This is the informative story of the rise, fall, and re-birth of Volkswagen - both the company and the car. It explains how VW lost its focus for decades and then regained it through a better understanding of its core market, marketing, advertising, and solid manufacturing and design.

The common bed bug has returned as a significant pest problem across the United States. Although first recognized in the tourism industry in the late 1990’s, bed bug infestations are now a common issue for private residences. People dealing with an infestation can spread bed bugs to the homes of family and friends, to public places they visit, and to their work place. From there, bugs continue to relocate by hitchhiking on personal belongings. We offer treatment recommendations to help you protect your home and belongings, and to stop the spread of bed bugs. This guidebook provides comprehensive instructions using methods currently available, and emphasizes techniques that do not rely on pesticide application. You may choose to hire a pest management professional and utilize their additional options for controlling bed bugs. But, you may still need to get bed bugs out of your personal belongings. This is a Do-it-Yourself guide that will help in either situation. The document is divided into two sections: Part 1 is a list of household items that often need to be disinfested. For each item, a list of the techniques that can be employed from Part 2 are listed, as well as any special instructions for that item. Part 2 offers techniques for removing or eliminating bed bugs. For each technique there is a brief description, followed by a list of supplies you will need, “how to” instructions, special considerations, and advantages and disadvantages

LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.

"Affords an advantageous understanding of contemporary management and total quality systems without excessive employment of advanced mathematics--directing managers in the implementation of the basic quality framework that will lead to improved production and increased profits through sound quality practices. Provides practical applications in a wide variety of industrial, financial, service, and administrative systems and shows how to prepare for quality audits, product meetings, and production discussions. Features 21 new chapters."

Ever wonder who wrangles the animals during a movie shoot? What it takes to be a brewmaster? How that play-by-play announcer got his job? What it is like to be a secret shopper? The new.

An untold story of scientists and engineers who changed the course of World War I Roy R. Manstan's new book documents the rise of German submarines in World War I and the Allies' successful response of tracking them with innovative listening devices—precursors to modern sonar. The Listeners: U-boat Hunters During the Great War details the struggle to find a solution to the unanticipated efficiency of the German U-boat as an undersea predator. Success or failure was in the hands and minds of the scientists and naval personnel at the Naval Experimental Station in New London, Connecticut. Through the use of archival materials, personal papers, and memoirs The Listeners takes readers into the world of the civilian scientists and engineers and naval personnel who were directly involved with the development and use of submarine detection technology during the war.