Jacobs: 1412 books

In this book, Jane Jacobs, building on the work of her debut, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, investigates the delicate way cities balance the interplay between the domestic production of goods and the ever-changing tide of imports. Using case studies of developing cities in the ancient,...

Digitalization is here to stay. Digitalization is placing unprecedented pressure on organisations and government institutions to evolve. At the present rate, 75% of the S&P 500 incumbents would be gone by 2027. That means managing our collective transition to a digitally-driven business...

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Maverick environmental writers William J. Kelly and Chip Jacobs follow up their acclaimed Smogtown with a provocative examination of China’s ecological calamity already imperling a warming planet. Toxic smog most people figured was obsolete needlessly kills as many there as the 9/11 attacks every day,...

In Governing for the Long Term, Alan M. Jacobs investigates the conditions under which elected governments invest in long-term social benefits at short-term social cost. Jacobs contends that, along the path to adoption, investment-oriented policies must surmount three distinct hurdles to future-oriented...

The classic guide to quantitative investing—expanded and updated for today’s increasingly complex markets From Bruce Jacobs and Ken Levy—two pioneers of quantitative equity management— the go-to guide to stock selection has been substantially updated to help you build portfolios in...

"What year are you preparing your students for? 1973? 1995? Can you honestly say that your school's curriculum and the program you use are preparing your students for 2015 or 2020? Are you even preparing them for today?" With those provocative questions, author and educator Heidi...

Why is it so difficult to remain married in thetwenty-first century, and what can you do about it? We all know that half of today's marriages end in divorce, but we tend to believe that our own marriages are safe. As psychiatrist John Jacobs explains in this fresh and impassioned book, marriages...

Thirteen Victorian and Edwardian ghost stories that send chills up the spine and create an atmosphere sure to make the reader turn on an extra light and push up the back of their armchair against the wall. Set amidst crumbling, ill-maintained churches and imposing cathedrals, on desolate coastland,...

FRESH TAKE ON PSYCH SUSPENSE: Readers are still craving unique spins on psychological suspense and R. J. Jacobs delivers with a twisting tale of secrets, lies, and madness, complete with an explosive ending. SOUTHERN SETTING: We’ve seen good success from Southern authors and settings with...

Taking you into the realm of greed and grave-robbing, Spinechillers Volume Three presents a plethora of all-time greats, with M.R. James, W.W. Jacobs, and Robert Louis Stevenson. This ebook includes all the stories from Volume Three of the Spinechillers audiobook series as well as Doug Bradley’s...

Doctor Sam Russell’s wife is missing. The police don’t believe his story – and Sam isn’t so sure himself since he can remember nothing about the day she disappeared. Detective Hannah Montgomery sees something in Sam and his young daughter that touches her own sense of loss. As she delves...

Nowhere do startling intrigue and enthralling authenticity come together so powerfully as in the Kali O’Brien thrillers from former attorney Jonnie Jacobs. Now the San Francisco lawyer takes on a case that hits too close to home: the murder of her best friend by a serial killer who steps from the...

Fans of Holly Jacobs' Bestselling Just One Thing and Words of the Heart Series will love this small story with a big heart! Rose sometimes feels that her life has been checkered with too much loss. On one the hardest day of her life, Rose's grandmother leaves her not only words of wisdom,...