For undergraduate courses in Compensation Management and Wage and Salary Administration. With the recession of 2001-2002 and the dramatic bankruptcies of ENRON and other large corporations, the need to return to BASICS in Human Resources Administration is more critical than ever. As the leading text in its field Compensation Management offers a ...
Rickey Henderson is a legend in his own time. Though opponents detest him for his flashy, showboating style of play, they respect him as perhaps the finest leadoff hitter ever to play the game of baseball. After breaking Lou Brock's all-time stolen base record, Henderson now writes his revealing autobiography, telling about his relationships with ...
This text is appropriate for courses in K-12 Curriculum Development and Curriculum Planning and Development. This unique text uses a reader-friendly style and eight practitioner narratives to integrate curriculum study and education reform literature in an accessible way. It applies the philosophical visions of John Dewey, Maxine Greene, and ...
Two top public-speaking coaches offer fresh advice on giving effective speeches and presentations with the immediacy of a conversation. The best speeches don't sound like speeches, and the best speakers make listeners feel as though they are being addressed directly. The trick is to make every presentation as natural and direct as a one-on-one ...
The popularity of running has never been greater, with more and more people taking up running as well as watching and supporting all levels of races, from local fun runs to massive events like the London Marathon and the Olympics. This encyclopedia provides a complete look at the history, key figures, major events and important training theories ...
Florida served as one of the great meeting grounds of the planet, a place where peoples from Indian America, Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean and Europe converged. This book features essays in both Spanish and English on the influence of the Spanish in Florida from the first explorers to the latest Hispanic migrations into Miami.
How do personal networks evolve and what roles do they play for parents, and for the development of children? Can these ties with relatives, neighbours, and friends provide stability for family members during periods of disruption caused by divorce, unemployment, geographic dislocation or serious illness? How do networks change over time? To what ...
Hosea Ballou Morse (1855-1934) sailed to China in 1874, and for the next thirty-five years he labored loyally in the Imperial Chinese Maritime Customs Service, becoming one of its most able commissioners and acquiring a deep knowledge of China's economy and foreign relations. After his retirement in 1909, Morse devoted himself to scholarship. He ...
This is a training book for runners at all levels and a text for fitness running classes. It contains 60 easy-to-use, colour-coded running workouts that add variety to exercise routines, and instructions on using the workouts to set up a personalized running programme. In the first part readers learn how to: choose running equipment and clothing; ...
This book employs the paradigm advocated by C. Wright Mills in THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION. The theme centers on how social problems directly impact the personal lives of students and other citizens in society. The SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION paradigm used throughout the text provides an integrated view of social problems.
This volume examines the natural history of four species of snakes known to exceed 20 feet in length. Based on the writings of explorers, missionaries, scientists and adventurers over the past 200 years, the authors have pieced together research into the lives of these snakes. Included are chapters on where they are found (often around human ...
Cellular Microbiology is a new area of microbiology research, bridging the gap between the disciplines of microbiology and cell biology. It is the study of the interaction between cells and microbes, especially mammalian or plant cells and bacteria. Cellular Microbiology is an advanced textbook for students of microbiology and medical ...
The Trade Secrets series explores the inner workings of design as you looks over the shoulder of design experts developing ideas and tackling challenges that arise along the way. 50 Trade Secrets of Great Designs Interiors delves inside the creative process of 50 interior design projects. Each project is revealed from concept to completion through ...
A collection of 16 short stories inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, these stories drive the Mythos to a new level, building new worlds, creating new creatures, while taking readers into realms where unknown forces lurk beyond their perceptions.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a bewilderingly complex disease involving the interactions of many, and varied, cell populations and multiple families of low and high molecular mass mediators. We are only slowly beginning to understand the mechanisms that produce the local and systematic pathology clinically recognized as rheumatoid arthritis. ...
'The series Youth: Perspectives and Practice provides a distinctive and rare combination of expert commentary, new research, original theorising and critical reflection on how we should understand youth and work with young people. These books deserve a wide readership ! the way they are written and organised will make them particularly appealing ...
This work covers the natural history and captive management of the genus Corallus, a small group of highly adapted tree-dwelling snakes from Tropical America. Related to the "giants" of the snake world, such as the anaconda and python, their striking appearance and often exorbitant coloration have long made them popular subjects for herpetological ...
A book about the rights of Indian tribes on reservations within the United States. The political relationship between these tribes, the states in which they are located, and the federal government has long intrigued and perplexed Americans.
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