THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE FIELDBOOK is the practical how-to companion to Peter Senge's groundbreaking 1990's work THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE, in which he introduced and explained his concept of "the learning organization," an idea that greatly impressed the business community, especially those in management and organization. Senge believes that the company ...
After encouraging executives to create proactive "learning organizations" in the FIFTH DISCIPLINE and THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE FIELDBOOK, the authors suggest how businesspeople should navigate through the problems that accompany rapid change.
The most comprehensive and readable survey text available for Sociology of Family courses. This book uses all of the basic theoretical frameworks (structural/functionalist, conflict, interactionist, exchange, developmental, and feminist) to describe and analyze contemporary families and nontraditional lifestyles. One user comments, "I can depend ...
Single most authoritative guide from the inventor of the technique. Presents unique modeling techniques for e-commerce, and shows strategies for optimizing performance. Companion Web site provides updates on dimensional modeling techniques, links related to sites, and source code where appropriate.
Completely updated and greatly expanded, the second edition of this classic text is the most comprehensive reference on cardiopulmonary bypass. The book provides detailed clinical and technical information and discusses all of the physiologic derangements that can occur in patients. This edition describes new centrifugal pumps, circulatory assist ...
Whether you are a novice or experienced collector, student, farmer, or weekend gardener, you will find "Simon & Schuster's Guide to Insects" a highly authoritative, startlingly beautiful field guide to 350 insect species commonly found throughout North America. The introduction to the text explains the anatomy and behaviors of these amazingly ...
Nearly a century after John Muir's personal account of the Sierra Nevada, Richard Kauffman has come along with a color camera to recapture the feeling of discovery and the vividness in what Muir called the Range of Light.
This synthesis of the central themes of social psychology and personality theory covers the central topics of social psychology and shows how they and their messages inform the study of any topic having to do with social behaviour. Ross and Nisbett cover the latest research on individual difference in social behaviour and relate it to the everyday ...
The art of divining, or dowsing, has for years been cloaked in mystery and superstition. Recognized by some as a means of finding water and minerals, it is actually a method for anyone to develop intuitive skills. This thought-provoking book demystifies dowsing and presents this ancient science as a powerful tool for self-knowledge.
Turn everyday furniture into heirlooms by sponging, stippling, scumbling, stenciling, combing and decoupage. Each technique is demonstrated, with simple instructions and more than 200 color illustrations.
As the science of ecology has matured with the recognition of the web and cycles of nature, man has begun to legislate in favour of the environment. This study reveals the links between law systems and the science of ecology.
This beautiful souvenir book captures the visual delights, both man-made and natural, of the newly renovated Getty Villa, set to open in winter 2006. More than seventy colour photographs artfully record the stunning architecture and grounds of the Villa. Visiting the new Villa will reap numerous aesthetic rewards, for all the senses. Seeing the ...
An examination of recent Chinese history and speculations on the future relations between China and the Unites States. The author maintains, contrary to prevailing opinion, that China's leaders are implacably anti-American and determined to outpace the West economically and militarily during the next century.
After months of research at the U.S. Patent Office--the repository of delightfully improbable dreams--Ross amassed a collection of some of the most unique, odd, and awe-inspiring patent applications ever seen over the last century.
Covering 30 years of groundbreaking work, spanning from 1976 to 2006, "The Paintings of Ross Bleckner" is the first major monograph on this important American artist, as well as the first publication devoted to his work since his 1995 retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Beginning with an analysis of Bleckner's much-overlooked ...
A Visit of the Cities and Camps of the Confederate States is such an eminently straightforward account that it can be read either for instruction or entertainment without the impedimenta of scholarship.
This volume provides a fascinating glimpse into what happens when creativity, capitalism and perhaps a small dose of delusion collide. Extensively illustrated with the inventor's own diagrams, this title is filled with new and wacky takes on Christmas traditions.
The story of Scotland from the Ice Age to the Vikings, the Picts and the Romans, to Robert the Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Flora Macdonald, Sir Walter Scott, Logie Baird, Keir Hardie and many more famous Scots up to the present day. Each page is packed with colourful pictures and witty captions and speech bubbles, and a ...
Many stingrays are small enough for home aquariums, but hobbyists must know how to protect against stingray venom. This volume is filled with handsome, full-color photos, instructive line art, and easy-to-read tables and charts. It provides information on all aspects of pet care for new and prospective pet owners.
All photographs are to some extent about light. The eighty-five stunning colour photographs in this book are a masterful exploration not only of the light falling on objects or filling spaces but of the very act of seeing. Whether he is photographing in a museum storage room in Washington DC, or a shrine in Myanmar, Richard Ross has an uncanny ...
"Lecture Notes: Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine" new edition, is a core text that covers the basics of epidemiology, preventive medicine, public health, and the organisation of medical care. The book is divided into three parts: Part 1 Written to provide background and detailed information on epidemiology and public health medicine. Casue ...
For the past several years--and with seemingly limitless access--photographer Richard Ross has been making unsettling and thought-provoking pictures of architectural spaces that exert power over the individuals within them. From a Montessori preschool to churches, mosques and diverse civic spaces including a Swedish courtroom, the Iraqi National ...
Forests need apes as much as the apes need the forests. They are the gardeners of the forest - keystone species in the ecology of African and Southeast Asian forests, dispersing seeds, creating light gaps and pruning branch-tips whilst feeding. Their habitat comprises two of the planet's three major tropical forest blocks that are essential for ...
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