David C: 839 books
The Great Turning
From Empire to Earth Community
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2007
David Korten’s classic bestseller When Corporations Rule the World was one of the first books to articulate the destructive and oppressive nature of the global corporate economy. In The Great Turning he argues that corporate consolidation of power is merely one manifestation of what he calls “Empire”:...
Successful Marriages and Families
Proclamation Principles and Research Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2016
Issued by the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve in 1995, "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" has instructed and inspired Latter-day Saints throughout the world, including many LDS scholars who seek to strengthen and defend marriages and families. This new volume, edited by...
American Civilization
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
This hugely successful text provides students of American studies with the perfect background and introductory information on contemporary American life. Thoroughly revised, this fifth edition covers all the central dimensions of American society from geography and the environment, government and...
Negotiating So Everyone Wins
Secrets you can use from Canada's top business, sports, labour and political negotiators
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Every day, people make deals that matter. But very few of us benefit from the public scrutiny and analysis that have helped Canada's leading negotiation experts hone their craft. Hockey team executives, cabinet ministers, bank presidents and labour leaders are constantly under the microscope, and...
Change the Story, Change the Future
A Living Economy for a Living Earth
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
We humans live by stories, says David Korten, and the stories that now govern our society set us on a path to certain self-destruction. In this profound new book, Korten shares the results of his search for a story that reflects the fullness of human knowledge and understanding and provides a guide...
The Joy of Retirement
Finding Happiness, Freedom, and the Life You've Always Wanted
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2008
Life after work no longer conjures up images of couples wandering the malls, playing golf, and taking endless Caribbean cruises. As baby boomers reach their 50s and 60s, they are redefining what it means to retire. Many of them are still choosing to work or create a whole new life entirely. What they...
Bottlenecks
Aligning UX Design with User Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2017
Learn the psychological constrictions of attention, perception, memory, disposition, motivation, and social influence that determine whether customers will be receptive to your digital innovations.
Bottlenecks: Aligning UX Design with User Psychology fills a need for entrepreneurs, designers,...
A Versatile American Institution
The Changing Ideals and Realities of Philanthropic Foundations
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
America's grantmaking foundations have grown rapidly over the course of recent decades, even in the face of financial and economic crises. Foundations have a great deal of freedom, enjoy widespread legitimacy, and wield considerable influence. In this book, David Hammack and Helmut Anheier follow...
by David C. Fickett
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2003
From the unforgiving farmland of rural Maine comes a story of love and sacrifice, of family tragedies and obligations, and of the mysterious healing power of bees.
David Fickett's Nectar crosses three generations of beekeepers to tell the story of Regina Merritt, a determined woman who is forced...
Stars in the Darkness
Stores of Wisdom, Justice, and Love
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
Stars in the Darkness is a collection of stories about why being just matters, and what the ramifications are for individuals, groups, towns, countries, or even worlds if justice is not expected, encouraged, or enforced.
The stories cover a wide range, from historical fiction to fantasy to...
Yes! You Can Stop Smoking
Even If You Don't Want To
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
This is an advanced textbook for people who have been unable to stop smoking. It covers motivation to stop smoking, healthy coping skills and the ability not to smoke. I wrote the book, Yes! You Can Stop Smoking, because after working in treatment centers for years I saw drug addicts and alcoholics...
The Psychology of Language
An Integrated Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Breaking through the boundaries of traditional psycholinguistics texts, The Psychology of Language: An Integrated Approach*,* by David Ludden, takes an integrated, cross-cultural approach that weaves the latest developmental and neuroscience research into every chapter. Separate chapters on bilingualism...
by David C. McClelland
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 1988
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 1988
Human Motivation, originally published in 1987, offers a broad overview of theory and research from the perspective of a distinguished psychologist whose creative empirical studies of human motives span forty years. David McClelland describes methods for measuring motives, the development of motives...
21st Century Pastor
A Vision Based on the Ministry of Paul
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2010
The third millennium. It's a time of tremendous opportunity for the church--and tremendous challenge. More than ever, pastors need a model for ministry that can equip them for the rigors of a restless, increasingly secularized culture. In the 21st Century Pastor, David Fisher explores the apostle...