Bøger af Ian Graham

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A concise guide to high-performance Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems, customized for crucial public safety and utility applications, explores Radio Access Networks (RANs) within LMR systems. It covers base stations, mobile radios, and portable radios that enable seamless communication through strategically placed base stations, antennas, and combining systems. The book addresses interference issues, emphasizing diagnostic and remedial approaches through field testing and redesign. It particularly focuses on the design intricacies of base station antennas and combining systems at shared radio repeater sites in densely populated areas. The book outlines methods for identifying interference sources and constructing interference-resistant base station antennas and combining systems, ultimately maximizing coverage and cost-effectiveness. It offers a comprehensive roadmap for designing interference resilient LMR systems that meet and exceed the needs of public safety and utility organizations during critical operations. This resource is essential for engineers, designers, and professionals involved in creating reliable and high-performance LMR systems.

Follow Marie Curie in this inspiring, informative narrative non-fiction book and learn about how her appetite for knowledge changed the world. Perfect for aspiring scientists over 9 years old!

Follow Charles Darwin in this inspiring, informative narrative non-fiction book and discover how his quest for knowledge changed the world.

After nearly losing his life to foil a terror plot that threatened to be the worst since September 11th, former IRA volunteer, Declan McIver, is laying low in rural Ireland and awaiting the birth of his first child. To finally clear his name, Declan has agreed to a meeting with American and British dignitaries-risking both his and his wife's safety as he exposes himself once again to the world. But when bombs go off in Northern England and Declan's old friend, MI5 officer Shane O'Reilly, goes missing, Declan finds himself trapped in the middle of another shadowy plot. Desperate to put an end to the latest threat to his life and to his continued freedom, Declan reluctantly teams with an MI6 officer he knows only as Harper and begins to track down the obscure forces behind the attacks.

The story-part memoir, part hard-hitting expose-of a first-year law associate negotiating the arduous path through a system designed to break those who enter it before it makes them. Landing a job at a prestigious L.A. law firm, complete with a six figure income, signaled the beginning of the good life for Ian Graham. But the harsh reality of life as an associate quickly became evident. The work was grueling and boring, the days were impossibly long, and Graham's sole purpose was to rack up billable hours. But when he took an unpaid pro bono case to escape the drudgery, Graham found the meaning in his work that he'd been looking for. As he worked to free Mario Rocha, a gifted young Latino who had been wrongly convicted at 16 and sentenced to life without parole, the shocking contrast between the greed and hypocrisy of law firm life and Mario's desperate struggle for freedom led Graham to look long and hard at his future as a corporate lawyer. Clear-eyed and moving, written with the drama and speed of a John Grisham novel and the personal appeal of Scott Turow's account of his law school years, Unbillable Hours is an arresting personal story with implications for all of us.

"Declan McIver blasts his way in to join the league of international hard men with this tense, fast-paced and brutal story of terrorist threats, double-cross and political chicanery!" - Adrian Magson (author of the Harry Tate thriller series) "Superb effort! Veil of Civility reminded me of the hard-as-nails spy thrillers of the 1980s, upgraded to modern day reality! Scary and original!" - Ian Kharitonov (author of The Russian Renaissance) NOTHING CAN STAY HIDDEN FOREVER... During the Soviet-Afghan war an elite team of operatives were trained in the mountains of Afghanistan. Loyal to the Provisional Irish Republican Army, they were known only by their codename, Black Shuck. In the years that followed - betrayed from within by the internal power struggles of the IRA - the team members were hunted down. Three survived, fading into the turbulent streets of Northern Ireland. To this day, their identities remain a mystery - but nothing can stay hidden forever. For years, Declan McIver has lived under the radar - married to a beautiful woman and operating a successful business - but that life is about to change. When a planned meeting with an old friend goes horribly wrong, Declan finds himself on the run from a shadowy conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep their evil intentions a closely guarded secret. To survive, he'll have to rely on long dormant training and reach deep within himself to a place and time he'd hoped to never return. As his past is laid open for the world to see and events spiral further out of control - who will win and at what cost? "Ian Graham is one of the thriller genre's rising stars!" - Stephen England (author of Pandora's Grave) "Ian Graham writes the kind of stories I want to read. Full on, Action packed, adrenaline fueled. Keep your eye on this author, he's going to be a big name in thrillers before long." - Matt Hilton (author of the Joe Hunter thriller series)

"A beautiful guide to fifty water vessels that played a key role in world history and had a great impact on human civilization."--

"Discover how we use satellites every day to talk on the telephone, watch TV, use the Internet, predict the weather, and run businesses."--Back cover.

Explains what robots are, and discusses the many ways they are utilized in our society.

"[This book] describes how and why these structures were designed and built. It explains the physics behind the designs, which allows buildings, dams or bridges to rise to incredible heights, withstand enormous pressures, and resist collapse from environmental forces."--P. [4] of cover.

True stories of more than a hundred of the boldest and most brazen impostors of the past 500 years.Their stories range from the curious lives of small-time criminals to royal pretenders, notorious murderers and some distinctly peculiar fantasists.You'll find out who the exotic dancer Mata Hari and the mysterious Cazique of Poyais really were and why they hid behind false identities. You'll meet some of the most bizarre, sinister and fascinating people who ever lived... with someone else's identity.They tried to steal fortunes and kingdoms. They impersonated pilots, doctors, native Americans and movie directors. One sold the Eiffel Tower, twice, and another held an airliner for ransom. Fingerprinting, photo-ID, iris scanning and DNA profiling have made it more difficult to use a false identity today, but digital media has given birth to a whole new generation of cyber-impostors.Think you know who your friends are? Think again... Praise for Ian Graham:'The Ultimate Book of Imposters is well-researched, accessible, and difficult to put down. Ideal for some light reading, this is a great book to dip in and out of when you have some spare moments' - Pop Culture Z'Graham exposes the truth behind the world's wildest fraud - and why they did it - and reveals that even those we think we know best may not be exactly who they seem to be' - Sunday TribuneIan Graham is a British author of popular science, technology and history books. After studying physics and journalism at university, he worked as a magazine journalist before switching to books. He was a joint winner of the 2012 Royal Society Young People's Book Prize and was shortlisted for the 2014 Educational Writers' Award.

In this fascinating biography, the first ever published about Alfred Maudslay (1850-1931), Ian Graham describes this extraordinary Englishman and his pioneering investigations of the ancient Maya ruins.

Er du klar? Du er en simpel cykelmekaniker i Dayton, Ohio, men der er større ting i vente for dig.Snart vil du skrive historie og lægge grundlaget for fremtiden med banebrydende transportform.Du sørger nemlig for, at verdens første flyvemaskine får luft under vingerne! Eksperternes bedste råd:- Vær tålmodig – du må videreudvikle din opfindelse mange gange, før den virker optimalt.- Lav din egen research. Dine forgængere har måske overset noget.- Sørg for, at der er vidner til stede under dine flyveture – ellers er det ikke sikkert, folk vil tro dig.- Du kan ikke undgå ulykker – men lad det ikke slå dig ud! “Den utrolige historie om den første flyvemaskine” er en del af en ny børnebogsserie, der henvender sig til læsere i alderen 8-12 år. Bøgerne handler om forskellige store historiske begivenheder, hvor læseren er hovedperson i fortællingen. Bogen er oprindeligt skrevet af Ian Graham og illustreret af David Antram. De humoristiske tekster og illustrationer indeholder masser af sjove facts om verdens mange utrolige historier!

This reference details valuable results that lead to improvements in existence theorems for the Loewner differential equation in higher dimensions, discusses the compactness of the analog of the Carath\'eodory class in several variables, and studies various classes of univalent mappings according to their geometrical definitions. It introduces the infinite-dimensional theory and provides numerous exercises in each chapter for further study. The authors present such topics as linear invariance in the unit disc, Bloch functions and the Bloch constant, and growth, covering and distortion results for starlike and convex mappings in Cn and complex Banach spaces.

The second in a four volume Ordinary covering the period before the beginning of the heraldic visitations in 1530 and is designed to enable those with a working knowledge of heraldry to identify medieval British coats of arms. Listed in this volume are entries from Bend to Chevrons.

'Ships that Changed History' is more than just a delight for lovers of the sea - it's a virtual history of the world told through the boats and ships that influenced how and where people lived, the ideas they exchanged and how they won and lost the battles that set the course of later generations and millennia.

This book shows how the energy in crude oil is used to make a fast food snack. It explains how crude oil was formed, how it is obtained and how it is used in the food industry, the science behind cooking and the effects of heat on food, the processes of packaging and preserving food, and finally how fast food is prepared.

Details results that lead to improvements in existence theorems for the Loewner differential equation in higher dimensions. This work discusses the compactness of the analog of the Caratheodory class in several variables. It presents such topics as linear invariance in the unit disc, Bloch functions and the Bloch constant, and growth.