Digital Television is as an authoritative and complete overview that describes the technology of digital television broadcasting. It gives you a thorough technical description of the underlying principles of the DVB standard and the various steps of signal processing. Also included is a complete technical glossary of terms, abbreviations, and expres ...

American Popular Music and Its Business: The First Four Hundred Years Volume II: From 1790 to 1909 (American Popular Music & Its Business)

Author: the late Russell Sanjek

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (July 28, 1988)

Media: Hardcover, 494 pages

Price: $82.47

ISBN-10: 0195043103

ISBN-13: 9780195043105

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Volume two concentrates exclusively on music activity in the United States in the nineteenth century. Among the topics discussed are how changing technology affected the printing of music, the development of sheet music publishing, the growth of the American musical theater, popular religious music, black music (including spirituals and ragtime), mu ...

The Power of Humour at the Workplace (Response Books)

Author: K. Sathyanarayana

Publisher: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd (November 2, 2007)

Media: Paperback, 276 pages

Price: $16.34

ISBN-10: 0761935991

ISBN-13: 9780761935995

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Humour is a powerful management tool, which, if used properly, can be extremely effective to gain attention, create rapport and make a message more memorable. This interesting book highlights the benefits of humour at the workplace and recognizes the value of humour in a variety of situations. The author has included numerous examples of the effectiv ...

The Levity Effect: Why it Pays to Lighten Up

Author: Adrian Gostick, Scott Christopher

Publisher: Wiley (March 28, 2008)

Media: Hardcover, 240 pages

Price: $22.95

ISBN-10: 0470195886

ISBN-13: 9780470195888

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The Levity Effect uses serious science to reveal the remarkable power of humor and fun in business. Science proves it?fun is good for business! Based on ten years of extensive research, the authors argue against business tradition to reveal the powerful bottom-line benefits of leading with levity. With interviews, exercises, and case studies, ...

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The Poker Face of Wall Street

Author: Aaron Brown

Publisher: Wiley (July 27, 2007)

Media: Paperback, 368 pages

Price: $16.95

ISBN-10: 0470127317

ISBN-13: 9780470127315

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Wall Street is where poker and modern finance?and the theory behind these "games"?clash head on. In both worlds, real risk means real money is made or lost in a heart beat, and neither camp is always rational with the risk it takes. As a result, business and financial professionals who want to use poker insights to improve their job performance will ...

Hollywood Economics: How extreme uncertainty shapes the film industry (Contemporary Politicaleconomy)

Author: Arthur De Vany

Publisher: Routledge (November 13, 2003)

Media: Paperback, 328 pages

Price: $65.00

ISBN-10: 0415312612

ISBN-13: 9780415312615

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Movies expected to perform well can flop, whilst independent movies with low budgets can be wildly successful. In this superb new book, De Vany casts his expert eye over all aspects of the business and presents some intriguing conclusions. ...

The Rise of China (International Security Readers)

Author: Michael E. Brown

Publisher: The MIT Press (December 11, 2000)

Media: Paperback, 275 pages

Price: $8.15

ISBN-10: 0262522764

ISBN-13: 9780262522762

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China's relentless economic growth in the 1980s and 1990s heralded its emergence as a great power in world politics. As its economy expanded, China seemed poised to become the second-largest economy in the world. At the same time, it modernized its military and adopted a more assertive diplomatic posture. Many observers have begun to debate the inter ...

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Games of Strategy, Second Edition

Author: Avinash K. Dixit, Susan Skeath

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. (April 2004)

Media: Hardcover, 688 pages

Price: $4.48

ISBN-10: 0393924998

ISBN-13: 9780393924992

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Now available in a Second Edition, Games of Strategy remains the most accessible principles-level text for courses in game theory, addressing a remarkably broad range of concepts in a narrative that is both clear and compelling. Using resonant real-world examples, the authors simplify difficult theoretic ideas, helping students see the value o ...

Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin

Author: Lawrence Weinstein, John A. Adam

Publisher: Princeton University Press (April 1, 2008)

Media: Paperback, 320 pages

Price: $19.95

ISBN-10: 0691129495

ISBN-13: 9780691129495

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Guesstimation is a book that unlocks the power of approximation--it's popular mathematics rounded to the nearest power of ten! The ability to estimate is an important skill in daily life. More and more leading businesses today use estimation questions in interviews to test applicants' abilities to think on their feet. Guesstimation

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A Course in Game Theory

Author: Martin J. Osborne, Ariel Rubinstein

Publisher: The MIT Press (July 12, 1994)

Media: Paperback, 368 pages

Price: $39.00

ISBN-10: 0262650401

ISBN-13: 9780262650403

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"I recommend this book highly, it is beautifully done..." -- Robert Aumann, Hebrew University
A Course in Game Theory presents the main ideas of game theory at a level suitable for graduate students and advanced undergraduates, emphasizing the theory's foundations and interpretations of its basic concepts. The authors provide precise def ...

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