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Adam Smith in Toulouse and Occitania

The Unknown Years

By: Alain Alcouffe,Philippe Massot-Bordenave

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Adam Smith in Toulouse and Occitania

The Unknown Years

By: Alain Alcouffe,Philippe Massot-Bordenave

This book provides substantial background on what Adam Smith did during his stay in Toulouse and the Languedoc region of France during the 18th century. This is a crucial period in Smith’s life for at least two reasons: i) it is during this time that Smith began to work on The Wealth of Nations; and ii) it is generally understood that although some of his ideas about political economy were already formed before his trip, his encounters with many French political economists during his time in France helped him to further develop them. As such, this book provides a rich resource to further understanding Smith's world, his travel experiences and the people he met during this time and situates these within the broader context of Smith's life as a whole, and within the British aristocracy. This work will be of value to students and researchers in the history of economic thought, travel studies and Scottish studies.

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Springer Nature

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3030465780

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The Forbidden Image

An Intellectual History of Iconoclasm

By: Alain Besançon

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The Forbidden Image

An Intellectual History of Iconoclasm

By: Alain Besançon

This book discusses the privileging and prohibition of religious images over two and a half millennia in the West.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226044130

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9780226044132

Mediation

Negotiation by Other Moves

By: Alain Lempereur,Jacques Salzer,Aurelien Colson,Michele Pekar,Eugene B. Kogan

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Mediation

Negotiation by Other Moves

By: Alain Lempereur,Jacques Salzer,Aurelien Colson,Michele Pekar,Eugene B. Kogan

When negotiation fails, mediation avails other moves for an amicable resolution. Whether you are a current or future mediator or a party to a conflict, this is your essential companion to the theory, concepts, and best practices of mediation. In a world ridden by social divisions, responsible resolution of conflicts is more timely than ever. What happens when parties are unable to negotiate an agreement together? The next move is to invite a third party to reset the negotiations, facilitate the exchanges, rebuild a working relationship and empower the parties to explore the past, surface their present needs, invent, evaluate and choose the best solutions for the future. Mediation: Negotiation by Other Moves brings decades of critical analysis and experience that the authors tested worldwide in international organizations, governments, NGOs, universities and corporations. You will understand mediation better, and its significance in your personal and professional life. You will be able to develop a flexible mindset and a broad outlook to achieve sustainable outcomes. This book will cover: Models and principles from various domains of mediation: family, business & labor, public affairs, international relations A mediation framework to prepare for mediation and to run its process smoothly A step-by-step approach to a mediation session, from the opening until a possible settlement, via the various phases of problem solving Mediation traps and how to avoid them—for mediators and parties alike Ethics of mediation and questions of responsibility Mediation: Negotiation by Other Moves is essential reading for anyone who wishes to develop a pragmatic approach to mediation.

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John Wiley & Sons

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111980535X

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The Way to the Labyrinth

Memories of East and West

By: Alain Daniélou

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The Way to the Labyrinth

Memories of East and West

By: Alain Daniélou

An authority on Hinduism and renowned for his directorship of the Institute of Comparative Music Studies in Berlin and Venice, Alain Daniélou's memoir is as vivid, uninhibited, and wide-ranging as one is ever likely to ever encounter

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New Directions Publishing

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0811210154

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9780811210157

Spectral Analysis

By: Joanne Alain Cook

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Spectral Analysis

By: Joanne Alain Cook

A fractured past, entwined with a new inflamed desire, is the perfect combination to aid skeptical Janine into believing the paranormal... but will her enlightenment occur in time to subvert a tragedy? www.joannealaincook.com

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Fulton Books, Inc.

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1638607451

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9781638607458

The Return of the Spanish Lady

The 1918 Influenza Virus is Back

By: Alain Normand

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The Return of the Spanish Lady

The 1918 Influenza Virus is Back

By: Alain Normand

In book one of the Lakedge Disaster Series, Josh Stuart is a family man with firm principles and strong values. But when a stranger rides into the quiet town of Lakedge bringing fear, division and death, Josh, his family, indeed the whole town are forever changed. They eventually realise that this Spanish Lady has remained hidden for almost a century. The last time she was out in 1918, she rampaged through the world taking more than 20 million lives. Now she is out of hibernation, she is on the hunt, she is hungry for blood. Her next stop just happened to be... Lakedge.

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AuthorHouse

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1467824488

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9781467824484

Film Noir Compendium

Key Selections from the Film Noir Reader Series

By: Alain Silver

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Film Noir Compendium

Key Selections from the Film Noir Reader Series

By: Alain Silver

In this essential study of film noir, editors Alain Silver and James Ursini select the most significant and influential articles on the movement from their highly respected Film Noir Reader series and assemble them into a single, convenient, heavily illustrated volume. Still included, of course, are many rare early articles and such seminal essays as Borde and Chaumeton's “Towards a Definition of Film Noir” from Panorama du Film Noir Americain, Paul Schrader's “Notes on Film Noir ” and “Paint It Black: the Family Tree of the Film Noir” by Raymond Durgnat. With newer studies such as “Lounge Time” by Vivian Sobchack, “Manufacturing Heroines in Classic Noir Films” by Sheri Chinen Biesen, and “Voices from the Deep: Film Noir as Psychodrama” J. P. Telotte, this collection of over 30 articles probes this most influential American film movement from varying angles: formalist, feminist, structuralist, sociological, and stylistic; narrative-thematic historical, and even from the point of view of a pure aficionado. There is something in this volume for every student or devotee of film noir. Plus like the readers that have proven an invaluable tool for academics planning a syllabus, it can serve as the most complete core text for any of the myriad of film noir courses taught throughout the world.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493082299

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9781493082292

The Age of the Poets

And Other Writings on Twentieth-Century Poetry and Prose

By: Alain Badiou

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The Age of the Poets

And Other Writings on Twentieth-Century Poetry and Prose

By: Alain Badiou

The Age of the Poets revisits the age-old problem of the relation between literature and philosophy, arguing against both Plato and Heidegger’s famous arguments. Philosophy neither has to ban the poets from the republic nor abdicate its own powers to the sole benefit of poetry or art. Instead, it must declare the end of what Badiou names the “age of the poets,” which stretches from Hölderlin to Celan. Drawing on ideas from his first publication on the subject, “The Autonomy of the Aesthetic Process,” Badiou offers an illuminating set of readings of contemporary French prose writers, giving us fascinating insights into the theory of the novel while also accounting for the specific position of literature between science and ideology.

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Verso Books

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178168569X

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Tangent e

Alain Paiement

By: Alain Paiement,Centre canadien d'architecture

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Tangent e

Alain Paiement

By: Alain Paiement,Centre canadien d'architecture

Tangente 1 is the first in a series of exhibitions that invites artists to create new work in response to a corpus of photographs selected from the Canadian Centre for Architectures collection. In a provocative installation, Quebec artist Alain Paiement juxtaposes a wide range of photographic subjects from the collection--buildings under construction, models of student work, architectural abstractions, different levels of transparency--with his own imagery of the new Palais des Congres de Montreal.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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303778010X

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9783037780107

The Crommelynck Mystery

The Life and Work of a Belgian Playwright

By: Alain Piette,Bert Cardullo

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The Crommelynck Mystery

The Life and Work of a Belgian Playwright

By: Alain Piette,Bert Cardullo

In this book, the authors examine the works of Fernand Crommelynck (1886-1970), whose international reputation was established in 1922, when his most important and most popular play, The Magnanimous Cuckold, was presented in Moscow. Torn between the extremes of laughter and sorrow, frequently violent and visionary, Crommelynck's work is typically Flemish (though written in French), not least in its preoccupation with sin. Pain is always present in his plays, the pain felt by characters living in a world where happiness is destroyed by irrationalism, self-deception, and obsession. Crommelynck's plays humorously show us how human behavior can be dominated by extreme expressions of emotion or desire. The mixture of buffoonery and tragedy characteristic of his theater extends also to his prose style, which presents the most outrageous or gross situations in a language of beautifully sensuous imagery.

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Susquehanna University Press

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1575910039

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The Curse of El Nino

Global Warming is Here to Stay

By: Alain Normand

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The Curse of El Nino

Global Warming is Here to Stay

By: Alain Normand

Lakedge, a quiet forestry hamlet at the border of the boreal belt of northern Canada, is once again facing doom. El Niño, using the elements and a strong dose of greed from humans that feed it in the first place, is trying to accomplish what its big sister The Spanish Lady couldn’t achieve during the influenza pandemic. Joshua Stuart, the town manager, is forced to use all his willpower and energy to maintain order and survive. His family, his friends, indeed his whole community is threatened by fire, drought and storms. As the Ojibwa story goes, the evil monsters that are under the earth have been freed and they come to devour the inhabitants of the earth. Someone has to stop them before they succeed.

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1467828378

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Essential Novelists - Alain-René Lesage

European Picaresque

By: August Nemo,Alain-René Lesage

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Essential Novelists - Alain-René Lesage

European Picaresque

By: August Nemo,Alain-René Lesage

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Alain-René Lesage which are The Devil on Two Sticks and The Adventures of Gil Blas. The French novelist and playwright Alain-René Lesage created a vision of his transitional epoch as rich in good humor as in moral failings. Novels selected for this book: - The Devil on Two Sticks - The Adventures of Gil BlasThis is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.

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Tacet Books

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8577772993

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9788577772995

Introduction to Sol-Gel Processing

By: Alain C. Pierre

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Introduction to Sol-Gel Processing

By: Alain C. Pierre

TO SOL-GEL PROCESSING by Alain c. Pierre Universite Claude-Bemard-Lyon 1 ~. SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, LLC " ISBN 978-0-7923-8121-1 ISBN 978-1-4615-5659-6 (eBook) DOl 10. 1007/978-1-4615-5659-6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A C. I. P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Copyright© 1998 by Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 1998 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1998 Second Printing 2002. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, photo copying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, Springer Science+ Business Media, LLC Printed on acid-free paper. This printing is a digital duplication of the original edition. To Marie-Claude David and Valerie Kaolinite gel network. From K. Ma and A. Pierre - Unpublished photograph. TABLE OF CONTENT PREFACE ix 1 . GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1 l. l - Short history 1 1. 2 - Sols, gels and gelation 2 1. 3 - Outline of sol-gel processing 4 1. 4 - Recent developments 6 1. 5 - Advantages and limitations of sol-gel processing 6 1. 6 - Organization of the book 8 1. 7 - References 8 2 ·THE CHEMISTRY OF PRECURSORS SOLUTIONS 11 2. 1 - Introduction 11 2. 2 - Solvents 12 2. 3 - Basis of precursors transformations in solution 17 2. 4 - Metal salts solutions 24 2.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461556597

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9781461556596

The Immobile Empire

By: Alain Peyrefitte

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The Immobile Empire

By: Alain Peyrefitte

In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation—including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats—entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British trade. But Macartney’s famous refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was just one sign that the two empires would not see eye to eye, and the trade talks failed. The inability to develop a trade relation would have enormous consequences for future relations between China and the West. Peyrefitte’s vivid narrative of this fascinating encounter is based on extraordinary source materials from each side—including the charming and candid diary of Thomas Staunton, the son of one of Macartney’s aides. An example of history at its finest, The Immobile Empire recaptures the extraordinary experience of two great empires in collision, sizing each other up for the first time.

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Vintage

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0345803949

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9780345803948

The Wisdom of Love

By: Alain Finkielkraut

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The Wisdom of Love

By: Alain Finkielkraut

The Wisdom of Love examines the seemingly contradictory claims of universalism and partisanship for the ethnic or racial Other. In discussions of topics ranging from the work of the Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Lävinas to the Dreyfus Affair of the 1890s to the contending positions of Right and Left in the recent culture wars in Europe and the Americas, Finkielkraut cautions against both an unreflective universalism and an equally inflexible advocacy of the Other. He argues instead that genuine respect for the Other is inseparable from calls for universal justice and equality. Rather than being opposites, otherness and universalism are, for Finkielkraut, inextricably bound to one another.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803269048

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9780803269040

Badiou and the Philosophers

Interrogating 1960s French Philosophy

By: Alain Badiou

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Badiou and the Philosophers

Interrogating 1960s French Philosophy

By: Alain Badiou

The first English-language translation of a unique televised interview project undertaken by Alain Badiou between 1965 and 1968.

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A&C Black

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1441195211

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9781441195210

The Expert Consumer

Associations and Professionals in Consumer Society

By: Alain Chatriot,Marie-Emmanuelle Chessel

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The Expert Consumer

Associations and Professionals in Consumer Society

By: Alain Chatriot,Marie-Emmanuelle Chessel

Recent work has focused on the politics of consumption and its manifestation in a number of situations. This volume extends these debates, providing a tighter focus and contributing to a noticeable gap in the field that numerous scholars are beginning to turn towards: that is, organizations of consumers themselves who have chosen to speak for all consumers and similar such bodies of experts which act on behalf of consumers. The volume is fortunate in drawing upon a number of scholars who are about to publish major works on the subject, but who are happy to provide summary versions of their work for the volume. The book pays particular attention to specific moments in consumer mobilization and expertise, capturing the range of types of expert consumers across the twentieth century, from ethical consumer groups at the beginning, to intellectuals, housewives, economists and public officials. It addresses questions on the nature of consumer organizing, which bodies can speak for consumers, whether one consumer voice can ever be identified and the relationship between consumption and citizenship. Overview pieces demonstrate the larger narratives involved in the study of the expert consumer, whilst more comparative essays set out the nature of transatlantic exchanges. Other contributions point to the similarities across seemingly different consumption regimes, while case studies of specific organisations and key historical moments draw out the particularities of consumer expertise.

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Routledge

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1351889931

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9781351889933

A Census of Greek Medical Manuscripts

From Byzantium to the Renaissance

By: Alain Touwaide

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A Census of Greek Medical Manuscripts

From Byzantium to the Renaissance

By: Alain Touwaide

Manuscripts containing Greek medical texts were inventoried by author and work at the beginning of the 20th century by a group of philologists under the direction of Hermann Diels. Useful as it was - and will continue to be – Diels’ catalogue omitted authors and works, misidentified manuscripts, and overlooked codices. Furthermore, since the publication of the catalogue, some libraries have adopted a new system of classification, manuscripts have been destroyed, items have changed location, and new ones have come to light. The present Census is a checklist of the Greek medical manuscripts currently known in collections worldwide. It is both an amended and updated index of Diels’ catalogue, and a list of the items missed or overlooked in Diels, or located since. Although it does not supersede Diels’ catalogue, it is the indispensable instrument for a New Diels, and will be the reference for years to come for any new critical edition and medico-historical research based on manuscripts, besides providing the basis for a broad range of other historical inquiries, from codicology to the history of medicine and science, including Byzantine intellectual history, Renaissance studies and humanism, history of the book and early printing, and the history of medical philology and learning.

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Routledge

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1317188799

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The History of Vanillo Gonzales, Surnamed the Merry Bachelor

By: Alain René Le Sage

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The History of Vanillo Gonzales, Surnamed the Merry Bachelor

By: Alain René Le Sage

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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3368857045

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The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

Vol. III

By: Alain-René Le Sage

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The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

Vol. III

By: Alain-René Le Sage

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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3385422337

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Cracking the Leadership Code

Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders

By: Alain Hunkins

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Cracking the Leadership Code

Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders

By: Alain Hunkins

Become the effective, proactive leader you aspire to be with this practical tool kit for leading people and organizations Yes, you can learn the skills to effectively lead people, organizations, and employees. With the right motivation and knowledge, you can be a leader who knows what it takes to succeed. Throughout his extensive experience in training leaders, author Alain Hunkins discovered that many leaders shared a common trait. They were mainly focused on what they were doing but not so focused on how they were doing it, especially when it came to working with other people. By strengthening their leadership capabilities, they could become trusted leaders within their organization, improve employee communications, and build bridges across hierarchies. Cracking the Leadership Code shares the valuable principles and practices that Hunkins developed and refined during the 20+ years he’s worked with leaders. When you crack the code, you’ll have a new operating model for organizational leadership that will help your teams thrive in a 21st century economy. Discover the brain science behind leading people Get inspired by real life leadership stories Use a practical leadership tool kit to become a better leader Learn how to communicate, influence, and persuade others, more effectively than ever before With this book as a resource, you’ll have a new perspective, a new framework, and new tools at your disposal, readily available to guide your leadership. You’ll learn to establish proactive, leader-follower relationships. To do this, you’ll use the interconnected elements of Connection, Communication, and Collaboration. When you learn from the author’s insightful experiences working with organizations around the world, you can accelerate your leadership development and become the leader you’ve always aspired to be.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119675561

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9781119675563

What Ever Happened to Robert Aldrich?

His Life and His Films

By: Alain Silver

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What Ever Happened to Robert Aldrich?

His Life and His Films

By: Alain Silver

There was something about Robert Aldrich's artistic temperament that enabled him to transcend the apparent vulgarity of so many of his motion picutres. Besides the great films, such as Kiss Me Deadly which is certainly one of the finest examples of film noir, are several little-seen or underrated later works such as the revisionist Western, Ulzana's Raid, the gangster love story, The Grissom Gang, or the grim cop picture, Hustle. Aldrich's career has long deserved the detailed evaluation which this book provides." - Andrew Sarris

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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0879101857

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9780879101855

More Things Than are Dreamt of

Masterpieces of Supernatural Horror, from Mary Shelley to Stephen King, in Literature and Film

By: Alain Silver

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More Things Than are Dreamt of

Masterpieces of Supernatural Horror, from Mary Shelley to Stephen King, in Literature and Film

By: Alain Silver

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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0879101776

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9780879101770

The Poetry of John Lydgate

By: Alain Renoir

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The Poetry of John Lydgate

By: Alain Renoir

Originally published in 1967, The Poetry of John Lydgate presents a broad discussion of John Lydgate’s secular poetry. It reassesses much of the poetry through critical examination and suggests that Lydgate was not necessarily the master that the medieval ages proclaimed him to be, nor the plain poet that he is often seen as in modern analysis. Instead, the book suggest that he was a competent poetic craftsman that presents substantial literary form in his poetry. The analysis in the book looks at Lydgate as atypical of the Middle Ages, instead exhibiting traits currently linked to the Renaissance. The book provides a unique perspective on John Lydgate as a poet and will be of interest to medievalist and literary historians alike.

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Routledge

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0429558007

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9780429558009

Historic Houses of the Connecticut River Valley

By: Alain Munkittrick

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Historic Houses of the Connecticut River Valley

By: Alain Munkittrick

New England's Connecticut River meanders 410 miles south from the Canadian border to Long Island Sound. After thousands of years of peaceful habitation by Indigenous people came 400 years of development around European settlements, farmsteads, shipping ports, and manufacturing mills. Farmers, boatbuilders, quarrymen, and industrialists benefitted from the river valley's fertile plains, geological resources, and waterpower. Ready access to markets at Boston, New York, the West Indies, and Europe fueled the growth of the valley's towns and major cities such as Hartford and Springfield. The valley has been home to consequential social reformers, authors, and intellectuals. Its bucolic settings attracted artists who came to the renowned colonies at Cornish and Lyme, steamboat tourists, and urban transplants with modern lifestyles. The most important houses they built--many of which are designated national historic landmarks and open to the public--and some newly discovered properties are highlighted here for their architectural significance and rich historical associations.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467108332

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9781467108331

The Politics of Large Numbers

A History of Statistical Reasoning

By: Alain Desrosières

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The Politics of Large Numbers

A History of Statistical Reasoning

By: Alain Desrosières

Begins with study of history of statistics, and shows how the evolution of modern statistics has been inextricably bound up with the knowledge and power of governments.

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Harvard University Press

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067400969X

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9780674009691

The New Negro Aesthetic

Selected Writings

By: Alain Locke

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The New Negro Aesthetic

Selected Writings

By: Alain Locke

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer edits a collection of Alain Locke's influential essays on the importance of the Black artist and the Black imagination A Penguin Classic For months, the philosopher Alain Locke wrestled with the idea of the Negro as America's most vexing problem. He asked how shall Negroes think of themselves as he considered the new crop of poets, novelists, and short story writers who, in 1924, wrote about their experiences as Black people in America. He did not want to frame Harlem and Black writing as yet another protest against racism, nor did he want to focus on the sociological perspective on the "Negro problem" and Harlem as a site of crime, poverty, and dysfunction. He wanted to find new language and a new way for Black people to think of themselves. The essays and articles collected in this volume, by Locke's Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer, are the result of that new attitude and the struggle to instill the New Negro aesthetics, as Stewart calls it here, into the mind of the twentieth century. To be a New Negro poet, novelist, actor, musician, dancer, or filmmaker was to commit oneself to an arc of self-discovery of what and who the Negro was—would be—without fear that one would disappoint the white or Black bystander. In committing to that path, Locke asserted, one would uncover a "being-in-the-world" that was rich and bountiful in its creative possibilities, if Black people could turn off the noise of racism and see themselves for who they really are: a world of creative people who have transformed, powerfully and perpetually, the culture of wherever history or social forces landed them.

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014313521X

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