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  • A Manager's Guide to ISO22301

    A practical guide to developing and implementing a business continuity management system

    by Tony Drewitt ...
    This practical guide to the ISO22301 business continuity management system standard shows you how to develop and implement a business continuity management (BCM) and disaster recovery plan; ensuring you get back on your feet with the minimum of fuss, should the unthinkable happen. ... Read more

    $45.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • La Cina popolare

    “Un libro che abbraccia l’intero arco temporale che va dalle guerre dell’oppio ad oggi. Questo è importante perché conferisce alle vicende narrate la necessaria profondità storica. Necessaria innanzitutto perché, se inquadrata in un orizzonte plurisecolare, anche la straordinaria crescita della Cina degli ultimi decenni può venire intesa per quello che realmente è: la traiettoria grazie alla quale ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • ECONOMIC SENTIMENTS

    A benchmark in the history of economics and of political ideas, Rothschild shows us the origins of laissez-faire economic thought and its relation to political conseratism in an unquiet world. ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • História da riqueza no Brasil

    Cinco séculos de pessoas, costumes e governos

    "Um 'clássico': o adjetivo foi criado no século XVI, significando 'o que faz autoridade', 'o que deve ser imitado', 'que serve como modelo'. Pois o livro que o leitor tem nas mãos é um clássico." – Mary Del Priore"A proposta de uma revolução copernicana na análise e interpretação da história do Brasil – esta é a marca identificadora do novo livro de Jorge Caldeira. Valendo-se de novos dados, antes ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Empire of the Winds

    The Global Role of Asia’s Great Archipelago

    Winner of the Penang Book Prize 2019Nusantaria – often referred to as 'Maritime Southeast Asia' – is the world's largest archipelago and has, for centuries, been a vital cultural and trading hub. Nusantara, a Sanskrit, then Malay, word referring to an island realm, is here adapted to become Nusantaria - denoting a slightly wider world but one with a single linguistic, cultural and trading base. ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • 百年企業.產業百年:臺灣企業發展史

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    Edited by 王振寰, 溫肇東 ...
    本書描繪了中華民國百年來企業奮鬥的艱辛歷程,從辛苦的新生與戰後重建,到逐步安居、樂業的穩定發展,並透過與世界市場的接軌而升級、轉型和創新成為大型企業,最後,登峰邁向全球知名企業和建立品牌。在每一階段選擇當時期重要的產業發展以及代表性的企業,來說明企業從「求生存」,到連接世界舞臺「做生意」,再到現今強調生活品味和全球化擴展的「過美好生活」之企圖心。全書不但系統性解釋臺灣企業發展史的意義和貢獻,也是瞭解臺灣企業史必讀的入門書籍。 ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • House of Wirecard

    Wie ich den größten Wirtschaftsbetrug Deutschlands aufdeckte und einen Dax-Konzern zu Fall brachte | Die detaillierte Geschichte zum Netflix-Krimi »Skandal! Der Sturz von Wirecard«

    by Dan McCrum ...
    Translated by Ulrich Mihr ...
    Der Financial-Times-Journalist Dan McCrum hat getan, wofür eigentlich Wirtschaftsprüfer und Finanzaufsicht zuständig sind: Er hat den größten Betrug der DAX-Geschichte aufgedeckt. Die Geschichte klingt filmreif: Wirecard, neben SAP das einzige deutsche Tech-Vorzeigeunternehmen, wird gehypt und übertrifft sogar den Börsenwert der Deutschen Bank. Der bargeldlose Zahlungsverkehr von Onlinegeschäften ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Summary: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

    Review and Analysis of John Perkins's Book

    The must-read summary of John Perkins's book: "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man".This complete summary of John Perkins's book "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" reveals how economic projections were invented in order to convince other countries to accept important loans for infrastructure and development which they couldn't afford. In his book, the author provides evidence from interviews with ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sortir De L'endettement Joyeusement

    Simone Milasas avait 187 000 $ de dettes lorsqu'elle a réalisé qu'un changement était nécessaire. Avec l'aide des outils présentés dans ce livre, elle a remboursé toutes ces dettes en l'espace de deux ans.Le point de vue de Simone est le suivant : PERSONNE NE DEVRAIT AVOIR DE PROBLÈME D'ARGENT.Es-tu prêt à changer toute ta réalité financière ? Quel point de vue as-tu au sujet de l'argent que, si ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Crack-Up Capitalism

    Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy

    A Fortune best nonfiction book of 2023In a revelatory dispatch from the frontier of capitalist extremism, an acclaimed historian of ideas shows how free marketeers are realizing their ultimate goal: an end to nation-states and the constraints of democracy.Look at a map of the world and you’ll see a colorful checkerboard of nation-states. But this is not where power actually resides. Over the last ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Out of the East

    Spices and the Medieval Imagination

    by Paul Freedman ...
    How medieval Europe’s infatuation with expensive, fragrant, exotic spices led to an era of colonial expansion and discovery: “A consummate delight.” —Marion Nestle, James Beard Award–winning author of Unsavory TruthThe demand for spices in medieval Europe was extravagant—and was reflected in the pursuit of fashion, the formation of taste, and the growth of luxury trade. It inspired geographical ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 瘟疫與文明:人類疾病大歷史

    Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History

    Translated by 林俊宏 ...
    橫跨數百萬年,涵蓋全球人類傳染病的宏觀歷史巨著微生物終究會適應人類創造的新環境那些最嚴重的威脅,有可能我們根本看不到它迎面而來了解傳染病的歷史,關乎你我未來的命運本書以宏觀視野剖析傳染病的歷史,這是人類與微生物的長久鬥爭。微生物為了生存繁衍而演化,有些成功適應人類,成為人類的病原體,深深影響著人類文明,但同時,人類文明的進步也不斷在改變地球的環境,不知不覺替微生物營造新的契機,病原體恰恰就是人類歷史的產物。現在有了基因體分析研究,微生物的演變更有跡可循。生物演化、疾病生態與人類歷史的糾纏關係,由此得到更清晰的梳理。作者從人類用火開始,追溯人類生活型態對微生物的影響。隨著農業的誕生、城市的興起、交通工具的發展,人類每一次取得重大進步,都讓傳染病得到新的可趁之機,再一次痛擊人類,這是進步的矛盾。現代經濟起飛與人口成長,也改變了各種微生物的生態與演化。奴隸制度 ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • On Money

    by Rick Morton ...
    Series series On Series
    Money makes the world go round, but does it make us happy?Money is one of the most fraught subjects; it raises powerful emotions in all of us. Too much money often corrupts people - too little can make people feel desperate.Growing up in rural Queensland, journalist Rick Morton has known poverty from the inside. Now he isn't poor, but his spending habits and attitude to money are still informed by ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Perché il Sud è rimasto indietro

    "Un lavoro importante, molto utile e facilmente leggibile, a tratti appassionante, per chi voglia disporre di una interpretazione documentata dell’origine e della permanenza dello sviluppo dualistico del nostro Paese"Michele SalvatiPil pro capite, condizioni di vita, diritti sociali, libertà civili dicono che il Mezzogiorno rimane arretrato rispetto all’Italia e all’Europa. Varie le spiegazioni, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Taxes Have Consequences

    An Income Tax History of the United States

    The definitive history of the effect of the income tax on the economy.Ever since 1913, when the United States first imposed the income tax via constitutional amendment, the top rate of that tax has determined the fate of the American economy. When the top rate has been high, as in the late 1910s, the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1970s, the response of those with money and capital has been to curtail ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Pocket Piketty

    A Handy Guide to Capital in the Twenty-First Century

    by Jesper Roine ...
    We all know the book: it’s been hailed as one of the most important documents on how the world economy works, or doesn’t work, and it’s been a colossal bestseller since it first appeared in 2014, with more than 1.5 million copies sold. Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century makes a powerful case that wealth, and accumulated wealth, tends to stay where it lands: and with the passage ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Behavioral Economics

    A History

    Series series Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics
    This book presents a history of behavioral economics. The recurring theme is that behavioral economics reflects and contributes to a fundamental reorientation of the epistemological foundations upon which economics had been based since the days of Smith, Ricardo, and Mill. With behavioral economics, the discipline has shifted from grounding its theories in generalized characterizations to building ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • We Sell Drugs

    The Alchemy of US Empire

    by Suzanna Reiss ...
    Series Book 39 - American Crossroads
    This history of US-led international drug control provides new perspectives on the economic, ideological, and political foundations of a Cold War American empire. US officials assumed the helm of international drug control after World War II at a moment of unprecedented geopolitical influence embodied in the growing economic clout of its pharmaceutical industry.We Sell Drugs is a study grounded in ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • The Last Tycoons

    The Secret History of Lazard Freres & Co.

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A tale of vaulting ambitions, explosive feuds, worldly mistresses, fabulous art collections, and enormous wealth—a story of high drama in the world of high finance. • "Rips the roof off of one of Wall Street's most storied investment banks." —Vanity FairWall Street investment banks move trillions of dollars a year, make billions in fees, pay their executives in the tens ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Balkans over Years

    History and Politics

    The book The Balkans over Years: History and Politics is a collection of book reviews written over a period of almost two decades and published in various issues in the South Slav Journal. The books reviewed are multidisciplinary, covering economic, social, political, military, historical, linguistic, legal, literary, and even psychological and psychoanalitical facets of analysis of complex life ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Making Social Spending Work

    How does social spending relate to economic growth and which countries have got this right and wrong? Peter Lindert examines the experience of countries across the globe to reveal what has worked, what needs changing, and who the winners and losers are under different systems. He traces the development of public education, health care, pensions, and welfare provision, and addresses key questions ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Hayek's The Road to Serfdom

    A Brief Introduction

    Series series Chicago Shorts
    The Road to Serfdom, F. A. Hayek’s 1944 warning against the dangers of government control, continues to influence politics more than seventy years after it was turned down by three American publishers and finally published by the University of Chicago Press. A classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, the definitive edition of The Road to Serfdom ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Alexander Hamilton on Finance, Credit, and Debt

    “A treasure trove for financial and public policy geeks . . . will also help lay readers go beyond the hit musical in understanding Hamilton’s lasting significance.” —Publishers WeeklyWhile serving as the first treasury secretary from 1789 to 1795, Alexander Hamilton engineered a financial revolution. He established the treasury debt market, the dollar, and a central bank, while strategically ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Economic History of India 1707–1857

    This new edition of An Economic History of Early Modern India extends the timespan of the analysis to incorporate further research. This allows for a more detailed discussion of the rise of the British Empire in South Asia and gives a fuller context for the historiography.In the years between the death of the emperor Aurangzeb (1707) and the Great Rebellion (1857), the Mughal Empire and the states ... Read more

    $48.99 USD