Surround sound is rapidly displacing stereophonic sound as the accepted standard. This book provides the reader a foundation in the technology that can serve them regardless of the software they chose. It demystifies the multichannel process for both musical & visual environments. It teaches techniques for mixing & encoding for surround sound. ...

When crises do occur, a crisis management team talks through the company's business & legal goals, analyses the people & resources to deploy & the allies & experts to call upon, & debates the options before agreeing on a strategy. This title reveals the methods top companies use to tackle crises. ...

Quirky Japanese comedy drama. Kumiko Aso stars as Haname, a young woman who has run out of luck: the magazine she works for is about to fold, & her on-off boyfriend has just moved abroad. Unemployed & aimless, Haname finds herself at a crossroads with no idea which direction to take. Then, following the hospitalisation of her mother, she makes the life-changing discovery that her real father is not who she thought he was, but is actually a hippie drifter nicknamed Light Bulb (Morio Kazama). A series of bizarre events now leaves Haname with a comatose mother, an eccentric stranger for a dad
- & a whole new outlook on life.
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When too much depends on any one person
- even if he or she is the boss
- disaster is always just around the corner. It's time

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Arms hardworking independent business owners with the tools for success. This series tackles an array of business topics using strategies developed by Sugars & the crack business coaches at Action International, a global network that helps business owners, realize their dreams of success. ...

Shows first-time trainers to prepare, deliver, evaluate, & fine-tune presentations. This work, in a question-&-answer format, offers tips to help novice trainers deal with issues from overcoming stage fright to energizing apathetic audiences to reaching diverse group members. It features checklists, sample forms, & training resources. ...