Cities have been profoundly affected by the challenges of economic restructuring and positioning in a globalizing world. They have strug-gled to reshape themselves physically to create new opportunities, or to rebrand themselves to create distinction and attract attention. Their strategies often draw on a limited range of “models”, taken from large industrial cities un…
Fonthill, in Wiltshire, is usually associated with the writer and collector William Beckford, who built his Gothic fantasy house Fonthill Abbey at the end of the eight-eenth century. The collapse of the Abbey’s tower in 1825 transformed the name Fonthill into a symbol for over- arching ambition and folly, a sublime ruin. Fonthill is, however, much more than the story …
This book was named one of "10 Management Classics for 2022" by Thinkers50. Why can some organizations innovate time and again, while most cannot? You might think the key to innovation is attracting exceptional creative talent. Or making the right investments. Or breaking down organizational silos. All of these things may help—but there’s only one way to ensure sustained innovation: you n…
William Howard Russell is widely regarded as one of the first war cor-respondents to write for a commercial daily newspaper. He became famous for his dispatches from the Crimean War, 1854–56, for TheTimes and he seemed to appreciate that he was blazing a trail for a new breed of journalist, calling himself the ‘miserable parent of a luckless tribe…
The date is 14 October 1066, and the battlefield at Hastings lies bloodied, littered with the remains of Harold II's ruined army, with Harold himself defeated by an arrow to the eye. William the Qongueror has just earned his now-famous title, and more importantly, the crown of England. This is where our story begind - the fascinating tale of Britain's monarchy. In this book you will discover in…
The structure of the unit guides respects new AP teachers’ time by providing one possible sequence they can adopt or modify rather than having to build from scratch. An additional benefit is that these units enable the AP Program to provide interested teachers with formative assessments—the Personal Progress Checks—that they can assign their students at the end of each unit to gauge progr…
Three primary types of sunflower are grown: (1) oilseed for vegetable oil production, (2) nonoilseed for human food and bird food markets and (3) Conoil, which can be used for the dehull confection, oil or bird food markets. The oilseed hybrids may be of three fatty acid types: linoleic, mid-oleic (NuSun) or high oleic. They are usually black seeded and have a thin hull that adheres to the kern…
Hari telah jauh malam pada hari Senin tanggal 10 Oktober 1999 ketika sekelompok kecil petugas yang mengenakan seragam militer dengan sangat rapi tengah melakukan latihan yang rumit mengenai pelantikan presiden Indonesia yang keempat. Upacara yang diadakan esok hari itu akan berlangsung beberapa jam saja setelah para anggota Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat (MPR) memberikan suaranya dalam pemilih…
Secara khusus buku ini berupaya menanggapi perdebatan mengenai apakah mereka yang Islamis bisa menjadi demokrat dengan membalikkan pertanyaan yang biasa mengenai Islamisme dan demokrasi, yaitu “apa yang akan kaum Islamis lakukan terhadap demokrasi?” Ketiga penulis dengan menelaah PKS (Partai Keadilan sejahtera) di Indonesia, Al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun di Mesir dan Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi (…
Buku yang "sersan", serius tapi santai ini memang tak mampu menjawab semua permasalahan bangsa, tapi tampilan buku ringan ini setidaknya mampu merayakan kembali Pancasila melalui tampilan bahasa serta ilustrasi komik yang bergaya anak muda. Melalui buku ini, pembaca diajak menjadi "tak asing" dengan Pancasila seraya mengajak berpikir kritis: "Apakah setiap sila dalam Pancasila sudah benar-benar…