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Guardians of the Bottom Line: Demystifying Cybersecurity for Today's Leaders

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Report copyright infringementby Brenda Taylor Pmp (Author), Jonathan Cox Bs Cissp Casp (Author)In today's digital landscape, maintaining a robust cybersecurity program is not just essential-it's vital for survival. As threats evolve and more companies come under attack, the ability to minimize damage and recover effectively sets successful businesses apart from those that falter. This book equips you with the knowledge to prepare for and respond to inevitable cyber threats, ensuring your comp...

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Report copyright infringementby Richard C. Bernheim (Author)Research has shown that most projects fail not because of technological issues but, rather, issues related to people such as a lack of (or poor) communication, inadequate leadership, unclear lines of authority, and poor motivation. Dealing with individual behaviors, organizational culture, and internal politics can distract a project manager from value-added activities, leading to overwork, stress, and overall project chaos. Using th...

The North Mexican Cattle Industry, 1910-1975: Ideology, Conflict, and Change

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Report copyright infringementby Manuel A. Jr. Machado (Author)By the end of the nineteenth century the cattle industry in northern Mexico was thriving. Large haciendas, based on the peonage system and many of them foreign-owned, produced hundreds of thousands of head of cattle that enriched hacendados and filled ranges in both Mexico and the United States. But the Revolution of 1910 overturned Mexico's social and economic structure, and by the 1920s large holdings were being broken up and alm...

When Machines Learn: AI and the Transformation of Society

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Report copyright infringementby Lars Meyer (Author)Discover the Dawn of a New Era: The Ties Between Artificial Intelligence and Our FutureImagine a world where every aspect of life is enhanced by artificial intelligence-our jobs, our ethical decisions, and even the way we interact with one another. "When Machines Learn: AI and the Transformation of Society" is a gripping exploration of this not-so-distant future, where AI is not only a tool but a transformative force reshaping every facet of ...

The Mirror World: Harnessing the Power of Digital Twins

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Lawson (Author)Experience a Revolutionary Journey into the World of Digital TwinsIn the digital age's ever-evolving landscape, a groundbreaking concept is reshaping industries: Digital Twins. Journey into the heart of this transformative technology with The Mirror World: Harnessing the Power of Digital Twins and discover how virtual replicas of physical assets revolutionize our approach to innovation and efficiency.Enter a world where the boundaries bet...

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Report copyright infringementby Jordan Blake (Author)Witness the Tech Revolution Transforming Our WorldHow far will AI take us? What challenges lie ahead? Dive into an exhilarating journey through the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence with "AI Revolution: The Future Unveiled". This book meticulously unpacks the fascinating past, dynamic present, and possible future of AI, capturing readers' imaginations with vivid stories and informed predictions.Starting from the very roots, expl...

Alliance Capitalism, Innovation and the Chinese State: The Global Wireless Sector

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Report copyright infringementby Victoria Higgins (Author)This book analyses how key 'systems integration' technical pressures, and the increasing use of collaborative alliances for market and product development are impacting on the socio technical policy directives of Chinese State leaders and the strategic behaviour of key Chinese high technology firms operating in the global wireless sector.Author BiographyVictoria Higgins is a teaching associate at Monash University, Australia, and holds ...

UX: Simple and Effective Methods for Designing UX Great Products Using UX Programming Theories

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Report copyright infringementby Eric Schmidt (Author)If you have picked up this book, it means you are interested in learning about UX programming theories and how you can use them to design great products. Trust us. This book will not disappoint! You will be surprised at how much these theories can help you assess the strengths and weaknesses of your product, identify user needs, and generate new ideas for product development. User experience (UX) programming theories can be used to design g...

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Report copyright infringementby Jens Weiman (Author), Antony Froggatt (Author)As the contribution of renewable energy increases to meet climate change objectives, so does the extent to which electricity is generated by individuals and communities, moving a centralised system to a more decentralised one, with associated system management and integration challenges. However, new digital and storage technologies are enabling local system management, and reducing the need for, and cost of, centra...

Project Management Journal by ProBookmark: Graphically tracking projects, tasks, and performance

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Report copyright infringementby Roger D. Smith (Author)"Project Management is not rocket science - it is actually harder." Project Management is uniquely challenging when compared with ongoing business operations. Every project is different and requires a custom team of professionals to generate a unique set of deliverables. Managing such an endeavor successfully is incredibly challenging, but can be equally rewarding. Project Management Journal by ProBookmark is a personal management tool fo...

Demystifying Marketing: A Guide to the Fundamentals for Engineers

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Report copyright infringementby Patrick Forsyth (Author)Marketing is a big topic. It is complex, vital - and yet too often misunderstood. Every organisation must have customers or clients to remain financially viable. But they will not beat a path to your door unasked. Marketing is the essential process that actively seeks to generate customers, business and profit. Designed to explain and inform, and put any misconceptions to rights, this book is logically arranged in a way that builds up un...

Heroes of Invention: Technology, Liberalism and British Identity, 1750 1914

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Report copyright infringementby Christine MacLeod (Author)This innovative study adopts a distinct perspective on both the industrial revolution and nineteenth-century British culture. It investigates why inventors rose to heroic stature and popular acclaim in Victorian Britain, attested by numerous monuments, biographies and honours, and contends there was no decline in the industrial nation's self-esteem before 1914. In a period notorious for hero-worship, the veneration of inventors might s...

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Report copyright infringementby Graham Matthews (Author)In this fascinating book, Graham Matthews takes the reader through the history of the development and use of chemicals for control of pests, weeds, and vectors of disease.Prior to 1900 only a few chemicals had been employed as pesticides but in the early 1940s, as the Second World War raged, the insecticide DDT and the herbicide 2-4-D were developed. These changed everything. Since then, farmers have been using a growing list of insectic...

Field Management and Crop Rotation: Planning and Organizing Farms; Crop Rotation Systems; Soil Amendment With Fertilizers; Relation of Animal Husbandr

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Cary Parker (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is impor...

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Report copyright infringementby Khol Ali (Author)In the field of divine matrix in the language that field recognises. The field doesn't recognise the voice, it recognises the power of the heart - the first organ. In our heart we have a feeling, it creates electrical waves, magnetic waves - electromagnetic waves. That's the language that the field recognises. So, when you create the feeling in your heart, as if your prayer has already been answered, that creates the electrical and magnetical w...

Wandering Pilgrim: Boyhood Travels and An Engineer at Work

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Report copyright infringementby John Dunlop (Author)John Dunlop, self-styled as The Wandering Pilgrim, has spent a lifetime documenting his travels, inspired from boyhood by Grimm's Fairy Tales-especially East of the Sun and West of the Moon.Volume III presents diaries and accounts written at the time of the events, illustrated with contemporary photographs. It falls into two parts: fourteen boyhood travel stories from exploring and hitchhiking across Australia, followed by twenty-six account...

Beyond the Lab Coats: A Journey Through Flavor, Formulas, and Life

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Report copyright infringementby José Barbosa (Author), Yelena Barbosa (Author)Beyond the Lab Coats is a memoir of two scientists who learn to navigate corporate America, parenthood, and purpose, one formula at a time.From flavor labs and factory floors to boardrooms and late-night airport runs, José and Yelena Barbosa share behind-the-scenes stories from the food and beverage world: the failed prototypes, the last-minute saves, and the people who quietly keep your favorite products on the she...

Giving Up The Ghost: My 13-Year Journey with Ghosts, Gear, and Getting Out

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Report copyright infringementby Michael J. Baker (Author)For more than a decade, Michael Baker stepped into the quiet margins of the paranormal-attics thick with dust, locked wards gone to ruin, silent farmhouses where someone swore the air moved on its own. He arrived with an engineer's eye and a camera's patience, chasing the thin line between the extraordinary and the explainable. Along the way he built his own instruments, tested the popular gadgets, and walked alongside families convince...

Skip the Typing Test - I'll Manage the Software: One Woman's Pioneering Journey in High Tech

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Report copyright infringementby Beverly Schultz (Author)Step into today's high-tech world with a pioneering female engineer in a male-dominated field! During the computer technology revolution that transformed the world's industries during the last quarter of the 20th century, Beverly Schultz's success story blends the challenges and fun of engineering at its best and worst, with specifics that engineers relate to and others treasure in this unique view of high-tech. Her engineering career ti...

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Report copyright infringementby Louis How (Author)Discover the remarkable life of James B. Eads, a visionary civil engineer who left an indelible mark on American history. This meticulously prepared republication of Louis How's biography, "James B. Eads," chronicles the extraordinary accomplishments of the man behind the iconic Eads Bridge. Journey back to the 19th century and explore the world of this pioneering bridge builder, whose innovations revolutionized transportation across the might...

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Report copyright infringementby Christy Author Borth (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is i...

Grow. Cook. Eat. Share.: Grow. (Intentionally) Cook. (Passionately) Eat. (Thoughtfully) Share. (Generously)

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Report copyright infringementby Caran Jantzen (Author)Homesteading is not for the faint of heart--Caran Jantzen confesses in this honest memoir--although I have felt faint of heart often since homesteading. It is physically, mentally and emotionally taxing. Although falling into bed after a long day of outdoor labouring or indoor jam making has its appeal, to do this daily requires more than an acreage and a yearning for the country life. It demands equal parts grit and romance, seeing throug...

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Report copyright infringementby S. Thorburn (Editor), G. S. Littlejohn (Editor)Various underpinning methods exist, and choosing a particular method or selection of methods is the job of the engineer. Consistent with the underpinning procedure is the need to retain the affected structure plus the surrounding ground and/or buildings. This book will offer advice on how to chose the correct procedure. Number of Pages: 412 Dimensions: 0.84 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Pu...

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Decherney (Author)In this engaging and readable book, Peter Decherney tells the story of Hollywood, from its nineteenth-century origins to the emergence of internet media empires. He recounts how the studio system rose out of the ashes of Thomas Edison's trust to create the handful of companies that have dominated global screens and imaginations for more than 100 years. Throughout, he reveals that the elements we take to be a natural part of the Hollywood...

From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Monmonier (Author)Brassiere Hills, Alaska. Mollys Nipple, Utah. Outhouse Draw, Nevada. In the early twentieth century, it was common for towns and geographical features to have salacious, bawdy, and even derogatory names. In the age before political correctness, mapmakers readily accepted any local preference for place names, prizing accurate representation over standards of decorum. Thus, summits such as Squaw Tit-which towered above valleys in Arizona, N...

Schaum's Outline of Basic Electricity, Second Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Milton Gussow (Author)Confused by basic electricity concepts? Problem solvedSchaum's Outline of Basic Electricity covers the fundamentals of electricity and electric circuits. Written as a complement to vocational and technical courses, the book reviews digital and computer technology and the more advanced level of expertise required of technicians in these fields. Chapters focus on particular subjects as they are related to electric circuits, so you can target...

Sweet Pea School: Growing & Arranging the Garden's Most Romantic Blooms

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Report copyright infringementby Marryn Mathis (Author)From experienced flower farmer and reigning "Sweet Pea Queen" Marryn Mathis comes this gorgeous, instructive guide to growing and harvesting your own sweet peas. "If you don't have sweet peas in your garden (yet), having this book on your coffee table is the next best thing." --Oprah Daily "Sweet Pea School reveals the passion and knowledge of an experienced flower farmer who respectfully acknowledges the work of plantspeople who have gr...

The Eye of the Master: A Social History of Artificial Intelligence

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Report copyright infringementby Matteo Pasquinelli (Author)A social history of AI that finally reveals its roots in the spatial computation of industrial factories and the surveillance of collective behaviour. What is AI? A dominant view describes it as the quest "to solve intelligence," a solution supposedly to be found in the secret logic of the mind or in the deep physiology of the brain, such as in its complex neural networks. The Eye of the Master argues, to the contrary, that the inner ...

Epic Disruptions: 11 Innovations That Shaped Our Modern World

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Report copyright infringementby Scott D. Anthony (Author)A kaleidoscopic look at how eleven disruptive innovations--including the iPhone, the transistor, disposable diapers, and Julia Child's The Art of French Cooking--reshaped industries and societies, propelling humanity toward new frontiers.From gunpowder to generative AI, the forces of disruption are repeatedly rewriting the rules of business, society, and human possibility. But what drives these revolutionary changes?In Epic Disruptions,...

An Improbable Astronaut: How a Georgia farmboy wound up flying the space shuttle

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Report copyright infringementby Roy D. Jr. Bridges (Author)Astronaut Roy Bridges intentionally pursued a life of adventure. From fearlessly hunting bears in the woods with his cap pistol at age five, to piloting a fighter jet in Vietnam in his twenties, to rocketing into space at forty-two, he quietly, diligently, and relentlessly made his dream a reality. Fueled by ambition and hard work, fed by the support of family, and formed by the wisdom and character of their example, he made his way f...

AI for Families: Ultimate Guide to Mastering AI

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Report copyright infringementby Shannon Kimberly Edwards (Author)AI is already shaping how children learn, play, and see the world, leaving many families feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about navigating this new digital reality. AI for Families provides the guidance families need to approach AI innovation with confidence and on their own terms.This isn't a book about fearing AI or fighting against it. It's a guide providing practical support for the questions families are already wrestling ...

The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Brooke-Hitching (Author)Discover the mysteries within ancient maps -- Where exploration and mythology meetThis richly illustrated book collects and explores the colorful histories behind a striking range of real antique maps that are all in some way a little too good to be true.Mysteries within ancient maps: The Phantom Atlas is a guide to the world not as it is, but as it was imagined to be. It's a world of ghost islands, invisible mountain ranges, myt...