Futureproof: How to Build Resilience in an Uncertain World (Coaffee Jon)(Pevná vazba)

Futureproof: How to Build Resilience in an Uncertain World (Coaffee Jon)(Pevná vazba)

A compelling and definitive account of why we need to radically rethink our approach to dealing with catastrophic events Catastrophic events such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Tohoku 'Triple Disaster' of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that hit the eastern seaboard of Japan in 2012

Security, Resilience and Planning: Planning's Role in Countering Terrorism (Coaffee Jon)(Pevná vazba)

Security, Resilience and Planning offers key concept and practical guidance about the role of planners in countering terrorist risk, using a range of international case

Do Agile: Futureproof Your Mindset. Stay Grounded (Drake Tim)(Paperback)

In an uncertain world, it's easy to mentally inhabit a space that is both comfortable and familiar. Yet what if we've become stuck in our ways? Or stopped having an opinion that was truly our own? Do Agile is about resetting our minds and moving forward. Tim Drake shows us that to work effectively

Uncertain Citizenship: Everyday Practices of Bolivian Migrants in Chile (Ryburn Megan)(Pevná vazba)

Uncertain Citizenship explores how Bolivian migrants to Chile experience citizenship in their daily lives. Intraregional migration is on the rise in Latin America and challenges how citizenship in the region is understood and experienced. As Megan Ryburn powerfully argues, many individuals occupy a

The Transformation Myth: Leading Your Organization Through Uncertain Times (Kane Gerald C.)(Pevná vazba)

In this business bestseller, how companies can adapt in an era of continuous disruption: a guide to responding to such acute crises as COVID-19. Gold Medalist in Business Disruption/Reinvention. When COVID-19 hit, businesses had to respond almost instantaneously--shifting employees to remote work,

Reference World Atlas - An Encyclopedia in an Atlas (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Educating Ruby: What Our Children Really Need to Learn (Claxton Guy)(Paperback)

It is for everyone who cares about education in an uncertain world and explains how teachers, parents and grandparents can cultivate confidence, curiosity, collaboration, communication, creativity, commitment and craftsmanship in children, at the same time as helping them to do well in public

Brutal Aesthetics: Dubuffet, Bataille, Jorn, Paolozzi, Oldenburg (Foster Hal)(Pevná vazba)

How artists created an aesthetic of 'positive barbarism' in a world devastated by World War II, the Holocaust, and the atomic bombIn Brutal Aesthetics, leading art historian and critic Hal Foster explores how postwar artists and writers searched for a new foundation of culture after the mass

Beeronomics: How Beer Explains the World (Swinnen Johan)(Pevná vazba)

From prompting a transition from hunter-gatherer, to an agrarian lifestyle in ancient Mesopotamia, to bankrolling Britain's imperialist conquests, strategic taxation and the regulation of beer has played a pivotal role throughout history. Beeronomics: How Beer Explains the World tells these

The Journey: How to Live by Faith in an Uncertain World (Graham Billy)(Paperback)

With insight that only comes from a life spent with God, The Journey is filled with wisdom, encouragement, hope, and inspiration for anyone who wants to live a happier, more fulfilling life.In this culminating work of a lifetime, the remarkable Billy Graham invites you to join him in discovering

How Animals Build (Lonely Planet Kids)(Pevná vazba)

This beautifully illustrated hardback explores the incredible world of animal architects. Children can lift the flaps and open gatefolds to discover amazing animal homes up high, underground, on land and under the sea. From spider webs and rabbit warrens, to bird nests and ant colonies, we reveal

Joyous Resilience: A Path to Individual Healing and Collective Thriving in an Inequitable World (Sherin Anjuli)(Paperback)

An intersectional guide to building resilience and reclaiming joy With so much information available on how to build resilience--from meditation, exercise, and time in nature, to the latest neuroscience-backed studies--have you ever wondered what's holding you back? If you commit to self-care but

The 6 Enablers of Business Agility: How to Thrive in an Uncertain World (Harbott Karim)(Paperback)

Adopting the latest agile tools and practices won't be enough to respond to rapid market change. Leaders must first lay the groundwork by creating the right environment for these tools to work. Many managers struggle to install the underlying organizational operating system for business agility

Morbid Symptoms: An Anatomy of a World in Crisis (Sassoon Donald)(Pevná vazba)

Mathematical Modelling of System Resilience (Das Kanchan)(Pevná vazba)

Almost all the systems in our world, including technical, social, economic, and environmental systems, are becoming interconnected and increasingly complex, and as such they are vulnerable to various risks. Due to this trend, resilience creation is becoming more important to system managers and

Homes We Build - A World of Houses and Habitats (Jonas Anne)(Pevná vazba)

Learn how humans have built dwellings to suit all kinds of

Permanent Portfolio (Rowland Craig)(Pevná vazba)

An up close look at an investment strategy that can handle today's uncertain financial environment Market uncertainty cannot be eliminated. So rather than attempt to do away with it, why not embrace it? That is what this book is designed to do. The Permanent Portfolio takes you through Harry

Institutional Intelligence - How to Build an Effective Organization (Smith Gordon T.)(Pevná vazba)

Institutions matter. They give us an opportunity to have an influence for the common good that far outlasts us. But we often assume that institutions are at cross-purposes with dynamic communities, with personal vocational calling, and with core human values. We view them somewhat cynically as,

How to Produce Comedy Bronze (Plowman Jon)(Pevná vazba)

Shadowscent (Freestone P. M.)(Pevná vazba)

An Ember in the Ashes meets Indiana Jones in an electrifying, steal-your-breath away, supercharge-your-senses YA fantasy adventure.Across the Aramtesh Empire, scent is everything. Prayers only reach heaven on sacred incense, and perfumes are prized status symbols. 17-year-old Rakel has an uncanny

Scale Your Everest: How to Be a Resilient Entrepreneur (Severinghaus Erik Z.)(Pevná vazba)

Entrepreneurs Give yourself the tools to develop the mental resilience needed to succeed in the pressure cooker that is...starting your own business. While Erik Z. Severinghaus has been to the top of the physical world (literally climbing Everest) and the business world (exiting companies for

How to Build Affordable Hot Rods: Best Options for Your Budget (Thacker Tony)(Paperback)

Learn how to build an affordable hot rod following the advice of the masters!In How to Build Affordable Hot Rods, author and lifelong hot rod aficionado Tony Thacker takes you through the process of building a hot rod on a budget. Drawing on his own extensive experience of both buying and building

Joseph Heller's Catch-22 (Bloom Harold)(Pevná vazba)

Joseph Heller's World War II satire, Catch-22, poses the moral dilemma of how to remain sane in an insane world. It also introduced the Catch-22 catchphrase into everyday vernacular. This edition offers full-length essays and an index that provides a companion for readers hoping to broaden their

How to Make a Friend (Martin Stephen W.)(Pevná vazba)

A girl's efforts to build a robot friend go comically awry when the robot attempts world domination in this witty metaphor for the ups and downs of friendship