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  • The Curse of Empire

    Ukraine, Poland, and the Fatal Paths in Russian History

    by Martin Schulze Wessel ...
    Translated by Neil Solomon ...
    Russia's attack on Ukraine marks an epochal break in European and global history. Undoubtedly, the decision to go to war is closely linked to one person, Vladimir Putin, but Russia's war is not driven solely by one man's power calculations. We can only make sense of Russia's actions in Ukraine, argues the distinguished historian Martin Schulze Wessel, by putting them in the broader context of the ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Organizational Resilience in Action

    Strategies for Overcoming Future Crises

    by Achim Röhe ...
    Translated by Neil Solomon ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, companies are increasingly driven by automation, where software algorithms replace human decision-making. This book explores the concept of the self-driving company, an organization that has reached a high level of automation through various stages of development. It tackles the critical question: Can we trust such automated entities? Using intuitive models ... Read more

    $96.99 CAD

  • Subjectivity Transformed

    The Cultural Foundation of Liberty in Modernity

    by Thomas Vesting ...
    Translated by Neil Solomon ...
    This book provides a historically informed reconstruction of the social practices that have shaped the formation of the modern subject from the early modern period to the present. The formal legal protections accorded to subjects are, and always have been, latent in social practices, norms, and language before they are articulated in formal legal orders.Vesting argues that in Western societies ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Capital and Ressentiment

    A Short Theory of the Present

    by Joseph Vogl ...
    Translated by Neil Solomon ...
    The proliferation of social media has provided ideal conditions in which feelings of anger and frustration can be expressed and shared, forming a deep pool of ressentiment that is being drawn upon and exploited by populist and authoritarian leaders.In his new book, Joseph Vogl shows how this dynamic is rooted in the fusing of finance capital and information in a new form of information capitalism ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

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    The Curse of Empire

    Ukraine, Poland, and the Fatal Paths in Russian History

    by Martin Schulze Wessel ...
    Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 24 min

    Russia's attack on Ukraine marks an epochal break in European and global history. Undoubtedly, the decision to go to war is closely linked to one person, Vladimir Putin, but Russia's war is not driven solely by one man's power calculations. We can only make sense of Russia's actions in Ukraine, argues the distinguished historian Martin Schulze Wessel, by putting them in the broader context of the ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Holocaust as History and Warning

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  • Historiography in the Twentieth Century

    From Scientific Objectivity to the Postmodern Challenge

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    "No one looking for a well-informed introduction to . . the key views of history adopted by professional historians . . could find a better one than this." ―Richard J. Evans, author of In Defence of HistoryA broad perspective on historical thought and writing, with a new epilogue.In this book, now published in ten languages, a preeminent intellectual historian examines the profound changes in ... Read more

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  • Building the Learning Organization

    Achieving Strategic Advantage through a Commitment to Learning

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    Learning is the key to success and survival in today's workplace.This essential best-practices toolkit with lessons from world-class leaders - FedEx, Nokia, Alcoa, Whirlpool, Microsoft, and others - tells how to successfully transform an organization into one that not only continually learns from its experiences but quickly translates that knowledge into improved performance.Rich with hands-on ... Read more

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  • Philosophy and Real Politics

    by Raymond Geuss ...
    Many contemporary political thinkers are gripped by the belief that their task is to develop an ideal theory of rights or justice for guiding and judging political actions. But in Philosophy and Real Politics, Raymond Geuss argues that philosophers should first try to understand why real political actors behave as they actually do. Far from being applied ethics, politics is a skill that allows ... Read more

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  • Levers Of Organization Design

    How Managers Use Accountability Systems For Greater Performance And Commitment

    by Robert Simons ...
    The design of an organization--the accountability system that defines roles, rights, and responsibilities throughout the firm--has a direct impact on the performance of every employee. Yet, few leaders devote focused attention to how this design is chosen, implemented, and adjusted over time. Robert Simons argues that by viewing design as a powerful and proactive management lever--rather than an ... Read more

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  • What Is Ancient History?

    by Walter Scheidel ...
    From one of today’s most innovative ancient historians, a provocative new vision of why ancient history matters—and why it needs to be told in a radically different, global wayIt’s easy to think that ancient history is, well, ancient history—obsolete, irrelevant, unjustifiably focused on Greece and Rome, and at risk of extinction. In What Is Ancient History?, Walter Scheidel presents a compelling ... Read more

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  • Stalin

    Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928

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