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The Virtual Embodied
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 39.95The Virtual Embodied is intended to inform, provoke and delight. It explores the ideas of embodiment, knowledge, space, virtue and virtuality to address fundamental questions about technology and human presence. It juxtaposes cutting-edge theories, polemics, and creative practices to uncover ethical, aesthetic and ecological implications of why,... more...
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World
HarperCollins 2006; US$ 12.99John Wood discovered his passion, his greatest success, and his life's work—not at business school or leading Microsoft's charge into Asia in the 1990s—but on a soul-searching trip to the Himalayas. Wood felt trapped between an all-consuming career and a desire to do something lasting and significant. Stressed from the demands of his job,... more...
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 13.99John Wood discovered his passion, his greatest success, and his life's work not at business school or helping lead Microsoft's charge into Asia in the 1990s but on a soul-searching trip to the Himalayas. He made the difficult decision to walk away from his lucrative career to create Room to Read, a nonprofit organization that promotes education across... more...
Days of Reckoning
Dundurn 2002; US$ 17.49In the mid-1990s, a team of young researchers, fresh out of university, embarked on a cross-country journey that would profoundly alter their understanding of Canada and Canadian government. The focus of their investigation was the massive national debt, which at the time had ballooned to $580 million. How, they wondered, had a country that was once... more...
The Chance of War
Dundurn 2003; US$ 29.99In the past ten years, thousands of Canadian "peacekeepers" have served in the former Yugoslavia. The soldiers who appear in this book all served in the first three years of the conflict. Ten were there as a part of Canada's contribution to the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), Operation Harmony. The other, Lewis MacKenzie, was the Chief... more...
Creating Room to Read
Penguin Group US 2013; US$ 14.99The inspirational story of a former Microsoft executive?s quest to build libraries around the world and share the love of books What?s happened since John Wood left Microsoft to change the world? Just ask six million kids in the poorest regions of Asia and Africa. In 1999, at the age of thirty-five, Wood quit a lucrative career to found the nonprofit... more...
A History of Macroeconomic Policy in the United States
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 155.00Keynes asked whether his ?visionary? ideas would overcome the interests opposed to change. However, an examination of the histories of monetary and fiscal policies suggests that this is a false distinction. The interests and ideas associated with government policies are seldom opposed. The suspicion that the latter more often follows than confronts... more...
The Politics of Water Resource Development in India
SAGE India 2007; US$ 49.95This book is about the politics of water resource development and management in. India, with special reference to the Narmada river waters dispute. The author. draws on a wealth of studies on Narmada as also his own research to analyse the. controversy from the perspective of a political scientist. The author analyses three aspects of the conflict... more...
Quality Assurance and Evaluation in the Lifelong Learning Sector
SAGE Publications 2011; US$ 30.00A key text on quality assurance and evaluation in the lifelong learning sector. Suitable for trainee teachers undertaking PGCE, Cert Ed, CTTLS and DTTLS qualifications. more...
Teaching 14-19
McGraw-Hill Education 2012; US$ 151.00This book offers a comprehensive overview of teaching 1419 to provide clear guidance and practical strategies for teachers who are new to teaching. more...









