In 2005, filmmaker Christopher Nolan redefined Batman for a new generation with Batman Begins, followed in 2008 by The Dark Knight, and now 2012’s conclusion to the trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. Here, for the first time, is an in-world exploration of Christopher Nolan's Batman: The Dark Knight Manual, the definitive guide to his tools, vehicles, and technologies. Following the destruction o…
The breakthrough marketing strategy from the world's most innovative advertising agency One of the largest and most successful advertising companies in the world, Dentsu has pioneered a sophisticated new cross-communication strategy--and now it's being revealed for the first time. In a world saturated with marketing messages, making your offering relevant is your biggest challenge. Dentsu's Cro…
Learn how to take professional-quality photographs using the same tricks today's top photographers use (surprisingly, it's easier than you'd think)! This is it--the latest version of the #1 best-selling digital photography book ever! It's the award-winning, worldwide smash hit that has been translated into dozens of different languages, because it's the one book that really shows you how to tak…
For courses in Money and Banking or General Economics. An Analytical Framework for Understanding Financial Markets The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets brings a fresh perspective to today’s major questions surrounding financial policy. Influenced by his term as Governor of the Federal Reserve, Frederic Mishkin offers students a unique viewpoint and informed insight into the m…
Drag those windows from your screen and into the air in front of you. Use a simple glance to switch lights, open doors or surf the web. Virtual devices, virtual objects will surround us, anywhere. Only one piece of real hardware will do it all, replace anything. From application concepts to technical design to even a fiction chapter carrying us into the future, "this book is a blueprint for an …
When it comes to communicating corporate information, the skills of the messenger can make or break a company's reputation. Containing practices, principles, and case studies, this guide helps HR professionals hone their skills at delivering information, managing crises, responding to queries, and more.
**Winner of the 2013 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award** Though Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail, its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, was never content with being just a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become âe~the everything storeâe(tm), offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. To achieve that e…
"Learn to design the ideal business page; integrate Facebook with your blog and website; generate traffic with check-in deals and sponsored stories; increase attention with events and custom apps; study the successful tactics of more than a dozen businesses"--P. [4] of cover.
In 2012 Disney celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Snow White movie, a beloved classic and an important milestone in film history. This book, created with the Walt Disney Family Foundation, run by Walt’s daughter, is an exploration of the making of the film that includes never-before-published facts and art. The Fairest One of All won the award for Best Animation Book at the 2012 A113Anima…
What is the importance of film festivals in the context of film culture at large? What logic reigns within the film festival galaxy? Are film festivals tools of power and prestige that make or break the fate of a film? Or do they effectively seal diverse and unique cinema from the wider public whilst simultaneously professing to celebrate it? What, if anything, is wrong with the concept of 'fes…
"Api pemberontakan sudah tersulut. Dan Capitol ingin membalas dendam Katniss Everdeen berhasil keluar sebagai pemenang Hunger Games bersama Peeta Mellark. Tapi kemenangan itu menyulut kemarahan Capitol. Kemenangan Katniss ternyata membangkitkan seManga, Manhua & Manhwat pemberontakan di beberapa distrik untuk menentang kekuasaan Presiden Snow yang kejam. Presiden Snow mengancam Katniss untuk me…
Consistently rated as the best overall introduction to computer-based image processing, The Image Processing Handbook covers two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) imaging techniques, image printing and storage methods, image processing algorithms, image and feature measurement, quantitative image measurement analysis, and more. Incorporating image processing and analysis examples at a…
Read and learn how internal consultants fit into the customer-supplier chain, how to tell people things they may not want to hear, the eight-phase C-O-N-S-U-L-T-S process, and how to get buy-in to lessen resistance.
With drama and riveting detail, the author of Unto the Sons presents a candidly fascinating look at the making of the remarkable publishing dynasty that is The New York Times--all the history behind the headlines. "Beautifully documented . . . no less than a landmark in the field of writing about journalism".--The Nation. Previous publisher: Dell.
A leader is: someone people follow. But why do people follow? Books abound on leaders, but much less is known about followers. In The Leaders We Need, Maccoby steps into this yawning gap in the literature. This insightful book shows that followers have their own powerful motivations to follow. Many relate to their leader as to some important person from the past—a parent, a sibling, a close f…