Literature and Photography in Transition, 1850-1915 looks at how British and American writers used early photography and film as illustrations and metaphors. It concentrates on five figures in particular: Henry Mayhew, Robert Louis Stevenson, Amy Levy, William Dean Howells, and Jack London, each of [...]

This reader brings together classic and contemporary contributions to debates about social justice. It presents a collection of classic and contemporary contributions to debates about social justice. It includes classic discussions of justice by Locke and Hume. It provides broad coverage of contempo[...]

After Christopher Columbus, Bartolome de las Casas is the single most important figure in the period of the Encounter, a time of conflict between Europeans and the people of the Americas following Columbus's voyages. Here Clayton provides a history of the age as told through the life of Las Casas.[...]

Beatles redogör uttömmande för de omtumlande år då bandet intog den internationella popscenen. Bokens 600 fotografier är hämtade ur den brittiska tidningen Daily Mails bildarkiv. Många av negativen har aldrig tidigare ens framkallats och publiceras här för första gången tillsammans med e[...]

Most people at some point long to escape - from the weather, the commute, the routine. Sailing off in a forty-foot boat called Voyager comes at a price, however. Indeed, for David and Sandra Clayton it meant selling their house and possessions with a lifetime's collection of memories and emotions at[...]

The bloodbath at Waterloo ended a war that had engulfed the world for over twenty years. It also finished the career of the charismatic Napoleon Bonaparte. It ensured the final liberation of Germany and the restoration of the old European monarchies, and it represented one of very few defeats for t[...]

Some people are just natural innovators, right? With no apparent effort, they discover ideas for new products, services, and entire businesses. It may look like innovators are born, not made. But according to Jeffrey Dyer and Hal Gregersen, anyone can become more innovative. How? Master the discover[...]

This is an updated edition of a business classic about how to create successful and disruptive innovations. It is a seminal work by bestselling author Clayton M. Christensen, now updated with fresh examples. In the international bestseller The Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton Christensen exposed the Ach[...]

"Preface To the student: We think that the theory dealing with what is hard about computation (and what is impossible!) is challenging but fun. This book grows out of these ideas, and our approach to teaching a course in computational complexity. There is no doubt that some of the material in these [...]