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This unique book tells the stories behind sixteen aspects of London
bus operation over the past fifty years. All of the authors have
worked in some way for London buses and speak of their contribution
to the running of the network. Together the stories provide a
fascinating look at the behind the scenes work of running bus
services in the world's greatest city. Subjects include driver
training and driving, designing liveries for London, the voice of
bus announcements, the Tendered Bus Unit, Smart ticketing, bus
control, bus stops, low-floor buses, operating the Sightseeing
Tour, London buses and the Olympics, mapping London bus routes,
running Docklands Minibuses and the design and production of
destination blinds. All profits from this book go to the London Bus
Museum.
Over the past century, if the wealthiest families had spent a
reasonable fraction of their wealth, paid taxes, invested in the
stock market, and passed their wealth down to the next generation,
there would be tens of thousands of billionaire heirs to
generations-old fortunes today. The puzzle of The Missing
Billionaires is why you cannot find one such billionaire on any
current rich list. There are a number of explanations, but this
book is focused on one mistake which is of profound importance to
all investors: poor risk decisions, both in investing and spending.
Many of these families didn’t choose bad investments– they
sized them incorrectly– and allowed their spending decisions to
amplify this mistake. The Missing Billionaires book offers a simple
yet powerful framework for making important lifetime financial
decisions in a systematic and rational way. It's for readers with a
baseline level of financial literacy, but doesn’t require a PhD.
It fills the gap between personal finance books and the academic
literature, bringing the valuable insights of academic finance to
non-specialists. Part One builds the theory of optimal investment
sizing from first principles, starting with betting on biased
coins. Part Two covers lifetime financial decision-making, with
emphasis on the integration of investment, saving and spending
decisions. Part Three covers practical implementation details,
including how to calibrate your personal level of risk-aversion,
and how to estimate the expected return and risk on a broad
spectrum of investments. The book is packed with case studies and
anecdotes, including one about Victor’s investment with LTCM as a
partner, and a bonus chapter on Liar’s Poker. The authors draw
extensively on their own experiences as principals of Elm Wealth, a
multi-billion-dollar wealth management practice, and prior to that
on their years as arbitrage traders– Victor at Salomon Brothers
and LTCM, and James at Nationsbank/CRT and Citadel. Whether you are
young and building wealth, an entrepreneur invested heavily in your
own business, or at a stage where your primary focus is investing
and spending, The Missing Billionaires: A Guide to Better Financial
Decisions is your must-have resource for thoughtful financial
decision-making.
Appropriate for those new to the topic and established scholars,
this holistic text examines the nexus of advocacy and
English-language teaching, beginning with theories of advocacy,
covering constraints and challenges in practice, and offering a
range of hands-on perspectives in different contexts and with
different populations. Bringing together wide-ranging and diverse
viewpoints in TESOL, this volume examines the role of advocacy
through a social justice lens in a range of contexts, including
K-12 classrooms and schools, adult and higher education settings,
families and communities, and teacher-education programs and
professional organizations. Advocacy in English Language Teaching
and Learning offers readers a deeper understanding of what advocacy
is and can be, and gives teacher candidates and educators the tools
to advocate for their students, their families and communities, and
their profession.
Appropriate for those new to the topic and established scholars,
this holistic text examines the nexus of advocacy and
English-language teaching, beginning with theories of advocacy,
covering constraints and challenges in practice, and offering a
range of hands-on perspectives in different contexts and with
different populations. Bringing together wide-ranging and diverse
viewpoints in TESOL, this volume examines the role of advocacy
through a social justice lens in a range of contexts, including
K-12 classrooms and schools, adult and higher education settings,
families and communities, and teacher-education programs and
professional organizations. Advocacy in English Language Teaching
and Learning offers readers a deeper understanding of what advocacy
is and can be, and gives teacher candidates and educators the tools
to advocate for their students, their families and communities, and
their profession.
This interdisciplinary study examines the transformation of Glasgow
as it has transitioned from a de-industrial to a post-industrial
city during the 20th and 21st centuries. A broad range of
contributors analyse diverse issues of urban policy, regeneration,
and economic and social change to consider the necessary actions
required to secure the gains of regeneration and create an
economically competitive and socially just city.
Examining intercellular infections in certain plant species that
lead to a symbiotic relationship between the host and its
endophytic microbes, this volume demonstrates the ability of many
types of endosymbionts, acting as a unit with hosts to better
survive, compete and reproduce. Practical applications of such
endophytes are also discussed, for example, pharmaceutical
developments and agricultural management.
Examining intercellular infections in certain plant species that
lead to a symbiotic relationship between the host and its
endophytic microbes, this volume demonstrates the ability of many
types of endosymbionts, acting as a unit with hosts to better
survive, compete and reproduce. Practical applications of such
endophytes are also discussed, for example, pharmaceutical
developments and agricultural management.
This limited edition artist’s book brings together digital
collages and manipulated photographs by painter James White based
on the celebrated and hugely influential series 'Evidence' by Mike
Mandel and Larry Sultan. In 'Evidence', Sultan and Mandel drew on
the archives of more than a hundred US government agencies, finding
surreal narrative suggestions in deadpan images that were intended
as functional documents, upending and interrogating the documentary
natures they espoused. The book has been a continual reference for
the grayscale photographic paintings for which James White has
become known. In this volume, White pays tribute to Sultan and
Mandel’s project by further undermining the evidentiary nature of
the photographic medium through a process of intervention and
painterly gesture which disrupts and reconstitutes the images’
mercurial surfaces. Published as a limited edition of 1000 signed
copies.
The need for sustainable advancement in agriculture practices
continues to press. Achieving optimum yields of crops has
traditionally meant farmers continuously using large amounts of
chemical fertilizers or pesticides but the indiscriminate use of
these pesticides has adversely affected the environment, non-
target microorganisms, soil textures and human health. Sustainable
Agricultural Practices, a volume in the Plant and Soil Microbiome
series, presents foundational information into the successful
utilization of different biocontrol agents (especially bacteria and
fungi actinomycetes) under field conditions which can help relieve
the pressure of overexploitation of synthetic pesticides in
agriculture. As many of the microorganisms including nitrogen
fixing bacteria and cyanobacteria can be used as bio inoculants,
they offer opportunities to not only to enhance the crop
productivity but also for maintaining the natural properties of
agricultural soils. The volume explores the multifaceted benefits
derived from varieties of microorganisms existing in different
components of ecosystem, many of which could potentially be
employed as probiotics for improved human and livestock health.
Researchers seeking to expand their understanding of related
fields, and students seeking foundational concept coverage will
find this volume valuable.
Microbiome Stimulants for Crops: Mechanisms and Applications
provides the latest developments in the real-world development and
application of these crop management alternatives in a
cost-effective, yield protective way. Sections address questions of
research, development and application, with insights into recent
legislative efforts in Europe and the United States. The book
includes valuable information regarding mechanisms and the
practical information needed to support the growing microbial
inoculant and biostimulant industry, thus helping focus scientific
research in new directions.
An intense sadistic tale of how one man will save the world through
sterilization. When Todd was just a child, he learned that
sometimes it was necessary to sterilize or euthanize animals in
order to keep their population from growing too rapidly. It was the
humane thing to do, the best thing for the environment. Yet, every
day at his job at the Welfare Department, Todd sees the dregs of
humanity multiplying unchecked, overburdening the earth with a
tidal wave of waste, abuse, and cruelty. But if he can convince
them not to reproduce, if he can convince everyone to voluntarily
sterilize themselves, then he might just prevent the coming
population explosion. And those who can't be convinced...
Population Zero is the story of an environmental activist named
Todd Hammerstein who is on a mission to save the planet. In just 50
years the population of the planet is expected to double. But not
if Todd can help it. From Wrath James White, the celebrated master
of sex and splatter, comes a tale of environmentalism, drugs, and
genital mutilation.
At Sector General, anything can happen-and frequently does. In this vast hospital in the depths of space, the thousands of staff, human and alien both, have a single mission: to care for all patients, of all species. For decades, these dramas of humanity and humor have commanded a following among science fiction readers. Now, in a single omnibus, the seventh and eighth volumes of the series-Code Blue: Emergency and The Genocidal Healer-return to print, along with an introduction by John Clute.
Sector General: A massive deep-space hospital station on the Galactic Rim, where human and alien medicine meet. Its 384 levels and thousands of staff members are supposedly able to meet the needs of any conceivable alien patient--though that capacity is always being strained as more (and stranger) alien races turn up to join the galactic community. Sentient viruses, interspecies romances, undreamed-of institutional catering problems--it all lands on Sector General's doorstep. And the only thing weirder than a hitherto unknown alien species is having a member of that species turn up in your Emergency Room.
The first of two omnibus volumes reprints the works that began the Sector General series, which were previously published as Hospital Station (1962), Star Surgeon (1963), and Major Operation (1971).
The heavyweight of hardcore horror returns with ten hard hitting
new short stories and seven brutal epic poems exploring the darkest
soul of humanity and the cruelty of life without pulling punches.
Wrath James White turns his unflinching eye upon the gruesome, the
violent, the tragic, and the erotic.
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