Rather than simply outlining the classical and modern theories of learning, this widely adopted text brings the material to life through case studies that engage students in debates about what really happens in classrooms. Students are encouraged to test the strengths and weaknesses of each theory s[...]

A contemporary history of Guatemalas thirty-year civil warthe longest and bloodiest in the hemispherethis book pulls aside the veil of secrecy that has obscured the origins of the war. Using a structural analysis that takes critical events and changes in the nations economic and social structure as[...]

This catalog serves as a fully illustrated look into the world of artists Jonas Wood and Shio Kusaka, published in conjunction with the artists' debut exhibition at Gagosian Gallery, Hong Kong. Both Kusaka's porcelain vessels and Wood's drawn and painted interiors are depicted within this new book i[...]

Transform your business idea into a high potential venture Big, bright and brilliant, Gear Up is an engaging and practical workbook for anyone looking to pursue a fresh business opportunity or grow an existing one. Developed at Harvard Business School and Stanford University, it's a bootcamp with cl[...]

The CCA Wattis Institute in San Francisco dedicates year long seasons of discussions and public events to a single artist. In 2014-15, Joan Jonas (born 1936) was "on our mind." This book brings together essays from writers, curators, art historians and artists that focus on a single work, from Jonas[...]

In this book, Los Angeles-based painter Jonas Wood (born 1977) explores his longstanding fascination with intimate interiors, such as his childhood home, his studio and other spaces in his everyday life. Wood renders these interiors with a disorienting combination of scrupulous exactitude and absolu[...]

Explores the tension in ancient historiography between teleological design and narrating the past as it was experienced by historical characters.[...]

The most comprehensive study of how international organizations have opened up to transnational actors over the past sixty years.[...]

Published in 1766, this philanthropic tract exposes the failings of the care system in London and calls for its reform.[...]