Описание: This book details the lives and careers of four sports-writing greats-Grantland Rice, Red Smith, Shirley Povich, and W. C. Heinz-and the legendary athletes and events they covered for decades. These men all wrote during what is often considered sport`s Golden Age, lifting sports reporting to heights that it is unlikely to reach again.
In this examination of Solzhenitsyn and his work, Lee Congdon explores the consequences of the atheistic socialism that drove the Russian revolutionary movement. Beginning with a description of the post-revolutionary Russia into which Solzhenitsyn was born, Congdon addresses the Bolshevik victory in the civil war, the origins of the concentration camp system, the Bolsheviks' war on Christianity and the Russian Orthodox Church, Solzhenitsyn's arrest near the war's end, his time in the labor camps, his struggle with cancer, his exile and increasing alienation from the Western way of life, and his return home. He concludes with a reminder of Solzhenitsyn's warning to the West—that it was on a path parallel to that which Russia had followed into the abyss.
In this examination of Solzhenitsyn and his work, Lee Congdon explores the consequences of the atheistic socialism that drove the Russian revolutionary movement. Beginning with a description of the post-revolutionary Russia into which Solzhenitsyn was born, Congdon addresses the Bolshevik victory in the civil war, the origins of the concentration camp system, the Bolsheviks' war on Christianity and the Russian Orthodox Church, Solzhenitsyn's arrest near the war's end, his time in the labor camps, his struggle with cancer, his exile and increasing alienation from the Western way of life, and his return home. He concludes with a reminder of Solzhenitsyn's warning to the West—that it was on a path parallel to that which Russia had followed into the abyss.
Описание: Leading with the Chin is a fascinating examination of the changing representations of twentieth-century masculinity in Esquire, America`s oldest men`s interest magazine.
Автор: Durbin Brett, Congdon Dr Jim Название: Witness ISBN: 1629520276 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781629520278 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4136.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Goldoni Carlo, Congdon Constance Название: The Servant of Two Masters (Revised Director`s Version) ISBN: 088145608X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780881456080 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2934.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Congdon, Roark T. Название: Architectural model building ISBN: 1563677733 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781563677731 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 6651.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book will illustrate a multitude of techniques and the use of a wide variety of materials, providing a solid foundation for students and professionals to create and enjoy three-dimensional model making.
Автор: Congdon Michelle Название: Sweet Fury ISBN: 1517143306 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781517143305 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 948.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Kling, Jeffrey R. Congdon, William J. Mullainathan, Sendhil Название: Policy and choice ISBN: 0815722583 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780815722588 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 4222.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Traditional public finance provides a powerful framework for policy analysis, but it relies on a model of human behavior that the new science of behavioral economics increasingly calls into question. In Policy and Choice economists William Congdon, Jeffrey Kling, and Sendhil Mullainathan argue that public finance not only can incorporate many lessons of behavioral economics but also can serve as a solid foundation from which to apply insights from psychology to questions of economic policy.
The authors revisit the core questions of public finance, armed with a richer perspective on human behavior. They do not merely apply findings from psychology to specific economic problems; instead, they explore how psychological factors actually reshape core concepts in public finance such as moral hazard, deadweight loss, and incentives.
Part one sets the stage for integrating behavioral economics into public finance by interpreting the evidence from psychology and developing a framework for applying it to questions in public finance. In part two, the authors apply that framework to specific topics in public finance, including social insurance, externalities and public goods, income support and redistribution, and taxation.
In doing so, the authors build a unified analytical approach that encompasses both traditional policy levers, such as taxes and subsidies, and more psychologically informed instruments. The net result of this innovative approach is a fully behavioral public finance, an integration of psychology and the economics of the public sector that is explicit, systematic, rigorous, and realistic.
Автор: Scott Zenos Edmund, Congdon Randolph Thatcher, Peet Harriet E. Название: How to Teach English: A Complete Manual for the Open Door Language Series ISBN: 1258469669 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781258469665 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 6796.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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