The Victorian period, viewed in the West as a time of self-confident progress, was experienced by Asians as a catastrophe. As the British gunned down the last heirs to the Mughal Empire, burned down the Summer Palace in Beijing, or humiliated the bankrupt rulers of the Ottoman Empire, it was clear that for Asia to recover a vast intellectual effort would be required

The author argues that the finances should be defined not only as the manipulation of money or risk management, but as a guide the company's assets

Steven D. Levitt studies the riddles of everyday life—from cheating and crime to parenting and sports—and reaches conclusions that turn conventional wisdom on its head. Freakonomics is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. They set out to explore the inner workings of a crack gang, the truth about real estate agents, the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan, and much more. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, they show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives—how people get what they want or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing

This is a pre-trip guide for travellers planning their first trip to Latin America. The book gives individual profiles of all 21 Latin American countries, with a rundown of highlights and possible itineraries

In this startling debut novel from Benjamin Zephaniah, the author tackles the moving and compelling story of a young man, Martin, whose life is completely changed when his face is badly scarred in a joyriding accident. Brilliantly written with a real ear for dialogue, this is Benjamin Zepaniah breaking new boundaries

Human Rights fact sheets are intended to assist an ever-wider audience in better understanding basic human rights, what the United Nations is doing to promote and protect them, and ther international machinery available to help reaize those rights

This is a book of warning. It is a reminder that what we have is valuable, and that sometimes we take what we value for granted

Amazing story of courage in the face of overhelming odds. As knights of old on hazardous quest for the Holy Grail buckled on armour of supernal power6 so Hunter Thompson entered Las Vegas armed with a veritable magus's arsenal of 'heinous chemicals' in his search for the American Dream

In the summer of 2009, 2,000 men were digging trenches and boring holes and none of them, not the diggers, not the planners, not the engineers, really knew why. Some of them, the most important ones, knew they were linking the South Side of Chicago with northern New Jersey. And that they had to dig in a straight line, as straight as possible. Others just knew they were laying some sort of cable and that they had to keep it secret