Steve Charles: 27 books
Digging Out
Global Crisis and the Search for a New Social Contract
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
In hard times, dissension mounts.
The old social contract flounders and cannot be revived.
Forces of reaction assert themselves.
Danger intensifies.
In dark times, opportunity appears.
Such is our time. It is time to debate and define the next social contract, to articulate its political aims...
by Steve Aranguren, Charles Dickens
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
**A Christmas Carol, just for kids! **
Enjoy this adaptation of Dickens’s classic written in 1843, made for children and their parents to enjoy together during the holiday season. The cast of characters is played by whimsical bugs and friendly animals who bring humor and charm to their roles.
In...
Techno-Orientalism
Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
What will the future look like? To judge from many speculative fiction films and books, from Blade Runner to Cloud Atlas, the future will be full of cities that resemble Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, and it will be populated mainly by cold, unfeeling citizens who act like robots. Techno-Orientalism...
Computer Animation Complete
All-in-One: Learn Motion Capture, Characteristic, Point-Based, and Maya Winning Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
A compilation of key chapters from the top MK computer animation books available today - in the areas of motion capture, facial features, solid spaces, fluids, gases, biology, point-based graphics, and Maya. The chapters provide CG Animators with an excellent sampling of essential techniques that...
There is a Gunman on Campus
Tragedy and Terror at Virginia Tech
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2008
In our media-saturated culture, momentous events occur quickly, as news and images are broadcast around the country and the world. We are often riveted by the news and our everyday reality is suddenly changed. Yet, almost as quickly, that critical event is replaced by a new story. The old event fades...
Virtualizing Hadoop
How to Install, Deploy, and Optimize Hadoop in a Virtualized Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Plan and Implement Hadoop Virtualization for Maximum Performance, Scalability, and Business Agility
Enterprises running Hadoop must absorb rapid changes in big data ecosystems, frameworks, products, and workloads. Virtualized approaches can offer important advantages in speed, flexibility,...
La concurrence loyale et déloyale du travailleur
(Droit belge)
Language: French
Release Date: April 9, 2015
La liberté de concurrence et le droit à la libre entreprise constituent des principes fondamentaux de notre système économique et juridique. Ces principes viennent, dans un certain nombre de cas, se heurter à des obligations particulières qui naissent du contrat de travail et qui, parfois, peuvent...
A Taste of Midnight
Vampire Erotica
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2016
A collection of eleven erotic short stories which explore the mysterious world of the vampire. This anthology includes stories by Pagan O' Leary, Raven Kaldera, Bryn Haniver and many more. Fall into the darkness and sensuality that is the vampire's world, velvet nights and sweet blood, like nothing you've ever experienced before.
Southeastern Grasslands
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
A holistic approach to analyzing distinct grassland habitats that integrates ecological, historical, and archaeological data
Today the southeastern United States is a largely rural, forested, and agricultural landscape interspersed with urban areas of development. However, two centuries ago it...
Eastern Old-Growth Forests
Prospects For Rediscovery And Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Eastern Old-Growth Forests is the first book devoted exclusively to old growth throughout the East. Authoritative essays from leading experts examine the ecology and characteristics of eastern old growth, explore its history and value -- both ecological and cultural -- and make recommendations for...
The Lean Practitioner's Field Book
Proven, Practical, Profitable and Powerful Techniques for Making Lean Really Work
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
While there are numerous Lean Certification programs, most companies have their own certification paths whereby they bestow expert status upon employees after they have participated in or led a certain number of kaizen events. Arguing that the number of kaizen events should not determine a person's...
Critical Care
Delivering Spiritual Care in Healthcare Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Providing a bridge between research in healthcare and spirituality and practitioner perspectives, these essays on chaplaincy in healthcare continue dialogue around constructing, negotiating and researching spiritual care and discuss the critical issues in chaplaincy work, including assisted suicide...
by Kate Armstrong, Brett Atkinson, Carolyn Bain
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 4, 2018
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 4, 2018
"Questo è un paese selvaggio la cui storia naturale e umana è stata dipinta su una tela di sconvolgente bellezza" (Anthony Ham, Autore Lonely Planet). Esperienze straordinarie: foto suggestive, i consigli degli autori e la vera essenza dei luoghi. Personalizza il tuo viaggio: gli strumenti...
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