Popular perceptions of a state's legitimacy are inextricably bound to its ability to rule. Vast military and material reserves cannot counter the power of a citizen's belief, and the more widespread the crisis of a state's legitimacy, the greater the threat to its stability. Even such established democracies as France and India are losing their moral claims over society, while ...(展开全部)

Classic Strategies for Unapologetic Winners “It” is a strategy so powerful and an execution-driven mind-set so relentless that companies use it to gain more than just competitive advantage ¿ they achieve an industry dominance that is virtually unassailable and that competitors often try to explain away as unfair. In their “hardball manifesto,” authors George Stalk and Rob La...(展开全部)

The authors have patented a procedure that guarantees that both parties to a conflict negotiation, such as divorce, walk away with as much of the win-win potential as possible. Mathematics will now succeed where thousands of solicitors have failed.

The authors have patented a procedure that guarantees that both parties to a conflict negotiation, such as divorce, walk away with as much of the win-win potential as possible. Mathematics will now succeed where thousands of solicitors have failed.

Economists at War tells the story of a group of remarkable economists, and how they used their skills to help their countries fight their battles during the turbulent period covering the Chinese–Japanese War, World War I, and the Cold War. Politicians and generals cannot win wars if they do not have resources. This book focuses on the lives and achievements of seven finance min...(展开全部)

This is another beautifully illustrated and highly original story from the author of the "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and "The Bad-Tempered Ladybird". The artist begins by drawing a star, then the star asks him to draw a sun, and the sun asks him to draw a tree and soon the artist has drawn a whole world. As children follow Eric Carle's words and pictures, they will learn to u...(展开全部)

In "Draw Me a Star", Eric Carle celebrates the imagination in all of us with a beguiling story about a young artist who creates a world of light and possibility. "A remarkable, quintessentially simple book encompassing creation, creativity, and the cycle of life within the eternal".--"Kirkus Reviews". Full color.

In his drawings, an artist discovers not only his art, but also his own life and the universe around him, in a deceptively simple story featuring Carle's characteristic tissue-paper collages, enhanced by vivid acrylic paints.

Draw me a star. And the artist drew a star. It was a good star. Draw me a sun, said the star. And the artist drew a sun. And on the artist draws, bringing the world to life picture by beautiful picture until he is spirited across the night sky by a star that shines on all he has made. In Draw Me a Star , Eric Carle celebrates the imagination in all of us with a beguiling sto...(展开全部)

This is another beautifully illustrated and highly original story from the author of the "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and "The Bad-Tempered Ladybird". The artist begins by drawing a star, then the star asks him to draw a sun, and the sun asks him to draw a tree and soon the artist has drawn a whole world. As children follow Eric Carle's words and pictures, they will learn to u...(展开全部)