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Taming the Abrasive Manager

How to End Unnecessary Roughness in the Workplace

By: Laura Crawshaw

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Taming the Abrasive Manager

How to End Unnecessary Roughness in the Workplace

By: Laura Crawshaw

Taming the Abrasive Manager is an ideal resource for managers, human resource professionals, coaches, and anyone who works for or with an abrasive boss. Executive coach Dr. Laura Crawshaw— known as the "Boss Whisperer" for her work in this field—shares her discoveries on how to tame the deep fears that drive abrasive managers to attack their coworkers. In her straight-shooting style, Crawshaw offers invaluable insights gained from her encounters with abrasive bosses in corporate jungles who aggressively defend against threats to their dominance in the high-risk business of survival. These insights, combined with lessons learned from employees and organizations who have successfully reined in their unmanageable bosses, provide realistic solutions that will improve the workplace for everyone.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119836425

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9781119836421

Secrets Behind Locked Doors

A Regency Historical Romance

By: Laura Martin

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Secrets Behind Locked Doors

A Regency Historical Romance

By: Laura Martin

From the darkest of shadows… After a year wrongfully imprisoned in an asylum, Louisa Turnhill can't believe it when Robert, Lord Fleetwood, arrives to rescue her. As her new guardian, he's there to take Louisa to his London town house—and a different life. …to the dazzling swirl of the ton Thrust into an unknown world of debutantes and balls, Louisa starts to put her trust in Robert. But his life is tainted with darkness, too. With society's eyes upon them, will they ever be able to shake off the secrets that once lurked behind locked doors?

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175

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Harlequin

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1460375750

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9781460375754

Current Trends in Nonlinear Systems and Control

In Honor of Petar Kokotovic and Turi Nicosia

By: Petar V. Kokotović,Turi Nicosia,Laura Menini,Luca Zaccarian,Chaouki T. Abdallah

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Current Trends in Nonlinear Systems and Control

In Honor of Petar Kokotovic and Turi Nicosia

By: Petar V. Kokotović,Turi Nicosia,Laura Menini,Luca Zaccarian,Chaouki T. Abdallah

This volume is an outgrowth of the workshop "Applications of Advanced Control Theory to Robotics and Automation," organized in honor of the 70th birthdays of Petar V. Kokotovic and Salvatore Nicosia. Both Petar and Turi have carried out distinguished work in the control community, and have long been recognized as mentors as well as experts and pioneers in the field of automatic control, covering many topics in control theory and several different applications. The variety of their research is reflected in this book, which includes contributions ranging from mathematics to laboratory experiments.Main topics covered include:* Observer design for time-delay systems, nonlinear systems, and identification for different classes of systems* Lyapunov tools for linear differential inclusions, control of constrained systems, and finite-time stability concepts* New studies of robot manipulators, parameter identification, and different control problems for mobile robots* Applications of modern control techniques to port-controlled Hamiltonian systems, different classes of vehicles, and web handling systems* Applications of the max-plus algebra to system-order reduction; optimal machine scheduling problems; and inventory control with cooperation between retailers* Control of linear and nonlinear networked control systems: deterministic and stochastic approachesThe scope of the work is very broad, and although each chapter is self-contained, the book has been organized into thematically related chapters, which in some cases suggest to the reader a convenient reading sequence. The great variety of topics covered and the almost tutorial writing style used by many of the authors will make this book suitable for experts, as well as young researchers who seek a more intuitive understanding of these relevant topics in the field.

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590

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0817643834

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9780817643836

Decolonial Feminisms, Power and Place

Sentipensando with Rural Women in Colombia

By: Laura Rodríguez Castro

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Decolonial Feminisms, Power and Place

Sentipensando with Rural Women in Colombia

By: Laura Rodríguez Castro

This book draws on participatory ethnographic research to understand how rural Colombian women work to dismantle the coloniality of power. It critically examines the ways in which colonial feminisms have homogenized the "category of woman,” ignoring the intersecting relationship of class, race, and gender, thereby excluding the voices of “subaltern women” and upholding existing power structures. Supplementing that analysis are testimonials from rural Colombian women who speak about their struggles for sovereignty and against territorial, sexual, and racialized violence enacted upon their land and their bodies. By documenting the stories of rural women and centering their voices, this book seeks to dismantle the coloniality of power and gender, and narrate and imagine decolonial feminist worlds. Scholars in gender studies, rural studies, and post-colonial studies will find this work of interest.

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208

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Springer Nature

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3030594408

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9783030594404

Women, Performance and the Material of Memory

The Archival Tourist, 1780–1915

By: Laura Engel

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Women, Performance and the Material of Memory

The Archival Tourist, 1780–1915

By: Laura Engel

This book proposes that the performance of archival research is related to the experience of tourism, where an individual immerses herself in a foreign environment, relating to and analyzing visual and sensory materials through embodiment and enactment. Each chapter highlights a particular set of tangible objects including: pocket diaries, portraits, drawings, magic lanterns, silhouettes, waxworks, and photographs in relation to actresses, authors, and artists such as: Elizabeth Inchbald, Sally Siddons, Marguerite Gardiner the Countess of Blessington, Isabella Beetham, Jane Read, Madame Tussaud, and Amelia M. Watson. Ultimately, operating as an archival tourist in my analyses, I offer strategies for thinking about the presence of women artists in the archives through methodologies that seek to connect materials from the past with our representations of them in the present.

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177

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Springer

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1137589329

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9781137589323

The Cost of Counterterrorism

Power, Politics, and Liberty

By: Laura K. Donohue

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The Cost of Counterterrorism

Power, Politics, and Liberty

By: Laura K. Donohue

In the aftermath of a terrorist attack political stakes are high: legislators fear being seen as lenient or indifferent and often grant the executive broader authorities without thorough debate. The judiciary's role, too, is restricted: constitutional structure and cultural norms narrow the courts' ability to check the executive at all but the margins. The dominant 'Security or Freedom' framework for evaluating counterterrorist law thus fails to capture an important characteristic: increased executive power that shifts the balance between branches of government. This book re-calculates the cost of counterterrorist law to the United Kingdom and the United States, arguing that the damage caused is significantly greater than first appears. Donohue warns that the proliferation of biological and nuclear materials, together with willingness on the part of extremists to sacrifice themselves, may drive each country to take increasingly drastic measures with a resultant shift in the basic structure of both states.

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512

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Cambridge University Press

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1139469576

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9781139469579

The Basics of Bioethics

By: Laura K. Guidry-Grimes,Robert M. Veatch

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The Basics of Bioethics

By: Laura K. Guidry-Grimes,Robert M. Veatch

The Basics of Bioethics, Fourth Edition offers an easy-to-follow introduction to this dynamic field, intended for healthcare professionals, teachers, students, and anyone interested in bioethics. Accessible and enjoyable for readers of all backgrounds, the book contains numerous cases—including ones that recently have dominated international headlines—to help anchor the broader discussion. The text is suitable for use in short courses in schools of medicine, nursing, and other health professions; continuing professional education; various undergraduate departments; and adult education. Chapters are organized around common moral themes in order to help readers understand the values and other connections that tie together different positions in bioethics. This fourth edition adds a new chapter on alternative frameworks in bioethics, including narrative ethics and casuistry, feminist approaches, care ethics, and virtue ethics. Due to significant advances in genetics and reproductive possibilities, this new edition devotes a full chapter to each. The combined teaching, research, and clinical experience of the two authors helps make this edition current with the evolving field of bioethics, while still embedding the major issues in a systematic framework that allows readers easily to navigate the larger field. Key Changes to the Fourth Edition: • An added chapter on new and emerging approaches in bioethics, including those based on virtue ethics, casuistry and narrative ethics, feminist ethics, and care ethics • Updates throughout the book based on developments in ethical theory and new medical research • Revisions and updates to the Learning Objectives, Key Terms, Bibliographies, and URLs • The addition of multiple recent case studies, including: Jahi McMath an undocumented patient who needs a rule bent a pediatrician who turns away unvaccinated patients a minor eligible for pediatric bariatric surgery a daughter suing a hospital for non-disclosure of her father’s Huntington’s diagnosis CRISPR-edited newborn babies

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307

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Routledge

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0429017545

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9780429017544

Neuroscience for Organizational Communication

A Guide for Communicators and Leaders

By: Laura McHale

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Neuroscience for Organizational Communication

A Guide for Communicators and Leaders

By: Laura McHale

Organizational communication is at a crossroads and professional communicators and leaders alike need to up their game. In this insightful and practical guide, leadership psychologist Dr. Laura McHale shows how neuroscience can help, surveying the field to reveal the science that is most applicable to organizations and providing an evidence-based approach to dramatically boost the effectiveness and impact of communications. From structural dynamics to occupational aprosodia, from the threat (and opportunities) of GPT-3 to the neuroscience of Zoom fatigue, she takes the reader on a fascinating journey of how neuroscience can help unlock the potential of communicators and the organizations they work for.

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120

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Springer Nature

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9811670374

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9789811670374

Computer Systems Experiences of Users with and Without Disabilities

An Evaluation Guide for Professionals

By: Simone Borsci,Masaaki Kurosu,Stefano Federici,Maria Laura Mele

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Computer Systems Experiences of Users with and Without Disabilities

An Evaluation Guide for Professionals

By: Simone Borsci,Masaaki Kurosu,Stefano Federici,Maria Laura Mele

This book provides the necessary tools for the evaluation of the interaction between the user who is disabled and the computer system that was designed to assist that person. The book creates an evaluation process that is able to assess the user's satisfaction with a developed system. Presenting a new theoretical perspective in the human computer i

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CRC Press

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1466511141

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9781466511149

The No-Nonsense Guide to Menopause

A Comprehensive Resource with Simple, Unbiased Advise on Managing This Important Life Stage

By: Barbara Seaman,Laura Eldridge

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The No-Nonsense Guide to Menopause

A Comprehensive Resource with Simple, Unbiased Advise on Managing This Important Life Stage

By: Barbara Seaman,Laura Eldridge

Incorporating the most recent studies on hormone therapy, Seaman--a legendary figure in the women's health movement--and co-author Eldridge present an invaluable guide for women in need of information on menopause.

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500

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Simon and Schuster

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0743276787

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9780743276788

A Serious Endeavour

Gender, Education and Community at St Hugh's, 1886-2011

By: Laura Schwartz

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A Serious Endeavour

Gender, Education and Community at St Hugh's, 1886-2011

By: Laura Schwartz

Neither a cosy anecdotal inside story, nor a straightforward account of women's struggle to enter the university, this history of St Hugh's College, Oxford looks both upstairs and downstairs, at dons and undergraduates but also at domestic staff. What did it mean for the would-be school teacher, the flapper on the motorcycle, the depression era grammar-school girl, and the student revolutionary of the 1970s to re-invent themselves as educated women? Who remained excluded from this emancipated identity? What were the tensions between old and new generations of dons and undergraduates? And what of the first Principal's notorious belief in time-travel? In this innovative study, Schwartz explores the relationship between personal and collective identity in one of the first higher educational establishments run by and for women, during a period in which women's role both in society and university education changed beyond recognition. Based on new and original research, A Seroius Endeavour offers a fresh and sometimes disquieting perspective on the history of gender and education in twentieth-century Britain, opening up new ways of thinking about the development of women's higher education.

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254

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Profile Books

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184765780X

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9781847657800

Crossing New Europe

Postmodern Travel and the European Road Movie

By: Ewa Mazierska,Laura Rascaroli

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Crossing New Europe

Postmodern Travel and the European Road Movie

By: Ewa Mazierska,Laura Rascaroli

Although a long-established and influential genre, this is the first comprehensive study of the European road cinema. Crossing New Europe investigates this tradition, its relationship with the American road movie and its aesthetic forms. This movement examines such crucial issues as individual and national identity crises, and phenomena such as displacement, diaspora, exile, migration, nomadism, and tourism in postmodern, post-Berlin Wall Europe. Drawing on the work of Said, Hall, Shields, Urry, Bauman, Deleuze and Guattari and other critical theorists, Crossing New Europe adopts a broad interpretation of "Europe" and discusses directors and films who have long been associated with the road movie, such as Wim Wenders (Alice in the Cities, Lisbon Story) and Aki Kaurismäki (Leningrad Cowboys Go America!), and other more recent contributions such as Run Lola Run, Dear Diary and The Last Resort.

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Wallflower Press

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1904764673

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9781904764670

Egg Shooters

By: Laura Childs

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Egg Shooters

By: Laura Childs

Suzanne Dietz co-owner of the Cackleberry Club Caf©♭ is visiting her fianc©♭e, Dr. Sam Hazelet when a masked gunman bursts into the emergency room. He shoots two people Suzanne hits the gunman with a thermos, but he still managed to escape. Now the ladies of the Cackleberry Club are determined to find the killer before he finds them"--

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A Cackleberry Club Mystery, 9

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143288400X

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9781432884000

Laura Owens

By: Laura Owens

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Laura Owens

By: Laura Owens

Edited by Beatrix Ruf. Text by Rod Mangham, Beatrix Ruf, Gloria Sutton. Interviews by Alex Katz, Elizabeth Peyton, Mary Heilmann, Scott Rothkopf.

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1905397011

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Death Swatch

By: Laura Childs

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Death Swatch

By: Laura Childs

Murder comes to Mardi Gras in the latest book in Childs' popular series that also includes scrapbooking tips and recipes.

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Large Print Press

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1597228958

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9781597228954

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Taming the Abrasive Manager

Taming the Abrasive Manager

Secrets Behind Locked Doors

Secrets Behind Locked Doors

Current Trends in Nonlinear Systems and Control

Current Trends in Nonlinear Systems and Control

Decolonial Feminisms, Power and Place

Decolonial Feminisms, Power and Place

Women, Performance and the Material of Memory

Women, Performance and the Material of Memory

The Cost of Counterterrorism

The Cost of Counterterrorism

The Basics of Bioethics

The Basics of Bioethics

Neuroscience for Organizational Communication

Neuroscience for Organizational Communication

Computer Systems Experiences of Users with and Without Disabilities

Computer Systems Experiences of Users with and Without Disabilities

The No-Nonsense Guide to Menopause

The No-Nonsense Guide to Menopause

A Serious Endeavour

A Serious Endeavour

Crossing New Europe

Crossing New Europe

Egg Shooters

Egg Shooters

Laura Owens

Laura Owens

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Death Swatch

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