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The revenge of analog

Real Things and Why They Matter

"The more advanced our digital technologies, the more we come to realize that reality rules. David Sax reassures us surviving members of team human that material existence is alive and well, and makes a compelling case for the reclamation of terra firma and all that ...

The emotional dynamics of Law and legal discourse

In his seminal work, Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman suggests that the common view of human intelligence is far too narrow and that emotions play a much greater role in thought, decision-making and individual success than is commonly acknowledged. The importance of emotion to human experience ...

Hall of mirrors

the Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the uses-and misuses-of history

The two great financial crises of the past century are the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Great Recession, which began in 2008. Both occurred against the backdrop of sharp credit booms, dubious banking practices, and a fragile and unstable global financial system. When ...

Defining moments

when managers must choose between right and right

When Business and Personal Values Collide "Defining moments" occur when managers face business decisions that trigger conflicts with their personal values. These moments test a person's commitment to those values and ultimately shape their character. But these are also the decisions that can make ...

Law and religion in american history

public values and private conscience

This book furthers dialogue on the separation of church and state with an approach that emphasizes intellectual history and the constitutional theory that underlies American society. Mark Douglas McGarvie explains that the founding fathers of America considered the right of conscience to be an individual ...

Tort Law

a modern perspective

Tort Law: A Modern Perspective is an advanced yet accessible introduction to tort law for lawyers, law students, and others. Reflecting the way tort law is taught today, it explains the cases and legal doctrines commonly found in casebooks using modern ideas about public policy ...

Federal taxation in America

a history

This authoritative and readable survey is a comprehensive historical overview of federal taxation and fiscal policy in the United States, extending from the era of the American Revolution to the present day. Brownlee relates the principal stages of federal taxation to the crises that led ...

Russian air power

defense now

Defense Now es una nueva colección de libros sobre temas militares actuales. El primer título trata sobre el Poder Aéreo Ruso. Una completa guía sobre las fuerzas aéreas rusas: misiones, organización, guía de aviones, etc.

Management across cultures

developing global competencies

The third edition of this popular textbook has been thoroughly expanded and updated throughout to explore the latest approaches to cross-cultural management, presenting strategies and tactics for managing international assignments and global teams. With a clear emphasis on learning and development, this new edition introduces ...

Elections in hard times

building stronger democracies in the 21st century

Why are 'free and fair' elections so often followed by democratic backsliding? Elections in Hard Times answers this critical question, showing why even clean elections fail to advance democracy when held amidst challenging structural conditions. The book opens with a comprehensive, accessible synthesis of fifty ...

Los tónicos de la voluntad

reglas y consejos sobre investigación científica

Esta nueva edición tiene un especial valor añadido por su abundante documentación escrita y gráfica en torno a la obra y a su autor, por su actualización bibliográfica y por el nuevo material que añade, como dos entrevistas a Cajal. "Tónicos de la voluntad" es ...

Comparative governance

rediscovering the functional dimension of governing

Decision-making is at the heart of governing and governance, and is a more challenging task compared to just a few decades ago as a result of increasing social complexity and globalization. In this book, B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre propose a new framework for ...

The UN Convention on contracts for the international sale of goods

theory and practice

Updated and expanded for the second edition, this volume provides attorneys, academics and students with a detailed yet accessible overview of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). Adopted by more than eighty nations and governing a significant portion ...

La ciencia de la larga vida

descubre la manera de cumplir años y mantenerte en plena forma física y mental

La edad solo es un número. Unas personas envejecen más rápidamente que otras; unos suben ochomiles con ochenta años mientras otros son incapaces de subir al monte pasados los cuarenta. En la isla griega de Icaria la gente vive de media diez años más que ...

Economic growth

a unified approach

In the second edition of this user-friendly book, Olivier de La Grandville provides a clear and original introduction to the theory of economic growth, its mechanisms and its challenges. The book has been fully updated to incorporate several important new results and proofs since the ...

Is multiculturalism dead?

Multiculturalism is controversial in the liberal state and has frequently been declared dead, even in countries that have never had a policy under that name. This authoritative book reviews the different meanings multiculturalism has acquired across theories, countries, and domains to evaluate the extent of ...

The branding of the american mind

how universities capture, manage, and monetize intellectual property and why it matters

Universities generate an enormous amount of intellectual property, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, Internet domain names, and even trade secrets. Until recently, universities often ceded ownership of this property to the faculty member or student who created or discovered it in the course of their research ...

Diario de un resureccionista

una historia secreta e ilustrada de los ladrones de cuerpos y los anatomistas

Las calles no son lugares seguros. Tampoco los cementerios, que podían ser visitados por los hábiles resurreccionistas, que pertenecían al más bajo escalafón del hampa y el submundo criminal de ciudades como Londres o Edimburgo. Estamos ante una obra única. Además de dedicar sus páginas ...

Food security, food safety, food quality

current developments and challenges in European Union Law

Today security, quality and the availability of food are very important. The complex relations of the above mentioned issues evole in different fields of law. This book edited by Ines Hartel and Roman Budzinowski covers a wide range of topics via analysis and discussion in ...

Principles of international economic Law

Principles of International Economic Law provides a comprehensive overview of the central topics in international economic law, with an emphasis on the interplay between the different economic and political interests on both the international and domestic levels. Following recent tendencies, the book sets the classic ...