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  Urban Transportation - Mobility...

  Lyric Vale

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  Transportation is the lifeblood of urban ecosystems, a complex network of movement that defines how cities breathe, function, and evolve. More than mere infrastructure of roads, rails, and vehicles, urban transportation represents a sophisticated dance of human mobility, technological innovation, economic strategy, and social connectivity. This comprehensive exploration delves into the intricate world of Urban Transportation, examining the economic dynamics, technological transformations, and emerging paradigms that are reshaping how people and goods move through increasingly complex metropolitan landscapes. 
  The narrative of urban mobility is a profound reflection of human ingenuity and adaptation, where technological advances, environmental challenges, and changing social needs converge to reimagine transportation systems. By tracing the historical development, current challenges, and future possibilities of urban transportation, this book unveils the multifaceted strategies that cities are developing to create more efficient, sustainable, and inclusive mobility networks. Readers will journey through the intersections of technological innovation, economic planning, environmental sustainability, and social equity—discovering how emerging transportation solutions are not just about moving from point A to point B, but about fundamentally redesigning the way cities function, connect, and support human potential in an increasingly complex and dynamic urban world.

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  Becoming Hewlett Packard - Why...

  Philip E. Meza, Robert A....

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  Based on extensive primary research conducted over more than fifteen years, this book documents the differential contribution of HP's successive CEOs in sustaining the company's integral process of becoming. It uses a comprehensive strategic leadership framework to examine and explain the role of the CEO: (1) defining and executing the key tasks of strategic leadership, and (2) developing four key elements of the company's strategic leadership capability. 
   
   
   
  The study of the strategic leadership of HP's successive CEOs revealed the paradox of corporate becoming, the existential situation facing successive CEOs (that justifies the book's empathic approach), and the importance of the CEO's ability to harness the company's past while also driving its future. Building on these insights, the book shows how the frameworks used to conceptualize the tasks of strategic leadership and the development of strategic leadership capability can serve as steps toward a dynamic theory of strategic leadership that animates an evolutionary framework of corporate becoming. This framework will be helpful for further theory development about strategic leadership and also offers practical tools for founders of new companies and CEOs and boards of directors of existing companies who intend to create, run, or oversee companies built for continued relevance, longevity, and greatness.

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  The Story of Drugs - How...

  John Harpoon

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  Throughout human history, substances have shaped the course of civilizations, influencing not only individual lives but entire societies. From the sacred plants used in ancient religious rituals to the drugs that sparked global trade and conflict, substances have been at the center of some of the most transformative events in human history. These substances—whether natural or synthetic—have impacted cultures, economies, medicine, and politics in ways that continue to reverberate today. 
    
  The use of psychoactive substances is as old as human civilization itself. In ancient times, plants like opium, cannabis, and peyote were not only used for their mind-altering properties but also for their spiritual significance. Shamanistic rituals, often involving trance-like states induced by these substances, were common across many early societies. These practices tied substances to deep spiritual experiences, leading to the belief that these plants had a divine or otherworldly power. 
    
  As civilizations grew, so did the complexity of their relationship with drugs. The Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans all had distinct approaches to substances, incorporating them into everything from medicine to social rituals. The introduction of alcohol as a staple in religious ceremonies and social life further solidified the role of substances in the daily lives of these societies. At the same time, substances like opium were recognized for their medicinal value, setting the stage for the eventual development of the pharmaceutical industry. 
   

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  Ultimate AWS Data Engineering -...

  Rathish Mohan

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  Unlock the Power of AWS Data Engineering and Build Smarter Pipelines for Data-Driven Success.
  Book Description
  In today’s data-driven era, mastering AWS data engineering is key to building scalable, secure pipelines that drive innovation and decision-making. Ultimate AWS Data Engineering is your comprehensive guide to mastering the art of building robust, cost-effective, and fault-tolerant data pipelines on AWS. Designed for data professionals and enthusiasts, this book begins with foundational concepts and progressively explores advanced techniques, equipping you with the skills to tackle real-world challenges.
  Throughout the chapters, you’ll dive deep into the core principles of data replication, partitioning, and load balancing, while gaining hands-on experience with AWS services like S3, DynamoDB, Redshift, and Glue. Learn to design resilient data architectures, optimize performance, and ensure seamless data transformation—all while adhering to best practices in cost-efficiency and security.
  Table of Contents
  1. Unveiling the Secrets of Data Engineering
  2. Architecting for Scalability: Data Replication Techniques
  3. Partitioning and Sharding: Optimizing Data Management
  4. Ensuring Consistency: Consensus Mechanisms and Models
  5. Balancing the Load: Achieving Performance and Efficiency
  6. Building Fault-Tolerant Architectures
  7. Exploring the Realm of AWS Data Storage Services
  8. Orchestrating Data Flow
  9. Advanced Data Pipelines and Transformation
  10. Data Warehousing Demystified
  11. Visualizing the Unseen
  12. AWS Machine Learning: Classic AI to Generative AI
  13. Advanced Data Engineering with AWS      
  
  Index

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  A Practical Guide To Modern...

  J C eremy Hobson

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  I know of no gamekeepers who are not countrymen to their fingertips.  They observe, they consider, they cherish and they do more than most to look after out woodlands and hedgerows, our moorlands and fens.  Theirs is not an easy job, out in all weathers and misunderstood by many townies who are further removed from the countryside and its workings than they have ever been, thanks to increasing technology which keeps them housebound.  They need never go out if they so choose, remaining glued to the screen of a mobile phone, a computer or a television. But those who do realise that the intervention of man need not always be irresponsible and thoughtless can see just what benefits can accrue from the wise management of our natural resources, and Jeremy Hobson does much in this book to apprise us all of the modern approach to keepering, from raising birds and habitat management to choosing coats and boots and training dogs. It is all here, and a fascinating read it is; both for those in the know and those who are curious to learn all about it. 
  Alan Titchmarsh MBE, VMH, DL.

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  No Place Like Nome - The Bering...

  Michael Engelhard

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  Beyond Sled Dogs and Gold 
   
   
   
  Somewhere between myths and hard facts you find Nome, poised also between yesterday and tomorrow. Drawing on his background in anthropology and an equal passion for history, Michael Engelhard surveys the seam that links two neighboring continents through the lens of one pivotal city. The region's legacy of millennia shines on pages enriched by this writer's recollections—from mammoths to Cold War monuments, from a spa turned orphanage, to cyclist miners and shaman hoards. Meet the explorers and adventurers, reindeer herders and hustlers, the dancers, drummers, dreamers, warriors, walrus-tusk carvers, and whalers, clergy, foragers, and photographers who shaped a place of conflicting visions as thoroughly as it shaped them.

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