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Andrew Carnegie, David Nasaw
The Gospel of Wealth Essays and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)

2006 y.
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Description: Words of wisdom from American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie Focusing on Carnegie`s most famous essay, `The Gospel of Wealth,` this book of his writings, published here together for the first time, demonstrates the late steel magnate`s beliefs on wealth, poverty, the public good, and capitalism. Carnegie`s commitment to ensuring and promoting the welfare of his fellow human beings through philanthropic deeds ranged from donations to universities and museums to establishing more than 2,500 public libraries in the English-speaking world, and he gave away more than $350 million toward those efforts during his lifetime. The Gospel of Wealth is an eloquent testament to the importance of charitable giving for the public good. [detailed...]

ISBN: 014303989X
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Bobby Henderson
The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

2006 y.
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Description: CAN I GET A “RAMEN” FROM THE CONGREGATION?! Behold the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), today’s fastest growing carbohydrate-based religion. According to church founder Bobby Henderson, the universe and all life within it were created by a mystical and divine being: the Flying Spaghetti Monster. What drives the FSM’s devout followers, a.k.a. Pastafarians? Some say it’s the assuring touch from the FSM’s “noodly appendage.” Then there are those who love the worship service, which is conducted in pirate talk and attended by congregants in dashing buccaneer garb. Still others are drawn to the Church’s flimsy moral standards, religious holidays every Friday, or the fact that Pastafarian heaven is way cooler: Does your heaven have a Stripper Factory and a Beer Volcano? Intelligent Design has finally met its match–and it has nothing to do with apes or the Olive Garden of Eden. Within these pages, Bobby… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0812976568
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Tim Freke, Peter Gandy
The Gospel of the Second Coming

2007 y.
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ISBN: 1401918387
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David Punter
The Gothic (Blackwell Guides to Literature)

2004 y.
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Description: Book DescriptionThis guide provides an overview of the most significant issues and debates in Gothic studies. The guide is divided into four parts: The opening section explains the origins and development of the term ?Gothic?, considers the particular features of the Gothic within specific periods, and explores its evolution in both literary and non-literary forms, such as art, architecture and film. The following section contains extended entries on major writers of the Gothic, pointing to the most significant features of their work. The third section features authoritative readings of key works, ranging from Horace Walpole?s The Castle of Otranto to Bret Easton Ellis?s American Psycho. Finally, the text considers recurrent concerns of the Gothic such as persecution and paranoia, key motifs such as the haunted castle, and figures such as the vampire and the monster. Supplementary material includes a chronology of key Gothic texts, listing literature… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0631220631
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Christopher Wilson
The Gothic Cathedral

2004 y.
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Description: Book Description `The Gothic Cathedrals` of the Middle Ages are among the world`s supreme architectural achievements. Hundreds of these great churches were built throughout Europe in a rich variety of styles between c. 1130 and c. 1530, all of them representing an investment of money and effort so immense that it is difficult to find a modern parallel. Christopher Wilson focuses here on the interaction between design and the requirements of patrons, following the creative processes of architects by reconstructing the problems and opportunities that they faced. He discusses chronology, structural techniques, and stylistic developments and then goes further, seeing the story as a sequence of choices from which new challenges and solutions arose. 221 illustrations. Издание на английском языке. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0-500-27681-1
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Emile Male
The Gothic Image: Religious Art in France of the Thirteenth Century

1973 y.
Publisher: Westview press
Description: Emile Male`s book aids understanding of medieval art and medieval symbolism, and of the vision of the world which presided over the building of the French cathedrals. It looks at French religious art in the Middle Ages, its forms, and especially the Eastern sources of sculptural iconography used in the cathedrals of France. Fully illustrated with many footnotes it acts as a useful guide for the student of Western culture. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0064300323
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The Gothic Other: Racial and Social Constructions in the Literary Imagination

2004 y.
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Description: Book DescriptionLiterary use of the Gothic is marked by an anxious encounter with otherness, with the dark and mysterious unknown. From its earliest manifestations in the turbulent eighteenth century, this seemingly escapist mode has provided for authorsa useful ground upon which to safely confront very real fears and horrors. The essays here examine texts in which Gothic fear is relocated onto the figure of the racial and social Other, the Other who replaces the supernatural ghost or grotesque monster as the code for mystery and danger, ultimately becoming as horrifying, threatening and unknowable as the typical Gothic manifestation. The range of essays reveals that writers from many canons and cultures are attracted to the Gothic as a ready medium for expression of racial and social anxieties. The essays are grouped into sections that focus on such topics as race, religion, class, and centers of power. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0786418583
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Peter Heather
The Goths

1998 y.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Description: Between the first and seventh centuries AD, Gothic groups moved thousands of miles across the map of Europe, from the fringes of the Baltic to the shores of the Atlantic ocean. In the process, they transformed themselves from an insignificant people on the outskirts of the known world into highly militarized forces, capable of carving out successor states for themselves from the body politic of the Roman Empire.This book draws on all the available literary and archaeological evidence, much of the latter never before discussed in English, to reconstruct the Goths` dramatic history, and to explore the meaning of Gothic identity at different moments and in different contexts.The volume is divided into three parts, corresponding to the three main phases in Gothic history: their early history down to the fourth century, the revolution in Gothic society set in motion by the arrival of the Huns, and the history of the Gothic successor states to the western Roman Empire. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0631209328
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Bob Flowerdew
The Gourmet Gardener

2008 y.
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ISBN: 1856267237
Book size: —; Page extent: 192.

 

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Marilyn Seymann
The Governance Game: What Every Board Member &, Corporate Director Should Know About What Went Wrong in Corporate America &, What New Responsibilities They Are Faced With

2003 y.
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Description: Book DescriptionA pair of insiders and a host of corporate directors reveal the all-too-human failings that lead to corporate mismanagement and malfeasance. Seymann and Rosenbaum argue that the corporate meltdowns of 2002 resulted more from a lack of director focus than a lack of rules, and they come up with commonsense solutions that can be implemented immediately. In Plain English, they dissect the corporate practices that defy logic, the questions that are never asked or answered, and the hidden trapsthat snare so many corporate boards. The Governance Game is required reading for CEOs and directors, for investors and consumers, and for anyone who wants to understand what went wrong with corporate America - and how to fix it.Download DescriptionA pairof insiders and a host of corporate directors reveal the all-too-human failings that lead to corporate mismanagement and malfeasance. Seymann and Rosenbaum argue that the corporate meltdowns of 2002 resulted more from a lack of director… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1587623323
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Xu Yi-Chong, Patrick Weller, Edward Elgar, Yi-Chong Xu
The Governance Of World Trade: International Civil Servants and the GATT / WTO

2004 y.
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Description: The Governance of World Trade focuses on the roles, influence and impacts of the so-called `GATT operatives` or WTO practitioners. It is widely assumed that they have little influence on decisions and policies made, but, according to the authors, the GATT/WTO Secretariat has played an active role in promoting multilateral cooperation. This unique study of the internal operation of the GATT/WTO argues that the invisible yet indispensable international civil servants are the permanent machinery within the institution. They have, the authors ascertain, an important coordinating function and act according to a specific scale of values that transcend those of individual states, providing the continuity and the cement, the credibility and the connection among self-interest-driven states. The book concludes that as one of the most `democratic` international organizations, operating on the principle of consensus, the WTO needs a creative Secretariat as a necessary condition for… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1843765012
Book size: —; Page extent: 328.

 

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Janet Dine
The Governance of Corporate Groups (Cambridge Studies in Corporate Law 1)

— y.
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Description: This book explores the legal issues concerning groups of companies including regulation at national, international and global level. It offers a comparative discussion of the way in which issues common to the regulation of groups have been approached in the UK, in the European Union, in other member states of the union, in the United States and, where helpful, in other countries including the emergent economies of eastern European states. The author highlights the often tragic consequences of globalization by transnationals including polarization of income and environmental damage. [detailed...]

ISBN: 052166070X
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Brian Loader, Brian D. Loader
The Governance of Cyberspace: Politics, Technology and Global Restructuring

— y.
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Description: Issues of surveillance, control and privacy in relation to the internet are coming to the fore as a result of state concern with security, crime and economic advantage. Through an exploration of emerging debates regarding the possible desirability, form and agencies responsible for the regulation of the internet and an analysis of issues of surveillance, control, rights and privacy, The Governance of Cyberspace will develop contemporary theories and consider issues of access, equity and economic advancement. This book will be essential reading for students of social policy, politics, sociology, computing, information and communications technologies and public management and administration. It will also appeal to professionals in the area of informaticsapplications and should therefore become a standard text for political scientists, policy analysts, social scientists and lecturers in computing and information technology. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0415147247
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The Governance of East Asian Corporations : Post Asian Financial Crisis

2005 y.
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Description: Book Description This book examines government/regulatory responses to the Asian financial crisis which brought unprecedented financial turmoil for most East Asian countries. It provides thought-provoking insights on fundamental differences in the institutional and regulatory framework of ten East Asian countries, including an assessment of the various corporate governance reforms after the crisis. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1403944105
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The Governance of Not-for-Profit Organizations (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report)

2006 y.
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Description: Not-for-profit organizations play a critical role in the American economy, but little attention is paid to the pressures and challenges that affect their governance. We know such firms don’t try to maximize profits, but what do they maximize?A The Governance of Not-for-Profit Organizations tackles that question head-on, assembling experts on the not-for-profit sector to examine the diverse and wide-ranging concerns of universities, art museums, health care providers—and even the medieval church. Contributors look at a number of different aspects of not-for-profit operations, from the problems of fundraising, endowments, and governance to specific issues like hospital advertising. The picture that emerges is complex and surprising—one in which some institutions function as efficiently as for-profit firms while others appear to be maximizing the interests of their elite workers, rather than those of their donors, customers, or society at large. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0226297888
Book size: —; Page extent: 255.

 

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Colin Bennett, Charles Raab
The Governance of Privacy: Policy Instruments in Global Perspective

2006 y.
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Description: Privacy protection, according to Colin Bennett and Charles Raab, involves politics and public policy as much as it does law and technology. Moreover, the protection of our personal information in a globalized, borderless world means that privacy-related policies are inextricably interdependent. In this updated paperback edition of The Governance of Privacy Bennett and Raab analyze a broad range of privacy policy instruments available to contemporary advanced industrial states, from government regulations and transnational regimes to self-regulation and privacy-enhancing technologies. They consider two possible dynamics of privacy regulation--a `race to the bottom,` with competitive deregulation by countries eager to attract global investment in information technology, versus `a race to the top,` with the progressive establishment of global privacy standards. Bennett and Raab begin by discussing the goals of privacy protection, the liberal and individualist… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0262524538
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Marko Simoneti, Saul Estrin, Andreja Bohm
The Governance of Privatization Funds: Experiences of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia

— y.
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Description: Privatization investment funds are the key feature of mass privatization programs in transitional economies. This book offers a thorough survey of mass privatization programs in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia, supported with extensive empirical analysis. The study of `top-down` privatization funds in Poland and `bottom-up` funds in the Czech Republic and Slovenia offers different solutions to the problem of how to improve the governance of privatization funds. The authors argue that the institutional structure of closed-end investment companies and open-end mutual funds has not provided the right incentives to maximize the value for the shareholders. In addition too many regulations are in place in underdeveloped markets to protect new shareholders unaccustomed to exercising their ownership rights. Instead, the authors argue that they need to promote adjustment in fund portfolios and ownership structures in order to spur the development of capital … [detailed...]

ISBN: 1840640138
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Chris Cornforth
The Governance of Public and Non-Profit Organizations (Routledge Studies in the Management of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organizations)

— y.
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Description: Boards play a crucial role in ensuring that public and non-profit organizations are publicly accountable and perform well. Following various failures and scandals they face increasing scrutiny, pressure and expectations. Serious questions have been raised about the ability of boards to govern effectively. This book brings together analyses based upon some of the best recent empirical studies of public and non-profit governance in the UK. The book will be essential reading for academics and of public and non-profit organizations. It will also be of value to policy makers and practitioners who wish to gain a deeper understanding of how boards work and what can be done to improve their performance. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0415258189
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Martin Nie
The Governance of Western Public Lands: Mapping Its Present and Future

2008 y.
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ISBN: 0070061558
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Jon Agar
The Government Machine: A Revolutionary History of the Computer (History of Computing)

— y.
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Description: In The Government Machine , Jon Agar traces the mechanization of government work in the United Kingdom from the nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. He argues that this transformation has been tied to the rise of `expert movements,` groupswhose authority has rested on their expertise. The deployment of machines was an attempt to gain control over state action -- a revolutionary move. Agar shows how mechanization followed the popular depiction of government as machine-like, with British civil servants cast as components of a general purpose `government machine`, indeed, he argues that today`s general purpose computer is the apotheosis of the civil servant. Over the course of two centuries, government has become the major repository and user of information, the Civil Service itself can be seen as an information-processing entity. Agar argues that the changing capacities of government have depended on the implementation of new technologies, and that the… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0262012022
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Matthew David Brozik, Jacob Sager Weinstein
The Government Manual for New Pirates

2007 y.
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ISBN: 0740767909
Book size: —; Page extent: 144.

 

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Jeffrey Porter
The Government Stole My Time Machine

2005 y.
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Description: Book DescriptionMike Warner is back at it again. Only this time he has become aware that his time machine has been discovered by the secret government agency known as the N.S.A. (National Security Agency). Mike suddenly finds himself swept up in a storm of intrigue and turmoil of epic proportions. Knowing now that the only way to save the world is to once again take a trip through time to an adventure neither he nor his companions would ever have dreamed or imagined. A voyage into the unknown that would change him and his friends forever. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0595345336
Book size: —; Page extent: 158.

 

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Neill Nugent
The Government and Politics of the European Union

2006 y.
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Description: The leading text in its field, The Government and Politics of the European Union offers a clear and comprehensive explanation of the historical development and ongoing evolution of the European Union (EU). As in previous editions, this sixth edition presents an account and analysis of the origins of the Union, the key treaties, the main institutions and political actors, and the EU’s policies and policy processes. The book, in short, explains where the EU has come from, what it now does, and how it does it. There have been many developments within the European Union since the last edition of this volume. In May 2004, the EU increased in size from fifteen to twenty-five member states, and, in so doing, became a pan-European, rather than Western European, organization. The following month, national leaders reached agreement on the contents of the long-discussed and exhaustively negotiated Constitutional Treaty only to see the fruits of their labors rejected in 2005… [detailed...]

ISBN: 082233870X
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Neill Nugent
The Government and Politics of the European Union

2006 y.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Description: This new sixth edition of Neill Nugent`s `The Government and Politics of the European Union` provides a detailed analysis of the history, principal institutions and political actors, and major policy interests and processes of the EU. Already established as the leading text in the field, the book has been thoroughly updated to include coverage of such key developments as enlargement, the Constitutional Treaty, reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, and the strengthening of security policies. Формат издания: 15,5 см х 23,5 см. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0-230-00002-9
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Peter A. Johnson
The Government of Money: Monetarism in Germany and the United States (Cornell Studies in Political Economy)

— y.
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Description: In recent years governments have increasingly given their central banks the freedom to pursue policies of price stability. In particular, the German Bundesbank and the U.S. Federal Reserve have been widely considered models of autonomous policymaking. This book traces the origins of their success to the political struggle to adopt monetarism in Germany and the United States. The Government of Money contends that the political involvement of monetarist economists was central to this endeavor. The bookexamines the initiatives undertaken by monetarists from 1970 to 1985 and the policies that resulted once their ideas were enacted. Taking a historical approach to major issues of political economy, Peter A. Johnson describes both the political efforts ofthe monetarist economists to convert central banks to their preferred policies and the resistance offered by traditionalist central bankers, politicians, and financial and labor interests. Johnson concludes that monetarist ideas… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0801428351
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James F. Cook
The Governors Of Georgia: 1754-2004

2004 y.
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ISBN: 0865549540
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Frederic Mitterrand
The Grace Kelly Years: Princess of Monaco

2007 y.
Publisher: SKIRA
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ISBN: 8861303439
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Mary Pipher, Carol Bly, Jim Heynen, BobArtley, Thomas Dean, Gary Deason, Paul Gruchow, Bill Holm, Lo
The Grace of Grass and Water: Writing in Honor of Paul Gruchow

2007 y.
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ISBN: 1888160284
Book size: —; Page extent: 149.

 

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Ralph N. Calkins
The Gradual Encroachment: Capitalism As We Know It

— y.
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ISBN: 1410794423
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Mike Bryon
The Graduate Psychometric Test Workbook

2005 y.
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ISBN: 0749443316
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Bernard Cornwell
The Grail Quest: Book 2: Vagabond

2006 y.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Description: In 1347, a year of conflict and unrest, Thomas of Hookton returns to England to pursue the Holy Grail. Among the flames of the Hundred Years War, a sinister enemy awaits the fabled archer and mercenary soldier: a bloodthirsty Dominican Inquisitor who also seeks Christendom`s most holy relic. But neither the horrors of the battlefield nor sadistic torture at the Inquisitor`s hands can turn Thomas from his sworn mission. And his thirst for vengeance will never be quenched while the villainous black rider who destroyed everything he loved still lives. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0060935782
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