Awakening giants, feet of clay

A comparative look at the astonishing economic rise of modern China and IndiaThe recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention—and justifiably so. Together, the two countries account for one-fifth of the global economy and are projected to represent a full third ...

Awakening the management of coworking spaces

In Awakening the Management of Coworking Spaces, the chapter authors combine a scientific approach with managing implications, developing theoretic constructs, reporting qualitative and quantitative findings about challenges, potentials, effects, managerial solutions, and success stories.

Awangarda

In Awangarda, Lisa Cooper Vest explores how the Polish postwar musical avant-garde framed itself in contrast to its Western European counterparts. Rather than a rejection of the past, the Polish avant-garde movement emerged as a manifestation of national cultural traditions stretching back into t...

Away from chaos

Away from Chaos is a sweeping political history of four decades of Middle East conflict and its worldwide ramifications. Gilles Kepel offers a clear and persuasive narrative of the long-term causes of tension while seamlessly incorporating on-the-ground observations and personal experiences from ...

Awe

An unforgettable debut: Dorothea Lasky is a seductive prophet who delights as well as terrifies.

Awkward

Startlingly imaginative nonfiction about a very particular if common and much-maligned state of being.

Awopbopaloobop alopbamboom

Written in 1968 and revised in 1972, Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom was the first book to celebrate the language and the primal essence of rock 'n' roll. But it was much more than that. It was a cogent history of an unruly era, from the rise of Bill Haley to the death of Jimi Hendrix. And while telli...

Aws certified ai practitioner (aif-c01) study guide

Aws certified cloud practitioner (clf-c02) study guide

Cloud computing continues to drive innovation across industries, fueling advancements like digital transformation, scalability, and the rise of artificial intelligence. Amazon Web Services is at the forefront of this evolution, and the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification is the perfect...

Aws certified data engineer associate study guide

Axiomatic

Janet Malcolm meets The Empathy Exams, in a genre-bending work on how we understand the traumas we inherit.

Ayiti

Roxane Gay is an award-winning literary voice praised for her fearless and vivid prose, and her debut collection Ayiti exemplifies the raw talent that made her “one of the voices of our age” (National Post, Canada).The powerful debut collection exploring the Haitian diaspora experience from New Y...

Ayn rand explained

Fifty-five years after Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand is more in the news than ever. Ayn Rand Explained is an accurate and riveting account of Rand’s life, work, and influence, with the emphasis on her ideas. The book covers Rand’s career, from youth in Soviet Russia to Hollywood screenwriter and then...

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Azadi

From the best-selling author of My Seditious Heart and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, a new and pressing dispatch from the heart of the crowd and the solitude of the writer’s desk. 

Azaleas

Available for the first time in English, Azaleas is a captivating collection of poems by a master of the early Korean modernist style. Published in 1925, Azaleas is the only collection Kim Sowol (1902-1934) produced during his brief life, yet he remains one of Korea's most beloved and well-known ...

Aztlan and viet nam

Showcasing over sixty short stories, poems, speeches, and articles, Aztlán and Viet Nam is the first anthology of Mexican American writings about the U.S. war in Southeast Asia. The words are startlingly frank, moving, and immensely powerful, as they call to our attention an important and neglect...

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Azure fundamentals (az-900) study guide

Cloud computing is no longer just a buzzword but a crucial skill set for today's professionals. The ability to navigate the complexities of cloud technologies and understand the Azure environment is a significant advantage. Whether you're starting your tech journey or looking to solidify your fou...

Azusa reimagined

In Azusa Reimagined, Keri Day explores how the Azusa Street Revival of 1906, out of which U.S. Pentecostalism emerged, directly critiqued America's distorted capitalist values and practices at the start of the twentieth century. Employing historical research, theological analysis, and critical th...

B, book, and me

An unflinching novel about the end of girlhood—Kim captures the moment young women find themselves suddenly in an adult world full of dangers like bullying and sexual assault, and where there's no longer anyone to rely on but each other.

B-side books

Leading writers, critics, and scholars show why their favorite forgotten books deserve a new audience. In these thoughtful, often personal essays, contributors—including Caleb Crain, Merve Emre, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Namwali Serpell—read books by writers such as Helen DeWitt, Shirley Jackson, St...

B. r. ambedkar

A short, digestible biography of this important Indian statesman, whose compassion and devotion to public standards should serve as a model for the politicians of our day.

B. traven

His life belonged to him, only. His books belonged to the public. B. Traven: Portrait of a Famous Unknown is a graphic biography that tells the larger-than-life story of the German revolutionary, actor, and writer known as B. Traven (1882–1969). Despite his commercial success as a best-selling wr...

B: the beginning artworks

The ultimate must-have material book.We are proud to present this definitive art book of B the Beginning, a Japanese animation series produced by Production I.G and directed by Kazuto Nakazawa. Production I.G. is most notable for creating an Anime series like Ghost in the Shell and Psycho-Path. B...

Baba yaga laid an egg

Dubravka Ugresic retells the myth of Baba Yaga - one of the most famous stories in Russian and Eastern European mythology

Babel' in context

Isaak Babel' (1894-1940) is arguably one of the greatest modern short story writers of the early twentieth century. Yet his life and work are shrouded in the mystery of who Babel' was—an Odessa Jew who wrote in Russian, who came from one of the most vibrant centers of east European Jewish culture...

Baboon

Beginning in the middle of crisis, then accelerating through plots that grow stranger by the page, Naja Marie Aidt’s stories have a feel all their own. Though they are built around the common themes of sex, love, desire, and gender, Aidt pushes them into her own desperate, frantic realm. In one, ...

Baby

Mangled diction from the cusp of childhood.

Baby boomers of color

Melvin Delgado provides a comprehensive portrait of the status and unique assets of boomers of color

Baby boomers, age, and beauty

Drawing from a variety of sources from ageing research, history and gender studies, this book is a rich exploration of the baby boomers - those coming of age in the sixties and now entering old age - the influences that have shaped how they perceive ageing appearance, define ageing and beauty, a...

Baby bust, 10th anniversary edition

Ten years ago a groundbreaking cross-generational study revealed that greater freedom and new constraints were leading fewer young people to choose parenthood. In the intervening years, the decision to have a family has not gotten easier.Stew Friedman, founding director of The Wharton School's Wo...

Baby jails

“I worked in a trailer that ICE had set aside for conversations between the women and the attorneys. While we talked, their children, most of whom seemed to be between three and eight years old, played with a few toys on the floor. It was hard for me to get my head around the idea of a jail full ...

Baby steps to stem

Give your child a head start by building a STEM foundation with fifty everyday, play-based activities for infants and toddlers

Baby, i don't care

A playful collection of poems reconfiguring iconic dialogue from classic American films to upend notions of love, wealth, gender, and consumption.

Babygate

An essential guide to navigating the workplace during pregnancy and early parenthood, including a state-specific guide to parents’ rights.

Babylon of egypt

This book presents a history of Old Cairo based on new archaeological evidence gathered between 2000 and 2006 during a major project to lower the groundwater level affecting the churches and monuments of this area of Cairo known by the Romans as Babylon.The Emperor Diocletian built the fortress o...

Babylon's banksters

Astrology, ancient temples, modern banking: here are the alchemical physics behind it all.

Bachelor japanists

Challenging clichés of Japanism as a feminine taste, Bachelor Japanists argues that Japanese aesthetics were central to contests over the meanings of masculinity in the West. Christopher Reed draws attention to the queerness of Japanist communities of writers, collectors, curators, and artists be...

Back roads to far towns

A classic translation of Basho's most famous travel journal

Back stories

Few topics in the news are more hotly contested than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—and news coverage itself is always a subject of debate. But rarely do these debates incorporate an on-the-ground perspective of what and who newsmaking entails. Studying how journalists work in Jerusalem, Bethle...

Back to a new normal

Back to a New Normal explores the profound effects of Covid-19 on personal and professional lives, offering strategies for adapting to the new reality. It examines the virus’s impact on behaviors and organizations, while providing expert advice on managing the pandemic’s consequences and preparin...

Back to peace

This collection of original essays by historians and literary critics explores the complex and difficult question of how a culture does, in fact, “return to peace” after a war.

Back to school

The statistics come as a total surprise to most: 45 percent of postsecondary school students do not enroll directly out of high school. Many are part-time students, people who are returning to school after life intervened, or otherwise “nontraditional” learners—and this segment is growing. Back t...

Back to the moon

A scientist’s inspiring vision of our return to the Moon as humanity’s next thrilling step in space explorationJust over half a century since Neil Armstrong first stepped foot on the lunar surface, a new space race to the Moon is well underway and rapidly gaining momentum. Laying out a vision for...