P John: 800 books
Reading Machiavelli
Scandalous Books, Suspect Engagements, and the Virtue of Populist Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
To what extent was Machiavelli a “Machiavellian”? Was he an amoral adviser of tyranny or a stalwart partisan of liberty? A neutral technician of power politics or a devout Italian patriot? A reviver of pagan virtue or initiator of modern nihilism? Reading Machiavelli answers these questions through...
Left Behind
Urban High Schools and the Failure of Market Reform
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
In Left Behind, a team of education scholars led by Edward P. St. John argues that American cities have been engaged for the past three decades in a radical—but failing—effort to transform general and vocational high schools into college preparatory institutions. By examining the educational reforms...
Cleaning with Solvents
Methods and Machinery
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
High-precision cleaning is required across many sectors, including aerospace, defense, medical device manufacturing, pharmaceutical processing, semiconductor/electronics, and more. In this comprehensive reference work, solvent cleaning equipment is thoroughly covered with a focus on the engineering...
L’Utilitarisme
Littérature anglaise; Philosophie sur le bonheur de l'individu et de la collectivité, par J.S. Mill philosophe et économiste britannique
Language: French
Release Date: April 14, 2017
John Stuart Mill (20 mai 1806 à Londres - 8 mai 1873 à Avignon, France) est un philosophe, logicien et économiste britannique. Parmi les penseurs libéraux les plus influents du XIXe siècle, il était un partisan de l'utilitarisme, une théorie éthique préalablement exposée par Jeremy Bentham,...
Another River, Another Town
A Teenage Tank Gunner Comes of Age in Combat--1945
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
Many narrative accounts of men in combat during World War II have conveyed the horrors and emotions of warfare. However, not many reveal in such an intimate way the struggle of innocent youth to adapt to the primitive code of “kill or be killed,” to transform from lads into combat soldiers.
Another...
by John P. Kotter
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
He was one of the most inspirational role models of all time. Thrown into poverty at age four, Konosuke Matsushita (Mat-SOSH-ta) struggled with the early deaths of family members, an apprenticeship which demanded sixteen-hour days at age nine, all the problems associated with starting a business with...
Yearning to Labor
Youth, Unemployment, and Social Destiny in Urban France
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
In the first decade of the twenty-first century, France underwent a particularly turbulent period during which urban riots in 2005 and labor protests in 2006 galvanized people across the country and brought the question of youth unemployment among its poorer, multiethnic outer cities into the national...
Continuity and Discontinuity (Essays in Honor of S. Lewis Johnson, Jr.)
Perspectives on the Relationship Between the Old and New Testaments
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1988
Evangelicals agree that the Bible is God's inerrant word. But we sometimes differ on how to relate the messages of the Old and New Testaments. Without a basic understanding of this crucial matter, it is difficult to know how to use the Testaments to formulate either doctrine or practice.
For...
by John P. Keyser
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
Make Way for Women clearly documents how companies are excelling with women in executive positions and demonstrates how to bring gender balance to leadership. Business veteran/ leadership expert John Keyser strongly advises other men in senior leadership to advance more women into the C-suites - because...
by Harvard Business Review, Martin Reeves, Claire Love
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019
As CEO, you set the vision, the strategy, and the tone of your organization.
You establish priorities, anticipate and address challenges, champion and lead change efforts, set people up for success, and manage risk. Though you may have a great senior executive team and a top-flight board, the...
by John P. Bartkowski, Gary C. Bryner, John J. Callahan
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2003
In their introduction, the editors of New Ways of Doing Business assert that in retrospect, it will be apparent that today's government, that of the early years of the 21st century, "was undergoing its most significant transformation since the decade of the 1930's when direct government-delivered...
When Bubbles Burst
Surviving the Financial Fallout
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Surviving the financial fallout
John Calverley's new book is about understanding what's going on, how policy impinges on it, what investors can do and what is likely to happen. This extremely topical and timely new book from the well-known economist and Head of Research, Standard Chartered...
by Pol Antràs, Ngo Van Long, Sebastian Benz
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Theoretical and empirical perspectives on the fragmentation of production processes across borders, shedding light on global sourcing decisions and their economic effects.
Recent decades have seen a fragmentation of production processes across borders, as firms find it increasingly profitable...
by John P. Dourley
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2008
Is religion a positive reality in your life? If not, have you lost anything by forfeiting this dimension of your humanity?
This book compares the theology of Tillich with the psychology of Jung, arguing that they were both concerned with the recovery of a valid religious sense for contemporary...