A new theory of the universe, twenty years in the making, by Stephen Hawking and his close collaborator Thomas Hertog.

Perhaps the biggest question Stephen Hawking tried to answer in his extraordinary life was how the universe could have created conditions so perfectly hospitable to life.

Pondering this mystery led Hawking to study the big bang origin of the universe, but his early work ran into a crisis when the maths predicted many big bangs producing a multiverse - countless different univ...

The bestseller in an updated new edition: with famous classics and the latest trend bags that reflect the spirit of the times. Text in English, German and French.

To move towards a more sustainable society, we need alternative products, practices and systems. As a temporary mini society, festivals are a perfect playground to experiment with these alternatives. They offer a real-life context with similarities to the real world where people can experiment with sustainable innovations in a rather safe, fun and laid-back atmosphere.

This guide provides sustainable innovators, start-ups, incubators, festival organisers, researchers, students, government re...

The Super Fashion Designer is a visual guide of business practicing in the fashion industry. It applies beautiful graphic illustration to transform the complex theory into interesting read. The book provides a better understanding of the real world of fashion, from how to predict fabric usage to reading customers' body language, this book provide insights and knowledges for anyone who are in the fashion industry.

Overall wealthy people tend to think critically and strategically when evaluating opportunities. They consider a variety of factors before making a decision, and they are often willing to take calculated risks to pursue opportunities with potential for significant returns. There are a lot of differences between the wealthy and less wealthy. In this book you will learn about the mindset and way of thinking of wealthy people.

Why is paying for things painful? Why are we comfortable overpaying for something in the present just because we've overpaid for it in the past? Why is it easy to pay $4 for a soda on vacation, when we wouldn't spend more than $1 on that same soda at our local grocery store?We think of money as numbers, values, and amounts, but when it comes down to it, when we actually use our money, we engage our hearts more than our heads. Emotions play a powerful role in shaping our financial behavior, of...

?An unusually engaging book on the forces that fuel originality across fields.? ?Adam Grant Looking at the 14 key traits of genius, from curiosity to creative maladjustment to obsession, Professor Craig Wright, creator of Yale University's popular ?Genius Course,? explores what we can learn from brilliant minds that have changed the world.

Einstein. Beethoven. Picasso. Jobs. The word genius evokes these iconic figures, whose cultural contributions have irreversibly shaped society. Yet B...

Most information systems textbooks overwhelm business students with overly technical information they may not need in their careers. This textbook takes a new approach to the required information systems course for business majors. For each topic covered, the text highlights key "Take-Aways" that alert students to material they will need to remember during their careers.

Sections titled "Where You Fit In" and "Why This Chapter Matters" explain how the topics being covered will impact students...

Brings innovative new strategic management models to the field of public management, to help public managers adapt their practices in an era of New Public Management reforms New chapter on open, co-operative and collaborative strategy-making, in line with the most innovative approaches to strategy An expanded list of mini-cases, a very popular feature of the first edition, as well as new chapter summaries to help reinforce learning Takes a comparative and international view for advanced level...

Get ready for the ultimate crash course in communicating and solving problems through simple pictures.

Thirty-two thousand years ago, your many-times-great-grandparents Oog and Aag drew pictures on the wall of a cave. They had an innate need to communicate, but no written language. So they found an easy and natural way to share their thoughts and stories.

Today, after so many years when speaking and writing dominated, we're back in another highly visual age. About 90 percent of everything sha...