Most Popular Books by Brian Smith

A Beautiful foreign city and a handsome soldier should have been the highlight of Terra Kiseragie’s life.

It''s everybody''s favorite wall-crawler in a collection of high-flying action and adventure stories! The ultimate Spider-Man teams up with some mighty friends - from Black Panther to Captain Marvel, and even Rocket and Groot - to fight threats both large and small! Spidey ventures into space to help stop Ronin the Accuser, tangles with the Lizard and Vermin in the sewers, battles the Hulk and more!

The book "Social Media Marketing Course" provides a comprehensive guide to mastering the art of social media marketing. Through this course, readers will gain a deep understanding of the basics of social media marketing and its importance in today''s digital landscape. They will explore various trends in social media marketing and learn how to set up an effective social media presence by choosing the right platforms and creating compelling profiles. The book delves into the creation of engaging content, covering techniques such as storytelling, visual content creation, and captivating copywriting. It also emphasizes the importance of building a community and leveraging user-generated content for greater engagement. Readers will gain insights into social media advertising, learn how to create effective ad campaigns, and measure their performance. The book explores the emerging field of influencer marketing, providing guidance on finding the right influencers, managing partnerships, and measuring the impact of these collaborations. Analytics and data-driven strategies are covered extensively, helping readers understand how to utilize social media analytics, implement data-driven strategies, and evaluate key performance indicators (KPIs) to optimize their social media marketing efforts. The book also explores the intersection of social media and e-commerce, providing tips on optimizing social media for e-commerce, effective product promotion strategies, and utilizing social commerce features. Readers are introduced to emerging social media platforms and provided with strategies to effectively utilize them. Case studies of successful campaigns on these platforms offer practical insights. The course tackles crisis management and reputation building in the context of social media, highlighting strategies for handling crises, rebuilding brand reputation, and proactively managing brand perception. The global and cross-cultural aspects of social media marketing are explored, covering topics such as adapting marketing for global audiences, cultural sensitivity, and localization and translation strategies. Legal and ethical considerations in social media marketing are addressed, including an understanding of privacy and data protection laws, ethical marketing practices, and how to avoid legal pitfalls. Readers will also learn how to tap into viral trends and challenges, understanding how to identify and participate in viral content, and create shareable content themselves. Finally, the book emphasizes the importance of continuous learning and adaptation in the ever-changing field of social media marketing, providing tips on staying updated with trends, adapting to algorithm changes, and utilizing professional tools and resources.

This book examines John Locke as a theorist of migration, immigration, and the movement of peoples. It outlines the contours of the public discourse surrounding migration in the seventeenth century and situates Locke’s in-depth involvement in these debates. The volume presents a variety of undercurrents in Locke’s writing — his ideas on populationism, naturalization, colonization and the right to withdrawal, the plight of refugees, and territorial rights — which have great import in present-day debates about migration. Departing from the popular extant literature that sees Locke advocating for a strong right to exclude foreigners, the author proposes a Lockean theory of immigration that recognizes the fundamental right to emigrate, thus catering to an age wrought with terrorism, xenophobia and economic inequality. A unique and compelling contribution, the volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of political theory, political philosophy, history of international politics, international relations, international political economy, public policy, seventeenth century English history, migration and citizenship studies, and moral philosophy.

It is intended for amateurs to semi-professionals who want to jump into photography with a camera that combines compact size with the performance of a high end DSLR. While the camera manual explains what the camera can do, it doesn''t show exactly how to use the camera to create great images! That''s where Sony A7 / A7R: From Snapshots to Great Shots comes in. Starting with the top ten things users need to know about the camera, author Brian Smith carefully guides readers through the operating features. Readers get practical advice from a pro on which settings to use when, great shooting tips, and end of chapter assignments. From Snapshots to Great Shots is a beautiful how-to photography series that provides the perfect blend of instruction, inspiration, and reference for specific camera models and photography concepts.

The history of noncombatant immunity is well established. What is less understood is how militaries have rationalized violating this immunity. This book traces the development of how militaries have rationalized the killing of the innocent from the thirteenth century onward. In the process, this historiography shows how we have arrived at the ascendant convention that assumes militaries should not intentionally kill the innocent. Furthermore, it shows how moral arguments about the permissibility of killing the innocent are largely adaptations to material changes in how wars are fought, whether through technological innovations or changes in institutional structures.

YouTube Masterclass is an comprehensive guide designed to help individuals navigate the world of YouTube and build a successful online presence. From understanding the power of YouTube marketing and algorithms, to creating compelling content and optimizing your channel, this book covers all aspects of YouTube success. Readers will learn about different ways to monetize their channel, strategies for building their audience, utilizing YouTube analytics to measure success, and forming collaborations and partnerships for growth. The book also delves into legal and copyright considerations, effective marketing and promotion strategies, and maximizing ad revenue. With chapters dedicated to YouTube Live and Stories, outsourcing and managing a channel, expanding online presence, and advanced growth strategies, this book provides a roadmap to long-term success and sustaining a YouTube career. Whether you''re a beginner or looking to take your YouTube presence to the next level, YouTube Masterclass is a must-read guide for aspiring content creators.

I segreti del passato di Deadpool rivelati! La verità dietro le origini di Deadpool nel programma Arma X, il passato di Wade torna a tormentarlo con l’arrivo di Ajax in cerca di una sanguinosa vendetta. Ma la domanda a cui Wade cerca una risposta è se è davvero lui il Messia Cosmico destinato a salvarci tutti? Il sesto capitolo della serie classica di Deadpool sceneggiata da Joe Kelly contiene anche il raro numero zero e un delirante “libro dell’infanzia” firmato da Wade. Disegni di Walter McDaniel e di Pete Woods (Excalibur, Action Comics). [Contiene Deadpool (1997) #0, 18-22 e Baby''s First Deadpool Book]

Facebook Ads & Facebook Marketing MASTERY is a comprehensive guide that explores the world of Facebook advertising and marketing. This book covers everything from understanding the basics of Facebook Ads to creating effective ad strategies and mastering ad targeting. It provides valuable insights on creating compelling ad content, utilizing Facebook Pixel and conversion tracking, and analyzing and optimizing ad performance. Additionally, it delves into scaling Facebook ad campaigns, implementing retargeting strategies, and ensuring compliance with Facebook ad policies. The book also highlights the importance of leveraging Facebook Insights for optimization and data-driven decision making. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced marketer, this book equips you with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in advertising and marketing on Facebook.

In this sexy, bold book, Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer Brian Smith tells the stories behind the photos and lessons learned in 30 years of photographing celebrities and people from all walks of life. Smith’s long list of famous and infamous subjects includes pro basketball players Dwayne Wade and Shaquille O’Neal; billionaires Bill Gates, Richard Branson, and Donald Trump; tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams; actors Anne Hathaway, Antonio Banderas, Christopher Walken, Taye Diggs, Jane Krakowski, and William H. Macy; and many more. You’ll get the inside scoop on what goes on at a celebrity photo shoot in this gorgeous guide to making professional portraits. Smith has mastered how to make a meaningful portrait on a magazine’s budget and on a celebrity’s schedule, which can sometimes be 15 minutes or less. Smith reveals his tips on connecting with people, finding the perfect location, telling a great story through portraiture, getting the ideal pose, capturing emotion and gestures, arranging unique group shots, and lighting the scene just right. You might not be photographing the rich and famous, but after reading Smith’s tell-all guide, you’ll know how to give everyone who makes their way in front of your camera the star treatment.

Reading Visual Investigations delves into a new discipline--visual investigations--in which architecture intersects with advocacy, journalism, and law in the pursuit of justice and accountability. This publication presents insights into the current discourse within the emergent field, illustrated by intriguing case studies from around the world. It highlights the role of architecture as a key area of expertise that defines this evolving practice. Eight experts from the fields of digital and spatial analysis, human rights, legal studies, investigative journalism, and forensic analysis offer critical, scientifically grounded discourse on the topic through essays and interviews. The book''s contributors examine a range of methods and architectural tools employed in visual investigations and their impact on human rights and legal processes. Additionally, the involved investigators and the editors provide an in-depth analysis of international research by introducing seven case studies and presenting their methods, content, and conclusions in diverse formats, including maps, films, models, and interactive platforms used to expose human rights violations. Reading Visual Investigations is an essential resource for anyone interested in understanding the dynamic and evolving practice of visual investigations. It provides practical insights that integrate traditional reporting with digital forensics and the analysis of visual evidence. The book strives to bridge the gap between architectural expertise and the urgent need for effective advocacy and accountability mechanisms in contemporary society.

In this issue the Guest Editors provide a contemporary look at the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, treatment and outcomes for neonatal-perinatal infections. Contributors include neonatologists, infectious disease, and critical care specialists with a wide variety of research interests in this arena. Readers will be exposed to the latest information on dosing of antibiotics, antivirals, and antifungals. This information is critical in the infant population given the rapid changes in physiology, metabolic pathways and renal elimination that occur over the first months of life. There is an extensive examination of infectious processes that commonly present in infants including meningitis, bloodstream infections, and urinary tract infections. Additional topics include infectious processes affecting the newborn (chorioamnionitis and TORCH infections) and premature infants (necrotizing enterocolitis). Specific pathogens are highlighted in articles on HSV, CMV/VZV, staphylococcal species, and Candida. Finally, the rationale for the most recent changes to guidelines for initiating therapy for early-onset neonatal sepsis are reviewed.

This elegant book provides a student-friendly introduction to the subject of physical chemistry. It is by the author of the very successful Basic Chemical Thermodynamics and is written in the same well-received popular style. It is concise and more compact than standard textbooks on the subject and emphasises the two important topics underpinning the subject: quantum mechanics and the second law of thermodynamics. Both topics are challenging to students because they focus on uncertainty and probability. The book explains these fundamental concepts clearly and shows how they offer the key to understanding a wide range of chemical phenomena including atomic and molecular spectra, the structure and properties of solids, liquids and gases, chemical equilibrium and the rates of chemical reactions.This revised edition has enabled improvements and corrections to be made.

In this comprehensive Vedic Astrology Course, readers will delve into the ancient art of Vedic Astrology, exploring its history, philosophies, and fundamental principles. The book begins with an introduction to Vedic Astrology, providing insights into its origins and philosophical foundations. It then explores the significance of each planet in Vedic Astrology, including the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn. Readers will also gain a deep understanding of the 12 signs of the Zodiac and the 12 astrological houses, as well as the significance of each house in birth charts. The book further delves into the meaning of Ascendant and Descendant, emphasizing the importance of the Navamsa Chart in birth chart analysis. One of the central aspects of Vedic Astrology covered in this course is predictive astrology techniques. Readers will explore the application of Dasha systems and transits in predicting life events, as well as the influence of Yogas on destiny. The book also offers insights into remedial measures in Vedic Astrology, including the effects of planetary gemstones, the spiritual significance of Yantras, and the power of Vedic chanting with Mantras. Lastly, the course deals with relationship astrology, focusing on the matching of horoscopes for marriage, astrological compatibility, and the interpretation of relationship dynamics. Overall, this Vedic Astrology Course provides a comprehensive and detailed exploration of Vedic Astrology, offering readers a solid foundation and practical techniques to navigate the study and application of this ancient art.

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Provides descriptions of a broad range of surgical and medical procedures for operating department practitioners.