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Optimization Methods in Structural Design
This book offers an introduction to numerical optimization methods in structural design. Employing a readily accessible and compact format, the book presents an overview of optimization methods, and equips readers to properly set up optimization problems and interpret the results. A ‘how-to-do-it’ approach is followed throughout, with less emphasis at this stage on mathematical derivations. The book features spreadsheet programs provided in Microsoft Excel, which allow readers to experience optimization ‘hands-on.’ Examples covered include truss structures, columns, beams, reinforced shell structures, stiffened panels and composite laminates. For the last three, a review of relevant analysis methods is included. Exercises, with solutions where appropriate, are also included with each chapter. The book offers a valuable resource for engineering students at the upper undergraduate and postgraduate level, as well as others in the industry and elsewhere who are new to these highly practical techniques.While the specific application is to structural design, the principles involved can be applied far more widely.
The Road to Weatherfield
DID YOU HEAR about the theatrical digs landlady who thought the best way to prepare fillet steak was to boil it? Or the local rep company who put on Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves as a Christmas treat for its loyal audience with a cast of eight? Both are featured in The Road to Weatherfield by former Coronation Street scriptwriter Barry Hill Granada Television, one of the pioneers of independent television broadcasting in this country, had occupied its Quay Street studios in Manchester for almost 60 years before its move to new purpose-built, state of the art headquarters at Media City, Salford. The Road to Weatherfield recalls the entertainment scene over the previous six decades from the beginning of the 20th century when music hall reigned and at the world of the entertainers who made their name through radio, film, variety and rep. The growth and influence of the Granada group when all this rich heritage was drawn together to meet the challenge of changing times with the launch of ITV. And the author’s own experiences over almost three decades of writing for Corrie, the world’s most successful television drama serial.
Soul on the Street
William Roache has been an actor on Britain's best-loved soap opera, Coronation Street, for over 50 years – making him the world's longest-serving soap star. As a young actor William auditioned for a TV drama that was likely to be running for only a few weeks. Now, almost 50 years later, he is the only original cast member and the soap's success has established him as a household name. Over the course of that time, William's character Ken Barlow has been married four times, twice to Deirdre, and had a series of tumultuous affairs. This gripping autobiography will appeal to fans of 'The Street' and is an exciting insight into the spiritual influences that have shaped this much-loved actor. It will make inspiring reading for anyone interested in personal development.
Granada Television--The First Generation
This is a rich and readable collection of memoirs of those who worked at Granada during the first thirty years of its existence. It captures a climate of creative activity unique in the history of broadcasting, referred to now as the Golden Years of British Television. Lords Birt and Macdonald, Sir Denis Forman, Michael Parkinson, Michael Apted, Stan Barstow, Nick Elliott, Victoria Wood, Kenith Trodd, Jack Rosenthal, Anna Ford, Chris Kelly and Alan Plater are just a few of the many well known contributors who were responsible for creating the foundations on which Granada's considerable worldwide reputation was based. Shows like World in Action, Brideshead Revisited, A Family at War, Coronation Street, What the Papers Say, and many more described in this book were pioneers in their respective fields.
Summon Up the Blood
A remarkable World War Two diary kept by Corporal Womack.
Imposter
A SEARING INDICTMENT OF THE ACTING PROFESSION, AN EXPLOSIVE EXPOSÉ OF THE SEEDY SIDE OF THE TV BUSINESS... is not what you will find here. More a glorious gallop through a fifty-year odyssey, telling how a scruffy kid from the backstreets of war-torn Salford chased (without ever really catching) his dream of becoming an actor. It's a fascinating story told from a different perspective – Jim Whelan's. It is a story of not ever becoming a star nor being recognized, but working solidly whilst falling in love with Helen, watching his children grow, and eventually feeling the great joy of grandchildren.
A CARD FROM THE JAWS OBSESSION
Jaws, movie, or book. However, one came to the story. It shaped a generation of readers and moviegoers in the year of releases and after. Coming to the book first or the book via the movie. Steven Spielberg and Peter Benchley created a phenomenon that broke records. Bums on seats, book sales, the story of a shark, a big one, and the people on the island of Amity swept the world. In 1975, I was a small boy coming to this movie from growing up in a small market town called Wimborne. Wednesday afternoon, half day opening for the shops, everything shut on Sunday, apart from lunchtime pubs and petrol stations open. Back then, petrol stations just sold fuel and cigarettes.
Style in British Television Drama
This pioneering book provides detailed analysis of scenes from nine British television dramas produced between 1954 and 2001. Taking dinner table scenes as a recurring motif, the study analyses changes in televisual style with reference to production practices, technology, aesthetic preferences, and social and institutional change.
The Classic Children's Television Quiz Book
Compiled by acclaimed television scriptwriter and novelist Dean Wilkinson, The Classic Children's Television Quiz Book is packed with fascinating facts about the shows you loved as a child as well as those programmes currently capturing the imagination of today's young audiences. From timeless classics like Thunderbirds, Blue Peter and Dr Who to the thoroughly up-to-date Sponge Bob, the 1,000 questions in this book will not only test your memory of the characters you grew up with but your family’s knowledge of their current favourites. With a fitting foreword by popular family TV presenters Ant and Dec this book is sure to prove a hit with television lovers of all ages and, in particular, those members of the older generation who have remained young at heart.
