Kuperard, 2019. — 169 p. — ISBN10: 1857338871. Culture Smart! Singapore will introduce you to the rich and varied customs of this densely populated island-state. It describes its private, social, and business life, and tells you what to expect and how to behave in unfamiliar situations. In doing so it offers you a fuller, more rounded experience of this fascinating,...
Currency, 2019. — 352 p. — ISBN: 978-1-984822-54-3. “To say Charles Schwab is an entrepreneur is actually an understatement. He really is a revolutionary.”—Phil Knight, co-founder of Nike, author of Shoe Dog The founder of The Charles Schwab Corporation recounts his ups and downs as he made stock investing, once the expensive and clubby reserve of the few, accessible to...
Canongate Books Ltd, 2018. — 160 p. — ISBN: 978-1-786894-69-6. What can the rise and reign of this century's most feared politician teach us about life, work and love? Rob Sears shows how the machinations that enabled Putin to dominate the Kremlin and undermine the United States of America could also help you take control of your mundane life. How would you like to ruin your...
Picador, 2019. — 400 p. — ISBN: 978-1-509883-03-7. Vladimir Putin has dominated Russian politics since Boris Yeltsin relinquished the presidency in his favour in May 2000. He served two terms as president, before himself relinquishing the post to his prime minister, Dimitri Medvedev, only to return to presidential power for a third time in 2012. Putin's rule, whether as...
Warner Group Publications. — 92 p. "Stamp Collector" is a continuation of "Stamp & Coin Mart", but only about philately. It is a monthly British magazine for philatelists. It presents the latest stamps from around the world. Every issue features in-depth collecting guides, expert advice, price guides, and the latest news on every aspect of stamp.
Luma Creative Ltd. — 52 p. Storytime is a kids magazine full of brilliant stories. It's packed with fairy tale, myths, poems, and much more - all beautifully written and illustrated, with puzzles, games and coloring in too!
Immediate Media Co Bristol Ltd. — 100 p. — ISSN: 1460-1970. Популярный среди любителей вышивания крестом журнал из Великобритании. Красивый дизайн, множество блестящих идей для вышивания, интересные статьи, рекомендации мастеров. В каждом номере авторы журнала предлагают коллекцию самых красивых проектов от лучших дизайнеров. С предложенными проектами справятся не только...
Red Globe Press, 2019. — 325 p. — ISBN: 978-1-137508-18-3. This new textbook, authored by a team of expert researchers and lecturers based at the London College of Fashion, is one of the first in the field to examine strategic management in the context of the fashion industry, catering specifically for students hoping to work in the sector. International in approach, the text...
HarperCollins Publishers, 2019. — 544 p. — ISBN: 978-0-062449-62-1. The astonishing true story of the Berlin Tunnel, one of the West's greatest espionage operations of the Cold War—and the dangerous Soviet mole who betrayed it. Its code name was "Operation Gold," a wildly audacious CIA plan to construct a clandestine tunnel into East Berlin to tap into critical KGB and Soviet...
Oxford University Press, Inc., 2017. — 144 p. — (Very Short Introductions). — ISBN: 978-0-198706-78-6. The Industrial Revolution was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries and led to far reaching transformations of society. With the advent of revolutionary manufacturing technology productivity boomed. Machines...
No Starch Press, 2019. — 380 p. — ISBN: 978-1-718500-04-1. High-level overview of the information security field. Covers key concepts like confidentiality, integrity, and availability, then dives into practical applications of these ideas in the areas of operational, physical, network, application, and operating system security. In this high-level survey of the information...
Hoffman Media. — 116 p. — ISSN: 2472-0089. Создавайте красивые, мастерские печеные изделия, открывайте лучшие в мире пекарни, мастеров и инициаторов в современной культуре выпечки, узнавайте о продуктах, которые должны быть в кладовых каждого пекаря, о новых книгах, и многое другое. В журнале публикуются рецепты выпечки и различных сладостей.
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019. — 304 p. Singapore gained independence in 1965, a city-state in a world of nation-states. Yet its long and complex history reaches much farther back. Blending modernity and tradition, ideologies and ethnicities, a peculiar set of factors make Singapore what it is today. In this thematic study of the island nation, Michael D. Barr proposes a new...
Revised Ed. — SAGE Publications, 2016. — 240 p. — ISBN: 978-1-473982-37-5. Jean Baudrillard's classic text was one of the first to focus on the process and meaning of consumption in contemporary culture. Originally published in 1970, the book makes a vital contribution to current debates on consumption. The book includes Baudrillard's most organized discussion of mass media...
7th Ed. — Berlitz Travel, 2019. — 168 p. — ISBN: 978-1-785731-41-6. With an iconic style and a bestselling brand, this is the quintessential pocket-sized travel guide to Turkey - now with a bilingual dictionary. Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering fun and interesting...
Charles C Thomas • Publisher Ltd., 2019. — 282 p. — ISBN: 9787-0-398092-96-6. Today's business owner is facing a new set of challenges to provide for a safe and secure business environment. But the prudent business owner has only to look to the professional security consultant for assistance in developing strategies to achieve that goal. This unique book provides the private...
Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2013. — 180 p. — ISBN: 978-1-782550-13-5. This book teaches the basics of partner acrobatics with children and teenagers. It shows the reader how to organize practice sessions and arrange performances. A practical section presents simple acrobatic figures that have proved to be of value in practice.
Kuperard Publishers, 2018. — 168 p. — ISBN: 978-1-857338-81-2. Culture Smart! The Netherlands will take you beyond the stereotypical images of windmills, clogs, cheese, and tulips to understand the complex layers of Dutch identity. It describes through illustrated, easy-to-follow chapters the main features of modern Dutch society and offers insights into the values at the heart...
Pen & Sword Transport, 2018. — 202 p. — ISBN: 978-1-526701-51-0. This is the story of how for more than a hundred years steam power played a vital role in the development of road transport. It all began with tentative attempts to build steam carriages by pioneers such as Cugnot in France and Trevithick in Britain, and in the early part of the nineteenth century there were...
Other Press, 2019. — 304 p. — ISBN: 978-1-590510-52-0. Drawing on a wealth of previously unexamined material, this staggering account sheds new light on the Allies’ responsibility for a landmark agreement that had dire consequences. On returning from Germany on September 30, 1938, after signing an agreement with Hitler on the carve-up of Czechoslovakia, Neville Chamberlain...
Cricket Media. — 40 p. — ISSN 1094-4273. Язык: английский. Packed with fascinating information on topics that preschoolers love, CLICK is the science magazine for kids that explains how the world works, one fascinating topic at a time. If your children are curious about the world – from dinosaurs to space, nature to technology – CLICK is here to answer their questions using...
Cricket Media. — 38 p. — ISSN 1094-4273. Язык: английский. Packed with fascinating information on topics that preschoolers love, CLICK is the science magazine for kids that explains how the world works, one fascinating topic at a time. If your children are curious about the world – from dinosaurs to space, nature to technology – CLICK is here to answer their questions using...
Hachette Book Group, 2019. — 376 p. — ISBN: 978-1-640490-53-6. Whether you're sipping espresso in Piazza del Duomo or relaxing lakeside, take on Italy at your own speed with Moon Milan & Beyond. • Explore In and Around the City: Wander Milan's most interesting neighborhoods and the nearby lake region, including Lake Como, Lake Maggiore, Lake Garda, and more • Go at Your Own...
Routledge, 2018. — 506 p. — ISBN 978-1-138917-33-8. The Routledge Handbook of Africa–Asia Relations is the first handbook aimed at studying the interactions between countries across Africa and Asia in a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive way. Providing a balanced discussion of historical and on-going processes which have both shaped and changed intercontinental relations over...
Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. — 304 p. Asia was the principle focus of empire-builders from Alexander and Akbar to Chinggis Khan and Qianlong and yet, until now, there has been no attempt to provide a comprehensive history of empire in the region. Empire in Asia addresses the need for a thorough survey of the topic. Volume I traces the evolution of a constellation of competing...
Wiley Publishing, 2005. — 296 p. — ISBN: 978-0-764567-59-4. Packed with photos, including 8 pages in full color. Color your world with orchids. Orchids are beautiful, fragrant, wonderfully varied, and surprisingly affordable. But aren't they hard to grow at home? No! says orchid grower extraordinaire Steve Frowine. In this handy guide, he shows you step by step how to select...
2nd Ed. — Tata McGraw-Hill Education Private Ltd., 2012. — 686 p. — ISBN: 978-1-259097-61-7. This comprehensive and thoroughly revised edition of Thermal Physics provides a concise and balanced account of all the fundamental concepts along with plethora of solved and unsolved problems, as per examination requisites. Following a conceptual flow, the textbook covers all important...
Kuperard Publishers, 2018. — 169 p. — ISBN: 978-1-857338-82-0. Culture Smart! Israel marks the nation's 70th year of independence in a concise cultural guide of this diverse, dynamic, and paradoxical country. This edition provides important insights so visitors will know what to expect and how to behave, avoid misunderstandings, and form good social and business relationships....
Prentice-Hall Canada, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, 1991. — 242 p. — ISBN: 0137184204. The complete practical guide to the materials, tools and know-how needed for successful household maintenance and repair.
5th Ed. — Routledge, 2019. — 664 p. — ISBN: 978-1-138058-41-6. The new revised fifth edition of Natural Hazards remains the go-to introductory-level survey intended for university and college courses that are concerned with earth processes that have direct, and often sudden and violent, impacts on human society. The text integrates principles of geology, hydrology, meteorology,...
Bear & Company, 2015. — 480 p. — ISBN: 978-159143193X. The real history of the New World and the visitors, from both East and West, who traveled to the Americas long before 1492. • Provides more than 300 photographs and drawings, including Celtic runes in New England, Gaelic inscriptions in Colorado, and Asian symbols in the West • Reinterprets many archaeological finds, such...
Lonely Planet, 2019. — 300 p. Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet's Best of Iceland is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Gaze in wonder at the celestial kaleidoscope of the Northern Lights, warm up with a soak in the Blue Lagoon and explore a sweeping...
Lonely Planet, 2019. — 192 p. Lonely Planet: The world’s number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet’s Pocket Athens is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Marvel at the Acropolis raised spectacularly over Athens, follow in the footsteps of Socrates at the Agora and step into the Temple of...
Lonely Planet, 2019. — 176 p. Lonely Planet Pocket Kyoto & Osaka is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Get a panoramic view of Kyoto at Ginkaku-ji, catch a glimpse of geishas in the Gion district, or amble through the streets of Amerika-Mura; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart...
Lonely Planet, 2019. — 320 p. Lonely Planet: The world’s number one travel guide publisher* Lonely Planet’s Scotland’s Highlands & Islands is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Sip the water of life, whisky, in an ancient pub; walk the West Highland Way (or a little bit of it) for some of the...
Tuttle Publishing, 2014. — 224 p. — ISBN: 978-0-804844-75-5. This sustainable architecture and design book featuring elegant photographs and showcases the ultra-modern homes of Singapore. Singapore is celebrated as one of the most livable cities in Asia, and Sustainable Luxury shows how the prosperous, forward-looking nation is pioneering innovative solutions for environmental,...
Dorling Kindersley, 2019. — 362 p. Celebrating a tradition of bravery, thirst for knowledge, and pursuit of glory, this book tells the stories of the most famous mountaineers in history and explores the climbs that they conquered. Mountaineers is filled with stirring tales of adventure and intriguing characters, from the Brits who insisted on hauling cases of vintage champagne up...
National Geographic Partners, LLC. — 60 p. — ISSN: 1542-3042. National Geographic Kids is a children’s magazine published by National Geographic Partners. The publication, which launched in 1975 as National Geographic World, adopted its current name in 2001. Designed for kids ages 6 to 14, Nat Geo Kids features stories about animals, science, technology, archaeology, geography,...
Mountaineers Books, 2018. — 352 p. — ISBN: 978-1-680511-07-6. Move over traditional sightseeing, throngs of visitors, and tourist traps! Explore Europe on Foot gives travelers an alternative way to discover Europe. A hiking vacation offers countless rewards: the time to admire the tidiness of a village farm, soak in the rugged alpine view from a rocky perch, and absorb a...
Goodfellow Publishers Limited, 2018. — 250 p. — ISBN: 978-1-911396-35-8. Small tourism businesses form the majority of the employment opportunities within the tourism industry. However, many texts seem to overlook this significant sector of the industry and focus instead on the larger multinational companies. This unique text focuses on the application of global marketing...
5th Ed. — Rough Guides, 2019. — 208 p. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR TIME ON EARTH Discover the best of New York City with this compact, practical, entertaining Pocket Rough Guide. This slim, trim treasure trove of trustworthy travel information is ideal for short trip travellers, and covers all the key sights (Central Park, Statue of Liberty, MoMA and the Empire State Building),...
Oxford University Press, 2017. — 712 p. — ISBN: 978-0-195335-82-8. Until recently, Spinoza's standing in Anglophone studies of philosophy has been relatively low and has only seemed to confirm Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi's assessment of him as "a dead dog." However, an exuberant outburst of excellent scholarship on Spinoza has of late come to dominate work on early modern...
5th Ed. — Academic Press, 2017. — 1056 p. — ISBN: 978-0-128026-10-6. Bent Sorensen’s Renewable Energy: Physics, Engineering, Environmental Impacts, Economics and Planning, Fifth Edition, continues the tradition by providing a thorough and current overview of the entire renewable energy sphere. Since its first edition this standard reference source helped put renewable energy on...
New York: Public Affairs, 2019. — 224 p. — ISBN: 978-1-541736-70-2. An impassioned defense of open society, academic and media freedom, and human rights. George Soros—universally known for his philanthropy, progressive politics, and investment success—has been under sustained attack from the far right, nationalists, and anti-Semites in the United States and around the world...
Warner Group Publications PLC. — 100 p. "Stamp Collector" is a continuation of "Stamp & Coin Mart", but only about philately. It is a monthly British magazine for philatelists. It presents the latest stamps from around the world. Every issue features in-depth collecting guides, expert advice, price guides, and the latest news on every aspect of stamp.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019. — 368 p. — ISBN: 978-1-119560-32-2. Protect your business and family against cyber attacks. Cybersecurity is the protection against the unauthorized or criminal use of electronic data and the practice of ensuring the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information. Being "cyber-secure" means that a person or organization has both...
Chronicle Books, 2014. — 64 p. — ISBN: 978-1-452127-07-7. This gorgeously illustrated stitch guide for embroidery is as timeless as the craft itself. The slender volume presents the fundamental stitches for needlecraft in simple, easy-to-follow color illustrations. The encyclopedic, dip-in, dip-out approach is well-suited for beginners looking to build a foundation of stitch...
BCS Learning & Development Ltd, 2017. — 224 p. — ISBN: 978-1-780173-43-6. Nearly every day we hear news that customer data has been compromised or new bugs have been discovered, leaving it open to the risk of falling into the wrong hands. Cyber security is more essential today than ever, not just in the workplace but at home too. This book covers the various types of cyber...
Hal Leonard, 2018. — 64 p. — ISBN 978-1-495096-00-9. (Ukulele). 20 classic songs by the Lads from Liverpool in arrangements for baritone ukulele: All You Need Is Love * Blackbird * Here Comes the Sun * Let It Be * Michelle * Norwegian Wood * Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da * Penny Lane * Something * Ticket to Ride * When I'm Sixty-Four * Yesterday * and more.
10th Ed. — Rough Guides, 2019. — 912 p. — ISBN: 978-1-789194-60-1. Discover Canada with this comprehensive, entertaining, 'tell it like it is' Rough Guide, packed with comprehensive practical information and our experts' honest and independent recommendations. Whether you plan to do snowboarding in Whistler, go whale-watching off the spectacular coasts, hike through the...