Robert D : 904 books
by Robert D. Putnam
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work -- but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam has identified in this brilliant volume, Bowling Alone*,* which The Economist hailed as "a prodigious achievement."
Drawing on vast new data...
Angels to the Rescue
Inspirational Real-Life Stories from an ER Doctor
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
Angels Are God's First Responders
From bestselling author Robert Lesslie (over 400,000 books sold) comes an all-new collection of thrilling inspiration from the emergency room. Join first responders and ER doctors as they encounter life-or-death situations, putting their training and beliefs...
The PerformanceStat Potential
A Leadership Strategy for Producing Results
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
It started two decades ago with CompStat in the New York City Police Department, and quickly jumped to police agencies across the U.S. and other nations. It was adapted by Baltimore, which created CitiStat-the first application of this leadership strategy to an entire jurisdiction. Today, governments...
Robert’S Short Stories
Ten Family Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Robertss short stories is a book of 10 short stories for children some of the stories are Mr. grey squirrel a story about a adventure of a grey squirrel that has a adventure collecting nits. Another story is Mr. Pepper a story about a man that goes n an adventure. A third story is about a social worker....
The Fundamental Index
A Better Way to Invest
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2011
2008 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (The PROSE Awards) Finalist/Honorable mention, Business, Finance & Management.
The Fundamental Index examines a new approach to indexing that can overcome the structural return drag created by traditional capitalization-based...
Financing the New Federalism
Revenue Sharing, Conditional Grants and Taxation
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Financing the New Federalism is the fifth in a series on the governance of metropolitan areas which aimed to improve the political organisation of metropolitan regions in America. Originally published in 1975, this particular study focusses on federal revenue sharing exploring its effects and implications...
Toxic Charity
How the Church Hurts Those They Help and How to Reverse It
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
Veteran urban activist Robert Lupton reveals the shockingly toxic effects that modern charity has upon the very people meant to benefit from it. Toxic Charity provides proven new models for charitable groups who want to help—not sabotage—those whom they desire to serve. Lupton, the founder of...
Big Is Beautiful
Debunking the Myth of Small Business
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
Why small business is not the basis of American prosperity, not the foundation of American democracy, and not the champion of job creation.
In this provocative book, Robert Atkinson and Michael Lind argue that small business is not, as is widely claimed, the basis of American prosperity. Small...
by Robert D. Hisrich
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
In this unique and original Advanced Introduction, Robert Hisrich pinpoints the essential principles of forging a new venture in an existing corporate context. In this environment, starting and operating a new business includes considerable risk and requires effort to overcome inertia to create something...
The ROV Manual
A User Guide for Observation Class Remotely Operated Vehicles
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The ROV Manual: A User Guide for Observation-Class Remotely Operated Vehicles is the first manual to provide a basic ""How To"" for using small observation-class ROVs for surveying, inspection and research procedures. It serves as a user guide that offers complete training and...
Getting Incentives Right
Improving Torts, Contracts, and Restitution
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2014
Lawyers, judges, and scholars have long debated whether incentives in tort, contract, and restitution law effectively promote the welfare of society. If these incentives were ideal, tort law would reduce the cost and frequency of accidents, contract law would lubricate transactions, and restitution...
by Robert D. San Souci
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
Thirty hair-raising stories from around the world fill this spooky collection with delicious shivers and spine-tingling chills. Sit down and meet "The Vampire Cat," "The Draug" and "The Rolling Head"; or take a stroll with "The Thing in the Woods." You'll find favorites such as "The Golden Arm" and...
by Robert D. San Souci
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Princess Rosamond isn't your typical princess. She prefers good books to good looks and keeps both the royal accounts and the castle drawbridge in working order. When her greedy stepmother and stepsister scheme to spend the royal treasury and her father, the king, falls ill, Rosamond must set out...
by Robert D. Kaplan
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
Eastward to Tartary*,* Robert Kaplan's first book to focus on a single region since his bestselling Balkan Ghosts, introduces readers to an explosive and little-known part of the world destined to become a tinderbox of the future.
Kaplan takes us on a spellbinding journey into the heart of...