Kevin Keasey Boeken

Throne of Blood (1957), Akira Kurosawa's reworking of Macbeth, is widely considered the greatest film adaptation of Shakespeare ever made. In a detailed account of the film, Robert N. Watson explores how Kurosawa draws key philosophical and psychological arguments from Shakespeare, translates them into striking visual metaphors, and inflects them through the history of post-World War II Japan. Watson places particular emphasis on the contexts that underlie the film's central tension between individual aspiration and the stability of broader social and ecological collectives - and therefore between free will and determinism. In his foreword to this new edition, Robert Watson considers the central characters' Washizu and his wife Asaji's blunder in viewing life as a ruthless competition in which only the most brutal can thrive in the context of an era of neoliberal economics, resurgent 'strongman' political leaders, and myopic views of the environmenal crisis, with nothing valued that cannot be monetized.

An absorbing history of George Washington's largely forgotten role in creating America's great capital. číst celé

Affairs of State reveals the intimate history of America,s First Couples through their romances, love lives, and shocking extramarital affairs.

This book, written by financial professionals with extensive experience, provides a realistic and critical look at the theory and practice of stock market investing in the UK. It discusses, in a balanced way, the advantages and disadvantages of the many techniques used for profitable investments.

There is little doubt that corporate governance has become one of the key issues for students of business and management in the 1990s. This book is the first to draw together the various strands of the debate from the economics, finance, and accounting perspectives, and from an international angle that includes discussion of the issues as they relate to governance in the UK, USA, Germany, Japan, and Eastern Europe.

This monograph is based on a study from the International Centre for Banking and Financial Services at Leeds University, exploring individual behavior in stock trading. It focuses on decision-making processes related to buying or selling stocks and how these decisions relate to market conditions and personal wealth. The research highlights differences in single versus repeated decisions and how individuals manage repeated decision-making.

Sometimes, the right course of action is one we never expect to take. The city of Lancaster is now a city gripped in fear. A group of extreme activists is holding the city at ransom, intent on making their demands clear. Their wish is to end the monarchy and return all the wealth obtained by them to the people of the country. The Britain Without Monarchy group wants nothing more than to achieve an end to their own means. A tactical nuclear shell lies at their disposal, one of the biggest threats the country has ever seen. If their demands can't be met, they're quite willing to take the city down with them no matter the cost. More lives are soon lost as the extremists try to find a stable ground. Forced to confront the situation at hand, the government has no other option but to retaliate before things get further out of hand. The city's salvation lies in the hands of a group of cadets from the local grammar school. Though young, the cadets are determined in showing the country what they're worth. Teaming up with the Special Forces, the cadets soon embark on a journey that will test their mettle and open their eyes to the harsh world that now surrounds them. Their goal is to bring down the extremists without any further blood shed along the way. With orders from the highest level of government at their disposal, the cadets will do everything they can to ensure the city is liberated, once and for all.

The surprising story of the most infamous prison ship of the American Revolution, the HMS Jersey, and its role in the fight for independence číst celé

Focussing on the relatively few small firms which grew rapidly, this book, originally published in 1993 uses face-to-face interviews as well as published records to identify and analyse the managerial factors most closely associated with successful small firms. The volume concentrates on the following key managerial issues: In what respects do the managerial backgrounds and aspirations of the founders of fast-growth small firms differ from those of non-fast-growth small firms? How is the process of growth managed? What incentives, remuneration packages and communication systems are instituted? How do these characteristics and experiences differ in fast-growth small firms from both the traditional small firm and large-firm sector? To what extent is it possible to explain the relative economic performance of small firms in terms of differences in their ownership, organizational and management structures.