Stockholm, 1791. Emil Larsson is a self-satisfied bureaucrat in the Office of Customs and Excise. He is a true man of the Town-a drinker, card player, and contented bachelor. That is until Mrs. Sofia Sparrow, fortune-teller and proprietor of an exclusive gaming parlor, shares with him a vision she h[...]

When it first appeared in 2004, the first edition of Recessions and Depressions: Understanding Business Cycles offered readers an expertly guided tour through fundamental business cycle theories and the latest research on pivotal market failures. In the aftermath of the events of the 2008 economic c[...]

Gene, Genome und Sequenzen auf der einen Seite, Algorithmen, Computer und Informatik auf der anderen - sie ben Faszination aus, halten aber viele Interessierte auf respektvolle Distanz. Die Schnittstelle der Bereiche ist mit dem modernen Begriff Bioinformatik belegt. In der Tat hat die Synthese von [...]

Kitschbegrepet, som Odd Nerdrum lanserte for mer enn 10 år siden, er i dag i ferd med å bli et internasjonalt fenomen. Her får vi høre Nerdrum og hans likesinnede presentere kitschens historie og sette begrepet inn i en større kitschhistorisk tradisjon. Boken vil inneholde 150 kitschmalerier [...]

I denne bog indvier Anders Stahlschmidt og Peter Knoop Christensen læseren i spørgeteknikkens mange facetter og muligheder. Hvornår virker hvilke spørgsmål, hvordan og hvorfor? Læs hvordan man styrer og støtter en samtale, hvordan man forandrer en samtales karakter, hvordan man med sine spør[...]

Pomology is a strand of botany specialising in the study of types and varieties of fruit, together with their description and classification. In 1758, the Dutch scientist and mathematician Johann Hermann Knoop produced an extensive work with descriptions and illustrations of "the best varieties of e[...]