All Books by Stephen Hall (Author of Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers)

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Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers

By Stephen Hall – Chief Process Engineer at Genesis Engineers

4.31 | 2017 | 516 Pages

Chemical EngineeringConciseInformativePractical

Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers, Sixth Edition, is the most complete guide for chemical and process engineers who need reliable and authoritative solutions to on-the-job problems. The text is comprehensively revised and updated with new data and formulas. The book helps solve process design problems quickly, accurately and safely, with hundreds of common sense techniques, shortcuts and calculations. Its concise sections detail the steps needed to answer critical design questions and challenges.

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The book discusses physical properties for proprietary materials, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sector heuristics, process design, closed-loop heat transfer systems, heat exchangers, packed columns and structured packings. This book will help you: save time you no longer have to spend on theory or derivations; improve accuracy by exploiting well tested and accepted methods culled from industry experts; and save money by reducing reliance on consultants. The book brings together solutions, information and work-arounds from engineers in the process industry. Includes new chapters on biotechnology and filtrationIncorporates additional tables with typical values and new calculationsFeatures supporting data for selecting and specifying heat transfer equipment.

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Best for Chemical and process engineers.

Comprehensive

Authoritative

Common Sense Techniques

Shortcuts

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Sell Your Specialty Food

Market, Distribute, and Profit from Your Kitchen Creation

By Stephen Hall

4.27 | 2008 | 320 Pages

Artisanal. Organic. Fair Trade. Natural. Handmade. Consumers are clamoring for quality and taste, and there is a growing trend toward organic foods and international food. With an annual growth rate of 11 percent, the opportunities to sell and market specialty gourmet foods are greater than ever. Almost 75 percent of the nation’s consumers now buy these upscale foods, compared to 64 percent just one year ago. In Sell Your Specialty Food, Stephen Hall outlines every food marketing opportunity and then supports entrepreneurial action with detailed guidance.

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Whether you own a business or you are thinking about starting one, Hall will show you how to:. Identify a winning product and its most appropriate markets.Get your product ready to market.Advertise, promote, and sell your product.Create your own success niche. Professionalize your business.Also included is updated information about the role of the Internet, health and organic food markets, the latest government regulations and technological advances, and contact information for dozens of valuable resources. Fully updated and revised, readers will learn about the latest trends in the field, including organics and the green market industry, and so much more to make their business a success.

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Besieged

Missionary Soldiers For Christ Trapped In China's Civil War (Kindle Edition)

By Stephen Hall

4.23 | 2024

Chinese Civil War

For the first time, Besieged presents a firsthand account by the author’s grandparents and other missionaries of the overwhelming trials and tribulations they suffered beside the Chinese people during the far-reaching struggle for China’s political unification. When Stephen Hall discovered his grandmother’s 1928 diary from Mukden (now Shenyang), China, he felt compelled to preserve a record of the momentous historical events she and his grandfather had experienced as missionaries during the Chinese Civil War.

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After four years of intense research that confirmed the China stories that his grandparents had shared with him, he has written a thrilling firsthand account never before revealed to the public. Stephen has designed and art-directed 32 regional and national magazines and served as art director for the Review and Herald Publishing Association. In addition to writing Besieged, he designed the book. The Society of Publication Designers, based in New York, profiled his career as a part of their fiftieth-anniversary celebrations. A seventh-generation native of Henry County, Kentucky, Stephen currently lives in Hagerstown, Maryland, with his wife, Linda.

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