basic books us (50 Ergebnisse)

Gebundene Ausgabe. Zustand: Wie neu. 167 S. TOPZUSTAND, wirkt ungelesen, leichte Lagerspuren am Schutzumschlag Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First. 8vo. Dw has light wear to edge. Book.

Zustand: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. There's a common belief that cyberspace cannot be regulated-that it is, in its very essence, immune from the government's (or anyone else's) control. Code argues that this belief is wrong. It is not in the nature of cyberspac e to be unregulable; cyberspace has no ?gnature.?h It only has code-the sof tware and hardware that make cyberspace what it is. That code can create a place of freedom-as the original architecture of the Net did-or a place of exquisitely oppressive control.If we miss this point, then we will miss how cyberspace is changing. Under the influence of commerce, cyberpsace is bec oming a highly regulable space, where our behavior is much more tightly con trolled than in real space.But that's not inevitable either. We can-we must -choose what kind of cyberspace we want and what freedoms we will guarantee . These choices are all about architecture: about what kind of code will go vern cyberspace, and who will control it. In this realm, code is the most s ignificant form of law, and it is up to lawyers, policymakers, and especial ly citizens to decide what values that code embodies.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. "In clear, measured prose Davidson lays out how the traditional tools of ec onomics don't work when you are talking about concrete things like soil, fo rests, garbage." -Inc. Ecology and economics are not doomed to be adversari es. This lively and concise book presents the exciting new insights of envi ronmental economics as well as the three fallacies of conventional economic analysis. You Can't Eat GNP offers a blueprint for a truly sustainable eco nomy that recognizes the natural resources (like water, air, and soil) on w hich we ultimately depend. Eric A. Davidson, Ph.D., is a senior scientist a t the Woods Hole Research Center. His fieldwork takes him from the Brazilia n Amazon to the re-growing forests of New England and he has conducted rese arch at the University of California, Berkeley, and at the NASA Ames Resear ch Center. A Merloyd Lawrence Book Editorial Reviews A wonderful book: an engaging guide both to the flawed connection between c urrent economics and the environment, as well as how they would work in a s ustainable world. - Thomas E. Lovejoy.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The author of the New York Times best-seller The Gangs of New York returns with a second volume of tales from Gotham's underworld. In this wonderfully colorful and surprising history, Herbert Asbury expands his purview beyond the Five Corners to the entire city of New York. From Lord Cornbury, a loo nily corrupt, cross-dressing British governor of colonial days, to the Broa dway pickpocket who built herself a mansion in Hoboken, where she set herse lf up as European royalty, to prohibitionist Carry Nation's first visit to a scornful city of saloons (and her memorable confrontation with the drunke n John L. Sullivan), All Around the Town brings to vivid life a memorable r ange of characters, grifters, murderers, and madmen. Rediscovering a fascin ating array of lost corners in the history of the city, Asbury shows that t oday's tabloid headlines have nothing on the daily goings-on 150 years ago. From "The Sawing-Off of Manhattan Island" to "The Wickedest Man in New Yor k" to "The Flour Riot of 1837," these twenty-three lively and accessible ac counts make for top-notch, eccentric popular history as told by a master.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The question of whose interests the media protects-and how-has achieved holy-grail-like significance. Is media bias keeping us from getting the whole story? If so, who is at fault? Is it the liberals who are purported to be running the newsrooms, television and radio stations of this country, duping an unsuspecting public into mistaking their party line for news? Or is it the conservatives who have identified media bias as a reliably inflammatory rallying cry around which to consolidate their political base as they cynically "work the refs?" The media has become so pervasive in our lives that regardless of exactly where on the ideological fence you sit, the question of media bias has become all but unavoidable.Most of the criticism (and anger) has so far emanated from the political Right, which has offered us the rather unconvincing argument that a systematic Left bias is destroying the quality of news and debate in our country today. Journalist and historian Eric Alterman begs to differ. What Liberal Media? confronts the question of liberal bias and, in so doing, provides a sharp and utterly convincing assessment of the realities of political bias in the news. In distinct contrast to the conclusions reached by Ann Coulter, Bernard Goldberg, Sean Hannity, and Bill O'Reilly, Alterman finds the media to be, on the whole, far more conservative than liberal, though it is possible to find evidence for both views. The fact that conservatives howl so much louder and more effectively tha.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. From bestselling author and provocateur Christopher Hitchens, the classic g uide to the art of principled dissent and disagreement In Letters to a Young Contrarian, bestselling author and world-class provocateur Christopher Hitchens inspires the radicals, gadflies, mavericks, rebels, and angry young (wo)men of tomorrow. Exploring the entire range of "contrary positions"--from noble dissident to gratuitous nag--Hitchens introduces the next generation to the minds and the misfits who influenced him, invoking such mentors as Emile Zola, Rosa Parks, and George Orwell. As is his trademark, Hitchens pointedly pitches himself in contrast to stagnant attitudes across the ideological spectrum. No other writer has matched Hitchens's understanding of the importance of disagreement--to personal integrity, to informed discussion, to true progress, to democracy itself.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. A New York Times Bestseller "I have to hand it to Bradshaw and Ellis: Once you suss out their basic cat -training philosophy, their methods totally work." --Slate We often assume that cats can't be trained, and don't need to be. But in Th e Trainable Cat, bestselling anthrozoologist John Bradshaw and cat expert S arah Ellis show that cats absolutely must be trained in order to enrich the bond between pet and owner. Full of training tips and exercises--from intr oducing your cat to a new baby to helping them deal with visits to the vet- -The Trainable Cat is the essential cat bible for cat owners and lovers. "I doubt you'll find a more well-informed or scientific book on cats that b etter shows you how feline thinking works."--Times (UK) .

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Paperback Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. xii, 288 pages ; 25 cm "A Twentieth Century Fund book." Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-279) and index NATO and American foreign policy -- The Atlantic Alliance and the global system -- The founding cycle : NATO from 1948 to 1960 -- The second cycle : from Kennedy to Ford, 1961-1976 -- The Carter-Regan turnaround, 1977-1983 -- The Atlantic Alliance and the world economy -- America's budgetary dilemma : fiscal deficits and geopolitical strategies -- The Pax Americana and the Pax Britannica -- Military arrangements -- Managing the European coalition : the Franco-German minuet -- The Russian role -- The American interest in a plural world.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good/Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. The Gangs of New York has long been hand-passed among its cult readership. It is a tour through a now unrecognizable city of abysmal poverty and habitual violence cobbled, as Luc Sante has written, "from legend, memory, police records, the self-aggrandizements of aging crooks, popular journalism, and solid historical research." Asbury presents the definitive work on this subject, an illumination of the gangs of old New York that ultimately gave rise to the modern Mafia and its depiction in films like The Godfather. "A universal history of infamy [that] contains all the confusion and cruelty of the barbarian cosmologies."--Jorge Luis Borges "The tale is one of blood, excitement and debauchery."--The New York Times Book Review "The Gangs of New York is one of the essential works of the city."--Luc Sante, The New York Review of Books.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The open source saga has many fascinating chapters. It is partly the story of Linus Torvalds, the master hacker who would become chief architect of the Linux operating system. It is also the story of thousands of devoted programmers around the world who spontaneously worked in tandem to complete the race to shape Linux into the ultimate killer app. Rebel Code traces the remarkable roots of this unplanned revolution. It echoes the twists and turns of Linux's improbable development, as it grew through an almost biological process of accretion and finally took its place at the heart of a jigsaw puzzle that would become the centerpiece of open source. With unprecedented access to the principal players, Moody has written a powerful tale of individual innovation versus big business. Rebel Code provides a from-the-trenches perspective and looks ahead to how open source is challenging long-held conceptions of technology, commerce, and culture.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.84.

Zustand: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This book sets out the case for Hard Green, a conservative environmental ag enda. Modern environmentalism, Peter Huber argues, destroys the environment . Captured as it has been by the Soft Green oligarchy of scientists, regula tors, and lawyers, modern environmentalism does not conserve forests, ocean s, lakes, and streams - it hastens their destruction. For all its scientifi c pretension, Soft Green is not green at all. Its effects are the opposites of green.This book lays out the alternative: a return to Yellowstone and t he National Forests, the original environmentalism of Theodore Roosevelt an d the conservation movement. Chapter by chapter, Hard Green takes on the bi g issues of environmental discourse from scarcity and pollution to efficien cy and waste disposal. This is the Hard Green manifesto: Rediscover T.R. Re affirm the conservationist ethic. Expose the Soft Green fallacy. Reverse th e Soft Green agenda. Save the environment from the environmentalists.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In business -- or in any endeavor -- ambition is the spirit of onward and u pward, of striving for something worth achieving. It is the driving force b ehind all great experiments and risk-takings, triumphs and failures. For au thors Jim Champy and Nitin Nohria, it is also the instinctive quality that makes the difference between mere management and leadership. Drawing from o riginal interviews with contemporary figures from many walks of life -- inc luding business, politics, science, and the arts -- Champy and Nohria take readers on a journey of discovery, pinpointing the defining moments, or tur ning points, in the evolution of leaders, as they wrestle with critical dec isions and ethical dilemmas. In the process, they reveal some underlying tr uths about leadership, such as the ability to hold onto a dream and make it come true, know when it's time to change the business or see it die, and r ecognize when it's time to hand over the reins. Representing fundamentally new thinking from two of today's greatest business minds, The Arc of Ambiti on is certain to challenge and enlighten aspiring leaders everywhere. Editorial Reviews About the Author James Champy is chairman of Cambridge-based Perot Systems Consulting Practi ce and a pioneer of the reeingineering movement. Co-author of the bestselli ng Reengineering the Corporation and author of Reengineering Management, he lives in Boston. Nitin Nohria is Richard P. Chapman professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. The.

Reprint. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; xiv, 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Subjects; Molecular biologists. Molecular genetics. Watson, James D. (James Dewey) 1928-. 1 Kg.

Zustand: Used - Like New. 2002. New Ed. Paperback. Publisher's mark to text block. Otherwise, Fine.

paperback. Zustand: Acceptable. May have underlining, highlighting, margin notes, remainder marks, inscriptions, book plates, tears, significant wear, and/or a missing dust jacket, box, or discs. Damaged item.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. During the final, bloody days of South African apartheid, four remarkable y oung men-photographers, friends, and rivals-banded together Review "The Bang-Bang Club succeeds where other, more self-important histories of the conflict in South Africa have failed." -- -Philadelphia City Paper About the Author Greg Marinovich is a documentary filmmaker, photographer, and writer who has won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. A native of South Africa, he lives in Johannesburg.Joao Silva is a free-lance photographer whose honors include South African Press Photographer of the Year for 1992. Born in Lisbon, Portugal, he now lives in Johannesburg. Greg Marinovich is a documentary filmmaker, photographer, and writer who has won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. A native of South Africa, he lives in Johannesburg.Joao Silva is a free-lance photographer whose honors include South African Press Photographer of the Year for 1992. Born in Lisbon, Portugal, he now lives in Johannesburg.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. How many people do you need in a room before there'll be a birthday in common? Why is 70 weird, and what can we do about it? How can 56 people eat 1 pizza? In 100 bite-size chapters of no more than three pages each, Adam Spencer gives each number, 1 to 100, its place in the limelight. For example, take 65. It's the constant of a 5 x 5 "magic square" -- a square that contains the numbers 1 to 25, where all the rows and columns and each diagonal add up to 65. Elizabeth Taylor had 65 costume changes in Cleopatra. And sharks can travel up to 65 kilometers per hour (about 40 mph). After reading Adam Spencer's Book of Numbers, readers will never look at numbers the same way again.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome once dominated the world, an d they continue to fascinate and inspire us. Classical art and architecture , drama and epic, philosophy and politics -- these are the foundations of W estern civilization. In The Classical World, eminent classicist Robin Lane Fox brilliantly chronicles this vast sweep of history from Homer to the rei gn of Augustus. From the Peloponnesian War through the creation of Athenian democracy, from the turbulent empire of Alexander the Great to the creatio n of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Christianity, Robin Lane Fox ser ves as our witty and trenchant guide. He introduces us to extraordinary her oes and horrific villains, great thinkers and blood-thirsty tyrants. Throug hout this vivid tour of two of the greatest civilizations the world has eve r known, we remain in the hands of a great master. About the Author: Robin Lane Fox is an emeritus fellow at New College, Oxford. He's the author of many books on ancient and classical history, including Augustine, Alexander the Great, and The Classical World, which was named one of the Top Ten Nonfiction Books of 2006 by the Washington Post Book World. He lives in Oxford, England.

Zustand: Good. 1969. Hardcover. "8vo - over 7" - 9" tall Original Red Cloth. A good clean copy. Jacket condition is described as - Good & Clean. 1st Edition". Keywords: Subjects. Not a first edition copy. . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Prominent scholars and journalists ponder the question of why, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the world is more divided than ever between the rich and the poor, between those living in freedom and those under oppression. 384 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. There has never been another era in modern history, even during wartime or the Great Depression, when so many people have feared so much. Three out of four Americans say they feel more fearful today then they did twenty years ago. The Culture of Fear describes the high costs of living in a fear-ridden environment where realism has become rarer than doors without deadbolts.Why do we have so many fears these days? Are we living in exceptionally dangerous times? To watch the news, you'd certainly think so, but Glassner demonstrates that it is our perception of danger that has increased, not the actual level of risk. The Culture of Fear is an expose of the people and organizations that manipulate our perceptions and profit from our fears: politicians who win elections by heightening concerns about crime and drug use even as rates for both are declining; advocacy groups that raise money by exaggerating the prevalence of particular diseases; TV newsmagazines that monger a new scare every week to garner ratings.Glassner spells out the prices we pay for social panics: the huge sums of money that go to waste on unnecessary programs and products as well as time and energy spent worrying about our fears. 312 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

Paper Back. Zustand: Used.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. Signed by author and previous owner inscription to title page. Inscribed by Author(s).