'Che si tratti di far arrabbiare i miei genitori, di'torturare il mio stupido gatto, di lottare contro Giada e le sue compari o di spezzare il cuore a Goffredo... ho sempre pronta un'idea interessante!' Una buona dose di humour nero e un pizzico di tenerezza: ecco la ricetta di Adele, eroina di un nuovo genere... Allacciate le cinture, si parte!

'Che si tratti di far arrabbiare i miei genitori, di torturare il mio stupido gatto, di lottare contro Giada e le sue compari o di spezzare il cuore a Goffredo... ho sempre pronta un'idea interessante!' Una buona dose di humour nero e un pizzico di tenerezza: ecco la ricetta di Adele, eroina di un nuovo genere... Allacciate le cinture, si parte!

This book discusses representation theory of symmetric groups, theory of symmetric functions and polynomial representation theory of general linear groups.

“The world is a machine that produces endless surprises and mysteries layered on mysteries.”

'Wilderness,' a darkly intriguing short story first published as an e-book original, was written as prelude to Dean Koontz’s novel of mystery, suspense, and strange wonder—Innocence.

Addison Goodheart was born in an isolated home surrounded by a deep forest, never known to his father, kept secret from everyone but his mother, who barely accepts him. Only in the woods, among the wildlife, is Addison truly welcome. Only there can he be at peace. Until the day he first knows terror, the day when his life changes radically and forever....

Twelve of the other fourteen short stories and novelettes included in this audio anthology were most recently reissued in a print collection entitled Strange Highways, published by Warner Books (1995). The other two—'The Scariest Thing I Know' (2000) first published in Martha Stewart Living magazine and 'Hostage Situation' (2009) in The New York Times Summer Thriller series.

Only the short work 'Down in the Darkness,' has ever been produced for audio.

“The world is a machine that produces endless surprises and mysteries layered on mysteries.”

'Wilderness,' a darkly intriguing short story first published as an e-book original, was written as prelude to Dean Koontz’s novel of mystery, suspense, and strange wonder—Innocence.

Addison Goodheart was born in an isolated home surrounded by a deep forest, never known to his father, kept secret from everyone but his mother, who barely accepts him. Only in the woods, among the wildlife, is Addison truly welcome. Only there can he be at peace. Until the day he first knows terror, the day when his life changes radically and forever....

Twelve of the other fourteen short stories and novelettes included in this audio anthology were most recently reissued in a print collection entitled Strange Highways, published by Warner Books (1995). The other two—'The Scariest Thing I Know' (2000) first published in Martha Stewart Living magazine and 'Hostage Situation' (2009) in The New York Times Summer Thriller series.

Only the short work 'Down in the Darkness,' has ever been produced for audio.

This book presents the ideas of some of the most outstanding economists of the past half century.

Editors of academic journals are often the top scholars in their fields. They arecharged with managing the flow of hundreds of manuscripts each year -- from submission to review torejection or acceptance -- all while continuing their own scholarly pursuits. Tenure decisions oftenturn on who has published what in which journals, but editors can accept only a fraction of thepapers submitted. In this book, past and present editors of economics journals discuss navigatingthe world of academic journals. Their contributions offer essential reading for anyone who has eversubmitted a paper, served as a referee or associate editor, edited a journal -- or read an articleand wondered why it was published.

The editors describe their experiences atjournals that range from the American Economic Review to the Journalof Sports Economics. The issues they examine include late referee reports, slowresubmission of manuscripts, and plagiarism -- as well as the difficulties of 'herdingcats' and the benefits of husband-wife editorial partnerships. They consider the role of theeditor, as gatekeeper or developer of content; and they advise authors to write more carefully andclearly, to include citations that locate their articles in the context of the existing literature,and to update their work after it has been submitted and rejected elsewhere. The chapters also offera timely, insider's perspective on the general effectiveness of the system of academic journals ineconomics.

ContributorsRichard V. Adkisson, Richard G.Anderson, William A. Barnett, Suzanne R. Becker, William R. Becker, Daniel W. Bromley, William G.Dewald, Antony W. Dnes, Zvi Eckstein, Richard Friberg, Esther Gal-Or, Craufurd Goodwin, ThorvaldurGylfason, Campbell R. Harvey, Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Leo H. Kahane, R. Preston McAfee, John Pencavel,Gerald Pfann, Steven Pressman, Lall B. Ramrattan, J. Barkley Rosser Jr., Paul H. Rubin, William F.Shughart II, Robert M. Solow, Daniel F. Spulber, Michael Szenberg, Timothy Taylor, Abu N.M. Wahid,Michael Watts, Lawrence J. White, Jürgen von Hagen, Fabrizio Zilibotti

Newly translated by Peter Constantine
Edited and with an Introduction by Leo Damrosch

The Essential Writings of Rousseau collects the best and most indispensable work of one of the world’s most influential writers. A towering figure of Enlightenment thought, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also one of that movement’s most passionate and persuasive critics. His extraordinarily original observations on politics, education, and human nature were provocative in their day and remain resonant more than two hundred years after his death. Rousseau’s 1762 treatise The Social Contract laid intellectual groundwork for both the American and French Revolutions, influencing such figures as Thomas Jefferson. An eloquent writer with profound insight into human psychology, Rousseau also penned one of the most compelling autobiographies ever written—the magisterial Confessions. The entirety of the first three books of that masterpiece along with the complete Social Contract are included in this indispensable volume.