Laurie: 1609 books
Marketing the Professional Services Firm
Applying the Principles and the Science of Marketing to the Professions
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2010
Professional services are estimated to be worth up to $700 billion worldwide, but as the market matures there is an urgent need for new marketing thinking for global players or small businesses alike. This book applies the core principles of strategic marketing to professional services for the first...
Christian Higher Education
Faith, Teaching, and Learning in the Evangelical Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2018
Our world is growing increasingly complex and confused—a unique and urgent context that calls for a grounded and fresh approach to Christian higher education.
Christian higher education involves a distinctive way of thinking about teaching, learning, scholarship, curriculum, student life,...
by Annie Laurie
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
The struggle to lose weight is a constant source of frustration for many people, myself included. There’s so much conflicting information available about the right way, or the easiest way, or the quickest way to lose weight that it can be difficult to know whether you’re on the right track or
not
Real,...
by Richard Bowring, Haruko Uryu Laurie
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2004
This is the second book in an extensive one-year introductory course in Japanese, also suitable for those who wish to work at a slower pace. Students who finish this course will have a firm grasp of how the language works and enough knowledge of the writing system to tackle everyday written material...
Playing the Long Game
How to Save the West from Short-Termism
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
We obsess about what our politicians are doing, but ignore that our companies are no longer investing, instead they are focusing on next quarter’s profits in order to justify ever higher executive compensation. This is in turn accelerating the West’s economic decline versus the East. While the...
Between the Stripes
Zany Zebra Zingers
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
This book is over eleven hundred statements about sports officials which are designed by the author to create ten seconds of laughter and possibly twenty seconds of thought. It is a great read for the sports fan and sports officials. Hopefully it will bring a smile when you read it as well as a smile...
Designing Effective Women's Ministries
Choosing, Planning, and Implementing the Right Programs for Your Church
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
For nearly twenty-five years, Elmbrook Church in Waukesha, WI, has supported a variety of ministries by and for women. Today their program stands as a model. Yet, as the authors of Designing Effective Women's Ministries will tell you, it did not happen overnight, but through trial and error. In Designing...
by Laurie Polich
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
"The book of Romans is rich with spiritual wisdom. By studying Paul’s letter to the Romans, your students will explore everything from new life in Christ to how to live a life like Jesus.Through engaging activities and thought-provoking questions that get right to the heart of Romans, your...
Living Sharia
Law and Practice in Malaysia
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
Drawing on ethnographic research, Living Sharia examines the role of sharia in the sociopolitical processes of contemporary Malaysia. The book traces the contested implementation of Islamic family and criminal laws and sharia economics to provide cultural frameworks for understanding sharia among...
Mapping Chinese Rangoon
Place and Nation among the Sino-Burmese
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Mapping Chinese Rangoon is both an intimate exploration of the Sino-Burmese, people of Chinese descent who identify with and choose to remain in Burma/Myanmar, and an illumination of twenty-first-century Burma during its emergence from decades of military-imposed isolation. This spatial ethnography...
by Laurie C. Kuna
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2011
"Kuna excels with this modern-day fantasy of witchcraft, murder, and love. With a budding romance, the mysterious feline Endora, and a serial killer intent on capturing Mick's attention, this is sure to be one hell of a book tour." --Romantic Times Magazine
"Kitchen Witch"...
Hochzeit? Hochzeit!
Erzählungen von Heiratsanträgen, Fluchtversuchen und der großen Liebe
Language: German
Release Date: February 22, 2017
Vom Wagnis, sich zu binden, erzählen zehn kluge, pointierte Texte großer Autorinnen aus zweihundert Jahren, von Heiratsanträgen und Hochzeiten, von Verlobungszeit und Flitterwochen. Gemeinsame Nenner sind Hoffnung und Zweifel. Wird es gut gehen? Will ich wirklich? Bin ich bereit, vom alten Leben...
by Laurie J. Wilson, Peggy Holland Rankin, Ellis County Czech Heritage Society
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2009
In 1871, the Houston and Texas Central Railroad reached what would soon become Ennis, Texas. A year later, the city was officially established and named for Cornelius Ennis, a Houston and Texas Central Railroad tycoon. It became home to many, including a number of Civil War veterans. Czech immigrants...
My Mother's Breast
Daughters Face Their Mothers' Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1999
Focusing on the unique psychological needs of women who must deal with the pain and devastation of a mother's breast cancer while repressing their fears for their own health, Tarkan profiles a wide range of women who have witnessed the effects of breast cancer.