King of the waters describes how a brilliant Dutch engineer ultimately failed to implement his plans for modern irrigation in Siam. Homan van der Heide?s identification with the interests of the rice
Process Assessment and ISO/IEC 15504: A Reference Book is the companion volume to Process Assessment and Improvement: A Practical Guide for Managers, Quality Professionals and Assessors (978-0-387-300
Current world fossil oil production is struggling to meet demand and may even show a decline after 2010. It is therefore necessary to develop new energy efficient production pathways for transportatio
Written for business managers, students, and researchers, this book presents and resolves management questions concerning the measurement of IT's contribution to a business. It presents measures of b
“Funny and shrewd” (The New York Times Book Review) essays from China’s most popular young troublemaker about growing up millennial and causing social and political scandal today.Han Han “owes equal d
Satirical essays from China’s most popular young troublemaker about growing up millennial and causing social and political scandal today.Han Han is the most influential (and provocative) young person
The personal story of the best-selling Chinese author and satirist is told against a backdrop of modern China and is imparted through a series of essays and blog entries that explore topics ranging fr
For those who follow Chinese affairs, Han Han is as controversial as they come—an irreverent singer, sports celebrity, and satirist whose brilliant blogs and books have made him a huge celebrity with
From May 1st until August 2012, Brugge Plus vzw and Musea Brugge have organised 'Kamarama', an international art project in the city of Bruges. The curator of the exposition is Belgian artist Kamagurk
This year marks the five-hundredth anniversary of Thomas More’s widely influential bookUtopia, and this volume brings together a number of scholars to consider the book, its long afterlife, and specif
Contributors from the International Monetary Fund and other heavyweights in the finance business explain sovereign wealth funds from an economic policy perspective and how they fit into the changing g
This book examines the development of Chinese literature journals and social ideologies from 1931 to 1938, combining first-hand historical materials, historical data and four important literature jour
