Describes the journey to and the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, from the point of view of a ten year old boy.
This collection comprises essays from various interdisciplinary perspectives – e.g. literary scholarship, intermediality, art history, psychoanalysis, philosophy, and narrative medicine – to analyze a
Managerial Economics, 9th Edition, introduces undergraduates, MBAs, and executives to the complex decision problems today’s managers face, providing the knowledge and analytical skills required to make informed decisions and prosper in the modern business environment. Going beyond the traditional academic approach to teaching economic analysis, this comprehensive textbook describes how practicing managers use various economic methods in the real world. Each in-depth chapter opens with a central managerial problem—challenging readers to consider and evaluate possible choices—and concludes by reviewing and analyzing the decision through the lens of the concepts introduced in the chapter.Extensively updated throughout, the text makes use of numerous extended decision-making examples to discuss the foundational principles of managerial economics, illustrate key concepts, and strengthen students' critical thinking skills. A range of problems, building upon material covered in previous chapt
Tracing the connections—both visual and philosophical—between new media art and classical Islamic art.In both classical Islamic art and contemporary new media art, one point can unfold to reveal an en
This video-based text for Beginning Spanish underscores McGraw-Hill’s reputation for developing groundbreaking language materials. Based on 26 hours of an engaging video drama that takes viewers aroun
This is a major new collection that investigates Maoist and post-Maoist approaches to 'Peoples War' and their continuing relevance in contemporary international politics and security. The chapters wer
Sacred Matters explores the multi-disciplinary literature about the role of religion in family life and provides new research and a new theory about ways various aspects of the sacred are helpful and
Sacred Matters explores the multi-disciplinary literature about the role of religion in family life and provides new research and a new theory about ways various aspects of the sacred are helpful and
First published in 1992, this book explores the efforts to counteract the high maternal and infant death rates present between the end of the nineteenth century and the Second World War. It looks at t
This is a major new collection that investigates Maoist and post-Maoist approaches to 'Peoples War' and their continuing relevance in contemporary international politics and security. The chapters wer
Aimed at executives, managers, and human resource professionals in companies undergoing reorganization, this guide applies industrial and organizational psychology theories and practices to the manage
Since the late 1970s, Allan McCollum (born 1944) has addressed the anthropology of art: its distribution, acquisition, display and interpretation. From his first "Surrogate Paintings" (1978-82) to his
"ALERT – Adverse Late Effects of Cancer Treatment" offers a coherent multidisciplinary approach to the care of cancer survivors. This volume comprehensively documents potential late effects in all the
