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The Speed of Sound

Breaking the Barriers Between Music and Technology: A Memoir

By: Thomas Dolby

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The Speed of Sound

Breaking the Barriers Between Music and Technology: A Memoir

By: Thomas Dolby

Thomas Dolby, the composer, performer, and tech pioneer, examines his life and career.

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Macmillan

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1250071844

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9781250071842

Charleston Nights

By: Thomas Vance Bennett

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A beautiful woman is murdered in London and the crime goes unsolved. Months later and thousands of miles away, a young journalist has a fateful predawn meeting on a bridge in Charleston. . . Reporter Steve Lore doesn’t know what to make of Clayton St. John. Though St. John has been in the “Holy City” for just six months, his wealth and good looks have bedazzled the town’s social elite. But is St. John who he claims to be? Did he actually serve in the Vietnam War? How did he get the money he has spent restoring an antebellum home and making hefty donations to the city’s historic preservation society? Why does he throw lavish parties that begin as polite society affairs and end as orgies? And why would a man like St. John befriend a struggling reporter like Steve, a man who lacks St. John’s confi dence, charisma and cash? Steve is both charmed and baffl ed by his stylish new friend, but when he tries to unravel St. John’s secrets, the mystery just deepens. Soon the menace unleashed by the young woman’s murder puts a whole family in mortal danger. St. John is forced to admit the truth about his background, and Steve has to face his own troubled past or lose Candace, the woman he loves. Ultimately, all of them have to decide who they trust and what they are willing to risk in the steamy heat of those Charleston Nights.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1456862928

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9781456862923

The Musicology of Record Production

By: Simon Zagorski-Thomas

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The Musicology of Record Production

By: Simon Zagorski-Thomas

Recorded music is as different to live music as film is to theatre. In this book, Simon Zagorski-Thomas employs current theories from psychology and sociology to examine how recorded music is made and how we listen to it. Setting out a framework for the study of recorded music and record production, he explains how recorded music is fundamentally different to live performance, how record production influences our interpretation of musical meaning and how the various participants in the process interact with technology to produce recorded music. He combines ideas from the ecological approach to perception, embodied cognition and the social construction of technological systems to provide a summary of theoretical approaches that are applied to the sound of the music and the creative activity of production. A wide range of examples from Zagorski-Thomas's professional experience reveal these ideas in action.

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279

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Cambridge University Press

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1139993518

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9781139993517

The Black Regulars, 1866-1898

By: William A. Dobak,Thomas D. Phillips

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The Black Regulars, 1866-1898

By: William A. Dobak,Thomas D. Phillips

In The Black Regulars, 1866-1898, the authors shed new light on the military justice system, relations between black troops and their mostly white civilian neighbors, their professional reputations, and what veterans faced when they left the army for civilian life.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806179813

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9780806179810

Writing Movies for Fun and Profit

How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can, Too!

By: Thomas Lennon,Robert Ben Garant

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Writing Movies for Fun and Profit

How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can, Too!

By: Thomas Lennon,Robert Ben Garant

A hilarious and helpful insider's guide to launching a successful writing career in Hollywood. . . . The only compass readers will ever need to navigate the treacherous waters of filmmaking"--("Kirkus Reviews," starred review).

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Simon and Schuster

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1439186766

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9781439186763

Instrumentation

An Introduction for Students in the Speech and Hearing Sciences

By: T. Newell Decker,Thomas D. Carrell

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Instrumentation

An Introduction for Students in the Speech and Hearing Sciences

By: T. Newell Decker,Thomas D. Carrell

Covering the subjects of communication sciences and disorders and speech pathology, this text on instrumentation is an introduction for students in the speech and hearing sciences.

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Psychology Press

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1135620717

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9781135620714

S3D Now!

A Stereoscopic Experiment for Film and TV

By: Max Hemmo,Andreas Westphal,Ulli Scuda,Alain Derobe,Christian Klimke,Guido Stüwer,Yvonne Thomas,Sönke Kirchhof

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S3D Now!

A Stereoscopic Experiment for Film and TV

By: Max Hemmo,Andreas Westphal,Ulli Scuda,Alain Derobe,Christian Klimke,Guido Stüwer,Yvonne Thomas,Sönke Kirchhof

Der 3D-Film hat die Art, wie wir das Geschehen auf der Leinwand erleben, verändert. Einen Schritt weiter geht der stereoskopische Film, der nicht nur die Wahrnehmung der Zuschauer in neue Dimensionen führt, sondern auch die 3D-Filmproduktion revolutioniert. Die Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen „Konrad Wolf“ hat in einem interdisziplinären Filmprojekt Wirtschaft und Forschung zusammengebracht: Gemeinsam mit Profis der Filmbranche erarbeiteten Studenten und Absolventen Lösungsstrategien zu aktuellen technischen und ästhetischen Fragen der Stereoskopie und der s3D-Filmproduktion. Grundlage des Projekts bildete die wissenschaftliche Begleitung des s3D-Films „The Magician“, dessen Entstehung im Buch sowie durch eine s3D- und eine 2D-Produktion auf Blu-ray dokumentiert wurde.

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Fachverlag Schiele & Schoen

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3794908295

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9783794908295

National Association of Broadcasters Engineering Handbook

NAB Engineering Handbook

By: Graham A. Jones,David H. Layer,Thomas G. Osenkowsky

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National Association of Broadcasters Engineering Handbook

NAB Engineering Handbook

By: Graham A. Jones,David H. Layer,Thomas G. Osenkowsky

The NAB Engineering Handbook provides detailed information on virtually every aspect of the broadcast chain, from news gathering, program production and postproduction through master control and distribution links to transmission, antennas, RF propagation, cable and satellite. Hot topics covered include HD Radio, HDTV, 2 GHz broadcast auxiliary services, EAS, workflow, metadata, digital asset management, advanced video and audio compression, audio and video over IP, and Internet broadcasting. A wide range of related topics that engineers and managers need to understand are also covered, including broadcast administration, FCC practices, technical standards, security, safety, disaster planning, facility planning, project management, and engineering management. Basic principles and the latest technologies and issues are all addressed by respected professionals with first-hand experience in the broadcast industry and manufacturing. This edition has been fully revised and updated, with 104 chapters and over 2000 pages. The Engineering Handbook provides the single most comprehensive and accessible resource available for engineers and others working in production, postproduction, networks, local stations, equipment manufacturing or any of the associated areas of radio and television.

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Taylor & Francis

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1136034099

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9781136034091

Digital Filmmaking

The Changing Art and Craft of Making Motion Pictures

By: Thomas Ohanian,Natalie Phillips

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Digital Filmmaking

The Changing Art and Craft of Making Motion Pictures

By: Thomas Ohanian,Natalie Phillips

Digital Filmmaking has been called the bible for professional filmmakers in the digital age. It details all of the procedural, creative, and technical aspects of pre-production, production, and post-production within a digital filmmaking environment. It examines the new digital methods and techniques that are redefining the filmmaking process, and how the evolution into digital filmmaking can be used to achieve greater creative flexibility as well as cost and time savings. The second edition includes updates and new information, including four new chapters that examine key topics like digital television and high definition television,making films using digital video, 24 P and universal mastering, and digital film projection. Digital Filmmaking provides a clear overview of the traditional filmmaking process, then goes on to illuminate the ways in which new methods can accomplish old tasks. It explains vital concepts, including digitization, compression, digital compositing, nonlinear editing, and on-set digital production and relates traditional film production and editing processes to those of digital techniques. Various filmmakers discuss their use of digital techniques to enhance the creative process in the "Industry Viewpoints" sections in each chapter .

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Taylor & Francis

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1136053530

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The Music Business and Recording Industry

By: Geoffrey P Hull,Geoffrey Hull,Thomas Hutchison,Richard Strasser

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The Music Business and Recording Industry

By: Geoffrey P Hull,Geoffrey Hull,Thomas Hutchison,Richard Strasser

The Music Business and Recording Industry is a comprehensive music business textbook focused on the three income streams in the music industry: music publishing, live entertainment, and recordings. The book provides a sound foundation for understanding key issues, while presenting the latest research in the field. It covers the changes in the industry brought about by the digital age, such as changing methods of distributing and accessing music and new approaches in marketing with the Internet and mobile applications. New developments in copyright law are also examined, along with the global and regional differences in the music business.

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Routledge

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1136911111

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9781136911118

Prevailing Wind

By: Thomas Dolby

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Prevailing Wind

By: Thomas Dolby

It is 1913, and the plutocrats of the New York Yacht Club have amassed more power and wealth than the US Treasury itself. Davey and Jacob Haskell, brothers from a poor lobster fishing community in Maine, have a single shot at greatness when they try out for the sailing crew of a NYYC millionaire’s luxury racing yacht. Honor, betrayal, and the cruelty of an egomaniacal skipper put the brothers’ family loyalties to the test as they set out to expose a dark secret covered up for years in the corridors of the New York Yacht Club. “Dolby takes us behind the scenes as an intense competition evolves into a high stakes grudge match. The quest for victory is an emotional roller coaster ride. Once you start reading you won’t want to stop.” -Gary Jobson, America’s Cup Hall of Fame Inductee “A ripping yarn ... full of mysteries, passion, class struggle, and ruthless competitive spirit. Prevailing Wind is an absolute blast!” -J.J.Abrams, Filmmaker

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Archway Publishing

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1665758325

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The Music Business and Recording Industry

Delivering Music in the 21st Century

By: Geoffrey P. Hull,Thomas William Hutchison,Richard Strasser

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The Music Business and Recording Industry

Delivering Music in the 21st Century

By: Geoffrey P. Hull,Thomas William Hutchison,Richard Strasser

A brief but comprehensive examination of how records are made, marketed, and sold. This new edition takes into account the massive changes in the recording industry occurring today due to the revolution of music on the web.

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Taylor & Francis

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0415875609

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9780415875608

The Patent-Competition Interface in Developing Countries

By: Thomas K. Cheng

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The Patent-Competition Interface in Developing Countries

By: Thomas K. Cheng

This book proposes an approach to the patent-competition interface for developing countries. It puts forward a theoretical framework after canvassing relevant policy considerations and examines the many reasons why patent protection is not essential for generating innovation incentives in developing countries. These include the tendency of the patent system to overcompensate innovators, the availability of other appropriation mechanisms for innovators to monetize their innovations, and the lack of appropriate technological capacity in many developing countries to take advantage of the incentives generated by the patent system. It also argues that developing countries with a small population need not pay heed to the impact of their patent system on the incentives of foreign innovators. It then proposes a classification of developing countries into production countries, technology adaptation countries, and proto-innovation countries and argues that dynamic efficiency considerations take on different meanings for developing countries depending on their technological capacities. For the vast majority of developing countries bereft of meaningful innovation capacity, foreign technology transfer is the main vehicle for technological progress. The chief dynamic policy consideration for these countries is hence incentives for technology transfer instead of innovation incentives. There are three main means of voluntary technology transfer: importation of technological goods, foreign direct investment, and technology licensing. Competition law regulation of patent exploitation practices interacts with these three means of technology transfer in different ways and an appropriate approach to the patent-competition interface for these countries needs to take these into account. Distilling all these considerations, the book proposes a development stage-specific approach to the patent-competition interface for developing countries. The approach is then applied to a number of patent exploitation practices, including unilateral refusal to deal, patent tying, excessive pricing for pharmaceuticals, reverse payment settlements, and restrictive licensing practices.

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Oxford University Press

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0192671766

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9780192671769

Ptilochronology

Feather time and the biology of birds

By: Thomas C. Grubb Jr.

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Ptilochronology

Feather time and the biology of birds

By: Thomas C. Grubb Jr.

This is the first book to summarize the methods, conceptual issues and results of studies using the interpretation of feather growth rates as an index of nutritional condition in birds. The author has coined the term ptilochronology (literally, 'the study of feather time') to describe this technique, which relies on the fact that as a feather grows it produces visible growth bars. Both the technique and its conceptual foundations have been applied worldwide to numerous studies of avian evolution, ecology, and conservation biology. The author reviews this work, chronicles the various criticisms that have been made, and describes how these have influenced the development of ptilochronology. He goes on to suggest experimental methodologies and analytical techniques to safeguard against invalid results. A final chapter summarises this new technique's contribution to avian biology, and suggests potential applications and a future research agenda. An appendix details specific measurements and describes the methodology associated with ptilochronology. Ptilochronology provides a practical resource as well as a conceptual understanding of how this technique can be used to address important questions in avian biology. It will be of relevance and use to professional avian biologists and ornithologists as well as to graduate students of avian behavioural ecology, evolution and conservation.

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OUP Oxford

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0191516260

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9780191516269

Beyond the Knowledge Trap

Developing Asia's Knowledge-based Economies

By: Thomas Menkhoff

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Beyond the Knowledge Trap

Developing Asia's Knowledge-based Economies

By: Thomas Menkhoff

Based on the success of the World Scientific publication OC Governing and Managing KnowledgeOCO edited by Thomas Menkhoff, Hans-Dieter Evers and Chay Yue Wah in 2005, this unique volume presents 16 new theoretical-practical papers on the strategic aspects of developing knowledge-based economies with case studies from South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines and Uzbekistan. A key question which the book seeks to answer is what Asian policy-makers and leaders in government, economy and society can do to further enhance learning and capability formation so as to foster sustainable development in an increasingly globalized world. It addresses the politico-cultural and socio-economic challenges of effectively managing both knowledge resources and coping with the great digital divide created by globalization, continuous technology innovations and rapid external change. A key objective of the publication is to enable latecomers in the knowledge race to understand some of the critical success factors of sustainable knowledge-based development and what it takes to build a resilient knowledge-based economy.

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World Scientific

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9814343684

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9789814343688

Film Theory

An Introduction through the Senses

By: Thomas Elsaesser,Malte Hagener

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Film Theory

An Introduction through the Senses

By: Thomas Elsaesser,Malte Hagener

What is the relationship between cinema and spectator? This is the key question for film theory, and one that Thomas Elsaesser and Malte Hagener put at the center of their insightful and engaging book, now revised from its popular first edition. Every kind of cinema (and every film theory) first imagines an ideal spectator, and then maps certain dynamic interactions between the screen and the spectator’s mind, body and senses. Using seven distinctive configurations of spectator and screen that move progressively from ‘exterior’ to ‘interior’ relationships, the authors retrace the most important stages of film theory from its beginnings to the present—from neo-realist and modernist theories to psychoanalytic, ‘apparatus,’ phenomenological and cognitivist theories, and including recent cross-overs with philosophy and neurology. This new and updated edition of Film Theory: An Introduction through the Senses has been extensively revised and rewritten throughout, incorporating discussion of contemporary films like Her and Gravity, and including a greatly expanded final chapter, which brings film theory fully into the digital age.

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Routledge

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1317581148

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9781317581147

Metropolis

By: Thomas Elsaesser

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Metropolis

By: Thomas Elsaesser

Metropolis is a monumental work. On its release in 1925, after sixteen months' filming, it was Germany's most expensive feature film, a canvas for director Fritz Lang's increasingly extravagant ambitions. Lang, inspired by the skyline of New York, created a whole new vision of cities. One of the greatest works of science fiction, the film also tells human stories about love and family. Thomas Elsaesser explores the cultural phenomenon of Metropolis: its different versions (there is no definitive one), its changing meanings, and its role as a database of twentieth-century imagery and ideologies. In his foreword to this special edition, published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the BFI Film Classics series, Elsaesser discusses the impact of the 27 minutes of 'lost' footage discovered in Buenos Aires in 2008, and incorporated in a restored edition, which premiered in 2010.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1838717129

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9781838717124

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