G Thomas: 617 books
Rethinking Lean in Healthcare
A Business Novel on How a Hospital Restored Quality Patient Care and Obtained Financial Stability Using Lean
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
This book deals with a hospital's struggle to secure and maintain financial stability. In the story, the leadership team of a fictional hospital adopts the tools and principles associated with the Toyota Production System or Lean. The story takes the reader through leadership's arduous journey from...
Movies in the Age of Obama
The Era of Post-Racial and Neo-Racist Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
The historic election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States had a significant impact on both America and the world at large. By voting an African American into the highest office, those who elected Obama did not necessarily look past race, but rather didn’t let race prevent them...
Handbook of Food Science and Technology 2
Food Process Engineering and Packaging
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
This book is a source of basic and advanced knowledge in food science for students or professionals in the food science sector, but it is also accessible for people interested in the different aspects concerning raw material stabilisation and transformation in food products. It is an updated and translated...
Tales from the Development Frontier
How China and Other Countries Harness Light Manufacturing to Create Jobs and Prosperity
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013
Despite widespread agreement among economists that labor-intensive manufacturing has contributed mightily to rapid development in China and other fast-growing economies, most developing countries have had little success in raising the share of manufacturing in production, employment, or exports. Tales...
Taking Chances
The Coast after Hurricane Sandy
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Humanity is deeply committed to living along the world’s shores, but a catastrophic storm like Sandy—which took hundreds of lives and caused many billions of dollars in damages—shines a bright light at how costly and vulnerable life on a shoreline can be. Taking Chances offers a wide-ranging...
Harvard Classics Volume 51
Lectures
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2017
Volume 51 contains a total of 60 lectures covering 12 topics: History Poetry Natural Science Philosophy Biography Prose Fiction Criticism and the Essay Education Political Science Drama Voyages and Travels Religion
Ghost
A Star Runners Universe Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2018
Some doubt his existence.
Some are hunting him.
Some will die by his hand.
Efficient. Deadly. Untraceable.
An intergalactic assassin with numerous identities strikes without leaving any hint of his existence, giving him the moniker: Ghost. His lethal work will touch lives...
Signs of Power
The Rise of Cultural Complexity in the Southeast
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
Traces the sources of power and large-scale organization of prehistoric peoples among Archaic societies.
By focusing on the first instances of mound building, pottery making, fancy polished stone and bone, as well as specialized chipped stone, artifacts, and their widespread exchange, this...
Descended from Shadows
Book of Sindal Book One
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2019
For centuries, Phoebe Whelan’s family of witches and mages has guarded the Book of Sindal, a tome filled with spells so evil it could destroy the world. After their parents’ death six years ago, it’s up to Phoebe and her older and younger sisters—Rowan and Celeste—to guard the book with...
Crown of Blood
Book of Sindal Book Three
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2019
Since the tender age of four, Celeste Whelan has known her duty—use her powers to defeat the Dark Force, a group of mages who are intent on overthrowing the Valerian government. Her erratic expression magic and her inability to master it give her the perfect excuse to seek help from the Dark Set....
Reign of Mist
Book of Sindal Book Two
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2019
Book two of the Book of Sindal series (Rowan's story)
Rowan might be the firstborn of the Whelan sisters, but her magic is far from first class. Outshone by her younger sisters’ rare and powerful gifts hasn’t been easy, but she has always taken her position as leader of their family seriously....
Well... It's Your Cow
An Anecdotal Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2018
In the throes of a convention full of geeks, Frog Jones told a story.
That story is found in this book's foreword, but the key line from that story became the title of this anthology. The authors seized upon that line, much like an out-of-control bovine seizing its own halter, and stampeded into the...
by Cristina Eisenberg, Jack Turner, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
A compelling case for connecting with the wild, for our psychological and physical well-being and to flourish as a species
We often enjoy the benefits of connecting with nearby, domesticated nature—a city park, a backyard garden. But this book makes the provocative case for the necessity...
Millennial Culture and Communication Pedagogies
Narratives from the Classroom and Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
This book examines the ways in which faculty and staff at the higher education level teach and communicate with their millennial students and colleagues. The contributors address how millennials' academic and non-academic interests and everyday performances within and outside of higher education influence...