Bruno: 2026 books

A rollicking coming-of-age comedy set in 1970s New Jersey, from a multiple award–nominated author.   In this hilarious and biting novel, seventeen-year-old Frank Grimaldi wants one thing more than anything else—to have sex before he graduates. Too bad his crazy teachers, his insane parents, the...

"The criterion of a monk is to seek Christ as hermits." The truth is, as a cloistered individual you are confronted with yourself and God, in a face-to-face encounter, which does not diminish, but envelopes your entire scope of thought reason and vision. In our daily encounters, there is...

This book recalls that a sapiential (wisdom) consciousness is central to the New Testament writings and remained the mode of theological understanding in Eastern and Western traditions for more than twelve centuries. It proposes the rediscovery--or, better--a new birth of this theology and understanding but with a new scope and new power for our time.

In this book:Early Nomadic Warfare in Eastern Asia, Urban Conflicts in 13th Century Florence, The Venetian Army and Navy in the Holy League War, 1684-99(part four), Italian Units of the British Army, 1806-1814(part three), Prelude to WWI: Peacekeeping Missions in Albania 1913-1914, The Mysterious Illustrator: Artworks from a Private Collection.

This groundbreaking guide provides a deep understanding of how to achieve enterprise performance management objectives, backed up by first-hand accounts from Fortune 500 companies who are winning by building accountability, intelligence, and informed decision-making into their organizational DNA....

This book covers the theory of derivatives pricing and hedging as well as techniques used in mathematical finance. The authors use a top-down approach, starting with fundamentals before moving to applications, and present theoretical developments alongside various exercises, providing many examples...

This book approaches the question of the relation between financial crises and earnings management from two philosophical perspectives: positivism and critical realism. The results obtained using the positivist approach indicate that financial crises tend to have no consistent effect on earnings quality...

À partir de quelles données sont établis les documents comptables ? Qu’est-ce qu’un bilan ? À quoi sert un compte de résultat ? Comment enregistrer les opérations courantes ? Quels indicateurs faut-il surveiller pour piloter sa trésorerie ? Que signifie un BFR (besoin en fonds de roulement)...

The financial crisis is destroying wealth but is also a remarkable opportunity to uncover the ways by which debt can be used to regulate the economic system. This book uses four case studies of cooperatives to give an in-depth analysis on how they have braved the crisis and continued to generate wealth.

This book interweaves the concepts of the guidance on globalization, international management, and the intricacies of international business that many books on the market treat independently. It clarifies and explains culture, cultural misunderstandings, and cross-cultural interactions. Adekola and...

Europeans and Americans have a lot to learn from one another when it comes to higher education. The US offers a wider and more diversified range of choice in higher education, and more Americans than Europeans attend higher education institutions. Conversely, European universities are more intellectually...

Il concetto di fordismo è venuto a designare di volta in volta un apparato di norme e criteri per l’organizzazione scientifica del lavoro, di tecniche per la produzione di massa, una cultura organizzativa della grande fabbrica, un processo omogeneo di governo della società industriale, fino a definire...

This book considers why institutional forms of modern capitalist economies differ internationally, and proposes a typology of capitalism based on the theory of institutional complementarity. Different economic models are not simply characterized by different institutional forms, but also by particular...

The aftermath of the US subprime mortgage crisis in 2008 saw its influence spread around the world, including Europe. The European crisis turned out to be longer, deeper and more resilient than anticipated. An unexpected consequence was the increasingl