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Remoting offers developers many ways to customize the communications process, for efficiency, security, performance and power, and allows seamless integration of components running on several computer

Italian is the official language of Italy and San Marino, and an official language of Switzerland, Croatia, and Slovenia. It is spoken by about 58 million in Italy, 24,000 in San Marino, 840,000 in Sw

Employees are being given more and more decisions to make with regards to their pension and healthcare plans. Yet increasing research in the social sciences shows that the decisions 'real' people make

The Blended Learning Book is your user s manual for implementing blended learning.? It gives you a guidebook to combining the latest technologies with traditional training models to create high-impact

In the middle of a successful academic career, art historian Janet Catherine Berlo found herself literally at a loss for words. A severe case of writer’s block forced her to abandon a book manuscript

Greg Tang has built his career as an author and math missionary on the power of creative problem solving. Now, through winsome "fables" about concepts that are relevant to the very youngest math learn

Within Westernized societies, particularly the United States, there has been a near-universal acceptance that nonviolent action has been the foundation on which the progress and/or success of politica

In an attempt to break the silence about the relationship between values and the professions, Pattison (religious and theological studies, Cardiff University) and Pill (general practice, Cardiff Unive

How to put Jack Welchs ideas and tactics to work in any career or organizationJack Welch became one of historys most admired and successful CEOs by rewriting the rules of leadership and letting hands-

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The former metalworker and trade union leader Luis Inacio 'Lula' da Silva-known to everyone as Lula-was elected president of Brazil in late 2002 in his fourth attempt since founding the Workers' Party

Entrepreneurs often struggle with many aspects of business: planning and financing company growth, creating a company vision, recruiting, leading, and managing people, as well as personal costs. InLes

Unlock the Welch in YouThe Welch Way is the first book written specifically to help employees infuse their careers with the actions and success strategies of business icon Jack Welch. This accessible, fast-paced book draws on Welchs career to explain how workers can follow the proven Welch model to:Face reality Use change as a competitive weapon Defy tradition Fight fear Overcome bureaucracy Pounce on every opportunity Set stretch goals Move beyond boundaries Spark others to perform Get good ideas from everywhere Have fun Jack Welch transformed GE into the worlds most valuable corporation­­and became one of historys most admired and successful CEOs­­by cutting through bureaucratic noise and letting hands-on, frontline employees tell him what needed to be done. The Welch Way shows you how to work the Welch magic in your career and reach new heights in todays wide-open, idea-driven workplace.

Focusing on the work of the Center for Democracy and Technology, an organization that advocates privacy, this book introduces issues of online privacy and discusses legal ownership of personal data su

The first book to address public policy in the light of recent corporate debaclesCorporate Aftershock is a reasoned, informed response to the numerous proposals to restrict derivatives, structured fin

Young Men Surviving Child Sexual Abuse examines a largely neglected area in child protection: the sexual abuse of boys.Andrew Durham, a consultant social work practitioner, describes his original rese

German is the official language of Germany and Austria and is one of the official languages of Switzerland, Belgium, Lichtenstein, and Luxembourg. Nearly 100 million people speak German as their first

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Armed with the information contained in this painstakingly researched and brilliantly edited book, the modern educator will be well prepared to rethink the educational process, ready to discover and e

The Grammy Award-winning singer shares her secrets for living well, using songs, sayings, insights, quotes, and family stories to illustrate the path to a happy, satisfied, more fulfilling life. Repri

Series: The International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice and PenologyGraphene is the strongest material ever studied and in the future may be an efficient substitute for silicon. There is no

One of the only books that bridge the gap between O-O design (in UML) and O-O programming (in Java) in an integrated fashion. ? Learn how to translate a UML class diagram into Java source code ? Inc

Presents the stories, musings, advice and conclusions of well-known criminologists about their research and their careers. Provides readers with suggestions about how to manage their professional live

The author of the bestselling Phonics from A-Z now shares the a wealth of practical ideas for helping students become fluent readers. Includes an easy assessment, many fun activities, oral reading st

Acclaimed mathematician Dr. Ernst Schubert provides an overview of the Waldorf elementary mathematics curriculum and provides a thorough presentation on the sixth grade where banking formulae, interest calculation, and elementary economics are considered.The book has weekly lesson plans, many problems and solutions.

Hebrew, a Semitic language, is the official language of Israel. It was once considered a dead language with no native speakers, although it remained in use for liturgical purposes. Hebrew was revived

Is this really how I want to live my life? Each one of us at some point asks this question. The tragedy is not that life is short but that we often see only in hindsight what really matters. In this

In search of the origins of some of the most fundamental problems that have beset philosophers in English-speaking countries in the past century, Claire Ortiz Hill maintains that philosophers are trea

Bestselling author Iyanla Vanzant has had an amazing and difficult life -- one full of great challenges that have unmasked her wonderful gifts and led to the wisdom she has gained. In this simple bo

The Oregon Forest Resources Institute, established by the state legislature in 1991, commissioned Wells and Anzinger (both forestry, Oregon State U.) to explore conditions in Oregon's forests at the t

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Riley uses the events of 1813 and the Napoleonic wars to examine the nature of coalitions. He discusses the wars of 1813 as they were fought in Central Europe, Spain, the Mediterranean, and America.

If you love playing blues guitar, then these books are for you. Anyone with a basic knowledge of guitar can jump right in and start learning with Volume 1. Volumes 2 and 3 will take you as far down th

This is a book dealing with the big questions about development:· What is development?· Can Third World countries ever hope to 'catch up'?· Can a development path be found that avoids indefinite impov

This is a book dealing with the big questions about development:· What is development?· Can Third World countries ever hope to 'catch up'?· Can a development path be found that avoids indefinite impov

This book analyzes the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1999. In addition to the issues of financial system restructuring, export-led recovery, crony capitalism, and competitiveness in Asian manufacturi

Golf. It's the ultimate head game. And when nothing but the best advice will do, along comes M. Scott Peck, M.D., the celebrated psychiatrist and author of the best-selling self-help book of all time,

City Schools brings together a distinguished group of researchers and educators for an in-depth look at the nation's largest school system. Topics covered include the changing demographics of city sch