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London England: Cassel & Co, 1964. These books are intended for the reader who has limited knowledge of the subject. Each volume deals with the subject historically, biographically and explains the processes of manufacture in simple terms. The reader is told where he may see the rarer pieces, and to help him in identification a list of marks is given where appropriate. Illustrated. Some wear and tear to D/J.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardback., Cassel & Co, 1964, 2.5, Penguin Random House UK. Very Good. 4.96 x 0.98 x 7.8 inches. Paperback. 2016. 392 pages.<br>New York Times and International Bestseller Named O ne of the Best Books of the Year by The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Audible and Amazon More than 1 Million Copies Sold In Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, veteran tec hnology journalist Ashlee Vance provides the first inside look in to the extraordinary life and times of Silicon Valley's most auda cious entrepreneur. Written with exclusive access to Musk, his fa mily and friends, the book traces the entrepreneur's journey from a rough upbringing in South Africa to the pinnacle of the global business world. Vance spent more than 30 hours in conversation w ith Musk and interviewed close to 300 people to tell the tumultuo us stories of Musk's world-changing companies: PayPal, Tesla Moto rs, SpaceX and SolarCity, and to characterize a man who has renew ed American industry and sparked new levels of innovation while m aking plenty of enemies along the way. Vance uses Musk's story to explore one of the pressing questions of our time: can the nat ion of inventors and creators which led the modern world for a ce ntury still compete in an age of fierce global competition? He ar gues that Musk--one of the most unusual and striking figures in A merican business history--is a contemporary amalgam of legendary inventors and industrialists like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howa rd Hughes, and Steve Jobs. More than any other entrepreneur today , Musk has dedicated his energies and his own vast fortune to inv enting a future that is as rich and far-reaching as the visionari es of the golden age of science-fiction fantasy. Editorial Revie ws Review Ashlee Vance's new book, 'Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future,' is a tremendous look into arg uably the world's most important entrepreneur. Vance paints an un forgettable picture of Musk's unique personality, insatiable driv e and ability to thrive through hardship. - The Washington PostIt is the book I have enjoyed most this year. - Tyler Cowen, famed economist and best-selling author The best business book I have r ead in years. - Don Graham, former publisher of The Washington Po st Exhaustively reported . . . this work will likely serve as th e definitive account of a man whom so far we've seen mostly throu gh caricature. By the final pages, too, any reader will sense the need to put comparisons to Steve Jobs aside. Give Musk credit. T here is no one like him. - The New York Times Ashlee Vance's por trait of the entrepreneur at mid-life is an essential read . . . a riveting portrait of Silicon Valley's most driven entrepreneur since Steve Jobs. - The Financial Times The result is a book th at is smart, light on its feet and possesses a crunchy thoroughne ss. . . . Mr. Vance delivers a well-calibrated portrait of Mr. Mu sk, so that we comprehend both his friends and his enemies. It's a book with many ancillary pleasures. Mr. Vance brings us up to d ate on the states of green energy and space launches. He also vee rs away from his subject just often enough, offering profiles of the frequently brilliant people who work alongside Mr. Musk The b est thing Mr. Vance does in this book, though, is tell Mr. Musk's story simply and well.- The New York Times Really good biograp hies stand out in two ways. First, they provide lots of zesty sto ries that haven't been told before. Beyond that, they explain all the zigzags and false clues of a prominent person's life, in a w ay that makes the total picture come into focus. . . it's clear t hat this new Musk bio delivers the goods in both respects. . . As hlee Vance provides a wealth of insights about how this tech tita n operates. - Forbes Vance's lively book yields all manner of fa scinating insights about Musk's companies, his vision, and his pe rsonal life. - Slate Of the many profiles of business leaders, Vance's take on Musk is among the best. The author's objective an d unbiased viewpoint captures Musk's good and bad, his achievemen ts and failures. - The Motley Fool Vance left few, if any, stones unturned . . . A detailed portrait of a figure both loved and fe ared--sometimes by the same people at the same time. - The Space Review Vance's book is a masterful piece of reporting. - Vice Mu sk rivals Jobs in the same way this book rivals Isaacson's classi c. - Whitney Tilson Founder, Kase Capital Management --This text refers to the hardcover edition. From the Inside Flap There are few industrialists in history who could match Elon Musk's relentl ess drive and ingenious vision. A modern alloy of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs, Musk is the man behind PayPal, Tesla Motors, SpaceX, and SolarCity, each of which has s ent shock waves throughout American business and industry. More t han any other executive today, Musk has dedicated his energies an d his own vast fortune to inventing a future that is as rich and far-reaching as a science fiction fantasy. In this lively, inve stigative account, veteran technology journalist Ashlee Vance off ers an unprecedented look into the remarkable life and times of S ilicon Valley's most audacious businessman. Written with exclusiv e access to Musk, his family, and his friends, the book traces hi s journey from his difficult upbringing in South Africa to his as cent to the pinnacle of the global business world. Vance spent mo re than fifty hours in conversation with Musk and inter- viewed c lose to three hundred people to tell the tumultuous stories of Mu sk's world-changing companies and to paint a portrait of a comple x man who has renewed American industry and sparked new levels of innovation--all while making plenty of enemies along the way. In 1992, Elon Musk arrived in the United States as a ferociously driven immigrant bent on realizing his wildest dreams. Since then , Musk's roller-coaster life has brought him grave disappointment s alongside massive successes. After being forced out of PayPal, fending off a life-threatening case of malaria, and dealing with the death of his infant son, Musk abandoned Silicon Valley for Lo s Angeles. He spent the next few years baffling his friends by bl owing his entire fortune on rocket ships and electric cars. Cut t o 2012, however, and Musk had mounted one of the greatest resurre ctions in business history: Tesla, SpaceX, and SolarCity had enjo yed unparalleled success, and Musk's net worth soared to more tha n $5 billion. At a time when many American companies are more i nterested in chasing easy money than in taking bold risks on radi cal new technology, Musk stands out as the only businessman with enough dynamism and vision to tackle--and even revolutionize--thr ee industries at once. Vance makes the case that Musk's success h eralds a return to the original ambition and invention that made America an economic and intellectual powerhouse. Elon Musk is a b rilliant, penetrating examination of what Musk's career means for a technology industry undergoing dramatic change and offers a ta ste of what could be an incredible century ahead. --This text ref ers to the hardcover edition. From the Back Cover Ashlee Vance h as given us an intensely reported, wonderfully spirited account o f Elon Musk's rise to the pinnacle of the business world. This is the definitive look at the man who may have the biggest impact o n the human race. Should Musk bring humanity to Mars, this will b e the planet's founding document. -- BRAD STONE, author of the be stselling The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon Elon Musk is a man after my own heart: a risk taker undaunted by setbacks and ever driven to ensure a bright future for humanity. Ashlee Vance's stellar biography captures Musk's remarkable life story and irrepressible spirit. -- RICHARD BRANSON, founder of V irgin Group More than any entrepreneur since Steve Jobs, Elon M usk sets the bar for what's possible in technology. We are fortun ate to have our very own real-life Tony Stark in Elon, and here, for the first time, we have his story vividly told. --MARC ANDREE SSEN, venture capitalist and Web pioneer Ashlee Vance offers a clear-eyed look at a man who has played the underdog again and ag ain--challenging old thinking and changing the world. I dare anyo ne to read this book and not be inspired to set their sights a li ttle higher. --TONY FADELL, creator of the iPod and iPhone, and C EO of Nest Labs Elon Musk is one of the greatest entrepreneuria l minds of our time. His combination of extreme intelligence, rel entless drive, and steadfast belief in his bold ideas is ensuring that all of society has the chance to benefit from his efforts. The book Elon Musk is a compelling firsthand, behind-the-scenes l ook at how Tesla, SpaceX, and SolarCity were formed, and how Elon works to bring his passions to fruition. He is a unique characte r changing the world, and Ashlee Vance's book is a riveting accou nt of how Elon's game-changing ideas have been conceived and born , and now flourish. --J. CRAIG VENTER, Ph.D., first human genome sequencer and creator of synthetic life This thrilling book wil l make you want to start a car company, build spaceships, and go to Mars. The only downside is when you eventually remember that y ou're not Elon Musk. -- AARON LEVIE, CEO of Box --This text refer s to the hardcover edition. About the Author ASHLEE VANCE is one of the most prominent writers on technology today. After spendin g several years reporting on Silicon Valley and technology for th e New York Times, Vance went to Bloomberg Businessweek, where he has written dozens of cover and feature stories for the magazine on topics ranging from cyber espionage to DNA sequencing and spac e exploration. --This text refers to the hardcover edition. ., Penguin Random House UK, 2016, 3, London England: BBC Books, 1992. price clipped prev owners name covered with marker pen.Sir John Harvey-Jones, ex Chairman of ICI, is Britain's best-known businessman. Forthright and flamboyant, he introduced many people to the secrets and excitement of business management in his television series Troubleshooters, first shown in 1990. In this sequel, which accompanies a second Troubleshooter series, Sir John acts as a consultant to six more British companies facing a variety of challenges. Tolly Cobbold, a small East Anglian brewery, has recently had a management buyout. Sir John looks at the problems its new team faces in a market dominated by the big brewers. Norton, a famous name in light engineering and motor bikes, is losing money fast and Sir John considers what can be rescued of the company. Two old family firms - Charles Letts, the diary manufacturers, and Double Two, once a very successful shirt-making company - have diversified into other areas. Sir John suggests how and where they should concentrate their efforts if they are to survive into the next century. Public-sector businesses are under tremendous pressure to save money and increase efficiency. Sir John visits two very different organizations, the South Yorkshire Police Force, which has a new Chief Constable working to build up morale, efficiency and better relations with the public, and Bradford Hospitals Trust, which has overspent hugely since taking up trust status. He examines some of their problems, exacerbated by decades of under-investment and bureaucracy and gives his ideas as to what their priorities should be. Sir John's skills at identifying and explaining the key problem these companies face and his frank, sometimes drastic, advice make Troubleshooter 2 a stimulating and controversial book, as enjoyable to the general reader as to those involved in business and management. Illustrated. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback., BBC Books, 1992, 4, London England: BBC Books, 1992. Sir John Harvey-Jones, ex Chairman of ICI, is Britain's best-known businessman. Forthright and flamboyant, he introduced many people to the secrets and excitement of business management in his television series Troubleshooters, first shown in 1990. In this sequel, which accompanies a second Troubleshooter series, Sir John acts as a consultant to six more British companies facing a variety of challenges. Tolly Cobbold, a small East Anglian brewery, has recently had a management buyout. Sir John looks at the problems its new team faces in a market dominated by the big brewers. Norton, a famous name in light engineering and motor bikes, is losing money fast and Sir John considers what can be rescued of the company. Two old family firms - Charles Letts, the diary manufacturers, and Double Two, once a very successful shirt-making company - have diversified into other areas. Sir John suggests how and where they should concentrate their efforts if they are to survive into the next century. Public-sector businesses are under tremendous pressure to save money and increase efficiency. Sir John visits two very different organizations, the South Yorkshire Police Force, which has a new Chief Constable working to build up morale, efficiency and better relations with the public, and Bradford Hospitals Trust, which has overspent hugely since taking up trust status. He examines some of their problems, exacerbated by decades of under-investment and bureaucracy and gives his ideas as to what their priorities should be. Sir John's skills at identifying and explaining the key problem these companies face and his frank, sometimes drastic, advice make Troubleshooter 2 a stimulating and controversial book, as enjoyable to the general reader as to those involved in business and management. Illustrated. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback., BBC Books, 1992, 4.5, Pluto Press. Very Good. 5.25 x 0.55 x 8.5 inches. Paperback. 2000. 240 pages.<br>The media served a highly partisan and propagandist ic role in Nato's Kosovo war, uncritically reproducing official s pin in a way that was incompatible with their proclaimed democrat ic role as objective purveyors of information. Degraded Capabilit y is the first book to integrate a critical interpretation of Wes tern policy toward the former Yugoslavia with analysis of media c overage of the Kosovo crisis and war. The first part of the book deals with the war itself and the build-up to it, placing this in the context of earlier Western intervention in Yugoslavia. Part two discusses key issues raised by the media coverage, including the demonisation of the enemy, and the role of CNN. In the final section, contributors analyse how the war was reported in differe nt countries around the world, including the United States, Brita in, Germany, India, Greece, Russia, and France. The book offers a n important corrective to the hysteria and misinformation that pe rmeated media coverage. Subjects covered include the role of the internet, the changing media-military relationship, the depiction and definition of 'war crimes,' and how Yugoslav television was presented as a legitimate military target. Contributors include J ohn Pilger, Edward S. Herman, Phil Hammond, Diana Johnstone and J im Naureckas. Editorial Reviews Review These are all informativ e, well-written, and well informed contributions. The real value lies in its raising critical and ethical questions about the role of the media in times of crisis and war. The book should be of i nterest not only to scholars and students of communications and t he media and to those interested in the Balkans, but also to anyo ne concerned with contemporary relationships between internationa l politics and the media during war and crisis. -- Slavic ReviewJ ohn Pilger and other experts in the field provide a rigorously re searched exposi of the many fictions of the war and the mechanism s by which they were maintained...Required reading for anyone wis hing to understand the war and the media's role in it.-- The New Internationalist Insightful and compelling.. The Kosovo crisis is a painful reminder of how easily journalists fall in behind the party line of the powerful. Degraded Capability not only makes th at case but serves as a model of what independent journalism can look like. -- Z Magazine About the Author Philip Hammond is seni or lecturer in Media Studies at South Bank University. He has wri tten on media coverage and the Kosovo war for the Independent, Th e Times and Broadcast. He was consultant on Counterblast: Against the War (BBC2 TV). Edward S. Herman is an internationally respec ted academic and activist who has written over twenty books, incl uding the groundbreaking Manufacturing Consent: The Political Eco nomy of the Mass Media (Vintage, 1995) with Noam Chomsky. He is c urrently Professor Emeritus of Finance at Wharton School, Univers ity of Pennsylvania. ., Pluto Press, 2000, 3<

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[EAN: 9780745316314], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Pluto Press], KOSOVO WAR,1998-1999,1998-1999 -- PRESS COVERAGE,1998-1999 MASS MEDIA AND THE WAR,1998-1999 PROPAGANDA,HISTORY GENERAL,SOCIAL SCIENCE STUDIES,MASS WAR,PRESS COVERAGE,PROPAGANDA, 240 pages.The media served a highly partisan and propagandist ic role in Nato's Kosovo war, uncritically reproducing official s pin in a way that was incompatible with their proclaimed democrat ic role as objective purveyors of information. Degraded Capabilit y is the first book to integrate a critical interpretation of Wes tern policy toward the former Yugoslavia with analysis of media c overage of the Kosovo crisis and war. The first part of the book deals with the war itself and the build-up to it, placing this in the context of earlier Western intervention in Yugoslavia. Part two discusses key issues raised by the media coverage, including the demonisation of the enemy, and the role of CNN. In the final section, contributors analyse how the war was reported in differe nt countries around the world, including the United States, Brita in, Germany, India, Greece, Russia, and France. The book offers a n important corrective to the hysteria and misinformation that pe rmeated media coverage. Subjects covered include the role of the internet, the changing media-military relationship, the depiction and definition of 'war crimes,' and how Yugoslav television was presented as a legitimate military target. Contributors include J ohn Pilger, Edward S. Herman, Phil Hammond, Diana Johnstone and J im Naureckas. Editorial Reviews Review These are all informativ e, well-written, and well informed contributions. The real value lies in its raising critical and ethical questions about the role of the media in times of crisis and war. The book should be of i nterest not only to scholars and students of communications and t he media and to those interested in the Balkans, but also to anyo ne concerned with contemporary relationships between internationa l politics and the media during war and crisis. -- Slavic ReviewJ ohn Pilger and other experts in the field provide a rigorously re searched exposi of the many fictions of the war and the mechanism s by which they were maintained.Required reading for anyone wis hing to understand the war and the media's role in it.-- The New Internationalist Insightful and compelling. The Kosovo crisis is a painful reminder of how easily journalists fall in behind the party line of the powerful. Degraded Capability not only makes th at case but serves as a model of what independent journalism can look like. -- Z Magazine About the Author Philip Hammond is seni or lecturer in Media Studies at South Bank University. He has wri tten on media coverage and the Kosovo war for the Independent, Th e Times and Broadcast. He was consultant on Counterblast: Against the War (BBC2 TV). Edward S. Herman is an internationally respec ted academic and activist who has written over twenty books, incl uding the groundbreaking Manufacturing Consent: The Political Eco nomy of the Mass Media (Vintage, 1995) with Noam Chomsky. He is c urrently Professor Emeritus of Finance at Wharton School, Univers ity of Pennsylvania., Books<

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