A Michael: 1281 books
by Michael J. Varhola, Maureen A. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011
A panoramic portrait of the United States during its darkest hours.
The Civil War is a fascinating time period in American history. Life in Civil War America provides readers with fast facts and statistics about the 1860s from military life to civilian life in both the North and South. Topics...
The Gilded Age
Perspectives on the Origins of Modern America
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006
The United States that entered the twentieth century was vastly different from the nation that emerged from the Civil War. Industrialization, mass immigration, the growing presence of women in the work force, and the rapid advance of the cities had transformed American society. Broad in scope, The Gilded...
by John Judis, Alan L. Berger, Bruce S. Warshal
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
When he assumed the presidency in April 1945, Harry S. Truman inherited various international sources of turmoil, including the ambiguity of American policy toward political Zionism. Three years later, President Truman recognized the State of Israel on May 14, 1948, just 11 minutes after the announcement...
by Michael Proudfoot, A.R. Lacey
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
First published in 1976, the Dictionary of Philosophy has established itself as the best available text of its kind, explaining often unfamiliar, complicated and diverse terminology. Thoroughly revised and expanded, this fourth edition provides authoritative and rigorous definitions of a broad range...
The Changing Face of World Missions (Encountering Mission)
Engaging Contemporary Issues and Trends
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
The dramatic changes that have taken place both in global society and in the church have implications for how the church does missions in the twenty-first century. These trends include the rise of postmodernism, the spiritual decline in the West and the advance of the gospel in the rest of the world,...
Religion, Culture, and International Conflict
A Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2005
As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based initiative office in the White House-journalists' ignorance about theological convictions has often...
The Feast Days of the Lord
In Light of the New Testament
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Having a clearer understanding of the Old Testament feast days can bring to light whole sections of Gods Word and a greater understanding of the New Testament.
No Way Out?
Government Intervention and the Financial Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
In response to the ongoing financial crisis, the U.S. government has significantly expanded its role in economy, resulting in new legislation and both public and private policy overhauls. But these hasty efforts to buoy the economy may ultimately do more harm than good. In No Way Out?, Vincent R....
by Marvin A. Cohen, Michael J. McCann
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2005
The Broome Dusters played their first home game at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena on October 18, 1973. The game was symbolic of what was to come. Down 6-0, they fought back only to lose 8-7. Their fan support followed a similar pattern, lukewarm at first and then ferociously loyal. Hockey...
Technology Options for Electricity Generation
Economic and Environmental Factors
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Environmental constraints and market uncertainties create new challenges for electricity generation. In this title, originally published in 1991, the authors present a simulation model with a capability for highly detailed activity to identify cost-minimising investment options under different assumptions...
Succession Planning for Family Businesses
Preparing for the Next Generation
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Whether big or small, global or local, family businesses are the engine of wealth and security for owners, families, employees, and business as a whole. But as this book shows, that engine can easily break down:
If the family, ownership, and business circles related to the business fail to hold...
Higher Ambition
How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Meeting the new standard for leadership.
Higher Ambition is required reading for every leader who refuses to compromise between people and performance. Choosing one or the other may have worked in the past, but it won’t work now. As global competition stiffens and businesses face increased...
Discovering Organizational Identity
Dynamics of Relational Attachment
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2016
This book focuses on the theory and practice of understanding and transforming organizations with the goal to discover common ground between groups and individuals. Diamond presents a framework of reflective practice for organizational researchers, scholar-practitioner consultants, executives, managers, and workers in order to promote a more satisfying and humane work-life.
The Business of Platforms
Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
A trio of experts on high-tech business strategy and innovation reveal the principles that have made platform businesses the most valuable firms in the world and the first trillion-dollar companies.
Managers and entrepreneurs in the digital era must learn to live in two worlds—the conventional...