Andy Ragan's Books

Investigating Audiences

By: Andy Ruddock

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Picking up on some of the themes developed in his critically acclaimed book Understanding Audiences (SAGE, 2000), this new book on audience research focuses on qualitative methods and will draw upon students′ own media experience. The book is divided into chapters that deal with audience research in terms of concepts and topics. Regarding concepts, Investigating Audiences is firmly grounded within interpretive approaches to studying viewers, readers and listeners. Further to this, the book looks at the different ways in which media influence can be accessed and the attendant methodological consequences. These issues are then applied to a survey of recent scholarship on a variety of topics such as violence, pornography, video gaming, and children and advertising. Investigating Audiences will be very useful for undergraduates in media studies/mass communications courses containing qualitative research components and dealing with cultural studies themes and approaches to audience studies.

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SAGE

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1848607482

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9781848607484

Kalisandroes And The Villain King

By: Andy E. Kelleher

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Kalisandroes And The Villain King

By: Andy E. Kelleher

A small town is touched by the hand of God. A drama teacher discovers a talent she can neither anticipate nor handle. A scientist is obsessed with everlasting life, and a trio of teenagers gets more than they bargained for on All Hallows' Eve. But the gamut of human emotions is deep, and K. Edwin Fritz has something for readers of every predilection- from a classic tale of a child-hating monster to soul-searching endeavors of love, self-awareness, and pride. Fritz holds no bars in this, his first collection of short works featuring ten far-reaching stories that will resonate throughout the deepest chambers of your heart and mind. Through unadulterated tales of fear, courage, mystery, and hope, Fritz shows us through his capacious imagination that everyday life truly can nourish the soul.

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AuthorHouse

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1425995551

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9781425995553

The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning

How to Turn Training and Development into Business Results

By: Calhoun W. Wick,Roy V. H. Pollock,Andy Jefferson

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The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning

How to Turn Training and Development into Business Results

By: Calhoun W. Wick,Roy V. H. Pollock,Andy Jefferson

Whether you?re an HR or OD professional or work in a training department, learn to apply the principles of follow-through management within your organization in the new edition of this bestselling resource. Incorporating new research on learning and learning transfer, along with new case studies, interviews, and tools, this edition shares guidelines, proven in practice by many Fortune 500 companies, on how to design comprehensive learning experiences in leadership and management, sales, quality, performance improvement, and professional certification. You?ll discover the theories and principles underlying the approach, as well as the practical methods, tools, and roadmaps for bridging the "knowing-doing" gap. Praise for the Second Edition of The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning: "No other book in the last decade has been more important for the workplace learning field. The second edition is even better, incorporating new wisdom learnedin the crucible of real-world practice."?Will Thalheimer, Ph.D., president, Work-Learning Research, Inc. "Simply put, this book is a critical read for anyone who wants to ensure that the time and money spent in development produces results."? Teresa Roche, vice president and chief learning officer, Agilent Technologies "The Six Disciplines brings together many of the most important principles of corporate training in an easy-to-understand, highly visual format. Readers will find this book filled with examples, models, and practical tools you can use to create high-impact learning solutions in your own organization."?Josh Bersin, president and chief executive officer, Bersin & Associates "Wick, Pollock, and Jefferson have a well-proven formula for moving learning from an academic exercise to business results. Their 6Ds offer all leaders specific and concrete things that they can do to turn learning into results." ?Dave Ulrich, professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and partner, The RBL Group "I introduced The Six Disciplines to GE's Global Learning Council and I am very glad that I did. The Six Disciplines gives us a common language and a common process that work very well in GE."?Jayne Johnson, director, Global Leadership Development, General Electric "The 6Ds model provided a powerful framework for designing high-impact learning programs that helped to shape our approach to learning and to align our learning leaders across the organization. The second edition adds insights and tools that make this edition even more relevant, practical, and valuable."?Robert Sachs, Ph.D., vice president, Learning and Development, Kaiser-Permanente "Embracing the Six Disciplines has allowed us to develop truly innovative high-impact leadership programs that have changed the trajectory of our firm."?Carol Bonett, vice president, leadership development officer, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470649534

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9780470649534

This Machine Kills Secrets

Julian Assange, the Cypherpunks, and Their Fight to Empower Whistleblowers

By: Andy Greenberg

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This Machine Kills Secrets

Julian Assange, the Cypherpunks, and Their Fight to Empower Whistleblowers

By: Andy Greenberg

At last, the first full account of the cypherpunks who aim to free the world’s institutional secrets, by Forbes journalist Andy Greenberg who has traced their shadowy history from the cryptography revolution of the 1970s to Wikileaks founding hacker Julian Assange, Anonymous, and beyond. WikiLeaks brought to light a new form of whistleblowing, using powerful cryptographic code to hide leakers’ identities while they spill the private data of government agencies and corporations. But that technology has been evolving for decades in the hands of hackers and radical activists, from the libertarian enclaves of Northern California to Berlin to the Balkans. And the secret-killing machine continues to evolve beyond WikiLeaks, as a movement of hacktivists aims to obliterate the world’s institutional secrecy. This is the story of the code and the characters—idealists, anarchists, extremists—who are transforming the next generation’s notion of what activism can be. With unrivaled access to such major players as Julian Assange, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and WikiLeaks’ shadowy engineer known as the Architect, never before interviewed, reporter Andy Greenberg unveils the world of politically-motivated hackers—who they are and how they operate.

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Penguin

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110159358X

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9781101593585

Brand Journalism

By: Andy Bull

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Brand Journalism

By: Andy Bull

Responding to the newly-emerging trend of organisations hiring journalists to create content on their behalf, Brand Journalism is the first comprehensive, practical guide to this hybrid form of traditional journalism, marketing and public relations. This textbook takes a direct and practical approach to the subject, showing journalists and journalism students how they can apply their skills to working for a brand, and showing those who work for non-media organisations how their organisation can acquire the skills necessary to become a multimedia publisher. Areas covered include: • Establishing the audience your brand wants to engage with • Identifying your organisation’s business goals • Developing a brand journalism strategy to help deliver those business goals • Measuring the results of your brand journalism strategy The book also features a wealth of case studies on the subject and offers an invaluable companion website - www.brand-journalism.co.uk.

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289

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Routledge

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1136185992

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9781136185991

Territories of Empire

U.S. Writing from the Louisiana Purchase to Mexican Independence

By: Andy Doolen

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Territories of Empire

U.S. Writing from the Louisiana Purchase to Mexican Independence

By: Andy Doolen

In contrast to later imperial pursuits in Mexico, Cuba, and the Philippines, the early United States extended its boundaries through less sensational modes of territorialization: land deals, slavery expansion, treaty diplomacy, immigration and settlement, and the addition of new states on the border. Never the exclusive top-down product of any single strategic plan, empire building relied rather on a hazy, ever-shifting boundary between state and non-state action. Territories of Empire examines the border writings of U.S. explorers, politicians, travelers, novelists, merchants, newspapermen, and other eye-witnesses to the rapid expansion of the United States in the aftermath of the Louisiana Purchase. It traces how different authors and texts imagined the relations between nation-state and border and reveals how continental ambitions were achieved through the uneven and unpredictable process of territorialization. Andy Doolen looks to writings as dissimilar as Kentucky newspaper accounts of the Aaron Burr conspiracy, the explorer Zebulon Pike's 1810 account of making peace with the Santee Sioux before becoming terribly lost near the upper Rio Grande, and Timothy Flint's 1826 novel about a young New Englander who fights in the Mexican independence struggle in showing how national sentiments were galvanized in support of greater territorial and commercial growth. To this end, Doolen makes clear how both private citizens and government officials collectively authored the spatial logic of a continental republic. Combining textual analysis with theories of transnationalism and empire, Territories of Empire reconstructs the development of a continental imaginary highly attuned to the objectives of U.S. imperialism, while often betraying an unsettling awareness of resistance and diversity beyond the border.

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Oxford University Press

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0199348634

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9780199348633

Reproduction in Cattle

By: Peter J. H. Ball,Andy R. Peters

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Reproduction in Cattle

By: Peter J. H. Ball,Andy R. Peters

Cattle play a fundamental role in animal agriculture throughout the world. They not only provide us with a vital food source, but they also provide us with fertilizer and fuel. Keeping reproduction levels at an optimum level is therefore essential, but this is often a complicated process, especially with modern, high yielding cows. Written in a practical and user-friendly style, this book aims to help the reader understand cattle reproduction by explaining the underlying physiology of the reproductive process and the role and importance of pharmacology and technology, and showing how management techniques can improve reproductive efficiency. This edition includes: Recent research findings on the physiology of the oestrous cycle and its control; New techniques for monitoring and manipulating reproduction, including pregnancy diagnosis and embryo transfer; Advice on identifying common infertility problems and how to prevent and treat them. Reproduction Cattle 3e is essential reading for veterinary and agricultural students, as well as veterinarians and farmers involved in cattle reproduction.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1405148012

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9781405148016

Dino Files Unearthed

By: Andy Ragan,Andrew Ragan

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Dino Files Unearthed

By: Andy Ragan,Andrew Ragan

The Disney Adventure team presents the world of dinosaurs and what caused their extinction.

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Random House Disney

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0786842075

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9780786842070

The Spleen

By: Andy Petroianu

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The Spleen

By: Andy Petroianu

The spleen is an organ responsible for many biological functions, such as immunological defense, the removal of foreign particles from the blood stream, the metabolism of bilirubins, lipids and several amino acids, the control of the number and maturity o

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Bentham Science Publishers

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1608052737

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9781608052738

Dino Files Unearthed

By: Andy Ragan,Andrew Ragan

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Dino Files Unearthed

By: Andy Ragan,Andrew Ragan

The Disney Adventure team presents the world of dinosaurs and what caused their extinction.

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Sincerely, Andy Rooney

By: Andy Rooney

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Sincerely, Andy Rooney

By: Andy Rooney

This is an assemblage of Rooney's innumerable and thoughtfully (mostly) sassy (always) letters responding to government and business folk, viewers of 60 Minutes, organizations asking him for a speaking engagement, lawyers, friends, those interested in religious matters, and others. And the letters are arranged into sections according to the type of recipient. Letters that prompted Mr. Rooney's replies are not listed (though Rooney's style allows one to easily understand the original letter's gist). No notes or index, but there seems little need for either. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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PublicAffairs

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1891620347

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9781891620348

The Andy Milonakis Quote Book

By: Andy Milonakis

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The Andy Milonakis Quote Book

By: Andy Milonakis

Quotes and full-color stills from the MTV program are featured in this must have book for the devoted fans of The Andy Milonakis Show.

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101

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Simon and Schuster

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1416532854

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9781416532859

The Andy Cohen Diaries

A Deep Look at a Shallow Year

By: Andy Cohen

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The Andy Cohen Diaries

A Deep Look at a Shallow Year

By: Andy Cohen

The New York Times bestselling look at the whirlwind life of the beloved pop icon Andy Cohen, in his own cheeky, candid, and irreverent words

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Macmillan

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1627792287

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9781627792288

Book's by Andy Ragan

Investigating Audiences

Investigating Audiences

Kalisandroes And The Villain King

Kalisandroes And The Villain King

The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning

The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning

This Machine Kills Secrets

This Machine Kills Secrets

Brand Journalism

Brand Journalism

Territories of Empire

Territories of Empire

Reproduction in Cattle

Reproduction in Cattle

Dino Files Unearthed

Dino Files Unearthed

The Spleen

The Spleen

Dino Files Unearthed

Dino Files Unearthed

Sincerely, Andy Rooney

Sincerely, Andy Rooney

The Andy Milonakis Quote Book

The Andy Milonakis Quote Book

The Andy Cohen Diaries

The Andy Cohen Diaries

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