Murray: 2512 books

In the mid-1950s C.P. Snow began his campaign against the 'two cultures' - the debilitating divide, as he saw it, between traditional 'literary intellectual' culture, and the culture of the sciences, urging in its place a 'third culture' which would draw upon and integrate the resources of disciplines...

First published in 1953, this seminal introduction to political philosophy is intended for both the student of political theory and for the general reader. After an introduction which explains the nature and purpose of philosophy, Dr Murray provides a critical examination of the principle theories...

Deleuze & Guattari: Emergent Law is an exposition and development of Deleuze & Guattari's legal theory. Although there has been considerable interest in Deleuze & Guattari in critical legal studies, as well as considerable interest in legality in Deleuze & Guattari studies, this is...

This book is not about the man who got down but we will focus sharply on the man who hears the cry, Man Down, the Man who is Man Up! That man could be you, it could be me. What do we do when we hear the words “man down”? Are our spiritual ears attune to the cries of man down? These cries go out...

The world’s “great” religions depend on traditions of serious scholarship, dedicated to preserving their key texts but also to understanding them and, therefore, to debating what understanding itself is and how best to do it. They also have important public missions of many kinds, and their...

US Foreign Policy and Iran is a study of US foreign policy decision-making in relation to Iran and its implications for Middle Eastern relations. It offers a new assessment of US-Iranian relations by exploring the rationale, effectiveness and consequences of American policy towards Iran from the aftermath...

會溝通，才有一流的領導！ 學習61位頂尖執行長的溝通智慧， 不僅激勵人心，還讓策略變成行動。   執行者是聽別人說然後去做，領導者是說給別人聽然後對方去做。 學習全球百大企業CEO激勵200萬名員工、創造願景及行動力的溝通方法， 讓你從「執行者」變為「領導者」，引領眾人不只去做，還能「做好」！   溝通、溝通、再溝通，是比能力更重要的事 掌握傑出領導者的12條溝通法則，打造「領袖的語言」 〔法則1〕演出更好的自己──要成為別人眼中的英雄，你就必須做個英雄 〔法則2〕貫徹使命與價值觀──領導者不要只看財務數字與績效 〔法則3〕利用未來帶動現在──描繪願景並吸引眾人 〔法則4〕隨時與外界保持聯繫──建立關係以贏得信任感 〔法則5〕透過對話提升員工敬業度──幫助員工找到樂忱與使命感 〔法則6〕把所有重點放在群眾身上──不是你說什麼，而是他們聽進什麼 〔法則7〕傾聽後以行動回應──先去聽，你才能贏得被傾聽的權利 〔法則8〕結合目標與價值觀──懷抱強烈觀點的人永遠能影響群眾 〔法則9〕以真實故事激勵人心──一個簡單的故事勝過一大套規定 〔法則10〕肢體語言傳達真實訊號──你的一舉一動是有力的溝通 〔法則11〕做好準備面對公眾場合──請記住，所說的每一個字都算數 〔法則12〕學習、演練、審查、改進──不斷提升溝通力，成效看得見   一般的領導靠管理，最高明的領導靠溝通。卓越的領導者必定是出色的溝通者，並在組織混亂時刻還能引領眾人找對方向、重塑使命與願景。61位來自跨國企業、全球慈善機構、國際性非政府組織的頂尖領袖和執行長們現身說法，公開他們在挑戰艱鉅任務中，如何透過溝通的力量，去影響他人、激勵他人，並創造出色的成果，將領導者的語言歸納成12條溝通法則，給予現在以及未來的領導者最真實、有用的建議。 本書網羅各界領袖的領導溝通智慧，涵蓋領域包括： 英國國家廣播公司（BBC，具公信力的國際媒體）、德勤（Deloitte，全球最大國際會計師事務所）、安理（Allen...

In Ecocinema in the City, Murray and Heumann argue that urban ecocinema both reveals and critiques visions of urban environmentalism. The book emphasizes the increasingly transformative power of nature in urban settings, explored in both documentaries and fictional films such as Children Underground,...

We all have vices and demons that we struggle with on a daily basis throughout our lives, That we hide from others and do not share. I have dealt with demons of risky sex to substance abuse. In my late teens took risks and enjoyed sex and the thrill. I experimented with chemical substances and dabbled...

Do you feel lost, directionless, unhappy with your life, and not sure which way to turn? In Design You: Create the Life You Want, you will learn that it is possible to create the life you have always wanted by recognizing your unique qualities and needs and using this knowledge to be clear about your...

This story takes place in December, near Christmas day, in Ottawa, Canada. Emily, 17, has just completed her babysitting course. She also recently got her driver’s license. Her dad, the chief of police for Ottawa, has reluctantly allowed his daughter to take the family car to her first babysitting...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Aliens. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Murray Leinster, which is now, at last, again available to you. Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill...

For public library clerk Diane Anderson, reading romance novels and living vicariously is far easier than attracting a flesh-and-blood man of her own. It seems she's too voluptuous in the wrong places to attract the kind of black man her mama requires as a son-in-law. . .and just exotic enough to...

Thanks to her black mother and her Irish father, Ruth "Penny" Borum is the color of a new penny. Big-boned and notoriously sassy, Ruth is nonetheless the organist and a member in good standing of Antioch, Virginia's most prominent black church--or at least she was until she dragged the popular...