Questa è la storia di un cavaliere alla ricerca della sua vera identità. Il suo viaggio è un riflesso del nostro, pieno di speranza e sconforto, di fede e delusioni, di risate e lacrime. Chiunque si sia mai dibattuto nel cercare il senso della Vita e dell'Amore scoprirà la profonda saggezza racchiusa in questo racconto fantastico.

Marco Polo Handbooks offer expert advice and are aimed at travelers looking for in-depth coverage of a destination – from detailed cultural information to Insider Tips – in an easy to use format. Whatever your mood or interests, Marco Polo Handbooks are the perfect travel companion.

Marco Polo Spiral Guides are for travelers who have little time to prepare for a trip, don’t want to miss anything, like to be inspired by great ideas for exciting days out and love all things ultra-practical and easy to use. Top 10 sights: From the top down to make it easy to prioritise!Don’t miss: Each chapter highlights the absolute must-sees for each area.

Marco Polo Spiral Guides are for travelers who have little time to prepare for a trip, don’t want to miss anything, like to be inspired by great ideas for exciting days out and love all things ultra-practical and easy to use. Top 10 sights: From the top down to make it easy to prioritise!Don’t miss: Each chapter highlights the absolute must-sees for each area.

Three volume set is a comprehensive guide to Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) for clinicians. Each volume dedicated to specific topic - Infertility, IVF and Related Procedures, Atlas of Embryology.

'Written for students, scholars, and marketing research practitioners by three qualitative marketing research pioneers, this book takes readers through the basics to an advanced understanding of the state of the art in qualitative marketing and consumer research. The book offers readers a practical guide to planning, conducting, analyzing, and writing-up research or editing multi-media presentations using both time-tested and new methods, skills, and technologies. With hands-on exercises that researcherscan practice and apply, the book leads readers step-by-step through developing qualitative researching skills in creative data collection, analysis, and presentation, using illustrations drawn from the best of recent and classic research. Whatever your background, this book will help you become a better researcher and help your research come alive for others.'--Publisher's website.

Written for students, scholars, and marketing research practitioners by three qualitative marketing research pioneers, this book takes readers through the basics to an advanced understanding of the state of the art in qualitative marketing and consumer research. The book offers readers a practical guide to planning, conducting, analyzing, and writing-up research or editing multi-media presentations using both time-tested and new methods, skills, and technologies. With hands-on exercises that researchers can practice and apply, the book leads readers step-by-step through developing qualitative researching skills in creative data collection, analysis, and presentation, using illustrations drawn from the best of recent and classic research.

Introduction to Security has been the leading text on private security for over thirty years. Celebrated for its balanced and professional approach, this new edition gives future security professionals a broad, solid base that prepares them to serve in a variety of positions in a growing field that is immune to outsourcing. Former and current members of the military, as well as works displaced by disappearing jobs, can all benefit from reading this book. The author team as well as an outstanding group of subject-matter experts combine knowledge and experience to create content geared to experiential learning. As a recommended title for security certifications, it is a crucial resource for working professionals, and is also used as a core security textbook in universities throughout the country. This is Butterworth-Heinemann's best-selling security text of all time, an essential reference for all security professionals.

The 9th edition expands on key topics and adds new material on the important issues in the 21st century environment such as: the importance of communication skills; the value of education; internet-related security risks; changing business paradigms; and brand protection.

* New sections on terrorism and emerging security threats like cybercrime and piracy

* Top industry professionals from aerospace and computer firms join instructors from large academic programs as co-authors and contributors

* Expanded ancillaries for both instructors and students, including interactive web-based video and case studies

This opulent illustrated coffee-table book is a unique tribute to the city that never sleeps. An introduction to New York's roller-coaster history is followed by a close up look at its distinctive neighborhoods. The iconic sites - the Statue of Liberty, Broadway and Times Square, the Empire State Building, Central Park and the Met are all here, as are the city's finest restaurants and legendary department stores.

? Breathtaking images capture the essence of a remarkable city

? Special features and interesting facts bring to life the city's past and present

? An inspiring gift or the perfect souvenir

Learn advanced optical design techniques from the field's most respected guide

Honed for more than 20 years in an SPIE professional course taught by renowned optical systems designer Robert E. Fischer, Optical System Design, Second Edition brings you the latest cutting-edge design techniques and more than 400 detailed diagrams that clearly illustrate every major procedure in optical design.

This thoroughly updated resource helps you work better and faster with computer-aided optical design techniques, diffractive optics, and the latest applications, including digital imaging, telecommunications, and machine vision. No need for complex, unnecessary mathematical derivations-instead, you get hundreds of examples that break the techniques down into understandable steps. For twenty-first century optical design without the mystery, the authoritative Optical Systems Design, Second Edition features:

• Computer-aided design use explained through sample problems
• Case studies of third-millennium applications in digital imaging, sensors, lasers, machine vision, and more
• New chapters on optomechanical design, systems analysis, and stray-light suppression
• New chapter on polarization including lots of really useful information
• New and expanded chapter on diffractive optics
• Techniques for getting rid of geometrical aberrations
• Testing, tolerancing, and manufacturing guidance
• Intelligent use of aspheric surfaces in optical design
• Pointers on using off-the-shelf optics
• Basic optical principles and solutions for common and advanced design problems

Focusing on the concepts and interactions of free will, moral responsibility, and determinism, this text represents the most up-to-date account of the four major positions in the free will debate.

• Four serious and well-known philosophers explore the opposing viewpoints of libertarianism, compatibilism, hard incompatibilism, and revisionism
  
• The first half of the book contains each philosopher's explanation of his particular view; the second half allows them to directly respond to each other's arguments, in a lively and engaging conversation
  
• Offers the reader a one of a kind, interactive discussion
  
• Forms part of the acclaimed Great Debates in Philosophy series