An informal and often humorous guide for architects focusing not so much on obtaining international quality credentials as using the principles behind them to improve performance, reduce risk, and increase profitability. Discusses diagnostic and self-audit techniques, designing and implementing a quality system, key management tools, and tips from architects around the world. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Tqm and Iso 9000 for Architects and Designers

Arts & Photography

NELSON, CHARLES

Architecture

McGraw=Hill

They were just crew-cut kids, gung-ho recruits in a macho John Wayne war that was killing their humanity. He was Kurt Strom, a big, good-looking southern boy who left the Detroit Tigers farm team to serve as a medic. In the blood-and-guts insanity of jungle warfare, he tended their wounds. In the comaraderie of of combat, he seduced them.

The Boy Who Picked the Bullets Up

Avon/Books

The delicate and subtle watercolor drawings of Wendy Walsh, who works only from nature, painting the actual plants that are her subjects. Following in the tradition of an earlier age, Wendy Walsh has put her exceptional skills to splendid effect in this beautiful collection of watercolor drawings. She has painted a selection of the flora of Ireland, chosen not only for their botanical interest or attractiveness but also because they happen to have an interesting history. For Ireland has produced a surprising number of devoted and intrepid plant-hunters who played a significant part in the introduction into Europe of specimens from remote and exotic places. Ruth Isabel Ross, a horticultural journalist in Dublin, recounts the history of plant collecting and horticulture by the Irish since the earliest times, and Charles Nelson, of the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin, has written extensive notes on the individual plants. 48 hand-tipped color plates.

An Irish Florilegium: Wild and Garden Plants of Ireland

Reference

Thames&Hudson

Labelled "fiction," this book has a hair-raising feel of the author having been there...in that war we remember as Vietnam. "Gripping" is an understatement, as the narrator (a young Marine medic) whipsaws schizophrenically between loving men's bodies while on R &amp; R and working frantically to heal men's mutilated bodies while on duty. Among the war memoirs with gay themes that I've read, I rank it #2 after T.E. Lawrence's "Seven Pillars of Wisdom." The book also leaves one with a realization that all the current hoohah about "gays in the military" is peacetime mickey-mouse. In wartime, it seems that the brass don't care who sleeps with whom, as long as the troops get the job done. This searingly honest and uncomfortably original novel deserves to be back in print and made into a film. ( Amazon customer)

The Boy Who Picked the Bullets Up (1st Edition)

Morrow

Managing Quality in Architecture

This handbook addresses the question of how best to manage quality in architecture for the mutual benefit of design practices and their clients. Based on research from the last two decades, it explores the general principles, tools and techniques that can be adapted to the unique culture of any design practice.The book addresses all aspects of quality in creating the built environment, with international contributions representing some of the best thinking that exists in design practice management. It is aimed at the entire design team - those who have a role in design inputs, design processes and design execution; including project managers, contractors, suppliers and clients. An accompanying website also provides commentary and updates on the text.Topics are linked to relevant sections of the current quality standard, and the standard is interpreted as to its application to design practice. Practices interested in establishing an ISO 9001-compliant quality system will find all the tools they need.The interpretation of quality is comprehensive. The focus is completely practical, rather than theoretical, affording readers a concise picture of how the issues of excellence and quality performance flow across every aspect of design practice. This focus provides the vital link that distinguishes truly successful practices from the rest, Here, simply, is the answer to the forces of commoditization that challenge all designers in today's competitive environment.The text is augmented and supported by chapters from twenty-two authoritative contributors, a foreword authored by Eugene Hopkins, and illustrations by graphic artist Michael Lindell.Key case studies are also provided focusing on: Anderson-Brulé Architects, San José CAAdd, Inc., Cambridge MAGeyer Pty Ltd, Melbourne, VIC AustraliaHarley Ellis Devereaux, Southfield MIRVK Architects, San Antonio, TX * The only book for the design and construction industry that references the current (2000) version of the Quality Standard ISO 9001* Over 20 expert contributions from around the world represent the best thinking in design practice management* Accompanying website will enable readers to access nearly 1000 pages of related information; a virtual encyclopaedia on the topic

Routledge

Returning from Vietnam, Navy corpsman Kurt Strom embarks on a journey of sexual self-discovery, from a Newport naval base to the USO, where he explores his most risquT fantasies, which lead him into the arms of Nick Esoldi, a married state trooper. Reprint.

Panthers in the Skins of Men

Literature & Fiction

Kensington Pub. Corp

Kurt Strom, a gay medic who volunteered for duty in Vietnam, describes his experiences in letters to his friends and family

Contemporary

LYLE STUART +

Returning from Vietnam, Kurt Strom becomes involved in an affair with Nick, a married state trooper

United States

Meadowland

As we enter the new millennium, engineers who provide the world with the vast number and types of communications apparatus needed can no longer confine themselves to either analog or digital design tasks. These devices require elements of both. Yet, those without recent graduate degrees in electronics engineering may find serious gaps in their knowledge. In the very near future, limited knowledge of high frequency effects, scattering coefficients, and practical application of resonant circuits may seriously limit one's usefulness to an employer. High Frequency and Microwave Circuit Design fills in these gaps with concise, practical treatments that allow a smooth, rapid transition from medium to microwave frequencies. The author uses an easy, straightforward style to demystify some of the useful techniques that communications engineers need. He covers the practical aspects of impedance matching, noise, oscillators, amplitude and frequency modulation, and antennas. The Appendix offers helpful formulas that enable the reader to solve many of the impedance matching problems directly on a calculator.

High Frequency and Microwave Circuit Design

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

CRC-Press

An integral part of any communications system, high-frequency and microwave design stimulates major progress in the wireless world and continues to serve as a foundation for the commercial wireless products we use every day. The exceptional pace of advancement in developing these systems stipulates that engineers be well versed in multiple areas of electronics engineering. With more illustrations, examples, and worked problems, High-Frequency and Microwave Circuit Design, Second Edition provides engineers with a diverse body of knowledge they can use to meet the needs of this rapidly progressing field. The book details the modulation and demodulation of circuits and relates resonant circuits to practical needs. The author provides a logical progression of material that moves from medium frequencies to microwave frequencies. He introduces rectangular waveguides as high-pass devices and explains conditions under which dielectric breakdown may limit the amount of power that may be transmitted in a completely expanded chapter. The section on antennas is completely updated to demystify the useful characteristic of antennas and relate their performance to the requirements of digital communication systems. Exploring the latest developments in communications engineering, this reference outlines a variety of topics using sufficient mathematical derivations and provides an overview of the concepts engineers need to understand current technologies and develop those of the future.

High-Frequency and Microwave Circuit Design

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Tqm and Iso 9000 for Architects and Designers

The Boy Who Picked the Bullets Up

An Irish Florilegium: Wild and Garden Plants of Ireland

The Boy Who Picked the Bullets Up (1st Edition)

Managing Quality in Architecture

Panthers in the Skins of Men

The Boy Who Picked the Bullets Up

Panthers in the Skins of Men

High Frequency and Microwave Circuit Design

High-Frequency and Microwave Circuit Design