Sarah: 8055 books
by Sarah Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
PMP Certification and PMP Exam Preparation Guidebook
The PMP, or Project Management Professional Certification is consistently classified as one of the top five most important certifications for IT professionals and is also broadly suitable to a wide range of industries.
A PMP develops...
by Sarah Ryle
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
From one man’s Hackney market stall to a company serving fifty million customers in thirteen countries every week, this is the extraordinary story of one of Britain’s most remarkable companies. Told by those who themselves feature in it – Tesco’s own employees – it relates a fascinating...
Civic Media
Technology, Design, Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life.
Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation,...
Tap Into Greatness
How to Stop Managing Start Leading and Drive Bigger Impact
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
At some point, every single one of us has reached a point of frustration. A situation where we knew that we were having impact that was far less than what we were capable of. Large organizations are filled with smart people who have great ideas. Unfortunately, most of these people find themselves stymied...
by Sarah Painter
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2018
Meet Lydia Crow...
Lydia has always known she has no power, especially next to her infamous and more-than-slightly dodgy family. Which is why she carved her own life as a private investigator far away from London.
When a professional snafu forces her home, the head of the family calls...
Egoless
The Final Frontier in Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
The case for a new way of leadership is compelling. Traditional models are struggling to deliver the right results for organisations or individuals, and the relationship between organisation and employees is more fragile than ever. Too few employees are fully engaged, empowered or committed to the...
Behind the White Picket Fence
Power and Privilege in a Multiethnic Neighborhood
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
The link between residential segregation and racial inequality is well established, so it would seem that greater equality would prevail in integrated neighborhoods. But as Sarah Mayorga-Gallo argues, multiethnic and mixed-income neighborhoods still harbor the signs of continued, systemic racial inequalities....
Subversive Property
Law and the Production of Spaces of Belonging
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
This book explores the relationship between space, subjectivity and property in order to invert conventional socio-legal understandings of property. Sarah Keenan demonstrates that new political possibilities for property may be unveiled by thinking about property in terms of space and belonging, rather...
by Sarah Chayes
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
**Winner of the 2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest.
"I can’t imagine a more important book for our time." —Sebastian Junger**
The world is blowing up. Every day a new blaze seems to ignite: the bloody implosion of Iraq and Syria; the East-West standoff...
The Conscientious Gardener
Cultivating a Garden Ethic
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
In his influential A Sand County Almanac, published at the beginning of the environmental movement in 1949, Aldo Leopold proposed a new ecological ethic to guide our stewardship of the planet. In this inspiring book, Sarah Hayden Reichard tells how we can bring Leopold’s far-reaching vision to our...
Understanding Climate Change
Science, Policy, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Conversations about climate change are filled with challenges involving complex data, deeply held values, and political issues. Understanding Climate Change provides readers with a concise, accessible, and holistic picture of the climate change problem, including both the scientific and human dimensions.
Understanding...
The Advance of the State in Contemporary China
State-Market Relations in the Reform Era
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
Since the global financial crisis of 2008–9, central-level, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China have extended their reach into the Chinese economy. Some have interpreted this development as a turning point in Chinese economic development; a decision for state capitalism and a stand against slow...
The Myth of Independence
How Congress Governs the Federal Reserve
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2017
Born out of crisis a century ago, the Federal Reserve has become the most powerful macroeconomic policymaker and financial regulator in the world. The Myth of Independence traces the Fed’s transformation from a weak, secretive, and decentralized institution in 1913 to a remarkably transparent central...
The Power of Influence
The Easy Way to Make Money Online
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
The internet offers a wondrous world of possibilities for anyone with an entrepreneurial streak, including the chance to gain international recognition and influence without even leaving the house! Social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook make it possible to leverage the most powerful marketing...