefulness. Now it's our responsibility to decide what comes next.

In this book we intend to discuss economic fluctuations and growth and possible stabilizing fiscal policies. Since these topics are major preoccupa­ tions of economic theorists and have been extensively discussed since the classics, one may wonder why another book on these subjects. A possible defense...

Wood Coatings addresses the factors responsible for the performance of wood coatings in both domestic and industrial situations. The term 'wood coatings' covers a broad range of products including stains, varnishes, paints and supporting ancillary products that may be used indoors or outdoors. Techniques...

This publication will teach you the basics of how to become a Roller Repairer. With step by step guides and instructions, you will not only have a better understanding, but gain valuable knowledge of how to become a Roller Repairer

The brief will describe how to develop a risk analysis applied to a project , through a sequence of steps: risk management planning, risk identification, risk classification, risk assessment, risk quantification, risk response planning, risk monitoring and control, process close out and lessons learning....

Evolutionary economics sees the economy as always in motion with change being driven largely by continuing innovation. This approach to economics, heavily influenced by the work of Joseph Schumpeter, saw a revival as an alternative way of thinking about economic advancement as a result of Richard...

With insight into the human side of architecture, this critical assessment displays the shortcomings of modern urban planning as an acclaimed architect issues a passionate charge against the celebrities of the current architectural world: the “archistars.” He argues that architecture has lost its...

Like all boys growing up in Rome during the 1930s and 1940s, the author was expected to join the Balilla—Italy's fascist Youth Organization. With political divisions running deep in the families within his palazzo, he and his motley group of friends were recruited into the underground Resistance....

Six Sigma methodology is a business management strategy which seeks to improve the quality of process output by identifying and removing the causes of errors and minimizing variability in manufacturing and business processes. This book examines the Six Sigma methodology through illustrating the most...

The years since the global financial crisis have seen something of a renaissance in the manufacturing industry. The United States has launched its Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, and China owes much of its spectacular economic boom in the last decades to its being the 'world's factory'. Is there...

Ted Morasby è un figlio in cerca di padre. Henry Morasby, un uomo d'affari, è infatti scomparso da sei mesi nella zona selvaggia dell'Urucú, popolata da bellicose tribù di indios Bororó e Aymará. Nessuno accetta di accompagnare Ted fin là... Nessuno, tranne un certo nord-americano simpatico e generoso: Mister No!

Zè Baiano, il luogotenente di Capitão Corisco, all'insaputa del suo capo, scatena i suoi uomini contro fazendas indifese. Massacrano, depredano e uccidono. Mister No ferma Zè Baiano, ma è sempre più diviso: non sa se continuare a combattere con loro o andarsene. E l'ombra del tradimento aleggia sui Cangaceiros...

L'affascinante Miranda, figlia di Ramos Cordeiro, un possidente amico di Corisco, è stata rapita dal colonnello Fonseca per costringere il padre a tradire i Cangaceiros. I ribelli del Sertão sono quindi massacrati dai soldati governativi presso la fazenda di Cordeiro e anche Corisco viene ucciso. Ma Mister No non lascerà impunita la morte dell'amico: il gringo avrà la sua vendetta!

I rapitori di Remy pensano che il loro ostaggio abbia nascosto il bottino di una rapina compiuta anni prima, ma si sbagliano. Al salvataggio del francese arriva Mister No, che tratta con i misteriosi Bush-Negroes (ex schiavi neri tornati alla vita selvaggia), ferma i criminali, libera Remy. Ma riuscirà...