Biography: business and industry

A Lakota shaman embarks on a quest to exorcise a dangerous ghost in this true account of paranormal activity and spiritual power.

In equal parts a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of some of our best-loved institutions and a guide on how governing boards should work - HRDirectorThroughout the world, thousands of people give their time, skill and energy to serving on a board.

The Primate Origins of Human Nature (Volume 3 in The Foundations of Human Biology series) blends several elements from evolutionary biology as applied to primate behavioral ecology and primate psychology, classical physical anthropology and evolutionary psychology of humans.

An investigation of the theory of melancholy and its applications in the Renaissance.

This book identifies Jefferson as an American nationalist and describes his assessment of American character and democratic promise.

A pioneering and innovative study that challenges modern assumptions of what constitutes the political and the public in Renaissance thought.

This book examines a wide range of theologians, philosophers, and exegetes who share a passionate engagement with Maimonides.

Based on fieldwork, archival research, and interviews, this book critically examines the building of modern Chinese discourse on a unified yet diverse Chinese nation on various sites of knowledge production.

A translation of Spinoza''s Theological-Political Treatise (1670), with a substantial historical and philosophical introduction of this important philosophical work.

Examines the underground and overlooked actors and activities of liberal activism and liberal counter-cultures in the modern Arab world.

A comprehensive study of republicanism as a shared European heritage, first published in 2002.

Die Buchreihe "Mein Leben, meine Firma, meine Strategie" porträtiert herausragende Unternehmerinnen und Unternehmer, die in ihren Branchen einen bedeutenden Beitrag geleistet haben – von den Patriarchen etablierter Familienunternehmen bis hin zu aufstrebenden Köpfen der Gründerszene.

This groundbreaking account of the concept of a philosophical religion traces its history from antiquity to the Enlightenment.

Die Geschichte des Judenhasses war lang, brutal und gipfelte in der Vernichtung von über sechs Millionen Juden durch die Nationalsozialisten.

It was not so long ago that the dominant picture of Kant's practical philosophy was forma-listic, focusing almost exclusively on his Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals and Critique of Practical Reason.

In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in Newton and his influence.

The current ecological crisis is a matter of urgent global concern, with solutions being sought on many fronts.

Psychologist, philosopher, teacher, writer-William James stood closer than any other thinker to the center of the confluence of intellectual and artistic forces that defined the culture of modernism.

This book is the first English-language monograph about the institutional development of sociology in (North) Macedonia.

With this beautifully designed and accessible guide, learn the basics of Wicca and how to use it to manifest positive opportunities and events that enrich your lifeincludes a frameable poster.

Authenticity is everywhere: political leaders invoke the idea to gain our support, advertisers use it to sell their products.

At first glance, Theodor W.

This volume translates four chapters of Bodin''s Six livres de la république, a vast synthesis of comparative public law and politics.

If democracy liberates individuals from their inherited bonds, what can reunite them into a sovereign people?

Alessandro Ferrara explains what he terms ''the democratic horizon'' and reviews the challenges under which democracies must operate.

Der Band hinterfragt den Nutzen des Begriffs "Orientalismus" zur Erforschung der vielfältigen deutsch-jüdischen kulturellen Beziehungen im 19.

This book gives specific instruction on the use of two methods of family planning: Natural Family Planning and Fertility Awareness Method.

This timely book provides new insights into debates around the relationship between women and film by drawing on the work of philosopher Luce Irigaray.

Beginning with a widespread definition of Decadence as when individual parts flourish at the expense of the whole, Regenia Gagnier - a leading cultural historian of late nineteenth-century Britain - shows the full range of meanings of individualism at the height of its promise.

This book presents a history of the correspondence principle from a new perspective.

Providing a gateway to a new history of modern aesthetics, this book challenges conventional views of how art's significance developed in society.

This book offers an analysis of the concept of ''national character'' in the intellectual histories of Britain and France.

By 1300, medieval men and women were beginning to measure multitude, counting, for example, numbers of boys and girls being baptized.

The French revolts of May 1968, the largest general strike in twentieth-century Europe, were among the most famous and colourful episodes of the twentieth century.

The twelve essays in this volume, each written by a leading specialist, present an accessible and comprehensive introduction to Italian Renaissance society, intellectual history, and politics, with each contribution reflecting the most recent innovations in the way that historians view and study the period.

On the surface, "e;wartime"e; is a period of time in which a society is at war.

A primatologist''s guide to using geographic information systems (GIS); from mapping and field accuracy, to tracking travel routes and the impact of logging.

Even though important developments within 20th and 21st century philosophy have widened the scope of epistemology, this has not yet resulted in a systematic meta-epistemological debate about epistemology's aims, methods, and criteria of success.

This book draws upon the work of Georg Simmel to explore the limits, tensions and dynamism of social life through a close analysis of the works produced in the final years of his life and reveals what they might still offer some 100 years later.

Named one of the Best Business Books of 2021 by The Wall Street JournalIn Japan it's called the Ghosn Shockthe stunning arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the jet-setting CEO who saved Nissan and made it part of a global automotive empire.

This is a history of political ideologies during the period from the First World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union, famously described by Eric Hobsbawm as 'The Age of Extremes'.