A guide to the financial pages that demystifies tables, charts and analysis, so you can keep on top of various developments in the City and have confidence that you are maximizing your investment returns.[...]

Introductory textbook describing the ways in which bacteria cause disease at the molecular and cellular level.[...]

More Frontier Justice in the Wild West; Bungled, Bizarre and Fascinating Executions reveals the details of more than two dozen instances of frontier justice from the era of the Wild West. These stories of how society dealt with the bad guys-and how the good guys walked a fine line between justice an[...]

Since the Theatre du Grand-Guignol closed its doors, the genre has been overlooked by critics and theatre historians. This book reconsiders the importance and influence of the Grand-Guignol within its social, cultural and historical contexts.[...]

Today's artists create work that's challenging, complicated, and often perplexing, and this book offers a guide to understanding--and enjoying--the wide range of works on display in museums and galleries worldwide. "How to Read Contemporary Art" provides a thoughtful, accessible, and lavishly illust[...]

"Parecomic" is a graphic novel about the system we live in--what's wrong with it, and how we might be able change it for the better. The recent upsurge in popular protest around the world shows that people are not happy with the state of capitalism and desire an alternative that will work for the 99[...]

A graphic novel version of the most dramatic example of bushido--the samurai code--in Japanese history.
In the eighteenth century, forty-seven samurai avenged the death of their master in a plot that would take over two years to complete. After succeeding in their mission, the masterless samura[...]

This manga adaptation of what Ivan Morris called the most influential of all samurai treatises is told in a form reminiscent of "The Arabian Nights". A young, upcoming samurai seeks the advice of an older, experienced warrior who has become a Zen monk. The ambitious young samurai humbly begs to lear[...]