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Iacocca

An Autobiography

By: Lee Iacocca,William Novak

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Iacocca

An Autobiography

By: Lee Iacocca,William Novak

“Vintage Iacocca . . . He is fast-talking, blunt, boastful, and unabashedly patriotic. Lee Iacocca is also a genuine folk hero. . . . His career is breathtaking.”—Business Week He’s an American legend, a straight-shooting businessman who brought Chrysler back from the brink and in the process became a media celebrity, newsmaker, and a man many had urged to run for president. The son of Italian immigrants, Lee Iacocca rose spectacularly through the ranks of Ford Motor Company to become its president, only to be toppled eight years later in a power play that should have shattered him. But Lee Iacocca didn’t get mad, he got even. He led a battle for Chrysler’s survival that made his name a symbol of integrity, know-how, and guts for millions of Americans. In his classic hard-hitting style, he tells us how he changed the automobile industry in the 1960s by creating the phenomenal Mustang. He goes behind the scenes for a look at Henry Ford’s reign of intimidation and manipulation. He recounts the miraculous rebirth of Chrysler from near bankruptcy to repayment of its $1.2 billion government loan so early that Washington didn’t know how to cash the check.

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0553251473

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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

By: Lee Iacocca,Catherine Whitney

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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

By: Lee Iacocca,Catherine Whitney

A former chief executive of Chrysler Corporation addresses key issues facing today's Americans, from job security and global competition to the war in Iraq and the corporate problems facing the auto industry, in an account throughout which he shares life lessons gleaned from his personal and professional experiences. Reprint. 250,000 first printing.

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1416532498

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Iacocca

An Autobiography

By: Lee A. Iacocca,William Novak

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Iacocca

An Autobiography

By: Lee A. Iacocca,William Novak

The autobiography of an American legend, the tough-talking, straight-shooting businessman who brought Chrysler back from the brink and in the process became a media celebrity. He became not only one of this country's most powerful and successful executives, but as the son of Italian immigrants who rose spectacularly through the ranks of the Ford Motor Co. to become president, the living embodiment of the American dream. Knocked down from the top at Ford, he got even by becoming the CEO of Chrysler and transforming a dying company into a booming success. A thought-provoking assessment of American business. Photos.

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Macmillan Reference USA

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0816142548

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9780816142545

Liberty for All

By: Lee A. Iacocca

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Liberty for All

By: Lee A. Iacocca

Uses text and photographs to offer a history of the Statue of Liberty, including detailed photographs of the historic restoration begun in 1983 and the celebrations of Liberty Weekend.

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Miller Pub Incorporated

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0966333713

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Iacocca

An Autobiography

By: Lee Iacocca,William Novak

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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

By: Lee Iacocca,Catherine Whitney

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By: Lee Iacocca,Catherine Whitney

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From Self to Sources

Essays and Beyond

By: Lee E. Brandon

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From Self to Sources

Essays and Beyond

By: Lee E. Brandon

This resource provides instructors with answers to questions in the student text, plus marginal teaching tips. Also, the Instructor's Guide featured as part of the IAE includes syllabi, writing strategies, suggestions for evaluating papers, and quizzes for both professional reading selections and handbook material.

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061815065X

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Reframing Organizations

Artistry, Choice, and Leadership

By: Lee G. Bolman,Terrence E. Deal

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Reframing Organizations

Artistry, Choice, and Leadership

By: Lee G. Bolman,Terrence E. Deal

Set aside trends to focus on the fundamentals of great leadership Reframing Organizations provides time-tested guidance for more effective organizational leadership. Rooted in decades of social science research across multiple disciplines, Bolman and Deal's four-frame model has continued to evolve since its conception over 25 years ago; this new sixth edition has been updated to include coverage of cross-sector collaboration, generational differences, virtual environments, globalization, sustainability, and communication across cultures. The Instructor's guide has been expanded to provide additional tools for the classroom, including chapter summary tip sheets, mini-assessments, Bolman & Deal podcasts, and more. These recent revisions reflect the intersection of reader recommendations and the current leadership environment, resulting in a renewed practicality and even greater alignment with everyday application. Combining the latest research from organizational theory, organizational behavior, psychology, sociology, political science and more, the model detailed here provides real guidance for real leaders. Guide, motivate, and inspire your team's best performance as you learn to: Optimize group, team, and organizational structure Build a positive, collaborative dynamic across generations, teams, and sectors Understand power and conflict amidst the internal and external political landscape Shape your organization's culture and build a cohesive sense of spirit Bolman and Deal's four-frame model has withstood the test of time because it offers an accessible, compact, and powerful set of ideas for navigating complexity and turbulence. In today's business climate, leadership trends come and go; today's flash in the pan is tomorrow's obsolete strategy, but a leadership framework built on a solid foundation will serve your organization well no matter what the future holds. Reframing Organizations provides clear guidance and up-to-date insight for anyone facing the challenges of contemporary leadership.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119281814

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9781119281818

Celebrity Cultures

An Introduction

By: Lee Barron

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Celebrity Cultures

An Introduction

By: Lee Barron

What is celebrity? How do celebrities influence society? Why do we hang on their every word, tweet or status update? Celebrity Cultures offers a fresh insight into the field of celebrity studies by updating existing debates and exploring recent developments. From the PR campaigns of Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as Governor of California, this book critically evaluates a number of diverse celebrity case-studies and considers what they reveal about contemporary global society. Taking into account issues such as gender, sexuality, ethnicity, economics, politics and the media, the book draws upon a range of cultural theorists including Theodore Adorno and Jean Baudrillard. Over the course of ten richly illustrated chapters, the book: Draws upon sociology, cultural theory, media analysis and celebrity commentary to explore and re-evaluate the study of celebrity. Examines the international appeal of celebrity including examples from India, China, South Korea and Indonesia. Includes chapter introductions identifying key points and annotated further reading suggestions. Celebrity Cultures is an invaluable resource for students of celebrity, media and cultural studies.

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SAGE

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1473911354

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ZenWise Selling

Mindful Methods to Improve Your Sales... and Your Self

By: Lee Godden

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ZenWise Selling

Mindful Methods to Improve Your Sales... and Your Self

By: Lee Godden

Calmness, confidence, and mindfulness are three Zen values that this instructive sales handbook teaches business professionals to integrate into their customer relationships. Essential sales skills such as prospecting, maintaining strong customer service, and managing relationships are complemented by the philosophical tenets of Zen, which reveal how to succeed financially, grow personally, and connect with today's customers. Exploratory exercises and office meditations help professionals include mindfulness in their daily routine. The credibility, trust, and motivation gained by using Zen-based sales techniques offer salespeople, entrepreneurs, executives, and business managers sure methods for developing repeat and referral businesses and building customer relationships.

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Telsius Publishing LLC

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0974007609

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God's Outrageous Claims

Thirteen Discoveries That Can Transform Your Life

By: Lee Strobel

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God's Outrageous Claims

Thirteen Discoveries That Can Transform Your Life

By: Lee Strobel

God's astounding claims about himself and his work on our behalf are embedded throughout the pages of Scripture. He sees potential in us that we don't see in our wildest dreams. He sees qualities that we don't think we can ever achieve. He has faith in us that we lack in ourselves. But when we know and fully understand what He has promised, we are liberated to grow in virtue, live out our faith as an adventure, relate to others with authenticity, earn a living with integrity, and make a difference in our culture--all through his power. Lee Strobel's insights into the benefits of living as a fully devoted follower of Christ are refreshing and powerfully relevant. Using true stories, including his own, he shows that Christianity really works, that we really can live transformed, authentic, and effective lives--and that God's promises and power are very real and very true.

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Zondervan

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0310297168

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Mastering English Rhetoric

A Practical Guide for Non-native Speakers

By: Yong S Lee

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Mastering English Rhetoric

A Practical Guide for Non-native Speakers

By: Yong S Lee

Many non-native English speakers, in America and elsewhere, do not feel at home with the English language--no matter how long they have studied English back home or lived in the English-speaking world. They still speak a literally translated English that others find it not so easy to understand, let alone be persuaded. Much of this conundrum emanates from the inconvenient truth that they have not yet crossed the bridge to the world of English rhetoric: the way in which the natives often use words--nonliterally or figuratively--in everyday life and in public discourse, which of course is not unique to the English language. This handbook takes a giant step to cross that bridge by introducing over two hundred rhetorical tools and norms of communication, which are deeply rooted in culture. These tools are elucidated with mesmerizing stories behind--such as The writing on the wall meaning a big trouble ahead or Why are you eating your heart out?, teasing why you are so depressed. This handbook will help you master English rhetoric with fun and zest. And unknowingly in time, will you find truly at home with English rhetoric once so alien to you. munja yeongeo beonyeogeseo beoseona jayeonseureobge sotonghaneun hoeggijeogin retorig yeongeoro codaehabnida. i caegeun 200 gae isangyi nolral manhage heungmirobgo seoldeugryeogi pungbuhan salaissneun yeongeoyi retorikal pyohyeongwa seutaileul pohamhago issseubnida. i caegi gyegiga doeeo harusoghi eoneoeseo oneun ijilgameseo beoseona miguggwa segye mudaeeseo seungrihaneun salmeul cuguhagi barabnida.

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Orientals

By: Robert G. Lee

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Orientals

By: Robert G. Lee

Sooner or later every Asian American must deal with the question "Where do you come from?" It is probably the most familiar if least aggressive form of racism. It is a tip-off to the persistent notion that people of Asian ancestry are not real Americans, that "Orientals" never really stop being loyal to their foreign homeland, no matter how long they or their families have been in this country. Confronting the cultural stereotypes that have been attached to Asian Americans over the last 150 years, Robert G. Lee seizes the label "Oriental" and asks where it came from. The idea of Asians as mysterious strangers who could not be assimilated into the cultural mainstream was percolating to the surface of American popular culture in the mid-nineteenth century, when Chinese immigrant laborers began to arrive in this country in large numbers. Lee shows how the bewildering array of racialized images first proffered by music hall songsters and social commentators have evolved and become generalized to all Asian Americans, coalescing in particular stereotypes. Whether represented as Pollutant, Coolie, Deviant, Yellow Peril, Model Minority, or Gook, the Oriental is portrayed as alien and a threat to the American family -- the nation writ small. Refusing to balance positive and negative stereotypes, Lee connects these stereotypes to particular historical moments, each marked by shifting class relations and cultural crises. Seen as products of history and racial politics, the images that have prevailed in songs, fiction, films, and nonfiction polemics are contradictory and complex. Lee probes into clashing images of Asians as (for instance) seductively exotic or devious despoilers of (white) racial purity, admirably industrious or an insidious threat to native laborers. When Lee dissects the ridiculous, villainous, or pathetic characters that amused or alarmed the American public, he finds nothing generated by the real Asian American experience; whether they come from the Gold Rush camps or Hollywood films or the cover of Newsweek, these inhuman images are manufactured to play out America's racial myths. Orientals comes to grips with the ways that racial stereotypes come into being and serve the purposes of the dominant culture.

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Temple University Press

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1439905711

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9781439905715

Iacocca

By: Lee A. Iacocca,William Novak

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Iacocca

By: Lee A. Iacocca,William Novak

Fils d'immigrants italiens, aprs̈ avoir gravi tous les čhelons de la compagnie Ford jusqu' ̉la pršidence qu'il occupe pendant huit ans, il en est renvoy ̌en 1978. Rčupř ̌par la compagnie Chrysler, il la sort de la faillite. [SDM].

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Éditions R. Laffont

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2221047699

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership for Healthcare (with bonus article by Thomas H. Lee, MD, and Toby Cosgrove, MD)

By: Harvard Business Review,Thomas H. Lee,Daniel Goleman,Peter F. Drucker,John P. Kotter

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership for Healthcare (with bonus article by Thomas H. Lee, MD, and Toby Cosgrove, MD)

By: Harvard Business Review,Thomas H. Lee,Daniel Goleman,Peter F. Drucker,John P. Kotter

Help your team excel. Go from being a good practitioner to being an extraordinary leader of healthcare professionals. If you read nothing else on leadership, read these articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones for healthcare leaders to help you and your team excel, maximize performance, and live into your mission. Leading experts, such as Thomas H. Lee, Daniel Goleman, Peter F. Drucker, John P. Kotter, and Amy C. Edmondson, provide the insights and advice you need to: Understand the difference between managers and leaders Motivate others to excel Create successful cross-functional teams on the fly Maintain your identity and values as a clinician as you move into an organizational leadership role Have an impact not only on your organization but on the surrounding system Work in complex environments where authority is diffuse Lead effectively in times of rapid change This collection of articles includes "What Makes a Leader?," by Daniel Goleman; "What Makes an Effective Executive," by Peter F. Drucker; "What Leaders Really Do," by John P. Kotter; "Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve," by Jim Collins; "The Work of Leadership," by Ronald A. Heifetz and Donald L. Laurie; "Teamwork on the Fly," by Amy C. Edmondson; "Who Has the D? How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance," by Paul Rogers and Marcia Blenko; "In Praise of the Incomplete Leader," by Deborah Ancona, Thomas W. Malone, Wanda J. Orlikowski, and Peter M. Senge; "Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System," by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton; "Health Care's Service Fanatics," by James I. Merlino and Ananth Raman; and "Engaging Doctors in the Health Care Revolution," by Thomas H. Lee and Toby Cosgrove.

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163369433X

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Crimes of Obedience

Toward a Social Psychology of Authority and Responsibility

By: Herbert C. Kelman,V. Lee Hamilton

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Crimes of Obedience

Toward a Social Psychology of Authority and Responsibility

By: Herbert C. Kelman,V. Lee Hamilton

Sergeant William Calley's defense of his behavior in the My Lai massacre and the widespread public support for his argument that he was merely obeying orders from a superior and was not personally culpable led Herbert C. Kelman and V. Lee Hamilton to investigate the attitudes toward responsibility and authority that underlie "crimes of obedience"--not only in military circumstances like My Lai but as manifested in Watergate, the Iran-Contra scandal, and the Kurt Waldheim affair. Their book is an ardent plea for the right and obligation of citizens to resist illegal and immoral orders from above.

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Yale University Press

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0300048130

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9780300048131

The Fast Track to Profit

An Insider's Guide to Exploiting the World's Best Internet Technologies

By: Lee G. Caldwell

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The Fast Track to Profit

An Insider's Guide to Exploiting the World's Best Internet Technologies

By: Lee G. Caldwell

Covering a broad range of applications in graphics processing unit (GPU) computing, this book demonstrates the importance of this new technology and shows how to implement codes in real-world situations. The volume includes code examples written in CUDA.

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Prentice Hall Professional

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0130463477

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9780130463470

Moving Violations

Automobiles, Experts, and Regulations in the United States

By: Lee Vinsel

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Moving Violations

Automobiles, Experts, and Regulations in the United States

By: Lee Vinsel

The first comprehensive history of auto regulation in the United States. Regulation has shaped the evolution of the automobile from the beginning. In Moving Violations, Lee Vinsel shows that, contrary to popular opinion, these restrictions have not hindered technological change. Rather, by drawing together communities of scientific and technical experts, auto regulations have actually fostered innovation. Vinsel tracks the history of American auto regulation from the era of horseless carriages and the first, faltering efforts to establish speed limits in cities to recent experiments with self-driving cars. He examines how the government has tried to address car-related problems, from accidents to air pollution, and demonstrates that automotive safety, emissions, and fuel economy have all improved massively over time. Touching on fuel economy standards, the rise of traffic laws, the birth of drivers' education classes, and the science of distraction, he also describes how the government's changing activities have reshaped the automobile and its drivers, as well as the country's entire system of roadways and supporting technologies, including traffic lights and gas pumps. Moving Violations examines how policymakers, elected officials, consumer advocates, environmentalists, and other interested parties wrestled to control the negative aspects of American car culture while attempting to preserve what they saw as its positive contributions to society. Written in a clear, approachable, and jargon-free voice, Moving Violations will appeal to makers and analysts of policy, historians of science, technology, business, and the environment, and any readers interested in the history of cars and government.

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JHU Press

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1421429667

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Revolution of the Heart

A Genealogy of Love in China, 1900-1950

By: Haiyan Lee

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Revolution of the Heart

A Genealogy of Love in China, 1900-1950

By: Haiyan Lee

This book is an engagingly written critical genealogy of the idea of "love" in modern Chinese literature, thought, and popular culture. It examines a wide range of texts, including literary, historical, philosophical, anthropological, and popular cultural genres from the late imperial period to the beginning of the socialist era. It traces the process by which love became an all-pervasive subject of representation and discourse, as well as a common language in which modern notions of self, gender, family, sexuality, and nation were imagined and contested. Winner of the Association for Asian Studies 2009 Joseph Levenson Book Prize for the best English-language academic book on post-1900 China

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Stanford University Press

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0804768072

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Magic Apples

Reflections to Mull

By: Lee Steels

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Magic Apples

Reflections to Mull

By: Lee Steels

MAGIC APPLES is a daily reader with 366 reflections to mull. The topics are broad in scope with a liberal approach. Drawn from the authors experience as a teacher, parent, coach, musician and big kid, the reflections are an eclectic mix of food for thought. Every 6th day is a silly story intended to produce those healing endorphins we all need to keep our equilibrium. There are plenty of opportunities to laugh, cry and to agree or disagree. If you need to escape from autopilot and enhance your life-long learning skills, MAGIC APPLES should give you lots to chew on. If you desire a modern approach to traditional tales, new ways to love your fellowtravelers and the chance to laugh at the human condition, a magic apple each day will be to your delight.

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Xlibris Corporation

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149906604X

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America's New Future

100 New Answers

By: Doris Lee McCoy

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America's New Future

100 New Answers

By: Doris Lee McCoy

McCoy has collected the opinions and ideas of such noted figures as Steve Forbes, J.W. Marriott, Patricia Schroeder, and others, who offer their wisdom on such crucial issues as business practices, health, and the reawakening American Spirit.

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Morgan James Publishing

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1600374204

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Your Career in Changing Times

By: Lee Ellis,Larry Burkett

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Your Career in Changing Times

By: Lee Ellis,Larry Burkett

Work is part of God's plan for people. For a career to be fulfilling, that work should fit into the individual's values, talents and gifts. In Your Career in Changing Times, Lee Ellis and Larry Burkett explore tying a career into the large picture of pursuing God's will through efficient use of one's gifts. You'll discover the four skills that every employee will need in tomorrow's job market, the 'how-to's of preparing for work through education and training, and even twelve steps you can take to help your children select the right career. Sixty to eighty percent of those in the work force are dissatisfied with their jobs. The workplace is changing. With economic prospects dim, companies are downsizing to make themselves more competitive, and college graduates are facing a dismal hiring environment. Automation and technology will reduce employment needs even more, and there will be strong competition for jobs. Whether you're a young person preparing to attend college, an executive considering a job change, or you're looking forward to retirement, Your Career in Changing Times is the tool you'll need to make these life-changing decisions. In a transforming workplace you can't afford to be plagued with doubt about the skills you have to offer, and you can't afford to be uninformed about career planning.

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Moody Publishers

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1575679124

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Detroit

A Motor City History

By: David Lee Poremba

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Detroit

A Motor City History

By: David Lee Poremba

On July 24, 1701, Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac stood in the heart of the wilderness on a bluff overlooking the Detroit River and claimed this frontier in the name of Louis XIV; thus began the story of Detroit, a city marked by pioneering spirits, industrial acumen, and uncommon durability. Over the course of its 300-year history, Detroit has been sculpted into a city unique in the American experience by its extraordinary mixture of diverse cultures: American Indian, French, British, American colonial, and a variety of immigrant newcomers. Detroit: A Motor City History documents the major events that shaped this once-small French fur-trading outpost across three centuries of conflict and prosperity. Through informative text and a variety of imagery, readers experience firsthand the struggles of the nascent village against raiding Indian tribes and the incessant political and military tug of war between the colonial French and English, and then American interests. Like many other major cities across the United States, Detroit played a pivotal role in establishing the country's economic and industrial power in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, serving as a center for its well-known civilian and military mass-production resources. This visual history provides insight into Detroit's rapid evolution from a hamlet into a metropolis against a backdrop of important community and national affairs: the decimating fire of 1805, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution, the Great Depression, and both world wars.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439614024

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Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief

By: Bill Mason,Lee Gruenfeld

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Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief

By: Bill Mason,Lee Gruenfeld

The extraordinarily captivating memoir of the remarkable jewel thief who robbed the rich and the famous while maintaining an outwardly conventional life—an astonishing and completely true story, the like of which has never before been told . . . or lived. Bill Mason is arguably the greatest jewel thief who ever lived. During a thirty-year career he charmed his way into the inner circles of high society and stole more than $35 million worth of fabulous jewels from such celebrities as Robert Goulet, Armand Hammer, Phyllis Diller, Bob Hope, Truman Capote, Margaux Hemingway and Johnny Weissmuller—he even hit the Mafia. Along the way he seduced a high-profile Midwest socialite into leaving her prominent industrialist husband, nearly died after being shot during a robbery, tricked both Christie’s and Sotheby’s into fencing stolen goods for him and was a fugitive for five years and the object of a nationwide manhunt. Yet despite the best efforts of law enforcement authorities from several states as well as the federal government, he spent less than three years total in prison. Shadowy, elusive and intensely private, Mason has been the subject of many magazine and newspaper features, but no journalist has ever come close to knowing the facts. Now, in his own words and with no holds barred, he reveals everything, and the real story is far more incredible than any of the reporters, detectives or FBI agents who pursued Mason ever imagined. Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief, expertly co-written by bestselling author Lee Gruenfeld, is a unique true-crime confessional.

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Villard

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1588361950

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Stronger in the Broken Places

Nine Lessons for Turning Crisis into Triumph

By: James Lee Witt,James Morgan

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Stronger in the Broken Places

Nine Lessons for Turning Crisis into Triumph

By: James Lee Witt,James Morgan

From the former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, how to manage your business in the face of challenge, change, and potential disaster For James Lee Witt, the man who rebuilt America's emergency response system, the most inspiring and effective lessons--about responsibility, team building, planning, and taking action--have guided real-life heroes through extraordinary situations. These lessons can be applied to business to guide you through the pressures you face each week--or once in a career or a lifetime. Whether describing earthquake preparation in California, moving a Missouri town out of a floodplain, or shoring up walls and spirits after the Oklahoma City bombing, Witt captures the moments when leaders step forward, how they motivate others, and what they need to triumph over adversity. Witt's home-spun wisdom teaches us to "Tear Down the Stovepipes" to build effective teamwork by thinking horizontally, not vertically; to find energizing people who improve morale, whether a V.P.'s secretary or a key client, since "A Lightning Rod Works Both Ways"; and to establish systems for capturing what happens--what goes right and what goes wrong--to ensure that every challenge leaves you "Stronger in the Broken Places." To bring home the ten lessons in this inspiring and useful book, Witt shares examples and strategies from corporations--from Malden Mills and Intel to Swissair and Kmart--who have overcome crisis by applying the same principles to their business every day.

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Times Books

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1466869682

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Achieving True Fluency in English

By Mastering Figures of Speech:Idioms, Metaphors and Phrasal Verbs

By: Yong S. Lee

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Achieving True Fluency in English

By Mastering Figures of Speech:Idioms, Metaphors and Phrasal Verbs

By: Yong S. Lee

This comprehensive guide is tailored for non-native English speakers, particularly those from Korea, Japan, and China. It aims to facilitate true linguistic proficiency by demystifying the complex idioms, metaphors, and non-literal phrasal verbs that often pose obstacles in various contexts—from daily social interactions to high-stakes business negotiations and diplomatic engagements. The book curates a collection of 250 expressive figures of speech, each elucidated with their etymologies, illustrative images, and applications, drawing on the wisdom of “” (seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times). From a broader perspective, understanding these ‘figures of speech’ offers significant advantages. It enables readers to comprehend subtle messages and avoid embarrassing miscommunications. For speakers, using these expressions correctly means conveying complex ideas and emotions vividly and succinctly, enhancing storytelling with imagination and engagement. Additionally, adept use of these expressions can foster a deeper emotional and cultural connection with an audience. Readers will find that this handbook does more than enhance their basic English communication skills; it delves into the nuances of everyday dialogue, equips them to navigate socially delicate situations, and empowers them to be compelling in business and diplomatic discourse. Moreover, a familiarity with common figures of speech allows for a richer enjoyment of English-language media, literature, and pop culture. To make this resource widely accessible, especially to speakers of Korean, Chinese, and Japanese—who share a linguistic heritage—all entries are meticulously translated into these languages, ensuring a seamless learning experience.

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1663260583

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Permission to Forget

By: Lee Jenkins

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Permission to Forget

By: Lee Jenkins

This book describes 10 decades of wasteful practices buried deep within U.S. schools. Today’s educators did not invent these wasteful practices; they inherited them. Five of the root causes are wasting time and five are wasting student potential. Ten years ago the first edition of Permission to Forget was published, and now this landmark anniversary edition is available. Its legacy of improvement is report after report from educators describing what happens in schools when these root causes are removed. It should not go unnoticed that root cause removal is free, unlike legislated reforms. Think about it: free! But teachers, principals, and district superintendents must collaborate in order to remove these root causes. Teachers can not remove them by themselves. Principals can not remove them by themselves. Superintendents can not remove them by themselves. Only together can teams of educators lead the removal of these 10 wasteful practices and provide America the education it desires.

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Quality Press

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0873892984

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9780873892988

Wealth Doesn't Last 3 Generations

How Family Businesses Can Maintain Prosperity

By: Dr. Jean Lee,Hong Li

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Wealth Doesn't Last 3 Generations

How Family Businesses Can Maintain Prosperity

By: Dr. Jean Lee,Hong Li

With 175 family businesses on the Fortune 500 list, from DuPont and Motorola to IBM, there is no doubt that family-run enterprises play an important role in global economic development. Their role is no less significant in China where, in keeping with the country's rapid economic growth, family businesses are emerging in increasing numbers.Unique characteristics, such as succession, management, staffing, family affairs, strategy planning and governance structure, set family businesses apart from other business types. As a result, they face particular challenges in survival and sustainability.In this book, three modern Chinese family businesses, including food and beverage company Yeo Hiap Seng, are studied to analyze the problems that family enterprises face. Other case studies include long-standing family businesses in Europe, America and Asia, such as Ford, Kikkoman and Samsung. This book also discusses the changing characteristics of Chinese family businesses, the pitfalls that such enterprises are likely to face, and how they can overcome these pitfalls and achieve sustainable development.

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World Scientific

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9812797513

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9789812797513

In an Instant

A Family's Journey of Love and Healing

By: Lee Woodruff,Bob Woodruff

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In an Instant

A Family's Journey of Love and Healing

By: Lee Woodruff,Bob Woodruff

In one of the most anticipated books of the year, Lee Woodruff, along with her husband, Bob Woodruff, share their never-before-told story of romance, resilience, and survival following the tragedy that transformed their lives and gripped a nation. In January 2006, the Woodruffs seemed to have it all–a happy marriage and four beautiful children. Lee was a public relations executive and Bob had just been named co-anchor of ABC’s World News Tonight. Then, while Bob was embedded with the military in Iraq, an improvised explosive device went off near the tank he was riding in. He and his cameraman, Doug Vogt, were hit, and Bob suffered a traumatic brain injury that nearly killed him. In an Instant is the frank and compelling account of how Bob and Lee’s lives came together, were blown apart, and then were miraculously put together again–and how they persevered, with grit but also with humor, through intense trauma and fear. Here are Lee’s heartfelt memories of their courtship, their travels as Bob left a law practice behind and pursued his news career and Lee her freelance business, the glorious births of her children and the challenges of motherhood. Bob in turn recalls the moment he caught the journalism “bug” while covering Tiananmen Square for CBS News, his love of overseas assignments and his guilt about long separations from his family, and his pride at attaining the brass ring of television news–being chosen to fill the seat of the late Peter Jennings. And, for the first time, the Woodruffs reveal the agonizing details of Bob’s terrible injuries and his remarkable recovery. We learn that Bob’s return home was not an end to the journey but the first step into a future they have learned not to fear but to be grateful for. In an Instant is much more than the dual memoir of love and courage. It is an important, wise, and inspiring guide to coping with tragedy–and an extraordinary drama of marriage, family, war, and nation. A percentage of the proceeds from this book will be donated to the Bob Woodruff Family Fund for Traumatic Brain Injury.

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Random House

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1588366618

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9781588366610

HBR's 10 Must Reads for Healthcare Leaders Collection

By: Harvard Business Review,Thomas H. Lee,Daniel Goleman,Peter F. Drucker,John P. Kotter

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HBR's 10 Must Reads for Healthcare Leaders Collection

By: Harvard Business Review,Thomas H. Lee,Daniel Goleman,Peter F. Drucker,John P. Kotter

The one collection every healthcare leader needs. The landscape of today's healthcare industry is constantly changing, and it's your job to lead your team to success. This collection from Harvard Business Review offers the ideas and strategies to help get you there. HBR's 10 Must Reads for Healthcare Leaders Collection includes the popular books HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership for Healthcare, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy for Healthcare, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Innovation, and HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management. This unique compilation offers insights from world-class experts on making the leap from being a good practitioner to being a great leader, leading effectively through times of rapid change, and achieving the best healthcare outcomes at the lowest cost. The collection includes forty articles selected by HBR's editors from renowned thought leaders including Michael Porter, Peter Drucker, John Kotter, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Jim Collins, W. Chan Kim, and Renee Mauborgne, plus the bonus article "Engaging Doctors in the Health Care Revolution," by Thomas H. Lee, MD, and Toby Cosgrove, MD. HBR's 10 Must Reads for Healthcare Leaders Collection is an invaluable resource for any doctor or hospital administrator looking to grow as a leader and to having a positive impact on colleagues and patients alike. HBR's 10 Must Reads series is the definitive collection of ideas and best practices for leaders at every level. These books offer essential reading selected from the pages of Harvard Business Review on topics critical to the success of every manager. Each book is packed with advice and inspiration from leading experts such as Clayton Christensen, Peter Drucker, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, John Kotter, Michael Porter, Daniel Goleman, Theodore Levitt, and Rita Gunther McGrath.

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1633698440

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9781633698444

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing through American History, 1900 to the Present [2 volumes]

[2 volumes]

By: Amy T. Peterson,Valerie Hewitt,Heather Vaughan Lee,Ann T. Kellogg,José Blanco F.,Scott Leff,Lynn Payne

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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing through American History, 1900 to the Present [2 volumes]

[2 volumes]

By: Amy T. Peterson,Valerie Hewitt,Heather Vaughan Lee,Ann T. Kellogg,José Blanco F.,Scott Leff,Lynn Payne

Find out what we wore and why we wore it in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing in American History-Twentieth Century to the Present. This fascinating reference set provides two levels of information: descriptions of styles of clothes that Americans have worn and, as important, why they wore those types of clothes. With volume one covering 1900-1949 and volume two covering 1950 to the present, the first half of each volume provides four chapters that each examine the impact that political and cultural events, arts and entertainment, daily life, and family structures have on fashion. The second half of each volume describes the important and everyday fashion and styles of the period, decade by decade, for women, men, and children. The set also includes helpful timelines; resource guides listing web sites, videos, and print publications; an extensive glossary; and illustrations. Fashion influences how we view other people and how we view ourselves. Find out what we wore and why we wore it in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing in American History - Twentieth Century to the Present. This fascinating reference set provides descriptions of styles of clothes that men, women, and children have worn in the U.S. since 1900, and, as important, why they wore them. In addition to chapters describing fashion trends and types of clothes, this work examines the impact that cultural history has on fashion and how fashion may serve as an impetus for change in society. With volume one covering 1900-1949 and volume two covering 1950 to the present, the first half of each volume provides four chapters that examine the impact that political and cultural events, arts and entertainment, daily life, and family structures have on cultural life and fashion. The second half of each volume describes the important and everyday fashion and styles of the period, decade by decade, for women, men, and children. The set also includes helpful timelines; resource guides of web sites, videos, and print publications; an extensive glossary; and illustrations. Fashion is not for the exclusive use of the social elite and the rich, nor can it be simply dismissed as just showing off. We use fashion to express who we are and what we think, to project an image, to bolster our confidence, and to attract partners.

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0313358567

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9780313358562

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