Demobilization in Sub-Saharan Africa
In the early and mid-1990s, several African countries demobilised part of their armed forces. This book analyses, in the light of Africa's large development challenges and continuing wars and insecurity, the question: to what extent and how demobi...
The Illustrated Guide to Film Scanning: A best-practice guide to scanning negatives and transparencies
Scanning negative or transparency analogue film with a consumer grade desktop scanner can be a frustrating experience. This guide will help you get the most out of your analogue images.Follow the step-by-step workflows in this guide to scan an image just once, to obtain an analogue 'RAW file' that contains full highlight and shadow detail.Intended for enthusiast amateur and pro photographers who use or are willing to obtain Adobe Photoshop CS or higher, Silverfast or VueScan scanning software and the ColorPerfect plug-in.Finally, a clear guide to optimize your hybrid analogue to digital workflow.
Cash Is King
An illuminating exploration of the importance of your company's cash position and the steps you can take to ensure organizational liquidity In Cash is King, working capital and cash strategist Peter W. Kingma delivers an insightful and practical d...
Economics of Information
Designed for those with little or no prior experience in economics, Kingma's popular and highly acclaimed text clearly presents the fundamentals that users need to develop basic skills for simple cost-benefit analyses of goods and services. It pro...
Coming Apart
On Divorce, the Break Up, and a Broken Heart "Kingma deals with love so directly . . . that Coming Apart brings immediate comfort to anyone in pain." - LA Weekly, Review Originally published in 1987, and continuously in print since then,...
Atrial Fibrillation, a Treatable Disease?
The attack of atrial fibrillation experienced by President Bush of the United States attracted more attention from the general public to atrial fibrillation than ever before. Also, there is a growing body of knowledge of the pathophysiologic mecha...
Fiction and Reality of Jan Struys
Dutch Sailmaker and sailor Jan Struys' (c.1629-c.1694) account of his various overseas travels became a bestseller after its first publication in Amsterdam in 1676, and was later translated into English, French, German and Russian. This new book d...
Arabic Language
Covering all aspects of the history of Arabic, the Arabic linguistic tradition, Arabic dialects, sociolinguistics and Arabic as a world language, this introductory guide is perfect for students of Arabic, Arabic historical linguistics and Arabic s...
New Profession, Old Order
New Profession, Old Order explores the creative tension between modern technology and preindustrial Germany. It offers an explanation of why the engineering profession is so successful in transforming the physical world, did not achieve the profes...
Wilderness Protection in Europe
Europe still retains large areas which play host to numerous native and free-functioning ecosystems and lack roads, buildings, bridges, cables and other permanent manifestations of modern society. In the past such areas were considered wastelands,...
