Key Film Texts By Graham Roberts, Heather Wallis
2002 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0340807679 | PDF | 13 MB
This text aims to offer students of film a quick and easy introduction to 50 films which they are likely to encounter at A level and first year undergraduate level. Each entry offers students a guide to production details, information on the film-maker and the institutional content of the film. It also explores issues of genre and stardom, the social and historical context, and questions of form and content. An introductory chapter introduces students to the core principles of reading films, and each entry ends with a list of other similar films to encourage students to broaden their viewings and knowledge.

Keto Desserts 2019: Sweet & Savory Low-Carb, High-Fat Guilt-Free Recipes to Lose Up to 5 Pounds a Week
By Mark Keller
English | ASIN : B07RRV31HJ | 2019 | 101 pages | EPUB | 0.1 MB

Audrey T. Carpenter, "John Theophilus Desaguliers: A Natural Philosopher, Engineer and Freemason in Newtonian England"
English | ISBN: 1441182225 | 2011 | 360 pages | PDF | 8 MB
The first comprehensive biography of a major, but neglected, figure of his age.

Jean-Luc Nancy and the Future of Philosophy by B.C. Hutchens
English | 2005 | 1844650278 | 191 pages | PDF | 3,6 MB
Jean-Luc Nancy and the Future of Philosophy is the first single-authored, book-length introduction to Nancy's ideas and it offers a clear and succinct appraisal of Nancy's burgeoning reputation.

James Monroe: A Life From Beginning to End (Biographies of US Presidents) by Hourly History
English | March 22, 2017 | ISBN: 1520674562 | 41 pages | Rar (PDF, AZW3) | 0.64 Mb
James MonroeWhat American president would not relish the thought of his time in office bearing the description "Era of Good Feeling"? That was the title given to the time when President James Monroe occupied the White House. Monroe was a Virginian, like better-known Founding Father Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. But his destiny was not defined solely by his loyalty to his state. He was an American, assured of a future destined to be grand because he lived in a nation where possibilities were probable.

Islands: Nature and Culture (Earth) by Reaktion Books
English | December 15, 2014 | ISBN: 1780233469 | 224 pages | EPUB | 23 Mb
From Charles Darwin's enlightening voyage to the Galapagos Islands to moat-encased prisons incarcerating the world's deadliest prisoners, islands have been sites of immense scientific, political, and creative importance. An inspiration for artists and writers, they can be lively centers of holiday revelry or remote, mysterious spots; places of escape or of exile and imprisonment. In this cultural and scientific history of these alluring, isolated territories, Stephen A. Royle describes the great variety of islands, their economies, and the animals, plants, and people who thrive on them.

Steven Peterson, "Investment Theory and Risk Management, + Website"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1118129598 | 464 pages | EPUB | 5.8 MB
A unique perspective on applied investment theory and risk management from the Senior Risk Officer of a major pension fund

Gary Strumeyer, "Investing in Fixed Income Securities: Understanding the Bond Market"
English | 2005 | ISBN: 0471465127 | 528 pages | EPUB | 5.8 MB
Investors who've primarily purchased equity securities in the past have been looking for more secure investment alternatives; namely, fixed income securities. This book demystifies the sometimes daunting fixed income market, through a user-friendly, sophisticated, yet not overly mathematical format. Investing in Fixed Income Securities covers a wide range of topics, including the different types of fixed income securities, their characteristics, the strategies necessary to manage a diversified portfolio, bond pricing concepts, and more, so you can make the most informed investment decisions possible.

Interval Reachability Analysis: Bounding Trajectories of Uncertain Systems with Boxes for Control and Verification by Pierre-Jean Meyer
English | PDF | 2021 | 115 Pages | ISBN : 3030651096 | 2.9 MB
This brief presents a suite of computationally efficient methods for bounding trajectories of dynamical systems with multi-dimensional intervals, or 'boxes'. It explains the importance of bounding trajectories for evaluating the robustness of systems in the face of parametric uncertainty, and for verification or control synthesis problems with respect to safety and reachability properties. The methods presented make use of:

Internet of Things for Facility Management: Strategies of Service Optimization and Innovation by Nazly Atta
English | PDF | 2021 | 125 Pages | ISBN : 3030625931 | 3.5 MB
This book proposes strategies for FM services optimization and innovation, based on innovative models of IoT application and big data management within FM processes, able to support FM stakeholders in: orienting and managing big data flows and their sources (sensor, RFID, etc.); changing FM services demand/offer and developing new approaches to FM agreements; drawing new supply chains based on network approaches; and outlining new profiles of competences for FM stakeholders.