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  • Mastering Endgame Strategy

    Study brings wisdom. Practice brings perfection.Following his highly acclaimed Mastering Chess Strategy and Mastering Opening Strategy, this book completes a trilogy of strategy books by Grandmaster and renowned chess teacher Johan Hellsten. In his new work Hellsten focuses exclusively on endgame play and covers every type of endgame: pawn, minor piece, rook and queen endgames. He examines not ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Mastering Chess Defence

    Study brings wisdom. Practice brings perfection.

    All chess players know that they need to study tactics, calculation, endgames, and openings, but when it comes to defense, far too many wait until they're under pressure. The truth is that more games are lost because of defensive mistakes than strategic ones. By improving your defense, you could do more for your win rate than perhaps any other area of chess study. Mastering Chess Defence by GM ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Navigating Interconnected Social Justice

    Liber Amicorum in Honour of Ulla Liukkunen

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This Liber Amicorum celebrates the distinguished career of Professor Ulla Liukkunen, a renowned scholar in labour law, private international law, and comparative law. Her work has placed social justice at the heart of legal inquiry, engaging with pressing global challenges—In the field of contemporary labour law, the notion of decent work has become a key means of framing social justice. However, ... Read more

    $179.09 USD

  • Taking the Liberal Challenge Seriously

    Essays on Contemporary Liberalism at the Turn of the 21st Century

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1997, this collection offers a critical view of modern liberal theory and attempts to present some signposts that could show a way towards a new form of liberal individualism. The first part takes a look at the theoretical aspects of contemporary liberalism. It analyses certain classics whose ideas have once again become central to the new formulation of liberal theory. The ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • The Japanese Table

    Small Plates for Simple Meals

    In The Japanese Table Sofia Hellsten celebrates her love of Japan with the simple recipes that are the backbone of Japanese home cooking.Based on the ichijuu-sansai tradition – which literally means ‘one soup, three dishes’ – uncomplicated, delicious small plates are served with steamed rice, and can be enjoyed any time of day. Each ingredient is treated like royalty, and recipes include Onigiri, ... Read more

    $19.89 USD

  • International Actors and the Formation of Laws

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This open access book addresses the discourse that creates, modifies, and reshapes the law, as well as discourse participants. The book focuses on the actors operating in legal regimes and their subtly, bluntly, or even outright aggressive impact on the formation of laws. As the book examines the intersection of domestic, European, international, and even transnational, legal regimes where new law ... Read more

    Free

  • Africa beyond Liberal Democracy

    In Search of Context-Relevant Models of Democracy for the Twenty-First Century

    Series series African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue
    A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic TitleAfrica beyond Liberal Democracy: In Search of Context-Relevant Models of Democracy for the Twenty-First Century explores possible future trajectories of democratization on the continent. At the dawn of political independence in the late 1950s and early 1960s, many countries in Africa set out with liberal democratic constitutions. However, these were ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Picturing the Cosmos

    A Visual History of Early Soviet Space Endeavor

    by Iina Kohonen ...
    Picturing the Cosmos elucidates the complex relationship between visual propaganda and censorship in the Soviet Union in the Cold War period, focusing on the 1950s and 1960s. Drawing from a comprehensive corpus of rarely seen photographs and other visual phenomena narrating the Soviet Union’s 1957 victory in the ‘Race for Space’, the author illustrates the media’s role in cementing the way for ... Read more

    $32.89 USD

  • Play the Sicilian Kan:

    A Dynamic And Flexible Repertoire For Black

    The Kan is an ideal choice against 1 e4, as it is one of the easiest variations of the Sicilian to learn and play. It’s relatively theory free, and success is more likely to occur through the understanding of development systems and a deep study of the tactical and positional ideas.In this book Johan Hellsten reveals his Kan secrets and shows how Black can play this opening with confidence. He ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • AI Disruption at Work

    Employee Identity, Emotion, and Adaptation

    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This open access book examines how artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the workplace, reshaping tasks, roles, and professional identities. This timely and empirically grounded book offers a social psychological perspective on how employees experience and adapt to AI-driven disruption. Drawing on unique longitudinal survey data and qualitative interviews from Finland and Europe, the ... Read more

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    by Andrew Soltis ...
    Every chess player needs to know how to handle his pawns. Pawns form the 'playing fields' of chess games, a semi-permanent 'structure' that can determine whether a player wins or loses. This comprehensive guide to pawn structure teaches the reader where pieces are best placed, which pawns should be advanced further or exchanged, and why certain structures are good and others disastrous. This ... Read more

    $14.79 USD

  • 300 Most Important Chess Positions

    An International Master's guide to the essential positions and strategies in chess.A great little book of understanding the most important chess positions in the opening of a game, the middle game and the endgame. It cuts to the chase on the most useful positions at all those stages. Perfect for players who want to reach a higher level but don't have time to sit for hours and hours each week in ... Read more

    $15.99 USD