Margaret: 4917 books
Soul at Work
Spiritual Leadership in Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
"Working with Margaret Benefiel has helped me, in a short time, become grounded in Spirit in my corporate workplace. The power and productivity of this spiritual work gives me hope that leaders can encourage people to bring their whole selves into the workplace and that this will lead to more...
Censored
Distraction and Diversion Inside China's Great Firewall
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
A groundbreaking and surprising look at contemporary censorship in China
As authoritarian governments around the world develop sophisticated technologies for controlling information, many observers have predicted that these controls would be ineffective because they are easily thwarted and...
Cities of Knowledge
Cold War Science and the Search for the Next Silicon Valley
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
What is the magic formula for turning a place into a high-tech capital? How can a city or region become a high-tech powerhouse like Silicon Valley? For over half a century, through boom times and bust, business leaders and politicians have tried to become "the next Silicon Valley," but few...
by Margaret Sanger
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2011
The Pivot of Civilization was published in 1922. It contains Margaret Sanger's belief that civilization rises or falls on how it views the 'people problem.' It wasn't simply the fact that there were too many people. The kind of people roaming the planet were also a problem. What kind of people? Sanger...
The Instructional Leader and the Brain
Using Neuroscience to Inform Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
Apply neuroscience to leadership and become a gamechanger
An instructional leader who understands how people learn has the power to transform a school and raise student achievement. Brain pioneer Margaret Glick weaves the fields of cognitive science, educational leadership, and instruction...
by Margaret Silf
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Decisions, decisions - we have to make hundreds of them every day! And, as the range of choices we make increases, so too does the accompanying stress... This handy book seeks to make the process more fruitful, more focused and less stressful. It uses a few simple tools that combine the wisdom of...
More Tales for Trainers
Using Stories and Metaphors to Influence and Encourage Learning
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2010
In More Tales for Trainers, Margaret Parkin presents a further 50 stories, anecdotes, metaphors and poetry, which any trainer or manager can readily use to encourage and engage learners. Beginning by setting the use of stories in learning on a sound theoretical footing, the book goes on to include...
by Margaret Searle
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2010
What is Response to Intervention and why should we care? With this question, Margaret Searle begins her exploration of the RTI approach to classroom instruction and intervention from the perspective of a seasoned teacher, principal, and administrator. Built on a solid foundation of best practice,...
Jersey Gold
The Newark Overland Company's Trek to California, 1849
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
When gold fever struck in 1849, John S. Darcy—prominent physician, general, and president of the New Jersey Railroad—assembled a company to travel overland to California. In Jersey Gold, Margaret Casterline Bowen and Gwendolyn Joslin Hiles tell the story of that colorful company of some thirty...
Consumer Democracy
The Marketing of Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
This book argues that marketing is inherent in competitive democracy, explaining how we can make the consumer nature of competitive democracy better and more democratic. Margaret Scammell argues that consumer democracy should not be assumed to be inherently antithetical to 'proper' political discourse...
The Content Makers
Understanding the media in Australia
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
In The Content Makers Margaret Simons explains the changes taking place in the Australian media. She analyses audiences, our major media organisations, the role of government - and the implications of all of these for our society and our democracy.Her examination leads her to the conclusion that the...
Journalism at the Crossroads
crisis and opportunity for the press
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2011
A lively, spirited, and stirring critique of what is wrong with the Australian press — and how we might go about fixing it.
As newspaper subscription-rates decline, and mastheads lament what appears to be a broken business model, the future of journalism is uncertain. Yet, in an age of spin...
Design Thinking for Interiors
Inquiry, Experience, Impact
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2011
Take a holistic approach to contemporary interior design.
The interior design process is changing. In order to create truly engaging work, designers are developing a deeper and broader understanding of how design theory, research, and existing practice can help them make better decisions. This...
by Margaret Hough
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Trust this bestselling resource to provide you with the clearest introduction to the major approaches in counselling.
Written by expert counsellor and bestselling author Margaret Hough, this textbook provides the clearest overview and introduction to the subject. It covers the major approaches to...