Representations of the Infinite Symmetric Group
Representation theory of big groups is an important and quickly developing part of modern mathematics, giving rise to a variety of important applications in probability and mathematical physics. This book provides the first concise and self-contai...
Epigram, Art, and Devotion in Later Byzantium
This book explores the nexus of art, personal piety, and self-representation in the last centuries of Byzantium. Spanning the period from around 1100 to around 1450, it focuses upon the evidence of verse inscriptions, or epigrams, on works of art....
Spinoza
Spinoza is among the most controversial and asymmetrical thinkers in the tradition and history of modern European philosophy. Since the 17th century, his work has aroused some of the fiercest and most intense polemics in the discipline. From his e...
White But Not Quite
Since the 'migration crisis' of 2016, long-simmering tensions between the Western members of the European Union and its 'new' Eastern members - Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary - have proven to be fertile ground for rebellion agai...
Governing Post-Imperial Siberia and Mongolia, 1911-1924
The governance arrangements put in place for Siberia and Mongolia after the collapse of the Qing and Russian Empires were highly unusual, experimental and extremely interesting. The Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic established wi...
An Economic History of Nineteenth-Century Europe
Why did some countries and regions of Europe reach high levels of economic advancement in the nineteenth century, while others were left behind? This new transnational survey of the continent's economic development highlights the role of regional ...
Managerial Economics
Now in its sixth edition, Ivan Png's Managerial Economics has been extensively revised with an introductory chapter emphasizing decision-making and behavioral biases, intensive application to current business and economic issues including technolo...
Restless Supermarket
It is 1993, and Aubrey Tearle's world is shutting down. He has recently retired from a lifetime of proofreading telephone directories. His favourite neighbourhood haunt in Johannesburg, the Café Europa, is about to close its doors; the familiar ol...
Ivan Ramen
"What Ivan Orkin does not know about noodles is not worth knowing." Anthony Bourdain In 2007, Ivan Orkin, a middle-aged Jewish guy from Long Island, did something crazy. In the food-zealous, insular megalopolis of Tokyo, Ivan opened a ra...
No Bullshit Guide to Math & Physics
No Bullshit Guide to Math & Physics
Reflections of Prague
Reflections of Prague is the story of how a Czech Jewish family become embroiled in the most tragic and tumultuous episodes of the twentieth century.¿ Through their eyes we see the history of their beloved Prague, a unique European city, and the w...
Media and Power in Post-Soviet Russia
This book describes the rise of independent mass media in Russia, from the loosening of censorship under Gorbachev's policy of glasnost to the proliferation of independent newspapers and the rise of media barons during the Yeltsin years. The role ...
My Crazy Century
More than a memoir, My Crazy Century explores the ways in which the epoch and its dominating totalitarian ideologies impacted the lives, character, and morality of Klíma's generation. Klíma's story begins in the 1930s, in the Terezin concentration...
Europe in Crisis
This book analyzes the European Great Recession of 2008-12, its economic and social causes, its historical roots, and the policies adopted by the European Union to find a way out of it. It contains explicit debates with several economists and anal...
Contesting Sacrifice
From the counter-reformation through the twentieth century, the notion of sacrifice has played a key role in French culture and nationalist politics. Ivan Strenski traces the history of sacrificial thought in France, starting from its origins in R...
Why Politics Can't Be Freed From Religion
Why Politics Can't be Freed From Religion is an original, erudite, and timely new book from Ivan Strenski. Itinterrogates the central ideas and contexts behind religion, politics, and power, proposing an alternative way in which we should think ab...
Understanding Theories of Religion
Featuring comprehensive updates and additions, the second edition of Understanding Theories of Religion explores the development of major theories of religion through the works of classic and contemporary figures. *¿A new edition of this introduct...
No Bullshit Guide to Linear Algebra
No Bullshit Guide to Linear Algebra
Interventional Management of Migraines and Other Headache Disorders
Interventional Management of Migraines and Other Headache Disorders provides a comprehensive overview of interventional treatment options available for migraine headaches and other headache disorders, including their mechanisms of action, indications, contraindications, and efficacy. It covers the fundamental principles of interventional procedures, including patient selection, preparation, and monitoring during and after treatment. This book offers practical instructions to clinicians and healthcare professionals for the selection, administration, and evaluation of interventional treatments for headaches. Further, it addresses the multidisciplinary aspects of migraine management, including collaboration between neurologists, pain specialists, anesthesiologists, and other professionals involved in patient care.
Little Book of Big Brain Games
It's a pocket-size brain gym. Here are more than 500 full-color puzzles from the original Big Book of Brain Games-the book that Will Shortz praised as "the most wide-ranging, visually appealing, entertaining collection of brainteasers since S...
Cultural History of the Human Body in the Modern Age
The human body was revolutionized in the 20th century. Developments in politics, sexuality, technology, and culture all acted to reshape our understanding of our bodies. The human body in the 21st century is less fixed than ever before with some t...
9 Lessons in Brexit
"Remember the words of Ivan Rogers the next time you hear some plausible posh boy in a suit telling you `no deal' wouldn't hurt at all and might even be a jolly good thing." J.K. Rowling Two and a half years after Britain voted to leave ...
Holy Bible. Bibeln: English - Swedish Parallel Text. Parallelltext På Engelska Och Svenska
Holy Bible. King James Bible. Matthew. Mark. Luke. John. Acts. Romans. 1 Corinthians. 2 Corinthians. Galatians. Ephesians. Philippians. Colossians. 1 Thessalonians. 2 Thessalonians. 1 Timothy. 2 Timothy. Titus. Philemon. Hebrews. James. 1 Peter. 2 Peter. 1 John. 2 John. 3 John. Jude. Revelation. Bibeln. 1917. Matteus. Markus. Lukas. Johannes. Apostag rningarna. Romabrevet. 1 Korinthierbrevet. 2 Korinthierbrevet. Galaterbrevet. Efesierbrevet. Filipperbrevet. Kolosserbrevet. 1 Thessalonikerbr. 2 Thessalonikerbr. 1 Timotheosbrevet. 2 Timotheosbrevet. Titusbrevet. Filemonbrevet. Hebreerbrevet. Jakobsbrevet. 1 Petrusbrevet. 2 Petrusbrevet. 1 Johannesbrevet. 2 Johannesbrevet. 3 Johannesbrevet. Judasbrevet. Uppenbarelseboken.
Failure of Counterinsurgency
This book examines the implications of counterinsurgency warfare for U.S. defense policy and makes the compelling argument that the United States' default position on counterinsurgency wars should be to avoid them. Given the unsatisfactory outcome...
Masters of Success : Proven Techniques for Achieving Success in Business and Life
Who has not admired the titans of sport, entertainment, commerce and public service and been inspired to set course by those stars? What youth has not dreamed of becoming rich and famous? What restless fast-food manager has not dreamed of be...
Contesting Peace in the Postwar City
"Contesting Peace in the Postwar City is key reading for urban and peace and conflict scholars. In this impressive and meticulously researched book, Gusic reflects on the ways in which divisions are routinised in the everyday landscape of div...
Diary of a Gulag Prison Guard
In the archives of the Memorial International Human Rights Centre in Moscow is an extraordinary diary, a rare first-person testimony of a commander of guards in a Soviet labour camp. Ivan Chistyakov was sent to the Gulag in 1937, where he worked a...
