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Medusa’s Son

By: Ian Mitchell-Gill

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Imagine living your whole life without knowing who you really are. Walt Baranov is barely old enough to enter the Russian nightclub, where he has an unfortunate encounter with a beautiful vampire. The shocking events after he is bitten start a maelstrom that engulfs the entire world. The powers that be move on his discovery, and Walt finds himself confined to a state-of-the-art laboratory. Understanding his extraordinary biology is the key to eradicating vampires all over the world. He makes a connection with a lab subject and will do anything to save her from certain death. Walt sees her humanity when nobody else can. Not helping matters are the vampires of the world who are frantic to find and eliminate the young man named in their prophecy of doom. Walt must outmaneuver the Russians, Americans, vampires, and even the Yakuza to save the young woman who has come to mean so much to him. It all comes down to a deadly showdown between monsters and military forces in the beautiful Alps of Japan. The outcome is one that could not be predicted, and the vampires have a new nemesis to fear. The tale of Medusa’s Son is one of mystery, adventure, suspense, and more than a few surprises. Join Walt on his journey to find out who he is and how to undo the chaos his discovery has caused.

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Essential Mathematics for Political and Social Research

By: Jeff Gill

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Essential Mathematics for Political and Social Research

By: Jeff Gill

More than ever before, modern social scientists require a basic level of mathematical literacy, yet many students receive only limited mathematical training prior to beginning their research careers. This textbook addresses this dilemma by offering a comprehensive, unified introduction to the essential mathematics of social science. Throughout the book the presentation builds from first principles and eschews unnecessary complexity. Most importantly, the discussion is thoroughly and consistently anchored in real social science applications, with more than 80 research-based illustrations woven into the text and featured in end-of-chapter exercises. Students and researchers alike will find this first-of-its-kind volume to be an invaluable resource."--BOOK JACKET.

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The Medusa Division

By: Ian Mitchell-Gill

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The Medusa Division

By: Ian Mitchell-Gill

Not yet recovered from the monumental events in the southern Alps of Japan, the young man the vampires have named “Medusa’s Son” is called into action again. Walt Baranov cannot hide from his destiny. The enigmatic Ivan Kamenev asks him to head a response team to deal with vampire issues around the world. Still coming to terms with who he is and trying to help the powerful and furious Irina cope with her past … he respectfully declines. His reluctance is dispelled after he and the woman he loves are attacked on the way home. Walt sees the need to step up and to help his partner release the simmering rage that lurks just below the surface. They enlist the help of old friends, specialists in both skill and knowledge to form: THE MEDUSA DIVISION. The formidable team is tasked with defeating the defiant monsters that still remain. Their first mission finds the team flying to New York City. The city that never sleeps is under siege in the heart of the financial district. Mysterious deaths and disappearances and an ancient hotel in the middle of it all. The magnificent old building is filled with danger, secrets, and lies. Discretion becomes difficult as they encounter a problem that is far beyond the scope of what anyone could have imagined. Walt forms a plan that is as dangerous as it is brilliant. While nothing ever goes to plan, the team finds a way and the vampires soon learn that Medusa’s Son is not their only nemesis. It all pushes Walt to make the biggest decision of his life.

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What Are You Doing About It?

The Memoir of a Marginal Activist

By: David W. Gill

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What Are You Doing About It?

The Memoir of a Marginal Activist

By: David W. Gill

In his memoir, What Are You Doing About It?, ethicist and activist David W. Gill takes readers on an exciting inside tour of the academic, cultural, religious, and political landscape in which he has lived and worked for the past several decades. From Berkeley to Bordeaux, Chicago to Boston . . . from the business trenches and the local church to the seminary and the graduate school of business . . . from marching in the streets to the writer's study . . . from entrepreneurial leadership to institutional challenge . . . Gill never wavered in his mission to promote the ethical insights and values of Jesus and Scripture in the workplace as much as the churchplace. This is a story to inspire a new generation of thoughtful activists.

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1666750476

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Modern American Poetry and the Architectural Imagination

The Harmony of Forms

By: Jo Gill

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Modern American Poetry and the Architectural Imagination

The Harmony of Forms

By: Jo Gill

Modern American Poetry and the Architectural Imagination: The Harmony of Forms assesses the relationship between architectural and poetic innovation in the United States across the twentieth century. Taking the work of five key poets as case studies and drawing on the work of a rich range of other writers, architects, artists, and commentators, this study proposes that by examining the sustained and productive—if hitherto overlooked—engagement between the two disciplines, we enrich our understanding of the complexity and interrelationship of both. The book begins by tracing the rise of what was conceived of as 'modern' (and often 'international style') architecture and by showing how poetry and architecture in the early decades of the century developed in dialogue, and within a shared, and often transnational, context. It then moves on to examine the material, aesthetic, and social conditions that helped shape both disciplines, offering new readings of familiar poems and bringing other pertinent resources to light. It considers the uses to which poets of the period put the insights of architecture—and vice versa. In closing, Gill turns to modern and contemporary architects' written accounts of their own practice, in memoirs and other commentaries, and examines how they have assimilated, or resisted, the practice and vision of poetry.

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Oxford University Press

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0192638815

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How We Are Changed by War

A Study of Letters and Diaries from Colonial Conflicts to Operation Iraqi Freedom

By: D.C. Gill

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How We Are Changed by War

A Study of Letters and Diaries from Colonial Conflicts to Operation Iraqi Freedom

By: D.C. Gill

How We Are Changed by War examines the changes to Americans during wartime through the medium of their diaries and correspondence, beginning with the colonial period of the early seventeenth century, and ending with diaries and letters from Iraq War veterans. The book clearly discusses and describes the universal themes of war such as reintegration to society and the horrors of war through private writings regardless of the narrator's historical era. This allows the writers to "speak" to each other across time to reveal a profound commonality of cultural experience." "How We Are Changed by War is a fascinating look at the writings of individuals who served their military in different eras, and a great example of how history is shaped by both memory and experience."--Jacket.

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1135148945

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Leading Organizations

Perspectives for a New Era

By: Gill Robinson Hickman

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Leading Organizations

Perspectives for a New Era

By: Gill Robinson Hickman

This volume provides a framework for examining and integrating issues pertaining to organizational leadership and helps prepare the student and professional for leading and participating in these new-era organizations. This volume is divided into eight parts with an overview on leadership and organizational issues for each part.

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0761914234

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City of Gold

By: Anton Gill

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City of Gold

By: Anton Gill

City of Gold is the thrilling new novel from Anton Gill. A rumour is going around the world that a vast source of gold has been discovered, if it's true it could mean the downfall of the US dominance over the financial world. An international dealer in antique maps flies in to conclude the deal of his life. But at the meeting with his mysterious principals, he is double-crossed and murdered. In New York INTERSEC Section 15 have been tasked by the US Treasury to find the gold and secure it for the US. But, for Jack Marlow and his team, the race to find the gold soon turns into a race to stay alive. City of Gold and The Secret Scroll by Anton Gill make an exciting break away from his previous writing set in Ancient Egypt. Fans of Chris Kuzneski will love this. Anton Gill was born in London and educated at Chigwell and Clare College, Cambridge. He has written on a wide range of subjects, especially contemporary European history, and published a series of thrillers set in Ancient Egypt. Until recently, he has divided his time between London and Paris, but now makes his home in London again.

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1405910836

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The Cambridge Introduction to Sylvia Plath

By: Jo Gill

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The Cambridge Introduction to Sylvia Plath

By: Jo Gill

Sylvia Plath is widely recognized as one of the leading figures in twentieth-century Anglo-American literature and culture. Her work has constantly remained in print in the UK and US (and in numerous translated editions) since the appearance of her first collection in 1960. Plath's own writing has been supplemented over the decades by a wealth of critical and biographical material. The Cambridge Introduction to Sylvia Plath provides an authoritative and comprehensive guide to the poetry, prose and autobiographical writings of Sylvia Plath. It offers a critical overview of key readings, debates and issues from almost fifty years of Plath scholarship, draws attention to the historical, literary, national and gender contexts which frame her writing and presents informed and attentive readings of her own work. This accessibly written book will be of great use to students beginning their explorations of this important writer.

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Staying Attached

Fathers and Children in Troubled Times

By: Gill Gorell Barnes

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Staying Attached

Fathers and Children in Troubled Times

By: Gill Gorell Barnes

This book is about the changing social contexts for fathering in the United Kingdom since the end of the Second World War, and the social moves from patriarchal fatherhood to multiple ways of doing 'dad'. The book questions why fathers have been marginalised by therapists working with children and families. It proposes that theories of psychotherapy, including attachment theory, have failed to take father love for their children, and the reality of changing social fatherhoods, sufficiently into account, consequently affecting related practice. Different contemporary family structures and multiple variations of relationship between fathers and children are considered. Many fathers, brought up within earlier patriarchal frameworks for viewing fatherhood are still trying to exercise these within contexts of rapid change in expectations of men as fathers. They may find themselves in troubled and oppositional relations with partners and oftern children. Examples are given for thinking abour fathers in different relationship transitions, including 'non-live-in' fatherhoods, re-entering children's lives after long absences, fathering following acrimonious divorce, and a range of social fatherhoods.

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0429919468

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Opening the Doors

A Prison Chaplain’s Life on the Inside

By: Paul Gill

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Opening the Doors

A Prison Chaplain’s Life on the Inside

By: Paul Gill

How does a holy God associate with paedophiles, murderers, drug addicts, alcoholics and others rejected by mainstream society? This book is a product of many years working with and in some cases befriending the most despised people in society, prisoners. It addresses questions such as: Why do some people end up in prison? Do they just wake up one morning and think: ‘I am going to rob a bank today’? What happens when they get to prison? How do they cope with the violence? Is rehabilitation a realistic expectation? How can victims of crime be helped and supported? Ideal for outsiders, volunteers and others helping out with prisoners. Contains wise advice based on years of experience. Places imprisonment in a Christian context. Captures the essence of why some people end up in prison. Reviews (of the 1st edition) 'Exceptionally insightful, not to say riveting. There is good theology too and difficult issues are addressed with great humanity. The lavish presentation makes the book especially accessible and invites further reading and reflection'-- Michael Hirst 'Handsomely-produced... a handbook for future prison chaplains, Opening the Doors is indispensable, beginning with the first day on the job, the processes involved and the nexus between prison, community and justice system... Rarely is the inner world of prisoners offered with such detail and precision... Every reader will learn something new... whether it be the day-to-day life of chaplains or searing insights into the spirit and nature of humanity itself, drawn from unsparing reality. Ultimately it is Gill’s sheer honesty and those of the prisoners themselves that remains with the reader.'-- Dr Toby Davidson, lecturer at Macquarie University, Sydney, editor of Francis Webb’s Collected Poems and author of the critical study Christian Mysticism and Australian Poetry 'Knitting together stories and facts about the prison experience to provide an insight into this world, and a helpful guide to anyone wanting to work within it'-- Catholic Record 'The book itself matches what a day working inside of prison is like. For example: the language is coarse and honest; the stories are jarring and emotive; the artworks and layout keep you guessing as to what is going to be around the next corner. Gill’s reflective poetry interspersed examines the role and the emotions of the chaplain... Gill’s book should be a guide to prison chaplaincy as it gives a window to humanising the dehumanised. The book reminds us that there is a person behind the wall, isolated and hurting, who needs peace and grace: without diminishing the effect of their actions or the damage caused to others and the need for justice. The stories that are included are varied and poignant'-- tasmaniananglican.com.au 'Raw and real, confronting and challenging, brutally honest tinged with touches of humour, and provides the reader with a valuable insight into a prisoner’s life... The book is beautifully produced, colourful and easy to read'-- crosslight.org.au 'A timely and realistic introduction to, and insight into, a system that most people are not exposed to... Paul’s book is a passionate and accurate insight into life on the inside. It looks at the process of incarceration and its effects on people... This is a good book and highly recommended'-- The Melbourne Anglican ‘This attractively colourful edition shines a light not only into the depths of prison life but into the innermost thoughts and feelings of its inmates. A powerful account, occasionally confronting yet laced with humour and pathos… It is raw and real, confronting and challenging, brutally honest tinged with touches of humour, providing the reader with a valuable insight into a prisoner’s life behind the razor-wire… beautifully produced, colourful and easy to read’-- Reverend Graham Wright, Senior Prison Chaplain for the Anglican Diocese of Perth

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1909976601

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Revolution and Terror

By: Graeme Gill

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Revolution and Terror

By: Graeme Gill

This book is a study of the relationship between revolution and terror. Graeme Gill uses a detailed analysis of the French, Russian, and Chinese revolutions to show that in order to understand that relationship, it is necessary to distinguish between different types of terror: revolutionary, transformational, and inverted.

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0198901100

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EBOOK: Making Health Policy

By: Kent Buse,Nicholas Mays,Gill Walt

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EBOOK: Making Health Policy

By: Kent Buse,Nicholas Mays,Gill Walt

This comprehensive and practical text... is widely recognised as an essential text of international relevance, for students and practitioners alike. I highly recommend it to the new generation of activist-scholars in the field." Lucy Gilson, Professor of Health Policy and Systems, University of Cape Town, South Africa Part of the Understanding Public Health series, this bestselling book is the leading text in the field. It focuses on how health policy is made nationally and globally, clearly explaining the key concepts from political science with a wide array of engaging examples. This edition is fully updated to reflect new research and ways of thinking about the health policy process. Written by leading experts, this clear and accessible book addresses the "how" of health policy making in a range of international settings. The book provides an accessible approach to understanding: • Health policy analysis • Power and policy making • Public and private sector • Agenda setting • Government roles in policy • Interest groups and policy • Policy implementation • Globalization and policy process • Policy research and evaluation • Doing policy analysis Making Health Policy 2nd edition is an ideal resource for students of public health and health policy, public health practitioners and policy makers. Understanding Public Health is an innovative series published by Open University Press in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. It provides self-directed learning covering the major issues in public health affecting low, middle and high-income countries. Series Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood. "This book is excellent and unique in the way it addresses complexity within the field of global health and policies in a simplified and practical way. I highly recommend it." Göran Tomson, Professor of International Health Systems Research, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden "This is an excellent and accessible introduction to the politics of health policy-making by three of the world’s leading scholars on the subject." Jeremy Shiffman, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy, American University, USA. "Making Health Policy is a must-read for those studying and working in global health. It provides a unique introduction to core concepts in global health policy and brings politics to the core of public health." Devi Sridhar, James Martin Lecturer in Global Health Politics, Oxford University, UK "Having used the earlier edition of this book, I would highly recommend it. It's a great resource for teaching." Sara Bennett, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, USA "This book is an excellent teaching tool on policy making in the field of public health. It is very clearly structured and written, and provides a wealth of concrete examples to illustrate new concepts." Chantal Blouin, Associate Director, Centre for Trade Policy and Law, Carleton University/University of Ottawa, Canada "This book unravels the complex world of health politics and decision-making, making it comprehensible for many who have difficulty understanding the system they work in, or aspire to enter the world of health policy to make a difference." Professor Vivian Lin, School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Australia

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Fire with Fire

By: Paula Gill

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Fire with Fire

By: Paula Gill

Corrinne Webb finds a sheriff's badge in an old hope chest and is transported back to 1886 to the elegant Chesterfield Hotel. She meets Police Chief Jess Garrett, the man of her dreams. They share a smoldering passion, but when a dark figure from Jess's past threatens to tear them apart, they must discover that nothing--not even time--can separate two hearts united by love.

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Making Health Policy

By: Buse, Kent,Mays, Nicholas,Walt, Gill

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Making Health Policy

By: Buse, Kent,Mays, Nicholas,Walt, Gill

Used across the public health field, this is the leading text in the area, focusing on the context, participants and processes of making health policy.

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Megatrends and How to Survive Them

Preparing for 2032

By: Patricia Lustig,Gill Ringland

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Megatrends and How to Survive Them

Preparing for 2032

By: Patricia Lustig,Gill Ringland

Behind the headlines, things are happening—remorselessly and inexorably. They will have more impact on the world than the passing news in today’s headlines. The new global environment will be very different. Are you prepared? How will you, your family, and your business cope? Today’s world is very noisy. How do you filter out what is important? How do you make sense of the future? What do you need to think about? This book explores the world as it could be in 2032—and the implications for you and your organisation. It investigates the twelve key megatrends that are changing in the world. For each one, the book discusses the impact, why it is important, how we got here, what could accelerate or slow this trend, and what individuals and organisations can do to survive and thrive in the new world of 2032. The contributors here are professionals in thinking about the future. They have worked with many high-profile organisations, have held senior line roles in major corporations and understand the needs of both decision makers and ordinary people.

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1527524752

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Divided Allies

Strategic Cooperation against the Communist Threat in the Asia-Pacific during the Early Cold War

By: Thomas K. Robb,David James Gill

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Divided Allies

Strategic Cooperation against the Communist Threat in the Asia-Pacific during the Early Cold War

By: Thomas K. Robb,David James Gill

By directly challenging existing accounts of post-World War II relations among the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, Divided Allies is a significant contribution to transnational and diplomatic history. At its heart, Divided Allies examines why strategic cooperation among these closely allied Western powers in the Asia-Pacific region was limited during the early Cold War. Thomas K. Robb and David James Gill probe the difficulties of security cooperation as the leadership of these four states balanced intramural competition with the need to develop a common strategy against the Soviet Union and the new communist power, the People's Republic of China. Robb and Gill expose contention and disorganization among non-communist allies in the early phase of containment strategy in Asia-Pacific. In particular, the authors note the significance of economic, racial, and cultural elements to planning for regional security and they highlight how these domestic matters resulted in international disorganization. Divided Allies shows that, amidst these contentious relations, the antipodean powers Australia and New Zealand occupied an important role in the region and successfully utilized quadrilateral diplomacy to advance their own national interests, such as the crafting of the 1951 ANZUS collective security treaty. As fractious as were allied relations in the early days of NATO, Robb and Gill demonstrate that the post-World War II Asia-Pacific was as contentious, and that Britain and the commonwealth nations were necessary partners in the development of early global Cold War strategy.

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Cornell University Press

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1501741853

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Soul Gifts

The World's Self-help Book

By: Barbara Gill

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Soul Gifts

The World's Self-help Book

By: Barbara Gill

Soul Gifts is for all women and for men who are not afraid to connect to that vulnerable place of soul. It is a book to talk about over coffee, to share with partners, mates, friends and family. It is a self-help book that does not tell the reader what to do; that responsibility rests with every soul. The Voices Within are the string of the book. Not only the author's voice is heard. Barbara speaks of how we are all connected - The Human Chain - and how we can use this connection for peace and prosperity, not by organizing for the cause but by living it - one at a time. You. You can. You will ...Soul Rubbing Exercises: A Personal Vision Quest is the companion book. Complementary Downloads Available: Barbara J Gill Artwork and Song; Harry L Gill, DFM, WWII Letters Home (1939-1943); Mrs. F. P. Lister European Trip (1913-1914).

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1411690427

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The Dynamics of Managing Diversity

A critical approach

By: Gill Kirton,Anne-marie Greene

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The Dynamics of Managing Diversity

A critical approach

By: Gill Kirton,Anne-marie Greene

The Dynamics of Managing Diversity was one of the first books to respond to growing academic coverage of the topic of diversity management at degree level. This fourth edition has been fully updated to reflect new working practices, statistical information and developments in equality and diversity law, as well as including new case studies and analysis of current and emerging areas of debate in the UK and across Europe. Diversity management is a term that covers not only race, disability and sex discrimination, but also broader issues such as individual and cultural differences. The Dynamics of Managing Diversity, fourth edition, provides HR and business managers of the future with the legal information and research findings to enable them to develop meaningful diversity policies in their organizations. This new edition offers: • Coverage of topical areas such as female representation on executive boards, religious diversity, and economic migration following EU enlargement • Multiple analytical perspectives, such as socio-legal and feminist approaches, to provide rich insights to the subject matter • Practical case studies to illustrate the real-life issues in a local, international and organizational context Kirton and Greene present the subject of diversity management in a logical and structured manner, beginning each chapter with aims and objectives, and ending with discussion questions, making this book the perfect support resource for those teaching or studying in the field of equality and diversity.

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1317662555

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TouchIT

Understanding Design in a Physical-Digital World

By: Alan Dix,Steve Gill,Devina Ramduny-Ellis

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TouchIT

Understanding Design in a Physical-Digital World

By: Alan Dix,Steve Gill,Devina Ramduny-Ellis

TouchIT brings together insights from human-computer interaction and industrial design, exploring these themes under four main headings: human body and mind; objects and things; space; and information and computation.

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0198718586

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Athens

By: John Gill

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Athens

By: John Gill

Athens is an historical anomaly. Excavations date its first settlement to over seven thousand years ago, yet it only became the capital of Greece in 1834. During the intervening centuries it was occupied by almost every mobile culture in Europe: from its earliest likely settlers, tribes from what is now Albania, to Nazi forces during the second World War, and in between by successive waves of Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Slavs, Goths, Venetians, French, Catalans, Turks, Italians, Bulgarians and the clans of various kings and tyrants of the region's early city-states. There has been a structure on its 'high city', the acropolis, since at least the bronze age, although it was subsequently altered by successive occupiers, becoming a fort, castle, temple, mosque, church and even a harem. its 'Golden age' peaked in the fifth century BCE, with the great building projects of Pericles and Themistocles, and its later history is one of a city already nostalgic for its past, although at a time when other European cities had yet to begin constructing a past. Its standing as the birthplace of democracy and western civilisation, while based in fact, is largely a romantic fantasy dreamt up by nineteenth-century north European artists and intellectuals: democracy has a checkered history in Athens, and 'western civilisation' was an amalgam of many cultures. The city now is a jigsaw of pieces from its past, where you can still walk along streets laid by Romans and Ottoman Turks, and where the city's population is almost constantly refreshed by newer waves of arrivals. John Gill's cultural guide explores the origins, development and contemporary face of Athens, offering an accessible analysis of its social history, architecture and representation in painting, literature and film. Looking at the role of religion, migration and popular culture, its in-depth coverage of the city, past and present, goes beyond conventional guidebooks to provide a fresh insight into its living identity.

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1908493488

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To America with Love

By: A.A. Gill

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To America with Love

By: A.A. Gill

A celebrated British provocateur and Vanity Fair columnist serves up an “immensely entertaining book inspired by his love and knowledge of America” (Sunday Times, London). IN TO AMERICA WITH LOVE, celebrated British provocateur and Vanity Fair columnist A. A. Gill traverses the Atlantic to become the freshest chronicler of American identity in recent memory. With a fiery temper, a sharp-tongued wit, and an insatiable curiosity to figure out what makes more than 300 million of the world’s population tick, Gill traces the history and logic of our nation’s habits, collecting wild stories and startling facts along the way. From Colorado, where he meets a local vegetation expert and learns which flowers were in Pocahontas’s nuptial bouquet, to Kentucky, where he visits the Creationist Museum and drinks moonshine with a hog farmer, and to Harlem, where he misses a turn and stumbles into the wrong barbershop for a once-in-a-lifetime haircut, Gill embarks on a tour of not only the nation’s landscape but also its psyche, playing adventurer, philosopher, statistician, and raconteur all at once. In inimitable fashion he explains why pressing a button in a Manhattan elevator means entering a social contract of American etiquette and inverting conventional hierarchies of space; why browsing through Playboy centerfolds becomes the perfect litmus test for a generation’s political views; and how Hollywood is the metaphysical marketplace for movies, the place where Americans are sold on American romance and taught how to dream the American dream. Weaving together a tapestry of historical erudition and outrageous anecdotes, Gill ultimately captures the scope and spirit of a nation that started off as a conceptual experiment and became a political, scientific, and cultural fortress. This humorous and revelatory book shows us why we are who we are by transforming ordinary experiences into extraordinary lessons and promising to never let us look in the mirror the same way again.

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1416596216

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We Two

Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals

By: Gillian Gill

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We Two

Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals

By: Gillian Gill

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "[A] delectable double bio . . . Talk about Victoria’s secret. . . . A fascinating portrait of a genuine love match, but one in which the partners dealt with surprisingly modern issues.” —USA Today It was the most influential marriage of the nineteenth century—and one of history’ s most enduring love stories. Traditional biographies tell us that Queen Victoria inherited the throne as a naïve teenager, when the British Empire was at the height of its power, and seemed doomed to find failure as a monarch and misery as a woman until she married her German cousin Albert and accepted him as her lord and master. Now renowned chronicler Gillian Gill turns this familiar story on its head, revealing a strong, feisty queen and a brilliant, fragile prince working together to build a family based on support, trust, and fidelity, qualities neither had seen much of as children. The love affair that emerges is far more captivating, complex, and relevant than that depicted in any previous account. The epic relationship began poorly. The cousins first met as teenagers for a few brief, awkward, chaperoned weeks in 1836. At seventeen, charming rather than beautiful, Victoria already “showed signs of wanting her own way.” Albert, the boy who had been groomed for her since birth, was chubby, self-absorbed, and showed no interest in girls, let alone this princess. So when they met again in 1839 as queen and presumed prince-consort-to-be, neither had particularly high hopes. But the queen was delighted to discover a grown man, refined, accomplished, and whiskered. “Albert is beautiful!” Victoria wrote, and she proposed just three days later. As Gill reveals, Victoria and Albert entered their marriage longing for intimate companionship, yet each was determined to be the ruler. This dynamic would continue through the years—each spouse, headstrong and impassioned, eager to lead the marriage on his or her own terms. For two decades, Victoria and Albert engaged in a very public contest for dominance. Against all odds, the marriage succeeded, but it was always a work in progress. And in the end, it was Albert’s early death that set the Queen free to create the myth of her marriage as a peaceful idyll and her husband as Galahad, pure and perfect. As Gill shows, the marriage of Victoria and Albert was great not because it was perfect but because it was passionate and complicated. Wonderfully nuanced, surprising, often acerbic—and informed by revealing excerpts from the pair’s journals and letters—We Two is a revolutionary portrait of a queen and her prince, a fascinating modern perspective on a couple who have become a legend.

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Ballantine Books

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0345520017

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Britain and the Bomb

Nuclear Diplomacy, 1964-1970

By: David James Gill

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Britain and the Bomb

Nuclear Diplomacy, 1964-1970

By: David James Gill

Drawing on primary sources from both sides of the Atlantic, Britain and the Bomb explores how economic, political, and strategic considerations have shaped British nuclear diplomacy. The book concentrates on Prime Minister Harold Wilson's first two terms of office, 1964-1970, which represent a critical period in international nuclear history. Wilson's commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and his support for continued investment in the British nuclear weapons program, despite serious economic and political challenges, established precedents that still influence policymakers today. The continued independence of Britain's nuclear force, and the enduring absence of a German or European deterrent, certainly owes a debt to Wilson's handling of nuclear diplomacy more than four decades ago. Beyond highlighting the importance of this period, the book explains how and why British nuclear diplomacy evolved during Wilson's leadership. Cabinet discussions, financial crises, and international tensions encouraged a degree of flexibility in the pursuit of strategic independence and the creation of a non-proliferation treaty. Gill shows us that British nuclear diplomacy was a series of compromises, an intricate blend of political, economic, and strategic considerations.

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Stanford University Press

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0804788588

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9780804788588

Sustaining Change in Organizations

By: Julie Hodges,Roger Gill

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Sustaining Change in Organizations

By: Julie Hodges,Roger Gill

Indispensable to understanding change, this unique text provides a comprehensive examination of how change can be sustained within organizations today. Featuring critical insights into theoretical concepts and current international examples, the book provides an accessible way for students to enhance their understanding and develop the crucial skills need to be successful when managing and leading change in organisations. Key Features: Synthesizes what is known about change in organizations and then provides practical ways of sustaining it Contains an international range of case studies and interviews which link theory to practice throughout Explores key contemporary topics such as power, politics, ethics and sustainability for an enhanced understanding of current debates and issues Activities, discussion questions and further reading in each chapter test your understanding of the key concepts and reinforce your learning End of book Glossary defines key terms, for those new to studying change. Comes with access to additional resources for students and lecturers including relevant SAGE journal articles to encourage wider reading

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SAGE

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147391101X

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9781473911017

Harlem

The Four Hundred Year History from Dutch Village to Capital of Black America

By: Jonathan Gill

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Harlem

The Four Hundred Year History from Dutch Village to Capital of Black America

By: Jonathan Gill

“An exquisitely detailed account of the 400-year history of Harlem.” —Booklist, starred review Harlem is perhaps the most famous, iconic neighborhood in the United States. A bastion of freedom and the capital of Black America, Harlem’s twentieth-century renaissance changed our arts, culture, and politics forever. But this is only one of the many chapters in a wonderfully rich and varied history. In Harlem, historian Jonathan Gill presents the first complete chronicle of this remarkable place. From Henry Hudson’s first contact with native Harlemites, through Harlem’s years as a colonial outpost on the edge of the known world, Gill traces the neighborhood’s story, marshaling a tremendous wealth of detail and a host of fascinating figures from George Washington to Langston Hughes. Harlem was an agricultural center under British rule and the site of a key early battle in the Revolutionary War. Later, wealthy elites including Alexander Hamilton built great estates there for entertainment and respite from the epidemics ravaging downtown. In the nineteenth century, transportation urbanized Harlem and brought waves of immigrants from Germany, Italy, Ireland, and elsewhere. Harlem’s mix of cultures, extraordinary wealth, and extreme poverty was electrifying and explosive. Extensively researched, impressively synthesized, eminently readable, and overflowing with captivating characters, Harlem is a “vibrant history” and an impressive achievement (Publishers Weekly). “Comprehensive and compassionate—an essential text of American history and culture.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “It’s bound to become a classic or I’ll eat my hat!” —Edwin G. Burrows, Pulitzer Prize–winning coauthor of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898

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Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

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0802195946

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9780802195944

Mastering English Literature

By: Richard Gill

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Mastering English Literature

By: Richard Gill

The third edition of this leading text provides a comprehensive guide to literary study. Emphasis has been placed on contextualizing literature and this updated version takes these changes into account by incorporating more material on historical and cultural contexts as well as in-depth discussions on novels, drama and poetry.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0230208525

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9780230208520

Wordsworth: The Prelude

By: Stephen Gill

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Wordsworth: The Prelude

By: Stephen Gill

Gill places The Prelude in the context of Wordsworth's life, and discusses the various states in which it survives.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521369886

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Strange Fruit

Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History

By: Joel Christian Gill

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Strange Fruit

Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History

By: Joel Christian Gill

Strange Fruit Volume I is a collection of stories from early African American history that represent the oddity of success in the face of great adversity. Each of the nine illustrated chapters chronicles an uncelebrated African American hero or event. From the adventures of lawman Bass Reeves, to Henry "Box" Brown's daring escape from slavery.

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Fulcrum Publishing

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1938486730

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9781938486739

Emotional Intelligence

Managing Emotions to Make a Positive Impact on Your Life

By: Gill Hasson

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Emotional Intelligence

Managing Emotions to Make a Positive Impact on Your Life

By: Gill Hasson

Transform the way you see the world and the way the world sees you by effectively managing your emotions The happiest and most fulfilled people are not always the cleverest or most talented, skilled, or educated among us. Instead, those who can effectively manage feelings—their own and those of the people around them—frequently wear that crown. And now more than ever, emotional intelligence is the trait you need to develop to unlock your true potential. In the newly revised second edition of Emotional Intelligence, bestselling author of the Mindfulness Pocketbook and career coach, Gill Hasson, delivers yet another insightful roadmap to navigating and harnessing your emotions. You'll learn to boost your productivity, happiness, calm, and confidence as the author explains the startlingly straightforward fundamentals of our feelings. You'll also discover how to boost your “EQ” (emotional intelligence quotient) to improve your personal and work lives, manage conflict, understand office politics, deal with bullying, and more. Emotional Intelligence walks you through how to: Manage anxiety and stress so they don't overwhelm you at work or at home Express yourself and your desires clearly and simply so you can get more of what you want Be more assertive so you can protect yourself and those you care about from mistreatment Emotional Intelligence remains the gold standard in effective, self-guided resources for improving your mental health and your life.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1907312676

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9781907312670

The Media Student's Book

By: Gill Branston,Roy Stafford

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The Media Student's Book

By: Gill Branston,Roy Stafford

The Media Student's Book is a comprehensive introduction for students of media studies. It covers all the key topics and provides a detailed, lively and accessible guide to concepts and debates. Now in its fifth edition, this bestselling textbook has been thoroughly revised, re-ordered and updated, with many very recent examples and expanded coverage of the most important issues currently facing media studies. It is structured in three main parts, addressing key concepts, debates, and research skills, methods and resources. Individual chapters include: approaching media texts narrative genres and other classifications representations globalisation ideologies and discourses the business of media new media in a new world? the future of television regulation now debating advertising, branding and celebrity news and its futures documentary and ‘reality’ debates from ‘audience’ to ‘users’ research: skills and methods. Each chapter includes a range of examples to work with, sometimes as short case studies. They are also supported by separate, longer case studies which include: Slumdog Millionaire online access for film and music CSI and detective fictions Let the Right One In and The Orphanage PBS, BBC and HBO images of migration The Age of Stupid and climate change politics. The authors are experienced in writing, researching and teaching across different levels of undergraduate study, with an awareness of the needs of students. The book is specially designed to be easy and stimulating to use, with: a Companion Website with popular chapters from previous editions, extra case studies and further resources for teaching and learning, at: www.mediastudentsbook.com margin terms, definitions, photos, references (and even jokes), allied to a comprehensive glossary follow-up activities in ‘Explore’ boxes suggestions for further reading and online research references and examples from a rich range of media and media forms, including advertising, cinema, games, the internet, magazines, newspapers, photography, radio, and television.

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Routledge

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1136963790

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9781136963797

Autobiography

By: Eric Gill

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Autobiography

By: Eric Gill

ERIC GILL’s iconoclastic ideas on modern civilization, art, sex, and life generally, drop like bombshells from the pages of this account of his search for “The City of God.” Completely devoid of social or professional ambition and detesting material success, this artist of the first order preferred to live the simple life of a stone cutter and craftsman. Richly illustrated with 36 gravure reproductions of the author’s most outstanding work.

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