Leonardo's Legacy

how Da Vinci reimagined the world

By the international best-selling author of "The Science of Happiness" and "The Secret Pulse of Time", this is a fresh exploration of Da Vinci's real 'code'-science. Revered today as, perhaps, the greatest of Renaissance painters, Leonardo da Vinci was a scientist at heart ...

Destiny distrupted

a history of the world through islamic eyes

This is a gripping drama that pulls the reader into great, seminal events of world history, and a book which offers a wealth of knowledge and insight to any reader who wants to understand the movements and events behind the modern-day hostilities wracking Western and ...

The ultimate weapon is no weapon

human security and the new tules of war and peace

This title presents a unique combination of British academic and pacifist and American Lt Colonel with background in political science who develop a shared concept of the nature of violence in the 21st century, and a programme for how to make populations threatened by military ...

Faith misplaced

the broken promise of U.S-Arab relations: 1820-2001

This is a controversial and dramatic portrait of a defining choice in US foreign policy that sacrificed years of carefully built good relations with the Arab world, from a leading Lebanese American scholar recently honored by the Carnegie Corporation for his work enriching the discourse ...

Applied economics

thinking beyond stage one

This revised edition of Applied Economics is about fifty percent larger than the first edition. It now includes a chapter on the economics of immigration and new sections of other chapters on such topics as the #creative# financing of home-buying that led to the current ...

The global deal

climate change and the creation of a New Era of progress and prosperity

A world-renowned economist's authoritative assessment of the price of global warming vividly illuminates the scale of the problem, the urgency to address it now, and where--and how--to begin

Economic facts and fallacies

A brilliant and revelatory look at the fundamental ideas people commonly get wrong about economics, and how to think about the subject better."Economic Facts and Fallacies" exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues - and does so in a lively manner and ...

Creating a world without poverty

social business and the future of capitalism

The winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize outlines his vision for a new business model that combines the power of free markets with the quest for a more humane world - and tells the inspiring stories of companies that are doing this work today. Over ...

Basic economics

a common sense guide to the economy

This completely revised and updated third edition of Thomas Sowell's instrumental work includes a new chapter of government finance. "Basic Economics" is a citizen's guide to economics - for those who want to understand how the economy works, but have no interest in jargon ...

Group genius

the creative power of collaboration

A pioneering expert on creativity and innovation shows the power of collaboration for individual organizational creativity. Creativity has long been thought to be an individual gift, best pursued alone; schools, organizations and whole industries are built on this idea. But what if the most common ...

The political brain

the role of emotion in deciding the fate of the Nation

This book presents a groundbreaking and surprising scientific investigation into how the mind works, how the brain works and what this means for why candidates win and lose elections. Since the 18th century, the idea of mind that has captured the imagination of philosophers, cognitive ...

The Foundation

a freat American secret. How private wealth is changing the world

The US foundations are worth $32 billion per year. This groundbreaking book shows how they can provide a vital spur to the engine of America's - and the world's - economies if properly established and run. Foundations are a peculiarly American institution with an enormous ...

Branded

the buying and selling of teenagers

On becoming a leader

Warren Bennis's formative years, in the 1930s and '40s, were characterized by severe economic hardship and a world war that showcased the extreme depths and heights to which leaders could drive their followers. Today's environment is similarly chaotic, turbulent and uncertain. This text ...

False Prophets

the gurus who creates modern management and why their ideas are bad for business today

According to Jim Hoopes, the fundamental principles on which business is based - authority, power, control - are increasingly at odds with principles of life in a democratic society - freedom, equality, individualism. "False Prophets" critically examines the pioneering theories of the early management thinkers, such as Taylor ...

Finance and accounting for nonfinancial managers

all the basics you need to know

Mastering the fundamentals of financial management is a must for those with a stake in their company's and their own professional future. Packed with step-by-step examples and illustrative case studies, and fully updated to reflect the latest changes in tax laws and accounting requirements ...

Approaches to taining and development

Approaches to Training and Development provides a comprehensive and practical introduction to the field of organizational training and human-resource development. It surveys the methods, functions, and goals of training--from needs assessment to implementation--illustrating each step of an effective training program. This new edition includes updates ...

The associated press guide to internet research and reporting

Portfolio management for new products

Lords of the harvest

biotech, big money, and the future of food