Nicolai Sukova is a fast paced, action packed, and hilariously sarcastic tour de force of one night on the streets of Portland involving a detective, a reporter, and a heist gone terribly wrong.
2021 Scholarly Writing Award in the Saskatchewan Book Awards This book presents two of the most important traditions of the Dakota people, the Red Road and the Holy Dance, as told by Samuel Mniyo and Robert Goodvoice, two Dakota men from the Wahpeton Dakota Nation near Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. Their accounts of these central spiritual traditions and other aspects of Dakota life and history go back seven generations and help to illuminate the worldview of the Dakota people for the younger generation of Dakotas, also called the Santee Sioux. "The Good Red Road," an important symbolic concept in the Holy Dance, means the good way of living or the path of goodness. The Holy Dance (also called the Medicine Dance) is a Dakota ceremony of earlier generations. Although it is no longer practiced, it too was a central part of the tradition and likely the most important ceremonial organization of the Dakotas. While some people believe that the Holy Dance is sacred and that the information regarding its subjects should be allowed to die with the last believers, Mniyo believed that these spiritual ceremonies played a key role in maintaining connections with the spirit world and were important aspects of shaping the identity of the Dakota people. In The Red Road and Other Narratives of the Dakota Sioux, Daniel Beveridge brings together Mniyo and Goodvoice's narratives and biographies, as well as songs of the Holy Dance and the pictographic notebooks of James Black (Jim Sapa), to make this volume indispensable for scholars and members of the Dakota community.
MERLIN, A Marketing Simulation 1/e, by Anderson, Beveridge, Lawton & Scott is a user-friendly, Windows-based comprehensive marketing simulation designed for use in Principles of Marketing, Marketing Management or the Marketing Strategy course. MERLIN puts students into the role of marketing managers where they make the decisions needed to market the products of a small-marketing-oriented enterprise. MERLIN models a small marketing business, which sells two products in three sales territories, each with different profiles and demand characteristics. MERLIN gives students the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of marketing concepts and challenges them to respond to the difficulties of marketing in a dynamic, competitive environment. MERLIN allows students to compete on the basis of price, quality, features, and service. Students make quarterly decisions that include: selecting product characteristics (features and quality), setting prices, selecting media and a message (price, service, etc.). The combination of the decision options allows students the choice of a push versus pull promotional strategy.Two versions: MERLIN is available in two versions: Solo (student vs. computer-managed companies) and Team (students vs. other student-managed companies).
A unique and accessible guide to contemporary psychodynamic therapy and its applications. An author line-up of experienced educators guide the reader through the breadth of psychodynamic concepts in a digestible and engaging way. The key applications of psychodynamic psychotherapy to a range of presentations are explored, including anxiety, depression, problematic narcissism as well as the dynamics of 'borderline' states. Specific chapters cover the dynamics of anger and aggression, and working with people experiencing homelessness. A valuable resource for novice and experienced therapists, presenting a clear, comprehensive review of contemporary psychodynamic theory and clinical practice. Highly relevant for general clinicians, third-sector staff and therapists alike, the authors also examine staff-client dynamics and the development of psychologically-informed services underpinned by reflective practice. Part of the Cambridge Guides to the Psychological Therapies series, offering all the latest scientifically rigorous, and practical information on a range of key, evidence-based psychological interventions for clinicians.
Allows participants to put management principles into practice by acting as a company's management team, deciding its mission, goals, policies, and strategies. Threshold Solo Competitor is a play-alone version that allows participants to play the game by themselves, at their own pace. "Solo Competitor" uses expert logic to create a competitive environment that places participants in competition with 15 semi-intelligent companies managed by the computer. If participants perform poorly against the computer competitors, they can stop playing the current setup and start a new competition. "Threshold Competitor" is a windows-based business management program that simulates the workings of a small business. For anyone involved in business courses, as well as senior-level strategy and MBA courses.
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