oneworld publications feb 2015 (8 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An acclaimed writer-doctor shares moving stories of mental illness.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Shortlisted for the Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize 2016A finalist for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2015It's April 1948, and war hangs over Jaffa.One minute seven-year-old Salim is dreaming of taking his first harvest from the family's orange tree; the next he is swept away into a life of exile and rage. Seeking a new beginning in swinging-'60s London, Salim falls in love with Jude. The only problem Jude is Jewish.A captivating story about love and loss, Ishmael's Oranges follows the story of two families spanning the crossroad events of modern times, and of the legacy of hatred their children inherit.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Should we aim to maximize happiness Are there characteristics that we should foster within ourselves Why is it important to act morally From the ancient Greeks to Sartre, from utilitarianism to the categorical imperative, Ethics: A Beginner¿s Guide presents this vital topic of philosophy via its most influential thinkers and theories.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Teenage cliques, jihadist cells, army units, polar expeditions, and football hooligans ¿ on the face of it, each of these groups might seem exceptional, but the forces that bind and drive them can affect us all. In recent decades, psychologists have uncovered how and why our innate socialness holds huge sway over how we think and act, propelling us to both high achievement and unthinking cruelty. We are beholden to our peers, even when we think we¿re calling the shots. This is the power of others.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - They helped invent the bar code. They revolutionized business schools and created the corporate practices that now rule our world. McKinsey employees are trusted and distrusted, loved and despised. They are doing behind-the-scenes work for the most powerful people in the world, and their ranks of alumni include the chairman of HSBC and William Hague. Renowned financial journalist Duff McDonald uncovers how these high-priced business savants have ushered in waves of structural, financial, and technological shifts but also become mired in controversy across the years.Discover how the firm celebrated Enron's disastrous corporate structure and how they've been instrumental in the government's controversial NHS reforms. Are they worth their astronomical fees And what do firms and governments actually get for their money Based on exclusive interviews with key McKinsey players and written in gripping prose, this is a revealing window onto one of the most secretive and powerful companies in the world.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Poverty in Britain is at post-war highs and - even with economic growth -is set to increase yet further. Food bank queues are growing, levels of severe deprivation have been rising, and increasing numbers of children are left with their most basic needs unmet.Based on exclusive access to the largest ever survey of poverty in the UK, and its predecessor surveys in the 1980s and 1990s, Stewart Lansley and Joanna Mack track changes in deprivation and paint a devastating picture of the reality of poverty today and its causes. Shattering the myth that poverty is the fault of the poor and a generous benefit system, they show that the blame lies with the massive social and economic upheaval that has shifted power from the workforce to corporations and swelled the ranks of the working poor, a group increasingly at the mercy of low-pay, zero-hour contracts and downward social mobility.The high levels of poverty in the UK are not ordained but can be traced directly to the political choices taken by successive governments. Lansley and Mack outline an alternative economic and social strategy that is both perfectly feasible and urgently necessary if we are to reverse the course of the last three decades.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Power-hungry seductress. religious revolutionary. innocent victim. traitor - who was the real Anne Boleyn.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Paperback edition of this novel exploring the childhood of Pearl, a little girl who likes to escape to the nearby woods. From an author selected as one of 12 best new novelists by the BBC Culture Show.