Cruise International - June-July 2016

Cruise International – June-July 2016
English | 116 pages | True PDF | 49,4 MB

ShowBoats International - June 2016

ShowBoats International – June 2016
English | 186 pages | True PDF | 50 MB

TTC Video - How to Play Chess: Lessons from an International Master [Reduced]

From the basics of the game to advanced strategy and tactics, and everything in between, How to Play Chess: Lessons from an International Master is any chess enthusiast’s opportunity to enhance your understanding of the game. Taught by International Master and renowned chess teacher Jeremy Silman, these 24 engaging lessons walk you through every aspect of the game. After grounding you in the rules of chess, Mr. Silman offers strategic insight into openings and endgames, shows you typical pitfalls to avoid, and examines an array of famous gambits, positions, defenses, mates, and more.

One of the most rewarding aspects of chess is that amateurs and professionals alike can unlock new secrets, discover fresh patterns, and sharpen their skills as players. Amateurs may wonder:

Where do I even begin?
How do all the pieces move?
Which pieces are more valuable?
What are the key “rookie mistakes” to avoid?

The rules are simple to learn, but the game is vastly complex. Therefore, even seasoned players with many years of experience always have more to learn. For instance:

When does the en passant rule apply?
How do I make more effective combinations?
How does pawn structure point toward the best next move?
Is it possible to secure a checkmate with just a king and a pawn?

Whether you’re a chess novice or a long-time player, this course will help you see the game in a whole new way. Striking visual examples from some of the most famous—and infamous—matches in history offer a wealth of strategic insight. You’ll also explore the game’s history and meet some noted and flamboyant players, from André Philidor to Bobby Fischer to Garry Kasparov. How to Play Chess: Lessons from an International Master is your guide to becoming a formidable chess opponent.

Improve Your Game—No Matter Your Skill Level

From kings to commoners and coast to coast around the world, chess is a universal game that anyone can enjoy, regardless of language or nationality or social class. And it’s a game that anyone can learn. Mr. Silman reviews everything from how pieces move and basic notation to advanced strategy and complex combinations. Players at all levels will find something of value here, and a wealth of interactive examples make every lesson worth revisiting to mine key information.

Among the many topics Mr. Silman covers are:

Game Fundamentals:
Review how all the pieces move, and discover a few surprises—such as that the humble pawn is actually the most complex piece on the board. Then examine the basics of notation and etiquette during the game.

Tactical Patterns: Pins, skewers, forks, decoys, double attacks, and more—build your skills with every piece to help you trap your opponent and unleash carnage on the board.

Strategic Planning: From pawn structure to imbalances in position to cat-and-mouse development and combinations, learn to read the board and determine the best series of moves—for you and your opponent.

Open vs. Closed Positions: Should you play in the center or go for the wings? When should you rely on knights versus bishops? When should you sacrifice a pawn? Find out how to navigate any mid-game setup.

Statics vs. Dynamics: Chess relies on strategic thinking and long-term planning, but it also requires the ability to strike at weaknesses and wage battle. Hone your skills in all types of play.

Endgames: It might not be as sexy as tactical strikes, but learning a few basic endgame strategies can give you a powerful edge over your competition. With a wealth of examples, Mr. Silman shows you how to win—and makes the study of endgames fun.

Study Classic Games for Lessons in Technique and Style

One of the joys of this course is that Mr. Silman takes you beyond the board and explores the history of the game. He transports you to old-time chess clubs (which were known in 18th century Paris as “dens of iniquity”) and introduces you to many of the game’s colorful characters and International Masters—players who changed the game and serve as models for today’s aspiring players. Among others, you will meet:

Alexander Alekhine
André Philidor
Vera Menchik
José Raúl Capablanca
Bobby Fischer
Garry Kasparov

In addition to revealing personalities and presenting biographical details, Mr. Silman reviews many classic—often heated—games, offering a play-by-play to show how these chess heroes have trapped and mated each other and forced resignations. You’ll delight in discovering different styles of play, from cautious development to hyper-aggressive tactics to surprising mates—and learn much from studying these games. And you’ll come away with a trove of masters you can look to as models for your own game.

Indeed, one of the most important ways to improve your game is to play often. Mr. Silman gives you plenty of opportunities to spot the next best move or discover weaknesses in these fast-paced games. Thanks to detailed custom graphics that make each chess move come alive, you’ll learn to spot patterns and make connections. You also learn to read the board and become fluent in chess notation, which will change the way you view the game.

Learn from an International Master

As an International Master and a well-regarded author of numerous chess books and articles, Mr. Silman is an ideal guide to help you build your skills. Using clear examples and a step-by-step approach, these lessons feel more like an intimate tutorial than a series of lectures. The course is intensively illustrated, helping you follow each move as it plays out.

With his deep knowledge of chess history and the chess community, Mr. Silman also gives you an insider’s take on many of the more intriguing aspects of the game, including simultaneous exhibitions, blindfolded chess, computers, and chess engines. Computers in particular play an intriguing role in today’s game. Mr. Silman offers recommendations for how to use chess engines to improve your tactical abilities, but he also gives a useful perspective on the limits of artificial intelligence.

Ultimately, chess is a human game, and an enjoyable pastime. It’s about more than rote memorization and brute-force calculations. In How to Play Chess: Lessons from an International Master, you’ll encounter more than a prescription for better play. You’ll discover the romance and joy of the game—and become a better thinker to approach any chess match or strategic thinking challenge with confidence.

Automotive Testing Technology International - June 2016

Automotive Testing Technology International – June 2016

True PDF | English | 220 pages | 93.85 MB

Automotive Testing Technology International

was launched in 1998 as a quarterly review of the very latest research and developments within the area of automotive test and evaluation. With a worldwide circulation of over 15,000,

Automotive Testing Technology International

has become the leading and most respected magazine covering breaking stories in the fields of vehicle reliability, durability, safety, quality, NVH, and dynamics testing and evaluation.

Homepage:automotivetestingtechnologyinternational.com

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Marine Maintenance Technology International - April 2016

Marine Maintenance Technology International – April 2016

True PDF | English | 84 pages | 26.47 MB

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Flight International 24 - 30 May 2016

Flight International 24 – 30 May 2016

English | True PDF | 44 Pages | 30.33 MB

Bert Cardullo - In Search of Cinema: Writings on International Film Art

Bert Cardullo – In Search of Cinema: Writings on International Film Art
2004 | ISBN: 0773527060 | English | 416 pages | PDF | 8.4 MB

International Mediation

International Mediation (WCMW – War and Conflict in the Modern World) by Paul F. Diehl and J. Michael Greig
English | 2012 | ISBN: 0745653308, 0745653316 | 160 pages | PDF | 1б2 MB

Conflicts in the international system, both among and within states, bring death, destruction, and human misery. Understanding how third parties use mediation to encourage settlements and establish a durable peace among belligerents is vital for managing these conflicts. Among many features, this book empirically examines the history of post-World War II mediation efforts to:

Chart the historical changes in the types of conflicts that mediation addresses and the links between different mediation efforts across time.

Explore the roles played by providers of mediation in the international system – namely, individuals, states, and organizations – in managing violent conflicts.

Gauge the influence of self-interest and altruism as motivating forces that determine which conflicts are mediated and which are ignored.

Evaluate what we know about the willingness of parties in conflict to accept mediation, when and why it is most effective, and discuss the future challenges facing mediators in the contemporary world.

Drawing on a wide range of examples from the Oslo Accords and Good Friday Agreement to efforts to manage the civil wars in Burundi, Tajikistan, and Bosnia, this book is an indispensable guide to international mediation for students, practitioners, and general readers seeking to understand better how third parties can use mediation to deal with the globe’s trouble spots.

Fraudulent Evidence Before Public International Tribunals: The Dirty Stories of International Law

Fraudulent Evidence Before Public International Tribunals: The Dirty Stories of International Law by W. Michael Reisman and Christina Skinner
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1107063396, 1107636523 | 234 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB

Domestic lawyers are, above all, officers of the court. By contrast, the public international lawyer representing states before international tribunals is torn between loyalties to the state and loyalties to international law. As the stakes increase for the state concerned, the tension between these loyalties can become acute and lead to practices that would be condemned in developed national legal systems but have hitherto been ignored by international tribunals in international legal scholarship. They are the ‘dirty stories’ of international law. This detailed and contextually sensitive presentation of eight important cases before a variety of public international tribunals dissects some of the reasons for the resort to fraudulent evidence in international litigation and the profession’s baffling reaction. Fraudulent evidence is resorted to out of greed, moral mediocrity or inherent dishonesty. In public international litigation, by contrast, the reasons are often more complex, with roots in the dynamics of international politics.

Yachts International - May-June 2016

Yachts International – May-June 2016
English | 116 pages | True PDF | 94 MB

Robert Phillip Kolker - The Altering Eye: Contemporary International Cinema

Robert Phillip Kolker – The Altering Eye: Contemporary International Cinema
2009 | ISBN: 1906924031 | English | 348 pages | PDF | 11.3 MB

The Altering Eye covers a “golden age” of international cinema from the end of WWII through to the New German Cinema of the 1970s. Combining historical, political, and textual analysis, the author develops a pattern of cinematic invention and experimentation from neorealism through the modernist interventions of Jean-Luc Godard and Rainer Maria Fassbinder, focusing along the way on such major figures as Luis Buñuel, Joseph Losey, the Brazilian director Glauber Rocha, and the work of major Cuban filmmakers. Kolker’s book has become a much quoted classic in the field of film studies providing essential reading for anybody interested in understanding the history of European and international cinema. This new and revised edition includes a substantive new Preface by the author and an updated Bibliography.

Bow International - Isuue 107, 2016

Bow International – Isuue 107, 2016

English | 76 pages | PDF | 40 Mb

Information Systems Architecture and Technology: Proceedings of 36th International Conference, Part III

Jerzy Swiatek and Leszek Borzemski, “Information Systems Architecture and Technology: Proceedings of 36th International Conference, Part III”
English | ISBN: 3319285629 | 2016 | 236 pages | PDF | 5 MB

This four volume set of books constitutes the proceedings of the 36th International Conference Information Systems Architecture and Technology 2015, or ISAT 2015 for short, held on September 20–22, 2015 in Karpacz, Poland. The conference was organized by the Computer Science and Management Systems Departments, Faculty of Computer Science and Management, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland. The papers included in the proceedings have been subject to a thorough review process by highly qualified peer reviewers. The accepted papers have been grouped into four parts:

Part I―addressing topics including, but not limited to, systems analysis and modeling, methods for managing complex planning environment and insights from Big Data research projects.

Part II―discoursing about topics including, but not limited to, Web systems, computer networks, distributed computing, and multi-agent systems and Internet of Things.

Part III―discussing topics including, but not limited to, mobile and Service Oriented Architecture systems, high performance computing, cloud computing, knowledge discovery, data mining and knowledge based management.

Part IV―dealing with topics including, but not limited to, finance, logistics and market problems, and artificial intelligence methods.

The Impact of International Migration

The Impact of International Migration: Process and Contemporary Trends in Kyrgyzstan
Springer | Geography | May 29, 2016 | ISBN-10: 3319269909 | 294 pages | pdf | 4.07 mb

Authors: Sagynbekova, Lira

Focuses on the role of international migration in maintaining sustainable livelihoods
Provides insight into the migration situation at the place of origin as well as of destination
Analyzes the economic and social impacts on migrants and their families left behind

This book comprises the historical overview of migration processes in Kyrgyzstan, contemporary migration trends in international migration and various social, economic and political impacts of migration. It presents the findings of longstanding, in-depth, comprehensive and empirical research. Insights are maximized by applying the multi-sited strategy of analyzing both the migrant’s place of origin and that of destination. The primary goal of the book is to contribute to a better understanding of the meanings and the impacts of contemporary international migration processes in Kyrgyzstan and their relevance for local livelihoods.

Number of Illustrations and Tables

2 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour

Topics

Economic Geography

World Regional Geography

Human Geography

Migration

Cultural Heritage

Population Economics

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Ajoure Men International - May 2016

Ajoure Men International – May 2016
English | PDF | 100 pages | 18 MB

Homepage: ajoure.de

Perfect Homes International - Issue 16, 2016

Perfect Homes International – Issue 16, 2016
English | True PDF | 252 pages | 86 MB

Perfect Homes Magazine “The Worldwide Property Bible” is fast becoming one of Spain’s best-selling English language interiors magazine empowering home-owners to make the most of their properties. Introduced just over three years ago the meteoric success of this magazine has elevated it from being a freely distributed magazine here on the Costa del Sol to a magazine which is now sold Nationally across Spain and internationally across the UK and the US and rest of Europe.