Wiley Blackwell imprint: 4672 books
Contemporary Art
1989 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
An engaging account of today’s contemporary art world that features original articles by leading international art historians, critics, curators, and artists, introducing varied perspectives on the most important debates and discussions happening around the world.
Features a collection of all-new...
How To Improve Your Mind
20 Keys to Unlock the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
Become the master of your world
Presents 20 key concepts, or keys, to aid critical thinking
Authored by one of the world's most eminent psychologists - and founder of the Flynn Effect
Looks at topics such as Race and IQ, "good" science and the current world economic crisis
Written in a clear and lucid style, illustrated with many examples
A History of Modern Europe
From 1815 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
A History of Modern Europe surveys European history from the defeat of Napoleon to the twenty-first century, presenting major historical themes in an authoritative and compelling narrative.
Concise, readable single volume covering Europe from the early nineteenth century through the early twenty-first...
Twentieth-Century Europe
A Brief History, 1900 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Twentieth-Century Europe: A Brief History presents readers with a concise and accessible survey of the most significant themes and political events that shaped European history in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Features updates that include a new chapter that reviews major political and economic...
Beyond Borders
A History of Mexican Migration to the United States
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011
Beyond Borders: A History of Mexican Migration to the United States details the origins and evolution of the movement of people from Mexico into the United States from the first significant flow across the border at the turn of the twentieth century up to the present day.
Considers the issues...
Neo-Confucianism
Metaphysics, Mind, and Morality
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Solidly grounded in Chinese primary sources, Neo Confucianism: Metaphysics, Mind, and Morality engages the latest global scholarship to provide an innovative, rigorous, and clear articulation of neo-Confucianism and its application to Western philosophy.
Contextualizes neo-Confucianism for contemporary...
by Odd-Ivar Lekang
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
As aquaculture continues to grow at a rapid pace, understanding the engineering behind aquatic production facilities is of increasing importance for all those working in the industry. Aquaculture engineering requires knowledge of the many general aspects of engineering such as material technology,...
Homegirls
Language and Cultural Practice Among Latina Youth Gangs
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
In this ground-breaking new book on the Norteña and Sureña (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks at the daily lives of young Latinas and their innovative use of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges that signal their gang affiliations...
Italian Renaissance Art
Understanding its Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Richly illustrated, and featuring detailed descriptions of works by pivotal figures in the Italian Renaissance, this enlightening volume traces the development of art and architecture throughout the Italian peninsula in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
A smart, elegant, and jargon-free...
by Babette Bohn, James M. Saslow
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
A Companion to Renaissance and Baroque Art provides a diverse, fresh collection of accessible, comprehensive essays addressing key issues for European art produced between 1300 and 1700, a period that might be termed the beginning of modern history.
Presents a collection of original, in-depth...
by David Krasner
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Covering the period 1879 to 1959, and taking in everything from Ibsen to Beckett, this book is volume one of a two-part comprehensive examination of the plays, dramatists, and movements that comprise modern world drama.
Contains detailed analysis of plays and playwrights, connecting themes and...
by Jennifer Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2011
Museums and the Public Sphere investigates the role of museums around the world as sites of democratic public space.
Explores the role of museums around the world as sites of public discourse and democracy
Examines the changing idea of the museum in relation to other public sites and spaces,...
Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy
Read and Gain Advantage on All Wisdom Checks
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Do demons and devils have free will? Does justice exist in Menzoberranzan? What’s the morality involved with player characters casting necromancy and summoning spells?
Dungeons & Dragons and Philosophy probes the rich terrain of philosophically compelling concepts and ideas that underlie...
Behind the Cloud
The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2009
How did salesforce.com grow from a start up in a rented apartment into the world's fastest growing software company in less than a decade? For the first time, Marc Benioff, the visionary founder, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com, tells how he and his team created and used new business, technology,...