This text, like its previous editions, is an introduction to communication systems written at a level appropriate for advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate students in electrical engineering. An initial study of signal transmission and the inherent limitations of physical systems establishes unifying concepts of communication. Equal attention is then given to the analysis and design o…

Now anyone in business can become a star performer with this practical and entertaining guide to the tools and techniques of the performing arts that can dramatically improve workplace performance. Using the tools of the theatrical trade, scripts and stage direction, as well as the experiences of business leaders and members of the acting profession, Maynard and Leigh show how you can dramatica…

The Blackwell Companion to Criminology provides a contemporary and global resource to scholarship in both classical and topical areas of criminology. Written accessibly, and with its international perspective and first-rate scholarship, this is truly the first global handbook of criminology. Editors and contributors are international experts in criminology, offering a comparative perspective on…

Shows the damage that is caused to economic welfare by high taxation. This book describes how unequal the distribution of public spending is across the regions of the United Kingdom. It examines future developments in public spending together with a programme for reducing the size of government to a manageable level.

Today's investment markets can be daunting for anyone, but especially for those in the early stages of financial careers. The Fundamentals of the Securities Industry removes the guesswork, providing a broad-ranging introduction to how the securities industry works and how its components interact. Concepts presented in the book build upon each other, helping readers gain a fuller understanding o…

Covering television, film, radio, and theatre, this dictionary contains thousands of words and expressions commonly used in the media and entertainment industries and in classroom analyses of the industry at large. Whether someone wants to find out the definition of cinema verité or learn about the components of a storyboard, this dictionary has the answers. And with students worldwide majorin…

Is a developmenta (TM) passA(c)? Is it merely a by-product or a a trickle downa (TM) effect of economic growth, spurred by globalisation? Will poverty simply diminish with increased global markets? This state-of-the-art critical a developmenta (TM) reader deals with these and related questions. Globalisation, Poverty and Conflict examines the inter-relationships between globalisation, poverty a…

To what extent and in what ways is metaphorical thought relevant to an understanding of culture and society? More specifically: can the cognitive linguistic view of metaphor simultaneously explain both universality and diversity in metaphorical thought? Cognitive linguists have done important work on universal aspects of metaphor, but they have paid much less attention to why metaphors vary bot…

This handbook showcases current research and thinking in the sociology of religion. Aimed at students and scholars who want to know more about the sociology of religion, this handbook provides a resource for sociologists by integrating broader questions of sociology into the analysis of religion.

Human Paleobiology provides a unifying framework for the study of past and present human populations to a range of changing environments. It integrates evidence from studies of human adaptability, comparative primatology, and molecular genetics to document consistent measures of genetic distance among subspecies, species, and other taxonomic groupings. These findings support the interpretation …