“robert h armstrong”

In-depth portraits of 61 representative species, including information on unusual behaviors, habitats, and seasonal adaptations.... More

With completely updated text and all new photographs, this comprehensive guide provides the most current knowledge about the birds in Alaska.... More

How often do you find yourself thinking "This is all too good to be true" or "All good things come to an end"? It is all too common a belief that in order to be happy one must earn, deserve, work, and pay for it--that happiness is for tomorrow, while today is for well-behaved hardship, martyrdom, an... More

What are we to make of the information society? Many prominent theorists have argued it to be the most profound and comprehensive transformation of economy, culture and politics since the rise of the industrial way of life in the 18th century. Some saw its arrival in a positive light, where the drea... More

Published in honour of Basil W. Robinson, Keeper Emeritus of the Victoria and Albert Museum and a key contributor to the growing scholarly interest in Persian miniatures for over 50 years, this book contains both personal appreciations of his work and a bibliography of his writings. The contribution... More

Turn your ambition into achievement, Your dream into reality….The entrepreneur is the hero of capitalism, the object of envy and admiration, the stuff of commercial legend, the source of new companies, new products and new industries. Yet entrepreneurship remains shrouded in mystery-possibly becau... More

Managers of today seem stuck on single issues or themes in the way they run and plan for their companies. In this groundbreaking book, Robert Heller argues you need the very opposite of single-theme management for survival in the 21st century. You need "fusion management," which combines the thrust ... More

Universities Press Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology contains more than 2,000 entries that explain, clearly and concisely, the most relevant and frequently used terms in one of the most fascinating areas of contemporary biosciences. The dictionary is an ideal tool, articulating modern cell an... More

This is Vol 3 of the Handbook of Industrial Organization series (HIO). Vols 1 & 2 published simultaneously in 1989 under the editorship of Richard Schmalensee and Robert Willig. Many of the chapters in these successful volumes were widely cited and appeared on graduate reading lists, and some contin... More

The theme of 'community' has proved a focus of considerable interest in recent historiography, but has been neglected in its application to Ireland. Here the question of 'community' is pursued in terms of the political, cultural, social and religious condition of Ireland, and in its European context... More