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A musical biography of the influential 1960s/ 70s band. Also features other artists including Janis Joplin and Neil Young. 16pp b/w illus.

This interdisciplinary collection demonstrates the purchase of cultural studies frameworks for thinking about legal questions beyond the reach of the Law & Economics framework.

This interdisciplinary collection demonstrates the purchase of cultural studies frameworks for thinking about legal questions beyond the reach of the Law & Economics framework.

Spencer Johnson, MD, is one of the world's leading authors of inspirational writing. He has written many New York Times bestsellers, including the worldwide phenomenon Who Moved My Cheese? and, with Kenneth Blanchard, The One Minute Manager. His works have become cultural touchstones and are available in 40 languages.

The mind of the machine, the body suspended in time, organs exchanged, thought computed, genes manipulated, DNA samples abducted by aliens: the terrain between science and speculation, fraught with the possibility of technological and perhaps even evolutionary transformations, is the territory Richard Doyle explores in Wetwares. In a manner at once sober and playful, Doyle maps potentials for human transformation by new ecologies of informatio...

This book fills a gap by reviewing what is known about gambling in Britain and studying work on the nature, prevalence and possible causes of problem gambling.

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of "Julius Caesar" on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare containsThe complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary

Examines the views of seven prominent ethical traditions on the making and unmaking of boundaries.

A lively examination of female world-renunciation on Buddhist Sri Lanka.

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Willkommen im modernen China. China, ein Markt, der das Ausland willkommen heißt und auf den die ausländischen Unternehmer momentan stärker strömen als irgendwo sonst in der Welt. Delegationen aus aller Welt, mit führenden Personen aus Politik und Wirtschaft, geben sich in der Volksrepublik die Klinke in die Hand, um die Interessen der heimischen Unternehmen zu vertreten. So hoch die Bedeutung solch hochrangiger...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Kaum ein Gewerbe konnte sich über so lange Zeit und über alle Krisen hinweg halten wie die Prostitution. Aber auch kaum ein Gewerbe, das einen nicht zu vernachlässigenden Erfolg zu verzeichnen hat, ist von der Gesellschaft derart geschmäht. Gerade heute, in Zeiten von sexueller Präsens allerorts, mutet der ambivalente Umgang mit dem ¿ältesten Gewerbe der Welt¿ seltsam an. Die Prostitution und die Damen und Herren, d...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Über die strategische Ausrichtung von Beratungsgesellschaften und die Frage, ob sie standardisierte oder individualisierte Leistungen anbieten, wurde bislang in Deutschland nur wenig geforscht und veröffentlicht. Dies mag darauf zurückzuführen sein, dass ¿die bedeutendsten großen Firmen in den verschiedenen wissensintensiven Dienstleistungsbranchen auf dem deutschen Markt ¿¿¿ in der Mehrzahl internationale, ausländis...

Inhaltsangabe:Introduction: The luxury goods industry is a fascinating field. As Jean-Louis Dumas-Hermès, chairman and CEO of Hermès, explains: ¿Le luxe, c¿est créer un rêve qui perdure.¿ In addition to the dream dimension that defies scientific analysis, the luxury goods companies have kept highly secretive. Alain D. Perrin, President and CEO at Cartier International, elucidates: ¿One of our strengths is our ability to maintain a certain mys...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Das Konzept der lernenden Organisation ist heutzutage von übergeordneter Bedeutung, da sich immer mehr Organisationen durch den stärker zunehmenden Veränderungsdruck dazu gezwungen sehen, sich effektiv an ihre jeweilige Umwelt anzupassen. Action Learning, welches in den späten 40er Jahren entwickelt wurde, wird hierbei als wirkungsvolles Instrument gesehen, mit dem das Lernen in und von Organisationen erfolgreic...

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What was different about the environments that women created as architects, designers and clients at a time when they were gaining increasing political and social status in a male world? Through a series of case studies, Women's Places: Architecture and Design 1860-1960, examines in detail the professional and domestic spaces created by women who had money and the opportunity to achieve their ideal. Set against a background of accepted notions...

The book is intended as a broad introduction to the subject for students of the history of education.

Evaluates the evidence for the early church's interest in Jesus as a believer in God.

Morrison's follow-up to "When Did You Last See Your Father?". A poignant study of family conflict, love, war and marriage. Offers an insight into life during W.W.II. "Morrison's prose has the diamond cut of a poet's eye, and his story is suffused with warmth and longing...he has brought his mother vividly to life in an outstanding work of family literature" "Independent".

Wang Gungwu's study of the relationship between China and the Chinese with imperial Britain examines the possibilities, as well as the limits of their encounters. Beyond the cliché s of opium, fighting, and the diplomatic skills needed to fend off rivals and enemies, Gungwu probes areas of more intimate encounters, not least of which is the beginning of a broader English-speaking future between the two countries.