Sachbücher zu Gesellschaft und Finanzen

The Big Mac Index

L. Ong (Springer Palgrave Macmillan, 2003)

PPP is one of the most widely researched areas in international finance and one of the most controversial in the theory of exchange rate determination.

Contributions Towards a Sustainable World

Falk Schmidt, Nick Nuttall (oekom, 2014)

Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam, former UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme as well as Minister for the Environment in Germany, ... (Vorschau verfügbar)

Soils in the Nexus

Jes Weigelt, Alexander Müller, Charlotte Beckh (oekom, 2014)

Soils are crucial if we are to ensure water, energy and food security for nine billion people by 2050. Soils sustain biodiversity and - if managed wisely - contribute to the mitigation of climate change. (Vorschau verfügbar)

Malacarne, m. 2 Audio-CDs

Alberto Giuliani, Roberto Saviano, Francesco LaLiceta, Pino Corrias (Edel Germany GmbH, 2010)

Malacarne ist ein ungeschöntes Porträt der Mafia und ihrer Organisationen. Gleichzeitig ist es eine kulturelle Reise in die Landstriche Italiens, die die Mafia stärker geprägt hat als alles andere. (Vorschau verfügbar)

The Pimping of Prostitution

Julie Bindel (Springer Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)

This book examines one of the most contested issues facing feminists, human rights activists and governments around the globe - the international sex trade.

Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability

Ricardo Ernst, Jerry Haar (Springer, Berlin, 2019)

This book argues that three powerful symbiotic forces (globalization, competitiveness, and governability)

Beiersdorf

Alfred Reckendrees (Beck, 2018)

Everyone knows NIVEA. But only a few people are familiar with the Hamburg-based Company that created the "crème de la crème" and other successful Brands. The Beiersdorf story began in 1882.

Towards a Gay Communism

Mario Mieli (Pluto Press, 2018)

First published in Italian in 1977, Mario Mieli's groundbreaking book is an early landmark of revolutionary queer theory - now available for the first time in a complete and unabridged English translation.

The Armchair Economist

Steven E. Landsberg (Simon & Schuster UK, 2013)

Landsburg looks at the details of daily life to reveal what the laws of economics tell us about ourselves. The extensively revised and updated edition of Steven Landsburg's hugely popular book, The Armchair Economist

Unshakeable

Tony Robbins (Simon & Schuster US, 2017)

From legendary entrepreneur and philanthropist Tony Robbins comes the follow-up to his smash New York Times bestselling Money: Master the Game .

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (HarperCollins UK, 2014)

A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of 'Americanah' and 'Half of a Yellow Sun', based on her 2013 TEDx Talk of the same name.

A Higher Loyalty

James Comey (Macmillan US, 2019)

#1 New York Times Bestseller now in paperback with new material In his book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American ...

Big Business

Tyler Cowen (Macmillan US, 2019)

An against-the-grain polemic on American capitalism from New York Times bestselling author of The Great Stagnation.

Building and Dwelling

Richard Sennett (Macmillan US, 2019)

Richard Sennett untersucht die Beziehung zwischen urbanem Planen und konkretem Leben und entwickelt eine überzeugende Ethik für die Stadt.

Draw Your Big Idea

Nora Herting, Heather Willems (Abrams & Chronicle, 2016)

In this increasingly visual age, images speak louder than words. Studies show that images also help people think.

The New Beyond Chocolate

Margaret Oertig-Davidson (Bergli Books, 2019)

For nearly twenty years, Margaret Oertig-Davidson's 'Beyond Chocolate' has stood as the definitive guide to living and working among the Swiss.

Why Peacekeeping Fails

Dennis C. Jett (Springer, Berlin, 2019)

In this thoroughly revised edition of his bestselling 1999 volume Why Peacekeeping Fails , Dennis Jett explains why peacekeepers today are dying in record numbers while engaged in operations that either are bound to fail or make little ...

Economics for Everyone

Jim Stanford (Pluto Press, 2015)

Accessible and critical guide to key economic concepts, relating them to our everyday experience. Clear text complemented by educational cartoons. (Vorschau verfügbar)

Towards A South African Literary Post-Pastoralism

Weeraya Donsomsakulkij (Edition Assemblage, 2017)

This book demonstrates how "The House Gun and Get A Life" by Nadine Gordimer, "Disgrace" and "Elizabeth Costello" by J.M.

Bitcoin Billionaires

Ben Mezrich (Macmillan US, 2019)

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires comes the fascinating story of the Winklevoss twins' big bet on crypto-currency and its dazzling pay-off.

Ethnic Entrepreneurs Unmasked

Petar Cholakov (ibidem, 2018)

Based on an institutional approach to ethnic conflict, Petar Cholakov highlights the idiosyncrasies of, and the challenges to, inter-ethnic relations in Bulgaria.

Prosperity without Greed

Sahra Wagenknecht (Campus Verlag, 2017)

It is time to leave capitalism behind. We live in a system of economic feudalism that has nothing to do with a free market economy. The innovations we need for the solution of our truly important problems are not forthcoming.

The Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith (Wiley & Sons, 2010)

Published in 1778, The Wealth of Nations was the first book on economics to catch the public's attention.

Live from Crypto Valley

Michael Lewrick, Christian Di Giorgio (Vahlen, 2019)

Vorteile - english edition Zum Werk The book offers answers to the most frequently asked questions on blockchain and crypto as well as on key questions for start-ups, investors and established companies in the digital transformation process.

Bitcoin Billionaires

Ben Mezrich (Little, Brown Book Group, 2019)

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House comes the fascinating story of brothers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss's big bet on cryptocurrency and its dazzling pay-off.

The Checklist Manifesto

Atul Gawande (Macmillan US, 2011)

The modern world has given us stupendous know-how. Yet avoidable failures continue to plague us in health care, government, the law, the financial industry - in almost every realm of organized activity.

A Universe From Nothing

Lawrence M. Krauss (Simon & Schuster UK, 2012)

Eine Reise zu den Ursprüngen unseres Universums Warum gibt es alles und nicht nichts? Worüber sich Philosophen seit Jahrhunderten den Kopf zerbrechen, darauf weiß die Physik Antwort: Nach den neuesten Erkenntnissen kann durchaus alles aus dem ...

Money: Master the Game

Tony Robbins (Simon & Schuster UK, 2014)

Multimillion bestselling author Tony Robbins takes readers through a 7-step blueprint for securing financial freedomNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR TONY ROBBINS BRINGS YOU 7 SIMPLE STEPS TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM 'Tony Robbins needs no ...

Diversify

June Sarpong (HarperCollins UK, 2019)

How to challenge inequality and why we should. Winner of London's Big Read

Great at Work

Morton T. Hansen (Simon & Schuster UK, 2018)

A book based on over two decades of research and an ongoing longitudinal study on individual performance that answers the question of why some people deliver exceptional perfomance and others, often despite innate talent or external forces, do not, ...