The Future Makers

DescriptionA Wall Street Journal columnist delivers a brilliant narrative of the mugging of the millennial generation-- how the Baby Boomers have s...

Perfect for future change-makers and eco-conscious kids, Let's Save Our Planet: Forests is a timely and empowering book.Illustrations: 200 illustra...

In "Nineteen eighty-four", one of the 20th century's great myth-makers takes a cold look at the future. Orwell's study of individual struggling - o...

Reducere. Louisiana Coushatta Basket Makers brings together oral histories, tribal records, archival materials, and archaeological evidence to explore the fa...

Examines Margate's seaside heritage and looks at its development as a destination for holiday-makers. By examining Margate's historic identity the ...

Reducere. Bolstered by unassailable science and delivered in eloquent style, Our Final Hour's provocative argument that humanity has a mere 5050 chance of su...

The apparently excellent safety record with nuclear weapons has led scholars, policy-makers, and the public alike to believe that nuclear arsenals ...

Reducere. In The Queer Games Avant-Garde, Bonnie Ruberg presents twenty interviews with twenty-two queer video game developers whose radical, experimental, v...

This book is designed for first- and second-year university students (and their instructors) in earth science, environmental science, and physical ...

Did you know that a Black Man by the name of Lonnie Johnson invented the "Super Soaker " water gun? How about the heating furnace by Alice Parker "...

Far from creating stability, argues Andrew Whitworth, the regulatory impulse of policy-makers since the financial crisis has inevitably led to grea...

This quirky journal will inspire young list-makers to create an entire autobiography in list formCovering everything from favorite books and movies...

Where is Australian schooling headed? What forces will shape its future direction? How ready are students, teachers, policy makers and education in...

In the 1950s, Ghana, under the leadership of Kwame Nkrumah and the Convention People's Party, drew the world's attention as anticolonial activists,...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Deliver on your digital transformation by learning from the insights and experiences from organizations adapting their approaches to life in the di...

Reducere. Looking ahead to future airpower requirements, this engaging and ground-breaking book on the history and future of American combat airpower argues ...

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

Silicon Valley's leading intellectual and the founder of O'Reilly Media explores the upside and the potential downsides of our future--what he call...

Reducere. In the hopes of "preserving these delightful devices for future generations, " this collector of slide rules covers everything one could possibly w...

The city is an always changing human experiment. But in the last half century, it has changed more than ever before - with little sign of slowing d...

Craftsmanship is an expression of quality, passion, and mindset. This book is a showcase of crafted products created by small manufacturers. Crafts...

Explores the future of economic growth in the US, considering demographics, social insurance programs, technological progress, human capital, immig...

Intended for researchers, NGOs, decision-makers and lawyers in Muslim countries, this book concerns comparative environmental law, using a new appr...

This book addresses global concerns about microbial resistance. Combining historical case studies and first-hand practitioner accounts, it offers i...

Reducere. You enjoy watching movies, don't you? But have you ever wondered how they are made? How are animations created, and pictures and sounds synced? Thi...

Reducere. Right People, Right Skills, Right Time -- "This is the future of work"WorkforceRx is a collection of proven workforce development strategies refine...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

- This book touches some hot topics: sustainability, climate change and the circular economy and explores how design relates to these issues- Beaut...

Reducere. Something happens in students when they define themselves as makers and inventors and creators. They discover powerful skills-problem-solving, crit...

Reducere. Something happens in students when they define themselves as makers and inventors and creators. They discover powerful skills-problem-solving, crit...

The objective of this research is to help decision-makers to adopt adaptation strategies to cope with flood risk while achieving other benefits. It...

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with insiders and experts, this book charts what has gone wrong with financial reporting and offers a ...

Can we 'save the Planet'? For a resilient, durable and sustainable future for human society, we need to repurpose, reinvent, redesign, remake and r...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Terence C. M. TseAuthor: Mark EspositoYour business's success depends on how you prepare for the future. While business lea...

DescriptionThis visually stunning investigation of natural and man-made materials will change the way you look at the world around you, while offer...

Anthropology has a critical, practical role to play in contemporary debates about futures. This game-changing new book presents new ways of concept...

This book synthesises research on violence for researchers and policy makers to inform future practice. Those who are interested in human conflict ...

This comprehensive international study provides a cross-national analysis of different understandings of errors and mistakes, as well as lessons to...

Reducere. This Special Issue on "LCA of Energy Systems" contains inspiring contributions on assessing the sustainability of novel technologies destined to sh...

DescriptionThe thrilling saga of Agent Cormac continues as a rogue alien technology begins its devastating spread through the worlds of the Polity....

Simon Morden has won the Philip K. Dick Award and been a judge on the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He is a bona fide rocket scientist, with degrees in G...

In 1968, the famous cartoon kings Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, makers of The Flintstones, Huckleberry Hound, and Yogi Bear, set out to launch their ...

DescriptionThis Handbook describes the extent and shape of computing education research today. Over fifty leading researchers from academia and ind...

Biofuels, Bioenergy and Food Security: Technology, Institutions and Policies explores the popular 'Food versus Fuel' debates, discussing the comple...

Reducere. Saving the climate is our common duty. With each passing day, climate change is causing Pacific islands to disappear into the sea, accelerating the...

Water scarcity, urban population growth, and deteriorating infrastructure are impacting water security around the globe. Struggling with the most s...

DescriptionThe non-technical handbook for cyber security risk managementSolving Cyber Risk distills a decade of research into a practical framework...

Reducere. Making strategic and tactical decisions about your company's future - oil and gas field developments, selection drilling locations, initiating seis...

DescriptionWritten from the perspective of an insider of the most prominent events in the Middle East over the last fifty years, this book examines...

Reducere. The myth of light and progress has blinded us. In our electric world, we are everywhere surrounded by effortlessly glowing lights that simply exist...

Written from the perspective of an insider of the most prominent events in the Middle East over the last fifty years, this book examines Egypt's di...

How, long before the advent of computers and the internet, educators used technology to help students become media-literate, future-ready, and worl...

DescriptionHow fashion becomes fashion: innovations in textiles The Premi.re Vision group has been a source of inspiration for fashion professional...

Reducere. DescriptionNow available in English for the first time, Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess's meditation on the art of living is an exhortation to pre...

DescriptionTen Lessons in Modern Chinese History tells the story of modern China from the Opium Wars in the mid-nineteenth century to the Xi Jinpin...

Ten Lessons in Modern Chinese History tells the story of modern China from the Opium Wars in the mid-nineteenth century to the Xi Jinping era. Usin...

Reducere. What Globalization Now Means for Your BusinessExecutives can no longer base their strategies on the assumption that globalization will continue to ...

Reducere. This highly original new book by a leading Shakespeare expert and cultural critic argues controversially that the 'samurai Shakespeare' of the Japa...

Reducere. " A] magnificent history of money and finance."--New York Times Book Review"Convincingly makes the case that finance is a change-maker of change-ma...

Reducere. Data science and analytics have emerged as the most desired fields in driving business decisions. Using the techniques and methods of data science,...

Learning from Singapore tells the inside story of the country's journey in transforming its education system from a struggling one to one that is h...

Contributor(s): Author: Pamela C. RonaldAuthor: Raoul W. Adamchak"Tomorrow's Table" argues that a judicious blend of two important strands of agric...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Pia-Maria ThorenCorporate cultures, global mindsets, and employee priorities are changing, which means management and human...

Reducere. DescriptionSmart cities are a fast-growing species, and a fascinating field for new experiments in a number of critical areas, ranging from urban p...

Mentoring is a fundamental and increasingly important part of professional learning and development for teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand. This book...

An accessible blueprint to embolden our daughters to be critical thinkers, fearless doers, and joyful change agents for our future--from the proud ...

Reducere. DescriptionSupporting STEAM education initiatives and the Maker Movement, the National Parenting Publication Award-winner Maker Lab includes 28 kid...

Reducere. Highlights Puzzle Readers offer an innovative approach to learning that integrates puzzles and stories to develop motivated, confident readers. The...

DescriptionContaining more than 800 photographs, Airliner Models chronicles the use of professionally made airliner models in the marketing of air ...