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Straightforward playbook for executing world-class strategy for tangible results Designed with three key ideas: leverage the tools that are working, simplify the model, and make the content readable for managers, Managing Performance in Turbulent Times is a road map for the modern strategy manager. Through their simplified execution process the authors--performance management experts--show executives how to get results and execute even in the most difficult conditions.* Addresses importance of adaptability to change within today's business environment* Explores the environmental turbulence that constantly confounds virtually all organizational systems, with workable solutions* Provides a streamlined execution process any organization can use to improve business results Managers need tools to do their jobs better. Filled with proven solutions, this book reveals how to get results through successful strategy execution, presenting a process that will help your organization execute strategy in a simplified, efficient manner.
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This is a revised and expanded edition of the groundbreaking "Edison in the Boardroom", highlighting the winning strategies today's biggest companies use to maximize the value of their intellectual property. Now fully revised and expanded, "Edison in the Boardroom, Second Edition" takes an in-depth look at the revolutionary concept of intellectual asset management (IAM). Incorporating stories and teachings from some of the most successful companies in the world - such as Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Procter & Gamble, Rockwell, Dow, Ford and many others - Harrison and Sullivan have made an exhaustive study of IAM and its implications for today's businesses. This title features updated interviews of companies, and a new treatment of the Profit Center Level. It updates stories and teachings from some of the most successful companies in the world. It showcases a hierarchy of best practices that today's companies can integrate into their own business philosophies to gain the best return from their intellectual assets. "Edison in the Boardroom, Second Edition" compiles a wealth of knowledge and successful stories that illustrate how far businesses have come in their ability to leverage and monetize their intellectual assets.
The DSLR Filmmaker's Handbook (Paperback)
Barry Anderson
ADLVD
A how-to guide for getting professional-quality video from your DSLR Shooting HD Video with a video-enabled DSLR has many benefits and some tricky drawbacks that digital filmmakers and videographers can overcome to get professional results. The DSLR Filmmaker's Handbook helps filmmakers harness the HD video capabilities of their DSLRs to create professional-level video. Packed with professionally-tested techniques, this indispensible book serves as a training guide for the complex steps that must be taken before, during, and after filming. * Teaches you the key tools and techniques for using your DSLR to shoot high-quality, professional-level video* Distills dense information about filmmaking and filters it down to easily understood granules* Shows you what to expect and what to avoid with your DSLR and how to maximize the visual look of your film* Shares tools and techniques that have been used in real-world, independent movie-making environments The DSLR Filmmaker's Handbook shows you how to overcome any tricky drawbacks that you may face while shooting HD video with your DSLR.
The Illustrated Guide to Islam (Hardback)
Raana Bokhari
ADYAY
This is an in-depth study of the history, ideology, culture and traditions of Islam, discussing the core beliefs, practices and sacred texts central to the religion, and the significance of holy sites, prayer, fasting and pilgrimage. It explores the rich cultural heritage of the Islamic world, with examples of the most spectacular artistic and architectural achievements shown in 1000 photographs. It includes an insightful overview of Islamic faith and teachings, and an exploration of the Quran, both as the revealed word of God and as a religious manuscript. It features a survey of beautiful design and architectural accomplishments, from calligraphy, ceramics and carpets to mosques, bazaars and palaces. It includes maps, fine-art paintings and a guide to the world's greatest museum collections of Islamic art today. This beautifully illustrated book explores the history, philosophy, traditions and teachings of Islam, as well as its exquisite calligraphy, fine-art paintings, ornaments and architecture. The first part explores the history, beliefs and worship practices of Muslim life, and the second part focuses on the rich heritage of art and architecture of the Islamic world, including Quran manuscripts, pottery, tiling, carvings, carpets, costumes, palaces and mosques. Gloriously illustrated with more than 1000 paintings, artworks, maps and photographs, the book offers an excellent overview of a complex religion and its artistic and architectural achievements.
The Food and Cooking of Thailand (Hardback)
Judy Bastyra
ADZYV
125 stunning recipes celebrate the authentic tastes, colours and aromas of one of the world's best-loved cuisines in this fabulous new cookbook. Beautifully illustrated with 250 sensational photographs, and each dish has step-by-step instructions for great results every time
Indian, Chinese, Thai and Asian (Hardback)
Rafi Fernandez
ADZYY
Presenting all the best-loved dishes from irresistible appetizers and street snacks to superb curries, sizzling stir-fries and sambals, sauces and desserts, with over 1000 colour photographs
The Art of Pastry (Hardback)
Catherine Atkinson
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This beautiful book provides a complete guide to making delicious pastry, with plenty of tips and illustrated techniques, so that even novice pastry cooks will achieve excellent results. Choose from sweet and savoury recipes from around the world
How to Create a Wildlife Garden (Hardback)
Christine Lavelle
AEAAG
Most gardeners view themselves as nature lovers, with one of the most enjoyable aspects of creating and maintaining a garden lying in the feeling of closeness to nature. It often comes as a surprise to many, however, that their garden is an essential home. Christine and Michael Lavelle's How to Create a Wildlife Garden provides complete instructions for designing and planting wildlife habitats, with over 40 practical projects, a directory of 70 wildlife species and 960 photographs.
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A fascinating guide to the mythology and religion of ancient Egypt, and to the awe-inspiring temples, tombs and treasures of the world's first great civilization. 430 colour images in total - maps, floor plans, family trees and line drawings supplement hundreds of full colour photographs to bring the subject vividly to life.
Animal Kingdom (Hardback)
Michael Chinery
ADZZD
Find out how animal bodies work and explore animal habitats, from the home of polar bears in the frozen Arctic to the Namib Desert where horses have adapted to the hot, dry climate. Discover the specialist, physical abilities of wild animals and learn about animal survival strategies and natural defences. Study the quest for food and discover the different ways in which insects, reptiles, birds and mammals give birth and raise their young. Learn about the social behaviour of insects, crocodiles, sharks, birds and mammals, how they interact with humans and how humans are endangering the lives of animals. This is the ideal reference book for 8- to 12-year-olds for home or school. Each highly illustrated section in this comprehensive volume provides detailed information on different aspects of animal life. Informative images show the animals in close-up, bringing to life the ordered world of the ant's nest and getting up close to the rough texture of a puff adder's scales and a leopard's distinctive spots. Action shots capture the drama of swimming schools of hammerhead sharks and the emergence of a baby snake from its egg. "Animal Kingdom: Life in the Wild" enables you to study how animal anatomy works, using full-colour, cross-sectional diagrams to reveal bone structure, internal organs and muscular structure - and it shows how animal bodies have developed amazing physical characteristics in order to survive.
The Chocolate Cookbook (Hardback)
Christine McFadden
ADZZJ
Discover the wonderfully indulgent world of chocolate with this irresistible cookbook, containing 135 fabulous recipes gathered from all over the world. Sumptuously illustrated with over 260 beautiful photographs.
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The taste of the countryside is captured in this timeless collection of home-cooked dishes, bringing the fresh and nutritious flavours of the country kitchen to your table. All the classics are here, from heart-warming soups, stews, pies and roast dinners to tempting breads, cakes, desserts, sauces and preserves. These simple, traditional recipes call for the freshest produce - vegetables from the kitchen garden, grain from the fields, cheese from the dairy and fruit from the orchard. Create the warm and comforting atmosphere of the farmhouse family kitchen in your own home, with over 700 step-by-step photographs to clearly illustrate these recipes, making them easy for any cook to prepare.
Tracing Your Family Tree (Paperback)
Kathy Chater
AEAAD
Trying to find out about your lineage can be a daunting task. Where do you start? This reference work answers all your questions and more. It takes you step-by-step through the whole process, from interviewing living relatives to identifying uniforms from old photographs, to looking at old wills and church records. There is useful information on using the Internet, newspapers and record offices, and instructions on how to record the data. The book also discusses researching before 1550, the problems that may arise, and how to decipher heraldic crests and palaeography. With a section on basic Latin and a glossary of common genealogical terms, this book should arm you with everything you need to become your family history detective.
A Humble Companion (Hardback)
Laurie Graham
AEBFS
Nellie Welche is a companion to royalty and keeper of secrets and Laurie Graham's A Humble Companion tells her story. The daughter of a high-ranking steward in the household of Prinnie, Prince of Wales, in the 18th century, at the age of twelve she was proposed as a suitably humble companion to George III's daughter Priincess Sophia, and the two become friends for life. This book sees the sharp-penned Nellie's memoirs narrate everything from the first rumblings of revolution in France to the times of gas light and steam trains, as the royalty struggle to adapt to an ever-changing world.
Excel 2013 Bible (Paperback)
John Walkenbach
AGEAA
Excel at Excel with the help of this bestselling spreadsheet guide John Walkenbach's name is synonymous with excellence in computer books that decipher the complexities of Microsoft Excel. Known as "Mr. Spreadsheet," Walkenbach shows you how to maximize the power of Excel 2013 while bringing you up to speed on the latest features. This perennial bestseller is fully updated to cover all the new features of Excel 2013, including how to navigate the user interface, take advantage of various file formats, master formulas, analyze data with PivotTables, and more. Whether you're an Excel beginner who is looking to get more savvy or an advanced user looking to become a power user, this latest edition provides you with comprehensive coverage as well as helpful tips, tricks, and techniques that you won't find anywhere else. Shares the invaluable insight of Excel guru and bestselling author "Mr. Spreadsheet" John Walkenbach as he guides you through every aspect of Excel 2013 Provides essential coverage of all the newest features of Excel 2013 Presents material in a clear, concise, logical format that is ideal for all levels of Excel experience Features a website that includes downloadable templates and worksheets from the book Chart your path to fantastic formulas and stellar spreadsheets with Excel 2013 Bible !
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Successful training programs are designed using a series of interactive materials that help learners discover concepts and apply what is learned back to the job. The systematic process described in this book will help raise the trainer's skills to the next level of development. Easy-to-use tools and templates answer all the questions trainers, course designers, and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) may have about how to develop training materials and more easily create the best training program in the shortest amount of time.
Taming The Big Data Tidal Wave (Hardback)
Bill Franks
AEGZS
You receive an e-mail. It contains an offer for a complete personal computer system. It seems like the retailer read your mind since you were exploring computers on their web site just a few hours prior...As you drive to the store to buy the computer bundle, you get an offer for a discounted coffee from the coffee shop you are getting ready to drive past. It says that since you're in the area, you can get 10% off if you stop by in the next 20 minutes...As you drink your coffee, you receive an apology from the manufacturer of a product that you complained about yesterday on your Facebook page, as well as on the company's web site...Finally, once you get back home, you receive notice of a special armor upgrade available for purchase in your favorite online video game. It is just what is needed to get past some spots you've been struggling with...Sound crazy? Are these things that can only happen in the distant future? No. All of these scenarios are possible today! Big data. Advanced analytics. Big data analytics. It seems you can't escape such terms today. Everywhere you turn people are discussing, writing about, and promoting big data and advanced analytics. Well, you can now add this book to the discussion. What is real and what is hype? Such attention can lead one to the suspicion that perhaps the analysis of big data is something that is more hype than substance. While there has been a lot of hype over the past few years, the reality is that we are in a transformative era in terms of analytic capabilities and the leveraging of massive amounts of data. If you take the time to cut through the sometimes-over-zealous hype present in the media, you'll find something very real and very powerful underneath it. With big data, the hype is driven by genuine excitement and anticipation of the business and consumer benefits that analyzing it will yield over time. Big data is the next wave of new data sources that will drive the next wave of analytic innovation in business, government, and academia. These innovations have the potential to radically change how organizations view their business. The analysis that big data enables will lead to decisions that are more informed and, in some cases, different from what they are today. It will yield insights that many can only dream about today. As you'll see, there are many consistencies with the requirements to tame big data and what has always been needed to tame new data sources. However, the additional scale of big data necessitates utilizing the newest tools, technologies, methods, and processes. The old way of approaching analysis just won't work. It is time to evolve the world of advanced analytics to the next level. That's what this book is about. Taming the Big Data Tidal Wave isn't just the title of this book, but rather an activity that will determine which businesses win and which lose in the next decade. By preparing and taking the initiative, organizations can ride the big data tidal wave to success rather than being pummeled underneath the crushing surf. What do you need to know and how do you prepare in order to start taming big data and generating exciting new analytics from it? Sit back, get comfortable, and prepare to find out!
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A must-have guide for the latest updates to the new release of Reporting Services SQL Server Reporting Services allows you to create reports and business intelligence (BI) solutions. With this updated resource, a team of experts shows you how Reporting Services makes reporting faster, easier and more powerful than ever in web, desktop, and portal solutions. New coverage discusses the new reporting tool called Crescent, BI semantic model's impact on report design and creation, semantic model design, and more. You'll explore the major enhancements to Report Builder and benefit from best practices shared by the authors. * Builds on the previous edition while also providing coverage of the new features introduced with SQL Server 2011* Explains Reporting Services architecture and BI fundamentals* Covers advanced report design and filtering techniques, walking you through each design, discussing its purpose and the conditions where it could be more efficient* Discusses semantic model design, Report Builder, Crescent, and more* Targets business analysts and report designers as well as BI solution developers Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2011 Reporting Services is mandatory reading if you are eager to start using the newest version of SQL Server Reporting Services.
Introducing ZBrush (Paperback)
Eric Keller
AELKM
Learn ZBrush inside and out with this updated new edition Get totally comfortable sculpting in a digital environment with the latest edition of this bestselling beginner's guide to ZBrush. Fully updated for the newest version of the software, ZBrush 4R3, this book dispels any fears you might have about the difficulty of using ZBrush and soon has you creating realistic, cartoon, and organic models with flair. Learn all the essentials, as you complete fun tutorials on painting, meshes, organic scripting, hard surface sculpting, lighting, rendering, and more. * Introduces you to ZBrush, the sculpting software that lets you create digital art with a fine-art feel, which you can transfer into Maya or other 3D applications * Covers painting, meshes, organic sculpting, hard surface sculpting, textures, lighting, rendering, working with other 3D applications, and scripting * Walks you through a series of fun and engaging tutorials where you can start creating your own work, including human, cartoon, and organic models * Fully updated for the newest version of ZBrush, ZBrush 4R3, including full coverage of its robust rendering tools * Includes a DVD with helpful video examples and files to help you complete the tutorials Design remarkably realistic creatures, people, and objects with ZBrush and the new edition of this top-selling guide. The DVD is not included as part of the e-book file, but is available for download after purchase.
