Reason to Be Happy
'Reason to Be Happy is a wise and witty book that shows how thinking clearly can help us find happiness in our daily lives, get more of what we want, and even make the world a better place' Hannah Fry Why do our friends have more friends than we d...
Republic of Beliefs
A leading economist offers a radically new approach to the economic analysis of the law In The Republic of Beliefs, Kaushik Basu, one of the world's leading economists, argues that the traditional economic analysis of the law has significant flaws...
Beyond the Invisible Hand
One of the central tenets of mainstream economics is Adam Smith's proposition that, given certain conditions, self-interested behavior by individuals leads them to the social good, almost as if orchestrated by an invisible hand. This deep insight ...
Prelude to Political Economy
Mainstream economics was founded on many strong assumptions. Institutions and politics were treated as irrelevant, government as exogenous, social norms as epiphenomena. As an initial gambit this was fine. But as the horizons of economic inquiry h...
Readings in Political Economy
Ranging from authoritative seminal pieces to striking contemporary papers, the readings in this volume explore the complex intersections between politics and economics from the perspectives of both disciplines.
Institutions, Governance and the Control of Corruption
Yet time and again we have seen such effort foild or diminished by corruption and leakage. The creation of good governance and institutions and structures to combat corruption require determination and passion but also intricate design rooted in d...
Development, Distribution, and Markets
Development, Distribution, and Markets
Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen
Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen
Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy
The aim of this two-volume book is to analyze the current state of global and regional inequality, dissect the phenomenal increase in inequality that we have seen occur in recent times, and better understand the complex relationship between inequa...
Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy
It was part of common wisdom that in the early stages of development inequality would rise, but it would, eventually, decline. As time passed and growth persisted, inequality has, however, continued to grow, casting doubt on the received wisdom.
Structure and Dynamics of Membranous Interfaces
Leading scientists review and explain the state of the science With chapters contributed by pioneers and leading scientists in the field, this carefullyedited work provides state-of-the-science reviews focusing on the structural and dynamic aspect...
War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849
This book argues that the role of the British East India Company in transforming warfare in South Asia has been overestimated. Although it agrees with conventional wisdom that, before the British, the nature of Indian society made it difficult for...
Next-Generation Cybersecurity
It covers a range of topics including the basics of AI, ML, and blockchain, the application of AI and ML in cybersecurity, the use of blockchain in cybersecurity, and the integrationof AI, ML, and blockchain in cybersecurity systems.
Industrial Energy Management Strategies
The importance of energy management has grown in recent years due to the heightened awareness of the impact of energy use on the environment and its very real impact on a company's bottom line. This book provides a detailed and knowledgeable refer...
Women and Monastic Buddhism in Early South Asia
This book uses gender as a framework to offer unique insights into the socio-cultural foundations of Buddhism. Moving away from dominant discourses that discuss women as a single monolithic, homogenous category-thus rendering them invisible within...
Microstructure of Martensite
Martensites are crystalline solids that display dazzling patterns at the microscopic scales. This microstructure gives rise to unusual macroscopic properties like the shape-memory effect. Starting with the crystalline structure, this book describe...
Plant Hazard Analysis and Safety Instrumentation Systems
Plant Hazard Analysis and Safety Instrumentation Systems is the first book to combine coverage of these two integral aspects of running a chemical processing plant. It helps engineers from various disciplines learn how various analys...
Inbetweenness of Things
We habitually categorize the world in binary logics of 'animate' and 'inanimate', 'natural' and 'supernatural', 'self' and 'other', 'authentic' and 'inauthentic'. The Inbetweenness of Things rejects such Western classificatory traditions - which t...
Convexity and its Applications in Discrete and Continuous Optimization
Using a pedagogical, unified approach, this book presents both the analytic and combinatorial aspects of convexity and its applications in optimization. On the structural side, this is done via an exposition of classical convex analysis and geomet...
Biomaterials Science and Tissue Engineering
A comprehensive text in the field of biomaterials science and tissue engineering, covering fundamental principles and methods related to processing-microstructure-property linkages as applied to biomaterials science. Essential concepts and techniq...
Implementing Quality
Implementing Quality provides readers with the basics of how to manage for consistently high quality and gives good coverage of both simple tools and advanced techniques which can be used in all businesses. Most books on managing quality focus on ...
Biomass Gasification, Pyrolysis, and Torrefaction
Biomass Gasification, Pyrolysis, and Torrefaction
The Logic of Capital
The Logic of Capital
The Windfall
The Windfall
Democracy and Public Policy in the Post-COVID-19 World
After the COVID-19 disaster, 'old' frailties and inadequacies in agriculture and industrial productive capacities, in public health and transport systems have evinced sharply in the open, reopening the debates over public policy reforms as never b...
The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport
A 2024 Locus Award Finalist A 2024 Dragon Award Finalist A 'Best Of' pick in BookBub Lit Hub Book Riot The Mary Sue 'So much fun '-Ann Leckie, New York Times bestselling author From international bestseller Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport is an exuberant new sci-fi adventure with heart that reads like a mash-up of 'Aladdin' and Murderbot--with gloriously chaotic results Shantiport was supposed to be a gateway to the stars. But the city is sinking, and its colonist rulers aren't helping anyone but themselves. Lina, a daughter of failed revolutionaries, has no desire to escape Shantiport. She loves her city and would do anything to save its people. This is, in fact, the plan for her life, made before she was even born. Her brother, Bador, is a small monkey bot with a big attitude and bigger ambitions. He wants a chance to leave this dead-end planet and explore the universe on his own terms. But that would mean abandoning the family he loves--even if they do take him for granted.
Trouble with Marriage
The Trouble with Marriage is part of a new global feminist jurisprudence around marriage and violence that looks to law as strategy rather than solution. In this ethnography of lawyer-free family courts and mediations of rape and domestic violence...
For King and Another Country
Over a million Indian soldiers fought in the First World War, the largest force from the colonies and dominions. Their contribution, however, has been largely forgotten. Many soldiers were illiterate and travelled from remote villages in India to ...
Combustion and Gasification in Fluidized Beds
Besides being one of the best Clean Coal Technologies, fluidized beds are also proving to be the most practical option for biomass conversion. Although the technology is well established, the field lacks a comprehensive guide to the design and ope...
Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers
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States of Trial
This study of five towering Philip Roth novels - Operation Shylock, the American Pastoral trilogy, and The Plot Against America - explores his vision of a turbulent post-war America personified in trial-racked Jewish American men. These works coll...
Managing Quality in Projects
Project managers appear to accept the 'iron triangle' of cost, budget and quality but in reality focus more on being on time and budget. Quality in projects is often paid mere lip service and relegated to tick-box compliance. This lack of clarity ...
Implementing Six Sigma and Lean
This is a comprehensive, user-friendly and hands-on book that is a single source of reference of tools and techniques for all quality practitioners. Implementing Six Sigma and Lean covers the basics of how to manage for consistently high quality a...
Persuasion Skills Black Book of Job Hunting Techniques
Using NLP and Hypnotic Language Patterns on CVs, Resumes & Interviews to Get the Job You Deserve ...Do you want an unfair advantage when Job Hunting? Would you like to know how to use leading edge NLP, Hypnotic and Psychological Persuasion Tactics to get the job you deserve? The Persuasion Skills Black Book of Job Hunting Techniques is a manual for quickly integrating key skills into your job hunting repertoire. Despite what HR Departments want you to believe, the best person does not always get the job. The people that succeed are those who know how to press the company hot buttons on a CV or resume and present a hypnotically desirable front in the interview. This book will show you how. When you read this book you will be able to: 1. Restructure your CV so hidden NLP Hypnotic techniques draw the reader in, making them desperate to interview you 2. Banish interview nerves and take on a job winning attitude that makes you look like the perfect candidate for the role 3. Take covert
A Man For All Seasons
A Man For All Seasons
Plant Flow Measurement and Control Handbook
Plant Flow Measurement and Control Handbook is a comprehensive reference source for practicing engineers in the field of instrumentation and controls. It covers many practical topics, such as installation, maintenance and potential i...