Max: 3227 books

Max Weber, widely recognized as the greatest of the founders of classical sociology, is often associated with the development of capitalism in Western Europe and the analysis of modernity. But he also had a profound scholarly interest in ancient societies and the Near East, and turned the youthful...

This book, the last work of the great German sociologist and historian Max Weber (1864–1920), is based on a series of lectures he delivered in 1919–20. The present volume brings together major ideas that explain economic life and change. Beginning with descriptions and analyses of the early agrarian...

Introduces a powerful new approach to financial risk modeling with proven strategies for its real-world applications The 2008 credit crisis did much to debunk the much touted powers of Value at Risk (VaR) as a risk metric. Unlike most authors on VaR who focus on what it can do, in this book...

How To Become Famous... FAST! "The Book Hollywood Said Should NEVER Happen" Discover the secrets that can allow anyone to become famous fast! If you are a singer, actor, model, dancer or anything you want, its possible to become famous just by applying basic principles! The author,...

Heirloom Wood is a love letter to wood’s form and function through simple woodworking projects. Combining traditional techniques with contemporary design, Max Bainbridge teaches you how to identify wood types, source timber, and set up a basic toolbox, then offers step-by-step carving and cutting...

Scientific experts explore the ideas behind the hit TV show. Fringe Science delves into the science, science fiction, and pseudoscience of Fringe with a collection of essays on everything from alternate universes to time travel to genetically targeted toxins, as well as discussions on the show’s...

-"New Wave Il rinnovamento della musica tra '77 e '84" Un racconto storico, musicologico e sociologico molto spigliato e senza peli sulla lingua sul grosso rivolgimento musicale che si ebbe tra la fine degli anni '70 con l'avvento del Punk, e la metà degli anni '80 quando, ormai...

Un esperimento originale, un ibrido, un volume che unisce due delle forme più intriganti dell’erotismo, quella scritta e quella disegnata: questo è Porn to be alive. Una selezione di racconti e storie a fumetti a cavallo tra erotismo e pornografia che raccontano di un sesso intenso, diretto, a...

Max Bemis (Moon Knight writer and lead singer of Say Anything) and Michael Dialynas (The Woods) present a sweeping, coming-of-age fantasy about living your dreams—literally. In her dreams, Lucy is the hero of all her favorite stories, living each night as a grand adventure. These journeys will teach her more about herself and the real world around her than she ever expected.

Told through the perspective of an underground rapper named Reese, Max Bemis' gripping story explores a scenario in which we watch modern society gradually evolve (or is it devolve?) into an evil empire.

« Tu es la fille d’un artiste peintre, un bohème que j’ai rejeté de ma vie parce qu’il n’était pas digne de rester mon époux. » Telle est la révélation que, le jour de ses vingt ans, apprend Cylia des lèvres de sa mère, remariée -au comte de Liancourt ! Son père ! Comme Cylia désirerait...

In 1968, the world experienced a brand-new kind of terror with the debut of George A. Romero’s landmark movie Night of the Living Dead. The newly dead rose to attack the living. Not as vampires or werewolves. This was something new . . . and terrifying. Since then, zombies have invaded every aspect...

Crimespree Magazine Issue 67 features a special conversation between Lawrence Block with the late Bill Crider. Interviews include Michael Barson chatting with Max Allan Collins, who also talks about completing the work of Mickey Spillane, Kate Malmon talking with Steph Post, Richard Neer interviewed...

Code Six 26. April 2014 … Mitschnitt eines Telefonats in den USA: »Ich glaube wir haben ihn verloren« »Was heißt verloren?« »Vielleicht ist er auch tot« »Na das klingt doch schon viel besser« 27. April 2014 … Cuba … In einem mittelmäßigen Hotel in Havanna wird ein Mann zum...