International Corporate Governance provides a thorough introduction to the state of the art of corporate governance research and practice. It covers a wide range of topics, including corporate control, regulation, behavioural issues and the role of stakeholders in corporate governance. The text not [...]

Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman and renowned researcher Maurice Obstfeld set the standard for International Economics courses with the text that remains the market leader in the U.S. and around the world. This title is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has worked c[...]

Dierikx provides a chronological history of the evolution of air travel mixed with elements of pop-culture. He covers the significant challenges and developments in air transportation for a specific period, starting with how and why aviation came to play an important role in international politics a[...]

My Life was written in Moscow in 19211922, when Chagall was thirty-five years old. Although long out-of-print, it remains one of the most extraordinarily inventive and beautifully told of all autobiographies. The text is accompanied by twenty plates which Chagall prepared especially to illustrate [...]

A definitive portrait of the talented and charismatic actor provides a close-up look at his turbulent personal life and extraordinary Hollywood career, offering a revealing glimpse of the former Archibald Leach's troubled childhood, ambiguous sexuality, dabbling with LSD, and other dramatic episodes[...]

A flavorful assortment of one hundred Mediterranean-inspired recipes that are perfect for entertaining is organized according to city and paired with readily available wines from each region, featuring such dishes as Flaming Ouzo Shrimp from Athens, Amaretto Polenta Pound Cake from Venice, and Naple[...]

Hugo's grand medieval melodrama tells the story of the beautiful Esmeralda, a gypsy girl loved by three men: Archdeacon Frollo, his adoptive son Quasimodo, bell-ringer of Notre-Dame cathedral, and Captain Phoebus. Falsely accused of trying to murder Phoebus, who attempts to rape her, Esmeralda is se[...]

Carlos Santana took the music world by storm back in 1969 with his thrilling performance at the Woodstock festival. He was the first guitarist to skillfully blend fiery rock riffs with Latin, blues and sensuous Afro-Cuban rhythms to create a unique and unforgettable sound. His vision to create inn[...]

From the poverty-stricken streets of Ponce, Puerto Rico to the vibrant barrios of New York City, HECTOR LAVOE became the singer of all singers, and the driving-force behind the Salsa movement in the mid-1960s. His popularity rivaled that of his contemporaries, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz and Johnny Pach[...]

Billionaire oil trader Marc Rich for the first time talks at length about his private life (including his expensive divorce from wife Denise); his invention of the spot oil market which made his fortune and changed the world economy; his lucrative and unpublicized dealings with Ayatollah Khomeini's [...]