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A book about complexity and work - and about how to deal productively with both. A condensed introduction to the theory and practice of organizational high performance. A manifesto for contemporary le
The Origins of Federal Support for Higher Education revises the traditional interpretation of the land-grant college movement, whose institutions were brought into being by the 1862 Morrill Act to pro
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This comprehensive book addresses the complex issues associated with the criminalization of mentally ill offenders in the United States and the ways in which social workers and other mental health pro
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A step-by-step tutorial with focused examples that will help you build scalable, high performance Rails web applications with Mongoid. If you are an application developer who wants to learn how to use
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If you want the insights, leadership tools-and inspiration-to create a noble enterprise and lead your people to new heights of performance, then this is the book for you. In it you will learn how to:
"Mind Training For Swimmers" is truly everything you ever could want to know about positive thinking and how to improve your swim or sport performance. Written by Craig Townsend, Australia's Swim Guru
