How many summers do we really have to shape the life we want?If you step back and think about adulthood not in years but in seasons, most of us are given roughly twenty-one summers to explore, grow, and decide what truly matters. It’s enough time to build a meaningful life—if we recognize the opportunity while it’s still ahead of us.Twenty One Summers is a reflective exploration of how we spend our most valuable resource: t...

Great fashion photography, at its best, reflects and shapes the era in which it is made. Whether you are a student, aspiring photographer, or working professional, building a fashion portfolio that aspires to this standard can be daunting. The Fashion Image will help you develop your style through practical advice for image makers.Beginning with a history of fashion photography, Thomas Werner offers advice on assembling your creative team, casting models, developing shoot ...

Non-fiction book from the year 2025 in the subject ThinkShelf: Non-fiction books, , language: English, abstract: This book is a journey into the fundamental questions of existence: How does matter arise? What is information? What role does the Sun play as an interface between the galactic spirit and the visible world? Through a compelling blend of modern physics (quantum field theory, black holes, photons, quarks) and spiritual concepts such as creation, consciousness, and transcendence, t...

This guide for aspiring and exhibiting photographers alike combines practice and concept to provide a roadmap to navigating, and succeeding in, the fine art photography marketplace locally, domestically, and internationally.Join former New York gallery owner, international curator, and fine art photographer Thomas Werner as he shares his experiences and insights from leading curators, gallerists, collectors, auctioneers, exhibiting photographic artists, and more. Learn how to ident...

In 1923 Therese Neumann, a nun in Southern Germany, stopped eating and drinking. Apart from the wafer given at Mass, she did not eat again, despite living for a further 35 years. Other similar cases have been reported over the years - often holy men from the East - and have taken on something of a mythical status. However, they remain obscure enough to be brushed aside by modern scientists. Michael Werner presents a new type of challenge to sceptics. A fit family man in his 50s, he has a d...

This volume critically discusses the role empathy plays in different processes of understanding. More precisely, it clarifies empathy’s role in interpersonal understanding and appreciating works of literature and art. The volume also includes a section on historical theories of empathy’s role in understanding.When it comes to understanding other persons, empathy is typically seen as a process that enables the empathizer to recognize a target person’s mental states, a process which ...

Since the financial crisis of 2008, ordoliberalism emerged from relative obscurity to become one of the crucial terms of analysis across a wide range of academic literatures and public discussion. In fact, it became the main reference for a number of issues, including assessments of the attempted resolution of the Eurozone crisis, arguments about German hegemony in Europe, debates over the future of economic liberalism and controversies about authoritarian liberalism. What is striking abou...

Color Atlas of Human Anatomy, Volume 1: Locomotor SystemFor over 45 years, the three-volume Color Atlas of Human Anatomy has provided readers with a compact review of the human body and its structures. It is ideal for studying, preparing for exams, and as a reference.The new, 8th edition of Volume 1: Locomotor System builds on a robust foundation of scientific knowledge, summarizing in its compactness both the topographic and systemic anatomy of th...

Twenty One Summers explores the amount of time we have in life, the goals we hope to achieve, and the Blind Spots that often unknowingly keep us from reaching them. It is a guidebook, a pathway or way of living that offers valuable insights, inspiring readers to take the first step toward bringing positive change to their lives and those of others. These changes, goals, and dreams, are their Twenty One Summers.Practical Strategies and processes from individual’s personal lives, and...

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the workshops that were affiliated with the 26th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, FC 2022, which was held in Grenada during May 2022.FC 2022 presents the following four workshops:CoDecFin 2022: 3rd Workshop on Coordination of Decentralized FinanceDeFi 2022: 2nd Workshop on Decentralized FinanceVoting 2022: 7th Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic VotingWTSC 2...

The history of blacks at Harvard mirrors, for better or for worse, the history of blacks in the United States. Harvard, too, has been indelibly scarred by slavery, exclusion, segregation, and other forms of racist oppression. At the same time, the nation's oldest university has also, at various times, stimulated, supported, or allowed itself to be influenced by the various reform movements that have dramatically changed the nature of race relations across the nation. The story of blacks at...

This comprehensive summary of the state of the art in Ultra Wideband (UWB) system engineering takes you through all aspects of UWB design, from components through the propagation channel to system engineering aspects. Mathematical tools and basics are covered, allowing for a complete characterisation and description of the UWB scenario, in both the time and the frequency domains. UWB MMICs, antennas, antenna arrays, and filters are described, as well as quality measurement parameters and d...