Making The World

In the public imagination, Silicon Valley embodies the newest of the new--the cutting edge, the forefront of our social networks and our globally i...

We're living through The Breakdown. A time of enormous political upheaval and polarised opinion. Many of us feel ill-equipped to understand and deb...

Reducere. The Church of God in Christ (COGIC), an African American Pentecostal denomination founded in 1896, has become the largest Pentecostal denomination ...

Reducere. A. J. Racy is well known as a scholar of ethnomusicology and as a distinguished performer and composer. In this pioneering book, he provides an int...

You have big dreams and yearn to live a purposeful life, but it's hard to stay inspired in today's polarized world. The headlines make you want to ...

The renowned philosopher John Searle investigates the nature of social reality. How do institutions such as money, marriage, and government arise f...

Based on a decade of research, including in-depth interviews with many leading figures in the story, this edition is essential for anyone who wants...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Rana A. HogarthIn 1748, as yellow fever raged in Charleston, South Carolina, doctor John Lining remarked, "There is somethi...

In this stunning follow-up to his best-selling book, The Five Temptations of a CEO, Patrick Lencioni offers up another leadership fable that's ever...

How did the industrialized nations of North America and Europe come to be seen as the appropriate models for post-World War II societies in Asia, A...

Reducere. DescriptionMore than a decade after the publication of his dazzling book on the cultural, technological, and manufacturing aspects of measuring tim...

Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, Born in Blackness vitally reframes our understandi...

A compelling account of the crucial year in post-war history, in the tradition of Margaret MacMillan's award-winning and bestselling }The Peacemake...

The fascinating story of the Regency period in Britain - an immensely colourful and chaotic decade that marked the emergence of the modern world.

Jane Mason wants everyone to know how fun and easy it is to bake bread at home - and how much better it is for you than any store-bought, plastic-w...

Yuriko Saito, the leading figure in the field, explores the nature and significance of the aesthetic dimensions of people's everyday lives. She arg...

From former Great British Bake Off finalist and author of Brilliant Bread, James Morton, the no-nonsense guide to making and baking perfect sourdou...

This book is is first comprehensive history of te United States' World War II generals between the wars, covering not only their lives and careers ...

Reducere. From a description of Sartre's hitherto unknown father to the painful last moments of Sartre's declining years, this intimate portrait incorporates...

DescriptionThis inspirational book tells the stories of more than 50 of today's teenagers who've dared to change the world they live in. It's been ...

DescriptionHow did the medieval Middle East transform from a majority-Christian world to a majority-Muslim world, and what role did violence play i...

DescriptionWomen's football is one of the fastest growing sports in the world, with over 30 million girls and women playing the game. Three million...

DescriptionHow much further should the affluent world push its material consumption? Does relative dematerialization lead to absolute decline in de...

DescriptionBased on a rich array of sources that capture the voices of both political leaders and ordinary Americans, Uncle Sam Wants You offers a ...

DescriptionA new edition of the bestselling classic - published with a special introduction to mark its 10th anniversary This pioneering account se...

In an accessible and timely work of scholarship, celebrated historian Joshua B. Freeman tells the story of the factory and examines how it has refl...

Reducere. The images of the 1920s have been indelibly imprinted on the American imagination-from jazz, bootleggers, flappers, talkies, the Model T Ford, Babe...

DescriptionNations are haemorrhaging refugees around the world. How displaced peoples are treated is under constant scrutiny- whether in the UK, th...

Reducere. Using the same easy-to-read format as the first edition, the newly updated and expanded Sensory Issues and High-Functioning Autism Spectrum and Rel...

Reducere. DescriptionThe award-winning, field-defining history of gay life in New York City in the early to mid-20th century Gay New York brilliantly shatter...

A leading Renaissance scholar shows in this revisionist history how four powerful women redefined the culture of European monarchy in the glorious ...

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every coun...

What drives the drug trade, and how has it come to be what it is today? A global history of the acquisition of progressively more potent means of a...

Contributor(s): Author: Shelley StreebyFrom the 1960s to the present, activists, artists, and science fiction writers have imagined the consequence...

Contributor(s): Author: Nancy S. KimHow do we make the judgments that inform our lives? Is there any way of consciously removing bias from the choi...

Reducere. The Activity Book and companion Teacher's Manual provide a complete review of everything read in The Story of Civilization: The Making of the Moder...

Reducere. The Rwandan genocide sparked a horrific bloodbath that swept across sub-Saharan Africa, ultimately leading to the deaths of some four million peopl...

'Producing With Passion' is not about Hollywood films or eye candy. It's about applying your entire being to the job at hand in making a difference...

Reducere. This book explores Africa's involvement in the Atlantic world from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries. It focuses especially on the cau...

An affecting, captivating memoir from a young sommelier, struggling to succeed in the glamorous but notoriously toxic restaurant industry

Award-winning historian Linda Colley shows the dawn of the modern world - through the advance of written constitutions.Illustrations: 1 x 16 pp pla...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER On November 14, 1889, Nellie Bly, the crusading young female reporter for Joseph Pulitzer's World newspaper, left New York City...

"Let me think it over." Early in his sales career, world-renowned sales expert Brian Tracy couldn't find a way to overcome that simple five-word ob...

On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump won the American presidential election, to the surprise of many across the globe. Now that Trump is Commander-in-...

Explores landscape archaeology, palaeoenvironmental studies, ethnohistory and animal tracking to address the topic of how we identify and interpret...

Publisher: BackPage Press LimitedAuthor(s): Graham HunterNumber of pages: 450Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 229 x 150 x 36Cover type: Paperback ...

James Watt: Making the World Anew is a craft history of Britain's early industrial transformation as well as a prehistory of the engineering profes...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

The debut non-fiction title from bestselling author of The Boy at the Back of the Class, Onjali Q. Rauf. This is your hope handbook: a guide to bei...

Reducere. Essays investigate Beyoncé's global impact From Destiny's Child to Lemonade, Homecoming, and The Gift, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has redefined global ...

An inspiring memoir by England netball star and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Geva Mentor

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Aljean HarmetzCritically acclaimed when published in 1992 as Round Up the Usual Suspects, The Making of Casablanca offers t...

DescriptionMaximize the magic of the happiest place on earth with these 350+ tips on everything from improving your travel experience to getting th...

Reducere. Major life transitions such as leaving the protected environment of school or starting a new career can be daunting. It is scary to face a wall of ...

This book examines the rationale for Common Core State Standards and provides the readers with the means to use them to transform their schools int...

Reducere. DescriptionThere are few more important philosophers at work today than John Searle, a creative and contentious thinker who has shaped the way we t...