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The army of Herod the Great

Illustrated by Christa Hook. Herod was Rome's most important and powerful ally at the end of the Republic. Although he has entered posterity as a ruthless ruler not only against his own family but also, according to the gospel of Matthew, as the instigator ...

Imperial roman naval forces 31 BC-AD 500

Illustrated by Graham Summer. The Roman Navy, although somewhat overshadowed by the legions, played an important role for the Roman Empire. For the Army to conquer and rule its vast territories, control of the sea lanes was essential. The navy fleets needed to be structured ...

Vanquished

crushing defeats from Ancient Rome to the 21st Century

Throughout time, violent battles and bloody clashes have changed the course of history and shaped nations or empires. Battles of annihilation are rare, but ever since antiquity a stunning victory on the battlefield, even if it has failed to win the war, has captured the ...

Historia de las doctrinas políticas

Tras una larga y brillante labor docente, Gaetano Mosca, profesor de Derecho constitucional en Palermo, Roma, Turín y Milán, escribió esta obra maestra, en la que expone, con precisión y claridad insuperables, las fases a través de las cuales han pasado el pensamiento y las ...

The red rose and the white

the wars of the Roses, 1453-1487

If Richard III had not charged to his death at Bosworth, how different might the history of Britain have been? Beginning in 1453 and ending in 1487, The Red Rose and the White provides a gripping overview of the bitter dynastic struggle for supremacy that ...

The strategic Drucker

growth strategies and marketing insights from the works of Peter Drucker

The strategy and marketing wisdom of Peter Drucker is compiled into one handy guide. Peter Drucker was widely considered the father of modern management. His 39 books and countless scholarly and popular articles predicted many of the major economic developments of the late twentieth century ...

7 charting tools for spread betting

a practical guide to making money from spread betting with technical analysis

Following on from the success of his first two books, "The Financial Spread Betting Handbook" and "Winning Spread Betting Strategies", Malcolm Pryor now provides the spread bettor with a detailed understanding of 7 key charting tools. Each tool has a role to play in the ...

Milton Friedman

Nobel monetary economist. A review of his theories and policies

Ed. K. Puttaswamaiah.

Aprendizaje cooperativo y educación para la paz

Auts., José Manuel Serrano González-Tejero...[et al.] La presente obra trata de dotar al profesorado de Educación Infantil, de un poderoso instrumento para alcanzar las metas, por todos deseadas, de lograr un mundo basado en uno de los valores más importantes par ala sociedad, como ...

A cultural history of climate

Global warming and the future of the climate is one of the greatest challenges of our time, but what do we know about climate variations 500 years ago, or 5000 years ago? How can we know anything at all about the history of weather? What ...

Khublai Khan

his life and times

Living from 1215 to 1294, Khubilai Khan is one of history's most renowned figures. Morris Rossabi draws on sources from a variety of East Asian, Middle Eastern, and European languages as he focuses on the life and times of the great Mongol monarch. This ...

Scroogenomics

why you shouldn't buy presents for the holidays

Christmas is a time of seasonal cheer, family get-togethers, holiday parties, and-gift giving. Lots and lots - and lots - of gift giving. It's hard to imagine any Christmas without this time-honored custom. But let's stop to consider the gifts we receive - the rooster sweater ...

Boulevard of broken dreams

why public efforts to boost entrepreneurship and venture capital have dailed and what to do about it

Silicon Valley, Singapore, and Tel Aviv - the global hubs of entrepreneurial activity all bear the marks of government investment. Yet, for every public intervention that spurs entrepreneurial activity, there are many failed efforts that waste untold billions in taxpayer dollars. When has governmental sponsorship succeeded ...

Dirección estratégica en el sector turístico

Esta obra ve la luz en un momento crítico para el sector turístico, en el cual resulta fundamental un adecuado enfoque y desarrollo de la estrategia para afrontar nuevos retos competitivos. Por ese motivo, se trata de un manual eminentemente práctico, apoyado en múltiples ejemplos ...

Socrates in the boardroom

why research universities should be led by top scholars

"Socrates in the Boardroom" argues that world-class scholars, not administrators, make the best leaders of research universities. Amanda Goodall cuts through the rhetoric and misinformation swirling around this contentious issue - such as the assertion that academics simply don't have the managerial expertise needed to ...

Mergers and acquisitions in european banking

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are a key phenomenon in financial markets. The volume of M&A transactions has risen since the 1990s in most countries and industries. The M&A phenomenon is particularly exciting in European banking: while European banking consolidation was a minor ...

The future of work

Changing attitudes, living patterns and technologies are transforming our relationship with work in such fundamental ways that tomorrow's workplace will be barely recognisable to that of our parents. To help us make sense of these changes Richard Donkin has examined the forces and themes ...

Financial regulation after the global recession

The failure on the part of Banks to enforce rigorous self regulation has precipitated a deep and prolonged global recession. This book provides a comprehensive review of the principles, institutions and experience of banking and financial regulation. The origins and resolution of the credit crisis ...

Behavioural and experimental economics

Eds. Steven n. Durlauf, Lawrence E. Blume. The New Palgrave Economics Collection Following the publication of the award-winning and much-acclaimed The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition, which brings together Nobel Prize winners and the brightest young scholars to survey the discipline, a new ...

Game theory

Eds. Steven N, Durlauf, Lawrence E. Blume. The New Palgrave Economics Collection Following the publication of the award-winning and much-acclaimed The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition, which brings together Nobel Prize winners and the brightest young scholars to survey the discipline, a new ...