Manuel: 1971 books

Wireless networks are the fastest growing communications technology in history. Are mobile phones expressions of identity, fashionable gadgets, tools for life--or all of the above? Mobile Communication and Society looks at how the possibility of multimodal communication from anywhere to anywhere at...

This comprehensive text provides an understanding of the physical phenomenon behind electrooptics. It describes in detail modern electrooptic materials and operative physical mechanisms, and devotes a full chapter tothe new materials engineering that is contributing to the development of low-dimensional...

The book covers the development of new technologies for the joining of TiAl alloys that result in sound bonds obtained in less demanding conditions. It discusses joint processing, microstructural and mechanical characterization, and summarizes developments in new approaches to the joining of TiAl alloys using advanced characterization techniques.

Generic institutionalism offers a new perspective on institutional economic change within an evolutionary framework. The institutional landscape shapes the social fabric and economic organization in manifold ways. The book elaborates on the ubiquity of such institutional forms with regards to their...

La globalización económica, las reformas institucionales neoliberales y el cambio de enfoque —de uno produccionista a otro conservacionista— han modificado a las comunidades pesqueras y a las costas de México. El proceso de desmantelamiento de la actividad pesquera inició en la década de...

In recent years carbon dioxide has played an increasingly important role in biomass processing. This book presents the state-of-the-art of a range of diverse approaches for the use of carbon dioxide in biomass valorisation. The book explores cutting-edge research and important advances in green high-pressure...

This volume considers corruption as a multidimensional, complex phenomenon in which various forms of corruption may overlap at any given time. Extending the seemingly paradoxical notion of “legal corruption” to such settings as the USA, Spain, and the Czech Republic, the book seeks to augment...

This powerful story begins with a humble individual called Hugh who turned into a heartless soul, darkened by unimaginable tragedies that turned his life completely empty. He left his homeland to build a massive compound in a secret location in Africa, where governments worldwide, in secret and off...

Each of us should find the meaning of our life and shoud pursue the discovery of God. Say to yourself: Here I am, I did not ordain my existence, nor do I know the lenghth of my journey. Fortunately however, I exist and by what I do and that which I do not, I can influence my destiny. Do...

Molecular Characterization of Autophagic Responses, Part A, presents a collection of methods for the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of virtually all the morphological, biochemical, and functional manifestations of autophagy, in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo, in organisms as distant as yeast...

This book proposes a comprehensible, context-sensitive and flexible framework for the development of pedagogy for autonomy in language education. The «framework» metaphor highlights the effort to identify structuring elements in the authors’ stance towards pedagogy for autonomy, which fall into...

Master's Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, grade: 1,0, European Business School - International University Schloß Reichartshausen Oestrich-Winkel, language: English, abstract: The objective of this thesis is to get an overview of the status...

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

hen his marriage and career fall apart, a young lawyer sets out on a desperate mission to recapture the promise of his youth. His attempt leaves him stranded between a past he no longer recognizes and a life that’s no longer his, and he soon begins to suspect that the surest path to happiness lies...