Subject(s): Financial crises -- Asia | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 | Asia -- Economic conditions -- 1945- Summary: "A collection of selected articles related to the Asian experience with two crises -- the Asian financial crisis in 1997-98 and the global financial crisis of 2007-08 -- written by Dr Jong-Wha Lee, former chief economist

Subject(s): Disaster relief | Decision making | Human services | Assistance in emergencies | Emergency management Summary: "This book presents a new framework of analysis to assess natural and man-made disasters and humanitarian crises, and the feasibility of interventions in these complex emergencies. The past half-century has witnessed a

Subject(s): Leadership -- Psychological aspects | Evolutionary psychology Summary: A psychologist and a scientist examine the history of leadership since the dawn of man, discussing how and why it has evolved over thousands of years and arguing that what people look for in leadership harkens back to humanity's most primordial instincts.

Subject(s): Public housing -- Designs and plans | Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans -- History | Apartment houses -- Designs and plans Summary: The examples included in this volume are a clear demonstration of the optimization of resources used in social housing architecture. These projects offer a great variety of typological solutio

Subject(s): Zombies -- Fiction | Suspense fiction | Science fiction Summary: Not every gift is a blessing. Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant Parks keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes t

Subject(s): Developmental psychology -- Research Methodology | Child development -- Research Methodology | Report writing Summary: "Addressing practical issues rarely covered in methods texts, this user-friendly, jargon-free book helps students and beginning researchers plan infant and child development studies and get them done. The author

Subject(s): New business enterprises | Industrial policy Summary: "Rethinking Industrial Policy systematically analyzes policies in key areas such as innovation, new firms, firm networks, financing, human capital, and internationalization. The authors provide an in-depth look at specific policies and institutions that illustrate the do'

Subject(s): Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders | Child psychopathology -- Diagnosis | Adolescent psychopathology -- Diagnosis Summary: "Thousands of practitioners using prior versions of DSM have relied on this key resource to optimize their diagnostic practices in PreK-12 settings. Now significantly revised for DSM-5, th

Subject(s): Education, Elementary -- Computer-assisted instruction -- Great Britain | Internet in education -- Great Britain | Telecommunication in education -- Great Britain Summary: "The new edition of Teaching and Learning with ICT in the Primary School introduces practising and student teachers to the range of ways in which ICT can be u

Subject(s): Toleration -- Poland | Prejudices -- Poland | Cultural pluralism -- Poland | Poland -- Social conditions | Poland -- Ethnic relations Summary: "This book presents a systematic account on Poles' attitudes toward ethnic, religious, political, and sexual minorities. It investigates Poland's reputation as an intolerant, anti