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Preventing and Reducing Aggression and Violence in Health and Social Care

A Holistic Approach

By: Kelvin Ford,Dr Richard Byrt,James Dooher

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Preventing and Reducing Aggression and Violence in Health and Social Care

A Holistic Approach

By: Kelvin Ford,Dr Richard Byrt,James Dooher

No one should face aggression or violence in the workplace but these problems are increasingly being reported by health and social care workers and the people using their services. This helpful book explores the reasons why some individuals may become aggressive or violent and explains how a holistic approach can offer effective ways of preventing, anticipating, reducing and dealing with aggression and violence when they arise. By critically exploring the common issues and difficulties encountered by professionals, the authors provide valuable insights into this behaviour and how to implement safeguards against it.Contents include: A holistic approach OCo Violence and aggression in services and the social context OCo Essential principles and theoretical models OCo Safe, therapeutic environments OCo De-escalation: Reducing arousal and aggression OCo Non-verbal and verbal communication OCo Biological explanations of violence and aggression OCo Culture, diversity and communication OCo Individuals with specific communication needs OCo More on individuals with specific communication needs OCo ClientsOCO physical health needs OCo Psychosocial interventions including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy OCo Other types of psychotherapy and therapeutic communities

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M&K Update Ltd

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190783057X

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9781907830570

Inside the Medium

By: Kelvin Cruickshank

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Inside the Medium

By: Kelvin Cruickshank

What must it feel like for celebrity psychic medium Kelvin Cruickshank to be surrounded by spirit all the time? How does he juggle fatherhood with his responsibilities as a medium, and what do his friends think of what he does for a living? What does he think of sceptics, and how does he look upon other mediums? And how does he cope with the grief and expectations of the living and spirit worlds alike? Delve deep into the mind of the medium in this tell-all account from Kelvin – the psychic medium himself. Also available as an eBook

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Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited

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1742539084

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9781742539089

The Poems of Shelley: Volume Two

1817 - 1819

By: Kelvin Everest,Geoffrey Matthews

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The Poems of Shelley: Volume Two

1817 - 1819

By: Kelvin Everest,Geoffrey Matthews

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was one of the major Romantic poets, and wrote what is critically recognised as some of the finest lyric poetry in the English language. This is the second volume of the five-volume The Poems of Shelley, which presents all of Shelley’s poems in chronological order and with full annotation. Date and circumstances of composition are provided for each poem and all manuscript and printed sources relevant to establishing an authoritative text are freshly examined and assessed. Headnotes and footnotes furnish the personal, literary, historical and scientific information necessary to an informed reading of Shelley’s varied and allusive verse. This volume makes extensive use of the Shelley manuscripts in the Bodleian Library and draws on the substantial recent research which has appeared on Shelley's text and contexts, and on members of his circle such as Mary Shelley, Byron, Godwin and others. It offers significant new datings and contextual exposition of major works including Prometheus Unbound, Laon and Cythna, 'Julian and Maddalo', The Cenci, and Shelley's translations from the Greek, notably his highly original translation of Euripides' The Cyclops. There are also comprehensive treatments of some of Shelley's best known shorter poems, such as 'Lines written among the Euganean Hills' and 'Ozymandias'. The annotation demonstrates the extraordinary range and richness of Shelley's literary intelligence, and situates his work in the revolutionary politics and social upheavals of the early nineteenth century. The text and annotation are supported by an extensive bibliography, a chronology, indexes, and appendices which include a detailed examination of the history of the Cenci story. The volumes of The Poems of Shelley form the most comprehensive edition of Shelley's poetry available to students and scholars.

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Routledge

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1317901061

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9781317901068

Technology Choice

A Critique Of The Appropriate Technology Movement

By: Kelvin W Willoughby

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Technology Choice

A Critique Of The Appropriate Technology Movement

By: Kelvin W Willoughby

This book attempts to provide a theoretical framework for answering difficult questions evoked by the concept of technology choice primarily by conducting a review of the Appropriate Technology movement and its ideas and experiments.

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Routledge

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1000314162

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9781000314168

LS: the Beginning

By: Kelvin O'Ralph

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LS: the Beginning

By: Kelvin O'Ralph

A handshake between strangers has never held so much promise for discovery.When Stephen Wilson meets Lisa Morgan at his new school in Sloutenville, it is the simple act of extending his hand in greeting that flips both of their worlds upside-down. With the gesture, both discover that in some way they are connected, and that they share the ability to manipulate the elements, fire and water. Though their abilities vary, they share the gift of telepathy allowing them to communicate without words, which creates a bond between them stronger than either had expected.As the two begin to spend more and more time together David, Lisa's ex, becomes wild with jealousy, lunching multiple attacks on Lisa. In the fight against the dangers that await them around every corner, Stephen and Lisa soon discover that they are up against much greater odds than they had originally known, and that their struggles are far from over.

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Kelvin O'Ralph

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1463552653

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9781463552657

Scent and Scent-sibilities

Smell and Everyday Life Experiences

By: Kelvin E. Y. Low

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Scent and Scent-sibilities

Smell and Everyday Life Experiences

By: Kelvin E. Y. Low

Smells are distinct and ubiquitous. They envelope us, enter our bodies, and emanate from us. Yet, they remain relegated to the background of everyday life experiences. This book attempts to highlight the social salience of smell in social actors’ day-to-day encounters where issues involving morality and social othering, presentation of self, and personhood intertwine with analyses of smell as a social conduit. These encounters include the experiences of anosmic individuals, which capture non-olfactive social worlds that are rarely addressed hitherto. Further deliberations on olfaction in relation to social memberships of race, class, and gender, elucidate upon social boundaries of inclusion and exclusion constructed vis-à-vis smell as a social marker. Olfactive adjudications of race and class are then expanded upon through the author’s discussion of various smellscapes in the context of Singapore. Olfaction, sanitary discipline, and olfactive simulacra are also expounded upon, thereby underscoring the control and manipulation of scents in the contexts of modernity and postmodernity. Smells therefore offer insights into the workings of social relations and power structures in society. By predicating analyses on empirical data procured from Singapore, along with case studies from the region and beyond, this study draws much needed attention on smell which has been a neglected sense in the wider literature. In addition, the concurrent employment of the other senses will also be explicated, which therefore demonstrates the social character of smell and other sensory modalities through historical and contemporary milieux. This book is a pioneering effort in offering sociocultural interpretations of scents based on primary and secondary data analysed using the trajectory of sociology of everyday life.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443803065

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9781443803069

Demystifying the Academic Research Enterprise

Becoming a Successful Scholar in a Complex and Competitive Environment

By: Kelvin K. Droegemeier

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Demystifying the Academic Research Enterprise

Becoming a Successful Scholar in a Complex and Competitive Environment

By: Kelvin K. Droegemeier

What next-generation scholars need to know in order to thrive, and how they can actively participate in shaping the academic research enterprise. The academic research enterprise is highly complex, involving multiple sectors of society and a vast array of approaches. In Demystifying the Academic Research Enterprise, Kelvin K. Droegemeier shows next-generation scholars across all disciplines how to become more productive earlier in their career, as well as how to help shape the academic research enterprise. The topics covered include public perceptions of scholarly work and its use in policy; understanding the big picture of funding and national priorities as well as identifying funding sources; research methods; collecting data and materials; writing grant proposals; publishing results; ethical conduct; bias and peer review; intellectual property and compliance regulations; partnerships and collaboration; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and the future of research. Droegemeier’s two principal goals are to enhance and accelerate scholars’ understanding of the academic research process and to democratize that understanding, particularly at institutions that traditionally are underrepresented or lack robust resources. While intended for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and early career faculty, Demystifying the Academic Research Enterprise is also relevant to mid-career and senior faculty, research administrators, funding organizations, congressional staff, policymakers, and the general public. Droegemeier places scholars in a broader national and international context—not as passive recipients of the existing system but as key actors who actively participate in helping to set priorities, determine policies, drive systemic change, and advance knowledge.

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MIT Press

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0262377217

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9780262377218

Plant-Wide Process Control

By: Kelvin T. Erickson,John L. Hedrick

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Plant-Wide Process Control

By: Kelvin T. Erickson,John L. Hedrick

Der Band behandelt Prozeßsteuerungen für kontinuierlich oder im Batchbetrieb arbeitende chemische Produktionsanlagen, wobei auf alle Stadien der Entwicklung vom Konzept bis zur Umsetzung, Prüfung und Wartung eingegangen wird. Besonders interessant ist das Thema für den Verfahrens- oder Chemieingenieur, der zur Effektivierung der industriellen Automation zunehmend auch Kenntnisse aus dem elektrotechnischen Bereich benötigt. (06/99)

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471178357

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9780471178354

Essential Tremor in Clinical Practice

By: Abdul Qayyum Rana,Kelvin L. Chou

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Essential Tremor in Clinical Practice

By: Abdul Qayyum Rana,Kelvin L. Chou

This practical, concise guide discusses how to distinguish different types of tremor and make the diagnosis of essential tremor. Written in an easy-to-read format, this book summarises other conditions that may be confused with essential tremor and details all current treatment options for this condition, including medications, surgery and non-invasive alternatives. Examination techniques for patients with a tremor complaint are described, some of which may be novel to the general practitioner, and case studies full of diagnostic and examination pearls are provided. Essential Tremor in Clinical Practice is an updated version of Abdul Qayyum Rana’s previous book, An Introduction to Essential Tremor. Busy clinicians, including internists, general and family practitioners, and geriatricians will benefit from this short yet comprehensive, clinically focussed volume.

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Springer

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3319145983

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9783319145983

Subject People and Colonial Discourses

Economic Transformation and Social Disorder in Puerto Rico, 1898-1947

By: Kelvin A. Santiago-Valles

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Subject People and Colonial Discourses

Economic Transformation and Social Disorder in Puerto Rico, 1898-1947

By: Kelvin A. Santiago-Valles

This book rethinks the social processes that violently refashioned Puerto Rican society in the first half of the twentieth century. Santiago-Valles explores how the new regime's socio-economic, political, and signification systems socially constructed the laboring poor of this Caribbean island as "wayward" subjects. Critically drawing on recent theorizations of post-structuralism, feminism, critical criminology, subaltern studies, and post-coloniality he examines the mechanisms through which colonized subjects become recognized, contained, and represented as subordinate. He analyzes the structures of social control in Latin America by focusing on the evolving definitions of deviance, social unrest, and economic development. At issue are the cultural practices that necessarily accompanied and aided U. S. colonialist enterprises in Puerto Rico during a shift in the world capitalist market and in geopolitical hegemony with the Caribbean.

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State University of New York Press

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1438418655

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9781438418650

It Is Written

By: Kelvin L. Singleton

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It Is Written

By: Kelvin L. Singleton

When a slain clerk's ID is discovered in a young African American's car in Conway, South Carolina, he and his best friend are arrested, then mysteriously disappear from county lockup. They are brutally tortured under the guidance of a cruel, racist man known to most as Judge Barnes. A novel by African American writer Killian Prophet is also discovered in the car. The contents of which lead the KKK to believe that Killian Prophet has intimate knowledge of the Ku Klux Klan's bloody history in Conway. The Ku Klux Klan targets the author, breaking into his home and murders his wife. Two years later, just as Killian Prophet is rebuilding his life, his hateful tormentors strike again by kidnapping his daughter, Tressa. Desperate for her return and seeking revenge for his wife's murder, Killian Prophet faces the biggest challenge of his life. What will he do to save Tressa? Will he find any measure of justice in Judge Barnes' kangaroo court?

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Kelvin L. Singleton

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0997904135

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9780997904130

Blood Fire of Banja Rouge

By: Kelvin L. Singleton

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Blood Fire of Banja Rouge

By: Kelvin L. Singleton

Blood Fire of Banja Rouge: Banja and Yara Rouge stand to lose both their children to the willful and violent destruction of a school bus on its way to a high school athletics award ceremony. Because of the insensitive actions of Mayor Larkin Mecklenburg, who demands preferential treatment in the rescue of his children over all others, the Rouge family suffers the devastating loss of one child while the other lies in a coma, slipping nearer to death after two failed brain surgical procedures. Born in the vicious era of President François Duvalier and the much-maligned Tonton Macoute, now desperate to save his comatose teenager, Banja Rouge calls upon the Gods of his Haitian ancestry. To gain their favor of granting him the Fire Bond, Banja Rouge must first perform the brutal Blood Fire ritual to exact vengeance on sworn enemies of the Mecklenburg family. While wielding the ceremonial Blade of the Red Hurricane, Banja Rouge must complete a physically taxing dance to please the Harbingers of Life and Death. Through it all, there shall be pain.

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Kelvin L. Singleton

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0997904127

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9780997904123

Dark Indian Eclipse

By: Kelvin L. Singleton

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Dark Indian Eclipse

By: Kelvin L. Singleton

Only the foolish believe that the Ku Klux Klan is dead in American politics. By the mid-1990's, under the powerful and far-reaching leadership of Ezra Theodore Krantz, the Ku Klux Klan reconstructs its hierarchy to attain loftier goals. By abandoning mere lynchings, the torching of Black churches, and burning crosses on lawns in the dead of night, these powerful men have set their sights on the near complete infiltration of American Government and the White House. Only then can they place a halt to undesirable immigration and detestable race mixing between Whites and Blacks. Incumbent Mississippi Governor Judson Martin, the KKK's best-kept secret, prepares to enter the 1996 Presidential Race with the backing of beguiled Blacks who see him as an honorable man. However, Ezra T. Krantz is forced to reveal unsavory facts concerning the governor's daughter. Governor Martin is overwhelmed by shock and utter revulsion when Krantz reveals that his daughter, Dr. Sabrina Martin, has taken an African American attorney as her lover in Atlanta, Georgia. While reeling in the wake of this unwelcome news, Ezra T. Krantz twists the knife on the burning hatred now raging in the governor's heart when he attests that Dr. Sabrina Martin's conception is the result of her missing mother's affair with yet another Black man. On Big Bear Mountain, in the Rockies of Montana, with the impending lunar eclipse upon a place that seems a bit too close to the moon, adversaries will clash in mortal combat between good and evil.

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Kelvin L. Singleton

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0997904100

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9780997904109

Quick Hits

10 Key Surgical Strike Actions to Improve Business Process Performance

By: Kelvin F. Cross

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Quick Hits

10 Key Surgical Strike Actions to Improve Business Process Performance

By: Kelvin F. Cross

Improving business processes, whatever or wherever they are in the enterprise, is an acknowledged way of improving the bottom line. Whether it's re-engineering, Six Sigma, TQM, or any number of other techniques, the problem is that it's usually such a huge undertaking that it's more work than it's worth. Kelvin F. Cross proposes that results can be achieved much more easily by going in and performing ""surgical strikes"" on specific areas that need improvement, without turning the entire thing into a ""science project."" And now his method is available for anyone seeking to streamline process structures. Using case studies from companies including AT&T, GE, and Weight Watchers International to illustrate the remarkable results that can be achieved, Quick Hits sums up the ten key areas that are perfect targets for surgical strikes, demonstrating exactly how to handle each type of problem. By showing how to determine which approach to use for any given situation, the book gives readers an arsenal of tactical and judicious methods designed to be low risk, low cost, and very effective.

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Amacom Books

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0814472060

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9780814472064

Keats and Shelley

Winds of Light

By: Kelvin Everest

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Keats and Shelley

Winds of Light

By: Kelvin Everest

Keats and Shelley: Winds of Light combines unrivalled textual knowledge, biographical and contextual expertise, and profoundly insightful close readings of the poetry in a selection of outstanding essays from a leading critic of English Romantic Poetry. Some of the essays have been previously published and are established as classic studies, which have strongly influenced scholarly interpretation of the poems they discuss, including landmark readings of Shelley's Prometheus Unbound, 'Julian and Maddalo' and 'Ozymandias', and Keats's 'Isabella: or the Pot of Basil' and his sonnet 'On First Looking into Chapman's Homer'. These are brought into relationship with new work on the two poets, in a wide-ranging set of meditations which centre on Shelley's great elegy for Keats, Adonais. An introductory chapter considers the strongly contrasting poetic styles and achievement of the two iconic 'young Romantics', a contrast which has been obscured by their conventional close pairing in popular culture. Five studies of Keats are followed by a pivotal account of Shelley's elaborately-wrought poetic tribute to Keats's destined greatness, which leads in to a balancing six studies of Shelley. Both poets are situated illuminatingly in their literary, personal, and social-historical milieu, through a series of perspectives which combine lucid particularity with powerful generalization. The essays move from detailed analysis of textual minutiae to deep reflection on fundamental themes in the work of Keats and Shelley, including the ultimate themes of transience and permanence, and of life, death, and immortality.

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Oxford University Press

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0192849506

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9780192849502

A Quote of Evidence

By: Kelvin Parker

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A Quote of Evidence

By: Kelvin Parker

This book of quotes is written to encourage others. It is from the mind, soul, and within. Kelvin O. Parker started writing this book about twelve years ago while writing quotes for his students to encourage them. One class session, a student enjoyed it so much, he came to his desk and said, "Mr. Parker, you ought to write a book of quotes." So, he took out a piece of paper and started writing. His quotes each day were written from the student's personal experiences for that day and their lifetime. The author would ask his students what things they would like to express for the day, and they would give him a topic of the quote for the day. Thinking is a part of the natural human process. Every human has a left brain and a right brain from which the thinking process begins. Quotes come from this process. This book of quotes is sort of different from other book of quotes. The quotes come real-life experiences of the moment and the book describes why it was written. This book discusses several topics: Thoughts make or break, a boost of the person with thoughts, the effort of thoughts being positive, succeeding through thoughts, learning how your actions of thoughts may destroy your future, maintaining in life, evidence of change saving you, acceptance in life moving to success, forgiveness healing, potential making it work, self-worth making you or breaking you, and discouragement turned into a solution. Kelvin truly hopes that you are encouraged and inspired by reading his book, and you'll venture out today to encourage others.

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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1645593304

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9781645593300

Virtue and Economy

Essays on Morality and Markets

By: Andrius Bielskis,Kelvin Knight

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Virtue and Economy

Essays on Morality and Markets

By: Andrius Bielskis,Kelvin Knight

Interest in Aristotelianism and in virtue ethics has been growing for half a century but as yet the strengths of the study of Aristotelian ethics in politics have not been matched in economics. This ground-breaking text fills that gap. Challenging the premises of neoclassical economic theory, the contributors take issue with neoclassicism’s foundational separation of values from facts, with its treatment of preferences as given, and with its consequent refusal to reason about final ends. The contrary presupposition of this collection is that ethical reasoning about human ends is essential for any sustainable economy, and that reasoning about economic goods should therefore be informed by reasoning about what is humanly and commonly good. Contributions critically engage with aspects of corporate capitalism, managerial power and neoliberal economic policy, and reflect on the recent financial crisis from the point of view of Aristotelian virtue ethics. Containing a new chapter by Alasdair MacIntyre, and deploying his arguments and conceptual scheme throughout, the book critically analyses the theoretical presuppositions and institutional reality of modern capitalism.

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Routledge

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1317001508

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9781317001508

Seven Sons

By: Robert Windom,Kelvin Mao

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Seven Sons

By: Robert Windom,Kelvin Mao

Eisner Award-winning artist JAE LEE returns to creator-owned comics with his first new title since 1994, a seven-issue limited series, collected here in its entirety. In this thriller set in an alternate timeline, Nicolaus Balaak correctly predicted that on July 7, 1977, seven identical sons would be born to virgin mothers. Now, on their 21st birthday, one of these Seven Sons will be revealed as the new son of God and lead humanity into a golden age of morality, peace, and prosperity. It’s The Fugitive meets The Book of Revelation, as Delph breaks free from his sheltered life to uncover the truth behind the Church and find his place in the world before Judgment Day arrives. Collects SEVEN SONS #1-7

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Image Comics

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1534398961

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9781534398962

A Grounded Theory Study of Truth-Telling in Cancer

Perceptions of White British and British South Asian Community

By: Kelvin Karim

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A Grounded Theory Study of Truth-Telling in Cancer

Perceptions of White British and British South Asian Community

By: Kelvin Karim

Truth-telling about life-threatening cancer illness is a controversial matter. Few studies have explored attitudes towards truth-telling among people from migrant communities living in cultures different to their own. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explore the perceptions of white British and British south Asian community workers within the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall as to the factors that influence truth-telling. In-depth, focused interviews were carried out with a sample of 20 key informants. A theoretical model was developed which describes the factors that lead to an imperative for family to act as gate-keepers of information exchange. The model describes the strategies used and the narrower and broader contexts in which they take place. The implications for practice are discussed and directions for further research are highlighted.

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Universal-Publishers

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1581121652

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9781581121650

E-Government

Implementation, Adoption and Synthesis in Developing Countries

By: Kelvin J. Bwalya,Stephen M. Mutula

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E-Government

Implementation, Adoption and Synthesis in Developing Countries

By: Kelvin J. Bwalya,Stephen M. Mutula

E-Government is a hot topic. The integration of Information and Communication Technologies into public service delivery worldwide offers a number of promising opportunities. This text refers in particular to the benefits derived from ubiquitous access to and delivery of government services to citizens, business partners and employees. This book analyses the fundamental technical and non-technical concepts that are essential for successful implementation of e-Government in diverse environments, especially in developing countries. This book is an indispensable resource for both e-Government practitioners and researchers in that it brings to the fore scholarly scrutiny, scientific debate, and best practice in e-Government. The author has a background in computer and information science and accentuates the multi-disciplinary nature of the issues surrounding e-Government.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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311039605X

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9783110396058

Tam Hue Ping

From China to Colombia: A Journey in Faith, Vocation, and Service

By: Kelvin Christilius "Hue Ping" Tam

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Tam Hue Ping

From China to Colombia: A Journey in Faith, Vocation, and Service

By: Kelvin Christilius "Hue Ping" Tam

FATHER KELVIN CHRISTILIUS TAM was born in Trinidad and has lived in Cali, Colombia since the 1980s. He entered the priesthood in the 1950s after studying in Quebec, Canada and Dublin, Ireland. He served in a variety of locales, focusing on ministry to the poor and marginalized. Father Tam’s love of all species began as a young boy growing up with many animals on his grandfather’s estate in Trinidad. One of his projects at a college in Nigeria was a collection of animals that eventually became a zoo with over two hundred exotic animals. As a priest, he filled the roles of pastoral guide, educator, social worker, “parent,” advisor, and friend—all in the conviction of his faith, vocation, and love of others. As an educator, he inspired high achievement, excellence, and personal commitment in his students. As a student himself, he was an all-rounder who excelled academically, in many sporting activities, scouts, and almost anything that called for his service. Father Tam demonstrates a life truly blessed.

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FriesenPress

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1039197639

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9781039197633

Making History, Not Reliving It

A decade of Roman's rule at Chelsea

By: Mark Worrall,Kelvin Barker,David Johnstone

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Making History, Not Reliving It

A decade of Roman's rule at Chelsea

By: Mark Worrall,Kelvin Barker,David Johnstone

£80 million in debt and with financial meltdown a matter of weeks away, in July 2003 Chelsea Football Club were saved from almost certain penury by Roman Abramovich, a reclusive young billionaire that few people outside his native Russia had heard of. Making History, Not Reliving It recounts the first decade of Roman’s rule in London mirrored against a backdrop of an ever-changing, social-media-driven, angst and envy-ridden world where the revolving door of change seems to spin as fast as that of the manager’s at Stamford Bridge. Granular season-by-season detail of exactly how Chelsea amassed three league titles, four FA Cups, two League Cups, a Champions League and a Europa League in ten eventful years is entertainingly supplemented with news and entertainment bulletins and rounded off with enlightening and diverse points of view provided by a broad cross section of supporters unified by their blissful enjoyment of the desperate jealousy of rival fans now only able to relive the history that their own precious club’s once made.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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0955745985

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9780955745980

Sensory Anthropology

Culture and Experience in Asia

By: Kelvin E. Y. Low

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Sensory Anthropology

Culture and Experience in Asia

By: Kelvin E. Y. Low

From constructions of rasa (taste) in pre-colonial India and Indonesia, children and sensory discipline within the monastic orders of the Edo period of Japan, to sound expressives among the Semai in Peninsular Malaysia, the sensory soteriology of Tibetan Buddhism, and sensory warscapes of WWII, this book analyses how sensory cultures in Asia frame social order and disorder. Illustrated with a wide range of fascinating examples, it explores key anthropological themes, such as culture and language, food and foodways, morality, transnationalism and violence, and provides granular analyses on sensory relations, sensory pairings, and intersensoriality. By offering rich ethnographic perspectives on inter- and intra-regional sense relations, the book engages with a variety of sensory models, and moves beyond narrower sensory regimes bounded by group, nation or temporality. A pioneering exploration of the senses in and out of Asia, it is essential reading for academic researchers and students in social and cultural anthropology.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009240811

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9781009240819

Studying Singapore's Past

C.M. Turnbull and the History of Modern Singapore

By: Ping Tjin Thum,Karl Hack,Kevin Blackburn,John Bastin,Anthony Milner,Kelvin W.K. Ng,A.J. Stockwell,Jason Lim

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Studying Singapore's Past

C.M. Turnbull and the History of Modern Singapore

By: Ping Tjin Thum,Karl Hack,Kevin Blackburn,John Bastin,Anthony Milner,Kelvin W.K. Ng,A.J. Stockwell,Jason Lim

C.M. (Mary) Turnbull's contributions to historical writing on Singapore extended from her 1962 thesis, published in 1972 as "The Straits Settlements, 1826-1867: Indian Presidency to Crown Colony", to her magisterial history of Singapore, first published in 1977 and re-issued in 2009 in an updated edition as A History of Singapore, 1819-2005. Her approach to history involved detailed work with documents and published materials, with a particular focus on political and economic history. One contributor to the present volume described the book as an "exercise in endowing a modern 'nation-state' with a coherent past that should explain the present." As styles in history evolved, younger scholars including some of her former students and colleagues began exploring new approaches to historical research that drew on non-English-language souce material and asked fresh questions of the sources. Mary enjoyed controversy and expected debate, and had a deep interest in these accounts, which were in many ways a natural progression from her own publications even when they raised questions about her interpretations and conclusions. Studying Singapore's Past had its origins in a conference organised to discuss her work. The volume includes ten contributions, some from long-established scholars of Singapore's history, others from a new generation of researchers. Their work offers an evaluation of established understandings of Singapore's history, and gives an indication of new directions that researchers are exploring. In publishing the book, the editor not only pays tribute to a distinguished historian but also seeks to make a contribution to the historiography of Singapore and to ongoing debates about Singapore's past.

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NUS Press

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9971696460

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9789971696467

Remembering the Samsui Women

Migration and Social Memory in Singapore and China

By: Kelvin E. Y. Low

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Remembering the Samsui Women

Migration and Social Memory in Singapore and China

By: Kelvin E. Y. Low

Remembering the Samsui Women tells the story of women from the Samsui area of Guangdong, China, who migrated to Singapore during a period of economic and natural calamity, leaving their families behind. In their new country, many found work in the construction industry, while others worked in households or factories where they were called hong tou jin, translated literally as "red-head-scarf," after the headgear that protected them from the sun. Contributing to current debates in the fields of social memory and migration studies, this is the first book to examine how the Samsui women remember their own migratory experiences and how they, in turn, are remembered as pioneering figures in both Singapore and China.

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UBC Press

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0774825774

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9780774825771

Get Uncomfortable or Change Course

Understanding What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur

By: Kelvin G. Abrams

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Get Uncomfortable or Change Course

Understanding What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur

By: Kelvin G. Abrams

“Entrepreneurs live each day of their journey feeling uncomfortable, and if they don’t feel uncomfortable, they know it’s time to grow.” In Get Uncomfortable or Change Course, Kelvin Abrams helps new and aspiring entrepreneurs learn what it takes to run a small business, providing them with tips and tricks to achieve their goals. Through a variety of amusing and insightful anecdotes, Kelvin explores getting creative in the face of change, writing a solid business plan, and much more. From making sacrifices to shifting your mindset, Kelvin covers it all with valuable exercises for the reader to do along the way. Kelvin has fifteen years of experience running his own businesses, which has given him lots of stories to share. Being a black business owner has not always been easy, but with hard work, tenacity, strength, and heart, Kelvin has created businesses that not only generate revenue, but create community. Down-to-earth and insightful, Get Uncomfortable or Change Course is a useful companion for anyone looking to start a business and set themselves up for ongoing success.

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FriesenPress

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1039182631

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9781039182639

A Toolkit for Women Migrant Workers' Empowerment in Malaysia: Meeting Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs

By: Lilian Miles,Suzan Lewis,Noraida Endut,Lai Wan Teng,Suziana Mat Yasin,Kelvin Ying

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A Toolkit for Women Migrant Workers' Empowerment in Malaysia: Meeting Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs

By: Lilian Miles,Suzan Lewis,Noraida Endut,Lai Wan Teng,Suziana Mat Yasin,Kelvin Ying

This toolkit is developed for use by NGOs and other actors who have contact with women migrant workers, to empower these women to claim sexual and reproductive health rights. It is the product of a twelve-month project (April 2017/8) funded by the United Nations Gender Theme Group to investigate how key actors and stakeholders can support these women’s capacity to do so. We are grateful for UN support for this initiative, which allows us to investigate how problems and challenges in protecting the sexual and reproductive health of women migrant workers can be addressed.

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Centre for Research on Women and Gender

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983448206X

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9789834482060

Holding on to Hope

By: Kelvin Chilvers

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Holding on to Hope

By: Kelvin Chilvers

Seventeen-year-old Rebecca lives in a world of romantic fantasy and hope. Dark secrets have stolen her voice and her happiness. Her ghosts tread cumbersome through the corridors of her sleep. With the arrival of her prince and his dog, Rebecca has an opportunity to leave behind a past of being subjected to the worst abuse and torment imaginable. The dark denizens of evil have an alternative agenda—to prolong her misery and pain. Can love win the battle? To do so, Rebecca is required to hold on to hope.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1984594141

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9781984594143

The Black and White of It

Kelvin Atkinson's Story

By: Kelvin Atkinson

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The Black and White of It

Kelvin Atkinson's Story

By: Kelvin Atkinson

The aspiration for my book was born out of the need to be able to tell my story. Sides of which many people have never heard or seen. I sat back for many years thinking about "What a book about me would look like?" Then I went through a very difficult time in my life, so I decided to share it with the world.

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Page Publishing Inc

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ISBN 13

9798893150391

Focus on Kidney Cancer Research

By: Kelvin R. Nuñez

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Focus on Kidney Cancer Research

By: Kelvin R. Nuñez

Kidney cancer usually occurs in older adults and constitutes about 2 per cent of all adult cancers (more frequent in men than women). It is also known as nephrocarcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, hypernephroma, and Grawitz's tumour. This book includes within its scope the prevention, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of kidney cancer. Leading-edge scientific research from throughout the world is presented.

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Nova Publishers

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1594541108

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9781594541100

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