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Being American on the Edge(2012) GODDARD, J.An interpretive-analytical methodology is used in this single-authored, multidisciplinary work which draws on insights from history, American Studies, social sciences, urban studies, and environmental studies, and cultural studies in order to portray lifeVezava: Mehka70,86 € -
Concept of Literary Application(2012) PETTERSSON, ANDERSApplication is the process in which readers of literature focus on elements in a text and compare them with the outside world as they know it – an operation with cognitive and emotional consequences. This book demonstrates how and why this simple yet neglVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Conflicts and Wars(2012) ASKARI, HOSSEINExplaining how the price of aggression is low enough that governments do not avoid conflicts, this book uses examples drawn from recent conflicts in the Persian Gulf to examine many dimensions of costs incurred by warfare and proposes a private sector solVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Literature, Geography, and the Postmodern Poetics of Place(2012) PRIETO, E.Using contemporary literary representations of place, this study focuses on works that have participated in the emergence of new conceptions of place and new place-based identities. The analyses draw on research in cultural geography, cognitive science, uVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Narrative and Truth(2012) EMSLIE, BARRYIn this book, Emslie establishes that narrative explanations are to be preferred over non-narrative in the humanities. They are more truthful in two senses. They both correspond more closely to reality and allow inference as to normative values. This is pVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Dominant Narratives of Colonial Hokkaido and Imperial Japan(2012) MASON, M.Recasts the commonly dismissed colonial project pursued in Hokkaido during the Meiji era (1868-1912) as a major force in the production of modern Japan's national identity, imperial ideology, and empire.Vezava: Mehka70,86 €
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World According to Philip K. Dick(2015)As the first essay collection dedicated to Philip K. Dick in two decades, this volume breaks new ground in science fiction scholarship and brings innovative critical perspectives to the study of one of the twentieth century's most influential authors.Vezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Popular Cinema as Political Theory(2013) NELSON, J.The book presents cinematic case studies in political realism versus political idealism, demonstrating methods of viewing popular cinema as political theory. The book appreciates political myth-making in popular genres as especially practical and accessibVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Transatlantic Broadway(2015) SCHWEITZER, M.Transatlantic Broadway traces the infrastructural networks and technological advances that supported the globalization of popular entertainment in the pre-World War I period, with a specific focus on the production and performance of Broadway as physicalVezava: Mehka102,36 €
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Entrepreneurial Icebreakers(2015) PRATS, J.,SOSNA, M.,SYSKO-ROMANCZUK, S.This book presents key insights about the challenges and the approaches they applied. All companies are featured in 15 teachable case studies – ready to use in entrepreneurship and strategy courses – that represent a broad level of diversity with regard tVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Academic Inbreeding and Mobility in Higher Education(2015) YUDKEVICH, MARIA,ALTBACH, PHILIP G.,RUMBLEY, LAURA E.Academic inbreeding - appointing one's own graduates for academic positions - is a controversial but surprisingly common practice internationally. This book is the first comparative analysis of the phenomenon - the causes, implications, and future of inbrVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Designing Democracy(2005) PRIDHAM, G.Designing Democracy is the first systematic and in-depth study of the effects of the EU's democratic conditionality, originally set out in the Copenhagen conditions of 1993, on the new political systems of Central and Eastern Europe.Vezava: Mehka70,86 €
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China Development Model(2015) DE RAMBURES, DOMINIQUEOver the last thirty years, China has been reforming its economy at breakneck speed. However a surge in nationalism is threatening China's relations with its neighbours and its rise to regional leadership. This book addresses a wide range of factors influVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Retail Therapy(2003) JONES, R.Designing a successful retail business depends on relationships with four groups of people: customers, shareholders, employees and suppliers. Combining hardcore retail experience with state of the art theory and a steady flow of humour, this is the retailVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Human Factor(2002) HABBEL, R.The author charts an ethical roadmap for successful management in the 21st century. The author argues that leadership and the human factor are being overlooked and that unless companies can convince employees and customers that they are going in the rightVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Androgyny in Modern Literature(2005) HARGREAVES, T.Androgyny in Modern Literature engages with the ways in which the trope of androgyny has shifted during the late nineteenth and twentieth-centuries.Vezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Motivate and Reward(2003) KRESSLER, H.Motivation, ability and potential for development are crucial for performance and the achievement of objectives.Vezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Building Innovative Teams(2003) HARRIS, C.This book adopts a unique approach to innovation by focussing on how teams may deliver innovations capable of transforming their company's performance. It moves onto examine how teams can collaborate to create innovative team values and also shows how a cVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Press and Television in British Politics(2007) GAVIN, N.Press and Television in British Politics offers a research-based exploration of the way the media portrays a range of political and economics-related topics. Using both quantitative and qualitative techniques, Gavin explores the implications that follow fVezava: Mehka70,86 €
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Added Value(2003) SHERRINGTON, M.This book is based upon the operating system of the company, Added Value, founded by the author, and now one of the world's largest marketing and branding consultancies.Vezava: Mehka70,86 €
