Urban Warfare: Housing Under the Empire of Finance (Rolnik Raquel)(Paperback)

Urban Warfare: Housing Under the Empire of Finance (Rolnik Raquel)(Paperback)

How finance and politics have caused the global housing crisisThe most comprehensive survey of the current crisis, Urban Warfare charts how the financial crisis and wider urban politics have left millions homeless and in financial desperation across the world.The financialization of housing has

Blood and Money: War, Slavery, Finance, and Empire (McNally David)(Paperback)

Blood and Money tells the story of money as a history of violence and human

Essentials of Health Care Finance (Cleverley William O.)(Paperback)

Essentials of Health Care Finance provides health management students and executives with the most authoritative text on financial decision-making in the health care industry. This trusted resource explores finance theory and its practical application in health care across a full range of

Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control (Benjamin Medea)(Paperback)

Drone Warfare is the first comprehensive analysis of one of the fastest growing--and most secretive--fronts in global conflict: the rise of robot warfare. In 2000, the Pentagon had fewer than fifty aerial drones; ten years later, it had a fleet of nearly 7,500, and the US Air Force now trains more

Guerrilla Warfare (Guevara Ernesto Che)(Paperback)

This very practical manual contains Che's clearest, most committed analysis of guerrilla warfare, the basis of the struggle of a people to redeem itself. He shows how a small band of revolutionaries, ill-equipped but flexible, inventive, and mobile, can use the massive strength of its opponents to

Warfare: The Definitive Visual History (DK)(Pevná vazba)

The most wide-ranging and visually arresting history of wars and warfare ever published, Warfare: The Definitive Visual History documents every major war or significant period of conflict in over 5,000 years of human history.A must-have reference gift for military enthusiasts and general readers

The Empire State Building (Tauranac John)(Paperback)

The Empire State Building is the landmark book on one of the world's most notable landmarks. Since its publication in 1995, John Tauranac's book, focused on the inception and construction of the building, has stood as the most comprehensive account of the structure. Moreover, it is far more than a

Achtung-Panzer!: The Development of Tank Warfare (Guderian Heinz)(Paperback)

This is one of the most significant military books of the twentieth century. By an outstanding soldier of independent mind, it pushed forward the evolution of land warfare and was directly responsible for German armoured supremacy in the early years of the Second World War. Published in 1937, the

Guerrilla Warfare Tactics in Urban Environments (Marques Patrick D.)(Paperback)

Current Special Forces doctrine is very limited concerning the conduct of guerrilla warfare combat operations in urban environments. The focus of the current doctrine is on conducting combat operations in rural environments. The material available on urban environments is defined in broad terms

Two Lives of Charlemagne (Einhard)(Paperback)

Two revealingly different accounts of the life of the most important figure of the Roman Empire Charlemage, known as the father of Europe, was one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers. The biographies brought together here provide a rich and varied portrait of the king from two

The Ottoman Empire, 1700-1922 2ed (Quataert Donald)(Paperback)

The Ottoman Empire was one of the most important non-Western states to survive from medieval to modern times, and played a vital role in European and global history. It continues to affect the peoples of the Middle East, the Balkans and central and western Europe to the present day. This new survey

Empires: A Historical and Political Sociology (Kumar Krishan)(Paperback)

Empires have been the commonest form of political organization for most of recorded history. How should we best understand them? What are their principles and how do they differ from other political forms, such as the nation-state? What sort of relations between rulers and ruled do they express? Do

Introductory Econometrics for Finance (Brooks Chris)(Paperback)

A complete resource for finance students, this textbook presents the most common empirical approaches in finance in a comprehensive and well-illustrated manner that shows how econometrics is used in practice, and includes detailed case studies to explain how the techniques are used in relevant

Modern War (English Richard)(Paperback)

Warfare is the most dangerous threat faced by modern humanity. It is also one of the key influences that has shaped the politics, economics, and society of modern times. But what do we mean by modern war? What causes modern wars to begin? Why do people fight in them, why do they end, and what have

Under the Eagle (Eagles of the Empire 1) (Scarrow Simon)(Paperback / softback)

The Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon (Rothenberg Gunther E.)(Paperback)

' . . . a most illuminating and readable general survey. . . . This book is well organized, well produced, and well written. It belongs among the ten most useful books on this period to the historian and . . . to the general reader.' --American Historical Review'This splendid volume fills a gap in

Roman Empire (Spilsbury Louise)(Paperback / softback)

Uncover some of the most chilling practices of the ancient Romans! This book explores all the gruesome details, from rituals and rites to battles and sieges, with a detail that young readers will love! Prepare to be horrified by the customs and culture of the ancient

Aztec Empire (Spilsbury Louise)(Paperback / softback)

Uncover some of the most chilling practices of the Aztecs. This book explores all the gruesome details, from rituals and rites to battles and sieges, with a detail that young readers will love! Prepare to be horrified by the customs and culture of the

The Temporary City (Bishop Peter)(Paperback)

Most of the professional training, thinking and strategies of architects, urban designers and planners, are strictly three-dimensional. In reality of course the city is four dimensional, and one needs to acknowledge the influence of time in planning and design strategies. Similarly, there has been

Profiting Without Producing: How Finance Exploits Us All (Lapavitsas Costas)(Paperback)

Financialization is one of the most innovative concepts to emerge in the field of political economy during the last three decades, although there is no agreement on what exactly it is. Profiting Without Producing puts forth a distinctive view defining financialization in terms of the fundamental

Hitler's Empire - Nazi Rule in Occupied Europe (Mazower Mark)(Paperback / softback)

Hitler's empire was the largest, most brutal and most ambitious reshaping of Europe in history. Inspired by imperial legacy of those such as British, Third Reich cast its shadow from Channel Islands to Caucasus and ruled hundreds of millions. This title offers an account of the rise and fall of

Mind Control: The Ancient Art of Psychological Warfare (Lung Haha)(Paperback)

Presenting readers with the most effective techniques for mind control, bestselling martial arts expert and scholar Dr. Haha Lung's Mind Control is the cult-classic guide to breaching an opponent's mental defenses by using his fears, insecurities, hopes, and beliefs against him. Buddha said, 'Your

Architecture After Modernism (Ghirardo Diane)(Paperback)

Its discussion of the reshaping of urban environment focuses on London's Dockland, the most ambitious and politically sensitive development in postwar Britain. It also considers the work of lesser-known designers and women architects as well as famous international

Imperium (Kapuscinski Ryszard Kapuscinski)(Paperback / softback)

'The most passionate, engaging and historically profound account of the Soviet empire that I have read.' - Michael