The turbulence of the current times has dramatically transformed the world’s economic geographies. The scale and scope of such changes require urgent attention. With intellectual roots dating to the nineteenth century, economic geography has traditionally sought to examine the spatial distributions of economic activity and the principles that account for them. More recently, the field has turned its attention to a range of questions relating to: globalization and its impact on different peoples and places; economic inequalities at different geographic scales; the development of the knowledge-based economy; and the relationship between economy and environment. Now, more than ever, the changing fortunes of peoples and places demands our attention. Economic Geography provides a stimulating and innovative introduction to economic geography by establishing the substantive concerns of economic geographers, the methods deployed to study them, the key concepts and theories that animate the field, and the major issues generating debate. This book is the first to address the diverse approaches to economic geography as well as the constantly shifting economic geographies on the ground. It encompasses traditional approaches, albeit from a critical perspective, while providing a thorough, accessible and engaging examination of the concerns, methods and approaches of the ‘new economic geography’. This unique introductory text covers the breadth of economic geography while engaging with a range of contemporary debates at the cutting-edge of the field. Written in an accessible and lucid style, this book offers a thorough and systematic introductory survey. It is enhanced by pedagogical features throughout including case studies dealing with topics ranging from the head office locations of the Fortune 500, Mexico’s maquiladoras to China’s investments in Southern Africa. This book also contains exercises based on the key concepts and annotated further reading and websites.

Economic Geography: Places, Networks and Flows

Business & Money

Wood, Andrew

ROBERTS, SUSAN

Economics

Routledge

You can learn a lot from cowboys. The real ones—the ones who ride the range, the bulls, or the trails—live by a simple code, an understanding of the natural way things work in the world. This wisdom is not complicated—the best things never are—and it’s a wisdom that can quickly improve your own leadership and life skills so you can accomplish more of the things you want and get rid of the things you don’t! These values are personified in the hundreds of Old West movies and TV shows, including some of your very favorites. I’ll revisit some of the best scenes and jog your memory about the lessons we all should have learned from Shane, Butch and the Sundance Kid, the man with no name, and the Duke himself. I’ll add to this my own insights in my journey from rodeo cowboy driving through the night from one event to the next to owner of a multimillion-dollar business training hundreds of thousands of people in Natural Horsemanship across the globe. 
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<li>From John Wayne discover the power of leading from the front.</li> <li>From the Magnificent Seven the ultimate lesson in hiring.</li> <li>From Josey Wales the prudence of picking your battles.</li> <li>A master class in branding and self-promotion from Buffalo Bill.</li> <li>From Wyatt Earp the amazing power of mentorship.</li> <li>Lessons on leading and motivating your gang from Butch Cassidy.</li> <li>From the Good, The Bad and the Ugly discover the genius of game strategy.</li> <li>Lessons in courage from Casey Jones at the whistle of the Cannonball Express.</li> <li>From the Butch and Sundance lessons in decision making and decisive action.</li> <li>The one powerful marketing tactic shared by Jesse James and General Custer.</li> <li>How Rooster Cogburn’s eye patch, the man with no names poncho and the lone rangers mask created brands that will live for decades.</li> <li>Curly’s simple advice to personal success and fulfillment.</li> <li>How a little know stuntman became a Hollywood icon and invented an entire industry with his creativity!</li> </ul>
 Saddle up; you are going on an entertaining and thought-provoking ride that will arm you with the tools of success!

Cowboy Wisdom: Classic Lessons in Leadership and Life!

Self-Help

Parelli, Pat

Personal Transformation

Legendary Publishing Group

The story of a golf professional trying to make it through life at a private club with 521 bosses, a Cougar nymphomaniac, one good member and a board president intent on his demise. This story follows the hilarious everyday life of a golf professional through lessons, committees, PGA section meetings, club rules, demo days and golf trips. Plus, the daily grind of trying to please over 500 members who complain to him about everything from the speed of the greens to the home owner’s association, along with hundred and one other things over which he has no control. At breaking point, he starts replying to emails and requests the way he’d really like to reply, which is a far cry from what they taught him at PGA business school! While the president’s intent to remove him, and install his son in law is relentless our pro has more tricks up his sleeve than the assistant pros who hide his inventory or the slick suits from the big management companies that think they can waltz in and steal his job. Success is always the best revenge!

Confessions of a Golf Pro

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Territory, the State and Urban Politics: A Critical Appreciation of the Selected Writings of Kevin R. Cox

Following its rise to prominence in the 1990s work on territory, the state and urban politics continues to be a vibrant and dynamic area of academic concern. Focusing heavily on the work of one key influential figure in the development of the field - Kevin R. Cox - this volume draws together a collection of prominent and well established scholars to reflect on the development and state of the field and to establish a research agenda for future work.

Territory, the State and Urban Politics

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Andrew Wood arrived in America a penniless 18-year-old. Today, in his early 30s, he is a self-made millionaire who owns three successful businesses. In his book, he reveals his success secrets and those of other well-known figures, including Winston Churchill, Sylvester Stallone, and Babe Ruth.About the AuthorAndrew Wood is a motivational speaker and seminar leader on the topic of success. Born in England, he lives in Lake Forest, California.

Making It Big in America: A Self-Made Millionaire Tells How Anyone Can Get Ahead in Business and Life

Management & Leadership

Prima Lifestyles

Celebrating the appeal of open-plan living--from tiny studio apartments to huge loft conversions--this book offers practical, professional suggestions for creating smartly integrated, gracious home environments. The book deals creatively with matters such as streamlining possessions, setting up well-ordered storage, and adapting personal habits to meet the demands of privacy while still maximizing comfort, space, and light. Also emphasized is how to preserve the architectural integrity of a building in a way that conventional room planning cannot. 250 color illustrations.

One Space Living

Arts & Photography

Inions, Cynthia

Architecture

Watson/Guptill

Change or Decay: Russia's Dilemma and the West's Response

The world is still coping with the consequences of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Two decades later, the West has yet to adjust to the post-Soviet reality and Russia has not settled on its relationship with the rest of the world.In Change or Decay, two of the most respected scholars on Russia analyze how relations are shifting between Russia and the world. In a series of lively and candid conversations, Lilia Shevtsova and Andrew Wood discuss how the Russia of Putin and Medvedev emerged from the ashes of the Soviet Union and the trajectory of Russia's relations with the West.

Shevtsova, Lilia

Politics & Government

Carnegie Endowment for Int'l Peace

The world is still coping with the consequences of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Two decades later, the West has yet to adjust to the post-Soviet reality and Russia has not settled on its relationship with the rest of the world.
 In Change or Decay, two of the most respected scholars on Russia analyze how relations are shifting between Russia and the world. In a series of lively and candid conversations, Lilia Shevtsova and Andrew Wood discuss how the Russia of Putin and Medvedev emerged from the ashes of the Soviet Union and the trajectory of Russia's relations with the West.

History

Russia

The Pigeon Conspiracy

Nooza.Com

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