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Frame Publishers
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English
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Industry of Nature describes 75 strategies that nature has developed in response to needs such as protection, strength, aerodynamics, camouflage and more. Included are existing and potential applications of these strategies in the design industry which have been illustrated with many photographs.
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English
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2021 GRAMMY® Winner for Best Spoken Word Album
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Big Oil and Gas Versus Democracy—Winner Take All
“A rollickingly well-written book, filled with fascinating, exciting, and alarming stories about the impact of the oil and gas industry on the world today.”—The New York Times Book Review
In 2010, the words “earthquake swarm” entered...
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Big Oil and Gas Versus Democracy—Winner Take All
“A rollickingly well-written book, filled with fascinating, exciting, and alarming stories about the impact of the oil and gas industry on the world today.”—The New York Times Book Review
In 2010, the words “earthquake swarm” entered...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Ryan Busse has traveled a long, circuitous path along the American gun journey. As an avid hunter, outdoorsman, and conservationist-all things that the firearms industry was built on-he rose to the highest ranks of the rapidly growing, multibillion-dollar firearms industry. But rampant fear-mongering, racism, hardline conservative politics, massive profits from semi-automatic weapons sales, and McCarthyesque policing have driven Busse to do something...
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linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Learn how having a job site master schedule can help reduce wasted time and resources in construction.
Scheduling a job site and managing all the teams on the job is a big undertaking. Learn how having a master schedule can help reduce wasted time and resources. Learn more tools and techniques that boost your construction management skills by visiting the full version of the course, On the Job Site: Construction, on LinkedIn Learning or Lynda.com....
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Publisher
Deadtree Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) was a prolific American novelist and a political activist. Apart from his bestselling novels, which told in black and white, illuminated the realities of the United States at the turn of the twentieth century, he is remembered today for championing socialist causes that were naturally unpopular in conservative America. In classics like 'The Jungle' his work had considerable effects on American politics and legislation.
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linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Safety is always a prime consideration in the construction industry. Learn tips, tricks, and techniques to improve safety, situational awareness, and job site conditions.
Safety is always a prime consideration in the construction industry—and digital workflows and safety go hand-in-hand. In this course, you can discover how safety, quality, and productivity are linked in the world of construction. Explore a collection of tips, tricks, and techniques...
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linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Learn how safety, quality, and productivity are linked in the world of construction.
Digital workflows in construction open up opportunities for great leaps in productivity—but these are other factors that impact your efficiency. In this course, learn how safety, quality, and productivity are linked in the world of construction. Explore a collection of tips, tricks, and techniques for improving productivity by focusing on reliability and having...
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English
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"An inside look at the film industry for fans, students, and aspiring professionals. This account of starting at the lowest rung on the production ladder among enormously famous & outrageously demanding people has interesting insights and gossip. Married and with a child, the author takes unpaid gigs to get a foot in the door, and eventually ends up working on all seasons of The Sopranos. The show's setting and its creator's insistence on accuracy...
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linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Explore new technologies that are altering the future of construction, learn essential terms, and become well-versed in topics related to construction science and computer science.
Technologies like BIM and total robotic stations are helping construction companies save millions of dollars and hundreds of hours on the jobsite. To sustain a competitive advantage in this changing industry, it's important to remain versed in the different construction...
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The business of videogames is both a prestige industry and a very opaque one. Based on dozens of firsthand interviews and covering the development of landmark games including Bioshock: Infinite, Epic Mickey, Dead Space, and more, and through the studios' shocking closures, this book will tell the stories of how real people are affected by game studio shutdowns -- and how and if they recover. Jason Schreier has made a name for himself as gaming's...
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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In this madcap journey, a bestselling journalist investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them.
The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey through the minds of madness. Jon Ronson's exploration of a potential hoax being played on the world's top neurologists takes him, unexpectedly, into the heart of the madness industry. An influential psychologist who is convinced that...
The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey through the minds of madness. Jon Ronson's exploration of a potential hoax being played on the world's top neurologists takes him, unexpectedly, into the heart of the madness industry. An influential psychologist who is convinced that...
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Pasold studies in textile history volume 3
Publisher
Scolar Press
Pub. Date
1987
Language
English
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Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"American cartel is an unflinching and deeply documented dive into the culpability of the drug companies behind the staggering death toll of the opioid epidemic. It follows of a small band of DEA agents led by Joe Rannazzisi, a tough-talking New Yorker who had spent a storied 30 years bringing down bad guys, along with a band of lawyers led by West Virginia native Paul Farrell Jr. who fought to hold the drug industry to account in the face of the...
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Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Explore the trends, techniques, and technology being embraced by the construction industry, in this series.
The construction industry—often ranked as one of the largest industries in the world—employs millions of people, from skilled craft workers to project managers. The industry has evolved to incorporate fascinating ideas, concepts, technologies, and procedures to build virtually every fixed structure and facility on the planet, from buildings...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Turn your love of video games into a career. Learn about concepts and skills you'll need to master to build and finance your own game or find a job in the game industry.
Interested in turning your love of video games into a career? This course will introduce you to the concepts and skills required to make it in the modern game industry—whether you want to build and finance your own game or land a job at a triple-A studio, with an indie team, or...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Find out how to move from informed to influential by providing your unique point of view in industry knowledge.
Find out how to move from informed to influential by providing your unique point of view in industry knowledge. Learn more tools and techniques that can help you master leadership and management skills by visiting the full version of the course, Transitioning from Manager to Leader, on LinkedIn Learning or Lynda.com.
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Series
Women of power volume 9
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Language
English
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"Music Mavens transports readers around the world (and beyond)--to a jazz performance in Genoa, an instrument lab in London, a Tokyo taiko dojo, a New York City beatbox battle, and even a film scoring session aboard the starship Enterprise, to name a few. Along the way, it spotlights artists whose work spans musical genres and industry roles, including composing and songwriting, performing and conducting, audio engineering, producing, and rock photography....
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