Next Factory of the World - How Chinese Investment Is Reshaping Africa (Yuan Sun Irene)(Pevná vazba)

Next Factory of the World - How Chinese Investment Is Reshaping Africa (Yuan Sun Irene)(Pevná vazba)

How Global Currencies Work: Past, Present, and Future (Eichengreen Barry)(Pevná vazba)

A powerful new understanding of global currency trends, including the rise of the Chinese yuanAt first glance, the modern history of the global economic system seems to support the long-held view that the leading world power's currency--the British pound, the U.S. dollar, and perhaps someday the

Investing in Cannabis: The Next Great Investment Opportunity (Ahrens Dan)(Pevná vazba)

Learn how to get in on the ground floor of the booming cannabis industry with this comprehensive guide Investing in Cannabis: The Next Great Investment Opportunity examines the rapidly expanding world of cannabis investment. Written by a renowned expert in vice investing, Investing in Cannabis

Fishes of the World (Nelson Joseph S.)(Pevná vazba)

Take your knowledge of fishes to the next level Fishes of the World, Fifth Edition is the only modern, phylogenetically based classification of the world's fishes. The updated text offers new phylogenetic diagrams that clarify the relationships among fish groups, as well as cutting-edge global

Poets of the Chinese Revolution (Benton Gregor)(Pevná vazba)

How poetry and revolution meshed in Red China This is a book of poems by four veteran Chinese revolutionaries. Chen Duxiu led China's early cultural awakening before founding the Communist Party in 1921. Mao led the Party to power in 1949. Zheng Chaolin, Chen Duxiu's disciple and, like him, a

Diversity in the Great Unity: Regional Yuan Architecture (Zuo Lala)(Pevná vazba)

Timber-framed architecture has long been viewed as an embodiment of Chinese civilization, a hierarchic society ruled by Confucian orthodoxy. Throughout its history, Chinese architectural design was closely regulated by court-enforced building codes, which created a highly standardized and

The Data Imperative: How Digitalization Is Reshaping Management, Organizing, and Work (Schildt Henri)(Pevná vazba)

Companies across all industries are engaging in digital transformation to harness the power of advanced information technologies. Building on interviews and diverse case studies, this book provides an in-depth look at how data and algorithms are reshaping management practices, organizational

The Strategy of Chinese Rural-Urban Coordinated Development to 2020 Part 2 (Jiuwen Sun)(Pevná vazba)

The Strategy of Chinese Rural-Urban Coordinated Development to 2020 focuses on the coordinated development and integration of rural and urban areas in China as it transits from a traditional agrarian economy to a modern industrialized state. Using theoretical and empirical studies, it suggests a

Chinese Painting and Its Audiences (Clunas Craig)(Pevná vazba)

A history of the reception of Chinese painting from the sixteenth century to the presentWhat is Chinese painting? When did it begin? And what are the different associations of this term in China and the West? In Chinese Painting and Its Audiences, which is based on the A. W. Mellon Lectures in the

How Global Currencies Work: Past, Present, and Future (Eichengreen Barry)(Paperback)

A powerful new understanding of global currency trends, including the rise of the Chinese yuan At first glance, the history of the modern global economy seems to support the long-held view that the currency of the world's leading power invariably dominates international trade and finance. But in

Performing Trauma in Central Africa: Shadows of Empire (Edmondson Laura)(Pevná vazba)

What are the stakes of performance in a time of war? How is artistic expression prone to manipulation by the state and international humanitarian organizations? From the standpoint of empire, Laura Edmondson explores cultural production that responds to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the twenty-year

South Central Is Home: Race and the Power of Community Investment in Los Angeles (Rosas Abigail)(Pevná vazba)

Real Impact: The New Economics of Social Change (Simon Morgan)(Pevná vazba)

A leading investment professional explains the world of impact investing--investing in businesses and projects with a social and financial return--and shows what it takes to make sustainable, transformative change. Impact investment--the support of social and environmental projects with a financial

Belt and Road: A Chinese World Order (Macaes Bruno)(Pevná vazba)

China's Belt and Road strategy is acknowledged to be the most ambitious geopolitical initiative of the age. Covering almost seventy countries by land and sea, it will affect every element of global society, from shipping to agriculture, digital economy to tourism, politics to culture. Most

Art of War Illustrated (Tzu Sun)(Pevná vazba)

This illustrated dual-language edition presents the original Chinese text with a modern translation on the facing page and includes new commentaries by expert historians giving examples of how Sun Tzu's wisdom has been borne out on the battlefield. Of immense influence to leaders across millennia,

Superpower Interrupted: The Chinese History of the World (Schuman Michael)(Pevná vazba)

This global history as the Chinese would write it gives brilliant and unconventional insights for understanding China's role in the world, especially the drive to 'Make China Great Again.' We in the West routinely ask: 'What does China want?' The answer is quite simple: the superpower status it

Running with Robots: The American High School's Third Century (Toppo Greg)(Pevná vazba)

How the technological changes that are reshaping the future of work will transform the American high school as well. What will high school education look like in twenty years? High school students are educated today to take their places in a knowledge economy. But the knowledge economy, based on

Medium Design: Knowing How to Work on the World (Easterling Keller)(Pevná vazba)

How to design the world: looking for the connections between things What is the relationship between the housing crisis - the demand for building more, and the credit crunch - when the markets crashed as a result of overheated speculation in housing? Why does building more roads only lead to more

The World of the Crusades (Tyerman Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, but the resulting military campaigns were fueled by concrete objectives: land, resources, power,

Kompromat (Johnson Stanley)(Pevná vazba)

2016. The world is on the brink of crisis. Who could have predicted how events would play out? In this satirical thriller, Stanley Johnson, former MEP and father to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, just might have. In Britain, the British Prime Minister Jeremy Hartley is fighting a referendum he

A History of the Chinese Language (Dong Hongyuan)(Pevná vazba)

A History of the Chinese Language provides a comprehensive introduction to the historical development of the Chinese language from its Proto-Sino-Tibetan roots in prehistoric times to Modern Standard Chinese. Taking a highly accessible and balanced approach, it presents a chronological survey of

Tito's Secret Empire - How the Maharaja of the Balkans Fooled the World (Klinger William)(Pevná vazba)

Windows of Opportunity - How Nations Create Wealth (Sainsbury Lord David)(Pevná vazba)

A new theory of economic growth, putting individual firms' investment decisions in the central

Investing: The Last Liberal Art (Hagstrom Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Robert G. Hagstrom is one of the best-known authors of investment books for general audiences. Turning his extensive experience as a portfolio manager at Legg Mason Capital Management into valuable guidance for professionals and nonprofessionals alike, he is the author of six successful books on