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US and global banking regulators have enforced compliance laws to minimise money laundering, terrorist funding, human trafficking, fraudulent banking activities, and bad mortgage loans that expose ba …

Many ancient peoples built their sacred sites in dead straight lines. The magical paths involved astronomy and geomancy, and were used for spirit flight both by the living as they slept or travelled …

In many modern economies, creativity, the essential prerequisite for innovation, tends to be assumed or neglected while the catchphrase ‘innovation’ dominates the field of business as the key to nati …

Newly revised and expanded, a cultural history of the most famous of bubbly wines.   Now available in a revised and expanded new edition, Champagne explores the history of sparkling wines and th …

Ever caught somebody – or yourself – checking out the content of a ‘fat’ person’s supermarket trolley? Ever wondered what lies behind this behaviour, or what it might be like to be at the receiving e …

As a result of global dynamics—the increasing interconnection of people and places—innovations in global environmental governance haved altered the role of cities in shaping the future of the planet. …

This book launches a strategy for sustainable development, starting from a socio-ecological position and developing a model for a socially and culturally supportive community, or ”Life Region”. Spe …

Is advertising a factor that contributes to rising costs and prices? This study, commissioned to answer just that question by the Institute of Canadian Advertising, examines the effect of advertising …

Profiling is a hot topic today. The post-9/11 ‘War on Terrorism’ has engendered political, ethical, and scientific controversy over its use. The proliferation of recent films, television programs, an …

Hartog tells the heartbreaking stories of how families fought over the work of caring for the elderly, and its compensation, in a time before pensions, Social Security, and nursing homes filled this …