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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'One of the best books I've ever read on practical resilience.'--Miriam Akhtar, positive psychologist and author of What is Post-Traumatic Growth BUILD YOUR RESILIENCEWhat do you do when life throws a curveball Adversity is an inescapable part of life, but it's how you deal with it that really counts. Resilience is about using those challenges, however large or small, to reset your course and create the life you want.BOUNCE BACK FROM ANYTHINGReal strength is not just about surviving hard times, but thriving despite the challenges. Using the latest research and advice from experts in the field of wellbeing and resilience, Psychologies magazine will help you:\* Feel more confident in your ability to overcome change\* Tap into and build on the inner resilience you already have\* React in a healthy way to problems and opportunities\* Avoid the common pitfalls that rob you of your strength\* Adopt new techniques to help you start getting stronger todayWhen life knocks you back, you need to tap into those reserves of strength and find a way to move forward again. You are strong, you are brave and you are about to take the first step.'Essential reading for anyone who wants a step-by-step guide on how to challenge themselves and grow.'--Dr Tamara Russell, Director, Mindfulness Centre of Excellence.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The power of story is indisputable; the power of showing is transformational.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - IMPROVISE YOUR WAY TO WINNING TOGETHER AND INSPIRING THE BEST IN OTHERS.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - TRANSFORM THE CULTURE AND IMPACT OF YOUR ORGANISATION.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Make your company--its employees and its culture--healthier inside and outEnergy and wellness are of ever increasing importance. With an increase productivity and job satisfaction that come from a healthier life, now is the time to get healthy. A poor food environment and the demanding pace of modern day life continue to contribute to a downward spiral of health, On Target Living offers focused strategies to achieve positive results. Everyone knows that exercise and physical movement contribute to better health, energy, and performance. The challenge comes with knowing what to do and how to do it. Author Chris Johnson has taught thousands how to live a life in balance, and here he shares his practices with you.\* Developing healthy eating habits\* Incorporating exercise into daily routines\* Prioritizing rest and rejuvenation\* Learning the keys to living well and applying this knowledge to enhanced performance, increased productivity, and positive results for your life and workThe journey to optimal health and performance begins with the ideas in On Target Living. Building sustainable changes into your company culture will decrease health risks and sick days while contributing to higher productivity rates, but these improvements will also contribute to healthier and more enjoyable lives for your employees.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The new edition of this highly popular guide, How to Read World Literature, addresses the unique challenges and joys faced when approaching the literature of other cultures and eras. Fully revised to address important developments in World Literature, and generously expanded with new material, this second edition covers a wide variety of genres - from lyric and epic poetry to drama and prose fiction - and discusses how each form has been used in different eras and cultures. An ideal introduction for those new to the study of World Literature, as well as beginners to ancient and foreign literature, this book offers a variety of 'modes of entry' to reading these texts. The author, a leading authority in the field, draws on years of teaching experience to provide readers with ways of thinking creatively and systematically about key issues, such as reading across time and cultures, reading works in translation, emerging global perspectives, postcolonialism, orality and literacy, and more.\* Accessible and enlightening, offers readers the tools to navigate works as varied as Homer, Sophocles, Kalidasa, Du Fu, Dante, Murasaki, Moliere, Kafka, Wole Soyinka, and Derek Walcott\* Fully revised and expanded to reflect the changing face of the study of World Literature, especially in the English-speaking world\* Now includes more major authors featured in the undergraduate World Literature syllabus covered within a fuller critical context\* Features an entirely new chapter on the relationship between World Literature and postcolonial literatureHow to Read World Literature, Second Edition is an excellent text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in World Literature. It is also a fascinating and informative read for all readers with an interest in foreign and ancient literature and the history of civilization.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Wisdom that's been inspiring, motivating, and guiding teachers for two decadesThe Courage to Teach speaks to the joys and pains that teachers of every sort know well. Over the last 20 years, the book has helped countless educators reignite their passion, redirect their practice, and deal with the many pressures that accompany their vital work.Enriched by a new Foreword from Diana Chapman Walsh, the book builds on a simple premise: good teaching can never be reduced to technique. Good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher, that core of self where intellect, emotion, and spirit converge--enabling 'live encounters' between teachers, students, and subjects that are the key to deep and lasting learning. Good teachers love learners, learning, and the teaching life in a way that builds trust with students and colleagues, animates their daily practice, and keeps them coming back tomorrow.\* Reclaim your own vision and purpose against the threat of burn-out\* Understand why good teaching cannot be reduced to technique alone\* Explore and practice the relational traits that good teachers have in common\* Learn how to forge learning connections with your students and 'teach across the gap'Whether used for personal study, book club exploration, or professional development, The Courage to Teach is rich with time-honored wisdom, and contemporary clarity about the ancient arts of teaching and learning.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Achieve more, do more, create more with the power of creative courageCreative Courage challenges you to step outside of your comfort zone and truly make an impact. Set aside the same old routine and break the status quo--because you can only rise to new heights if you first smash the ceiling. Written by the former Executive Creative Director of Creations at Cirque du Soleil, this book shows you how to step up your game, flex your creativity, and make big things happen. Whether you work independently or as part of a team, whether you're self-employed or part of an organization, and even if you think creativity isn't a part of the work that you do--this book gives you the perspective, courage, and kick start you need to think differently about the things you do every day.Creative courage is more than a strategy, it's a way of life. It opens your mind--and the minds of those around you--to new approaches, new ideas, and new schools of thought that can revolutionize the way you work. This book invites you to experience the freedom and power at the intersection of courage and creativity so you can finally:\* Foster a more collaborative culture\* Bring depth and meaning to every project\* Turn challenge into opportunity\* Create work that mattersThe value of creative thinking extends far beyond the arts, but the work it allows you to produce has the power to touch like great art can. You gain the ability to make a more profound impact, and you inspire and motivate others to do the same; you become a catalyst for bigger, better things, driven by the enormous potential of the free-thinking mind. Creative Courage helps you break out of the box and start making things happen today.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Money and Finance After the Crisis provides a critical multi-disciplinary perspective on the post-crisis financial world in all its complexity, dynamism and unpredictability. Contributions illuminate the diversity of ways in which money and finance continue to shape global political economy and society.\* A multidisciplinary collection of essays that study the geographies of money and finance that have unfolded in the wake of the financial crisis\* Contributions discuss a wide range of contemporary social formations, including the complexities of modern debt-driven financial markets\* Chapters critically explore proliferating forms and spaces of financial power, from the realms of orthodox finance capital to biodiversity conservation\* Contributions demonstrate the centrality of money and finance to contemporary capitalism and its political and cultural economies.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - ABC of Learning and Teaching in Medicine is an invaluable resource for both novice and experienced medical teachers. It emphasises the teacher's role as a facilitator of learning rather than a transmitter of knowledge, and is designed to be practical and accessible not only to those new to the profession, but also to those who wish to keep abreast of developments in medical education.Fully updated and revised, this new edition continues to provide an accessible account of the most important domains of medical education including educational design, assessment, feedback and evaluation. The succinct chapters contained in this ABC are designed to help new teachers learn to teach and for experienced teachers to become even better than they are. Four new chapters have been added covering topics such as social media; quality assurance of assessments; mindfulness and learner supervision.Written by an expert editorial team with an international selection of authoritative contributors, this edition of ABC of Learning and Teaching in Medicine is an excellent introductory text for doctors and other health professionals starting out in their careers, as well as being an important reference for experienced educators.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A complete introduction to the theory and practice of contemporary counselling psychologyAn excellent resource for students at undergraduate or graduate level, Counselling Psychology: A Textbook for Study and Practice provides valuable insights into the key issues associated with theory and practice in this field. The contributors represent a diverse array of approaches, reflecting the rich diversity within the area, and care is taken to avoid favouring any one approach. The book begins with an overview of the historical and philosophical foundations of counselling psychology, before taking a detailed look at major therapeutic approaches and exploring issues associated with specific client populations, ethics, research design, and more. In particular, the text seeks to explain how counselling psychology differs from and informs other areas of contemporary applied psychology. The result is an engaging balance of the personal and academically rigorous, presented in a highly accessible format.\* An authoritative introduction to and key issues involved with the theory and practice of counselling psychology for students and practitioners at all levels\* Considers all major approaches to psychotherapy including existential, person-centered experiential, psychodynamic, and cognitive-behavioural\* Explores issues commonly encountered when working with specific client groups including children, people with intellectual disabilities, and emergency trauma victims.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Learn the overlooked skill that is essential to Wall Street successPitch the Perfect Investment combines investment analysis with persuasion and sales to teach you the 'soft skill' so crucial to success in the financial markets. Written by the leading authorities in investment pitching, this book shows you how to develop and exploit the essential, career-advancing skill of pitching value-creating ideas to win over clients and investors. You'll gain world-class insight into search strategy, data collection and research, securities analysis, and risk assessment and management to help you uncover the perfect opportunity; you'll then strengthen your critical thinking skills and draw on psychology, argumentation, and informal logic to craft the perfect pitch to showcase your perfect idea. The ability to effectively pitch an investment is essential to securing a job on Wall Street, where it immediately becomes a fundamental part of day-to-day business. This book gives you in-depth training along with access to complete online ancillaries and case studies so you can master the little skill that makes a big difference.It doesn't matter how great your investment ideas are if you can't convince anyone to actually invest. Ideas must come to fruition to be truly great, and this book gives you the tools and understanding you need to get it done.\* Persuade potential investors, clients, executives, and employers\* Source, analyze, value, and pitch your ideas for stocks and acquisitions\* Get hired, make money, expand your company, and win business\* Craft the perfect investment into the perfect pitchMoney managers, analysts, bankers, executives, salespeople, students, and individual investors alike stand to gain massively by employing the techniques discussed here. If you're serious about success and ready to start moving up, Pitch the Perfect Investment shows you how to make it happen.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Part of a two-component product with a companion therapist's guide, CBT for Hoarding Disorder: Client Workbook guides patients struggling with hoarding disorder who are enrolled in a comprehensive CBT group program through the therapeutic process of addressing and overcoming their difficulties.\* Designed for participants in group cognitive-behavioral therapy for hoarding disorder - an evidence-based program created by experts in the field\* Helps readers to work on the many factors that contribute to ongoing difficulties with clutter, in order to learn how to make quicker, more efficient decisions that are less stressful and draining.\* Addresses many of the barriers to successful decluttering, such as time management, organizational skills, and problem-solving\* Shows that while living with hoarding disorder can be frustrating, both for the sufferer and for family and friends, there is a way forward and nobody has to live with clutter.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A concise and practical visual guide to normal cell identification for all those dealing with cytology in the dog and cat.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Dentistry Essentials are an international series of textbooks, designed to support lecture series or themes on core topics within dentistry.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Person-Centred Healthcare Research provides an innovative and novel approach to exploring a range of research designs and methodological approaches aimed at investigating person-centred healthcare practice within and across healthcare disciplines.With contributions from internationally renowned experts in the field, this engaging resource challenges existing R&D methodologies and their relevance to advancing person-centred knowledge generation, dissemination, translation, implementation and use. It also explores new developments in research methods and practices that open up new avenues for advancing the field of person-centred practice.Person-Centred Healthcare Research:\* Enables students, practitioners, managers and researchers to gain a solid understanding of the complexity of person-centred thinking in research designs and methods.\* Explores the theories and practices underpinning a topical subject within current healthcare practice.\* Is edited by an internationally recognised team who are at the forefront of person-centred healthcare research.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This major new book provides an introduction to Thomas Aquinas's influence on Protestantism. The editors, both noted commentators on Aquinas, bring together a group of influential scholars to demonstrate the ways that Anglican, Lutheran, and Reformed thinkers have analyzed and used Thomas through the centuries. Later chapters also explore how today's Protestants might appropriate the work of Aquinas to address a number of contemporary theological and philosophical issues.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A CPA exam guide written specifically for international students.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Using an innovative framework, this reader examines the most important and influential writings on modern class relations.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Guide to Modern Econometrics, Fifth Edition has become established as a highly successful textbook. It serves as a guide to alternative techniques in econometrics with an emphasis on intuition and the practical implementation of these approaches. This fifth edition builds upon the success of its predecessors. The text has been carefully checked and updated, taking into account recent developments and insights. It includes new material on casual inference, the use and limitation of p-values, instrumental variables estimation and its implementation, regression discontinuity design, standardized coefficients, and the presentation of estimation results.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The pathway to bringing laboratory discoveries to market is poorly understood and generally new to many academics. This book serves as an easy-to-read roadmap for translating technology to a product launch - guiding university faculty and graduate students on launching a start-up company.\* Addresses a growing trend of academic faculty commercializing their discoveries, especially those supported by the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health\* Offers faculty a pathway and easy-to-follow steps towards determining whether their discovery / idea / technology is viable from a business perspective, as well as how to execute the necessary steps to create and launch a start-up company\* Has a light-hearted and accessible style of a step-by-step guide to help graduate students, post-docs, and faculty learn how to go about spinning out their research from the lab\* Includes interviews by faculty in the disciplines of materials science, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, information technology, energy, and mechanical devices - offering tips and discussing potential pitfalls to be avoided.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A collection of case studies from nonwestern countries that offers an analysis of the significant role culture plays in crisis communication.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Money and Finance After the Crisis provides a critical multi-disciplinary perspective on the post-crisis financial world in all its complexity, dynamism and unpredictability. Contributions illuminate the diversity of ways in which money and finance continue to shape global political economy and society.\* A multidisciplinary collection of essays that study the geographies of money and finance that have unfolded in the wake of the financial crisis\* Contributions discuss a wide range of contemporary social formations, including the complexities of modern debt-driven financial markets\* Chapters critically explore proliferating forms and spaces of financial power, from the realms of orthodox finance capital to biodiversity conservation\* Contributions demonstrate the centrality of money and finance to contemporary capitalism and its political and cultural economies.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Vital guidance to ensuring the future of your firmG2: Building the Next Generation provides financial advisory firms with a clear roadmap to management succession. Based on the author's 17 years of experience with over 1,000 firms, this book provides a systematic process to help you identify, develop, and install the new leadership that will guide your firm's future. Extensive statistical research backs proven strategies for structuring management and succession, overcoming obstacles, selling equity, and more, while expert guidance walks you through the process and warn you of potential pitfalls along the way.A generation of entrepreneurs used their talent and ambition to build an industry; to ensure that their success lives on, those leaders now face the formidable challenge of succession. With the future of your firm at stake, how do you recruit, train, mentor, and develop the next generation of professionals, owners, and leaders This book shows you how to find the people you need, and develop them into the leadership your firm deserves.\* Identify and develop future leaders from the pool of existing and upcoming talent\* Structure management and management succession to ensure successful transition\* Begin selling equity to your firm's next generation of leaders\* Learn smart strategies for dealing with setbacks along the wayThe next generation of leaders will shape the future of your firm, but collectively, they will define the future of the entire advisory industry. Firms who succeed in developing their best talent will continue to thrive--those who fail will be left with a great car, but no driver. Getting this right may be one of the most critical points of your career, and it isn't something that should be left to chance or 'gut feeling'. G2: Building the Next Generation gives you a solid, grounded, systematic approach for ensuring your firm's long-lived success.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Part of a two-component product with a companion client workbook, CBT for Hoarding Disorder: Therapist's Guide guides group leaders through a comprehensive CBT group program for patients struggling with hoarding disorder.\* Provides step-by-step, evidence-based guidance for treating hoarding disorder (HD) with a focus on proven methods for behavior change rather than complex cognitive interventions\* Contains the latest research on HD and emphasizes the cognitive, emotional, and motivational factors involved in discarding and decision-making\* Features an accessible, straightforward client workbook with coping cards that summarize key lessons, homework assignments, motivational tools, and practice exercises for decision-making and emotion regulation skills\* Easy to implement without home visits for professionals and group leaders of all educational backgrounds across a wide variety of treatment settings and disciplines.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Helps both engineers and students improve their writing skills by learning to analyze target audience, tone, and purpose in order to effectively write technical documentsThis book introduces students and practicing engineers to all the components of writing in the workplace. It teaches readers how considerations of audience and purpose govern the structure of their documents within particular work settings. The IEEE Guide to Writing in the Engineering and Technical Fields is broken up into two sections: 'Writing in Engineering Organizations' and 'What Can You Do With Writing ' The first section helps readers approach their writing in a logical and persuasive way as well as analyze their purpose for writing. The second section demonstrates how to distinguish rhetorical situations and the generic forms to inform, train, persuade, and collaborate.The emergence of the global workplace has brought with it an increasingly important role for effective technical communication. Engineers more often need to work in cross-functional teams with people in different disciplines, in different countries, and in different parts of the world. Engineers must know how to communication in a rapidly evolving global environment, as both practitioners of global English and developers of technical documents. Effective communication is critical in these settings.The IEEE Guide to Writing in the Engineering and Technical Fields\* Addresses the increasing demand for technical writing courses geared toward engineers\* Allows readers to perfect their writing skills in order to present knowledge and ideas to clients, government, and general public\* Covers topics most important to the working engineer, and includes sample documents\* Includes a companion website that offers engineering documents based on real projectsThe IEEE Guide to Engineering Communication is a handbook developed specifically for engineers and engineering students. Using an argumentation framework, the handbook presents information about forms of engineering communication in a clear and accessible format. This book introduces both forms that are characteristic of the engineering workplace and principles of logic and rhetoric that underlie these forms. As a result, students and practicing engineers can improve their writing in any situation they encounter, because they can use these principles to analyze audience, purpose, tone, and form.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A practical, informative guide to derivatives in the real worldDerivatives is an exposition on investments, guiding you from the basic concepts, strategies, and fundamentals to a more detailed understanding of the advanced strategies and models. As part of Bloomberg Financial's three part series on securities, Derivatives focuses on derivative securities and the functionality of the Bloomberg system with regards to derivatives. You'll develop a tighter grasp of the more subtle complexities involved in the evaluation, selection, and management of derivatives, and gain the practical skillset necessary to apply your knowledge to real-world investment situations using the tools and techniques that dominate the industry. Instructions for using the widespread Bloomberg system are interwoven throughout, allowing you to directly apply the techniques and processes discussed using your own data. You'll learn the many analytical functions used to evaluate derivatives, and how these functions are applied within the context of each investment topic covered. All Bloomberg information appears in specified boxes embedded throughout the text, making it easy for you to find it quickly when you need or, or easily skip it in favor of the theory-based text.Managing securities in today's dynamic and innovative investment environment requires a strong understanding of how the increasing variety of securities, markets, strategies, and methodologies are used. This book gives you a more thorough understanding, and a practical skillset that investment managers need.\* Understand derivatives strategies and models from basic to advanced\* Apply Bloomberg information and analytical functions\* Learn how investment decisions are made in the real world\* Grasp the complexities of securities evaluation, selection, and managementThe financial and academic developments of the past twenty years have highlighted the challenge in acquiring a comprehensive understanding of investments and financial markets. Derivatives provides the detailed explanations you've been seeking, and the hands-on training the real world demands.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A visual, real-world guide to professional lighting designLighting Design Basics is the essential guide to this basic, but difficult-to-master aspect of interior design. Offering fundamental concepts and prescriptive techniques in a highly visual format, this book provides clear, practical guidance on utilizing the latest in lighting techniques and technology to showcase a space without sacrificing utility. Covering more than 25 different design scenarios with in-depth rationale for proposed solutions, this book provides insightful distribution diagrams, floor plans, and details for lighting installation and construction. Real-world case studies illustrate lighting design in residential, commercial, healthcare, education, and hospitality settings, and skill-building exercises offer practice for real-world projects as well as NCIDQ and NCARB exam preparation. This new third edition includes new instructor support materials, coverage of computer calculation software, and in-depth discussion on the latest in LED lighting.Lighting is changing, both in the technology itself, and in the way a designer must approach it. This book provides immersive instruction through real-world settings, and practical guidance suited for immediate application in everyday projects.\* Get up-to-date on the latest methods and technology for lighting design\* Examine more than 25 design scenarios for different types of spaces\* Complete exercises to hone your skills or prepare for the NCIDQ or NCARB\* Create simple lighting designs and collaborate with architects on complex projectsLighting can make or break a space. Improper lighting lends a space an uncomfortable feel, can induce headaches or eyestrain, and can even be hazardous--but thoughtfully designed and executed lighting adds that extra element so often missing from typical spaces. Lighting Design Basics shows you how to elevate any space through the fundamental tools and concepts of professional lighting design.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Cardiology for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses is a comprehensive resource for veterinary technicians and nurses working with cardiovascular patients in veterinary practice.\* Offers a complete reference to veterinary cardiology targeted at veterinary technicians and nurses, summarizing fundamental knowledge on cardiovascular disease\* Covers dogs, cats, horses, ruminants, and camelids\* Provides information ranging from introductory to advanced for a thorough guide to cardiac conditions\* Presents detailed procedures for common cardiac catheterization techniques, including supplies required\* Includes photographs and illustrations to depict the concepts described.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Indoor Wireless Communications: From Theory to Implementation provides an in-depth reference for design engineers, system planners and post graduate students interested in the vastly popular field of indoor wireless communications. It contains wireless applications and services for in-building scenarios and knowledge of key elements in the design and implementation of these systems. Technologies such as Wireless Local Area Networks, Bluetooth, ZigBee, Indoor Optical Communications, WiMAX, UMTS and GSM for indoor environments are fully explained and illustrated with examples. Antennas and propagation issues for in-building scenarios are also discussed, emphasizing models and antenna types specifically developed for indoor communications. An exhaustive survey on indoor wireless communication equipment is also presented, covering all available technologies including antennas, distribution systems, transceivers and base stations.