Struggling to convert your data, analytics and AI strategy into business value?Data and Analytics Strategy for Business by Simon Asplen-Taylor is an essential guide for CDOs, CAIOs, CIOs and CTOs seeking to deliver measurable results from data investments. Focused on aligning data, analytics and AI with strategic goals, this book helps leaders move from initial implementation to transformation.Fully updated with th...

Discover the extraordinary life of Jack Warner, a true icon of British entertainment.From his humble beginnings in London's East End to becoming one of the nation's most beloved on-screen policemen in The Blue Lamp and Dixon of Dock Green, Warner's journey is as captivating as the characters he portrayed. Simon Taylor's biography delves into his early music hall days, his rise to stardom in wartime broadcasts, and his seamless transition to films that captured the heart of post-war ...

Football and Fascism in the Iberian Peninsula offers a compelling look into how the Francoist and Salazarist regimes in Spain and Portugal used football as a tool for ideological control, national identity building, and propaganda. Drawing on rich archival sources and a comparative historical approach, Daniele Serapiglia and Juan Antonio Simón explore how fascist ideals permeated the sport—shaping its heroes, rituals, and media narratives—while also revealing football’s role as a ...

The story of the rise, fall and second ascendancy of nuclear power in the United Kingdom.Britain was a pioneer in civil nuclear power and there were once high hopes in the 1950s that this could be a source of cheap electricity and a valuable export opportunity. In The Fall and Rise of Nuclear Power in Britain, Simon Taylor examines why these hopes were never realised, and how we have come to see a new rise in nuclear power in recent years. He traces the UK...

This short document looks at austerity, how it is defined and the legacy of inequality that has been the result of the austerity which the poor have had to share with those who caused the financial crash of the early twentiet century.

Turn your flashes of creativity into first-rate gadgetsCovers Gadgeteer for Micro Framework 4.1 and 4.2Realize your inner innovator and rapidly build breathtaking electronic devices with Microsoft .NET Gadgeteer. By working through easy-to-follow, practical projects, you’ll discover how to design, assemble, and prototype your own gadgets—all without ever lifting a soldering iron. Learn how to choose components, write Gadgeteer applications, connect your c...

Ben Thomas made a mistake. A one-night stand with Natasha Peters has got her pregnant. Now he has two options: give up on his dream as a comedian and get a day job or abandon his responsibility and be a total dick. Only when Tash tells the full truth does a third possibility emerge...

Reviews"Audio Mastering in a Project Studio is quite simply the definitive book on how to approach setting up your studio, learning to listen, approaching your music and learning how to master it." - Kevin Paul, Mixing and Mastering Engineer."A much-needed book that will be invaluable to all who create and work in project studios." - Mike Schatzlein, Engineer/Producer, TRC StudiosAudio Mastering in a Project StudioAudio mast...

A Land of Dreams, first published in 1993, explores two events in recent English history: the settlement of East European Jews in the East End of London, and the growth of an African-Caribbean community in Birmingham. It is an ethnographic study of two first-generation migrant communities, built upon the experiences of the migrants themselves. It focuses on the stories of their migration and their early days in England, and in particular, upon the stories of their working lives an...

This document examines health and wellbeing that customers experience through the use of disabled adaptations in their homes. It looks at quality of service provision and examines the experiences of customers in Carlisle, England.

This documentlooks at the history and definitions of innovation. It looks at the role of creativity, its links to innovation and a number of academic models. An example of a study that looked at innovation within social housing in the UK is also looked at.

Audio production is an incredibly rewarding craft. To take the raw, basic tracks of a fledgling idea and shape them into one glorious stereophonic sound wave is an amazing feat. The transformation from analogue to digital dominance has brought many advances in sound quality and new techniques, but producing digital music with only a standard computer and DAW can be problematic, time-consuming and sometimes disappointing without the right approach and skills. In Template Mixing and Masterin...