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Eat the Rich
Pan Macmillan 2011; US$ 7.66P.J. sets off on a world tour to investigate funny economics. Having seen ?good? capitalism on Wall Street, he looks at ?bad? capitalism in Albania, views ?good? socialism in Sweden and endures ?bad? socialism in Cuba. The result is the world?s only astute, comprehensive and concise presentation of the basic principles of economics that can make you... more...
Holidays in Hell
Atlantic Books Ltd 2012; US$ 10.19P.J. O'Rourke travels to hellholes around the globe in Holidays in Hell, looking for trouble, the truth, and a good time. After casually sight-seeing in war-torn Lebanon and being pepper-gassed in Korea, P.J. checks out the night life in communist Poland and spends the Christmas holidays in El Salvador. Taking a long look at Nicaragua, P.J.... more...
Paint It Black
Simon & Schuster UK 2010; US$ 11.99Florida's scenic Sereno Key has been shaken to the core by a ritualistic serial killer who is targeting black men, leaving his victims faceless and marked with spray paint. Finished as a cop in Michigan, Louis Kincaid is persuaded to take the case as a PI and he joins forces with rookie FBI profiler, Emily Farantino. But without a badge Louis is trying... more...
A Handbook of Work and Organizational Psychology
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 64.99Personnel Psychology (or Human Resource Management) examines individual differences and their consequences for the organization. Attention is paid to choice processes, abilities and capabilities, needs and need fulfilment, commitment, selection methods, career development, appraisal and training. The focus of personnel psychology is the satisfactory... more...
A Handbook of Work and Organizational Psychology
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 78.99Organizational processes and the organization-environment interaction are discussed in this volume of the Handbook of Work and Organizational Psychology . Both organizational and environmental characteristics affect the behaviour of individuals and groups, but such characteristics are in turn also influenced by behavioural features. This volume on... more...
Gulls: A Guide to Identification
A&C Black 2010; US$ 64.99This second edition of Peter Grant's guide has been extensively revisedand has been reset throughout. Importantly, a further eight species ofgulls occurring on the west coasts of Canada and the USA have beenadded. Thebook now covers 31 species and has been increased in length from 280 to352 pages. More than 280 new photographs have been added orsubstituted,... more...
Organometallic Compounds in the Environment
Wiley 2003; US$ 375.00A knowledge of the chemical structure and concentration of organometal compounds throughout the ecosystem is important in working out the pathways and mechanisms by which metals distribute themselves throughout the environment. Treating the topic as an integrated subject area, the Second Edition of Organometallic Compounds in the Environment covers... more...
The Transvestite Achilles
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 34.00Statius' unfinished epic, the Achilleid, explores Achilles' mother's attempt to save her son from the Trojan War by dressing him as a girl. This first book-length study of the poem offers a detailed interpretation and explores questions of the poem's reception and of gender in antiquity. more...
Carausius and Allectus
Taylor and Francis 1994; US$ 135.00Under Carausius and his successor Allectus, Britain for a decade (AD 286-96) achieved an independence which threatened the stability of the Roman Empire. With coastal areas of Gaul also forming part of the separatist dominion, the crisis led to the creation of a second tier of imperial rulers. Constantius Chlorus was promoted to suppress the revolt... more...









