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This is the second volume in a two-part series on frontiers in
regional research. It identifies methodological advances as well as
trends and future developments in regional systems modelling and
open science. Building on recent methodological and modelling
advances, as well as on extensive policy-analysis experience, top
international regional scientists identify and evaluate emerging
new conceptual and methodological trends and directions in regional
research. Topics such as dynamic interindustry modelling,
computable general equilibrium models, exploratory spatial data
analysis, geographic information science, spatial econometrics and
other advanced methods are the central focus of this book. The
volume provides insights into the latest developments in object
orientation, open source, and workflow systems, all in support of
open science. It will appeal to a wide readership, from regional
scientists and economists to geographers, quantitatively oriented
regional planners and other related disciplines. It offers a source
of relevant information for academic researchers and policy
analysts in government, and is also suitable for advanced teaching
courses on regional and spatial science, economics and political
science.
This volume focuses on frontiers in regional research and
identifies trends and future developments in the areas of
innovation, regional growth and migration. It also addresses topics
such as mobility, regional forecasting, and regional policy, and
includes expert contributions on disasters, resilience, and
sustainability. Building on recent methodological and modelling
advances, as well as on extensive policy-analysis experience, top
international regional scientists identify and evaluate emerging
new conceptual and methodological trends and directions in regional
research. This book will appeal to a wide readership, from regional
scientists and economists to geographers, quantitatively oriented
regional planners and other related disciplines. It offers a source
of relevant information for academic researchers and policy
analysts in government, and is also suitable for advanced teaching
courses on regional and spatial science, economics and political
science.
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Hoopless (Hardcover)
Nick Healy; Illustrated by Randal Jackson
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R329
Discovery Miles 3 290
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Lonnie wants to be a basketball star, but his Gramps won’t put up
a hoop at their house. Gramps says Lonnie is too young,
leaving Lonnie utterly HOOPLESS. With the help of his Gran, who was
a playground legend in her day, Lonnie learns to play in exchange
for helping with chores around the house. Will it be enough to
convince Gramps that Lonnie is ready for a hoop?
This volume focuses on frontiers in regional research and
identifies trends and future developments in the areas of
innovation, regional growth and migration. It also addresses topics
such as mobility, regional forecasting, and regional policy, and
includes expert contributions on disasters, resilience, and
sustainability. Building on recent methodological and modelling
advances, as well as on extensive policy-analysis experience, top
international regional scientists identify and evaluate emerging
new conceptual and methodological trends and directions in regional
research. This book will appeal to a wide readership, from regional
scientists and economists to geographers, quantitatively oriented
regional planners and other related disciplines. It offers a source
of relevant information for academic researchers and policy
analysts in government, and is also suitable for advanced teaching
courses on regional and spatial science, economics and political
science.
This is the second volume in a two-part series on frontiers in
regional research. It identifies methodological advances as well as
trends and future developments in regional systems modelling and
open science. Building on recent methodological and modelling
advances, as well as on extensive policy-analysis experience, top
international regional scientists identify and evaluate emerging
new conceptual and methodological trends and directions in regional
research. Topics such as dynamic interindustry modelling,
computable general equilibrium models, exploratory spatial data
analysis, geographic information science, spatial econometrics and
other advanced methods are the central focus of this book. The
volume provides insights into the latest developments in object
orientation, open source, and workflow systems, all in support of
open science. It will appeal to a wide readership, from regional
scientists and economists to geographers, quantitatively oriented
regional planners and other related disciplines. It offers a source
of relevant information for academic researchers and policy
analysts in government, and is also suitable for advanced teaching
courses on regional and spatial science, economics and political
science.
Cervantes in Seventeenth-century England garners well over a
thousand English references to Cervantes and his works, thus
providing the fullest and most intriguing early English picture
ever made of the writings of Spain's greatest writer. Besides
references to the nineteen books of Cervantes's prose available to
seventeenth-century English readers (including four little-known
abridgments), this new volume includes entries by such notable
writers as Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, William Wycherley, Aphra
Behn, Thomas Hobbes, John Dryden, and John Locke, as well as many
lesser-known and anonymous writers. A reader will find, among
others, a counterfeiter, a midwife, an astrologer, a princess, a
diarist, and a Harvard graduate. Altogether this broad range of
writers, famed and forgotten alike, brings to light not only
sectarian and political tensions of the day, but also glimpses of
the arts-of weaving, singing, acting, engraving, and painting. Even
dancing, for there was a dance called the "Sancho Panzo."
The volume opens with a wide-ranging Introduction that among other
things traces the English reception of both Cervantes's Don Quixote
and his Novelas ejemplares, including the part they played in
English drama. In the main body of the work, individual items are
arranged chronologically by year and, within that framework,
alphabetically by author, thus providing little-known
seventeenth-century evidence regarding the nature and breadth of
British interest in Cervantes in various decades. Thorough
annotation helps readers to place individual entries in their
historical, social, political, and in some instances religious
contexts.
The volume includes twenty-nine germane seventeenth-century
pictures, an index of references to chapters in Don Quixote, and a
full bibliography and index.
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The Vault (Paperback)
Brandon Leaks; Edited by Randall Jackson, Charlene Benitez-Avelino
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R385
Discovery Miles 3 850
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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For advanced beginners through advanced intermediate guitarists,
this book presents a structured approach to developing a thorough
knowledge of the guitar fretboard. Knowing where the notes are,
without having to stop and think, is essential to chordal and
soloing mastery, but few structured methods for developing this
knowledge exist. This book fills that gap, and does so by
developing a set of exercises that will at the same time challenge
the student, develop a thorough knowledge of the guitar fretboard
what's where, and in the process build the foundations of tonal
structures that will benefit those who play any style at any level.
Audio mp3s for the exercises are downloadable from the book's
website at www.FretBoardABCs.com. The book begins with a very brief
few sections that present the musical theoretic rationale for the
24 exercises that comprise most of the book. Those who already have
the necessary understanding of major and minor scale fundamentals
and the concept of triads can move directly to the exercises, but
nearly everyone will find an informational nugget or two that will
enhance their understanding and playing ability. The exercises
themselves essentially move the student through the cycle of
fifths, building triads on each root note in the cycle. The
tablature that accompanies the standard notation creates an
approach that economizes on left hand movement by selecting
fingering forms that minimize horizontal movement along the
fretboard. The exercises move first through several cycle patterns
using major triads, then through the cycle patterns using minor
triads. The book concludes with prescriptions for elaborating on
and augmenting these exercises by adding 6ths, 7ths, and 9ths to
the triads, and includes suggestions for adding variety to the
triad extensions. This book will be an excellent resource for
beginners looking to accelerate their progress, and for
intermediate and even some more advanced players who've never
developed a comprehensive knowledge of FretBoard ABCs and the
foundations of tonal structures. There are no magic bullets,
becoming a good musician takes effort, but students who invest
their time in this effectively structured approach will see
dramatic improvements in their playing, and be one step closer to
guitar mastery
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