Based on compelling new scientific and social science research on early childhood malnutrition, a new generation of activists has been inspired to rethink old approaches to "feeding the world." The ne
Welcome to the world of produce preservation. In Can It and Ferment It, blogger Stephanie Thurow brings the canning and fermenting communities together by offering recipes that work for both canning a
Based on compelling new scientific and social science research on early childhood malnutrition, a new generation of activists have been inspired to rethink old approaches to feeding the world.’ The ne
At 4:00 am, Leonida Wanyama lit a lantern in her house made of sticks and mud. She was up long before the sun to begin her farm work, as usual. But this would be no ordinary day, this second Friday of
At 4:00 am, Leonida Wanyama lit a lantern in her house made of sticks and mud. She was up long before the sun to begin her farm work, as usual. But this would be no ordinary day, this second Friday of
"Inventing Modern America" profiles 35 inventors who exemplify the rich technological creativity of the United States over the past century. The range of their contributions is broad. They have helped
What works for the Japanese? As our nation's balance of trade with Japan dips Eastward, American managers ask how Japan's economy has outperformed ours during the past 30 years. Some of the answers ma
Bestselling author and renowned economist Lester Thurow argues forcefully that globalization is not a done deal and we must seize the moment now if we are to create a new global economy in which all c
Originally written in 1980, a new edition of the classic introduction to American economics argues that the only solution to U.S. economic stagnation is the redistribution of income through federal wo
本書原作者Lester C. Thurow，同時也是名著《資本主義的未來》一書的作者，在本書中他試圖去探索並迎接廿一世紀未來經濟的全貌。企業或個人若想在將來的世紀脫穎而出，關鍵在於其能否掌握到最佳的企業資源且順利地轉型成功。Thurow視現今的經濟社會為另一種方式的探險，他在本書最後的章節，為廿一世紀的社會模擬了三種可能的情況，並根據這些狀況，提出許多富建設性的建議；他還認為，唯有制定懷有未來
For more than thirty years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide. Yet in Africa, more than 9 million people every year die of hunger, malnutrition, and related
For more than thirty years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide. Yet while the “Green Revolution” succeeded in South America and Asia, it never got
In its fourth edition, Economics Explained continues its announced purpose - to explain that mysterious thing called economics. But there is a new urgency to the book. It is announced in the first se
For much of the past two millennia philosophers have embraced a priori knowledge and have thought that the a priori plays an important role in philosophy itself. Philosophers from Plato to Descartes,
KEY BENEFIT: An up-to-date, practical introduction to engineering experimentation. Introduction to Engineering Experimentation, 3E introduces many topics that engineers need to master in order to plan
