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"This is not a book about charismatic visionary leaders. It is not about visionary product concepts or visionary products or visionary market insights. Nor even is it about just having a corporate vision. This is a book about something far more important, enduring, and substantial. This is a boo... More

Identifying 18 "visionary" companies, the authors set out to determine what's special about them and to provide a blueprint for prosperity. Includes hundreds of examples showing what makes the truly exceptional firms different from the everyday ones.... More

Developing a new synthesis of literacy studies, this book explores the domain of power through questions of colonialism, modern state formation, educational systems and official versus popular literacies. James Collins and Richard Blot present a critical discussion of particular cases and discuss th... More

Praise for Bush's Brain "Love him or hate him, Karl Rove is one of the most brilliant and successful political consultants of all time. In this riveting account, Wayne Slater and Jim Moore tell how he got there." — Paul Begala, CNN's Crossfire "Bush's Brain isn't a hatchet job on George W. B... More

The new fifth edition of the "Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary" offers up-to-date coverage of today's English in a clear, attractive format. In its attractive two-colour layout, the fifth edition of the "Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary" offers learners of E... More