'This explains everything. Literally. I am so grateful to McGee for his tirelessness, his patience, and his commitment to answering the whys of the kitchen.' Samin Nosrat'A goldmine of information about every ingredient and cooking process, answering all the questions you will ever have about food.' - Jamie Oliver 'Quite simply one of the greatest cookery books ever written' - Heston BlumenthalIf you've ever wondered:Why fish goes off quicker than meat; How to tell stale eggs from fresh ones;...

This handy guide provides numerous insights and shortcuts to drawing and sketching effectively. Describing mandatory skills for beginning and advanced students, the text covers such subjects as diminution, foreshortening, convergence, shade and shadow, and other visual principles of perspective drawing.

Accompanying a concise and thoughtfully written text are more than 150 simply drawn illustrations that depict a sense of space and depth, demonstrate vanishing points and eye level, and explain...

Kant is the central figure of modern philosophy. He sought to rebuild philosophy from the ground up, and he succeeded in permanently changing its problems and methods. This revised edition of the Prolegomena, which is the best introduction to the theoretical side of his philosophy, presents his thought clearly by paying careful attention to his original language.

Also included are selections from the Critique of Pure Reason, which fill out and explicate some of Kant's central arguments (inclu...

A landmark volume that revolutionized our understanding of the power and significance of Native stories and storytellers in North America, "In vain I tried to tell you" showcases the methodology and theory of ethnopoetics. Focusing on the rich Native storytelling traditions of the Pacific Northwest, Hymes investigates what particular stylistic and linguistic devices and patterns in oral tales reveal about rhythm and order in the cultures creating them. A breathtaking series of analyses of par...

Since the end of the Cold War, international organisations have assumed a greater importance on the world stage. The United Nations has played a key role in all of the major security issues during this period - increasingly called upon to address other global problems such as poverty and international crime - while the European Union has created a single currency and moved towards the adoption of a constitution. The growing significance of the World Trade Organisation and other economic insti...

Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a method for satisfying customers by translating their demands into design targets and quality assurance points. For a thorough "how-to" on the implementation of QFD, we went directly to the source -- Yoji Akao, the creator of QFD and one of the foremost leaders of the Japanese Total Quality Control movement.

In this unprecedented book he explains the concepts and methods of this remarkable systems engineering approach. Filled with case studies, detailed c...

While other books describe production control from an idealistic perspective, this book explains the real work of successful production control. The reader will learn: how the scheduling task can be decomposed and organized; how the production control department can be structured; how to hire and train schedulers; and how software tools can be used to augment the scheduler's skill. Suggestions for setting reasonable expectations for their use and a how to avoid implementation problems are pro...

In het boek Durven delegeren staan technieken beschreven die de manager in staat stellen om op een professionele wijze te delegeren. Aan bod komen: het kiezen van de juiste medewerker voor een bepaalde taak, het bepalen van de doelstellingen, het overdragen van bevoegdheden, het coachen, het inbouwen van controlepunten, maar ook het venijn van het opwaarts delegeren. Zo kan de manager effectief gebruikmaken van zijn eigen tijd en kweekt hij een sterk team dat resultaatverhogend werkt. Daarbij...

In dit boek worden de instrumenten en modellen gepresenteerd die specifiek te gebruiken zijn in een kenniskring. De aandacht in het boek richt zich vooral op het uitwisselingsproces van kennis tussen mensen in en tussen organisaties.

Het boek is opgebouwd uit drie delen. In het eerste deel ligt het accent op de achtergrond van het begrip kenniskring. Er wordt een globaal procesmodel geschetst. In deel twee beschreven de auteurs een keur aan instrumenten en modellen die de facilitator in het ge...