A major new study of the theory and practice of warfare in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Using relevant examples from recent history, this book provides a complete introduction to the issues, ideas, concepts, context and vocabulary of modern warfare. The expert team of authors explore th[...]

Presents a mix of classic and contemporary research in an accessible style that emphasises the relevance of the findings to students' own lives.[...]

The best text and the best translation are presented in this classic introductory book to the "Gospel of Thomas". In December 1945, at the base of cliffs that run along the Nile River near the modern-day town of Nag Hammadi, an Egyptian farmer discovered a sealed jar containing thirteen ancient Copt[...]

Here is a brief and authoritative account of human physical growth, beautifully written by one of the world's foremost experts. In "Fetus into Man" Professor Tanner tells the story of growth in language that is both accessible to the nonbiologist and acceptable to the biologist. The book begins wit[...]

This is the first complete English translation of Geminos' "Introduction to the Phenomena" - one of the most important and interesting astronomical works of its type to have survived from Greek antiquity. Gracefully and charmingly written, Geminos' first-century BC textbook for beginning students of[...]

In recent years, business leaders, policymakers, and inventors have complained to the media and to Congress that today's patent system stifles innovation instead of fostering it. But like the infamous patent on the peanut butter and jelly sandwich, much of the cited evidence about the patent system [...]

EU security governance assesses the effectiveness of the EU as a security actor. The book has two distinct features. Firstly, it is the first systematic study of the different economic, political and military instruments employed by the EU in the performance of four different security functions. The[...]

Now in paperback, from "the media's most electrifying market pundit" "(USA TODAY)" Jim Cramer tells investors how to weather the storms""on Wall Street and prepare for the next bull market.- National bestseller: "Jim Cramer's Real""Money "has been on the" New York Times "extended Advice, How-to & Mi[...]