-Titulo Original : The Communist Manifesto-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: Regarded as one of the most influential political tracts ever written, The Communist Manifesto serves as the foundation document of the Marxist movement. This summary of the Marxist vision is an incisive account of the world-view Marx and Engels had evolved during their hecticintellectual and political collaboration of the previous few years. Critically and textually up-to-date, this new edition of the classic translation (Samuel Moore, 1888) features: an introduction and notes by the eminent Marx scholar David McLellan, prefaces written by Karl Marx and FriedrichEngels subsequent to the original 1848 publication, and corrections of errors made in earlier versions.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expertintroductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. About the Author David McLellan, Professor of Political Theory, University of Kent at Canterbury...

-Titulo Original : Hall Of Mirrors The Great Depression, The Great Recession, And The Uses-and Misuses-of History-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: The two great financial crises of the past century are the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Great Recession, which began in 2008. Both occurred against the backdrop of sharp credit booms, dubious banking practices, and a fragile and unstable global financial system. When markets went intocardiac arrest in 2008, policymakers invoked the lessons of the Great Depression in attempting to avert the worst. While their response prevented a financial collapse and catastrophic depression like that of the 1930s, unemployment in the U.S. and Europe still rose to excruciating high levels. Painand suffering were widespread. The question, given this, is why didnt policymakers do better? Hall of Mirrors, Barry Eichengreens monumental twinned history of the two crises, provides the farthest-reaching answer to this question to date. Alternating back and forth between the two crises and between North America and Europe,Eichengreen shows how fear of another Depression following the collapse of Lehman Brothers shaped policy responses on both continents, with both positive and negative results. Since bank failures were a prominent feature of the Great Depression, policymakers moved quickly to strengthen troubledbanks. But because derivatives markets were not important in the 1930s, they missed problems in the so-called shadow banking system. Having done too little to support spending in the 1930s, governments also ramped up public spending this time around. But the response was indiscriminate and quicklycame back to haunt overly indebted governments, particularly in Southern Europe. Moreover, because politicians overpromised, and because their measures failed to stave off a major recession, a backlash quickly developed against activist governments and central banks. Policymakers then prematurelysuccumbed to the temptation to return to normal policies before normal conditions had returned. The result has been a grindingly slow recovery in the United States and endless recession in Europe.Hall of Mirrors is both a major work of economic history and an essential exploration of how we avoided making only some of the same mistakes twice. It shows not just how the lessons of Great Depression history continue to shape societys response to contemporary economic problems, but also howthe experience of the Great Recession will permanently change how we think about the Great Depression. Review This is undoubtedly one of the best books on the history of economic policy-making to be published in the last half century... clear, compelling account of the Great Depression and the Great Recession. -- Professor Brad Bratley Bateman (Randolph College), HETP Vol.2 This important book and the ideas behind it are already entering the public policy sphere at the highest level.--2016 Alice Jones Prize Award PresentationBarry Eichengreens Hall of Mirrors: The Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the Uses - and Misuses - of History stands in contrast to contemporary mainstream economics by pointing out how much we can learn from history when attempting to understand the contemporary economic world.--Mediterranean StudiesThe Great Depression was the signal economic event of the 20th century and, we hope, the Great Recession will be the signal event of the 21st. Few people on earth can draw out the similarities and differences as well as Barry Eichengreen, who paints with equal facility in broad strokes and infascinating detail. Reading Hall of Mirrors is a joy. Keeping it on your bookshelf for future reference is a necessity.--Alan Blinder, author of After the Music StoppedHistorical analogies come cheap, but historical insight relevant to today is both rare and valuable. Barry Eichengreens Hall of Mirrors is packed with the essential insights that give the reader understanding of the macro policy mistakes of the 1930s and the 2000s, both why they occurred and howdevastating they were. A must-read. --Adam S. Po...

-Titulo Original : An Inquiry Into The Nature And Causes Of The Wealth Of Nations A Selected Edition (oxford Worlds Classics)-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: While it has been pointed to time and again by governments and pundits promoting laissez-faire economics, The Wealth of Nations actually shows that Adam Smith viewed capitalism with a deep suspicion, and tempered his celebration of a self-regulating market with a darker vision of thedehumanizing potential of a profit-oriented society. Smith did not write an economics textbook, but rather a panoramic narrative about the struggle for individual liberty and general prosperity in history. This edition includes generous selections from all five books of The Wealth of Nations. Italso provides full notes and a commentary that places Smiths work within a rich interdisciplinary context.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expertintroductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. About the Author Adam Smith (1723-1790) was a Scottish political economist and moral philosopher. Kathryn Sutherland is a Lecturer in English Literature at University of Manchester...

-Titulo Original : An Essay On The Principle Of Population (oxford Worlds Classics)-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: As the worlds population continues to grow at a frighteningly rapid rate, Malthuss classic warning against overpopulation gains increasing importance. An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources, and argues that checks inthe form of poverty, disease, and starvation are necessary to keep societies from moving beyond their means of subsistence. Malthuss simple but powerful argument was controversial in his time; today his name has become a byword for active concern about humankinds demographic and ecologicalprospects.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expertintroductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. About the Author He is also the author of many articles on Malthus, the Poor Law, and the Welfare State. He is currently researching a book on Malthus and poverty...

-Titulo Original : Understanding Organizations-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: Charles Handys revolutionary 1989 bestseller The Age of Unreason catapulted him into the ranks of the top management consultants. Now, in this new edition of his acclaimed study Understanding Organizations, he solidifies his reputation as a seminal business thinker, offering a brilliantlyinsightful, wide-ranging look at business organizations. Long a bestseller in the United Kingdom, this classic text offers an illuminating discussion of key concepts of concern to all managers: culture, motivation, leadership, power, role-playing and working in groups. Ever mindful of actual business practice, Handy directly addresses how managerscan translate the six main concepts into invaluable tools for effective management. He discusses how all organizations need to select, develop and reward their people; to structure and design their work; to resolve political conflicts; to lay down guidelines for their managers; and to plan for thefuture. In each case, the approaches and techniques described here are invaluable. Equally important, Handy excels at presenting his ideas in colorful, immediately accessible ways, filling the book with illuminating examples and inventive metaphors that range from Tolstoys ideas on the concept of self, to the many meanings of good morning, to the conversations that occurin a stopped elevator, to the proper size for a vineyard or an elephant. He shows, for instance, how an optical illusion experiment sheds light on interdepartmental relations, and how the way schoolchildren are typecast by their peers helps explain corporate hierarchies. And along with case studies,graphs, charts, and questionnaires, Understanding Organizations is peppered with boxed sections that offer advice and stimulate thought, brimming with provocative quotations from business wizards such as Peter Drucker, Tom Peters, Warren Bennis, Alvin Toffler, and Rosabeth Moss Kanter, as well asfrom Aristotle, Shakespeare, Gilbert and Sullivan, Gail Sheehy, and Joseph Heller. What the successful manager knows intuitively, Charles Handy puts into words. His powerful interpretive schemes will help managers grasp the underlying dynamics of their company, make sense of its past, and assess--and shape--its future. Review An exceptional book getting to the basics of an organization. The use of resource materials is the most accomplished. Dr. Richard H. Fabris, Jersey City State College From the Back Cover Long a bestseller in the United Kingdom, this classic text offers an illuminating discussion of key concepts of concern to all managers: culture, motivation, leadership, power, role-playing and working in groups.What the successful manager knows intuitively, Charles Handy puts into words. His powerful interpretive schemes will help managers grasp the underlying dynamics of their company, make sense of its past, and assess- and shape- its future. About the Author Charles Handy is a visiting professor at the London Business School as well as a writer and management consultant. His books include The Age of Unreason, Waiting for the Mountain to Move, and Inside Organizations...

-Titulo Original : Chinas Economy What Everyone Needs To Know®-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: Chinas economic growth has been revolutionary, and is the foundation of its increasingly prominent role in world affairs. It is the worlds second biggest economy, the largest manufacturing and trading nation, the consumer of half the worlds steel and coal, the biggest source ofinternational tourists, and one of the most influential investors in developing countries from southeast Asia to Africa to Latin America. Multinational companies make billions of dollars in profits in China each year, while traders around the world shudder at every gyration of the countrys unrulystock markets. Perhaps paradoxically, its capitalist economy is governed by an authoritarian Communist Party that shows no sign of loosening its grip.China is frequently in the news, whether because of trade disputes, the challenges of its Belt and Road initiative for global infrastructure, or its increasing military strength. Chinas political and technological challenges, created by a country whose political system and values differdramatically from most of the other major world economies, creates uncertainty and even fear. Chinas Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know® is a concise introduction to the most astonishing economic and political story of the last three decades. Arthur Kroeber enhances our understanding of Chinas changes and their implications. Among the essential questions he answers are: How did Chinagrow so fast for so long? Can it keep growing and still solve its problems of environmental damage, fast-rising debt and rampant corruption? How long can its vibrant economy co-exist with the repressive one-party state? How do Chinas changes affect the rest of the world? This thoroughly revised and updated second edition includes a comprehensive discussion of the origins and development of the US-China strategic rivalry, including Trumps trade war and the race for technological supremacy. It also explores the recent changes in Chinas political system, reflectingXi Jinpings emergence as the most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. It includes insights on changes in Chinas financial sector, covering the rise and fall of the shadow banking sector, and Chinas increasing integration with global financial markets. And it covers Chinas rapid technologicaldevelopment and the rise of its global Internet champions such as Alibaba and Tencent. Review (This) Updated second edition explains how Chinas economy rose to its position today and where it might be headed in the coming years, highlighting Chinas increased relevance to the world since 2016. -- Journal of Economic Literature About the Author Arthur R. Kroeber is founding partner and managing director of Gavekal Dragonomics, a research firm focusing on China with offices in Hong Kong and Beijing. Before establishing Dragonomics in 2002, he spent 15 years as a financial and economic journalist in China and South Asia. He is seniornon-resident fellow at the Brookings-Tsinghua Center in Beijing, adjunct professor at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs and at the NYU Stern School of Business, and a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations...

-Titulo Original : A Dictionary Of Finance And Banking (oxford Quick Reference)-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: With over 5,500--including 150 new--accessible entries, this sixth edition of the bestselling Dictionary of Finance and Banking has been fully revised and updated to take into account the ever-developing financial landscape of the last five years. This comprehensive A-Z defines terms from all aspects of personal and international finance, including money markets, private investments and borrowing, central banking, foreign exchanges, monetary policy, and public and government finance. International coverage is expanded to reflect the on-going globalization of financial markets and the growing importance of development finance, with new entries such as village banking, Islamic Development Bank, and M-Pesa. Quick links for additional online resources relating to the field can also be found on the companion website to expand reading and delve deeper into the world of finance and banking. With clear and accessible definitions, this jargon-free dictionary is a companion volume to the other financial titles in this bestselling series ( A Dictionary of Business and Management, A Dictionary of Accounting, and A Dictionary of Economics), and provides accurate and valuable information for students, practitioners, private investors, and readers of the financial pages alike. About the Author Jonathan Law has worked in reference publishing for nearly 30 years and is a director of Market House Books Ltd. He is the editor or co-editor of several other books in the Oxford Quick Reference series, including A Dictionary of Law and A Dictionary of Business and Management...

-Titulo Original : A Dictionary Of Business And Management (oxford Quick Reference)-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: This wide-ranging and authoritative dictionary contains over 7,100 entries covering all areas of business and management, including marketing, organizational behaviour, business strategy, law, and taxation. In its sixth edition, it features the very latest developments, such as those relating to information technology (including mobile technology), and the financial crisis and the subsequent sovereign debt crisis. Entries have been updated to refer to recent events and news in the field, for example the LIBOR scandal. Over 100 new entries have been added including bitcoin, Cogs Ladder, mobile commerce, Six Sigma, social media, theory of institutional deficiencies, and zero-hours contract. Furthermore, there is expanded coverage of areas such as financial regulation and corporate social responsibility, with a number of new entries offering insight into these topics, including aw-shucks defence and Financial Conduct Authority. The new edition of this established bestselling dictionary elucidates modern financial and management jargon, defining entries in a clear, concise, and accessible manner. With recommended web links for many entries, accessible and kept up to date via the Dictionary of Business and Management companion website, this edition is more informative than ever. This A--Z reference work is essential for business students, teachers and professionals, and useful for anyone needing a guide to business terminology. About the Author Edited by Jonathan Law, Market House Book...

-Titulo Original : Superintelligence Paths, Dangers, Strategies-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: A New York Times bestseller Superintelligence asks the questions: What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? Nick Bostrom lays the foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life. The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. If machine brains surpassed human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become extremely powerful - possibly beyond our control. As the fate of the gorillas now depends more on humans than on the species itself, so would the fate of humankind depend on the actions of the machine superintelligence. But we have one advantage: we get to make the first move. Will it be possible to construct a seed Artificial Intelligence, to engineer initial conditions so as to make an intelligence explosion survivable? How could one achieve a controlled detonation? This profoundly ambitious and original book breaks down a vast track of difficult intellectual terrain. After an utterly engrossing journey that takes us to the frontiers of thinking about the human condition and the future of intelligent life, we find in Nick Bostroms work nothing less than a reconceptualization of the essential task of our time. Review I highly recommend this book --Bill GatesTerribly important ... groundbreaking... extraordinary sagacity and clarity, enabling him to combine his wide-ranging knowledge over an impressively broad spectrum of disciplines - engineering, natural sciences, medicine, social sciences and philosophy - into a comprehensible whole... If this book gets the reception that it deserves, it may turn out the most important alarm bell since Rachel Carsons Silent Spring from 1962, or ever. --Olle Haggstrom, Professor of Mathematical StatisticsNick Bostroms excellent book Superintelligence is the best thing Ive seen on this topic. It is well worth a read. --Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator and Co-Chairman of OpenAIWorth reading.... We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes --Elon Musk, Founder of SpaceX and TeslaNick Bostrom makes a persuasive case that the future impact of AI is perhaps the most important issue the human race has ever faced. Instead of passively drifting, we need to steer a course. Superintelligence charts the submerged rocks of the future with unprecedented detail. It marks the beginning of a new era. --Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science, University of California, BerkleyThis superb analysis by one of the worlds clearest thinkers tackles one of humanitys greatest challenges: if future superhuman artificial intelligence becomes the biggest event in human history, then how can we ensure that it doesnt become the last? --Professor Max Tegmark, MITValuable. The implications of introducing a second intelligent species onto Earth are far-reaching enough to deserve hard thinking --The EconomistThere is no doubting the force of [Bostroms] arguments...the problem is a research challenge worthy of the next generations best mathematical talent. Human civilisation is at stake. --Clive Cookson, Financial TimesThose disposed to dismiss an AI takeover as science fiction may think again after reading this original and well-argued book. --Martin Rees, Past President, Royal Society Every intelligent person should read it. --Nils Nilsson, Artificial Intelligence Pioneer, Stanford University About the Author Nick Bostrom is Swedish-born philosopher and polymath with a background in theoretical physics, computational neuroscience, logic, and artificial intelligence, as well as philosophy. He is Professor at Oxford University, where he leads the Future of Humanity Institute as its founding director. (The FHI is a multidisciplinary university research center; it ...

-Titulo Original : Cybersecurity And Cyberwar What Everyone Needs To Know®-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: A generation ago, cyberspace was just a term from science fiction, used to describe the nascent network of computers linking a few university labs. Today, our entire modern way of life, from communication to commerce to conflict, fundamentally depends on the Internet. And the cybersecurity issues that result challenge literally everyone: politicians wrestling with everything from cybercrime to online freedom; generals protecting the nation from new forms of attack, while planning new cyberwars; business executives defending firms from once unimaginable threats, and looking to make money off of them; lawyers and ethicists building new frameworks for right and wrong. Most of all, cybersecurity issues affect us as individuals. We face new questions in everything from our rights and responsibilities as citizens of both the online and real world to simply how to protect ourselves and our families from a new type of danger. And yet, there is perhaps no issue that has grown so important, so quickly, and that touches so many, that remains so poorly understood. In Cybersecurity and CyberWar: What Everyone Needs to Know®, New York Times best-selling author P. W. Singer and noted cyber expert Allan Friedman team up to provide the kind of easy-to-read, yet deeply informative resource book that has been missing on this crucial issue of 21st century life. Written in a lively, accessible style, filled with engaging stories and illustrative anecdotes, the book is structured around the key question areas of cyberspace and its security: how it all works, why it all matters, and what can we do? Along the way, they take readers on a tour of the important (and entertaining) issues and characters of cybersecurity, from the Anonymous hacker group and the Stuxnet computer virus to the new cyber units of the Chinese and U.S. militaries. Cybersecurity and CyberWar: What Everyone Needs to Know® is the definitive account on the subject for us all, which comes not a moment too soon. What Everyone Needs to Know® is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press. Review ...an impressive tour de force, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar gives us actual case studies, insider interviews, bizarre trivia, and a lot of dramatic statistics to help demystify the danger, and there is real danger. The timely book brings thoughtful, witty, and balanced analysis to this very important emerging discussion...its a book I wish I had written. --Patrick Lin, The Atlantic If youre completely ignorant about malware and cyberattacks, this is the book for you. And if you think you know a lot about these topics, this is still the book for you. Its thorough, exhaustive, and easy to read...extremely approachable. -- Mashable In confronting the cybersecurity problem, its important for all of us to become knowledgeable and involved. This book makes that possible -- and also fascinating. Its everything you need to know about cybersecurity, wonderfully presented in a clear and smart way.--Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs If you read only one book about all this cyberstuff, make it this one. Singer and Friedman know how to make even the most complicated material accessible and even entertaining, while at the same time making a powerful case for why all of us need to know more and think harder about the (cyber)world we know live in.--Anne-Marie Slaughter, President, the New America Foundation Singer and Friedman blend a wonderfully easy to follow FAQ format with engaging prose, weaving explanations of the elements of cybersecurity with revealing anecdotes. From the fundamentals of Internet architecture to the topical intrigue of recent security leaks, this book provides an accessible and enjoyable analysis of the current cybersecurity landscape and what it could look like in the future.--Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law and Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University, and author of The Future of the I...

-Titulo Original : Ama Manual Of Style, 11th Edition-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: The AMA Manual of Style is a must-have resource for anyone involved in medical, health, and scientific publishing. Written by an expert committee of JAMA Network editors, this latest edition addresses issues that face authors, editors, and publishers in the digital age. Extensive updates are included in the References chapter, with examples of how to cite digital publications, preprints, databases, data repositories, podcasts, apps and interactive games, and social media. Full-color examples grace the chapter on data display, with newer types of graphic presentations and updated guidance on formatting tables and figures. The manual thoroughly covers ethical and legal issues such as authorship, conflicts of interest, scientific misconduct, intellectual property, open access and public access, and corrections. The Usage chapter has been revised to bring the manual up-to-date on word choice, especially in writing about individuals with diseases or conditions and from various socioeconomic, racial/ethnic, and sexual orientation populations. Specific nomenclature entries in many disciplines are presented to guide users in issues of diction, formatting, and preferred terminology. Guidance on numbers, SI units, and math has been updated, and the section on statistics and study design has undergone a major expansion. In sum, the answer to nearly any issue facing a writer or editor in medicine, health care, and related disciplines can be found in the 11th edition of the AMA Manual of Style. About the Author The AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors is authored by a committee of JAMA Network editors, chaired by Stacy Christiansen. The JAMA Network family of journals includes JAMA, an international peer-reviewed general medical journal published continuously since 1883, JAMA Network specialty journals, and JAMA Network Open...

-Titulo Original : Civil Engineering A Very Short Introduction (very Short Introductions)-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: Civil engineering has made an inestimable contribution to modern life, providing the crucial expertise behind our vast transportation systems and the wide array of built structures where we work, study, and play. In this Very Short Introduction, engineer David Muir Wood turns a spotlight on a field that we often take for granted. He sheds light on the nature and importance of civil engineering in the history of civilization and urbanization, outlines its many accomplishments in the modern era, and points to the hurdles that civil engineering will face in the future. Beginning with the task of creating a settlement on a deserted island, Muir Wood sets out the problems that civil engineers face every day, highlighting the social and environmental challenges as well as the grasp of science and technology needed to craft buildings, bridges, tunnels, houses, and areas of recreation. The author also profiles the lives of some of the major civil engineers, such as Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the acclaimed builder of steamships, railways, and tunnels, and Sir Joseph Bazalgette, whose sewer system in central London was instrumental in relieving the city from cholera epidemics. Finally, Muir Wood considers the growing difficulty of managing our water and energy supplies, and he looks at the engineering professions increased sensitivity to building and the environment. About the Author David Muir Wood is Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Bristol...

-Titulo Original : Out Of The Mountains The Coming Age Of The Urban Guerrilla-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: When Americans think of modern warfare, what comes to mind is the US army skirmishing with terrorists and insurgents in the mountains of Afghanistan. But the face of global conflict is ever-changing. In Out of the Mountains, David Kilcullen, one of the worlds leading experts on current and future conflict, offers a groundbreaking look at what may happen after todays wars end. This is a book about future conflicts and future cities, and about the challenges and opportunities that four powerful megatrends--population, urbanization, coastal settlement, and connectedness--are creating across the planet. And it is about what cities, communities and businesses can do to prepare for a future in which all aspects of human society--including, but not limited to, conflict, crime and violence--are changing at an unprecedented pace. Kilcullen argues that conflict is increasingly likely to occur in sprawling coastal cities, in peri-urban slum settlements that are enveloping many regions of the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia, and in highly connected, electronically networked settings. He suggests that cities, rather than countries, are the critical unit of analysis for future conflict and that resiliency, not stability, will be the key objective. Ranging across the globe--from Kingston to Mogadishu to Lagos to Benghazi to Mumbai--he offers a unified theory of competitive control that explains how non-state armed groups such as drug cartels, street gangs, and warlords draw their strength from local populations, providing useful ideas for dealing with these groups and with diffuse social conflicts in general. His extensive fieldwork on the ground in a series of urban conflicts suggests that there will be no military solution for many of the struggles we will face in the future. We will need to involve local people deeply to address problems that neither outsiders nor locals alone can solve, drawing on the insight only locals can bring, together with outsider knowledge from fields like urban planning, systems engineering, renewable energy, conflict resolution and mediation. This deeply researched and compellingly argued book provides an invaluable roadmap to a future that will increasingly be crowded, urban, coastal, connected--and dangerous. Review A Look Inside: Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla [Click Images to Enlarge] A mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle (MRAP), a few minutes before the ambush in Dara-i Nur District, Afghanistan, September 10, 2009. Photo by David Kilcullen. Feral City-- African Union peacekeepers drive past shops and power lines on the streets of Mogadishu, June 2012. Photo by David Kilcullen. Competitive control-- Somali clan militia at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Mogadishu, June 2012. Photo by David Kilcullen. Competitive control-- a Somali building destroyed by militants as punishment for its owners’ failure to pay insurgent taxes. Photo taken by David Kilcullen. Hindu Kush, Afghanistan-- the remote landlocked mountain environment has become the default for many western militaries, diplomats, and development agencies since 2001. Photo taken by David Kilcullen. Competitive control-- African Union troops with weapons, radios, and ammunition captured from al-Shabaab during the battle of Afgoye, June 2012. Photo taken by David Kilcullen. Review An iconoclastic new book on future urban conflicts. --David Ignatius, Washington Post Out of the Mountains isnt brimming with tactical solutions to such problems. Just as present-day counterinsurgency doctrine didnt materialize overnight, the answers to the questions Mr. Kilcullen poses will evolve over time. But his insistence that it is time to drag ourselves -- body and mind -- out of the mountains serves as a reminder that complacency remains one of the most serious threats to U.S. national security. -- Wa...

-Titulo Original : Zoo Animals Behaviour, Management, And Welfare-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: The keeping of zoo animals has become a central tool in the conservation of some of the worlds most fascinating, yet threatened, species. But how do zoos operate on a day-to-day basis? What are the key problems they face in trying to feed, breed, and keep healthy the animals in their care? How can they play their part in conserving biodiversity? Zoo Animals: Behaviour, Management and Welfare addresses the key questions surrounding the keeping of exotic animals in captivity, and reveals how we can apply our ever-growing understanding of animal behaviour to ensure zoo animals are managed as effectively as possible. Drawing on their extensive experience of zoo research, practice, and teaching, the authors blend together theory with a broad range of both mammalian and non-mammalian examples to give a highly-readable overview of this burgeoning field. Zoo Animals: Behaviour, Management, and Welfare is the ideal resource for anyone needing a thorough grounding in this subject, whether as a student or as a zoo professional. Online Resource Centre The Online Resource Centre to accompany Zoo Animals features: For all readers: DT Updates - surveys of key developments in the field DT Multiple choice questions with instant feedback, to aid self-assessment For registered adopters of the book: DT Figures from the book in electronic format and full colour, available for download Review This is a much welcomed second edition of this popular volume with revisions and fresh insights into what has become the essential textbook in this field, not only for those studying various animal-related disciplines but also all of those interested in how zoos operate to meet the multiple roles required and expected of them. ... The presentation of topics is clear and highly readable, making it easy to search for information on a wide range of subject matter, which has been well referenced with a sound provision of further resources for those seeking additional material on a particular topic. -- The Quarterly Review of Biology It is written in a lively and accessible style, and covers every aspect of zoo animal management, from basic biology to legislation and record keeping. It is highly readable and scientifically well grounded. -- The Biologist About the Author Dr Geoff Hosey was formerly a senior lecturer at the University of Bolton, UK, where he taught in the area of animal behaviour. Dr Vicky Melfi is Behavioural Biologist at Taronga Zoo, Australia. Her research interests include animal welfare, behavioural ecology of zoo animals, and environmental enrichment. Dr Sheila Pankhurst is Head of the Department of Life Sciences at Anglia Ruskin UNiversity, Cambridge, UK, where her teaching and research centres on the behaviour and welfare of zoo animals...

-Titulo Original : Engineering Your Future A Comprehensive Introduction To Engineering-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: Engineering Your Future: A Comprehensive Introduction to Engineering, Ninth Edition, is an authoritative guide to the academic expectations and professional opportunities in engineering, a field that is both academically rigorous and creatively demanding. Todays engineering students are faced with endless career opportunities. Engineering Your Future clarifies those options and directs students down the path to a rewarding career in the engineering field. Featuring exceptionally broad coverage, it offers instructors unparalleled flexibility for any introductory course. About the Author William C. Oakes, P.E., is Professor of Engineering Education and Director of the EPICS Program at Purdue University. He is also the coauthor of Service-Learning: Engineering in Your Community, Second Edition (OUP, 2013) and a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and the National Society of Professional Engineers. Les L. Leone is Assistant Dean Emeritus at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards from the American Society for Engineering Education...

-Titulo Original : Concepts In Thermal Physics-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: An understanding of thermal physics is crucial to much of modern physics, chemistry and engineering. This book provides a modern introduction to the main principles that are foundational to thermal physics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. The key concepts are carefully presented in a clear way, and new ideas are illustrated with copious worked examples as well as a description of the historical background to their discovery. Applications are presented to subjects as diverse as stellar astrophysics, information and communication theory, condensed matter physics and climate change. Each chapter concludes with detailed exercises. The second edition of this popular textbook maintains the structure and lively style of the first edition but extends its coverage of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics to include several new topics, including osmosis, diffusion problems, Bayes theorem, radiative transfer, the Ising model and Monte Carlo methods. New examples and exercises have been added throughout. To request a copy of the Solutions Manual, visit: ://global.oup /uk/academic/physics/admin/solutions Review With so many results derived from so few assumptions, it is important that the presentation be clear and logical. Concepts in Thermal Physics by Stephen J. Blundell and Katherine M. Blundell fulfills that need admirably, and their textbook will be very useful for an undergraduate course in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.-- hysics Today With so many results derived from so few assumptions, it is important that the presentation be clear and logical. Concepts in Thermal Physics by Stephen J. Blundell and Katherine M. Blundell fulfills that need admirably, and their textbook will be very useful for an undergraduate course in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.-- hysics Today About the Author Stephen Blundell did his undergraduate degree in Physics and Theoretical Physics at Peterhouse, Cambridge and his Ph. D. in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge. He moved to the Clarendon Laboratory at Oxford to take up an SERC research fellowship, followed by a Junior Research Fellowship at Merton College, where he began research in organic magnets and superconductors using muon-spin rotation. In 1997 he was appointed to a University Lectureship in the Physics Department and a Tutorial Fellowship at Mansfield College, Oxford, and was subsequently promoted to Reader and then Professor. He was a joint winner of the Daiwa-Adrian Prize in 1999 for his work on organic magnets. Katherine Blundell did her undergraduate degree in Physics and Theoretical Physics at New Hall College, Cambridge and her Ph. D. in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge. She moved to Oxford University Astrophysics department, holding a Junior Research Fellowship at Balliol College, an 1851 Research Fellowship, before taking up a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. Her research concentrates on radio galaxies and quasars. In 2005 she won a Leverhulme prize for her research, and became a Professor of Astrophysics in 2008...

-Titulo Original : Renewable Energy Power For A Sustainable Future-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: The provision of sustainable energy supplies for an expanding and increasingly productive world is one of the major issues facing civilisation today. Renewable Energy examines both the practical and economic potential of the renewable energy sources to meet this challenge. The underlying physical and technological principles behind deriving power from direct solar (solar thermal and photovoltaics), indirect solar (biomass, hydro, wind and wave) and non-solar (tidal and geothermal) energy sources are explained, within the context of their environmental impacts, their economics and their future prospects. Renewable Energy provides both perspective and detail on the relative merits and state of progress of technologies for utilizing the various renewables. The analysis considers emissions, sustainability, cost implications and energy security, as political and economic pressures move society towards a low-carbon future. From an overview of basic energy conversion processes, through a discussion of the individual renewable sources, to a concluding examination of the prospects for their integration into national and international networks and the outlook for renewable energy, this book provides a valuable insight into prospects for the renewables. Online Resource Centre Renewable Energy is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre which features: For students: DT Auto- marked multiple choice questions to accompany each chapter DT Curated links to further information and up-to-date energy statistics. For registered adopters of the book: DT Figures from the book: available to download for use in lectures About the Author Stephen Peake is Lecturer in Environmental Technology at The Open University. Dr Stephen Peake is senior lecturer in environmental technology at The Open University and fellow at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, where he leads courses on sustainability and climate leadership. Over the last 23 years, Stephen has worked on climate change in various interesting guises: as a researcher at the University of Cambridge, as a fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London (including a stint at the Shell International Petroleum Company), as a Fonctionnaire at the International Energy Agency within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, and as a diplomat with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany...

-Titulo Original : Nuclear Energy What Everyone Needs To Know®-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: Originally perceived as a cheap and plentiful source of power, the commercial use of nuclear energy has been controversial for decades. Worries about the dangers that nuclear plants and their radioactive waste posed to nearby communities grew over time, and plant construction in the United States virtually died after the early 1980s. The 1986 disaster at Chernobyl only reinforced nuclear powers negative image. Yet in the decade prior to the Japanese nuclear crisis of 2011, sentiment about nuclear power underwent a marked change. The alarming acceleration of global warming due to the burning of fossil fuels and concern about dependence on foreign fuel has led policymakers, climate scientists, and energy experts to look once again at nuclear power as a source of energy. In this accessible overview, Charles D. Ferguson provides an authoritative account of the key facts about nuclear energy. What is the origin of nuclear energy? What countries use commercial nuclear power, and how much electricity do they obtain from it? How can future nuclear power plants be made safer? What can countries do to protect their nuclear facilities from military attacks? How hazardous is radioactive waste? Is nuclear energy a renewable energy source? Featuring a discussion of the recent nuclear crisis in Japan and its ramifications, Ferguson addresses these questions and more in Nuclear Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know®, a book that is essential for anyone looking to learn more about this important issue. What Everyone Needs to Know® is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press. Review WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW About This Series Who its for: Busy people with diverse interests, ranging from college students to professionals, who wish to inform themselves in a succinct yet authoritative manner about a particular topic. Whats inside: An incisive approach to a complex and timely issue, laid out in a straight-forward, question-and-answer format. Meet Our Authors Top experts in their given fields, ranging from an Economist correspondent to a director at the Council on Foreign Relations, you can trust our authors’ expertise and guidance. Popular Topics in the What Everyone Needs to Know Series International Politics Environmental Policies World History Sciences & Math Religion & Spirituality Review This book is a must read for all literate citizens living in this century...Essential - CHOICE About the Author Charles D. Ferguson is President of the Federation of American Scientists and an Adjunct Professor in Georgetown Universitys Security Studies Program. Trained as a physicist and nuclear engineer, he has worked on nuclear policy issues at the U.S. Department of State and the Council on Foreign Relations...

-Titulo Original : Concepts In Thermal Physics-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: An understanding of thermal physics is crucial to much of modern physics, chemistry and engineering. This book provides a modern introduction to the main principles that are foundational to thermal physics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. The key concepts are carefully presented in a clear way, and new ideas are illustrated with copious worked examples as well as a description of the historical background to their discovery. Applications are presented to subjects as diverse as stellar astrophysics, information and communication theory, condensed matter physics and climate change. Each chapter concludes with detailed exercises. The second edition of this popular textbook maintains the structure and lively style of the first edition but extends its coverage of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics to include several new topics, including osmosis, diffusion problems, Bayes theorem, radiative transfer, the Ising model and Monte Carlo methods. New examples and exercises have been added throughout. To request a copy of the Solutions Manual, visit: ://global.oup /uk/academic/physics/admin/solutions Review With so many results derived from so few assumptions, it is important that the presentation be clear and logical. Concepts in Thermal Physics by Stephen J. Blundell and Katherine M. Blundell fulfills that need admirably, and their textbook will be very useful for an undergraduate course in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.-- hysics Today With so many results derived from so few assumptions, it is important that the presentation be clear and logical. Concepts in Thermal Physics by Stephen J. Blundell and Katherine M. Blundell fulfills that need admirably, and their textbook will be very useful for an undergraduate course in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.-- hysics Today About the Author Stephen Blundell did his undergraduate degree in Physics and Theoretical Physics at Peterhouse, Cambridge and his Ph. D. in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge. He moved to the Clarendon Laboratory at Oxford to take up an SERC research fellowship, followed by a Junior Research Fellowship at Merton College, where he began research in organic magnets and superconductors using muon-spin rotation. In 1997 he was appointed to a University Lectureship in the Physics Department and a Tutorial Fellowship at Mansfield College, Oxford, and was subsequently promoted to Reader and then Professor. He was a joint winner of the Daiwa-Adrian Prize in 1999 for his work on organic magnets. Katherine Blundell did her undergraduate degree in Physics and Theoretical Physics at New Hall College, Cambridge and her Ph. D. in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge. She moved to Oxford University Astrophysics department, holding a Junior Research Fellowship at Balliol College, an 1851 Research Fellowship, before taking up a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. Her research concentrates on radio galaxies and quasars. In 2005 she won a Leverhulme prize for her research, and became a Professor of Astrophysics in 2008...

-Titulo Original : Read Write Inc. Phonics Home More Phonics Flashcards-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: * The starting point of Ruth Miskins popular Read Write Inc phonic teaching programme * Speed Sound Flashcards introduce the sounds and the corresponding graphemes (letters), to enable children to decode words easily so they are ready to read the storybooks. * Follows on from Read Write Inc Flashcards Set 1 * Introduce the sounds and corresponding letters with pictures and short phrases to help children remember the sound * Guidance for parents to practice the Speed Sounds with their child is offered throughout Review `Read Write Inc. actually teaches children to read and write. We love using this programme because children achieve so much co quickly. They want to read and write. Its the best literacy programme we have ever known. Lorna Jackson, Headteacher, Maryland Primary School About the Author Ruth Miskin is currently involved in a series of nationwide training programmes for primary schools. Channel 4 is currently filming Ruth Miskin working in a failing school, using the RWI programme, to raise standards and turn struggling and non-readers into more confident and competent readers. Tim Archbold illustrates all the RWI books in schools so children and parents will be familiar with his humorous, popular style...

-Titulo Original : Intimate Relationships, Marriages, And Families-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: Now fully revised and published by Oxford University Press, Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families, Ninth Edition, is an accessible, comprehensive introduction to marriage and family with a focus on strengthening families and effective coping strategies. This text combines the most current research with an emphasis on family background and diversity. Each chapter concludes with a section on public policy and critical thinking questions. Review Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families is a dynamic text that thoughtfully addresses relationship issues of mate selection, marriage, divorce, and remarriage. The authors provide excellent research throughout the text and challenge the reader to examine the way they make choices.--Anita Glee Bertram, University of Central Oklahoma Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families not only offers research and information about challenges and changes in families, but also how to cope with them. The personal perspective helps students to apply what they are learning to their own lives.--Christine Nortz, Florida Gateway College About the Author Nancy Stinnett is Instructor Emerita of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Alabama. Nick Stinnett is Professor Emeritus of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Alabama. Mary Kay DeGenova is a former Associate Professor of Family Studies at Central Michigan University and the University of New Hampshire. F. Philip Rice was Professor Emeritus at the The University of Maine, Orono...

-Titulo Original : A Dictionary Of Psychology (oxford Quick Reference)-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: Including more than 11,000 definitions, this authoritative and up-to-date dictionary covers all branches of psychology. Clear, concise descriptions for each entry offer extensive coverage of key areas including cognition, sensation and perception, emotion and motivation, learning and skills, language, mental disorder, and research methods. The range of entries extends to related disciplines including psychoanalysis, psychiatry, the neurosciences, and statistics. Entries are extensively cross-referenced for ease of use, and cover word origins and derivations as well as definitions. More than 100 illustrations complement the text. This fourth edition has incorporated a large number of significant revisions and additions, many in response to the 2013 publication of the American Psychiatric Associations latest edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, bringing the Dictionary fully up to date with the most recent literature of the subject. In addition to the alphabetical entries, the dictionary also includes appendices covering over 800 commonly used abbreviations and symbols, as well as a list of phobias and phobic stimuli, with definitions. Comprehensive and clearly written, this dictionary is an invaluable work of reference for students, lecturers, and the general reader with an interest in psychology. Review Reviews from previous edition: Comprehensive, sound, readable, and up-to-date, this is probably the best single-volume dictionary of its kind. Weighty in substance, the work is nonetheless manageable; Colman uses words with grace and economy...Cross references are handled effectively...Browsers will find much food for thought and some intellectual treats...Eager to teach and entertain, Colman offers a list of do-it-yourself demonstrations in the preface. Essential wherever psychology matters. Library Journal an authoritative style, an ability to communicate in clear but concise terms, and extensive knowledge of the subject matter...Andrew Colman appears to possess all of these qualities and his Dictionary of Psychology is the impressive result...The book has many strengths and is certainly to be recommended...I am pleased to have it on my bookshelf. THES Certainly a useful first port of call The Psychologist This book does not give bare definitions, it clothes them with context New Scientist The most comprehensive single-volume reference to psychology combines psychiatry and pschoanalysis under one broad umbrella Forecast This tome is a comprehensive lexicon of psychological terminology within a historical and medical context, creating an entertaining and readable blend of glossary and text. Of interest to psychologists and anyone curious about the intricacies of the human mind, the Dictionary of Psychology is the newest and best authority on psychological nomenclature...[it] will tell you anything you might - or dont - want to know about the subject. Another fine book from Oxford University Press. gadflyonline This is an attractive and comfortable dictionary to use...a required addition to larger public libraries and academic libraries...It is both classic and futurist, bringing together theory and practice and physical, emotional, and historical concepts used within the widening scope of psychology. It is great value for the price and would also be a welcome addition to any social scientists personal library. Booklist an excellent dictionary that clarifies definitions...reasonably priced, this dictionary will be a terrific addition to any library. American Libraries a reasonably priced ready-reference source...a comprehensive overview of psychological terminology in an easy-to-use format. Entries are short, interesting, readable, and give a quick overview of the topic...a useful addition to a variety of libraries...invaluable for students and teachers American Reference this version, being more fulsome than m...

-Titulo Original : Coercive Control How Men Entrap Women In Personal Life (interpersonal Violence)-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: One of the most important books ever written on domestic violence, Coercive Control breaks through entrenched views of physical abuse that have ultimately failed to protect women. Evan Stark, founder of one of Americas first battered womens shelters, shows how domestic violence is neither primarily domestic nor necessarily violent, but a pattern of controlling behaviors more akin to terrorism and hostage-taking. Drawing on court records, interviews, and FBI statistics, Stark details coercive strategies that men use to deny women their very personhood, from beeper games to food logs to micromanaging dress, speech, sexual activity, and work. Stark urges us to move beyond the injury model and focus on the real victimization that allows men to violate womens human rights with impunity. Provocative and brilliantly argued, Coercive Control reframes abuse as a liberty crime rather than a crime of assault and points the way to bringing real equality for women in line with their formal rights to personhood and citizenship, freedom and safety. Review Regardless of whether readers agree or disagree with Starks contentions or agree only in part, we guarantee they will not ever be bored. It is hoped that this book will be widely read and discussed and its major points incorporated into our daily work. In essence, this book should serve as a catalyst to reinvigorate the domestic violence movement.-- Violence Against Women ...a fascinating new look at how the very question of why women stay has been wrongheaded from the start.--Salon ...a book of tremendous import to anyone working with the issue of domestic violence... Coercive Control is a sweeping, compelling and meticulously detailed argument...If, as Stark suggests, the domestic violence field is on the verge of a Kuhnian revolution, this book is the bugle blast.-- Sex Roles Coercive Control is one of the most important books ever written about domestic violence and one that should be widely read by advocates, policymakers, and academics.-- Domestic Violence Report The mix of research, case material and the authors compelling perspective make the book very readable and engaging.-- The Psychologist About the Author Evan Stark is an award-winning researcher and has served as an expert in over l00 cases involving battered women and their children. He teaches at the Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration and Chairs the Department of Urban Health Administration at the UMDNJ School of Public Health. With Dr. Anne Flitcraft he is the coauthor of Women at Risk: Domestic Violence and Womens Health. He lives in Woodbridge, Connecticutt...

-Titulo Original : Psychology Contemporary Perspectives-Fabricante : Oxford University Press-Descripcion Original: Research-based but highly accessible, this fresh, contemporary, and engaging volume helps students appreciate the science of psychology and understand how its principles apply to their own lives. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FEATURES CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES, NOT JUST CONTEMPORARY REFERENCES Giving careful consideration to the fields historical foundations, Psychology: Contemporary Perspectives provides a unique balance of traditional and contemporary perspectives. This approach invites students to develop a modern appraisal of psychology. THE MOST CURRENT RESEARCH The book covers the latest in evolutionary psychology and behavior genetics, ecological and evolutionary theories of learning, cross-cultural work in cognition, the latest neuroscience data (and its critiques), and endophenotype research in the genetic causes of schizophrenia. CLEAR AND COMPELLING WRITING Exceptionally well written, Psychology: Contemporary Perspectives uses stories to help students connect with the principles of psychology. RICH PEDAGOGY All running features are integrated into the main body of the text, helping to maintain the flow of the narrative--and the attention of students! * Freeze Frame snapshots underscoring the theme of each chapter tell the compelling stories of real-life individuals. * Living Psychology applies psychology to students everyday lives, helping them understand the benefits of what they are studying. * Critical Thinking about Psychology sections give students the tools they need in order to effectively and objectively interpret research. * At the Forefront highlights new and influential research in the field. CAREFULLY CRAFTED STUDY TOOLS Placing an emphasis on review, retrieve, and learn, Psychology: Contemporary Perspectives takes a back-to-basics approach to study tools. * In Summary sections provide clear, concise chapter descriptions, offering students powerful tools for review. * Retrieve! questions encourage students to test their knowledge of what they have just read. Each question includes the page numbers on which the relevant material was first presented, aiding in additional review and reinforcing learning. AN EXCELLENT VALUE Oxford University Press USA, a department of the University of Oxford, is a not-for-profit publisher devoted to furthering the universitys objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Since accessible materials clearly support this mission, OUP USA uses a combination of not-for-profit status and financial discipline to offer course materials that generally cost students significantly less than those offered by commercial publishers. SUPERIOR SUPPLEMENTS We are proud to offer instructors and students a comprehensive set of ancillary resources. * Instructors Ancillary Resource Center: Available online exclusively to adopters, this valuable resource features detailed chapter outlines, lecture suggestions and activities, discussion questions, video resources, and Web resources, along with a computerized test bank containing 1,400 test questions. * Videos: Organized by chapter, these short contemporary video clips from YouTube are available for use as lecture starters and assignable class activities. * PowerPoint-Based Slides: Each chapters slide deck includes a succinct chapter outline and incorporates relevant chapter graphics. * Course Cartridges: Available for a variety of learning management systems. * Instructors Companion Website: The instructors portion of the companion website--available to adopters--includes all the teaching tools described above, which are available for immediate download ( oup /us/okami). * Online Homework: Oxfords Learning Management System delivers quality content and tools to track student progress in an intuitive, nationally hosted learning environment. Assessments are designed to accompany Psychology: Contemporary Perspectives and auto-graded so that instruct...