For forty years, in a variety of books and articles, Gerhard Lenski has become the most influential proponent of ecological and evolutionary explanations of human societies, their development and transformations, from the Stone Age to the present. In his newest book, Lenski offers a succinct but com[...]
Leaders, teams and organisational consultants are faced with a situation of permanent transitions. The current world of organisations is full of beginnings and incomplete endings. The author assumes that the endless re-structuring of living networks of relationships in organisations generates, over [...]
Entrepreneurship and creativity are undoubtedly linked. Researchers examining the relationship between the two will find the Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Creativity to be an instructive collection with specially commissioned contributions from leading scholars and an international pe[...]
"Soccer Training Programs" contains a collection of 96 detailed plans designed to be used by amateur coaches. Success on the soccer field demands a high degree of fitness, technical skills and tactical ability from players. The challenge for coaches is to devise training programs which meet these re[...]
In "75 JAHRE IM 20. JAHRHUNDERT" blicke ich auf die Zeit von 1925 bis zum Ende des vorigen Jahrhunderts zuruck und erzahle von meiner Kindheit zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen, von den Kriegsjahren und davon, wie ich nach Ruckkehr aus Krieg und Gefangenschaft versuchte, meinen eigenen Weg zu finden. [...]
Reprint of a series constituting the best all-round monographs on German surface warships
Reprint of a series constituting the best all-round monographs on German surface warships. All the 40 or so German destroyers that saw service during the war are detailed in this book.[...]
Reprint of a series constituting the best all-round monographs on German surface warships
This is a reprint of a series constituting the best all-round monographs on German surface warships. This volume covers the Admiral Hipper class, among the largest heavy cruisers to serve in World War II[...]
Reprint of a series constituting the best all-round monographs on German surface warships First editions command a high premium on the secondhand market Large format affordable paperback[...]
The warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subject in naval history with an almost uncountable number of books devoted to them. However, for a concise but authoritative summary of the design history and careers of the major surface ships it is difficult to beat a ser[...]
Gerhard Richter is widely regarded as one of the most important painters at work today. He is as well known for his figurative works as he is for his abstract paintings, often combining elements of both in ground-breaking ways[...]
Gerhard Richter is widely seen as one of the most important painters at work in the world today. Born in Dresden, Germany, in 1932, he left for the West in 1961, settling in Dusseldorf, where he held his first exhibition in 1963. He has exhibited internationally for the last five decades, including [...]
Gerhard Richter (b. 1932) is one of the most influential artists at work today. His painting September, a response to the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, was made some four years after the event. The eminent American critic and curator Robert Storr, who has had a long worki[...]
In their latest joint work, the authors examine in depth the development of Do335, and have been collecting information and superb quality photographic material on this remarkable and innovative aircraft for many years. They have unearthed a great deal of little known and previously unpublished mate[...]
Since 1954, a discrete and select group of wealthy and powerful individuals have attended a private, yearly conference to discuss matters of their choosing. This group represents European and North American elites, as well as new talent and rising stars, from the worlds of politics, business, media,[...]