Subject(s): Leadership -- Asia | Leadership -- Middle East | Sex role -- Asia | Sex role -- Middle East Summary: "The overall aim of this volume is to present the research studies carried out in the Middle East and Asia in the fields of culture and gender and their influence on leadership in particular. The cultures and practices of these g

Subject(s): Fixed-income securities | Derivative securities | Portfoliio management Summary: "A highly-detailed, practical analysis of fixed income management The Advanced Fixed Income and Derivatives Management Guide provides a completely novel framework for analysis of fixed income securities and portfolio management, with over 700 usefu

Subject(s): Financial crises -- Islamic perspectives | Gold standard -- Islamic perspectives | Finance, Islamic Summary: "Askari and Krichene provide a comprehensive background for recent international financial crises--rapid expansion of interest-bearing debt and monetary expansion though the fractional reserve banking system. In this cont

Subject(s): Islam and politics | Islam and civil society | Citizenship -- Religious aspects Islam | Globalization and Islam -- Religious aspects Islam | Globalization and Islam Summary: "This book presents a critical study of citizenship, state, and globalization in societies that have been historically influenced by Islamic traditions and

Subject(s): English language -- Dialects -- Great Britain | English language -- Variation -- Great Britain | English language -- Great Britain Summary: Combines personal reflections, historical allusions, and traveler's observations about the author's encounters with language and its users throughout the English-speaking world. Cont

Subject(s): Finance -- Turkey | Financial institutions -- Turkey | Finance -- Islamic countries | Finance -- Religious aspects Islam | Financial institutions -- Islamic countries | Finance (Islamic law) Summary: "Turkey could be considered the most important and leading Islamic country that has implemented the Western economic model success

Subject(s): Yachts -- Fiction | Terrorism -- Fiction -- Prevention | Women intelligence officers -- Fiction | Special forces (Military science) -- Fiction Summary: Former CIA agent Emma Cross and former special ops team leader MacKenzie Durand fight their growing attraction to each other as they race to locate the missing yacht "Blackbird&#

Subject(s): Creative ability in business | Creative thinking | Diffusion of innovations Summary: In a book poised to become the bible of innovation, a renowned creativity expert reveals the key to the creative process. Murray explains the origins and evolution of a business idea by showing readers how new ideas are merely the combinations of ex

Subject(s): Eating disorders in adolescence -- Popular works | Parent and teenager Summary: "Tens of thousands of parents have turned to this compassionate resource for support and practical advice grounded in cutting edge scientific knowledge. Numerous vivid stories show how to recognize and address anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and o

Subject(s): Legislative oversight | Legislative oversight -- Moral and ethical aspects | Political corruption | Political corruption -- Prevention | Political ethics | Comparative government Summary: "This book investigates parliaments' role in curbing corruption. In addition to discussing the definition, causes, and costs of corruption