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Julius Wiedemann The Package Design BookPackaging is a highly underrated art form. As the first thing a consumer sees when looking at a product, the packaging can make or break a sale. Every year, the Pentawards celebrate the art of the package by presenting awards to designs from around the world. Designers compete in five main categories―beverages, food, body, luxury, and other markets―and no fewer than 50 sub-categories. Featuring a selection of…
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Hugh Ambrose The Pacific ENThe Pacific presents the Pacific War, from America’s first battle with the Japanese to the final shot. It blends eyewitness accounts into a larger perspective on the course of the war. However, this larger perspective is not solely provided by the historian, but also by the veterans. Put another way, instead of layering some oral histories onto a historical framework, I follow the lives of five veterans who, between…
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Hugh Ambrose The Pacific ENBetween America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August of 1945, five men connected by happenstance fought the key battles of the war against Japan. From the debacle in Bataan, to the miracle at Midway and the relentless vortex of Guadalcanal, their solemn oaths to their country later led one to the Great Marianas Turkey…
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Patrick McKeown The Oxygen Advantage ENThe secret to your health, fitness and overall wellbeing lies in the most basic and overlooked aspect of your workout: how you breathe. Developing body strength while ignoring breathing strength is counterproductive. In The Oxygen Advantage, Patrick McKeown combines his successful breathing exercises with techniques designed to simulate high-altitude training in a highly successful programme that will significantly…
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William Shakespeare The Oxford Shakespear: CymbelineThis is the first full-scale edition of Cymbeline for 37 years. During that time, there has been considerable interest in Shakespeare's late work in the theatre, and several notable productions have demonstrated the powerful impact of Cymbeline...
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The Oxford Handbook of Thinking and ReasoningThinking and reasoning, long the academic province of philosophy, have over the past century emerged as core topics of empirical investigation and theoretical analysis in the modern fields of cognitive psychology, ...
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Yan Huang The Oxford Handbook of Pragmatics ENThis volume brings together distinguished scholars from all over the world to present an authoritative, thorough, and yet accessible state-of-the-art survey of current issues in pragmatics. Following an introduction by the editor, the volume is divided into five thematic parts. Chapters in Part I are concerned with schools of thought, foundations, and theories, while Part II deals with central topics in pragmatics,…
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drian Wilkinson, Paul J. Gollan The Oxford Handbook of Participation in Organizations ENEmployee participation encompasses the range of mechanisms used to involve the workforce in decisions at all levels of the organization - whether direct or indirect - conducted with employees or through their representatives. In its various guises, the topic of employee participation has been a recurring theme in industrial relations and human resource management. One of the problems in trying to develop any…
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Jan Nuyts The Oxford Handbook of Modality and Mood ENThis handbook offers an in depth and comprehensive state of the art survey of the linguistic domains of modality and mood. An international team of experts in the field examine the full range of methodological and theoretical approaches to the many facets of the phenomena involved. Following an opening section that provides an introduction and historical background to the topic, the volume is divided into five parts…
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Philip Durkin The Oxford Handbook of LexicographyThis volume provides concise, authoritative accounts of the approaches and methodologies of modern lexicography and of the aims and qualities of its end products. Leading scholars and professional lexicographers, from all over the world and representing all the main traditions and perspectives, assess the state of the art in every aspect of research and practice. The book is divided into four parts, reflecting the…
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Seth Lazar, Helen Frowe The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of WarRecent years have seen a resurgence of interest, among both philosophers, legal scholars, and military experts, on the ethics of war. Due in part due to post 9/11 events, this resurgence is also due to a growing theoretical sophistication among...
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Paul K. Moser The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology ENThe Oxford Handbook of Epistemology contains 19 previously unpublished chapters by today's leading figures in the field. These chapters function not only as a survey of key areas, but as original scholarship on a range of vital topics. Written accessibly for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professional philosophers, the Handbook explains the main ideas and problems of contemporary epistemology while…
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Stephen M. Gardiner, Allen Thompson The Oxford Handbook of Environmental EthicsA cutting-edge introduction to environmental ethics in a time of dramatic global environmental change, this collection contains forty-five newly commissioned articles, with contributions from well-established experts and emerging voices in the field.
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lenn Morgan, John Campbell The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Institutional Analysis ENIt is increasingly accepted that 'institutions matter' for economic organization and outcomes. The last decade has seen significant expansion in research examining how institutional contexts affect the nature and behaviour of firms, the operation of markets, and economic outcomes. Yet 'institutions' conceal a multitude of issues and perspectives. Much of this research has been comparative, and followed different…
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Asli M. Colpan, Takashi Hikino, James R. Lincoln The Oxford Handbook of Business Groups ENBusiness Groups - large, diversified, often family-controlled organizations, such as the Japanese keiretsu and the Korean chaebol - have played a significant role in national economic growth, especially in emerging economies. Earlier variants can also be found in the trading companies, often set up in Britain, which operated in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Business Groups are often criticized as premodern forms…
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David Coen, Wyn Grant, Graham Wilson The Oxford Handbook of Business and Government ENBusiness is one of the major power centres in modern society. The state seeks to check and channel that power so as to serve broader public policy objectives. However, if the way in which business is governed is ineffective or over burdensome, it may become more difficult to achieve desired goals such as economic growth or higher levels of employment. In a period of international economic crisis, the study of how…
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L. Sandy Maisel, Jeffrey M. Berry The Oxford Handbook of American Political Parties and Interest Groups EN•Engagingly written by an illustrious team of international contributors. •The Oxford Handbook of American Political Parties and Interest Groups provides the key point of reference for anyone working in the area. The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics is a set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of scholarship on American politics. Each volume focuses on a…
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Jan E. Leighley The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior EN•Engagingly written by an illustrious team of international contributors. •The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior provides the key point of reference for anyone working in the area. The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are a set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of scholarship on American politics. Each volume focuses on a…
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Jancis Robinson The Oxford Companion to WinePublished in 1994 to worldwide acclaim, the first edition of Jancis Robinson's seminal volume immediately attained legendary status, winning every major wine book award including the Glenfiddich and Julia Child/IACP awards, ...
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Alison Latham The Oxford Companion to Music ENThis new edition of The Oxford Companion to Music is a comprehensive and authoritative reference work, which, like its famous predecessors, will be invaluable to both professional and amateur musicians, and general music lovers. A distinguished and international team of contributors covers a broad sweep of musical subjects, ranging from composers and performers to instruments and genres.The Oxford Companion to Music…
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