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    • Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners 

      Erard, Michael (Free Press, 2012)
      In the tradition of the bestsellers Word Freak and The Language Instinct comes a fascinating exploration of linguistic superlearners whose abilities shed light on the intellectual potential in us all. What do an Italian ...

    • Background practices : essays on the understanding of being 

      Dreyfus, Hubert L.; Wrathall, Mark A. (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      This volume presents a selection of Hubert Dreyfus's pioneering work in bringing phenomenology and existentialism to bear on the philosophical and scientific study of the mind. Each of the thirteen essays interprets, ...

    • Bad Governance and Corruption 

      Rose, Richard; Peiffer, Caryn (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book explains why the role of corruption varies greatly between public services, between people, between national systems of governance, and between measures of corruption. More than 1.8 billion people pay the price ...

    • Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks 

      Goldacre, Ben (Faber & Faber, 2010)
      Have you ever wondered how one day the media can assert that alcohol is bad for us and the next unashamedly run a story touting the benefits of daily alcohol consumption? Or how a drug that is pulled off the market for ...

    • Bake It in a Cup!: Simple Meals and Sweets Kids Can Bake in Silicone Cups 

      Myall, Julia; Lowe, Greg (Chronicle Books, 2012)
      Bake It in a Cup! is a must have follow up to the bestselling Cook It in a Cup!, the cookbook kids love! With all of the ingredients for an unforgettable time in the kitchen including six colorful silicone cups kids will ...

    • Baking Style: Art Craft Recipes 

      Yockelson, Lisa (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011)
      A dazzling celebration of the art and craft of baking. In Baking Style, the award-winning author of Baking by Flavor and ChocolateChocolate, presents what has fascinated her during a lifetime of baking. In 100 essays and ...

    • Baking with less sugar: recipes for desserts using natural sweeteners and little-to-no white sugar 

      Chang, Joanne; Leo, Joseph De (Chronicle Books, 2015)
      Trust Joanne Chang—beloved author of the bestselling Flour and a Harvard math major to boot—to come up with this winning formula: Minus the sugar equals plus the flavor. The 60-plus recipes here are an eye-opener for anyone ...

    • Balancing Green: When to Embrace Sustainability in a Business (and When Not To) 

      Sheffi, Yossi (MIT Press, 2018)
      An expert on business strategy offers a pragmatic take on how businesses of all sizes balance the competing demands of profitability and employment with sustainability. The demands and stresses on companies only grow as ...

    • Balancing on a Planet: The Future of Food and Agriculture 

      Cleveland, David A. (University of California Press, 2014)
      This book is an interdisciplinary primer on critical thinking and effective action for the future of our global agrifood system, based on an understanding of the system’s biological and sociocultural roots. Key components ...

    • Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics 

      Enloe, Cynthia (University of California Press, 2014)
      In this brand new radical analysis of globalization, Cynthia Enloe examines recent events—Bangladeshi garment factory deaths, domestic workers in the Persian Gulf, Chinese global tourists, and the UN gender politics of ...

    • The Bank Credit Analysis Handbook: A Guide for Analysts, Bankers and Investors 

      Golin, Jonathan; Delhaise, Philippe (Wiley, 2013)
      A hands-on guide to the theory and practice of bank credit analysis and ratings. In this revised edition, Jonathan Golin and Philippe Delhaise expand on the role of bank credit analysts and the methodology of their practice. ...

    • Bank Funding Strategies: The Use of Bonds and the Bail-in Effect 

      Crespi, Fabrizio; Mascia, Danilo V. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book illustrates the importance of bonds as a funding tool available to banks. After providing the reader with an overview of the funding strategies adopted during the last ten years by European banks, the book offers ...

    • Bank Management and Control: Strategy, Capital and Risk Management 

      Wernz, Johannes (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014)
      Strategic planning, including the required quantitative methods, is an essential part of bank management and control. In this book capital, risk and yield are treated comprehensively and seamlessly. And a thorough introduction ...

    • Banker's Guide to New Small Business Finance, Website: Venture Deals, Crowdfunding, Private Equity, and Technology 

      Green, Charles H. (Wiley, 2014)
      Through a discussion of the developing field of crowdfunding and the cottage industry that is quickly rising around the ability to sell business equity via the Internet, Banker's Guide to New Small Business Finance covers ...

    • Banking, Finance, and Accounting: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications 

      Information Resources Management Association (IGI Global, 2014)
      With the global economy still in recovery, it is more important than ever for individuals and organizations to be aware of their money and its potential for both depreciation and growth. Banking, Finance, and Accounting: ...

    • Bar Tartine: techniques & recipes 

      Burns, Cortney; Balla, Nicolaus; Robertson, Chad (Chronicle Books, 2014)
      Rich in techniques and recipes epitomizing the way we cook and eat now. Bar Tartine—co-founded by Tartine Bakerys Chad Robertson and Elisabeth Prueitt—is obsessed over by locals and visitors, critics and chefs. It is a ...

    • Barcelona & Catalonia 

      Gallagher, Mary Ann (Dorling Kindersley Publishing, 2011)
      The new-look "DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Barcelona & Catalonia" - now complete with a free pull-out city map, clearly marked with sights from the guidebook - will lead you straight to the best attractions this region has ...

    • Barefoot Disciple: Walking the Way of Passionate Humility 

      Cherry, Stephen (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2011)
      If it’s true that humility is necessarily something that happens in youwhen you’re not looking, howon earth dowe think about it, let alone make the sort of decisions that might help us grow into it? StephenCherry’s book ...

    • Barolo and Barbaresco: the king and queen of Italian wine 

      O'Keefe, Kerin (University of California Press, 2014)
      Following on the success of her books on Brunello di Montalcino, renowned author and wine critic Kerin O'Keefe takes readers on a historic and in-depth journey to discover Barolo and Barbaresco, two of Italy's most fascinating ...

    • Barriers to Bioweapons: The Challenges of Expertise and Organization for Weapons Development 

      Gormley, Sonia Ben Ouagrham (Cornell University Press, 2014)
      In both the popular imagination and among lawmakers and national security experts, there exists the belief that with sufficient motivation and material resources, states or terrorist groups can produce bioweapons easily, ...