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Steven Levitsky How Democracies DieHow does a democracy die? What can we do to save our own? What lessons does history teach us? In the twenty-first century democracy is threatened like never before...
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Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt How Democracies DieDemocracies can die with a coup d'état - or they can die slowly. This happens most deceptively when in piecemeal fashion, with the election of an authoritarian leader, the abuse of governmental power and the complete repression of opposition. All three steps are being taken around the world - not least with the election of Donald Trump - and we must all understand how we can stop them. In How Democracies Die,…
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Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt How Democracies DieDonald Trump’s presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we’d be asking: Is our democracy in danger? Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have spent more than twenty years studying the breakdown...
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Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt How Democracies DieDemocracies can die with a coup d'état - or they can die slowly. This happens most deceptively when in piecemeal fashion, with the election of an authoritarian leader, the abuse of governmental power and the complete repression of opposition...
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Jonathan B. Rosenberg How Debuggers Work: Algorithms, Data Structures, and Architecture ENDebuggers are an indispensable tool in the development process. In fact, during the course of the average software project, more hours are spent debugging software than in compiling code. Yet, not many programmers really know how to constructively interpret the results they get back from debuggers. And even fewer know what makes these complex suites of algorithms and data structures tick. Now in this extremely…
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Ernest T. Pascarella How College Affects Students ENThis is the long-awaited second volume of Pascarella and Terenzini's 1991 award-winning review of the research on the impacts of college on students.The authors review their earlier findings and then synthesize what has been learned since 1990 about college's influences on students’ learning.The book also discusses the implications of the findings for research, practice, and public policy.This authoritative and…
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Cass R. Sunstein How Change HappensWhen do social movements take off? Sexual harassment was once something that women had to endure; now a movement has risen up against it. White nationalist sentiments, on the other hand, were largely kept out of mainstream discourse; ...
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How Business WorksDefines and explains the key concepts behind business, finance and company management. With the right knowledge, business does not have to be difficult. Do you know the difference between profit margin, gross profit and net profit? ...
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Jun Cen (ilustrácie) How Big is Big? How Far is Far? All Around MeDid you know that a squid's eyeball is as big as a beach ball? Or that there was once a dinosaur about as big as a... goat. How big is Big? How Far is Far? All Around Me finds creative ways of explaining measurements by comparing weight, size ...
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Matt Fitzgerald How Bad Do You Want it? ENHow Bad Do You Want it? revisits some of the most extraordinary moments from the history of endurance sports to show how mental strength allows some athletes to perform at a level way beyond their physical limits - to will their body to do what was previously thought biologically impossible. Drawing on cutting-edge scientific research it suggests concrete habits and tactics we can use to cultivate our own mental…
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Alison Gopnik How Babies ThinkOrion Publishing Co: Learning begins in the first days of life. Scientists are now discovering how young children develop emotionally and intellectually, and are beginning to realize that from birth babies already know a staggering amount about the world around them. In the first book of its kind for a popular audience, three leading US scientists draw on twenty-five years of research in philosophy, psychology,…
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Joe Studwell How Asia Works ENA provocative look at what has worked - and what hasn't - in East Asian economics, now in paperback. Until the catastrophic economic crisis of the late 1990s, East Asia was perceived as a monolithic success story. But heady economic growth rates masked the most divided continent in the world - one half the most extraordinary developmental success story ever seen, the other half a paper tiger. Joe Studwell explores…
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Ann Kay How Art WorksThis enticing introduction to art appreciation for children looks at art history, themes in art, and art techniques - from cave paintings to modern art. Children will learn to step back, think, and look at art in a new way....
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Bridget Watson Payne How Art Can Make You Happy ENFor all those people who love art but don't make time for it and feel guilty as a result, Art Happiness is the answer. This easy, breezy handbook is full of advice and insight to help regular people have a more rewarding and less stressful relationship with art. With tips on how to visit museums, how to talk about art at cocktail parties, and how to let art wake you up to the world around you, this little guide…
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How Are You Today?Create all sorts of different hilarious and wacky expressions by flipping the flaps on this fun interactive board book. Can you make the expression with your own face? ...
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Peter D. Schiff, Andrew J. Schiff How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes ENHow an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes uses illustration, humor, and accessible storytelling to explain complex topics of economic growth and monetary systems. In it, economic expert and bestselling author of Crash Proof, Peter Schiff teams up with his brother Andrew to apply their signature 'take no prisoners' logic to expose the glaring fallacies that have become so ingrained in our country's economic…
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Matthew Reilly Hover Car Racer ENIn the world of the near future, people travel everywhere in cars that hover four feet above the ground. This brilliant new technology has brought with it the invention of a new super-fast, super-dangerous, competitive sport...hover car racing. Jason Chaser is a hover car racer, but he and his younger brother have to battle for their places amongst the glamour and wealth of the professional circuit through their…
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Alison Penton Harper Housewife Down ENThe days I had previously filled with the duties of chief cook and bottle-washer now lay strangely empty and stretched out before me like a blank canvas. I kept looking at it, but couldn`t think of anything to paint . . . Preparing dinner for her husband’s colleagues, nervous, and listening to a woman complain about domestic slavery on the radio, Helen Robbins hits the bottle hard. For thirteen years she has lived…
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Houses, Casas, Häuser ENThe configuration of a home is always a current topic. This superlative illustrated volume presents contemporary architecture from around the world. The unique and notable work being done by contemporary architects is generously presented in this illustrated volume. Their designs can be understood as homes intended to be interpretations of life and the environment. Each of the forty examples included in Houses is…
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Houses Through TimeTravel through 500 years of history in this fascinating sticker book. Children will enjoy decorating a wide range of houses, including a Tudor farmhouse, Renaissance chateau, Georgian town house and 1940s wartime house...
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Georgina Foley Houses of Steel ENLiving Steel is a worldwide, collaborative program designed to stimulate innovative and responsible housing design and construction. This book presents the winning and finalist schemes from the three competitions held to date. Each project is presented with a description, drawings, sketches, plans, and renderings of the submitted projects; and is an inspirational source of information about sustainable steel homes…
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Michael Slack House: First Words Board BooksBudding young architects-and their design-minded parents-will love exploring this set of 5 miniature board books, each touring a different room in a stylish, modern house: living room, bathroom, kitchen, garage, and bedroom...
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Isabelle Palmer House Plants ENSmall-space gardening expert Isabelle Palmer shows you how to create gorgeous terrariums and hanging gardens, and how to grow under glass and plant vertically, with helpful advice and techniques, as well as handy tips for taking care of your new house plants. Grow and display amazing aquatic plants in a deep vase, create a stunning fireside moss and fern display, group a variety of beautiful orchids in bright colors…
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