Subject(s): Banks and banking | Banks and banking -- History | Bank failures | Financial crises Summary: "After the financial crisis of 2007-2008, analysts continue to question the security of banking sectors in nations in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Why do such crises recur? What is it about the accumulation of bank debt that

Subject(s): Democratization -- Case studies | Ethnic conflict -- Case studies | Minorities -- Case studies Summary: "Many new democracies are characterized by majority dominance and ethnocentrism. Varying paths or transitions toward democracy create very different outcomes for how ethnic identities, communities and politics are recognized.

Subject(s): Criminal defense lawyers -- Fiction | Teenagers with mental disabilities -- Fiction | Girls -- Fiction -- Crimes against Murder -- Fiction -- Investigation | Judicial ethics -- Fiction | Southern States -- Fiction Summary: Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. He works out of a customized bulletproof van, complete with W

Subject(s): Edison, Thomas A. 1847-1931. (Thomas Alva) | Inventors -- Biography -- United States Summary: Edison presents, in intimate detail, the man who helped engineer the modern world. One of history's most prolific inventors and perhaps America's first celebrity, Thomas Alva Edison did more than bring incandescent light into every

Subject(s): Moneo, Jose Rafael -- Criticism and interpretation | Architects -- Spain | Architecture, Modern -- 20th century Summary: The Spanish architect Rafael Moneo (b. 1937) has won numerous awards (including the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize), yet this publication is the first to offer a critical study of his career as a whole-no

Subject(s): Advertising -- Technological innovations Summary: This book makes an important contribution to the field of advertising in bringing together state-of-the-art insights into new advertising formats and how they work. Split into three sections: 'The Changing Advertising Universe', 'Advertising in a Digital Connected World&#

Subject(s): Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction | Abandoned children -- Juvenile fiction | Camping -- Juvenile fiction Summary: Lily isn't home alone - but she sort of wishes she was; looking after her three younger siblings is a lot of responsibility. When Mum goes off on holiday with her new boyfriend and her stepdad fails to show u

Subject(s): Sisters -- Juvenile fiction | Sibling rivalry -- Juvenile fiction | Girls -- Juvenile fiction Summary: Marty and her sister Melissa couldn't be more different. Marty loves her Converse trainers, playing football, hiding in her secret den and helping her dad with his DIY. But Melissa loves Justin Bieber and all things pink, girly

Subject(s): Management | Uncertainty | Problem solving | Corporate culture | Organizational change Summary: "This book argues that paradox, ambiguity and uncertainty in organizational life are the norm rather than the exception for leaders and managers. Many managers are implicitly aware of this, but they rarely spend much time reflecting o

Subject(s): Buildings -- Environmental engineering | Buildings -- Mechanical equipment Design and construction | Buildings -- Electric equipment Design and construction Summary: "The ultimate interior designer's guide to building systems and safety Building Systems for Interior Designers, Third Edition is the single-source technical ref