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      • Cat Yoga

        31 Yoga Stretches to Learn from Cats

        by Masako Miyagawa, photographs by Akimasa Harada

        Enrich your body and mind with Neko Yoga. Cats show how to do classic yoga poses and stretches in this fun approach to yoga. Designed to take just a minute each, the poses are easy to incorporate into any daily routine and are fully explained by yoga instructor Masako Miyagawa and Akimasa Harada's photographs.

      • May 2014

        POWER TO LIVE, POWER TO FLOURISH

        by Tadashi Sasaki

        Sasaki Tadashi is the father of electronic engineering in Japan. His name resounds throughout the world for developing pocket calculator as well as building Sharp Corporation into the world renowned big company. Steve Jobs, Son Masayoshi, Konosuke Matsushita, Lee Kun-hee and many others have respected him. From such a legendary engineer, this is a message book full of advice on business and life for young generation who shoulders the future of the world. Recommended by Son Masayoshi, founder and CEO of SoftBank "Many people will be encouraged by the centenarian Dr. Sasaki's casual words! He is also my great benefactor and will surely gives you life's dream, courage and warmth."

      • Cat Yoga Calendar

        A New Yoga Pose for Every Day of the Month

        by Masako Miyagawa, photographs by Akimasa Harada

        Stay calm and relaxed every day with this undated calendar of 31 different cat yoga poses - one for each day of the month - while learning the best technique from the world's relaxation experts. A main photograph of "Kitty-sensei" demonstrates each pose - and how to do it with attitude! Supplemental photographs show a human model demonstrating the poses break down each pose into steps to make learning cat yoga easy and fun.  This calendar is a fun supplement to the main Cat Yoga book, or as a unique gift that can be used throughout the year and beyond.

      • Food & Drink

        Serendipity. 50 Storie di successi nati per caso

        by Oscar Farinetti

        “The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake – you can’t learn anything from being perfect.” Adam Osborne. Oscar Farinetti has collected fifty stories that reflect how some of the greatest successes and examples of excellence in the food world came about by chance, while looking elsewhere, from the invention of foods such as tarte tatin to the sandwich, not to mention international products like Nutella and corn flakes, plus some of the world’s best wines, Gorgonzola cheese, and balsamic vinegar. Renowned delicacies like Milanese risotto rub shoulders with some unusual interlopers: Toscano cigars, Viagra and... humans themselves! Fifty dialogue/stories that are rich in humour and reflections on the meaning of life, the meaning of a constant quest to invent something new, the meaning of human imperfection: what makes us so special... and so flawed. To tell the tale of these discoveries, Farinetti consults their protagonists (real or imagined) or experts with in-depth knowledge: producers, gastronomes, cooks, pastry chefs, artists and scientists, including Joe Bastianich, Andrea Berton, Massimo Bottura, Antonia Klugmann, Carlo Cracco, Giovanni Ferrero, Francesca Lavazza, Davide Oldani, Bruno Paillard, Angelo Gaja, Otto Geisel, Muhtar Kent, Shigeru Hayashi, Carlo Petrini, Telmo Pievani, Vittorio Sgarbi, and more.

      • The Arts

        The Guitar in Tango / La Guitarra en el Tango

        Fundamental method for playing tango music

        by Sebastián Henríquez

        “Método de Tango” (Spanish for “Tango Method”) is the first fundamental book series that teaches how to play tango music, published in English and Spanish since 2014 by Tango Sin Fin in Buenos Aires, Argentina.This book series is the only collection which provides any musician, arranger, composer or ethnomusicologist from around the world a methodological and pedagogical approach to tango language, using academic terms, exercises and musical studies.   CONTENTS» Each volume is focused on one instrument: violin, bass, bandoneon, piano, flute and guitar. » All the tools and techniques for playing tango music are covered throughout specific chapters and exercises. » 5 to 8 original works for ensemble are included in each book. Parts for other instruments are included on a separate insert. » Audio and video recordings and play-along tracks for each exercise and pieces are available for free on Tango Sin Fin’s YouTube channel.   THE GUITAR IN TANGO CONTENTS » Rhythmic melody. Different ways to articulate and accentuate a rhythmic melody in tango. » Expressive melody. Fraseo and ornamentation as essential expressive devices. » Milonga and vals, connecting passages, guidelines for playing in a tango ensemble, the history of the guitar in tango, tango orchestra styles, and more. » 8 original works for guitar and ensemble. » 350 audio & video tracks.

      • Marine engineering
        June 2014

        Port Designer's Handbook, Third edition

        by Carl A. Thoresen (Author)

        The Port Designer’s Handbook, Third Edition provides practising port and harbour consulting engineers with essential guidance and recommendations for the layout, design and construction of modern harbour and port structures. The third edition is extensively revised and discusses various factors to consider when designing efficient container terminals. Water depth, berth structure, and environmental forces are discussed in line with PIANC recommendations and considerations. The latest developments in navigation safety, site selection, layout, cargo handling, and mooring principles are outlined and evaluated, and operational conditions for ships in channels and harbour basins are discussed. Drawing on PIANC specifications, international harbour standards and recommendations are thoroughly explored. This handbook is an invaluable resource to practising port and harbour consulting engineers as well as contractors involved in the layout, design and construction of berth and harbour structures. The Port Designer’s Handbook, Third Edition: • provides revised calculations for wind, current and wave forces according to the PIANC and international specification and recommendations • demonstrates safety considerations, calculations, evaluations and recommendations in line with PIANC and Eurocode specifications • outlines design considerations relating to loadings, berth structures, cargo handling equipment and berthing forces • details open berth structures including larger type of vessels e.g. large oil and LNG tankers which need increased water depth for berthing • discusses new container handling equipment and the demand for more efficient container terminals based on the new PIANC recommendations.

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