The Oz Principle explores how people in business suffer from the same feelings of anxiety and helplessness that beset the characters in The Wizard of Oz. It shows how to break through above the line with an attitude of accountability that empowers employees to overcome problems, excuses, and biases, to achieve enviable results.
This established and respected text for courses in scene design and stage lighting offers a contemporary viewpoint from two experienced authors. This edition has been redesigned and updated, reflecting changes in the field.
Appropriate for undergraduate Accounting courses, such as Governmental Accounting, Public Sector accounting, Government and Nonprofit Accounting, and Fund Accounting. Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting, Sixth Edition provides a better balance between theory and practice than other texts, with the most up-to-date coverage. It provides students ...
When the hardcover edition of 'Atomic Iran' was published in 2005, few could have anticipated that it would so accurately foretell the events that have taken place in the Islamic Republic of Iran since then. Many who considered it partisan overkill now takes its message very seriously. Jerome R. Corsi uncovers the true intentions and practices of ...
Experts estimate Americans consume more than 25 percent of the world's oil but have control over less than 3 percent of its supply. The authors explore the international and domestic politics of oil production and consumption, including the manipulation of world economies and the wealth of oil conglomerates.
With reference to eight classic American movies, "Mr Smith Goes to Washington", "Mignificent Ambersons", "Gabriel Over the White House", "Citizen Kane", "Casablanca", "All Quiet on the Western Front", "Daily Bread" and "The Fountainhead", this text explores the political ideologies thrumming through the American psyche during a period of national ...
Kate Kenyon, the wealthy young widow of an English aristocrat, has an addiction to mortal risk. She feeds it by engaging in the armed robbery of priceless artefacts with her accomplice and lover Ethan Brand. Their latest target is a priceless 'Byzantine' icon hidden in the tower of a chateau by Lake Lucerne. So far they have never had to shoot ...
Troy Thompson's Excellent Peotry (sic) Book follows Troy Thompson, a Year 6 Student in Ms. Kranke's English class in Dagaburra, Australia. Read his assignments, his work, his teacher's comments, and step into the head of a twelve-year-old Australian boy as he has his first experience with poetry. It's a rocky but endlessly interesting journey, as ...
The authors share heartening stories of integrity as seen and told by ordinary people, and they encourage people to notice the many acts of integrity around them and then discuss with others what they have observed.
Athough Mittens is the "star" of this book (that's her on the cover!), more than a dozen dogs, big and small, were enlisted to help select the best trails for optimum canine enjoyment throughout the region. These trails do not require leashes (except in parks as designated). More than two-thirds of the hikes are on lesser known trails where travel ...
In this richly illustrated picture book for middle-graders, the Greek gods and goddesses are served up to kids a la comic book superheroes. In a perfect fit of topic and art style, and a seamless blend of ancient and contemporary sensibilities, the key characteristics of each of twelve major gods/goddesses of Greek myth are delivered via Charles ...
Blue's friend, Magenta comes over to visit. To find out what Magenta's favourite thing to do is, Kevin decides to play Blue's Clues. They have fun playing in the garden, they have fun in the kitchen, but only by following all the clues can they find out what Magenta really really loves doing.
This title presents leading minds and landmark ideas in an easily accessible format. From the preeminent thinkers whose work has defined an entire field to the rising stars who will redefine the way we think about business, "The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series" delivers the fundamental information today's professionals need to stay ...
What is thinking? What is Turing's test? What is Godel's undecidability theorem? How is Berners-Lee's semantic web logic going to overcome paradoxes and complexity to produce machine processing on the web? "Thinking on the Web" draws from the contributions of Tim Berners-Lee (What is solvable on the web?), Kurt Godel (What is decidable?), and Alan ...
Going beyond even the expertise of archaeologists and historians, world-class engineer Craig B. Smith explores the planning and engineering behind the incredible Great Pyramid of Giza. How would the ancient Egyptians have developed their building plans, devised work schedules, managed laborers, solved specific design and engineering problems, or ...
This volume provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of research and theory in childhood social development from preschool age to the onset of adolescence. Chapters are contributed by experts in the field from Australasia, Europe and North America and cover 30 topics currently of importance in the field, in terms of research, applied ...
Nearly 70 percent of consumers say they are interested in products that shield them from all marketing and advertising. For marketers who rely on 'force-feeding' marketing messages to their prospects and clients, that is very bad news. Their marketing productivity is going to plummet. And people now possess the tools to exert control and block ...
Contemporary science presents us with the remarkable theory that the universe began to exist about fifteen billion years ago with a cataclysmic explosion called 'the Big Bang'. The question of whether Big Bang cosmology supports theism or atheism has long been a matter of discussion among the general public and in popular science books, but has ...
REDISCOVERING GOLD IN THE ST CENTURY is a primer for both the interested investor and collector that traces the history of U.S. gold coins, valuation and pricing factors, market cycles, independent certification and the effect that growing public demand has upon the shrinking supply of rare gold coins.
The Web is becoming smarter. Tomorrow's Intelligent Web won't just pass raw information between people through search engines and browsers: it will become a packager of knowledge. It will recognize our speech. And it will lose its dependence on wires, becoming ever more useful as it delivers knowledge to anyone, anytime, anywhere. While progress ...
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