The New Machiavelli: How to Wield Power in the Modern World (Powell Jonathan)(Paperback)

The New Machiavelli: How to Wield Power in the Modern World (Powell Jonathan)(Paperback)

Niccolo Machiavelli is misunderstood, argues Jonathan Powell in his 21st-century reworking of the Italian philosopher's influential masterpiece, 'The Prince'. Taking the lessons Machiavelli derived from his experience as an official in 15th-century Florence, Powell shows how these lessons can still

Soft Power: The New Great Game (Winder Robert)(Paperback)

In recent years the modern world has developed a brave new concept: 'soft power'. It is the power of friendly persuasion rather than command, and it invites nations to compete (as they did in the nineteenth century) to expand their 'sphere of influence' as brands in a global marketplace. In Bloody

Fix - How Nations Survive and Thrive in a World in Decline (Tepperman Managing Editor Jonathan)(Paperback / softback)

Longlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2016 The world's most intractable problems solved: ambitious lessons in leadership and hope from free-thinkers and innovators who have tackled our biggest challenges From immigration reform to energy resources, from political paralysis

Machiavellian Intelligence: How to Survive and Rise in the Modern Corporation (Powell Mark)(Paperback)

The best way to secure yourself against being 'let go' in the modern economy is to rise to a level within the corporation where you are making the strategic decisions, not bearing the brunt of their consequences. It may be tough at the top, but it's dangerous in the middle -- and the rewards at the

The World Computer: Derivative Conditions of Racial Capitalism (Beller Jonathan)(Paperback)

In The World Computer Jonathan Beller forcefully demonstrates that the history of commodification generates information itself. Out of the omnipresent calculus imposed by commodification, information emerges historically as a new money form. Investigating its subsequent financialization of daily

The Currency of Empire (Barth Jonathan)(Paperback)

In The Currency of Empire, Jonathan Barth explores the intersection of money and power in the early years of North American history, and he shows how the control of money informed English imperial action overseas.The export-oriented mercantile economy promoted by the English Crown, Barth argues,

Machiavelli: The Prince (Machiavelli Niccolo)(Paperback)

Niccol Machiavelli is arguably the most famous and controversial figure in the history of political thought and one of the most iconic names of the Renaissance. The Prince remains his best-known work, and is the first place that Machiavelli presented his fundamental belief that rulers must always

How Europe Made the Modern World: Creating the Great Divergence (Daly Jonathan)(Paperback)

One thousand years ago, a traveler to Baghdad or the Chinese capital Kaifeng would have discovered a vast and flourishing city of broad streets, spacious gardens, and sophisticated urban amenities; meanwhile, Paris, Rome, and London were cramped and unhygienic collections of villages, and Europe

The School of the Seers: A Practical Guide on How to See in the Unseen Realm (Welton Jonathan)(Paperback)

Kinds of Power: A Guide to Its Intelligent Uses (Hillman James)(Paperback)

In the boldest expose on the nature of power since Machiavelli, celebrated Jungian therapist James Hillman shows how the artful leader uses each of two dozen kinds of power with finesse and subtlety. Power, we often forget, has many faces, many different expressions. 'Empowerment,' writes

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World (Grant Adam)(Paperback)

The #1 New York Times bestseller that examines how people can champion new ideas in their careers and everyday life--and how leaders can fight groupthink, from the author of Think Again and co-author of Option B 'Filled with fresh insights on a broad array of topics that are important to our

Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality (Metzl Jonathan M.)(Paperback)

Navigates the divergent cultural meanings of health, and its entanglement with morality in current political discourse You see someone smoking a cigarette and say, 'Smoking is bad for your health,' when what you mean is, 'You are a bad person because you smoke.' You encounter someone whose body

The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World (Winchester Simon)(Paperback)

The revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement--precision--in a superb history that is both an homage and a warning for our future.The rise of manufacturing could

The Global 1980s: People, Power and Profit (Davis Jonathan)(Paperback)

The Global 1980s takes an international perspective on the upheaval across the world during the long 1980s (1979-1991) with the end of the Cold War, a move towards a free-market economic system, and the increasing connectedness of the world.The 1980s was a decade of unimaginable change. At its

The Portable Machiavelli (Machiavelli Niccolo)(Paperback)

In the four and a half centuries since Machiavelli's death, no single and unanimously accepted interpretation of his ideas has succeeded in imposing itself upon the lively debate over the meaning of his works. Yet there has never been any doubt about the fundamental importance of Machiavelli's

The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848 (Israel Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

Hello World - How to be Human in the Age of the Machine (Fry Hannah)(Paperback / softback)

The Prince (Machiavelli Niccolo)(Paperback)

Here is the world's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power. Astonishing in its candor The Prince even today remains a disturbingly realistic and prophetic work on what it takes to be a prince . . . a king . . . a president. When, in 1512, Machiavelli was removed from his post in his

Bomber Command (Powell Jillian)(Paperback)

During the Second World War, bomber planes were used in combat. With photographs straight from the archives of the Imperial War Museum, discover what it was like to be a bomber pilot in preparation for a dangerous but important mission.- Collins Big Cat Progress books are specifically designed for

The Cuban Missile Crisis: Origins, Course and Aftermath (Colman Jonathan)(Paperback)

Draws on new sources to examine one of the most dramatic and dangerous episodes in world histor from a global perspective The Cuban Missile Crisis was a six-day clash in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. Both John F

Telegram From Berlin (O'Connor A.)(Paperback / softback)

A dramatic new story set in the Irish corridors of power during the Second World War. Sometimes the past is too frightening to

Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters (Thompson Laurie Ann)(Paperback)

Empower yourself in today's highly connected, socially conscious world as you learn how to wield your passions, digital tools, and the principles of social entrepreneurship to affect real change in your schools, communities, and beyond. At age eleven, Jessica Markowitz learned that girls in Rwanda

Establishment - And how they get away with it (Jones Owen)(Paperback / softback)

Behind our democracy lurks a powerful but unaccountable network of people who wield massive power and reap huge profits in the process. In this book, the author takes you on a journey into the heart of our Establishment, from the lobbies of Westminster to the newsrooms, boardrooms and trading rooms

The World of Norm: May Be Recycled (Meres Jonathan)(Paperback)

The eleventh hilarious title in the award-winning, laugh-out-loud series, The World of Norm. Perfect for fans of Tom Gates and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Norm knew it was going to be one of those days when he woke up and nothing happened ...Home alone and the fridge to himself? What could possibly go