A companion to analytic philosophy

A Companion to Analytic Philosophy is a comprehensive guide to over forty of the significant analytic philosophers from the last hundred years. The entries in this Companion are contributed by contemporary philosophers, including some of the most distinguished now living, such as Michael Dummett, Frank ...

The Spanish Inquisition

Comparative politics in a globalizing world

This book offers an accessible and broadly conceived examination of the impact of globalization on comparative politics. Written in a lucid and lively style, it assumes no prior knowledge of either globalization or comparative politics, and is the ideal textbook for students who want to ...

Debating globalization

"Debating Globalization" is a short, accessible introduction to the debate about globalization written by many of the most prominent figures in the field. Published by Polity in association with open Democracy, the book is notable not just for focusing on the pressing difficulties facing our ...

Post-impressionism to World War II

The Blackwell handbook of organizational learning and knowledge management

This is the state-of-the- art, international handbook for a field of inquiry that is still emergent and yet occupies a central position in contemporary management and organization theory. Marjorie Lyles at the University of Indiana and Mark Easterby-Smith at Lancaster University, UK, draw together analyses ...

On leadership

a short course

For over 50 years, James G. March has made a sustained and innovative contribution to the study of organizations. In his renowned course on leadership at Stanford University, he explores the problems of leadership using works of great literature, such as "War and Peace" and ...

Violence, vulnerability and embodiment

gender and history

The foundation of Rome

The modern thoelogianas

an introduction to christian theology since 1918

Thinking through Kierkegaard

existential identity in a pluralistic world

The human impact on the natural environment

past, present, and future

The new edition of this classic student text provides an up-to-date and comprehensive view of the major environmental issues facing the world today, and is an essential introduction to the past, present and future impact of humans on Earth. Following the successful structure of previous ...

Archaeology of Asia

A companion to the hellenistic world

Covering the period from the death of Alexander the Great to the celebrated defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the hands of Augustus, this authoritative Companion explores the world that Alexander created but did not live to see. Drawing on the very latest research, a ...

Anthropology in theory

issues in epistemology

The 57 articles collected in "Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology", together with the editors' introduction, provide the most comprehensive selection of readings and insightful overview available of anthropological theory and epistemology over the past century. "Anthropology in Theory" identifies crucial conceptual signposts for the ...

Leadership and the art of change

a practical guide to organizational transformation

Most books on leadership and organizational change focus on descriptive theory and research, simplistic and questionable gimmicks, or on biographical sketches of successful leaders whose character students are encouraged to emulate. Business students find the first kind of book boring. Faculty find the second kind ...

A brief history of christianity

This brief history tells the story of Christianity from its origins to the present day. It spans over 2,000 years of colorful incident to give an authoritative history of Christianity for both the general reader and the beginning student. Ranging from the missionary journeys ...

Nero

The fifth Roman emperor, Nero has gone down in history as the archetypal narcissistic tyrant. In this fascinating new biography, Jurgen Malitz invites readers to reconsider Nero's reputation. Malitz focuses on the growing tension between Nero's artistic tendencies and the political role for ...

A history of the classical Greek world

478-323 BC

This book gives an accessible account of classical Greek history, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 BC to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC. The author describes the years which witnessed the flourishing of democracy in Athens; the establishment ...

Osiris

death and afterlife of a God

Osiris, ruler of the netherworld, played a central part in the religious life of the ancient Egyptians, and his cult grew in popularity down the ages, resonating in all the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean. This is the first book to tell the story of ...