Rob: 2367 books
Power Politics
how China and Russia reshape the world
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
We tend to think of ourselves as living in a time when nations, for the most part, obey the rule of law - and where they certainly don't engage in the violent grabs for territory that have characterised so much of human history. But as Rob de Wijk shows in this book, power politics very much remains...
Value as a Service
Embracing the Coming Disruption
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Making predictions about the future is always tricky. But there is one prediction that author Rob Bernshteyn is quite confident in making: Across a host of industries, we will move to a model that he calls value as a service. It is already common knowledge that many traditional-products companies are...
Selling Photos
Secrets of selling photos to publications in today's competitive market
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Selling Photos is a guide to selling photos to publications and is written by an industry insider, Rob Sheppard. Sheppard has been on both sides of sales, both selling images to publications as well as buying them as an editor. He has seen how the industry has changed and lays it out straight for any...
by Rob Davis
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
The Landlord Way shows secrets of how to buy, sell, rent and/or manage single-family homes as well as multi-family properties. Includes how to keep track of properties on paper or with computer programs. How to handle problem tenants, all necessary sample forms to check out perspective tenants and...
Haul Away!
Teambuilding Lessons from a Voyage Around Cape Horn
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2005
On a September day, an assortment of strangers from around the world gathered in San Diego for the voyage of a lifetime: a 75-day rounding of the dreaded Cape Horn on a square-rigged tall ship. Some were experienced sailors, some novices, but all dreamed of the Sailors Everest- surviving Cape Horn,...
BSS The New Rules of Networking
The essential rules and secrets to modern networking
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Never has this been truer. Networking has become one of the key skills for virtually anyone who wants to get on in their jobs and careers. In fact, in just about any situation, knowing the right person will get you ahead. This book provides the essential...
Owls In The Wild
A Visual Essay
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Photographer Rob Palmer has a passion for birds of prey and has traveled the world in pursuit of images that capture their amazing beauty and behaviors as the go about their lives in their natural environment. In this book, he has collected nearly two-hundred of his favorite shots, showcasing a wide...
by Rob Sylvan
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Get up-to-speed fast on new Photoshop CS6 features that photographers need to know! Photoshop has long been the industry standard editing tool for just about anyone who works with images for a living. However, Photoshop is such huge and powerful program that it can be overwhelming to discover and learn...
28 Climate Change Elevator Pitches
Short Explanations on the Scientific Basis of Man-man Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
If you stepped into an elevator and had 2 minutes to explain some aspect of climate science to someone, could you do it? Most people lack the time to become fully informed on this critical issue. The science is complex and varied. Here are 28 quick pitches to help you better understand this issue...
Positioned
Strategic Workforce Planning That Gets the Right Person in the Right Job
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Shortages and downtime are deadly for businesses. So what strategies are other organizations using to solve their workplace challenges? Positioned captures the best workforce planning practices from leading organizations such as Boeing, HP, the US Intelligence Community, and others in the private...
by Adam Simpson, Rob Howard, T. Veigga
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2016
If you’ve already downloaded volume 1 of our series Parsnips in ELT, then you’ll already have an idea of what this book is about. The PARSNIP is, as many of you will know, a reference to all those topics that are commonly left out of the standard ELT coursebook: Politics, Alcohol, Religion, Sex,...
Spatial Questions
Cultural Topologies and Social Spatialisation
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
"Rob Shields provides here an immensely sophisticated and detailed examination of the topological turn. He has been examining these issues for some decades and this book will surely become the standard work on cultural and spatial topology"
- John Urry, Distinguished Professor, Department...
Listening to the Future
Why It's Everybody's Business
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2009
Listening to the Future: Why It's Everybody's Business explores the challenges and opportunities facing organizations, the transformations that will ripple through the political, economic, and social environments, and the implications for different industries in the 21st century workplace. Written...
by Orrin H. Pilkey, Rob Young
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
On Shishmaref Island in Alaska, homes are being washed into the sea. In the South Pacific, small island nations face annihilation by encroaching waters. In coastal Louisiana, an area the size of a football field disappears every day. For these communities, sea level rise isn’t a distant, abstract...