Great Athletes of the Twenty-First Century: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access (Salem Press)(Pevná vazba)

Great Athletes of the Twenty-First Century: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access (Salem Press)(Pevná vazba)

Critical Insights: Life of Pi: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access(Pevná vazba)

The Age of Football - The Global Game in the Twenty-first Century (Goldblatt David)(Pevná vazba)

The critically acclaimed global story of football in the twenty-first

Twentieth-Century Influences on Twenty-First-Century Policing: Continued Lessons of Police Reform (Cooper Jonathon A.)(Pevná vazba)

Twentieth-Century Influences on Twenty-First-Century Policing argues that to fully understand contemporary American policing, we must first understand its historical origins in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. Such a historical grounding is further employed to consider where policing is heading now in

The Economics of Inequality (Piketty Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

Thomas Piketty--whose Capital in the Twenty-First Century pushed inequality to the forefront of public debate--wrote The Economics of Inequality as an introduction to the conceptual and factual background necessary for interpreting changes in economic inequality over time. This concise text has

Lonely Century - A Call to Reconnect (Hertz Noreena)(Pevná vazba)

'Indispensable, engaging and brilliant book about the pervasiveness of loneliness in the twenty-first century and its far-reaching impact...a hopeful book that couldn't be more important or timely.' Philippa Perry, author of The Book You Wish Your Parents Had

The Rule of All (Saunders Ashley)(Pevná vazba)

As America's twenty-first-century revolution reaches its endgame, twin sisters must outrun, and outlive, the Common enemy.Outlaw twin sisters Ava and Mira Goodwin were born to defy Texas's tyrannical and oppressive Governor Roth. They inspired millions across the country to liberate themselves and

Railways (Valkoinen Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the first railway was established in Great Britain, contributing to the country's dramatic social and economic revolution. Detailed plans were created of locomotives, carriages, wagons, stations, bridges, and tunnels to facilitate the manufacturing

Youth Movements and Elections in Eastern Europe (Nikolayenko Olena)(Pevná vazba)

At the turn of the twenty-first century, a tide of nonviolent youth movements swept across Eastern Europe. Young people demanded political change in repressive political regimes that emerged since the collapse of communism. The Serbian social movement Otpor (Resistance) played a vital role in

A Social Theory of Corruption: Notes from the Indian Subcontinent (Rajan Sudhir Chella)(Pevná vazba)

A social theory of grand corruption from antiquity to the twenty-first century. In contemporary policy discourse, the notion of corruption is highly constricted, understood just as the pursuit of private gain while fulfilling a public duty. Its paradigmatic manifestations are bribery and extortion,

Avocado: A Global History (Miller Jeff)(Pevná vazba)

The avocado is arguably the most iconic food of the twenty-first century. In less than one-hundred years, it has gone from a little-known regional delicacy to global embrace and social media fame. This may seem like an astounding trajectory for a fruit that isn't sweet, that gets bitter when it is

Gorillaz Almanac (Gorillaz)(Pevná vazba)

Stop the presses Twenty years in the making, the Gorillaz Almanac is the very first annual by Gorillaz, published this October in partnership with the renowned Z2 Comics. Inspired by the great British tradition of the hardback annual, the Gorillaz Almanac is a full colour, one-of-a-kind,

There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century (Hill Fiona)(Pevná vazba)

A Good Disruption: Redefining Growth in the Twenty-First Century (Stuchtey Martin)(Pevná vazba)

Disruptive technology is one of the defining economic trends of our age, transforming one major industry after another. But what is the true impact of such disruption on the world's economies, and does it really have the potential to solve global problems such as low growth, inequality and

Raising Keynes: A Twenty-First-Century General Theory (Marglin Stephen a.)(Pevná vazba)

Back to the future: a heterodox economist rewrites Keynes's General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money to serve as the basis for a macroeconomics for the twenty-first century.John Maynard Keynes's General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money was the most influential economic idea of the

Democratic Failure: Nomos LXIII (Schwartzberg Melissa)(Pevná vazba)

Explores the challenges facing democracies in the twenty-first century In Democratic Failure, Melissa Schwartzberg and Daniel Viehoff bring together a distinguished group of interdisciplinary scholars in political science, law, and philosophy to explore the key questions and challenges facing

The New Irish Studies (Reynolds Paige)(Pevná vazba)

The New Irish Studies: Twenty-First-Century Critical Revisions demonstrates how diverse critical approaches enable a richer understanding of contemporary Irish writing and culture. The past two decades in Ireland and Northern Ireland have seen an astonishing rate of change, one that reflects the

Beyond 9/11: Homeland Security for the Twenty-First Century (Lawson Chappell)(Pevná vazba)

Drawing two decades of government efforts to 'secure the homeland,' experts offer crucial strategic lessons and detailed recommendations for homeland security.For Americans, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, crystallized the notion of homeland security. But what does it mean to 'secure

Irish cinema in the twenty-first century (Barton Ruth)(Pevná vazba)

This book provides an accessible, comprehensive discussion of how a small national cinema can remain relevant in the wider environment of globalisation. It includes chapters on the creative documentary, animation and the horror film, as well as Irish history on screen and the depiction of the

Class After Industry: A Complex Realist Approach (Byrne David)(Pevná vazba)

The transition to twenty-first century post-industrial capitalism from the 'welfare' industrial capitalism of the twentieth century, has affected the ways in which class is lived in terms of relational inequality and the factors that structure identity. Class After Industry takes a complex realist

Acsm's Resources for the Personal Trainer (Hargens Trent)(Pevná vazba)

Lippincott(R) Connect Featured Title Purchase of the new print edition of this Lippincott(R) Connect title includes access to the digital version of the book, plus related materials such as videos and multiple-choice Q&A and self-assessments. An essential resource to prepare for the ACSM Certified

Acsm's Resources for the Exercise Physiologist (Gordon Benjamin)(Pevná vazba)

Lippincott(R) Connect Featured Title Purchase of the new print edition of this Lippincott(R) Connect title includes access to the digital version of the book, plus related materials such as videos and multiple-choice Q&A and self-assessments. An essential preparation book for the ACSM Certified

The New Fourth Branch: Institutions for Protecting Constitutional Democracy (Tushnet Mark)(Paperback)

Twenty-first-century constitutions now typically include a new 'fourth branch' of government, a group of institutions charged with protecting constitutional democracy, including electoral management bodies, anticorruption agencies, and ombuds offices. This book offers the first general theory of

Open Democracy: Reinventing Popular Rule for the Twenty-First Century (Landemore Hlne)(Pevná vazba)

How a new model of democracy that opens up power to ordinary citizens could strengthen inclusiveness, responsiveness, and accountability in modern societies To the ancient Greeks, democracy meant gathering in public and debating laws set by a randomly selected assembly of several hundred citizens