Industries Professions category: 12443 books
Memoir of an Independent Woman
An Unconventional Life Well Lived
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
“The female incarnation of Forrest Gump…her life reads like a trip back through the defining personalities and events of the 20th century.”—Shoreline Times
After coming of age at the legendary Grossinger’s resort hotel in the Catskills, Tania Grossinger defied the conventions of an...
Gastrophysics
The New Science of Eating
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
The science behind a good meal: all the sounds, sights, and tastes that make us like what we're eating—and want to eat more.
Why do we consume 35 percent more food when eating with one other person, and 75 percent more when dining with three? How do we explain the fact that people who like...
by Chris Ruffle
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2015
When Yorkshireman Chris Ruffle decided to build a vineyard complete with a Scottish castle in the midst of the countryside in eastern China, he was expecting difficulties, but nothing on the scale he encountered. But build it he did, and the wine is now flowing. A Decent Bottle of Wine in China tells...
Coders
The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
Hello, world.
Facebook's algorithms shaping the news. Self-driving cars roaming the streets. Revolution on Twitter and romance on Tinder. We live in a world constructed of code--and coders are the ones who built it for us. From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson comes a brilliant anthropological...
by Rod Island
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2014
Volume 7 is a continuation of Volume 6 covering news articles from 6/21 of 2014 to 6/22 of 2014. It does a recap of "Sunflower Diaries," Volume 4. It shows examples of news articles that have tags regarding the Occult and the study of the Earth's Electromagnetic Field. Nitrogen 1 is a chapter...
by Pipo Serrano Blanquer
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 29, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 29, 2017
Este libro no es más que la detallada explicación del proceso de transformación digital de una redacción, un proceso apasionante que describe la definición de una estrategia digital y la creación de un lenguaje propio. Nuevas narrativas visuales, herramientas de visualización y periodismo de...
Study Guide to Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets
A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
This outstanding reference has already taught thousands of traders the concepts of technical analysis and their application in the futures and stock markets. Covering the latest developments in computer technology, technical tools, and indicators, the second edition features new material on candlestick...
Narconomics
How to Run a Drug Cartel
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
What drug lords learned from big business
How does a budding cartel boss succeed (and survive) in the 300 billion illegal drug business? By learning from the best, of course. From creating brand value to fine-tuning customer service, the folks running cartels have been attentive students of...
by CSS Corp
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
There are many formulations and varieties of epoxy appropriate for a wide range of purposes; almost all are strongly adhesive, electrically insulating, and heat resistant. When working with an industrial epoxy of any kind, you will need to take precautions. This e-book addresses some of the hazards and safety precautions of working with industrial epoxy resins.
Our Daily Meds
How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
In the last thirty years, the big pharmaceutical companies have transformed themselves into marketing machines selling dangerous medicines as if they were Coca-Cola or Cadillacs. They pitch drugs with video games and soft cuddly toys for children; promote them in churches and subways, at NASCAR races...
Twelve Years of Turbulence
The Inside Story of American Airlines’ Battle for Survival
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
In the twelve years following 9/11, American Airlines lost billions of dollars and endured years of crisis and turmoil. Financial upheaval, the crash of Flight 587, grueling confrontations with labor, a rival’s push to acquire the company, and a challenging fight with the government tested the mettle...
Semillas de periodismo
Ética, información y democracia
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Palabras de Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa:
Este libro puede leerse desde varios miradores. Es, para empezar, un
repertorio de lecturas sobre periodismo, que permite tener un panorama de lo
que es este oficio, esta técnica, este conjunto de destrezas, esta convicción,
que...
The Image
A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
First published in 1962, this wonderfully provocative book introduced the notion of “pseudo-events”—events such as press conferences and presidential debates, which are manufactured solely in order to be reported—and the contemporary definition of celebrity as “a person who is known for...
Showstopper!
The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
This “inside account captures the energy—and the madness—of the software giant’s race to develop a critical new program. . . . Gripping” (Fortune Magazine).
Showstopper is the dramatic, inside story of the creation of Windows NT, told by Wall Street Journal reporter G. Pascal...