This revolutionary introductory performance studies coursebook brings together classic texts in critical theory & shows how these texts can be used in the analysis of performance. The editors put their texts to work in examining such key topics as: * decoding the sign * the politics of performance * the politics of gender & sexual identity * performing ethnicity * the performing body * the space of performance * audience & spectatorship * the borders of performance. Each reading is clearly introduced making often complex critical texts accessible at an introductory level & immediately applicavble to the field of performance. The ideas explored within these readings are further clarified through innovative carefully tested exercises & activities. ...

The performance stability control & response of aircraft are key areas of aeronautical engineering. This book provides a comprehensive overview to the underlying theory & application of what are often perceived to be difficult topics. Initially it introduces the reader to the fundamental concepts underlying performance & stability including lift characteristics & estimation of drag before moving on to a more detailed analysis of performance in both level & climbing flight. Pitching motion is then described followed by a detailed discussion of all aspects of both lateral & longitudinal stability & response. It finishes with an examination of inertial cross-coupling & automatic control & stabilization. The student is helped to think in three

Dimensions throughout the book by the use of illustrative examples. The progression from one degree of freedom to six degrees of freedom is gradually introduced. The result is an approach dealing specifically with all aspects of performance stability & control that fills a gap in the current literature. It will be essential reading for all those embarking on degree level courses in aeronautical engineering & will be of interest to all with an interest in stability & dynamics including those in commercial flying schools who require an insight into the performance of their aircraft. It is ideal for undergraduate aeronautical engineers. Three-dimensional thinking is introduced through worked examples & simple situations.

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Can you imagine your organisation as a Ferrari or a McLaren a Toyota or a Force India? Your management team as a pit crew? Your sales force as the race team & your marketing & research department as the design studio creating a Formula 1 car? Formula 1 has an estimated turnover of $4bn employs 50 000 people in more than 30 countries & has a foothold in every major & developing economy. With performance as the central focus of every organization Performance at the Limit uses the case of Formula 1 motorsport as an example of how business can achieve optimal performance in highly competitive environments where dealing with change effectively is paramount. This second edition builds on the success of the first & contains a wealth of new material including many more interviews with Formula 1 drivers & other key executives active in the sport. ...

Enhancing the performance of individuals & teams demands the use of a range of skills & techniques in such fields as leadership delegation coaching performance review communication objective setting & motivation. This book addresses these areas & more. ...

What does it mean to fail in performance or more accurately to stage failure in performance? What do performances that are founded upon the collapse of their own invention illuminate that other modes of theatre usually conceal? This book examines these questions through theoretical & archival modes of investigation. ...

* Seamless continuity from Level 1 in terms of quality design authoring & language style * Clear & logical layout with step-by-step illustrations of technical skills to enable learners to grasp difficult concepts & put theory into practice * Professional focus with case studies & activities assisting learners to progress onto further engineering study * Progress checks at the end of each section to help learners identify what content they feel confident with & which topics require further study * Industry focus case-studies are showcased at the end of each unit that describe real achievements in the world of engineering & contextualizes what has been learnt * Covers all mandatory units & optional units ...

Patrick Suskind's Perfume" is a classic novel of death & sensuality in Paris. ' In eighteenth-century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted & abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted & abominable personages. His name was Jean-Baptiste Grenouille & if his name has been forgotten today it is certainly not because Grenouille fell short of those more famous blackguards when it came to arrogance misanthropy immorality or more succinctly wickedness but because his gifts & his sole ambition were restricted to a domain that leaves no traces in history: to the fleeting realm of scent...' " An astonishing tour de force both in concept & execution". (" Guardian"). "A fantastic tale of murder & twisted eroticism controlled by a disgusted loathing of humanity... Clever stylish absorbing & well worth reading". (" Literary Review"). "A meditation on the nature of death desire & decay.. .a remarkable debut". (Peter Ackroyd " The New York Times Book Review"). " Unlike anything else one has read. A phenomenon... Everyone seems to want to get a whiff of this strange perfume which will remain unique in contemporary literature". (" Figaro"). " An ingenious & totally absorbing fantasy". (" Daily Telegraph"). " Witty stylish & ferociously absorbing". (" Observer"). Patrick Suskind was born near Munich in 1949. He studied medieval & modern history at the University of Munich. His first play " The Double Bass" was written in 1980 & became an international success. His first novel " Perfume" became an internationally acclaimed bestseller. He is also the author of " The Pigeon" & " Mr. Summer's Story" & a coauthor of the enormously successful German television series " Kir Royal". Patrick Suskind lives & writes in Munich." ...

A secret history of scent memory & desire from the Sunday Times bestselling author of ELEGANCE & THE DEBUTANTE. One letter will turn newly-married Grace Munroes life upside down: Our firm is handling the estate of the deceased Mrs Eva DOrsey & it is our duty to inform you that you are named as the chief beneficiary in her will. We request your presence at our offices at your earliest convenience so that we may go through the details of your inheritance. There is only one problem. Grace has never heard of Eva DOrsey. So begins a journey which leads Grace through the streets of Paris & into the seductive world of perfumers & their muses. An abandoned perfume shop on the Left Bank will lead her to unravel the heartbreaking story of her mysterious benefactor an extraordinary woman who bewitched high society in 1920s New York & Paris. ...

High in the hills of Valencia a forgotten house guards its secrets. Untouched since Franco's forces tore through Spain in 1936 the whitewashed walls have crumbled; the garden laden with orange blossom grown wild. Emma Temple is the first to unlock its doors in seventy years. Guided by a series of letters & a key bequeathed in her mother's will she has left her job as London's leading perfumier to restore this dilapidated villa to its former glory. It is the perfect retreat: a wilderness redolent with strange & exotic scents heavy with the colours & sounds of a foreign time. But for her grandmother Freya a British nurse who stayed here during Spain's devastating civil war Emma's new home evokes terrible memories. As the house begins to give up its secrets Emma is drawn deeper into Freya's story: of crushed idealism of lost love & of families ripped apart by war. She soon realises it is one thing to let go of the past but another when it won't let go of you. ...

The 15th-century Arabian text The Perfumed Garden is one of the greatest of world classic erotic texts along with India's The Karma Sutra. It is primarily a manual for sexual activity of all kinds dealing in some considerable detail with physical attributes foreplay coital positions & advice for how to achieve greater satisfaction for both partners as well as sexual health. In addition it contains some enlivening stories of sexual encounters & sexual needs fulfilled. Richard Burton famously translated it in 1886. Jonathan Keeble reads with aplomb. ...