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The Life of John André
The Redcoat Who Turned Benedict Arnold
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2019
John André was head of the British Army’s Secret Service in North America as the Revolutionary War entered its most bitter and, ultimately, decisive phase. In 1780, he masterminded the defection of a high-ranking American officer—General Benedict Arnold. Arnold—his name for ever synonymous...
Youth, Heroism and War Propaganda
Britain and the Young Maritime Hero, 1745-1820
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Youth, Heroism and Naval Propaganda explores how the young maritime hero became a major new figure of war propaganda in the second half of the long eighteenth century. At that time, Britain was searching for a new national identity, and the young maritime hero and his exploits conjured images of...
Organizational Design
A Step-by-Step Approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2015
Written specifically for executives and MBA students, the third edition of this successful textbook provides a step-by-step guide to designing an organization, from diagnosis, to design and implementation. It provides comprehensive coverage of the key aspects of organizational design, including goals,...
X-Ray Contrast Media
Overview, Use and Pharmaceutical Aspects
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Short presentation of aspects important for the application of X-ray contrast media: Composition and properties of contrast media, handling with respect to stability, purity and sterility; applications, interaction, risks; drugs for prophylaxis and treatment of side effects.
Measuring Prison Performance
Government Privatization and Accountability
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2004
Gaes and his distinguished coauthors offer a comprehensive analysis of public versus private management of prisons, a competition that originated in the 1980s with the introduction of private facilities into the criminal justice system. The authors argue that prison performance must be measured in...
The Forgotten Lawmen Part 2
The Continuing Adventures of a South Dakota Game Warden, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2018
Officer McCrea is starting his eighth year of service as a South Dakota Game Warden. His status as a naïve, rookie officer is in the distant past. He has matured professionally and has taken on additional, high-liability endeavors such as certified firearms instructor, head range master, and use...
by Mark W. Holladay, Richard B. Silverman, Ph.D Organic Chemistry
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2014
The Organic Chemistry of Drug Design and Drug Action, Third Edition, represents a unique approach to medicinal chemistry based on physical organic chemical principles and reaction mechanisms that rationalize drug action, which allows reader to extrapolate those core principles and mechanisms to many...
by Dale S. Rothman, Mohammod T. Irfan, Barry B. Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Building Global Infrastructure is the fourth in a series of volumes-Patterns of Potential Human Progress-that uses the International Futures (IFs) simulation model to explore prospects for human development: how development appears to be unfolding globally and locally, how we would like it to evolve,...
Learning ACT
An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills Training Manual for Therapists
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is among the most remarkable developments in contemporary psychotherapy. This second edition of the pioneering ACT skills-training manual for clinicians provides a comprehensive update—essential for both experienced practitioners and those new to using ACT...
The Future of Aging
Pathways to Human Life Extension
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2010
Just as the health costs of aging threaten to bankrupt developed countries, this book makes the scientific case that a biological "bailout" could be on the way, and that human aging can be different in the future than it is today. Here 40 authors argue how our improving understanding of...
Web Work
Information Seeking and Knowledge Work on the World Wide Web
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
This book brings together three great motifs of the network society: the seeking and using of information by individuals and groups; the creation and application of knowledge in organizations; and the fundamental transformation of these activities as they are enacted on the Internet and the World...
by D. B. Shuster
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
"The novel brims with bravado, fear, jealousy, sympathy, chicanery, cruelty, and nobility. Shuster makes the emotional life of her major characters come fully alive while she continues to ratchet up the suspense—all of this set against a vivid rendering of Moscow’s material and political culture."...
by D. B. Shuster
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2019
The Americans meets Bridge of Spies in this can't-put-down Cold War story of love and patriotism.
Caught between duty and conscience.
Moscow, 1985. The more time KGB agent Artur Gregorovich spends undercover in the Jewish community—and with the mysterious Sofia—the more he questions...
Understanding Your Congregation as a System
The Manual
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1994
Parsons and Leas have created an important tool for congregational leaders in this application of systems theory to evaluating a congregation’s life and readiness for change. Church leaders can explore the forces at work and examine the systemic implications in seven key areas: strategy, process,...