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by C. Jennings, W. E. J. McCarthy, R. Undy
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
This book, first published in 1990, is a practical manual which presents guidance on how to carry out and evaluate an employee relations audit. This title also provides audits for five key areas of employee relations, including communication and consultation, equality of opportunity and disciplinary...
Peace in the East
An Chunggun's Vision for Asia in the Age of Japanese Imperialism
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
On October 26, 1909, the Korean patriot An Chunggŭn assassinated the Japanese statesman Itō Hirobumi in Harbin, China. More than a century later, the ramifications of An’s daring act continue to reverberate across East Asia and beyond. This volume explores the abiding significance of An, his life,...
Urban God Talk
Constructing a Hip Hop Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Urban God Talk: Constructing a Hip Hop Spirituality, edited by Andre Johnson, is a collection of essays that examine the religious and spiritual in hip hop. The contributors argue that the prevailing narrative that hip hop offers nothing in the way of religion and spirituality is false. From its beginning,...
by A.W Reed, Timoti Karetu and R Calman
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2012
The Raupo Concise Maori Dictionary is an invaluable reference work, providing an essential list of words and their equivalents in Maori and English. First published in 1948, the dictionary has been revised and updated numerous times since, giving testimony to its ongoing reliability as a reference...
Geological Hazards
Earthquakes - Tsunamis - Volcanoes - Avalanches - Landslides - Floods
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2013
Growth of population, communication and interdependence among countries has sharpened the impact of natural disasters. Not only have calamities and miseries been given wider publicity, but the realization has grown that through rational study and foresight much can be done to mitigate these hazards...
by Joel R. Beeke, Dustin W. Benge
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
The apostle Paul instructed Timothy to “preach the word! . . . Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching” (2 Tim. 4:2). This instruction is in keeping with the principle reflected in the book of Acts that the proclamation of God’s Word is the heart of corporate worship. Yet...
by Rivers, W H R
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Second Track Citizens' Diplomacy
Concepts and Techniques for Conflict Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2003
Almost all current wars are primarily intra-state, involving complex societal conflicts with at least one party a non-state community. Second Track/ Citizens' Diplomacy is broadly defined as facilitated dialogue to address conflict issues between unofficial representatives or equivalent opinion leaders...
by Jessica Saunders, Steven W. Popper, Andrew R. Morral
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Israel has changed dramatically in the past two decades. The Israel Police is transforming itself to meet the needs of modern Israel. The Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Finance, and the Israel Police asked RAND to conduct a study to address issues of public perceptions and trust in the...
by M. Kelly, W.J. Allison, A.R. Garman
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Over the last century the discharge of crude or partially treated sewage has probably been the most widespread, most documented and certainly the best understood form of pollution entering the aquatic environment. In the past two decades, however, there has been an increasing public aware ness of...
Studies in Culture Contact
Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
People have long been fascinated about times in human history when different cultures and societies first came into contact with each other, how they reacted to that contact, and why it sometimes occurred peacefully and at other times was violent or catastrophic.
Studies in Culture Contact:...
Humanitarians in Hostile Territory
Expeditionary Diplomacy and Aid Outside the Green Zone
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
More than ever, humanitarian aid workers and diplomats are engaging with vulnerable populations in areas once considered too dangerous to touch. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground experience in conflict environments around the world, Van Arsdale and Smith offer this important and revealing guide...
by W. M. Telford, L. P. Geldart, R. E. Sheriff
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 1990
This is the completely revised and updated version of the popular and highly regarded textbook, Applied Geophysics. It describes the physical methods involved in exploration for hydrocarbons and minerals, which include gravity, magnetic, seismic, electrical, electromagnetic, radioactivity, and well-logging...
by Bruce W. Scotton, Allan B. Chinen, John R. Battista
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
This important new book brings together the work of top scholars and clinicians at leading universities and medical centers on the benefits and risks of transpersonal therapy. After comparing a variety of multicultural approaches-Zen Buddhism, existential phenomenology, and Christian mysticism, among...