Understanding how society shapes the economy helps us answer many important questions. For example, how does advertising get people to buy things? How do people use their social connections to get jobs? This title presents sociological answers to questions like these.

Practical, funny, implementable advice and stories that will help you understand why you are how you are, how to love what you can't change, how to change what you don't love, and how to be a badass all the time.

This book provides students and managers alike with the guidance, tools, and examples needed to develop leadership talent and inspire performance.

Taking an applied approach, Understanding Business Ethics prepares students and managers to make ethical decisions in a complex, global business environment.

Starting with the basics and fully grounded in the context of actually doing research, this practical book is the perfect companion as students tackle a business research project head on for the first time. Guiding readers through the research process in author David E. Gray’s approachable style, the book helps them build their understanding and develop the skills they need to establish good practice when planning and doing research in the business world.

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A compelling survey of Texas houses that draw both on the heritage of pioneer ranches and on the twentieth-century design principles of modernism.

In Houses: Robert A.M. Stern Architects, RAMSA's residential Partners - Roger H. Seifter, Randy M. Correll, Grant F. Marani, and Gary L. Brewer - offer an intimate look at RAMSA houses from the last ten years and explore how these residences embody the spirit of place and find harmony between the traditional and the contemporary.

For more than fifty years, Robert A.M. Stern Architects has designed extraordinary houses and residences around the world, each suffused with a rich understanding of...

From Lewis Miller, the celebrated floral designer and "Flower Bandit" himself, an intimate and joyous behind-the-scenes look at his signature Flower Flashes as they introduced bright moments of natural beauty into the city when they were needed most.

Introduces an original take on floral design that teaches us to see the world anew

A comprehensive and sumptuous survey that celebrates the beauty and appeal of flowers throughout art, history, and culture