Tabla de Contenidos: “…Naipaul's work / Anna Izabela Cichón -- Letter-writing and the construction of a transnational family: a private correspondence between the Netherlands and Germany, 1920--1949 / Barbara Henkes -- A Dutch collector with a German heart: the regional aspect of life writing in the case of Helene Kröller-Müller (1869-1939) / Eva Rovers -- Uses of biography: the Swedish version / Lisbeth Larsson -- Well-behaved women seldom make history, but if they do--: reflections on gender and biography / Mineke Bosch -- Margaret Thatcher and Gro Harlem Brundtland: two women prime ministers from the spectre of a comparative biography / Anneke Ribberink -- Constructing generational identity in post-communist autobiographies: the case of Latvia / Martins Kaprans -- An anthology of lives: Jaan Kross's Kallid Kaasteelised and Estonian memorial culture / Leena Kurvet-Käosaar -- Post-communist life writing and memory maps / Ioana Luca --Biographies -- Index…”

“…The only performer to earn five stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame--for film, recordings, television, radio, and live performance--Gene Autry was the singing cowboy king. …”
Enlace del recurso

“…It provides a sociological account of masculinity, desire, sexuality, identity and citizenship in contemporary Chinese societies, and within the constellation of global culture.Kong reports the results of an extensive ethnographic study of contemporary Chinese gay men in a wide range of different locations including mainland China, Hong Kong and the Chinese overseas community in London, showing how Chinese gay men live their everyday lives. Relating Chinese male homosexuality…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Social Capital is Dead: Long Live Whatever Comes Next -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Social Capital's Irresistable Rise -- 6.3 ... and Fall -- 6.4 Strategic Weaknesses are Tactical Strengths -- 6.5 Deconstructing the Buzz -- 6.6 GBS, Hegel and Abraham Lincoln -- 7. …”

“…We live in strange times. Old borders are vanishing just before our astonished eyes, while new ones are rapidly emerging. …”

“…It is therefore not surprising that writers use physical knowledge to tell about people and the world in which they live. Experimental literature and metaphors in physical theories are just two subjects that come up in the interviews with Ulrike Draesner, Durs Grünbein, Michael Hampe, Jens Harder, Reinhard Jirgl, Thomas Lehr, Ulrich Woelk and Juli Zeh. …”

“…Consequently, the sacrosanctity of religious dogmas and beliefs, stringent laws of repression and codes of moral and ethical propriety have compelled artists to live and create with occupational hazards like uncertain audience response, self-censorship and accusations of deliberate misinterpretation of cultural production looming over their heads. …”

“…The answer is inspired by options that are not available to political scientists - in the way that they are in the laboratories for the sciences, in the performances for the live arts, and in the studios for visual arts - as well as ideas that are already present, but not widespread in the discipline: problem-solving and case studies, as in the professional schools, and simulation exercises in many other disciplines. …”

“…Suspended in a state of exception, Okinawans have never been officially classified as colonial subjects of the Japanese empire or the United States, nor have they ever been treated as equal citizens of Japan. As a result, they live amid one of the densest concentrations of U.S. military bases in the world. …”

“…How long can humans live? This open access book documents, verifies and brings to life the advance of the frontier of human survival. …”

“…Instead, he favored studying, engaging, and asserting decisions in a nuanced, almost natural approach to how ethical people should live their daily lives consistent with Jewish law. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""EVIDENCE DOCUMENTATION, COLLECTION, AND PACKAGING""""CHAIN OF CUSTODY""; ""PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY""; ""EXAMINATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE LIVE ANIMAL""; ""EXTERNAL EXAMINATION""; ""FORENSIC NECROPSY""; ""SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS""; ""THE FORENSIC REPORT""; ""4 Special Considerations in Animal Cruelty Cases""; ""LARGE SCALE CRUELTY CASES""; ""TRACE EVIDENCE""; ""FORENSIC BOTANY""; ""DNA: DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID""; ""ANIMAL DEATH/INJURY IN HUMAN SUSPICIOUS DEATH/INJURY CASES""; ""OTHER UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS OF ANIMALS""; ""MÜNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY""; ""SUFFERING""; ""PAIN""…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Fable -- Shock -- Part One: The Manager -- Brian -- The Break -- JMJ -- Tremors -- Consolidation -- Done -- Band-Aid Removal -- Part Two: Retirement -- Sabbatical -- Brainstorm -- Immersion -- Injured Reserve -- Cabin Fever -- Furlough -- Going In -- First Sip -- Off The Wagon -- IT Pours -- Take In -- The Meeting -- Sanity Check -- Defense -- Part Three: The Experiment -- Cold Feet -- Past-Due Diligence -- Staff -- Opening Night -- Debrief -- Lip Biting -- Engagement -- Staff Meeting -- First Test -- The Rounds -- Cold Water -- Initial Results -- Blip -- Reality Check -- Round Two -- Glitch -- Confrontation -- Stand In -- Slap -- Consolation -- Friday Night Hoops -- Anniversary -- Immeasurement -- Irrelevance -- Anonymity -- Full Steam -- Results -- Money -- The Mat -- The Call -- The Bait -- Hook -- Patience -- Hand-Off -- Reorientation -- Part Four: Going Live -- Turnaround -- Recon -- Home Front -- Drive By -- The Report -- Teaching to Fish -- On Demand -- Trial -- One Fell Swoop -- Rollout -- Momentum -- Sucker Punch -- Déjà Vu -- Encore -- The Model -- The Miserable Job -- The Cost of Misery -- The Three Root Causes -- Anonymity -- Irrelevance -- Immeasurement -- The Benefits and Obstacles of Managing for Employee Engagement -- Benefits -- Increased Productivity -- Greater Retention and Lower Costs -- Sustainable Cultural Differentiation -- Obstacles -- Employee Obstacles -- Organizational Obstacles -- The Emotional Obstacle -- Exploring and Addressing the Causes of Job Misery -- Anonymity -- Irrelevance -- Who? …”

“…Above all, the book offers a framework for dealing with moral challenges people face as they seek happiness but also to live up to their responsibilities to others and the common good. …”

“…Smartphones overlay data onto live camera views to show homes for sale, restaurants, or historical sites. …”

“…Cloud computing is an emerging yet revolutionary technology that has been changing the way people live and work. However, with the continuous growth of cloud computing and related services, security and privacy has become a critical issue. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Example Project Overview -- Getting Started with Gulp -- Test HTML Page -- Module Installation -- Create a Gulp Task File -- Gulp Image Task -- Gulp CSS Task -- Automating Your Workflow -- Live Production Code -- Next Steps -- Chapter 2: CSS Optimization Tools for Boosting PWA Performance -- by Ahmed Bouchefra -- The Demo PWA to Audit -- Auditing with Google's Lighthouse -- Critical Rendering Path -- CSS Optimization Using Lighthouse Opportunities -- CSS Optimization: Removing Unused CSS Rules -- Reduce Render-Blocking CSS -- Unminified CSS -- Deferring Bootstrap Loading with JavaScript -- Checking the Optimizations -- Similar Tools -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: CSS Debugging and Optimization: Code Quality Tools -- by Tiffany B. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Dedication -- Packt Upsell -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Google Cloud Platform -- Introduction to cloud computing -- Introducing GCP -- GCP services -- Compute services -- Storage services -- Networking services -- Big data -- Data centers and regions -- Relating AWS and Azure to GCP -- Exploring GCP -- Creating your first project -- Using the command line -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Google Cloud Platform Compute -- Google Compute Engine -- f1-micro bursting machine types -- Mega-memory machine types -- Images -- Creating a VM instance -- Preemptible VM instances -- Live migration -- Instance templates -- Google App Engine -- Kubernetes engine -- Node pools -- Google Cloud Functions -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Google Cloud Platform Storage -- Persistent storage -- Google Cloud Storage buckets -- Google Cloud Spanner -- Google Cloud SQL -- Google Cloud Bigtable -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Google Cloud Platform Networking -- VPC networks -- Routes -- Firewall -- VPC network peering -- Private Google access -- Other networking concepts -- Load balancing -- Google Cloud CDN -- Cloud VPN -- Cloud interconnect -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Google Cloud Platform Containers -- Kubernetes concepts -- Administering a cluster -- Configuring cluster networking -- Multi-zone clusters -- Preemptible instances -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Google Cloud Platform Operations -- Stackdriver monitoring and logging -- Logging -- Stackdriver error reporting -- Stackdriver debugger -- Stackdriver profiler -- Stackdriver Trace -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Google Cloud Platform Identity and Security -- Infrastructure and cloud platform security -- Identity and access management -- Key management service -- Cloud security scanner -- Data loss prevention -- Security keys -- Summary…”

“…The ideas and approaches explored within this book will find application in a wide range of contexts across the whole scope of audiovisuality, from visual music and experimental film, to narrative film and documentary, to live performance, sound design and into sonic art and electroacoustic music. …”

“…He further challenges the reader with: "If you don't think outside of the box, you're doomed to live in the box." A user-friendly manual chock full of vignettes, suggestions and pithy commentary EVE is a must read for owners, officers, boards and advisors to derive understanding of business value drivers. …”