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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology brings together original essays covering the broad interdisciplinary field of political sociology. Each contributor uses concepts, theories, and case studies to investigate their topic and provide a complete overview of the scholarship.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Land contamination is of global concern with many of the world's industries potentially harming the environment and human health. Along with rapidly changing policy and technological developments, this is an interdisciplinary area in which successful contaminated land management depends on the expertise of and interaction between a number of scientific and engineering disciplines.Reclamation of Contaminated Land takes into account the different groups involved in contaminated land management and offers a flexible learning approach based on practical experience and research. It presents an overview of the general skills and knowledge required, encompassing both general management and regulatory practice and specific land contamination issues.Divided into two parts, Part I discusses site characterisation and the design of site investigations, and the central role of conceptual models and risk assessment in decision making. Part II discusses how risks from contaminated land are managed and the role of different remediation approaches to achieving this.This book is of great value for 2nd/3rd/4th year undergraduates and MSc students in Environmental Science, Environmental Technology, Environmental Management, Geography, Geology, Estate and Land Management. It is also key reading for undergraduates and MSc students in Chemical Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering and Environmental Chemistry, as well as professional planners and developers, and local authorities.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Sustaining and Improving Learning Communities is the long awaited follow-up to the groundbreaking book Creating Learning Communities. The authors continue their exploration of the concept of learning communities as an innovation in undergraduate curricular instruction that allow students to actively participate in their own education, and deepen and diversify their college experience. Jodi Levine Laufgraben and Nancy S. Shapiro address a wide range of topics such as campus culture for sustaining learning communities, learning communities and the curriculum, pedagogies, and faculty development.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Everything begins with the basics.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Stress: A Brief History is a lively, accessible, and detailed examination of the origins of the field of stress research.First concise, accessible, academically grounded book on the origins of the concept of stress.Explores different theories and models of stress such as the psychosomatic approach, homeostasis, and general adaptation syndrome.Discusses the work and intriguing contributions of key researchers in the field such as Walter Cannon, Hans Selye, Harold Wolff, and Richard Lazarus.Explains the origins of key concepts in stress such as stressful life events, the coronary-prone personality, and appraisals and coping.Culminates in a discussion of what makes a good theory and what obligations stress researchers have to those whose working lives they study.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Military Geographies discusses how local space, place, environment and landscape are shaped by military presence, and about how wider geographies are touched by militarism.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Sacred Desert is a fascinating and original work, which reflects on the role of the desert in theology, history, literature, art and film.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This sweeping history of the Serbian people starts with the settlement of the Slavs on the Balkan Peninsula in the seventh century and ends with the dissolution of Yugoslavia at the end of the twentieth century.A comprehensive survey of the development of the Serbian nation.Provides the background history of the Serbs, essential to understanding their current situation.Traces the history of the Serbian people from the seventh through to the late twentieth century.Focuses on the process of integration and disintegration which have characterised Serbian history.Pays detailed attention to socio-economic history.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Five leading moral philosophers assess various aspects of T.M. Scanlon's moral theory as laid out in his seminal work, What We Owe to Each Other.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Words, Words, Words offers teachers a handy and much-needed resource filled with creative and engaging games and activities that will help students in grades 7-12 improve their vocabulary. The book features proven, practical, and accessible methods to encourage your students to increase their vocabularies and have fun while they are doing it.'Words, Words, Words is divided into thirty thematic units each containing fifteen interrelated words. Each unit contains four different ready-to-use activities for each group of words. The book is designed to help students understand each words meaning, associations, similarities, and differences and includes dynamic classroom-tested activities such as Crossword puzzles Matching columns Magic squares Jumbles Word finds Close reading Multiple choice questions Concealed quotations Riddles.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \* Updated to reflect the latest version of the Crystal Reports reporting tool\* Explains how to use Crystal Reports to quickly transform almost any data into interactive content\* Features a jump-start chapter on creating a simple report\* Covers basic and advanced reporting features, such as retrieving data from databases; sorting, grouping, and totaling result sets; using report templates; making correlations with cross-tab reports; working with formulas; adding geographic detail with maps; publishing reports; and much more\* Includes a new section that explains how to use the new time-saving and data-sharing features available when Crystal Reports is integrated with the other components in the product suite: Crystal Enterprise and Crystal Analysis\* Companion Web site includes sample reports from the book.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The first volume of the POSA pattern series introduced a broad-spectrum of general-purpose patterns in software design and architecture. The second narrowed the focus to fundamental patterns for building sophisticated concurrent and networked software systems and applications. This volume uses design patterns to present techniques for implementing effective resource management in a system.The patterns are covered in detail making use of several examples providing directions to the readers on how to implement the presented patterns. Additionally, the volume presents a thorough introduction into resource management and a case study where the patterns are applied to the domain of mobile radio networks. The patterns are grouped by different areas of resource management and hence address the complete lifecycle of resources: resource acquisition, coordination and release.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The art of persuasion as taught by one of the world's most sought-after speakers and pitchmenIn this daring book, Joel Bauer teaches you how to persuade by making your messages entertaining. Learn the secrets behind 'The Fright Challenge,' 'The Transformation Mechanism,' and other persuasion tactics used by pitchmen, carneys, and conjurors to convince people to their way of thinking. Along with coauthor Mark Levy, Bauer has taken these ethical, entertainment-based techniques, and has made them practical for everyday use-capable of influencing one person or a thousand, in business and in life.Joel Bauer (Los Angeles, CA) is an expert in performance-based live marketing who The Wall Street Journal online referred to as 'undoubtedly the chairman of the board' of corporate tradeshow rain-making. Mark Levy (Chester, NJ) has written for the New York Times, has authored or coauthored three books, and is the founder of Levy Innovation, a consulting firm that makes individuals and companies memorable.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This lucid survey takes readers on a thought-provoking tour through the life and work of Immanuel Kant.Offers an excellent introduction to the broad range of Kant's philosophical thought.Provides an exposition of Kant's major philosophical works, including the Critique of Pure Reason.Topics covered include Kant's theory of empirical cognition, his doctrine of transcendental idealism, and his theory of the limits of reason.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Your guide to keeping the heat on.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book engages with the renewed focus on the centrality of occupation in occupational therapy. It is informed by a subtle but significant shift in thinking, towards a recognition that humans are occupational beings, not merely that occupation is an important part of human life. The emergence of this publication is therefore timely amidst the debate on occupational science.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Managing People Across Cultures maps out the value of people issues in the organizations of today. It challenges us to ask key questions such as How did Human Resource Management (HRM) come to be and what genuine need is there for it and What should the future direction of HRM be Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner spell out their vision for what HRM must do to stay relevant to businesses today. Their view is that people management must embrace the values of entrepreneurship i.e. agility, flexibility and innovation to ensure its continued effectiveness. The authors also argue that workplaces have to become customized to grow and learn as its employees push the boundaries of learning and discovery. Functional barriers also need to be torn down. You will discover that the rightful place for HRM is at the fountainhead of any business; the place where ideas are first generated and mobilized for action.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this powerful and passionate critique of the war on terror in Afghanistan and its extensions into Palestine and Iraq, Derek Gregory traces the long history of British and American involvements in the Middle East and shows how colonial power continues to cast long shadows over our own present.Argues the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11 activated a series of political and cultural responses that were profoundly colonial in nature.The first analysis of the 'war on terror' to connect events in Afghanistan, Palestine, and Iraq.Traces the connections between geopolitics and the lives of ordinary people.Richly illustrated and packed with empirical detail.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - With the current turmoil in the Middle East, there is a growing interest about Islam-the world's second largest religion and one of the fastest growing-and its holy book, the Koran (or Qur'an). Now, with this easy-to-follow, plain-English guide, you can explore the history, structure, and basic tenets of Islam's sacred scripture.The Koran For Dummies is for non-Muslims interested in the Koran as well as Muslims looking to deepen their understanding. Islamic scholar Sohaib Sultan provides a clear road map, revealing:The meaning of Koran and its basic messageThe Koran's place in history and in Islamic spiritual lifeExplanations of its language, structure, and narrative styleHow to live by the Koran's teachingsThe Koran's role in key global issues, such as Jihad vs. terrorismDifferent interpretations of the Koran No other book provides such a straightforward look at what the Koran says, how it says it, and how believers live according to its guidance. From how the Koran was received by Mohammed and how it was compiled to how it's interpreted by Islam's two main branches, you'll see how to put the Islamic faith in perspective.Plus, you'll discover:What the Koran really says about women and civil lawHow Islam relates to Judaism and ChristianityThe Koran's view of God, prophets, mankind, and the selfHow its teachings are lived and recited every day by devout MuslimsCommon misconceptions of the KoranHow to raise a family the Koranic way Complete with lists of important passages, Koranic terminology, famous quotes, and further reading resources, The Koran For Dummies makes it easy and enjoyable for you to grasp the teachings and significance of Islam s holy book.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For those who wonder how ethics and psychology fit into economics, Allan Schmid's innovative text, Conflict and Cooperation, explores the importance of moral judgments in settling conflicts of interest, and the vast effects of human behavior on economic theories and models. Investigating the institutional 'rules of the game' - both formal and informal - and how these rules change to serve competing interests, this text addresses the substantive impact of alternative institutions and institutional evolution. An economic framework emerges, acknowledging human learning and preference change, bounded rationality, and disequilibrium.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This ' invitation' focuses on questions of personality in everyday life that intrigue and puzzle us. In this way, we are introduced to both the principles and the fascinating methods of the psychology of personal constructs. This second edition incorporates the recent work on trauma and grieving that has been produced by psychotherapists in this field.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Cardiac resynchronization therapy is a new therapy for advanced heart failure patients. This therapy has been shown to improve quality of life, exercise capacity, NYHA classification, and even reverse the detrimental 'reverse remodeling' that occurs in advanced heart failure - in patients already receiving optimal pharmacological therapy.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Agency Account Handling strives to distinguish between good account handling and great account handling.This book will help you understand the wider picture of client servicing, give you satisfied customers and allow you to go home at night with a smile on your face. In reality it may not avoid all the 'blood, sweat and tears' but it will certainly reduce them to a manageable level.Good account handlers know instinctively most of the principles associated with effective client servicing. What results in great account handling is the difference an individual makes, all those little agency touches that add up to a competitive advantage and, essentially, the decision by an individual to concentrate on the right mix of priorities which will produce the most effective results.It should inspire people to strive for satisfied clients, fulfilled professional lives and strong client service departments.'This book is a beacon for account handlers, giving insight, confidence and experience, whether you read it cover to cover or dip into relevant sections.It shines a light on the path to success for burgeoning careers and wily old dogs alike.'--Steve Aldridge, Creative Partner, Partners Andrews Aldridge'Indispensable! A soup-to-nuts analysis of all aspects of account management. A must for any ambitious account handler, from any discipline, who wants to further their career.'--Suki Thompson, Managing Director, The Haystack Group'There is much to recommend Mike's book. First, it fills a gap in the market. I haven't come across anything on great account handling practice, previously. Second, it has terrific depth and breadth. But what makes Mike's book really special is that it is a book to learn from. Having worked with Mike a lot over the last five years I know that he knows his stuff. What I hadn't realised is that he has a rare gift for imparting his stuff in the infectious way that is a pleasure to learn from.'--Malcolm White, Executive Planning Director, Euro RSCG London.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Many CFOs have led their companies to invest in ERP and shared services in order to create leaner, more global organization structures. Today, they seek more radical transformation through business process outsourcing (BPO). CFO Insights is a practical, comprehensive guide to this exciting, fast-growing field. It features expert advice from the CFOs of major companies worldwide, including BP, Procter & Gamble, Dell, and Exel. Step by step, it takes you through the stages of a successful outsourcing solution - from evaluating providers and contracting, through transition planning and risk management.'We have seen cost reductions every year for each of the 13 years of our outsourcing experience - now, finally, we are seeing the outsourcing market mature. The advancement of multi-client centers will create new value. As new low cost centers spring up around the world I want to have easy access to the opportunities.'--Ala n Eilles, CFO Downstream, BP'Outsourcing is not about sitting still. On the one hand, as CFO, you have to be in control, and have the right control mechanisms in place. On the other, this is an evolving relationship where both parties feel empowered and energized to make a real difference in the business.'--John Coghlan, Group Finance Director of Exel'My view of the CFO's role is relatively simple: How do you add value The CFO has to be in the forefront in understanding, at a strategic level, the relative economics of different parts of the business model - and vitally play a decisive role in deciding what should be insourced and what should be outsourced.'--Clayton Daley, CFO, Procter & Gamble.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A good plan is good for business Breakdown maintenance still accounts for much of the time maintenance workers put in. Too often, the result is lost revenue, excessive downtime, and poor-quality repairs. This convenient, practical guide shows you how to develop a comprehensive planning and scheduling effort to ensure all resources are available when they are needed. Youll discover how to gather supportive data and build plans that will help you control maintenance costs and equipment downtime. Make informed decisions about the most effective way to perform maintenance Establish solid shutdown schedules Set reasonable goals based on your budget Understand a range of estimating and scheduling methods Structure a work order system that supports your plan Allocate money, material, and labor resources for maximum productivity Use multi-skill training to its best advantage Formulate methods to identify the right work to be performed during a shutdown.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Twenty-three top advisors from leading firms show entrepreneurs how to transition their businessThe Entrepreneur's Transition provides an all-in-one handbook for entrepreneurs and corporate insiders seeking advice on their personal financial planning prior to selling or taking a business public. It provides a concise, easy-to-read blueprint that can help business leaders navigate before and after a transaction-so they are well positioned and can avoid costly mistakes. The Entrepreneur's Transition is organized chronologically beginning with the issues a business owner should be concerned with prior to a transaction. It then moves, step by step, through the transaction process and into post transaction diversification, reinvestment, and philanthropy.Louis Crosier (Boston, MA) is a principal at Windward Investment Management and serves as a member of Windward's Investment Committee. His responsibilities include managing client portfolios and overseeing the firm's investment consulting practice.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Winning At Retail.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - While talking heads debate the media's alleged conservative or liberal bias, award-winning journalist Bonnie Anderson knows that the problem with television news isn't about the Left versus the Right--it's all about the money. From illegal hiring practices to ethnocentric coverage to political cheerleading, News Flash exposes how American broadcast conglomerates' pursuit of the almighty dollar consistently trumps the need for fair and objective reporting.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Derrida has not received the attention he deserves in the field of education, yet his critique of Western metaphysics indicates that deconstruction is nothing other than a new pedagogy of the text. This book takes as a premise that Derrida is a profound educational thinker, who from the very beginning concerned himself with questions of pedagogy. Written by a team of international scholars, it comprises a series of original essays, exploring the significance of Derrida's thought for education, pedagogy, and the ethics of teaching and research. Each scholar addresses in a provocative and inventive way, the unconventional readings that deconstruction engenders regarding some of the most basic philosophical questions of teaching and of learning.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Master the Process of Becoming an Extraordinary Leader.