Gershon: 44 books
Down and Out in the New Economy
How People Find (or Don’t Find) Work Today
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2017
Finding a job used to be simple. You’d show up at an office and ask for an application. A friend would mention a job in their department. Or you’d see an ad in a newspaper and send in your cover letter. Maybe you’d call the company a week later to check in, but the basic approach was easy....
Krav Maga
Real World Solutions to Real World Violence - Disrupt - Damage - Destroy - Disengage
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Krav Maga: Real World Solutions to Real World Violence presents a no-nonsense approach to neutralizing attackers in close quarters.
Author Gershon Ben Keren explains the philosophy behind the Krav Maga method, which is the basis of the Israel Defense Force's (IDF) devastating close combat system....
No Family Is an Island
Cultural Expertise among Samoans in Diaspora
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Government bureaucracies across the globe have become increasingly attuned in recent years to cultural diversity within their populations. Using culture as a category to process people and dispense services, however, can create its own problems and unintended consequences. In No Family Is an Island,...
In Search of Cleo
How I Found My Kitty and Lost My Mind
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
A charming and funny memoir about experiences Gina Gershon has had with cats throughout her life that are analogous to her relationships with men and her ongoing search for true love.
Film and television icon Gina Gershon may be best known for her movie roles in Bound and Showgirls and television...
Collision
The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston, 1972–1985
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2018
Winner, 2019 Ron Tyler Award for Best Illustrated Book, sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)
In this expansive and vigorous survey of the Houston art scene of the 1970s and 1980s, author Pete Gershon describes the city’s emergence as a locus for the arts, fueled by a...
by Richard Gershon, Richard A. Gershon
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
With today's communications industry experiencing major changes on an almost daily basis, media managers must have a clear understanding of the different delivery platforms, as well as a grasp of critical management, planning, and economic factors in order to stay current and move their organizations...
Painting the Town Orange
The Stories behind Houston's Visionary Art Environments
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Houston's sprawl has come with controversy, but it has created a blank canvas for the public art community. It all started in the Telephone Road Place subdivision, where retired mail carrier Jefferson Davis McKissack built the Orange Show, an extraordinary and eccentric monument to self-reliance, hard...
The Negotiator
Freeing Gilad Schalit from Hamas
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2014
THE NEGOTIATOR is the only behind-the-scenes account of the negotiations to release abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit. This new work is the remarkable story of Gershon Baskin, who acted on his own initiative to create a secret back channel between Hamas and the Israeli government to secure a...
Distinct Identities
Minority Women in U.S. Politics
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Minority women in the United States draw from their unique personal experiences, born of their identities, to impact American politics. Whether as political elites or as average citizens, minority women demonstrate that they have a unique voice that more often than not centers on their visions of...
by David Harris-Gershon
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
David Harris-Gershon and his wife, Jamie, moved to Jerusalem full of hope. Then, in the midst of a historic cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians, a bomb shrieked through Hebrew University’s cafeteria. Jamie was hurled across the room, her body burned and sliced with shrapnel; the friends...
Digital Media and Innovation
Management and Design Strategies in Communication
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Digital Media and Innovation, by Richard A. Gershon, takes an in-depth look at how smart, creative companies have transformed the business of media and telecommunications by introducing unique and original products and services. Today's media managers are faced with the same basic question: what are...
by Barry Hymer, Mike Gershon
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
People with fixed mindsets believe that fundamental qualities like intelligence are essentially stable; people with growth mindsets believe that such qualities can be developed and nurtured. Research shows that learners with growth mindsets are more: open to challenges and constructively critical...
by Lelchuk, Alan, Shaked
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
This outstanding anthology features complete novellas by some of the finest Hebrew writers of the past century. S.Y. Agnon, YH Brenner, Uri Gnessin, Yitzhak Shami, David Fogel, Amos Oz, Yhoshua Kenaz and A.B. Yehoshua are all represented in newly revised translations.
Edited by Alan Lelchuk...
A Half Century of Occupation
Israel, Palestine, and the World's Most Intractable Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
The Israel-Palestine conflict is one of the world’s most polarizing confrontations. Its current phase, Israel’s “temporary” occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, turned a half century old in June 2017. In these timely and provocative essays, Gershon Shafir asks three questions—What...