RICHARDSON JOHN

(P/B) NEGOTIATION ANALYSIS
This masterly book substantially extends Howard Raiffa's earlier classic, The Art and Science of Negotiation. It does so by incorporating three additional supporting strands of inquiry: individual decision analysis, judgmental decision making, and game theory. Each strand is introduced and used in analyzing negotiations. The book starts by considering how analytically minded parties can generate joint gains and distribute them equitably by negotiating with full, open, truthful exchanges. The book then examines models that disengage step b...
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MANET
Edouard Manet (1832-1883) was one of the greatest, as well as one of the most interesting of nineteenth century French painters. Acute observation, an extraordinary skilful handling of paint and feeling for exquisite harmonies of colour make his work both vivid and enchanting. It is also of great significance in the history of European painting, since Manet, a pioneer in depicting modern life in a modern style, was a formative influence of the whole Impressionist movement. «Olympia» and «The picnic» are among the key works of the nineteent...
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(H/B) LUCIAN FREUD: PORTRAITS
"Everything is autobiographical and everything is a portrait, even if it's only a chair". Portraits were central to the work of Lucian Freud. Working only from life, the artist claimed "I could never put anything into a picture that wasn't actually there in front of me". Lucian Freud Portraits surveys his portraits and figure paintings from across his long career. Drawing together the finest portraits from public and private collections around the world, the book explores Freud's stylistic development and technical virtuosity. A series of ...
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(P/B) HEIDEGGER (GREAT PHILOSOPHERS / SERIES)

(P/B) NIETZSCHE'S SYSTEM
This book argues, against recent interpretations, that Nietzsche does in fact have a metaphysical system--but that this is to his credit. Rather than renouncing philosophy's traditional project, he still aspires to find and state essential truths, both descriptive and valuative, about us and the world. These basic thoughts organize and inform everything he writes; by examining them closely we can find the larger structure and unifying sense of his strikingly diverse views. With rigor and conceptual specificity, Richardson examines the will...
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