Subject(s): English literature -- History and criticism Summary: "Designed to be read as a coherent and enjoyable whole, this textbook is invaluable reading for anyone studying literature in English on bachelor's degrees in countries where English is not the first language, especially in Europe. Studying Literature in English: - Grounds

Subject(s): Business -- Research | Research, Industrial -- International cooperation | Research, Industrial -- Management | Research, Industrial -- OECD countries Summary: It has become clear that over the past few decades enterprises not only produce and sell abroad but increasingly also develop goods and services outside their home countries;

Subject(s): Investment analysis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Stocks -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Portfolio management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Summary: "The Zacks Handbook of Investment Anomalies will be the definitive work that presents and updates academic and practitioner research on market inefficiencies that can be translated into ef

Subject(s): Computer algorithms Summary: "Have you ever wondered how your GPS can find the fastest way to your destination, selecting one route from seemingly countless possibilities in mere seconds? How your credit card account number is protected when you make a purchase over the Internet? The answer is algorithms. This book offers an eng

Subject(s): Industries -- Social aspects | Organizational change | Cooperation | Business networks | Globalization | Festschriften Summary: "On the occasion of Peter Brabeck-Letmathe's 70th birthday a group of his friends invited 31 authors to contribute to this festschrift, honoring his great achievements in providing business leadersh

Subject(s): Cement | Cement industries Summary: Strontium aluminate cement is special inorganic cement with the properties which make it favorable for various special applications such as refractory products, macro defect free (MDF) composites, blended cements and expansive cements for high temperature applications. There is an immense number o

Subject(s): Entrepreneurship -- Study and teaching | Entrepreneurship -- Problems, exercises, etc Scope and content: This text moves entrepreneurship education from the traditional process view to a practice-based approach and advocates teaching entrepreneurship using a portfolio of practices, which includes play, empathy, creation, experimenta

Subject(s): Computer-assisted instruction | Interactive multimedia Summary: Richard E. Mayer examines whether people learn more deeply when ideas are expressed in words and pictures rather than in words alone. He reviews 12 principles of instructional design that are based on experimental research studies and grounded in a theory of how people

Subject(s): Muslims -- Southeast Asia | Islam -- Southeast Asia | Cosmopolitanism -- Southeast Asia | Cultural pluralism -- Religious aspects Islam Summary: Cosmopolitan ideals and pluralist tendencies have been employed creatively and adapted carefully by Muslim individuals, societies and institutions in modern Southeast Asia to produce the ne

Subject(s): Islamic law -- History -- Egypt Cairo Summary: What did Islamic law mean in the early modern period, a world of great Muslim empires? Often portrayed as the quintessential jurists' law, to a large extent it was developed by scholars outside the purview of the state. However, for the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire, justice was the