Книги издательства "Basic Books"
The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social ForecastingIn 1976, Daniel Bell`s historical work predicted a vastly different society developing-one that will rely on the "economics of information" rather than the "economics of goods." Bell argued that the new society would not displace the older one ...... |
Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics MeetWhat does it mean to carry out "good work"? What strategies allow people to maintain moral and ethical standards at a time when market forces wield unprecedented power and work life is being radically altered by technological innovation? These ...... |
Smart Moves For People In Charge: 130 Checklists To Help You Be A Better LeaderWhether you’re in charge of a small business, a big department, or a growing corporation, you face more challenges than most managers. Smart Moves for People in Charge answers the big questions for people with big responsibilities. Easy-to-use ...... |
Principles of Money, Banking, and Financial MarketsThis text provides a balanced coverage of the theory, institutional descriptions and policy, and incorporates the rapid evolution of the monetary and financial systems. Sections showing how technological advances have altered the financial ...... |
A PhD Is Not Enough! A Guide to Survival in ScienceDespite your graduate education, brainpower, and technical prowess, your career in scientific research is far from assured. Permanent positions are scarce, science survival is rarely part of formal graduate training, and a good mentor is hard to ...... |
A Ph.D. Is Not Enough: A Guide to Survival in ScienceDespite your graduate education, brainpower, and technical prowess, your career in scientific research is far from assured. Permanent positions are scarce, science survival is rarely part of formal graduate training, and a good mentor is hard to ...... |
Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our WorldUncommon Grounds tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in Abyssinia to its role in intrigue in the American colonies to its rise as a national consumer product in the twentieth century and its rediscovery with the advent of ...... |
Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood LIfe of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons"[A] revisionist biography of the man whom a London newspaper eulogized as a `wrecker of industries and an impoverisher of men`... Mr. Renehan describes [Gould`s business deals] with zest." ( New York Times ) Though reviled for more than a ...... |
Code: Version 2.0The "alarming and impassioned"* book on how the Internet is redefining constitutional law, now reissued as the first popular book revised online by its readers (*New York Times) There`s a common belief that cyberspace cannot be regulated-that it ...... |
Beyond The Learning Organization Enhancing Your Company's Capabilities Through State-of-the-art Human Resource PracticesThe next step in organizational development, showing companies how to integrate all areas of human resource practice to drive continuous learning. Beyond the Learning Organization will help executives, managers, and human resource professionals ...... |
The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday LifeThe national bestseller that defines a new economic class and shows how it is key to the future of our cities. The Washington Monthly 2002 Annual Political Book Award Winner The Rise of the Creative Class gives us a provocative newway to think ...... |