Close Encounters of a Cultural Kind: Lessons for Business, Negotiation and Friendship (Lewis Richard)(Paperback)

Close Encounters of a Cultural Kind: Lessons for Business, Negotiation and Friendship (Lewis Richard)(Paperback)

Richard Lewis - world famous lecturer on intercultural issues and best-selling author of WHEN CULTURES COLLIDE - has collected 50 unique, critical cross-cultural incidents during his encounters in 135 countries around the globe. Some of these anecdotes are humorous, some are poignant, some are

Watching Skies: Star Wars, Spielberg and Us (O'Connell Mark)(Paperback)

From the untold magic (and fear) of an uncle's VHS recording of Close Encounters of The Third Kind to childhood crushes on Christopher Reeve, bedroom remakes of Return of The Jedi, meeting Darth Vader in a department store, the profound trauma of losing every Star Wars figure on the island of

Parallel Encounters: Culture at the Canada-US Border (Roberts Gillian)(Paperback)

The essays collected in Parallel Encounters offer close analysis of an array of cultural representations of the Canada-US border, in both site-specificity and in the ways in which they reveal and conceal cultural similarities and differences. Contributors focus on a range of regional sites along

Close Encounters of the Furred Kind (Cox Tom)(Paperback / softback)

The latest installment of hilarious moggy mischief from Tom Cox and his four cats: The Bear, Ralph, Shipley and

Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People (Shell G. Richard)(Paperback)

BRAND NEW FOR 2019: A fully revised and updated edition of the quintessential guide to learning to negotiate effectively in every part of your life 'A must read for everyone seeking to master negotiation. This newly updated classic just got even better.'--Robert Cialdini, bestselling author of

Start. Scale. Sell.: 75 lessons for business success (Suckley Nick)(Paperback)

A blueprint for business success: 75 essential lessons to help you start, scale and sell your business - adding value and making you a better leader along the way

Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close (Sow Aminatou)(Paperback)

A close friendship is one of the most influential and important relationships a human life can contain. Anyone will tell you that! But for all the rosy sentiments surrounding friendship, most people don't talk much about what it really takes to stay close for the long haul.Now two friends, Aminatou

Richard Dawkins, C. S. Lewis and the Meaning of Life (McGrath Alister)(Paperback)

Alister McGrath has written to great acclaim on both Richard Dawkins and C. S. Lewis. Here he brings these two intriguing and well-known writers into a conversation. They could hardly have more different perspectives! Engaging with their views is a brilliant way of sharpening up our own thinking on

A Step-By-Step Introduction to Statistics for Business (Landers Richard N.)(Paperback)

A clear and concise introduction to statistics for business and management students, demonstrating how important statistics are in the business decision-making process and covering everything from conducting a survey and collecting data, to summarizing statistical data, and presenting findings

Tolkien and C. S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship (Duriez Colin)(Paperback)

Both Tolkien and C.S. Lewis are literary superstars, known around the world as the creators of Middle-earth and Narnia. But few of their readers and fans know about the important and complex friendship between Tolkien and his fellow Oxford academic C.S. Lewis. Without the persistent encouragement

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction (Mat Gabor)(Paperback)

From bestselling author Gabor Mat , the essential resource for understanding the roots and behaviors of addiction--now with an added introduction by the author.Based on Gabor Mat 's two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with the severely addicted on Vancouver's

Close Encounters: Volume One: The Abduction Cases of Betty & Barney Hill, Travis Walton, and Antonio Villas-Boas (Murphy Duncan)(Paperback)

The Art and Science of Negotiation (Raiffa Howard)(Paperback)

Whether you are selling a house, closing a business deal, settling a divorce, arbitrating a labor dispute, or trying to hammer out an international treaty, Howard Raiffa's new book will measurably improve your negotiating skills. Although it is a sophisticated self-help book--directed to the

Philosophy and Social Hope (Rorty Richard)(Paperback)

Richard Rorty is one of the most provocative figures in recent philosophical, literary and cultural debate. This collection brings together those of his writings aimed at a wider audience, many published in book form for the first time. In these eloquent essays, articles and lectures, Rorty gives a

Humanistic Contributions for Psychology 101: Growth, Choice, and Responsibility (Bargdill Richard)(Paperback)

Humanistic Contributions to Psychology 101 is the first of its kind: a supplemental text cataloging the major contributions of humanistic psychology often not included in general psychology courses or textbooks. The book mirrors a standard Introduction to Psychology textbook with chapters covering

Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built (Tedlow Richard S.)(Paperback)

Seven business innovators and the empires they built. The pre-eminent business historian of our time, Richard S. Tedlow, examines seven great CEOs who successfully managed cutting-edge technology and formed enduring corporate empires. With the depth and clarity of a master, Tedlow illuminates the

Counterfactuals (Lewis David)(Paperback)

Counterfactuals is David Lewis' forceful presentation of and sustained argument for a particular view about propositions which express contrary to fact conditionals, including his famous defense of realism about possible

Ian Fleming: A Personal Memoir (Harling Robert)(Paperback)

Forged during the Second World War, the close and abiding friendship of Robert Harling and Ian Fleming, one of the twentieth century's most iconic authors, would go on to define the lives and literature of both men. But beneath the pair's charm, charisma and creativity was an altogether darker

The Cultural Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (Kraus Richard Curt)(Paperback)

China's decade-long Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution shook the politics of China and the world. Even as we approach its fiftieth anniversary, the movement remains so contentious that the Chinese Communist Party still forbids fully open investigation of its origins, development, and conclusion

Too Close To Home (Lewis Susan)(Paperback / softback)

A compelling and heart-rending novel from the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors. Jenna and Jack Moore have moved their family to Wales for a fresh

Academic Writing for International Students of Business and Economics (Bailey Stephen)(Paperback)

The third edition of Academic Writing for International Students of Business and Economics is written to help international students succeed in writing essays, reports and other papers for their English-language academic courses. Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect issues such as diversity

The Infinite Leader: Balancing the Demands of Modern Business Leadership (Lewis Chris)(Paperback)

WINNER: Independent Press Awards 2021 - LeadershipBestselling and award-winning author duo Chris Lewis and Pippa Malmgren are calling it out. In The Infinite Leader, they argue that the spectacular leadership failures that we have witnessed in recent history, stretching across business, community

Lewis Carroll's Games and Puzzles (Carroll Lewis)(Paperback)

Widely known as the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and other books for children, Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson) also excelled as a mathematician and inventor of puzzles. Toward the end of his life, Carroll worked on a book of mathematical puzzles and games but died before it was

Statistics for Business and Economics (Cortinhas Carlos)(Paperback / softback)

Every business area relies on an understanding of statistics to succeed. Statistics for Business and Economics by Carlos Cortinhas and Ken Black shows students that the proper application of statistics in the business world goes hand-in-hand with good decision