Civilization might have been spared much of the damage suffered in the world wars this century if the influence of Clausewitz's On War had been blended with and balanced by a knowledge of Sun-tzu's The Art of Warfare. --B.H. Liddel Hart
For two thousand years, Sun-tzu's The Art of Warfa[...]
Compiling wisdom and advice from such masters of the craft as Henry James, E. M. Forster, Eudora Welty, and Toni Morrison, this readerly guide to fiction writing provides helpful observations and techniques for would-be fiction writers, covering such topics as cultivating one's creative imagination,[...]
Centering on a conflict between a self-made millionaire and an idealistic reformer in turn-of-the-twentieth-century New York, A Hazard of New Fortunes insightfully renders the complexities of the American experience at a time of great social and economic upheaval and transformation. In its depiction[...]
This Modern Library eBook edition collects all three volumes of Edward Gibbon's towering masterpiece of classical history The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?complete and unabridged. Edward Gibbon's magnum opus narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century A.D. to its coll[...]
The use and application of qualitative and quantitative research within a library service setting has traditionally been seen as an onerous task with little relevance for the evaluation and examination of day-to-day activities of the library.Qualitative Research and the Modern Library examines the p[...]
For Colm Toibin and Carmen Callil, there is no difference between literary and commercial writing - there is only the good novel: engrossing, inspirational, and compelling. In their selection of the best 200 novels written since 1950, the editors make a case for the best and the best-loved works and[...]
"The Body in the Library"provides a nuanced and realistic picture of how medicine and society have abetted and thwarted each other ever since the lawyers behind the French Revolution banished the clergy and replaced them with doctors, priests of the body. Ranging from Charles Dickens to Oliver Sacks[...]
(Piano Solo Songbook). This collection illustrates the vigour and variety of modern piano music. These original compositions span standalone pieces, albums, suites and arrangements from talents as diverse as Igor Stravinsky, Francis Poulenc, Lennox Berkeley, Witold Lutoslawski, Hans Werner Henze, Pe[...]
Build optimized applications in Python by smartly implementing the standard libraryKey FeaturesStrategic recipes for effective application development in PythonTechniques to create GUIs and implement security through cryptographyBest practices for developing readily scalable, production-ready applic[...]