Work teams succeed only when they can eliminate rivalries and focus their different perspectives and skills on solving the problem or challenge at hand. This book shows you how to build such teams, working with individual members as well as the collective team to produce creative, consistent, and de[...]

This title features 50 rules for beating the street in any market conditions investing. The go-to stock-investing guide for more than a decade, "Stock Market Rules" gives you the knowledge and clarity you need to invest like the wizards of Wall Street. This proven guide reveals the unwritten rules o[...]

Pippi always does things her own way. When she cleans her kitchen, she ties scrub brushes to her feet. When she has a picnic, she serves pancakes. One thing is for sure-there's never a dull moment when Pippi is around
"Pippi Longstocking...has inspired generations of children with her spunk and[...]

Step aside, ringmaster. Pippi's in charge Pippi Longstocking has her own special way of doing everything. When she goes to the circus, she doesn't just watch--she takes over She stands on the back of a trotting horse, does spectacular tricks on the tightrope, and lifts the strongest man in the wor[...]

This textbook aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the essentials of microeconomics. It offers unprecedented depth of coverage, whilst allowing lecturers to 'tailor-make' their courses to suit personal priorities. Covering topics such as noncooperative game theory, information economics, mech[...]

The premier study Bible used by scholars, pastors, undergraduate and graduate students, The New Oxford Annotated Bible offers a vast range of information, including extensive notes by experts in their fields; in-text maps, charts, and diagrams; supplementary essays on translation, biblical interpret[...]

In A Reader of Ancient Near Eastern Texts: Sources for the Study of the Old Testament, leading biblical scholar Michael D. Coogan presents a collection of texts that introduce students to the larger world surrounding the Old Testament. Dating from the third millennium BCE to the turn of the era, the[...]

This bold venture into political theory and comparative politics combines traditional concerns about democracy with modern analytical methods. It asks how contemporary democracies work, an essential stage in asking how they can be justified. An answer to both questions is found in the idea of the me[...]

Lucidly written by leading biblical scholar Michael D. Coogan, this balanced, engaging, and up-to-date introduction to the Hebrew scriptures distills the best of current scholarship. Employing the narrative chronology of the Bible itself and the history of the ancient Near East as a framework, Cooga[...]

The publication of Immanuel Velikovsky's Worlds in Collision in 1950 was an event: the book was an instant best seller and launched Velikovsky on a long career as a writer and public figure opining on questions of science, history, myth, and more. But at the same time, Velikovsky and his theories - [...]

Limited by Design is the first comprehensive study of the varying roles played by the more than 16,000 research and development laboratories in the U.S. national innovation system. Michael Crow and Barry Bozeman offer policy makers and scientists a blueprint for making more informed decisions about [...]