Over the last few years, most books on photography have been focused on the new breed of cameras and how to master the digital imaging workflow. In The Art of Black and White Photography, author and photographer Torsten Andreas Hoffmann takes a different approach, focusing on image composition and image capture, with an emphasis on the creative aspects of black and white photography rather than on the digital workflow.After introducing the ground rules of ...

The book aims:To enable osteopaths - and other manual practitioners/bodyworkers - to understand the importance of fascia and its relevance to their work.....By providing a comprehensive textbook covering history, nature and properties [function] of fascia...And covering all aspects of osteopathic management of disorders that relate to/are mediated by the fascia.....Using contributions from leading authorities bearing in mind so far as possible the needs and int...

The first book in an immersive & addictive fantasy series from the million-copy selling phenomenon Torsten Weitze that follows the epic journey of a young protagonist with nothing left to lose.When tragedy strikes her family, Niri finds herself penniless and alone in a city determined to turn their back on ‘her kind’.Her only possession is also her only hope - a copper coin that grants her admission to the prestigious Stormfell Academy, renowned for its mag...

The method of making findings and the systematic method of interpreting images are still relevant today.This book deals with a subject that is seemingly trivial: normal findings in radiology. However, the normal is also the frequent, but not always the simple. Every radiologist has experienced difficulties in the systematics of imaging and with phrasing the diagnosis. This book is intended to answer three questions:How should the diagnosis be...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, updated with a new PrefaceThe essential blueprint for a better future, by Labour's economic mastermind‘Stellar: brilliant, incredibly pragmatic’ Rory Stewart‘Refreshingly optimistic’ The Times‘No one has done more to re-inject sanity into our national policy’ Emily Maitlis'Everyone should read this book if they care...

Presents a diverse range of perspectives on contemporary superhero scholarship. It links in-depth close readings of central texts of the superhero discourse from a variety of media (comics, TV, film) with larger societal and cultural discourses such as cross-medial, meta-textual and more general intersections and negotiations between the figure of the superhero and culture.The book explores various functionalizations of superheroes such as Batman, Iron Man or Watchmen within societ...

This magical, true and epic story is a wild ride through adventures around the world with explorations of other-dimensional realms and beings. The author’s wisdom gained through decades-long self-experimentations with non-ordinary states of consciousness are integrated in this book that shows how tangible projects such as films and activist movements can readily manifest when we follow our dreams.In this fascinating story, Omananda describes how he lived with ind...

A handy, full-color resource for interpreting musculoskeletal MRI scans with confidenceThis superbly illustrated atlas provides a comprehensive presentation of the normal sectional anatomy of the musculoskeletal system to aid in the diagnosis of diseases affecting the joints, soft tissues, bones, and bone marrow. A precise, full-color drawing accompanies each high-quality sectional image, helping the reader to gain a solid understanding of the topographic ...

Radiographic anatomy at your fingertipsThe Pocket Atlas of Radiographic Anatomy precisely describes the anatomical structures shown on conventional X-ray images and on the most important arthrographic and angiographic examinations.The double-page spread format makes the book extremely user-friendly: The X-ray image is directly juxtaposed with a detailed drawing showing the clinically relevant anatomical structures. This enables simple, clear, and r...

**"An engrossing tale of intrigue, deceit and racial unrest in the upper Midwest in the 1950s . . . a fresh take on a pivotal moment in American history." —Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times–bestselling authorWinter 1958. The town of Moorhead, Minnesota, is small, dark, and cold. No one feels it more than Emmaline Nelson, just eighteen and ready to burst out of the confines of her Lutheran farm family. Emmy was promised at twelve to the son of wealthy neighb...

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 15059 up to 15147 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, held in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.The 2387 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 8585 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine learning; deep neural networks; reinforcement learning; object recognition; image ...