juan alcacio

The first transnational history of the U.S.-Mexico border Line in the Sand details the dramatic transformation of the western U.S.-Mexico border from its creation at the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848 to the emergence of the modern boundary line in the first decades of the twentieth century. In this sweeping narrative, Rachel St.…

"Luis María Cravino nos aporta cuatro ejes para describir los modelos existentes y agrega un factor clave para el futuro de todas las instituciones en el siglo XXI: la incorporación de la tecnología. Esta última contribución es muy importante, ninguna organización o sector de actividad podrá ser indiferente a las nuevas técnicas, en especial en…

WIKIPEDIA says: 'H.P. Lovecraft's reputation has grown tremendously over the decades, and he is now commonly regarded as one of the most important horror writers of the 20th century, exerting an influence that is widespread, though often indirect.' His tales of the tentacled Elder God Cthulhu and his pantheon of alien deities were initially written…

This text prepared by an international group of experts addresses the 'heterotrophic plate count' test which is widely used in drinking-water assessment: what it detects (and what it does not detect) its direct and indirect health significance and its use in the safety management of drinking water supplies. It includes the consensus statement from an…

Ten years ago, world-renowned professors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne broke ground by introducing "blue ocean strategy," a new model for discovering uncontested markets that are ripe for growth. In this bound version of their bestselling Harvard Business Review classic article, they apply their concepts and tools to what is perhaps the greatest challenge…

PRÓLOGO CREACIÓN Y FORTALECIMIENTO DE MODELOS DE NEGOCIOS CON RESILIENCIA E INNOVACIÓN Esta obra representa un nuevo esfuerzo del autor dentro de su constante motivación por llevar a cabo un proceso comunicativo basado en la presentación de publicaciones que hagan posible compartir conocimientos y experiencias sobre los temas de creación y fortalecimiento de empresas y…

A Pulitzer Prize–winning historian’s "breathtakingly original" (Junot Diaz) reinterpretation of the eight decades surrounding the Civil War. "Capatious [and] buzzing with ideas." --The Boston Globe Volume 3 in the Penguin History of the United States, edited by Eric Foner In this ambitious story of American imperial conquest and capitalist development, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Steven Hahn…

The first book-length critical and historical account of an ultramodern architectural movement of the 1960s that advocated "living equipment" instead of buildings. In the 1960s, the architects of Britain's Archigram group and Archigram magazine turned away from conventional architecture to propose cities that move and houses worn like suits of clothes. In drawings inspired by…

El planteo básico de este libro radica en recordarnos que vivimos en un mundo donde la única constante es el cambio, cada vez más variado, más amplio, más incontrolable y más veloz. La única respuesta que nos evita el fracaso y la eliminación está en la creatividad, es decir, nuestra capacidad de pensar cosas nuevas,…

Winner of the Amazon.ca First Novel Award Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlisted for the 2017 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour Longlisted for the 2018 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Growing up in the suburban hell of Misery Saga (a.k.a. Mississauga), Lizzie has never liked the way she looks—even though her best friend…