The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperbackThe tragedy of Charles I dominates one of the most strange and painful periods in British history as the whole island tore itself apart over a deadly, entangled series of religious and political disputes. In Mark Kishlansky's brilliant account it is never in doubt that Charles created his own catastrophe, but he was nonetheless opposed by men with far fewer scruples and less consistency who for often quite contradictory reasons conspired to destroy him. This is a remarkable portrait of one of the most talented, thoughtful, loyal, moral, artistically alert and yet, somehow, disastrous of all this country's rulers.

Concise and engaging, this book brings the history of Western Civilization alive with comprehensive coverage of a wide array of characters and events. The book examines the history of Western Civilization within a framework of political history, while fully integrating social, economic, religious and cultural history. Accessible and well-written, the book explores everyday events and ordinary people as well as momentous affairs and powerful elites. For anyone interested in the history of Western Civilization.

Parliamentary Selection examines the process by which members of Parliament were chosen in the period between the reigns of Elizabeth II and William III. By focusing on the nature of the selection process, rather than on its results, Professor Kishlansky uncovers a fundamental transformation in assumptions about political behaviour in the early modern period. Until the time of the English Revolution, selection of members of Parliament was a social process dominated by concern about rank and status, personal honor, and community solidarity. County elites organized their selections to reflect the realities of their local social structures, accounting for the influence of the county peerage and greater gentry. Borough elites used local patrons, officeholders, and denizens for nominations to their places. In both county and borough the principle of parliamentry selection was noncompetitive choice.

For courses in introductory econometrics.Engaging applications bring the theory and practice of modern econometrics to lifeEnsure students grasp the relevance of econometrics with Introduction to Econometrics -- the text that connects modern theory and practice with motivating, engaging applications. The 4th Edition, Global Edition, maintains a focus on currency, while building on the philosophy that applications should drive the theory, not the other way around. The text incorporates real-world questions and data, and methods that are immediately relevant to the applications. With very large data sets increasingly being used in economics and related fields, a new chapter dedicated to Big Data helps students learn about this growing and exciting area. This coverage and approach make the subject come alive for students and helps them to become sophisticated consumers of econometrics.Pearson MyLab (TM) Economics is not included. Students, if Pearson MyLab Economics is a recommended/mandatory component of the course, please ask your instructor for the correct ISBN. Pearson MyLab Economics should only be purchased when required by an instructor. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.Reach every student by pairing this text with Pearson MyLab EconomicsMyLab (TM) is the teaching and learning platform that empowers you to reach every student. By combining trusted author content with digital tools and a flexible platform, MyLab personalizes the learning experience and improves results for each student. The 4th Edition features expanded exercise sets in Pearson MyLab Economics, offering more flexibility to instructors as they build assignments.

Everything a student needs to learn statistics starting from the basics and progressing onto sophisticated statistical modelling. A genuine one-off that uses humour, and the quirks of the everyday, to bring statistics to life and to make it accessible.

En forfriskende og underholdende ørefik for en hel generasjon! OVER ETT ÅR PÅ TOPPEN AV AMAZONS MOST READ-LISTE 33 UKER PÅ DEN NORSKE BESTSELGERLISTEN I flere tiår har vi blitt fortalt at positive tanker er nøkkelen til et lykkelig og godt liv. «F**n ta positiviteten» sier Mark Manson. «La oss være ærlige, dette går til helvete, og det må vi bare leve med». I denne enormt populære selvhjelpsboken skjærer den amerikanske superbloggeren Mark Manson gjennom alt kosepratet og «nå skal vi hygge oss» -tankegangen, som har smittet det moderne samfunnet og skjemt bort en hel generasjon ved å belønne dem med gullmedaljer bare for å møte opp. Mansons råd er å bli kjent med egne begrensninger og deretter akseptere dem. Straks vi omfavner våre redsler, feil og usikkerheter, kan vi finne motet, utholdenheten og nysgjerrigheten som vi søker.

Det er neppe noe som er så lett å snakke om og så vanskelig å få til i praksis, som ledelse. «hva er LEDELSE» er en intelligent og velformulert bok om et allestedsnærværende fenomen. Forfatteren kommer med noen provokasjoner og inviterer til ettertanke. Leseren får både økt forståelse for fenomenet ledelse og også større forutsetninger for å lykkes med ledelse i praksis. Her finnes ikke ledelsesaforismer slik lederguruene presenterer, men ledelse sett fra et praktisk, nøkternt og kritisk perspektiv. 2. utgave er faglig oppdatert med blant annet nye kritiske perspektiver på ledelsesforskning. Sagt om «hva er LEDELSE»: «Det hender jeg leser bøker som gir meg en spontan trang til å misjonere. Pakke kofferten full av akkurat denne boka og reise rundt. Smugle boka inn i miljøer hvor den ses på som brennbart materiale og etablere små grupper av troende. Nylig fikk jeg denne lysten til å spre et klokt budskap. I boken hva er LEDELSE settes det ene skapet etter det andre på plass av forfatteren Jan Ketil Arnulf. [...] Den bør ligge på ethvert nattbord. Eller kanskje ikke? Det ville ha større effekt om den i tillegg dannet studiesirkler hvor temaene i boken ble drøftet i virksomheter over det ganske land. [...] «Med hva er LEDELSE» i bunnen står du bedre rustet i alle debattene om ledelse fremover - og med et forskningsbasert utgangspunkt. Fri for floskler, ingen oppskrift, og i tillegg er den tankevekkende.» Beate Karlsen (AFF/ NHH) i Dagens Næringsliv «Arnulfs analysar av leiarrolla er høgst relevante for forståinga av det norske samfunnet. Han går mykje djupare inn i gode og dårlege trekk ved leiing enn kva dagspressa gjer i analysane av leiarstilen til ein Mark Zuckerberg eller Petter Stordalen. Eg tilrår boka varmt til alle som følgjer utviklinga av politikk og samfunnsliv.» Professor Lars Nyre i Forskerforum «Balsam för en trött skolledares själ» Eva-Stina Sundén i Skolledaren

This is not simply a book about 'internet studies'. <br><br>It is a book that considers many wider forms of digital culture, including mobile technologies, surveillance, algorithms, ambient intelligence, gaming, big data and technological bodies (to name a few) in order to explore how digital technology - in a broad sense - is used within the wider contexts of our everyday lives.<br><br>"The first edition of Understanding Digital Culture set a new benchmark as the most comprehensive, scholarly and accessible introduction to the area. This latest edition, thoroughly updated and substantially expanded, is even better - a perfectly balanced book that combines theory and empirical analysis to illuminate the cutting-edge of cultural and social change." <br><strong>- Professor Majid Yar, Lancaster University</strong>

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<p>In this 13th edition of <i>Sales Force Management</i>, Mark Johnston and Greg Marshall continue to build on the book’s reputation as a contemporary classic, fully updated for modern sales management teaching, research, and practice. The authors have strengthened the focus on the use of technology in sales management, offered new discussions on innovative sales practices, and further highlighted sales and marketing integration. </p> <p>By identifying recent trends and applications, <i>Sales Force Management </i>combines real-world sales management best practices with cutting-edge theory and empirical research in a single, authoritative source. Pedagogical features include:</p> <ul><li><p> </p></li><li>Engaging breakout questions designed to spark lively discussion</li><li><p> <p> </p></li><li>Leadership Challenge assignments and Minicases at the end of every chapter are to help students understand and apply the principles they have learned in the classroom</li><li><p> <p> </p></li><li>Leadership, Innovation, and Technology boxes that simulate real-world challenges faced by salespeople and their managers</li><li><p> <p> </p></li><li>Ethical Moment boxes in each chapter put students on the firing line of making ethical choices in sales</li><li><p> <p> </p></li><li>Role-Play exercises at the end of each chapter, designed to enable students to learn by doing</li><li><p> <p> </p></li><li>A comprehensive selection of updated and revised longer sales management case studies, in the book and on the companion website.</li><li><p></li></ul> <p>This fully updated new edition offers a thorough and integrated overview of accumulated theory and research relevant to sales management, translated clearly into practical applications – a hallmark of <i>Sales Force Management </i>over the years. It is an invaluable resource for students of sales management at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.</p> <p>The companion website features an instructor’s manual, PowerPoints, case studies, and other tools to provide additional support for students and instructors.</p>

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Economics of Strategy focuses on the key economic concepts students must master in order to develop a sound business strategy. Ideal for undergraduate managerial economics and business strategy courses, Economics of Strategy offers a careful yet accessible translation of advanced economic concepts to practical problems facing business managers. Armed with general principles, today's students--tomorrows future managers--will be prepared to adjust their firms business strategies to the demands of the ever-changing environment.

Normal Accidents analyzes the social side of technological risk. Charles Perrow argues that the conventional engineering approach to ensuring safety--building in more warnings and safeguards--fails because systems complexity makes failures inevitable. He asserts that typical precautions, by adding to complexity, may help create new categories of accidents. (At Chernobyl, tests of a new safety system helped produce the meltdown and subsequent fire.) By recognizing two dimensions of risk--complex versus linear interactions, and tight versus loose coupling--this book provides a powerful framework for analyzing risks and the organizations that insist we run them. The first edition fulfilled one reviewer's prediction that it "may mark the beginning of accident research." In the new afterword to this edition Perrow reviews the extensive work on the major accidents of the last fifteen years, including Bhopal, Chernobyl, and the Challenger disaster. The new postscript probes what the author considers to be the "quintessential 'Normal Accident'" of our time: the Y2K computer problem.

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Aelin's journey from assassin to queen has entranced millions across the globe and fans will be left breathless as kingdoms collide in this instalment of the epic New York Times bestselling series. The long path to the throne has just begun for Aelin Galathynius. As the kingdoms of Erilea fracture around her, enemies must become allies if Aelin is to keep those she loves from falling to the dark forces poised to claim her world. With war looming on all horizons, the only chance for salvation lies in a desperate quest that may mark the end of everything Aelin holds dear. Will Aelin succeed in keeping her world from splintering, or will it all come crashing down? Contains mature content. Not suitable for younger readers.

Now in a special edition to mark the twentieth anniversary of a beloved cult classic! Read the bestselling coming-of-age story that takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory. Also a major motion picture starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a funny, touching, and haunting modern classic.Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates and mix-tapes, family dramas and new friends; the world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. But Charlie can't stay on the sideline forever. Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.This internationally bestselling novel for teen readers (or 'wallflowers' of more-advanced age) will make you laugh, cry, and perhaps feel nostalgic for those moments when you, too, tiptoed onto the dance floor of life.'A coming of age tale in the tradition of The Catcher in the Rye and A Separate Peace... often inspirational and always beautifully written' USA Today

Implementing Key Account Management is a highly practical handbook that guides readers through the realities of rolling out a functional key account management programme. The book offers an integrated framework for key account management (KAM) that businesses can use to design or further develop strategic customer management programmes, enabling them to overcome the obstacles that organizations often face when rolling out their strategies. Bringing together the experiences of leading experts within this field, Implementing Key Account Management draws on two decades of research and best practice from Cranfield University School of Management, one of the foremost centres for researcher and thought leadership in KAM. Between them, the authors have designed and delivered programmes globally for clients such as Rolls-Royce, Unilever, Vodafone, The Economist and many more. Rigorously researched, well-grounded and practical, this book is - quite simply - the definitive, go-to resource for implementing key account management programmes.

In this 13th edition of Sales Force Management, Mark Johnston and Greg Marshall continue to build on the book’s reputation as a contemporary classic, fully updated for modern sales management teaching, research, and practice. The authors have strengthened the focus on the use of technology in sales management, offered new discussions on innovative sales practices, and further highlighted sales and marketing integration. By identifying recent trends and applications, Sales Force Management combines real-world sales management best practices with cutting-edge theory and empirical research in a single, authoritative source. Pedagogical features include: Engaging breakout questions designed to spark lively discussion Leadership Challenge assignments and Minicases at the end of every chapter are to help students understand and apply the principles they have learned in the classroom Leadership, Innovation, and Technology boxes that simulate real-world challenges faced by salespeople and their managers Ethical Moment boxes in each chapter put students on the firing line of making ethical choices in sales Role-Play exercises at the end of each chapter, designed to enable students to learn by doing A comprehensive selection of updated and revised longer sales management case studies, in the book and on the companion website. This fully updated new edition offers a thorough and integrated overview of accumulated theory and research relevant to sales management, translated clearly into practical applications – a hallmark of Sales Force Management over the years. It is an invaluable resource for students of sales management at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The companion website features an instructor’s manual, PowerPoints, case studies, and other tools to provide additional support for students and instructors.