Climb aboard a helicopter with National Geographic photographer Robert Haas and journey all over the world in search of wild animals and exotic places. Cruise over the savanna grasslands of Africa and watch from above as lions hunt buffalos, one of the few "fair fights" in the African wilderness. En[...]
Viacheslav Ivanov (1866-1949), the central intellectual force in Russian modernism, achieved through his work an original synthesis of Christianity, Platonism, and the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. His powerful intellect exerted an immeasurable influence in modernist Russia and the early Soviet[...]
Written to introduce business students to the high-tech legal environment, this textbook discusses the "corpus juris" of e-commerce from an American perspective, but does treat significant global issues as they arise. Separate sections cover intellectual property issues; business and financial issue[...]
A definitive portrait of legendary scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the "father" of the atomic bomb, discusses his seminal role in the twentieth-century scientific world, as well as his lesser-known roles as family man, supposed communist, and head of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Studies. Repr[...]
Modern business leaders need knowledge and agility to navigate the ever-evolving legal world of e-commerce. This third edition takes students through the complete business lifecycle - from idea to operation to dissolution - while examining the legal, managerial, and ethical issues affecting technolo[...]
"The Good Spy" is Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird's compelling portrait of the remarkable life and death of one of the most important operatives in CIA history - a man who, had he lived, might have helped heal the rift between Arabs and the West.
On April 18, 1983, a bomb exploded out[...]
a comprehensively illustrated overview of all aspects of garden bird behaviour that describes what garden birds do and why they do it. Thought provoking and animated text that analyses everyday bird activity as well as shedding light on some more unusual behaviour such as sparrow 'weddings' and fos[...]
The films of Andrei Tarkovsky have been revered as ranking on a par with the masterpieces of Russia's novelists and composers. His work, from films such as Ivan's "Childhood", "Andrei Rublev", "Solaris", "Mirror", "Nostalgia and Sacrifice", has had an enormous influence on the style of contemporary [...]
If it is true that great art comes from great suffering, then the art of Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821 - 81) must be truly great indeed. The second of seven children, he developed epilepsy and was ruled over by a drunken, violent father. From this harsh childhood, to his brief forays in the army, through [...]