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'Superb ... At a time when government action of any kind is ideologically suspect, and entrepreneurship is unquestioningly lionized, the book's importance cannot be understated' Guardian According to conventional wisdom, innovation is best le[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-14-198610-4 Article on page: 260 p. Descriptors: 6.15 Politics and government > Government > Government policy
Class number: 338.04 Tags: Technological innovations--Government policy ; Entrepreneurship--Government policy ; Research, Industrial ; Diffusion of innovations ; industrial policy ; Industrial promotion ; Technological innovations ; Entrepreneurship Languages: English Books
It was long ago, but not as long as it seems: The Berlin Wall fell and the Twin Towers collapsed. In between, one presidential election was allegedly decided by Ross Perot while another was plausibly decided by Ralph Nader. Landlines fell to cel[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-7352-1796-6 Article on page: 370 p. Descriptors: 3.05 Culture > Cultural conditions > Cultural life
Class number: 306.097 309 049 Tags: Manners and customs ; Popular culture ; United States ; Civilization ; Intellectual life Languages: English Books
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022 'Pacey and potentially revolutionary' Sunday Times 'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an ex[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-14-199106-1 Article on page: 691 p. Descriptors: Class number: 901 Tags: Civilization--Philosophy ; Social history ; World history ; Civilization Languages: English Books
Michael J. Sandel argues that to overcome the polarized politics of our time, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalisation and rising inequality. Sandel highlights the hubris a meritocracy genera[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-14-199117-7 Article on page: 272 p. Descriptors: Class number: 306.097 3 Tags: Social mobility ; Globalization--Political aspects ; Social conditions ; Populism United States Languages: English Books
A journalist's twenty-year obsession with the Manson murders leads to shocking new conspiracy theories about the FBI's involvement in this fascinating re-evaluation of one of the most infamous cases in American history. Twenty years ago, repo[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-78609-062-1 Article on page: 518 p Descriptors: 2.05 Scientific approach > Research work > Field work > Surveys
Class number: 364.152 309 2 Tags: Mass murder ; Murder--Investigation ; Murderers ; California--Los Angeles ; California ; Conspiracy theories ; Manson, Charles, 1934-2017 Languages: English Books
'Spectacular and terrifyingly true' Owen Jones'Thought-provoking and funny' The TimesUp to 40% of us secretly believe our jobs probably aren't necessary. In other words: they are bullshit jobs. This book shows why, and what we can do about it.[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-14-198347-9 Article on page: XXV, 333 p. Descriptors: 6.80 Personnel management > Personnel management > Conditions of employment > Working conditions
Class number: 658.38 Tags: Work Social aspects ; Work Psychological aspects ; Impact of science & technology on society Languages: English Books
Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer,[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-14-198376-9 Article on page: VIII, 358 p. Descriptors: Class number: 612.821 Tags: Sleep ; Dreams ; Sleep--Physiological aspects Languages: English Books
The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly limiting this view is: Math isn't confined to abstract incidents [...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-14-312753-6 Article on page: 468 p. Descriptors: Class number: 302.015 195 Tags: Mathematics ; Miscellanea ; Mathematical analysis ; Miscellanea. Languages: English Books
David Marquet is the kind of leader who comes around only once in a generation . . . his ideas and lessons are invaluable Simon Sinek, author of Start With Why Captain David Marquet was used to giving orders. In the high-stress environment of [...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-241-25094-5 Article on page: XXVIII, 236 p. Descriptors: Class number: 658.409 2 Tags: Teams in the workplace ; Decision making ; Leadership Languages: English Books
A New York Times bestseller! An epic history of the decline of American military leadership―from the bestselling author of Fiasco and Churchill and Orwell. While history has been kind to the American generals of World War II―Marshall, Eis[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-14-312409-2 Article on page: 558 p. Descriptors: Class number: 355.009 22 Tags: United States ; Command of troops ; Generals ; Military history Languages: English Books
The AK-47, or 'Kalashnikov', is the most abundant and efficient firearm on earth. It is so light it can be used by children. It has transformed the way we fight wars, and its story is the chilling story of modern warfare. C. J. Chivers's extr[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-14-102063-1 Article on page: 481 p. Descriptors: 6.60 Equipment and facilities > Military equipment > Weapons
Class number: 623.442 4 Tags: AK-47 rifle ; AK-47 rifle--History Languages: English Books
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-14-101761-7 Article on page: 555 p. Descriptors: 6.45 Civil, military and mining engineering > Military engineering > Military operations
Class number: 940.542 1 Tags: France--Normandy ; Military campaigns ; Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, Viscount, 1887-1976 ; Operation Overlord (E) Languages: English Books
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-14-013584-8 Article on page: 188 p. Descriptors: Class number: 901 Tags: History--Philosophy ; Historiography ; History Languages: English Books
Thucydides, Author ; Richard Crawley, Author ; Rex Warner, Author ; Rhodes, P. J., Author | Penguin Books | 1972Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling the author's ambitious claim that the work "was done to last forever." T[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-14-044039-3 Article on page: 648 p. Descriptors: 3.25 History > History > Historical methods > Historiography
Class number: 938.05 Tags: Thucydides, c.460-c.395 B.C. ; Historiography ; Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek ; History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides) ; Military art and science ; History, Ancient ; Greece Languages: English