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Charles Lindbergh and the Rise of American AviationIn late May 1927 an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight. A spectacular feat of individual daring and collective technological accomplishment, Charles Lindbergh&'s flight from New York to...

Whitley is one of the leading exponents of the 'business systems' approach which analyses the different character and organization of firms in different national settings. Here he summarizes his approach and links it to the capabilities and strategies of firms....

The concepts and values that underpin traditional constitutionalism are        increasingly being challenged by political realities that place substantial power        beyond the state. Among the few certainties of a global economy is the growing        incongruity between the political (the world of things that need to be...

An Environmental History of the Mississippi and Its Peoples from Hernando de Soto to Hurricane KatrinaThe Mississippi Valley has been a place where the battle between water and land has been a constant for centuries. It has shaped the relationship between its inhabitants and their environment long before Hurricane Katrina, though of course these...

The Kill (La Cur&'ee) is the second volume in Zola&'s great cycle of twenty novels, Les Rougon-Macquart, and the first to establish Paris - the capital of modernity - as the centre of Zola&'s narrative world. Conceived as a representation of the uncontrollable &'appetites&' unleashed by the Second Empire (1852-70) and the transformation of the city...

Monitoring FormsInterpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) is a brief treatment approach that has demonstrated effectiveness for treatment of major depressive disorders in adults. IPT takes the position that although there are many causes for depression, understanding the current social and interpersonal circumstances of the client associated with the onset...