Subject(s): Islamic law -- History -- Egypt | Law -- History -- Egypt Summary: In this meticulously researched volume, Leonard Wood presents his ground breaking history of Islamic revivalist thought in Islamic law. 'Islamic Legal Revival: Reception of European Law and Transformations in Islamic Legal Thought in Egypt, 1879-1952' brings

Subject(s): Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects | Law and economics Summary: Should the idea of economic man-the amoral and self-interested Homo economicus-determine how we expect people to respond to monetary rewards, punishments, and other incentives? Samuel Bowles answers with a resounding "no." Policies that follow from this para

Subject(s): Finance, Personal | Investments | Finance -- Religious aspects Summary: "Is it possible to be a conscientious citizen of the world and grow wealth? The author, a Buddhist and a financial planner, says yes and explains exactly how. Jonathan DeYoe shows how money drives so many of our decisions. But while we worry about earning it

Subject(s): Male friendship -- Fiction | Veterans -- Fiction | Boy Scouts -- Fiction | Camps -- Fiction Summary: A scarred Vietnam veteran and successful businessman reflects on his teen years as a social outcast and friend to a popular youth during a summer camp reunion marked by selflessness and an unthinkable event involving his friend's

Subject(s): Risk management | Information technology -- Management | Strategic planning Summary: "Risk management strategy for the pioneering technological sector Enterprise Risk and Opportunity Management provides much-needed guidance tailored specifically to the technological sector. While most enterprise risk management guides are writt

Subject(s): Information society | Digital electronics -- Social aspects | Technological innovations -- Social aspects Summary: "The digital transition of the world economy is now entering a phase of broad and deep societal impact. While there is one overall transition, there are many different sectoral transformations, from health and legal

Subject(s): Organizational behavior | Organizational effectiveness | Office politics | Executive ability Summary: "Empowerment produces the conditions for high performance. Especially for middle managers and below. Empowered cultures attract and retain talent. They produce high achievement, high accountability and high commitment. The Empo

Subject(s): Finance -- Mathematical models Summary: "Explore the deadly elegance of finance's hidden powerhouse The Money Formula takes you inside the engine room of the global economy to explore the little-understood world of quantitative finance, and show how the future of our economy rests on the backs of this all-but-impenetrable i

Subject(s): Information commons -- United States | Freedom of information -- United States | Intellectual freedom -- United States | Copyright -- History -- United States | Internet -- United States Summary: "A smart, lively history of the Internet free culture movement and its larger effects on society--and the life and shocking suicide of

Subject(s): Internet marketing | Social media | Marketing -- Social aspects Summary: "Marketing in today's digital age has become overwhelmingly complex-but it doesn't have to be. Success lies in stepping above of the clutter and understanding the new principles of digital marketing. To this complicated and fast-moving world, bests