Yeomans explores the role of oil in America--from driving the US economic engine to consolidating the US's position as unilateral superpower--and explains the American consumer's love…
Britain gave railways to the world, yet its own network is the dearest (definitely) and the worst (probably) in Western Europe. Trains are deeply embedded in…
Twenty years ago, behavioral economics did not exist as a field. Most economists were deeply skeptical--even antagonistic--toward the idea of importing insights from psychology into their field. Today, behavioral economics has become virtually mainstr…
The best sales people don't build customers-they challenge them. Based on a quantitative study of more than 6,000 sales reps in multiple industries and geographies, "The…
About The Book What can Roger Federer teach us about the secret of longevity? What do the All Blacks have in common with improvised jazz musicians? And why did Johan Cruyff believe that beauty was more important than winning? In chapters ranging from …
About The Book From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, an illustrated investigation into future technologiesWhat will the world of tomorrow be like? How does progress happen? And why don…
From Gregorian chant to Bach's Brandenburg Concerti, the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods is both beautiful and intriguing, expanding our horizons as it…
Data metrics in schools are becoming increasingly complex, but despite their best efforts, teachers and academics generally find them something of a a black-boxa (TM). This…
Comprehensively revised for both ASP.NET 3.5 and the new VB 2008 language, this book lets novice users gradually build their knowledge of the technology, chapter by…
Silverlight is a lightweight browser plug-in that frees your code from the traditional confines of the browser. It's a rules-changing, groundbreaking technology that allows you to…