L R: 1906 books
by L. C. R. Cameron
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
A book for the true countryman of all ages. First published in the early 1900s, now reprinted in a fine-quality paperback edition for a new generation. It will stir many nostalgic memories for older readers and teach younger ones some new and unusual methods of taking various kinds of quarry. Its...
From Mediation to Nation-Building
Third Parties and the Management of Communal Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
The eruption in the early 1990s of highly visible humanitarian crises and exceedingly bloody civil wars in the Horn of Africa, imploding Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, set in motion a trend towards third party intervention in communal conflict in areas as far apart as the Balkans and East Timor. However...
Increasing Persistence
Research-based Strategies for College Student Success
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Praise for Increasing Persistence
"What a gem! This is a requisite text for enrollment practitioners, higher education scholars, and progressive public policy makers dedicated to understanding the processes involved in increasing student retention and success rates. The authors' data-focused...
The Arab Awakening
America and the Transformation of the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Even the most seasoned Middle East observers were taken aback by the events of early 2011. Protests born of oppression and socioeconomic frustration erupted throughout the streets; public unrest provoked violent police backlash; long-established dictatorships fell. How did this all happen? What might...
by John R. Wiens, Garth Pickard, Clive Beck
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Inspiration and Innovation in Teaching and Teacher Education is an edited collection that offers a variety of conceptual and research-based discussions on teaching and teacher education in Canada and internationally. The ideas, research, and practices presented in the book focus on three broad themes:...
by William R. ALLEN, Harold L. GILMORE
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 1993
Techniques for better planning, organizing, directing, staffing and controlling. What Managers Do, Fourth Edition breaks your job as a manager down into its components—planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. As a result, you’ll be able to start every day with a sense of organization...
Marriage at Midlife
Counseling Strategies and Analytical Tools
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2009
"[This book] provides a perceptive, research based, and pragmatic approach to working with couples seeking reconnection after years of childrearing....Marriage at Midlife should take center stage on every counselor's bookshelf."
--Kathleen M. Galvin, PhD
Professor,...
by Robert E Stevens, David L Loudon, R Henry Migliore
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Strategic Planning for Not-For-Profit Organizations covers all the steps involved in developing a strategic plan for a not-for-profit organization. Strategic planning has become a critical issue for not-for-profit organizations as they strive for direction and orderly adjustment to a changing environment....
Financial Stability
Fraud, Confidence and the Wealth of Nations
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
Applying the Lessons of History to Understanding Fraud Today and Tomorrow
Financial Stability provides a roadmap by which the world can anticipate and avoid future financial disruptions. This unique discussion of past and present financial events offers new insights that explain economic, political,...
by László Mérö
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
Sometimes even ideas that are widely accepted can be worth thinking a step further: neither Aristotle, Newton or Einstein could have known anything about the Internet or about cloning. This said, great minds often err more intelligently than lesser mortals get it right.
Strategic Planning
An Interactive Process for Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
A clear, concise textbook on strategic planning using an interactive process from a leadership perspective that covers business, not-for-profits, and public entities.
by R.L. Stine
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
Bernie Bridges has it all figured out. April-May June—the hottest girl in the fourth grade—will ask him to the annual girl-invite-boy school dance. They'll dance the night away, and April-May June will totally fall for him.
There's only one problem: Reality. April-May June doesn't WANT...
by R.L. Stine
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
Hey! Where Is Everyone?
That's what Bernie Bridges wants to know when he can't find any of his friends. Everyone has disappeared! And when he finally does find them, they're acting really weird. For instance, his shy friend Chipmunk thinks he is a fearless warrior, and football star Jennifer...
Service as Mandate
How American Land-Grant Universities Shaped the Modern World, 1920–2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2016
Established by the Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862, America’s land-grant universities have had far-reaching influences on the United States and the world. Service as Mandate, Alan I Marcus’s second edited collection of insightful essays about land-grant universities, explores how these...