Aaron: 2032 books
Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights
The Collapse of Journalism and What Can Be Done to Fix It
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2010
Essays by Thomas Frank, Clay Shirky, David Simon, and others: “Anyone concerned about the state of journalism should read this book.” —Library Journal
The sudden meltdown of the news media has sparked one of the liveliest debates in recent memory, with an outpouring of opinion and analysis...
The Watchman in Pieces
Surveillance, Literature, and Liberal Personhood
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Spanning nearly 500 years of cultural and social history, this book examines the ways that literature and surveillance have developed together, as kindred modern practices. As ideas about personhood—what constitutes a self—have changed over time, so too have ideas about how to represent, shape, or...
by Christopher C. Elisan, Michael A. Davis, Sean M. Bodmer
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Arm yourself for the escalating war against malware and rootkits Thwart debilitating cyber-attacks and dramatically improve your organization’s security posture using the proven defense strategies in this thoroughly updated guide. Hacking Exposed™ Malware and Rootkits: Security Secrets & Solutions,...
Reinventing Innovation
Designing the Dual Organization
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Based on research findings and detailed, original cases, this book charts the new innovation imperative, where organizations must deliver on dual goals: an efficient return on current operations, and a burgeoning pipeline of new products. It argues that the two pursuits cannot be achieved through...
Fostering Innovative Cultures in Sport
Leadership, Innovation and Change
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
Analysing the trends that are emerging in sport enterprises such as advancements in technology and social media, the authors of this illuminating book tackle the issue of how to create new opportunities in such a changing industry. Providing valuable reading for sports business scholars, this book...
Introduction to Sport Marketing
Second edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Introduction to Sport Marketing is an accessible and engaging introduction to key concepts and best practice in sport marketing. Aimed at students with little or no prior knowledge of marketing, the book outlines a step-by-step framework for effective sport marketing, from conducting market analysis...
Brand Fans
Lessons from the World's Greatest Sporting Brands
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Combining the latest branding research with a diverse range of powerful case examples, this book reveals the cutting edge techniques of value co-creation, personalisation and customer engagement employed by sport’s leading brands. Based on the transferable lessons that emanate from these practices,...
Field Casework
Methods for Consulting to Small and Startup Businesses
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 1996
For those engaging in fieldwork in a business setting, this invaluable book offers guidance and support from the initial project assignment and client meeting to the closing presentation and exit meeting.
Practical advice is provided throughout the consulting process with chapters devoted to...
The Psychology of Learning and Motivation
Skill and Strategy in Memory Use
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2007
The view of memory use as skilled performance embraces the interactive nature of memory and higher order cognition. In considering the contexts in which memory is used, this book helps to answer such questions as:
If asked where I live, how do I decide on a street address or city name?
What influences...
Personality and the Challenges of Democratic Governance
How Unconscious Thought Influences Political Understanding
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
This book examines how the five-factor model of personality (also known as the Big Five)—extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability/neuroticism, and openness to experience—influence individuals’ ability to understand and engage in four areas of civic life. First, it...
Depression Era, The: A Historical Exploration of Literature
A Historical Exploration of Literature
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
Oklahoma drought refugees seeking livelihood in California, rural white Mississippians, and African American migrants making new lives in Chicago all represented the dramatic transitions across the spectrum of American life during the Great Depression. These vastly different groups of Americans still...
White Bread
A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
What can the history of America's one-hundred-year love-hate relationship with sliced white bread tell us about contemporary efforts to change the way we eat? Fluffy industrial loaves are about as far from slow, local, and organic as you can get, but the story of social reformers, food experts, and...
Retrofitting Sprawl
Addressing Seventy Years of Failed Urban Form
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
These twelve previously unpublished essays present innovative and practical ideas for addressing the harmful effects of sprawl. Sprawl is not only an ongoing focus of specialized magazines like Dwell; indeed, Time magazine has cited “recycling the suburbs” as the second of “Ten Ideas Changing...
Jesus Daily
365 Interactive Devotions
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Based on the major themes found on the most active Facebook page in history, JESUS DAILY is a 365-day interactive devotional that goes beyond even the fan page to create a deeper experience and cultural movement that celebrates your redemption in Christ. JESUS DAILY presents a devotional thought but...