Drugi tom poświęcony Noelowi Fieldowi, komuniście i działaczowi społecznemu, Amerykaninowi z pochodzenia i obywatelowi Szwajcarii, który w ramach czystek stalinowskich w szeregach komunistów europejsk...
Perhaps no other Western writer has more deeply probed the bitter struggle in the Muslim world between the forces of religion and law and those of violence and lawlessness as Noah Feldman. His scholar...
Fifa was founded in 1904 to unite the football-playing world, its first congress stating that no person should be allowed to arrange matches for personal profit. A little over a century later, a judge...
In a tumultuous era marked by peril and intrigue, reversals of fortune and violent death, the passions of a few rule the destiny of England and change the course of history… "The Rose of York: Fall f...
There are many monsters on Greek Street, but none more terrifying then the deadly creature who's leaving a trail of corpses, each with a page of an ancient Greek play stuffed into its dead heart. Mean...
Bankers in Japan and China are masters of accounting, not risk management, and American-style rescue packages won't solve their banking crises. Cleaning up balance sheets and purging non-performing lo...
From the acclaimed author of Britain's War Machine and The Shock of the Old, a bold reassessment of Britain's twentieth century. It is usual to see the United Kingdom as an island of continuity in an ...
Humans cannot live without stories. But one story has proved itself the most durable and hauntingly real of all time. The mythic tale of Adam and Eve has shaped conceptions of human origins and destin...
Designing the Best Call Center for Your Business examines all key aspects of opening and expanding a live agent call center, with in-depth coverage on facilities and workstation design; site selection...
She lists like Hornby. She talks dirty like Amis. She has the misanthropy of Larkin and examines the finer points of sexual technique as she is adjusting the torque on a beloved but temperamental old ...
Clement Greenberg (1909-94) dominated the American art scene, and is still considered the most influential American art critic of the twentieth century. He was a major champion of Abstract Expressioni...
This work provides a guide to changes that are taking place in Poland. By discussing social change and movements in general, as well as the situation in Poland in particular, the text discusses how a ...
An infinity of hills, as anonymous as the waves on the sea.' Until recent aerial surveys, the Tumucumaque Mountains in the Guiana Highlands that border Brazil were one of the few remaining unknown reg...
This book is a study of the actors and institutions that shaped decision-making on privatization in the Russian oil industry between 1992 and 2006. Li-Chen analyzes the origins of privatization as a p...
Although not widely studied in the West, the medieval history of south-eastern Europe is both fascinating and complex. The Kingdom of Hungary was a vast realm, at least the size of France, that endure...
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down explores the clash between a small county hospital in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong child diagnosed with severe e...