In recent years China has witnessed unprecedented economic growth, emerging as a powerful, influential player on the global stage. Now, more than ever, there is a great interest and need within the West to better understand the psychological and social processes that characterize the Chinese people.[...]

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The story of the music that accompanies the adventures of Ian Fleming's intrepid Agent 007 is one of surprising real-life drama. In The Music of James Bond, author Jon Burlingame throws open studio and courtroom doors alike to reveal the full and extraordinary history of the sounds of James Bond, i[...]

In French filmmaker Robert Bresson's cinematography, the linkage of fragmented, dissimilar images challenges our assumption that we know either what things are in themselves or the infinite ways in which they are entangled. The "bond" of Cameron's title refers to the astonishing connections found bo[...]

Including practical advice on how to conduct a stress audit and how to target stress 'hot spots' within an organization, this book offers a fresh strategic model for the manager concerned with the negative effects stress can have both on company performance and the quality of life of individuals at [...]

DEATH IS NEAR, ARMIES ARE GATHERED, AND THE FUTURE RESTS ON A KNIFE-EDGE The Annurian Empire is losing a war on two fronts - and it's unclear who is in command. Adare is stationed in the thick of battle and now calls herself Emperor. However, she can't hold back the nomadic Urgul forces for much lon[...]

Now in paperback: DK's definitive James Bond: 50 Years of Movie Posters is updated with posters from Skyfall and the latest Bond film, Spectre. This lavish film-by-film guide boasts the most impressive visual collection of James Bond movie posters to date. Featuring a gallery of rare and sought-afte[...]

The Cold War agent of pulp fiction and the hero of more than a dozen movies, James Bond, also known as 007, is one of pop culture's most recognizable icons. Doubtless better known from film than from Ian Fleming's novels, the character has become a lightning rod for criticism from all camps. And yet[...]

What if Jacques Lacan--the brilliant and eccentric Parisian psychoanalyst--had worked as a police detective, applying his theories to solve crimes? This may conjure up a mental film clip starring Peter Sellers in a trench coat, but in Lacan at the Scene, Henry Bond makes a serious and provocative c[...]

Summoned by the Sheikh! Sheikh Saladin Al Mektala isn't used to being disobeyed. Incomprehensibly, the woman he summoned to help his favourite mare - the best horse 'whisperer' in the world - has turned his generous offer down! So he takes matters into his own hands. The snow is falling, the fire is[...]

A user-friendly guide to lowering one's cholesterol explains how to reduce the LDL cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood without prescription medications through an effective combination of adding nine "miracle foods" to one's diet and by including thirty minutes of walking or light exercise in[...]