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Einem jungen Gitarristen und Journalisten bietet sich der große Deal und die Story seines Lebens: eine Million, wenn er beweisen kann, dass die >Gibson Moderne<, die legendärste Gitarre aller Zeiten, tatsächlich existiert hat. Auf seiner Suche begegnet er besessenen Musikliebhabern, leidenschaftlichen Sammlern, zwielichtigen Gestalten und sagenumwobenen Instrumenten. Eine faszinierende Reise quer durch Amerika und die gol­denen Jahre von Blues...

The book answers the questions of how and where America educates its leading chief executive officers. Where are America's top executives educated? What do they study? Do they typically attend the nation's most elite colleges? Or do they, like millions of other students, choose colleges because of reasons like proximity, cost, and state pride? How important are advanced degrees to their success? Is the MBA a prerequisite for becoming a CEO? I ...

The book answers the questions of how and where America educates its leading chief executive officers. Where are America's top executives educated? What do they study? Do they typically attend the nation's most elite colleges? Or do they, like millions of other students, choose colleges because of reasons like proximity, cost, and state pride? How important are advanced degrees to their success? Is the MBA a prerequisite for becoming a CEO? I ...

Du sollst ein Referat in der Schule halten und willst es richtig gut machen? Du hast schon mal in PowerPoint hineingeschaut, weißt aber nicht so genau, was man dort alles so machen kann? Du möchtest gern verstehen, wie der Computer arbeitet? Dann ist dieses Buch genau richtig für dich. Gestalte übersichtliche Folien, sodass dein Publikum schnell versteht, worum es geht. Wähle ein Design, erstelle Notizen, füge Bilder, Tabellen und Animationen ...

Wer BWL oder Ingenieurwissenschaften studiert, wird sich auch mit Produktion und Logistik beschäftigen müssen. Wie wird ein Produkt entwickelt, wie funktioniert der Einkauf von Material und Dienstleistungen und wie läuft die Verwertung von verbrauchten Produkten ab? Peter Pautsch verfolgt in seinem Buch von der Produktentwicklung bis zur Entsorgung einen ganzheitlichen Ansatz und stellt alle Themen vor, die beim Lebenszyklus eines Produkts wic...

This book presents clinical and research aspects of medicine and social dimensions of healthcare. It is designed for an audience with interest in health and societal factors. It is in part autobiographical, based on different phases of the author's life i

Performance Vehicle Dynamics: Engineering and Applications offers an accessible treatment of the complex material needed to achieve level seven learning outcomes in the field. Users will gain a complete, structured understanding that enables the preparation of useful models for characterization and optimization of performance using the same Automotive or Motorsport industry techniques and approaches. As the approach to vehicle dynamics has cha...

The building of the Kinzua Dam abrogated one of the oldest Indian Treaty with the United States, the 1794 Pickering Treaty. The dam flooded 10, 000 acres of Seneca land and damaged the way of life of the Senecas and their elders. The stories of their loss are distressing. The Senecas survived this traumatic event but not without significant cultural change and loss. This is the story of the dislocated Seneca Elders of the Allegany Territory.

Die Indikation ist aus der Medizin nicht wegzudenken. Gleichwohl ist sie nur wenig untersucht und in der Literatur finden sich ganz unterschiedliche Vorstellungen von der "Indikation". Das Buch analysiert die Wortfamilie 'Indikation' und differenziert zwischen einer Indikationsstellung, einer Indikationsregel und einem Indikationsgebiet. Es plädiert für eine Erweiterung des Indikationsbegriffs bei Interventionen jenseits von Krankheit, z.B. de...

This book examines the uneven economy in Asia, showing how the pace of economic transformation affects prosperity and the emerging middle class. Using the Lewis turning point and the long run cycle of the rise and fall of nations as a framework, it demonstrates how demographic trends, digitalization rates and consumer preferences creates business opportunities in a disruptive and uncertain world. This includes moves toward promoting Eurasian i...

Written by Gerry Duggan, Joshua Corin and Chistopher Hastings, and illustrated by Salvador Espin, Scott Koblish and Iban Coello, this sees Deadpool forced into choosing between his wife or being a hero.

Dieci racconti brevi e un racconto lungo i cui protagonisti hanno in comune la passione per la musica, vissuta in età e contesti diversi.

How a war Canada did not fight profoundly changed the nation's writing and identity.

John Reibetanz is a poet of transformation. His poetry is tightly woven through syntax that closely responds to the movement of feeling and thought. He dexterously interweaves his own lived experience with the landscape of the imagination, exploring the metaphysical dimensions of the physical world and the mythic resonances of fundamental human concerns. In so doing, his work reveals the poet's underlying longing to engage fully with the overw...

Closely matched to the AQA specification with contents list, practice questions and bespoke practice exam papers.Pages dedicated to the Quality of Written Communication questions so students can practise the skills needed.The one topic-per-page format provides hassle-free revision for students with no lengthy set-up time and no complex revision conceptsTarget grades on the page allow students to progress at a speed that is right for themExam A...

Über vier Jahrzehnte nach seiner Erstveröffentlichung bringt TASCHEN eine der Perlen der urbanen Kartografie und historischen Dokumentation städtischen Lebens neu heraus. Die hochwertigen Reproduktionen dieses Nachdrucks versammeln sämtliche Farbtafeln aus Civitates orbis terrarum, einer großartigen Sammlung von Stadtplan-Stichen, die zwischen 1572 und 1617 entstanden.Mit seinen Plänen, Ansichten aus der Vogelperspektive sowie Karten aller gro...

This book addresses eco-design, a major tool for reducing the environmental impacts of products, services and systems in the context of sustainable development. It covers four key aspects of eco-design, applied to electrical engineering. First, it describes current and future methodologies and standards, including regulations, which apply to electrical engineering. In turn, the second chapter is devoted to energy systems and planning, includin...

This book explores how conditions for childbearing are changing in the 21st century under the impact of new biomedical technologies. Selective reproductive technologies (SRTs) - technologies that aim to prevent or promote the birth of particular kinds of children – are increasingly widespread across the globe. Wahlberg and Gammeltoft bring together a collection of essays providing unique ethnographic insights on how SRTs are made available wit...

The field of head and neck surgery is rapidly changing, with expanding indications for minimally invasive robotic techniques. While the da Vinci Surgical System is the most widely used robotic technology, this is an ever-evolving field with a growing number of other systems, including the Medrobotic Flex system, being incorporated into surgical practice. Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) has enabled improved patient outcomes, decreased morbidit...

What is the role of the environment, and of the information it provides, in cognition? More specifically, may there be a role for certain artefacts to play in this context? These are questions that motivate '4E' theories of cognition (as being embodied, embedded, extended, enactive). In his take on that family of views, Hajo Greif first defends and refines a concept of information as primarily natural, environmentally embedded in character, wh...