History of Portugal encompasses the stretch from her earliest times to her first empire in South America, and to her decline in the early nineteenth century, before the rise of her third empire in Africa.[...]
Social Game Design reveals what you need to know in order to create and monetize online social games. Using examples from successful game designs, you'll learn what makes these games compelling, and why people will pay to play them. This book will inspire you to apply these principles in order to me[...]
A New Ecology presents an ecosystem theory based on the following ecosystem properties: physical openness, ontic openness, directionality, connectivity, a complex dynamic for growth and development, and a complex dynamic response to disturbances. Each of these properties is developed in detail to sh[...]
Up-to-date, technically accurate coverage of essential topics in image and video processingThis is the first book to combine image and video processing with a practical MATLAB(R)-oriented approach in order to demonstrate the most important image and video techniques and algorithms. Utilizing minimal[...]
This book is motivated by the idea that the cost of inaction can be much greater than the cost of action. Inaction can lead to serious negative consequences - for individuals, the economy, and society. The consequences of a failure to reduce extreme poverty, for example, typically include malnutriti[...]
Brazilian Portuguese is written and spoken by over 180 million inhabitants of Brazil as well as by several million Brazilian em-igrants in other parts of the world, including over 1 million Brazilian Americans. Brazil is the most popular tourist destination in South America, enjoying over 5 million [...]
The 1921 text summarises the key events and changes which occurred in Spain from 1815 up until 1920.
MCRs have become a rapidly evolving field of research and have attracted the attention of both academic and industrial scientists. Addressing one of the hottest and rapidly expanding areas of organic chemistry, Multicomponent Reactions: Concepts and Applications for Design and Synthesis describes [...]
The 7th edition of La lengua que heredamos, "The language we inherit," is geared towards a lower- to upper-intermediate level user. Its proven literacy-building approach provides the tools necessary to use Spanish more effectively in personal and professional situations.[...]
Global diversity in the practice of public sector accounting continues to impede the reduction of bureaucracy and the creation of comparable standards in terms of accountability and transparency. The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) continues to engage in the ongoing p[...]
Contending that everyday sociability and social networks are central elements to an understanding of urban poverty, "Opportunities and Deprivation in the Urban South" draws on detailed research conducted in Sao Paulo in an examination of the social networks of individuals who identify as poor. The b[...]
Fourth Generation (4G) wireless communication systems support current and emergent multimedia services such as mobile TV, social networks and gaming, high-definition TV, video teleconferencing, and messaging services. These systems feature the All-over-IP concept and boast improved quality of servic[...]
"The Elite Bicycle" brings together intimate portraits of the world's greatest bicycle artisans, examining the philosophies, the meticulous workmanship, and the eccentric personalities behind cycling's most prestigious brands. Their materials and methods could not be more disparate, yet their pursui[...]
Almost 150 years ago, the very first motorbike in the world, the steam-driven Perreaux motorbike, made its debut on the paving stones of the Porte Maillot in Paris. After that, hundreds of different brands of motorbikes sprang up in the vast former Department of the Seine: almost 600 of them! Not a[...]
The Winterthur architect Peter Kunz is well known for his stringent residential buildings in development zones located between urbanity and nature. This book not only documents twelve of his buildings, but also creates an impressive dialogue between the view of the Winterthur photographer Claudia Lu[...]
Vor dem Hintergrund des napoleonischen Spanienfeldzugs wird der greise Marques de Bolibar zum Lenker eines todbringenden Schicksals. In der andalusischen Bergstadt La Bisbal werden im Winter 1812 durch spanische Guerillas die beiden deutschen Regimenter ?Nassau? und ?Erbprinz von Hessen? vernichtet[...]