788 results for '"Jonathan Boswell'

The legendary splendor of Genoese baroque artGenoa completed its transformation from a faded maritime power into a thriving banking center for Europe in the seventeenth century. The wealth...

The first major study to explore the relationship between clothing made for survival in the most inhospitable environments on earth and beyond, and the high fashion it has inspiredToday— from haute...

An excellent text and academic resource for fields ranging from missiology, liturgical studies, ethics, ecclesiology, and more, this book includes contributions from many of the leading lights of...

This textbook provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the importance of genetic studies in conservation. The text is presented in an easy-to-follow format with main points and terms...

Metabolomics, the global characterization of the small molecule complement involved in metabolism, has evolved into a powerful suite of approaches for understanding the global physiological and...

Aristotle's moral philosophy is a pillar of Western ethical thought. It bequeathed to the world an emphasis on virtues and vices, happiness as well-being or a life well lived, and rationally...

This book offers a detailed examination of warfare in the Latin East from the end of the Third Crusade to the final demise of the Latin Kingdom in 1291. It considers not only the crusades, but also...

This book details and analyses public sector reform, carried out by the 4th Labour Government between 1984-1990. Contents: 1. The theoretical underpinnings of Public Sector restructuring in New...

Quantitative models are crucial to almost every area of ecosystem science. They provide a logical structure that guides and informs empirical observations of ecosystem processes. They play a...

This volume introduces law students to the international legal instruments and case law governing the substantive and procedural dimensions of international human rights and humanitarian law,...

The collected fiction of "one of the most original imaginations in modern Europe" (Cynthia Ozick)Bruno Schulz's untimely death at the hands of a Nazi stands as one of the great losses to modern...

The best-selling author of Why the West Rules—for Now examines the evolution and future of human values Most people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good, and that violence...

Decision making in organizations is often pictured as a coherent and rational process in which alternative interests and perspectives are considered in an orderly manner until the optimal alternative...

"Most people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good, and that violence and wealth inequality are bad. But most people who lived during the 10,000 years before the nineteenth...

Pages have yellowed with age but the book looks new.

A New York Times Best Art Book of 2018The art of the chiaroscuro woodcut is celebrated in this groundbreaking and generously illustrated book.Chiaroscuro woodcuts are among the most immediately...

Researchers in a growing number of fields--public policy, law, business, medicine, psychology, engineering, and others--are working to understand and improve human judgment and decision making. This...

Since the mid-twentieth century, conspiracy has pervaded our collective worldview, shaped by events such as the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, Watergate, the Iran-Contra affair,...

The study of behavioral decision making has recently expanded into the area of accounting and auditing. This branch of research seeks to understand the cognitive processes that govern such necessary...

A fresh reflection on what makes life meaningfulMost people, including philosophers, tend to classify human motives as falling into one of two categories: the egoistic or the altruistic, the...