The Promise of Infrastructure (Anand Nikhil)(Paperback)

The Promise of Infrastructure (Anand Nikhil)(Paperback)

From U.S.-Mexico border walls to Flint's poisoned pipes, there is a new urgency to the politics of infrastructure. Roads, electricity lines, water pipes, and oil installations promise to distribute the resources necessary for everyday life. Yet an attention to their ongoing processes also reveals

The Anand Files (Abeln Michiel)(Paperback)

The Anand Files offers a detailed insight into the strategies Viswanathan Anand used to win three World Championship chess matches in a row. It takes the reader behind the scenes to show the inner workings of Team Anand, including pre-game planning and preparing opening novelties, some of which

Anand: Move by Move (Franco Zenon)(Paperback)

Viswanathan Anand is undoubtedly one of the World's greatest ever chess players. He first shot to fame in his youth, when he enthralled the chess public with his results and his amazing speed of play. He became India's first ever grandmaster, at the age of eighteen. He has won five World

Winners Take All - The Elite Charade of Changing the World (Giridharadas Anand)(Paperback / softback)

The Promise of Happiness (Ahmed Sara)(Paperback)

The Promise of Happiness is a provocative cultural critique of the imperative to be happy. It asks what follows when we make our desires and even our own happiness conditional on the happiness of others: 'I just want you to be happy'; 'I'm happy if you're happy.' Combining philosophy and feminist

Infrastructure, Environment, and Life in the Anthropocene (Hetherington Kregg)(Paperback)

Infrastructure, Environment, and Life in the Anthropocene explores life in the age of climate change through a series of infrastructural puzzles-sites at which it has become impossible to disentangle the natural from the built environment. With topics ranging from breakwaters built of oysters,

Promises of Giants (Amaechi John)(Paperback / softback)

The Promises of Giants is an exploration of the practices and behaviours that define transformational leadership. It is a challenge, not only to those in named positions of power but to anyone who aspires to make a difference in their environment. A challenge to act decisively to influence the

Nature of the City: Green Infrastructure from the Ground Up (Armour Tom)(Paperback)

This is a practical guide to delivering green infrastructure from the ground up and bringing nature in to the built environment. Exploring the process of delivery through an array of design approaches and case studies, it demystifies the concept and provides the tools for practical implementation -

The Promise of Blessing (Patterson Kate)(Paperback)

The Promise of Politics (Arendt Hannah)(Paperback)

In The Promise of Politics, Hannah Arendt examines the conflict between philosophy and politics. In particular, she shows how the tradition of Western political thought, which extends from Plato and Aristotle to its culmination in Marx, failed to account for human action. The concluding section of

Radiant Infrastructures: Media, Environment, and Cultures of Uncertainty (Mukherjee Rahul)(Paperback)

In Radiant Infrastructures Rahul Mukherjee explores how the media coverage of nuclear power plants and cellular phone antennas in India-what he calls radiant infrastructures-creates environmental publics: groups of activists, scientists, and policy makers who use media to influence public opinion

American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony (Huntington Samuel P.)(Paperback)

This stunningly persuasive book examines the persistent, radical gap between the promise of American ideals and the performance of American politics. Samuel P. Huntington shows how Americans, throughout their history as a nation, have been united by the democratic creed of liberty, equality, and

The Unfulfilled Promise of Press Freedom in Canada (Taylor Lisa)(Paperback)

The Unfulfilled Promise of Press Freedom in Canada offers a vast array of viewpoints that critically analyze the application and interpretation of press freedom under the Charter of

Extrastatecraft: The Power of Infrastructure Space (Easterling Keller)(Paperback)

Extrastatecraft is the operating system of the modern world: the skyline of Dubai, the subterranean pipes and cables sustaining urban life, free-trade zones, the standardized dimensions of credit cards, and hyper-consumerist shopping malls. It is all this and more. Infrastructure sets the invisible

Highway Engineering (Rogers Martin)(Paperback)

The repair, renovation and replacement of highway infrastructure, along with the provision of new highways, is a core element of civil engineering, so this book covers basic theory and practice in sufficient depth to provide a solid grounding to students of civil engineering and trainee

Promises to Keep (Rossiter Nan)(Paperback)

In this heartwarming sequel to Promises of the Heart in the Savannah Skies series, USA Today bestselling author Nan Rossiter returns to Tybee Island off the Georgia coast to focus on beloved characters Maeve and Gage as their relationship is tested by secrets they are keeping from each

Race and America's Long War (Singh Nikhil Pal)(Paperback)

Donald Trump's election to the U.S. presidency in 2016, which placed control of the government in the hands of the most racially homogenous, far-right political party in the Western world, produced shock and disbelief for liberals, progressives, and leftists globally. Yet most of the immediate

The Public Infrastructure of Work and Play (Pagano Michael A.)(Pevná vazba)

A city's infrastructure influences the daily life of residents, neighborhoods, and businesses. But uniting the hard infrastructure of roads and bridges with the soft infrastructure of parks and public art creates significant political challenges. Planners at all stages must work at an intersection

Barriers to Bankable Infrastructure: Incentivizing Private Investment to Fill the Global Infrastructure Gap (Moser Helen)(Paperback)

This report discusses the estimated $1 trillion annual global infrastructure gap and provides recommendations on how U.S. agencies and multilateral development banks can better incentivize private-sector investment in global

A Dog's Promise (Cameron W. Bruce)(Paperback)

A Dog's Promise continues the story of Bailey, the good dog whose journey started in A Dog's Purpose and continued in A Dog's Journey (both major motion pictures). This time, Bailey is joined by Lacey, another very special dog, who helps Bailey fulfill his promise over the course of several lives

Contract as Promise: A Theory of Contractual Obligation (Fried Charles)(Paperback)

Contract as Promise is a study of the philosophical foundations of contract law in which Professor Fried effectively answers some of the most common assumptions about contract law and strongly proposes a moral basis for it while defending the classical theory of contract. This book provides two

Nikhil and Jay: The Star Birthday (Soundar Chitra)(Paperback / softback)

In these four interlinked stories about Nikhil and Jay and their family, there's always fun and mischief. Grandad and Granny come to visit from India and show the boys that the best way to eat mangoes is in the bath! There's a Star Birthday for Nikhil, with a special Indian Feast. Another day the

Nikhil and Jay Save the Day (Soundar Chitra)(Paperback / softback)

In these four interlinked stories about Nikhil and Jay and their family, there's always fun and mischief. Jay wants to do things by himself on his birthday, but sharing with Nikhil turns out to be more fun. They all go to visit Grandad and Nana, but where is the story dragon? Then it's Pancake Day,

Metamodernism: The Future of Theory (Storm Jason Ananda Josephson)(Paperback)

For decades, scholars have been calling into question the universality of disciplinary objects and categories. The coherence of defined autonomous categories-such as religion, science, and art-has collapsed under the weight of postmodern critiques, calling into question the possibility of progress