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  • The Right Price

    A Value-Based Prescription for Drug Costs

    by Peter J. Neumann, Joshua T. Cohen, Daniel A. Ollendorf ...
    The US prescription drug business is a $500 billion industry whose rising prices carry profound consequences for patients, caregivers, employers and taxpayers across the nation. In the United States, average prices of leading brand-name drugs are two to four times higher than prices charged in other wealthy countries, raising questions as to what Americans are getting for the extra expense. On the ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Improve Health Care

    Opportunities and Barriers

    by Peter J. Neumann ...
    As health costs in the U.S. soar past $1.5 trillion, much evidence indicates that the nation does not get good value for its money. It is widely agreed that we could do better by using cost-effective analysis (CEA) to help determine which health care services are most worthwhile. American policy makers, however, have largely avoided using CEA, and researchers have devoted little attention to ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine

    Edited by Peter J. Neumann, Gillian D. Sanders, Louise B. Russell, Joanna E. Siegel, Theodore G. Ganiats ...
    A COMPLETE UPDATE AND REVISION OF THE CLASSIC TEXT "At last, a manual of operations for comparing the cost-effectiveness of a preventive service with a treatment intervention." --American Journal of Preventive Medicine Twenty years after the first edition of COST-EFFECTIVENESS IN HEALTH AND MEDICINE established the practical benchmark for cost-effectiveness analysis, this completely revised ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Communities and Conservation

    Histories and Politics of Community-Based Natural Resource Management

    by Janis Alcorn, Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, J Peter Brosius, Marcus Colchester, Walter Coward, Louise Fortmann, Augusto B. Gatmaytan, Emmy Hafild, Tania Li, Owen Lynch, Marshall Murphree, Rod Neumann, Peter Poole, Dianne Rocheleau, Richard Schroeder, Richard Chase Smith, Christopher Tarnowski, Roem Topatimasang, Anna Tsing, Ken Wilson ...
    Series series Globalization and the Environment
    The distinguished environmentalists in this collection offer an in-depth analysis and call to advocacy for community-based natural resource management (CBNRM). Their overview of this transnational movement reveals important links between environmental management and social justice agendas for sustainable use of resources by local communities. In this volume, leaders who have been instrumental in ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

  • Audiobook

    Jena 1800

    The Republic of Free Spirits

    by Peter Neumann ...
    Narrated by Christa Lewis ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 9 min

    Around the turn of the nineteenth century, a steady stream of young German poets and thinkers coursed to the town of Jena to make history. The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars had dealt a one-two punch to the dynastic system. Confidence in traditional social, political, and religious norms had been replaced by a profound uncertainty that was as terrifying for some as it was exhilarating ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Jena 1800

    The Republic of Free Spirits

    by Peter Neumann ...
    Translated by Shelley Frisch ...
    "An exhilarating account of a remarkable historical moment, in which characters known to many of us as immutable icons are rendered as vital, passionate, fallible beings . . . Lively, precise, and accessible." —Claire Messud, Harper'sAround the turn of the nineteenth century, a steady stream of young German poets and thinkers coursed to the town of Jena to make history. The French Revolution and ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Computer-Related Risks

    by Peter Neumann ...
    "This sobering description of many computer-related failures throughout our world deflates the hype and hubris of the industry. Peter Neumann analyzes the failure modes, recommends sequences for prevention and ends his unique book with some broadening reflections on the future."—Ralph Nader, Consumer AdvocateThis book is much more than a collection of computer mishaps; it is a serious, technically ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • The New World Disorder

    how the West is destroying itself

    by Peter R. Neumann ...
    Translated by David Shaw ...
    A coruscating analysis of current international relations, setting out the dangers the world will face if the West does not succeed in reinventing itself.The West is under pressure, and it has only itself to blame. Over the past thirty years, through a mixture of naivety and arrogance, it has lost its global advantage. The challenges are profound: the rise of China, climate change, and the ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Radicalized

    New Jihadists and the Threat to the West

    by Peter R. Neumann ...
    The attacks in Paris in January and November 2015 heralded the beginning of a new wave of terrorism - one rooted in the ongoing conflict in Syria and Iraq. As ISIS seeks to expand its reach in the Middle East, its territory serves as a base for training and operations for a new generation of jihadis. Thousands of young people from the West, primarily from Europe, have travelled to join ISIS, re ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Bluster

    Donald Trump's War on Terror

    by Peter R. Neumann ...
    Defeating terrorism was one of Donald Trump's key campaign promises. But there is no easy way to make sense of Donald Trump's war on terror. Is it all bluster, aimed at mobilising his base, or does it represent a genuine shift from previous administrations? Since Trump took office, American counterterrorism has become more militaristic and less interested in causes and consequences. Relationships ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Audiobook

    Radicalized

    New Jihadists and the Threat to the West

    by Peter R. Neumann ...
    Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 7 min

    The 2015 Paris and San Bernardino terrorist attacks heralded the beginning of a new wave of terrorism―one rooted in the ongoing conflict in Syria and Iraq that shows the possibility of foreign attackers working with citizens of the country. As ISIS seeks to expand its reach in the Middle East, its territory serves as a training and operations base for a new generation of jihadis. Young people from ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Joining al-Qaeda

    Jihadist Recruitment in Europe

    by Peter R. Neumann ...
    Series series Adelphi series
    In Britain alone, several thousand young Muslims are thought to be part of violent extremist networks. How did they become involved? What are the mechanisms and dynamics through which European Muslims join al-Qaeda and groups inspired by al-Qaeda?This paper explains the processes whereby European Muslims are recruited into the Islamist militant movement. It reveals that although overt recruitment ... Read more

    $40.99 USD