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Collision Course: Endless Growth on a Finite Planet (New in Paperback)KERRYN HIGGS • China’s cities suffocate the people and

her rivers fester with poisons; the world’s oceans will soon be dominated by jellyfish. This book reveals the economic roots of this relentless destruction.

• Economic growth is everyone’s best friend, we are led to believe. Economic growth is an absolute necessity to solve poverty, debt, unemployment, and even the environmental devastation, ideas persuasively propagated by its corporate beneficiaries. In reality, economic growth is the ultimate Ponzi scheme. This book shows how corporations have established their stranglehold on discourse and policy.

• Ordinary common sense suggests that indefinite growth on a finite planet is a contradiction in terms. This book explains why most policymakers and commentators fail to notice the contradiction.

Kerryn Higgs is an Australian writer. She received her PhD in Geography and Environmental Studies from the University of Tasmania, where she is now a University Associate.

Pbk | 416pp | 9780262529693 | 2016.07 The MIT Press | A$42.95 | NZ$52.95 229x152mm | USA

Virtual Leadership: Practical Strategies for Getting the Best Out of Virtual Work and Virtual TeamsPENNY PULLAN • Discusses how leading a virtual team in our

fast-paced world requires a new set of skills and a facilitative leadership approach.

• Provides practical strategies, tools and solutions for the key issues involved in managing at a distance.

• With diverse case studies and examples, this is the essential guide to making a difference as a leader of virtual work.

Dr Penny Pullan is a thought leader in the field of virtual leadership, specializing in leading risky change projects involving virtual teams.

Pbk | 272pp | 9780749475963 | 2016.08 Kogan Page | A$57.95 | NZ$69 234x156mm | UK

Citizens’ Wealth: Transforming Sovereign Wealth Funds into Community FundsANGELA CUMMINE • This is a topic that is receiving a great deal

of media attention. SWFs are a powerful new economic tool, enabling governments around the world to have access to an unprecedented degree of funds. Consequently there is a rise in the number of countries seeking to set up SWFs.

• Over the past few years there have been an increase in the number of domestic disputes over the use of proceeds from these funds.

• Drawing on a range of compelling case studies Cummine explores the ethical dilemmas raised by SWFs such as who is the wealth for, who should participate in their governance and how should the money raised be spent.

• Case studies include Australia, Britain, Norway, Canada, China, Ireland, Russia, Libya, Nigeria and the UAE.

Hbk | 288pp | 9780300218947 | 2016.08 Yale University Press | A$48.95 | NZ$59.95 235x156mm | UK

The Atlas of New Librarianship (New in Paperback)R LANKES • The Atlas is centered around a

concept map that relates major concepts together.

• This book looks at the whole of librarianship, not just one part. The book has a strong point of view, not simply a passive reporting on thoughts about the field

• The book is optimistic about the future of librarians.

• This is a conceptual and practical guide for librarianship in the 21st century. It is a milestone work in the field.

• From the book’s introduction: “The Atlas is a combination of topical map, scholarly theory, practical example, persuasive argument, textbook, and inspirational sermon.”

Pbk | 424pp | 9780262529921 | 2016.07 The MIT Press | A$76 | NZ$92 254x254mm | USA

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BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENTThe Conversational Firm: Rethinking Bureaucracy in the Age of Social MediaCATHERINE TURCOA fast-growing social media marketing company, TechCo encourages all of its employees to speak up. By promoting open dialogue across the corporate hierarchy, the firm has fostered a uniquely engaged workforce and an enviable capacity for change. Catherine J. Turco was embedded within TechCo for ten months. The Conversational Firm is her ethnographic analysis of what worked at the company and what didn’t.

Hbk | 256pp | 9780231178983 | 2016.08 Columbia University Press | A$64 | NZ$76 229x152mm | USA

Free InnovationERIC VON HIPPELIn this book, Eric von Hippel, author of the influential Democratizing Innovation, integrates new theory and research findings into the framework of a “free innovation paradigm.” Free innovation, as he defines it, involves innovations developed by consumers who are self-rewarded for their efforts, and who give their designs away “for free.” It is an inherently simple grassroots innovation process, unencumbered by compensated transactions and intellectual property rights. Free innovation has both advantages and drawbacks but the best solution, von Hippel and his colleagues argue, is a division of labor between free innovators and producers, enabling each to do what they do best. The result will be both increased producer profits and increased social welfare—a gain for all.

Hbk | 232pp | 9780262035217 | 2016.08 The MIT Press | A$54.95 | NZ$65 229x152mm | USA

The Profitability Test: Does Your Strategy Make Sense?HARBORNE STUARTThis book teaches readers to understand profitability in a systematic way, equipping them to provide logically coherent answers to questions about whether a new venture will be profitable, if changes in business strategy will generate an increase in profits, or if “staying the course” will result in continued profitability. Unlike books by business gurus that offer one-size-fits-all advice, this book starts from the premise that you, the reader, are in the best position to make difficult judgments about your business.

Pbk | 224pp | 9780262529402 | 2016.07 The MIT Press | A$71 | NZ$85 229x178mm | USA

COGNITIVE SCIENCEThe Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech WorldADAM GAZZALEY AND LARRY ROSENMost of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves on our ability to multitask—read work email, reply to a text, check Facebook, watch a video clip. Talk on the phone, send a text, drive a car. Enjoy family dinner with a glowing smartphone next to our plates. We can do it all, 24/7! Never mind the errors in the email, the near-miss on the road, and the unheard conversation at the table. In The Distracted Mind, Adam Gazzaley and Larry Rosen—a neuroscientist and a psychologist—explain why our brains aren’t built for multitasking, and suggest better ways to live in a high-tech world without giving up our modern technology.


The Expressive Moment: How Interaction (with Music) Shapes Human EmpowermentMARC LEMANThe expressive moment is that point in time when we grasp a situation and respond quickly, even before we are aware of it. In this book, Marc Leman argues that expression drives this kind of interaction, and he proposes a general framework for understanding expressive interactions. He focuses on the dynamic, fast, and pre-reflective processes underlying our interactions with music—whether we are playing an instrument, dancing, listening, or using new interactive technologies.

Hbk | 248pp | 9780262034937 | 2016.07 The MIT Press | A$79 | NZ$95 229x152mm | USA

NeuroplasticityMOHEB COSTANDIFifty years ago, neuroscientists thought that a mature brain was fixed like a fly in amber, unable to change. Today, we know that our brains and nervous systems change throughout our lifetimes. This concept of neuroplasticity has captured the imagination of a public eager for self-improvement—and has inspired countless Internet entrepreneurs who peddle dubious “brain training” games and apps. In this book, Moheb Costandi offers a concise and engaging overview of neuroplasticity for the general reader, describing how our brains change continuously in response to our actions and experiences. Moheb Costandi writes the Neurophilosophy blog for The Guardian. Part of The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series.


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Visual Cortex and Deep Networks: Learning Invariant RepresentationsTOMASO POGGIO AND FABIO ANSELMIThe ventral visual stream is believed to underlie object recognition in primates. Over the past fifty years, researchers have developed a series of quantitative models that are increasingly faithful to the biological architecture. Recently, deep learning convolution networks which do not reflect several important features of the ventral stream architecture and physiology have been trained with extremely large datasets, resulting in model neurons that mimic object recognition but do not explain the nature of the computations carried out in the ventral stream. This book develops a mathematical framework that describes learning of invariant representations of the ventral stream and is particularly relevant to deep convolutional learning networks.

Hbk | 136pp | 9780262034722 | 2016.08 The MIT Press | A$42.95 | NZ$49.95 229x152mm | USA

Voice Leading: The Science Behind a Musical ArtDAVID HURONVoice leading is the musical art of combining sounds over time. In this book, David Huron offers an accessible account of the cognitive and perceptual foundations for this practice. Drawing on decades of scientific research, including his own award-winning work, Huron offers explanations for many practices and phenomena, including the perceptual dominance of the highest voice, chordal-tone doubling, direct octaves, embellishing tones, and the musical feeling of sounds “leading” somewhere.


COMPUTER SCIENCEBig Data, Little Data, No Data: Scholarship in the Networked Worldy (New in Paperback)CHRISTINE BORGMAN“Big Data” is on the covers of Science, Nature, the Economist, and Wired magazines, on the front pages of the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. But despite the media hyperbole, as Christine Borgman points out in this examination of data and scholarly research, having the right data is usually better than having more data; little data can be just as valuable as big data. In many cases, there are no data—because relevant data don’t exist, cannot be found, or are not available. Moreover, data sharing is difficult, incentives to do so are minimal, and data practices vary widely across disciplines.

Pbk | 416pp | 9780262529914 | 2016.07 The MIT Press | A$54.95 | NZ$66 229x152mm | USA

Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive IntroductionARVIND NARAYANAN, JOSEPH BONNEAU, EDWARD FELTEN, ANDREW MILLER AND STEVEN GOLDFEDERBitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies provides a comprehensive introduction to the revolutionary yet often misunderstood new technologies of digital currency. Whether you are a student, software developer, tech entrepreneur, or researcher in computer science, this authoritative and self-contained book tells you everything you need to know about the new global money for the Internet age.

Hbk | 296pp | 9780691171692 | 2016.06 Princeton University Press | A$88 | NZ$105 254x178mm | USA

A Prehistory of the Cloud (New in Paperback)TUNG-HUI HUWe may imagine the digital cloud as placeless, mute, ethereal, and unmediated. Yet the reality of the cloud is embodied in thousands of massive data centers, any one of which can use as much electricity as a midsized town. Even all these data centers are only one small part of the cloud. Behind that cloud-shaped icon on our screens is a whole universe of technologies and cultural norms, all working to keep us from noticing their existence. In this book, Tung-Hui Hu examines the gap between the real and the virtual in our understanding of the cloud.


CRIMINOLOGYThe Criminal Brain: Understanding Biological Theories of CrimeNICOLE RAFTER, CHAD POSICK AND MICHAEL ROCQUEIn this second edition of The Criminal Brain, Nicole Rafter, Chad Posick, and Michael Rocque describe early biological theories of crime and provide a lively, up-to-date overview of the newest research in biosocial criminology. New chapters introduce the theories of the latter part of the 20th century; apply and critically assess current biosocial and evolutionary theories, the developments in neuro-imaging, and recent progressions in fields such as epigenetics; and finally, provide a vision for the future of criminology and crime policy from a biosocial perspective.

Pbk | 416pp | 9781479894697 | 2016.07 NYU Press | A$68 | NZ$82 229x152mm | USA

Risk Terrain Modeling: Crime Prediction and Risk ReductionJOEL CAPLAN AND LESLIE KENNEDYRisk Terrain Modeling (RTM) diagnoses the spatial attractors of criminal behavior and makes accurate forecasts of where crime will occur at the micro-level. RTM informs decisions about how the combined factors that contribute to criminal behavior can be targeted, connections to crime can be monitored, spatial vulnerabilities can be assessed, and actions can be taken to reduce worst effects.

Pbk | 192pp | 9780520282933 | 2016.04 University of California Press | A$77 | NZ$92 254x178mm | USA


ECONOMICS AND FINANCEBetween Monopoly and Free Trade: The English East India Company, 1600–1757 (New in Paperback)EMILY ERIKSONThe English East India Company was one of the most powerful and enduring organizations in history. Between Monopoly and Free Trade locates the source of that success in the innovative policy by which the Company’s Court of Directors granted employees the right to pursue their own commercial interests while in the firm’s employ. Exploring trade network dynamics, decision-making processes, and ports and organizational context, Emily Erikson demonstrates why the English East India Company was a dominant force in the expansion of trade between Europe and Asia, and she sheds light on the related problems of why England experienced rapid economic development and how the relationship between Europe and Asia shifted in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Pbk | 272pp | 9780691173795 | 2016.08 Princeton University Press | A$51.95 | NZ$63 235x155mm | USA

Capital and the Common Good: How Innovative Finance Is Tackling the World’s Most Urgent ProblemsGEORGIA KEOHANEDespite social and economic advances around the world, poverty and disease persist, exacerbated by the mounting challenges of climate change, natural disasters, political conflict, mass migration, and economic inequality. Capital and the Common Good shows how market failure in one context can be solved with market solutions from another: an expert in securitization bundles future development aid into bonds to pay for vaccines today; an entrepreneur turns a mobile phone into an array of financial services for the unbanked; and policy makers adapt pay-for-success models from the world of infrastructure to human services like early childhood education, maternal health, and job training.

Hbk | 272pp | 9780231178020 | 2016.08 Columbia University Press | A$55.95 | NZ$67 229x152mm | USA

Confidence Games: Lawyers, Accountants, and the Tax Shelter Industry (New in Paperback)TANINA ROSTAIN AND MILTON REGANFor ten boom-powered years at the turn of the twenty-first century, some of America’s most prominent law and accounting firms created and marketed products that enabled the very rich—including newly minted dot-com millionaires—to avoid paying their fair share of taxes by claiming benefits not recognized by law. In Confidence Games, Tanina Rostain and Milton Regan describe the rise and fall of the tax shelter industry during this period, offering a riveting account of the most serious episode of professional misconduct in the history of the American bar. Rostain and Regan’s cautionary tale remains highly relevant today, as lawyers and accountants continue to face intense competitive pressure and regulators still struggle to keep pace with accelerating financial risk and innovation.


The Economics and Political Economy of Energy SubsidiesJON STRANDGovernment subsidies to energy are widespread and represent a heavy burden on public budgets in many countries. Both producers and consumers may be subsidized; the most common subsidies are for motor fuel consumption and electricity production and consumption. The subsidies to consumers often prove particularly harmful because they result in increased energy consumption, increased carbon emissions, and distortionary effects on consumer behavior. This book fills a void in the literature by providing a first, broad and diverse, analysis of several aspects of the economic and political economy aspects of government energy subsidies.


The Euro and the Battle of IdeasMARKUS BRUNNERMEIER, HAROLD JAMES AND JEAN-PIER RE LANDAUWhy is Europe’s great monetary endeavor, the Euro, in trouble? A string of economic difficulties in Greece, Ireland, Spain, Italy, and other Eurozone nations has left observers wondering whether the currency union can survive. In this book, Markus Brunnermeier, Harold James, and Jean-Pierre Landau argue that the core problem with the Euro lies in the philosophical differences between the founding countries of the Eurozone, particularly Germany and France. But the authors also show how these seemingly incompatible differences can be reconciled to ensure Europe’s survival.


Portfolio Society: On the Capitalist Mode of PredictionIVAN ASCHERAs financial markets expand and continue to refashion the world in their own image, the wealth of capitalist societies no longer presents itself, as it did to Karl Marx in the nineteenth century, as a “monstrous collection of commodities.” Instead, it appears as an equally monstrous collection of financial securities, and the critique of political economy must proceed accordingly. But what would it mean to write Capital in the twenty-first century? Are we really to believe that risk, rather than labor, is now regarded as the true fount of economic value? Can it truly be the case that the credit relation—at least in the global North—has replaced the wage relation as the key site of exploitation and political struggle?

Hbk | 192pp | 9781935408741 | 2016.08 Zone Books | A$46.95 | NZ$55.95 203x152mm | USA

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ENVIRONMENTDodging Extinction: Power, Food, Money, and the Future of Life on Earth (New in Paperback)ANTHONY BARNOSKYPaleobiologist Anthony D. Barnosky weaves together evidence from the deep past and the present to alert us to the looming Sixth Mass Extinction and to offer a practical, hopeful plan for avoiding it. Writing from the front lines of extinction research, Barnosky tells the overarching story of geologic and evolutionary history and how it informs the way humans inhabit, exploit, and impact Earth today. He presents compelling evidence that unless we rethink how we generate the power we use to run our global ecosystem, where we get our food, and how we make our money, we will trigger what would be the sixth great extinction on Earth, with dire consequences.

Pbk | 256pp | 9780520292642 | 2016.07 University of California Press |A$49.95 | NZ$59.95 229x152mm | USA

Sustainability through Soccer: An Unexpected Approach to Saving Our WorldLEIDY KLOTZIn the quest for sustainability, we strive to meet our present needs without sacrificing the same opportunity for future generations. Our success or failure depends on our ability to think in “systems,” integrating environmental, social, and economic considerations. But how do we learn systems-thinking? In a series of engaging, rapid-fire stories, Sustainability through Soccer takes readers on a journey through a progression of systems-thinking and sustainability concepts.

Pbk | 200pp | 9780520287815 | 2016.07 University of California Press |A$47.95 | NZ$57.95 229x152mm | USA

Thinking like a Mall: Environmental Philosophy after the End of Nature (New in Paperback)STEVEN VOGELEnvironmentalism, in theory and practice, is concerned with protecting nature. But if we have now reached “the end of nature,” as Bill McKibben and other environmental thinkers have declared, what is there left to protect? In Thinking like a Mall, Steven Vogel argues that environmental thinking would be better off if it dropped the concept of “nature” altogether and spoke instead of the “environment”—that is, the world that actually surrounds us, which is always a built world, the only one that we inhabit. We need to think not so much like a mountain (as Aldo Leopold urged) as like a mall. Shopping malls, too, are part of the environment and deserve as much serious consideration from environmental thinkers as do mountains.


Why Are We Waiting?: The Logic, Urgency, and Promise of Tackling Climate Change (New in Paperback)NICHOLAS STERNThe risks of climate change are potentially immense. The benefits of taking action are also clear: we can see that economic development, reduced emissions, and creative adaptation go hand in hand. A committed and strong low-carbon transition could trigger a new wave of economic and technological transformation and investment, a new era of global and sustainable prosperity. Why, then, are we waiting? In this book, Nicholas Stern explains why, notwithstanding the great attractions of a new path, it has been so difficult to tackle climate change effectively. He makes a compelling case for climate action now and sets out the forms that action should take.


INTERNATIONAL STUDIESPowerplay: The Origins of the American Alliance System in Asia VICTOR CHAWhile the American alliance system in Asia has been fundamental to the region’s security and prosperity for seven decades, today it encounters challenges from the growth of China-based regional organizations. How was the American alliance system originally established in Asia and is it currently under threat? How are competing security designs being influenced by the United States and China? In Powerplay, Victor Cha draws from theories about alliances, unipolarity, and regime complexity, to examine the evolution of the U.S. Alliance system and the reasons for its continued importance in Asia and the world.


The Role of terrorism in twenty-first-century warfareLEONARD WEINBERG AND SUSANNE MARTINThe role of terrorism in twenty-first-century warfare is a critical reflection on the major armed conflicts occurring during the 1990s and the first decade of the twenty first century. Conflicts in Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria all involved the use of terrorism by one or more groups. Turning to the future, the book asks what does this mean for violent conflicts yet to come?

Pbk | 224pp | 9781784994099 | 2016.08 Manchester University Press | A$48.95 | NZ$58.95 2340x156mm | UK

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Unmaking the Bomb: A Fissile Material Approach to Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation (New in Paperbacks)HAROLD FEIVESON, ALEXANDER GLASER, ZIA MIAN AND FRANK VON HIPPELAchieving nuclear disarmament, stopping nuclear proliferation, and preventing nuclear terrorism are among the most critical challenges facing the world today. Unmaking the Bomb proposes a new approach to reaching these long-held goals. Rather than considering them as separate issues, the authors—physicists and experts on nuclear security—argue that all three of these goals can be understood and realized together if we focus on the production, stockpiling, and disposal of plutonium and highly enriched uranium—the fissile materials that are the key ingredients used to make nuclear weapons.


LAWThe Copyright Book: A Practical Guide 6ed (New in Paperback)WILLIAM STRONGThrough five editions since 1981, this book has offered the most comprehensive accessible guide available to all aspects of copyright law. Now, with the sixth edition, The Copyright Book has been thoroughly updated to cover copyright for the Internet age, discussing a range of developments in the law since 2000. The only book written for nonlawyers that covers the entire field of copyright law, it is essential reading for authors, artists, creative people in every medium, the companies that hire them, users of copyrighted material, and anyone with an interest in copyright law from a policy perspective.


Family Law in Islam: Divorce, Marriage and Women in the Muslim WorldMAAIKE VOORHOEVEIn both the West and throughout the Muslim world, Islamic family law is a highly - and hotly - debated topic. In the Muslim World, the discussions at the heart of these debates are often primarily concerned with the extent to which classical Islamic family law should be implemented in the national legal system, and the impact this has on society. Family Law in Islam highlights these discussions by looking at public debates and legal practice.

Pbk | 256pp | 9781784536268 | 2016.03 I.B. Tauris | A$51.95 | NZ$62 UK

LOGISTICSBuilding Effective Value Chains: Value and its ManagementTOM MCGUFFOG, PETER JORDAN AND BARRY EVANSThe value chain describes the full range of activities that firms and workers do to bring a product from its conception to its end use and beyond. This includes activities such as design, production, marketing, distribution and support to the final consumer. Building Effective Value Chains gives practical, easily understood advice on enhancing the value chain, supported by case studies from both the public and private sector that illustrate how the methodology can be applied to different value chains. The book also considers the commercial value of the value chain as well as the academic origins of the value chain.

Pbk | 192pp | 9780749473761 | 2016.08 Kogan Page | A$81 | NZ$96 234x156mm | UK

The Handbook of International Trade and Finance: The Complete Guide for International Sales, Finance, Shipping and Administration 4edANDERS GRATHInternational trade, and its financing, is now a key component of many undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications. For anyone involved in international sales, finance, shipping and administration, or for those studying for academic or professional qualifications in international trade, The Handbook of International Trade and Finance offers an extensive and topical explanation of the key finance areas.


MARKETINGMarketing with Strategic Empathy: Inspiring Strategy with Deeper Consumer Insight CLAIRE BROOKSWe are living in an age of continual motion and change, and as a result traditional strategy planning has become outmoded. Every manager, perhaps even every employee, needs to become a strategist. Every strategist, in turn, needs to develop deep consumer insight - or empathy - as a basis for flexible strategy formation. This book offers a practical guide on how to develop and implement a systematic process of strategic empathy to lead to greater effectiveness and day-to-day success.


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Tactical SEO: The Theory and Practice of Search MarketingLEE WILSONSearch engine optimisation is an increasingly critical tool for digital marketers in a competitive and saturated online marketplace. Setting itself apart from the ubiquitous technical and process-driven guidance, where tips and tricks which are quick to date, Tactical SEO moves towards a deeper understanding of search marketing and the industry as a whole. These insights will help you to truly grasp the opportunities, challenges and value that SEO can bring to an online presence in the long term leading to a more strategic and nuanced approach.

Pbk | 240pp | 9780749477998 | 2016.08 Kogan Page | A$56.95 | NZ$68 234x156mm | UK

POLITICSAgainst DemocracyJASON BRENNANMost people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the right to an equal share of political power. And they believe that political participation is good for us—it empowers us, helps us get what we want, and tends to make us smarter, more virtuous, and more caring for one another. These are some of our most cherished ideas about democracy. But, Jason Brennan says, they are all wrong.

Hbk | 296pp | 9780691162607 | 2016.07 Princeton University Press | A$55.95 | NZ$68 235x155mm | USA

Democracy in Decline? (New in Paperback)LARRY DIAMOND AND MARC PLATTNERFor almost a decade, Freedom House’s annual survey has highlighted a decline in democracy in most regions of the globe. While some analysts draw upon this evidence to argue that the world has entered a “democratic recession,” others dispute that interpretation, emphasizing instead democracy’s success in maintaining the huge gains it made during the last quarter of the twentieth century. In Democracy in Decline?, eight of the world’s leading public intellectuals and scholars of democracy—Francis Fukuyama, Robert Kagan, Philippe C. Schmitter, Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way, Thomas Carothers, and editors Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner—explore these concerns and offer competing viewpoints about the state of democracy today.

Pbk | 144pp | 9781421421216 | 2016.07 Johns Hopkins University Press | 216x140mm | USA | A$42.95 | NZ$49.95

Fugitive Democracy: And Other EssaysSHELDON WOLINSheldon Wolin was one of the most influential and original political thinkers of the past fifty years. Fugitive Democracy brings together his most important writings, from classic essays such as “Political Theory as a Vocation,” written amid the Cold War and the conflict in Vietnam, to his late radical essays on American democracy such as “Fugitive Democracy,” in which he offers a controversial reinterpretation of democracy as an episodic phenomenon distinct from the routinized political management that passes for democracy today.


The New politics of Russia: Interpreting changeANDREW MONAGHANWhether it is the conflict in Syria or the crisis in Ukraine, Russia continues to dominate the headlines. Yet the political realities of contemporary Russia are poorly understood by Western observers and policy-makers. In this highly engaging book, Andrew Monaghan explains why we tend to misunderstand Russia - and the importance of ‘getting Russia right’. Exploring in detail the relationship between the West and Russia, he charts the development of relations and investigates the causes of the increasingly obvious sense of strategic dissonance.

Pbk | 176pp | 9781784994051 | 2016.08 Manchester University Press | A$42.95 | NZ$49.95 216x138mm | UK

Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections (New in Paperback)RICHARD HASENCampaign financing is one of today’s most divisive political issues. The left asserts that the electoral process is rife with corruption. The right protests that the real aim of campaign limits is to suppress political activity and protect incumbents. Meanwhile, money flows freely on both sides. In Plutocrats United, Richard Hasen argues that both left and right avoid the key issue of the new Citizens United era: balancing political inequality with free speech.

Pbk | 256pp | 9780300223545 | 2016.08 Yale University Press | A$38.95 | NZ$46.95 235x156mm | UK

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Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age 2edLARRY BARTELSThe first edition of Unequal Democracy was an instant classic, shattering illusions about American democracy and spurring scholarly and popular interest in the political causes and consequences of escalating economic inequality. This revised and expanded edition includes two new chapters on the political economy of the Obama era. One presents the Great Recession as a “stress test” of the American political system,analyzing the 2008 election, Barack Obama’s “New New Deal,” and its impact on the economic fortunes of the rich, middle class, and poor. The other assesses the politics of inequality in the wake of the Occupy Wall Street movement, the 2012 election, and the partisan gridlock of Obama’s second term.


POPULAR MATHSZombies and Calculus (New in Paperback)COLIN ADAMSHow can calculus help you survive the zombie apocalypse? Colin Adams, humor columnist for the Mathematical Intelligencer and one of today’s most outlandish and entertaining popular maths writers, demonstrates how in this zombie adventure novel. Zombies and Calculus is the account of Craig Williams, a maths professor at a small liberal arts college in New England, who, in the middle of a calculus class, finds himself suddenly confronted by a late-arriving student whose hunger is not for knowledge. As the zombie virus spreads and civilization crumbles, Williams uses calculus to help his small band of survivors defeat the hordes of the undead.

Pbk | 240pp | 9780691173207 | 2016.08 Princeton University Press | A$39.95 | NZ$48.95 216x140mm | USA

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Mathematics and Art: A Cultural HistoryLYNN GAMWELL


RESEARCHBibliometrics and Research Evaluation: Uses and AbusesYVES GINGRASBibliometrics is hailed as an “objective” measure of research quality, a quantitative measure more useful than “subjective” and intuitive evaluation methods such as peer review that have been used since scientific papers were first published in the seventeenth century. In this book, Yves Gingras offers a spirited argument against an unquestioning reliance on bibliometrics as an indicator of research quality. Gingras shows that bibliometric rankings have no real scientific validity, rarely measuring what they pretend to.


Data Visualisation: A Handbook for Data Driven DesignANDY KIRKNever has it been more essential to work in the world of data. Scholars and students need to be able to analyze, design and curate information into useful tools of communication, insight and understanding. This book is the starting point in learning the process and skills of data visualization, teaching the concepts and skills of how to present data and inspiring effective visual design.

Pbk | 368pp | 9781473912144 | 2016.05 Sage Publications Ltd | A$91 | NZ$109 | UK

Survey Scales: A Guide to Development, Analysis, and ReportingROBERT JOHNSON AND GRANT MORGANSynthesizing the literature from the survey and measurement fields, this book explains how to develop closed-response survey scales that will accurately capture such constructs as attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors. It provides guidelines to help applied researchers or graduate students review existing scales for possible adoption or adaptation in a study; create their own conceptual framework for a scale; write checklists, true-false variations, and Likert-style items; design response scales; examine validity and reliability; conduct a factor analysis; and document the instrument development and its technical quality. Advice is given on constructing tables and graphs to report survey scale results.

Pbk | 278pp | 9781462526963 | 2016.08 The Guilford Press | A$72 | NZ$87 235x156mm | USA

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SCIENCECannabis: Evolution and Ethnobotany (New in Paperback)ROBERT CLARKE AND MARK MERLINCannabis: Evolution and Ethnobotany is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of the natural origins and early evolution of this famous plant, highlighting its historic role in the development of human societies. Cannabis has long been prized for the strong and durable fiber in its stalks, its edible and oil-rich seeds, and the psychoactive and medicinal compounds produced by its female flowers. The culturally valuable and often irreplaceable goods derived from cannabis deeply influenced the commercial, medical, ritual, and religious practices of cultures throughout the ages, and human desire for these commodities directed the evolution of the plant toward its contemporary varieties. As interest in cannabis grows and public debate over its many uses rises, this book will help us understand why humanity continues to rely on this plant and adapts it to suit our needs.

Pbk | 456pp | 9780520292482 | 2016.05 University of California Press | A$84 | NZ$101 279x216mm | USA

The Physicist and the Philosopher: Einstein, Bergson, and the Debate That Changed Our Understanding of Time (New in Paperback)JIMENA CANALESOn April 6, 1922, in Paris, Albert Einstein and Henri Bergson publicly debated the nature of time. Einstein considered Bergson’s theory of time to be a soft, psychological notion, irreconcilable with the quantitative realities of physics. Bergson, who gained fame as a philosopher by arguing that time should not be understood exclusively through the lens of science, criticized Einstein’s theory of time for being a metaphysics grafted on to science, one that ignored the intuitive aspects of time. The Physicist and the Philosopher tells the remarkable story of how this explosive debate transformed our understanding of time and drove a rift between science and the humanities that persists today.

Pbk | 488pp | 9780691173177 | 2016.08 Princeton University Press | A$52.95 | NZ$65 235x155mm | USA

Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?: A Neuroscientific View of the Zombie Brain (New in Paperback)TIMOTHY VERSTYNEN AND BRADLEY VOYTEKEven if you’ve never seen a zombie movie or television show, you could identify an undead ghoul if you saw one. With their endless wandering, lumbering gait, insatiable hunger, antisocial behavior, and apparently memory-less existence, zombies are the walking nightmares of our deepest fears. What do these characteristic behaviors reveal about the inner workings of the zombie mind? Could we diagnose zombism as a neurological condition by studying their behavior? In Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?, neuroscientists and zombie enthusiasts Timothy Verstynen and Bradley Voytek apply their neuro-know-how to dissect the puzzle of what has happened to the zombie brain to make the undead act differently than their human prey.


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Physics and Technology for Future Presidents: An Introduction to the Essential Physics Every World Leader Needs to KnowRICHARD A MULLER

Hbk | 536pp | 9780691135045 | 2010 Princeton University Press | A$86 | NZ$104 254x178mm | USA

The Story of Life in 25 Fossils: Tales of Intrepid Fossil Hunters and the Wonders of EvolutionDONALD R PROTHERO

Hbk | 408pp | 9780231171908 | 2015.08 Columbia University Press | A$68 | NZ$82 229x152mm | USA

Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth SystemIAN ANGUSScience tells us that a new and dangerous stage in planetary evolution has begun—the Anthropocene, a time of rising temperatures, extreme weather, rising oceans, and mass species extinctions. Humanity faces not just more pollution or warmer weather, but a crisis of the Earth System. If business as usual continues, this century will be marked by rapid deterioration of our physical, social, and economic environment. Large parts of Earth will become uninhabitable, and civilization itself will be threatened. Facing the Anthropocene shows what has caused this planetary emergency, and what we must do to meet the challenge.

Pbk | 280pp | 9781583676097 | 2016.08 Monthly Review Press | A$37.95 | NZ$45.95 210x140mm | USA

Learn more about the Anthropocene from:After Nature: A Politics for the AnthropoceneJEDEDIAH PURDY

Hbk | 336pp | 9780674368224 | 2015.08 Harvard University Press | A$56.95 | NZ$69 210x140mm | USA

The Great Acceleration: An Environmental History of the Anthropocene since 1945J MCNEILL AND PETER ENGELKE

Pbk | 288pp | 9780674545038 | 2016.03 Harvard University Press | A$39.95 | NZ$47.95 210x140mm | USA

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TECHNOLOGYEngineering Systems: Meeting Human Needs in a Complex Technological World (New in Paperback)OLIVIER DE WECK, DANIEL ROOS AND CHRISTOPHER MAGEEEngineering, for much of the twentieth century, was mainly about artifacts and inventions. Now, it’s increasingly about complex systems. Engineering Systems offers a comprehensive examination of such systems and the associated emerging field of study. Through scholarly discussion, concrete examples, and history, the authors consider the engineer’s changing role, new ways to model and analyze these systems, the impacts on engineering education, and the future challenges of meeting human needs through the technologically enabled systems of today and tomorrow.


Men, Machines, and Modern Times (Anniversary Edition) ELTING MORISON AND LEO MARXPeople have had trouble adapting to new technology ever since (perhaps) the inventor of the wheel had to explain that a wheelbarrow could carry more than a person. This little book by a celebrated MIT professor—the fiftieth anniversary edition of a classic—describes how we learn to live and work with innovation.


Reality Mining: Using Big Data to Engineer a Better World (New in Paperback)NATHAN EAGLE AND KATE GREENEBig Data is made up of lots of little data: numbers entered into cell phones, addresses entered into GPS devices, visits to websites, online purchases, ATM transactions, and any other activity that leaves a digital trail. Although the abuse of Big Data—surveillance, spying, hacking—has made headlines, it shouldn’t overshadow the abundant positive applications of Big Data. In Reality Mining, Nathan Eagle and Kate Greene cut through the hype and the headlines to explore the positive potential of Big Data, showing the ways in which the analysis of Big Data (“Reality Mining”) can be used to improve human systems as varied as political polling and disease tracking, while considering user privacy.


Rogue Archives: Digital Cultural Memory and Media FandomABIGAIL DE KOSNIKThe task of archiving was once entrusted only to museums, libraries, and other institutions that acted as repositories of culture in material form. But with the rise of digital networked media, a multitude of self-designated archivists—fans, pirates, hackers—have become practitioners of cultural preservation on the Internet. These nonprofessional archivists have democratized cultural memory, building freely accessible online archives of whatever content they consider suitable for digital preservation. In Rogue Archives, Abigail De Kosnik examines the practice of archiving in the transition from print to digital media, looking in particular at Internet fan fiction archives.


Sharing Knowledge, Shaping Europe: U.S. Technological Collaboration and NonproliferationJOHN KRIGEIn the 1950s and the 1960s, U.S. administrations were determined to prevent Western European countries from developing independent national nuclear weapons programs. To do so, the United States attempted to use its technological pre-eminence as a tool of “soft power” to steer Western European technological choices toward the peaceful uses of the atom and of space, encouraging options that fostered collaboration, promoted nonproliferation, and defused challenges to U.S. technological superiority. In Sharing Knowledge, Shaping Europe, John Krige describes these efforts and the varying degrees of success they achieved.


Social Media Archeology and PoeticsJUDY MALLOYFocusing on early social media in the arts and humanities and on the core role of creative computer scientists, artists, and scholars in shaping the pre-Web social media landscape, Social Media Archeology and Poetics documents social media lineage, beginning in the 1970s with collaborative ARPANET research, Community Memory, PLATO, Minitel, and ARTEX and continuing into the 1980s and beyond with the Electronic Café, Art Com Electronic Network, Arts Wire, The THING, and many more.


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RECENT BESTSELLERSBig Ideas in Social ScienceDAVID EDMONDS AND NIGEL WARBURTONAre human beings less violent than before? Why do we adopt certain moral and political judgements? Why is the gap between rich and poor getting bigger? How do we decide which criminal policies are effective? What is the Population Challenge for the 21st Century? What is social science? In Big Ideas in Social Science, David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton put these and more of our society’s burning questions to 18 of the world’s leading social scientists, including Steven Pinker, Ann Oakley, Lawrence Sherman, Kate Pickett, Robert J. Shiller and Doreen Massey.

Pbk | 184pp | 9781473913806 | 2016.01 Sage Publications Ltd | A$37.95 | NZ$44.95 UK

Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class (New in Paperback)SCOTT TIMBERGChange is no stranger to us in the twenty-first century. We must constantly adjust to an evolving world, to transformation and innovation. But for many thousands of creative artists, a torrent of recent changes has made it all but impossible to earn a living. A persistent economic recession, social shifts, and technological change have combined to put our artists—from graphic designers to indie-rock musicians, from architects to booksellers—out of work. This important book looks deeply and broadly into the roots of the crisis of the creative class in America and tells us why it matters.


The Iliad: A New Translation by Peter Green (New in Paperback)HOMEROne of the oldest extant works of Western literature, the Iliad is a timeless epic poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride and the arbitrary, often vicious decisions of fate and the gods. Renowned scholar and acclaimed translator Peter Green captures the Iliad in all its surging thunder for a new generation of readers. This landmark translation—specifically designed, like the oral original, to be read aloud—will soon be required reading for every student of Greek antiquity, and the great traditions of history and literature to which it gave birth.

Pbk | 544pp | 9780520281431 | 2016.03 University of California Press 229x152mm | USA | A$41.95 | NZ$51.95

Research for Designers: A Guide to Methods and PracticeGJOKO MURATOVSKIDesign is everywhere: it influences how we live, what we wear, how we communicate, what we buy, and how we behave. In order for designers to design for the real world, defining strategies rather than just implementing them, they need to learn how to understand and solve complex, intricate and often unexpected problems. Research for Designers is an essential toolkit for a design education and every design student who is getting ready to tackle their own research.

Pbk | 280pp | 9781446275146 | 2016.01 Sage Publications Ltd | A$62 | NZ$74 UK

Why Only Us: Language and EvolutionROBERT C BERWICK AND NOAM CHOMSKYWe are born crying, but those cries signal the first stirring of language. Within a year or so, infants master the sound system of their language; a few years after that, they are engaging in conversations. This remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire any human language—‘the language faculty’—raises important biological questions about language, including how it has evolved.


Why Women Will Save The PlanetFRIENDS OF THE EARTHThis provocative collection gathers essays and interviews from the leading lights of the international environmental and feminist movements to mount a powerful case that gender equality is essential to environmental progress. Up to now, women’s issues have been largely ignored by major environmental and conservation groups, but in Why Women Will Save The Planet contributors like Vandana Shiva, Caroline Lucas, and Maria Mies help us see the undeniable links between the two.

Pbk | 213pp | 9781783605798 | 2015.12 Zed Books | A$29.95 | NZ$35.95 228x127mm | USA

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BESTSELLING BACKLISTA Beginner̀ s Guide to Doing Your Education Research ProjectMIKE LAMBERTBased on the author’s many years of experience working with undergraduate and postgraduate students, this book is a basic guide to doing a research project in education. Step-by-step advice is presented in a clear way, and chapters take the reader through the entire process, from planning and doing research, to writing it up.

Pbk | 248pp | 9780857029812 | 2012 Sage Publications Ltd | A$65 | NZ$78 234x156mm | UK

The Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project 2edZINA O`LEARYThe Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project 2ed is the ultimate companion to successfully completing your research project. It gives you the skills and the confidence needed to succeed no matter what happens along the way. The text guides you through every step of your research project, from getting started to analysing data and writing up. Each stage is clearly set out, highlighting best practice and providing practical tips and down-to-earth advice for actually doing research. Bursting with real world examples and multidisciplinary case studies, this text addresses the key questions posed by anyone hoping to complete a research project. It is the must-have textbook every student needs.


An Introduction to Coaching Skills: A Practical GuideCHRISTIAN VAN NIEUWERBURGHAn Introduction to Coaching Skills is an invaluable resource for novice and trainee coaches. Its accessible, step-by-step style acquaints you with the key skills needed to become a successful coach and, with its focus on the applied side of coaching, the book is an essential text for anyone starting out on their coaching voyage. From the ‘how to’, through to practicalities and challenges and honing existing skills, this book covers definitions of coaching, how to become a coach, key coaching skills, current coaching models, practical tools and techniques, reflective practise and how best to help others.

Pbk | 208pp | 9781446260210 | 2013 Sage Publications Ltd | A$56.95 | NZ$68 229x183mm | UK

Research Methodology: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners 4edRANJIT KUMARWritten specifically for students with no previous experience of research and research methodology, the Fourth Edition of Research Methodology breaks the process of designing and doing a research project into eight manageable STEPs. The book is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the social sciences embarking on qualitative or quantitative research projects.


Understanding Journalism 2edLYNETTE SHERIDAN BURNSThe new era of Google, Twitter and Facebook has fundamentally shifted the journalist’s relationship with the audience. User-generated content is both a source for professional journalists and a direct competitor for a reader’s attention. To navigate these new realities, it is imperative for journalism students to master skills in cross-platform writing, and understand the implications on their communication decisions. This second edition of Understanding Journalism tackles these changes head-on.


A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Organizations 3edCHRIS GREYRelevant across a range of management courses, the Third Edition of A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Studying Organizations offers students a lively, focused and challenging discussion of classical and current ideas about organizations and their management. This new edition looks has been updated in light of the financial crisis and shows how the resulting sovereign debt crisis has led to job cuts, more insecure employment and a move back to more traditional management techniques. Containing a new foreword, the third edition also covers issues such as new forms of control, identity regulation and ethics.

Pbk | 184pp | 9781446207376 | 2012 Sage Publications Ltd | A$44.95 | NZ$53.95 198x129mm | UK

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