This text explores the developments in geometric and product modelling, and their applications. In particular, it looks at the means by which product geometry emerges from the conceptual stages of design, and the use of geometric reasoning for applications downstream of design, including manufacture and assembly. Much existing design research is either totally geometry based or totally non-geometric, and the interface between the two areas is of great interest to industry, as well as being crucial for the successful development of integrated systems for design and manufacture. This interface is currently not well understood and the book attempts to make a contribution to its understanding. The following areas are amongst those addressed: computer-aided design and manufacture of mechanical products; computer integration of design and manufacturing; computational geometry; conceptual design and engineering tolerances; and assembly design and planning.

Over 500 beautiful color photographs and an informative, succinct text provide a sweeping overview of stunning modern tableware designs. This book presents manufacturers both familiar and less known that revolutionized dining in the mid-twentieth century. Among the pottery firms whose wares are presented are Red Wing, Roseville, Royal China, Salem China, Stangl, Steubenville, Universal, Vernon Kilns, Winart Pottery, and Winfield China. A great deal of new information about the wares displayed may be found within these pages. Additionally, useful information concerning pricing and condition of ceramics is included, along with an extensive bibliography and index. Values may be found in the captions. While this book stands alone, it is also a companion volume to Mid-Century Modern Dinnerware, A Pictorial Guide: Ak-Sar-Ben to Paden City Pottery. This volume will be a valued addition to anyone entranced by fine ceramic design.

This colorful book provides a sweeping overview of the modern tableware designs introduced by leading pottery firms from the 1940s through the 1960s. So extensive is the coverage that this volume surveys forty-seven potteries from A to P, including American Limoges*TM, Buffalo*TM, Century House*TM, Frankoma*TM, Hall*TM, Mayer*TM, Pacific*TM, and Pfaltzgraff*TM. A second volume will be required to present the rest. Over 500 vivid color photographs display these modern tableware designs at their best. The concise text presents new information, grading guidelines, a detailed bibliography, and an index. Current market values are found in the captions. Anyone who appreciates modern design will find this book a treasure.

First published in 1980, Mugging as a Social Problem sets out to remedy the deficiency of serious research on mugging. The work is based on a random sample of over 1000 muggings which occurred within the Metropolitan Police District in the mid-1970s, and the author analyses the results not only in absolute and comparative terms but also against a background of social determinants such as ecology, deprivation and race. Dr. Pratt’s long-term solution is not novel: an all-round improvement in housing, employment and social conditions will eventually remove the circumstances which create muggers; but there are steps, he suggests, which can be taken in the short term to stop mugging by reducing opportunity. However, before any effective measures can be introduced, more facts are needed about the background, motives and methods of the typical mugger: it is just such facts that this study sets out to provide. This book will be of interest to students of sociology, law, urban studies and criminology.

"Menagerie" is:

""A beautiful abomination clothed in a skin of steel and silicon.""

""It's survival of the fittest, the way it should be. The way it has to be now.""

""And I was silent in the face of the Lord, as I had forgotten my other question.""

""He felt her passion coming through in waves, crashing against the shores of his paralyzed mind.""

""The bare wooden steps creaked and moaned as I slinked down, sliding along the right wall, penlight wavering uncontrollably.""

"Menagerie" is:

A hodgepodge of dreams and delusions, nightmares and fantasies. It's raw, passionate, obscene, and beautiful. It's a perfect nightmare for a grammar cop. It's all I feel fit to print, plus some.

"Menagerie" is:

Not intended for human consumption. May cause loss of superstition or foundation. Ask your doctor if there are any known interactions with other text-based drugs you are currently taking. Side effects may include anger, doubt, second-guessing, fear, pondering, and soul searching. Stop taking "Menagerie" if you experience multiple symptoms, as this could lead to enlightenment, which could be dangerous.

This unique book describes the history of the Duchy of Bronte, the Sicilian estate given to Admiral Lord Nelson by the grateful Neopolitan Bourbons in 1799 for saving them from the revolutionary mob and the French army, an extraordinary anomaly in a remote and beautiful setting. This book describes not only the story of the estate and its very foreign owners, but also that of the English in Eastern Sicily during the 19th and 20th centuries. Not only was the Castello di Maniace the seat of a dukedom, but the estate had been one of Sicily's greatest mediaeval abbeys and played a significant part in the island's past. The book contains maps and photographs from a collection long dispersed, sadly the last Duke of Bronte sold the property over twenty years ago so they document a way of life that no longer exists. All facets of an unusual Anglo-Sicilian relationship, with mutual miscomprehension usually uppermost, are recorded here, sometimes touchingly.