Subject(s): Work-life balance -- East Asia | Work-life balance -- Southeast Asia Summary: "In Asian societies, work and family issues are only recently beginning to gain attention. The pressure of rapid social change and increasing global competition is compounded by the long hours work culture, especially in the Pan-Confucian societies suc

Subject(s): Venture capital -- Research | Entrepreneurship -- Research | Finance -- Research Summary: Drawing upon current cutting-edge theories, knowledge and research findings, this Handbook provides an analysis of the interaction between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), entrepreneurs and financial institutions globally. The contrib

Subject(s): Democratization -- Case studies -- Asia | Democracy -- Case studies -- Asia | Authoritarianism -- Case studies -- Asia | Asia -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Asia -- Politics and government -- 21st century Summary: "From the 1980s onwards, a tide of democratization swept across the Asian region, as the political str

Subject(s): Sustainable architecture -- Islamic countries | Sustainable development -- Islamic countries | Human engineering | Buildings -- Environmental engineering | Urban ecology (Sociology) | Islam and architecture | Human ecology -- Islamic countries | Place (Philosophy) in architecture -- Islamic countries | Islamic cities and towns | Landsca

Subject(s): Architecture -- History -- 21st century -- United States | Public spaces -- History -- 21st century -- United States | Architecture -- Pictorial works -- History -- 21st century -- United States | Public spaces -- Pictorial works -- History -- 21st century -- United States Summary: Learning Through Practice demonstrates how architec

Subject(s): Office layout | Offices -- Design | Work environment -- Design | Office decoration | Public spaces -- Design Summary: "Life of Work: What Office Design Can Learn From the World Around Us sets out to make the twenty-first century workplace a more dynamic, engaging, colourful, flexible and inclusive place. Jeremy Myerson and Imoge

Subject(s): Green roofs (Gardening) | Urban landscape architecture | Greenways Summary: With the progress of urbanisation worldwide, the conflict between architecture and green areas in the urban context is becoming increasingly pressing. The concept of integrated landscape arises as an important approach to increase green areas while not occup

Subject(s): Money -- United States | Dollar, American | Monetary policy -- United States | International finance Summary: ""Money clearly illustrates that sound money is an essential foundation for a free and prosperous society and that the Federal Reserve's current polices are a greater threat to the economic future of the U.S. tha

Subject(s): Abduction -- Fiction | Selective mutism -- Fiction | Country life -- Fiction Summary: Four years ago, Judith and her best friend disappeared from their small town, Roswell Sation. Two years later, only Judith returned, her tongue cut out -- she can't speak and is reviled and ignored by her family and friends. But when her close-

Subject(s): Islam -- Social aspects | Islam -- Customs and practices Summary: Conservative Islam: A Cultural Anthropology by Erich Kolig analyzes the salient characteristics of Islam and contemporary Muslim society from the perspective of traditional cultural anthropology. By highlighting socio-cultural configurations, the universals they repre