Introduction to Hospitality is a lively, comprehensive survey of hospitality, the world's largest industry, designed for tomorrow's leaders. You'll explore the vibrant inner workings of each hospitality segment, including lodging, restaurants, tourism, recreation, attractions, clubs and managerial areas. A core goal of this text is to help you advance your hospitality career. In that spirit,…
A new and definitive overview of the vital role and effective practice of entrepreneurship in one of the most dynamic industry sectors in the world. With a highly qualified international team of contributors, the editors clearly outline the key theoretical perspectives and go on to cover the various types of entrepreneurship
Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious—even liberating—book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. The problems range from ambiguous and hidden controls to arbi…
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Comprises a revised second edition of film editor Walter Murch's thought-provoking essay on the art and process of film editing. Originally published in 1992, revisions take new technologies such as digital editing into account. c. Book News Inc.
A former UN worker and prominent architect, Johan van Lengen has seen firsthand the desperate need for a "greener" approach to housing in impoverished tropical climates. This comprehensive book clearly explains every aspect of this endeavor, includingdesign (siting, orientation, climate consideration), materials (sisal, cactus, bamboo, earth), and implementation. The author emphasizes throughou…
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us “I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be.” —Rick Rubin Many famed music producers are kn…
Offers an introduction to the basics of art and the elements of landscape, shows how to create fantasy realms, and showcases the work of several prominent fantasy artists.
Examines the principles behind website design and development. Includes examples and information on ensuring your website is usable on a mobile device.
Digital Rights Management: Protecting and Monetizing Content provides readers with a broad understanding of content protection and digital rights management technologies, as well as the copyright and consumer issues that underlie them. This book covers the content revolution that is transforming the content industries, the evolving legal landscape, the technologies themselves, and the effects t…
This book The 4th edition brings readers up to date on the latest technologies, presents concepts in a more unified manner, and offers new or expanded coverage of machine learning, deep learning, transfer learning, multi agent systems, robotics, natural language processing, causality, probabilistic programming, privacy, fairness, and safe AI. Appendix : page 1074-1083. Bibliography : page 10…
Unlike many other art books only give recipes for mixing colors or describe step-by-step painting techniques, *Color and Light* answers the questions that realist painters continually ask, such as: "What happens with sky colors at sunset?", "How do colors change with distance?", and "What makes a form look three-dimensional?" Author James Gurney draws on his experience as a plain-air painter an…