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Nelsons Battles

The Triumph of British Seapower

By: Nicolas Tracy

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Nelsons Battles

The Triumph of British Seapower

By: Nicolas Tracy

Horatio Nelson was a hero from the time when his dramatic initiative won the battle of St Vincent in 1797, while his last battle, at Trafalgar, reduced the enemy naval forces so thoroughly that they were no longer able to have any bearing on the outcome of the war. As well as being a brilliant study of those naval battles which played such an important role in Napoleon's defeat, it also makes a close study of the admiral's art which, during the last years of the eighteenth century, developed faster than at any time since the previous century and led to Britain's mastery of the seas for more than 100 years. The Seven Years War and the War of the American Revolution stimulated the development of new ideas and the experience gained from them, as well as the developments in ship design and signalling, and the perfection of drill, transformed naval methods. Nelson became a master of them all. This technical prowess, combined with a remarkable ability to lead his men and his genius for making decisive moves, 'the Nelson touch', made him the consummate master of naval warfare. Highly readable, concise and insightful, this new edition will prove a popular choice for those seeking an introduction to naval warfare in the age of sail.

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Seaforth Publishing

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1848320094

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Conducting the Home Visit in Child Protection

By: Joanna Nicolas

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Conducting the Home Visit in Child Protection

By: Joanna Nicolas

FIVE STAR AMAZON REVIEWS for the first edition: “Every community practitioner caring for children and families should carry this book with them.” “As a team manager for a social work team, I think this is a great book that I will use with unqualified, student and newly qualified social workers who are undertaking ALL home visits… Overall, a great resource that I predict will become my new bible.” Conducting a home visit is a fundamental part of a social worker's role, but in practical terms many key issues are overlooked during social work training. This is a practical guide to conducting home visits, a task which many newly qualified social workers can feel unprepared for and which can be fraught with difficulties. Useful features of this book include: • Real case examples based on practitioner’s experiences • Realistic solutions to the everyday difficulties you might face • Examples of what to say • Reference to the latest guidance, including Working Together to Safeguard Children (2013) to ensure you are practicing in line with statutory requirements and expectations. • Guidance and support in understanding lessons learned recent child protection SCRs Written by an experienced social worker and expert in child protection, this book is clear, straightforward and jargon-free. It will be a useful aid to any professionals required to do home visiting. The book addresses: • What you need to do to prepare for the visit • How to get in the door • What to do when you are in the home • What you need to look out for • Practical ways to implement lessons learned from recent serious case reviews "I’d like to start by writing that this pocket book of fabulous knowledge is NOT just for social work in the child protection arena. This book has so many wonderful hints and tips surrounding home visits in general that I recommend this book as a pocket friend for anyone who, like me, is daunted by the dreaded home visit! This book is written from personal experiences and practice examples, to aid consolidation and understanding. Helpful, thought provoking questions run throughout the book, highlighting key areas to think about before and during a home visit. Alongside these questions there are ‘light bulb’ reminders to ensure that key points are easy to notice. I feel this book excels in deconstructing the situations that we all panic over, from aggressive dogs, a child answering the door or even language barriers. Additionally unlike most books, this book can be dipped in and out of, and does not need to be read from cover to cover. Conducting a home visit in child protection not only contains written information, but also contains diagrams, practice examples, transcripts, check lists and a very useful glossary! A must read for ANY social work student, Newly Qualified or Practitioner!" Natalie Heath, Social Work Student

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335261795

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9780335261796

Climate Change as Social Drama

Global Warming in the Public Sphere

By: Philip Smith,Nicolas Howe

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Climate Change as Social Drama

Global Warming in the Public Sphere

By: Philip Smith,Nicolas Howe

Climate change is not just a scientific fact, nor merely a social and political problem. It is also a set of stories and characters that amount to a social drama. This drama, as much as hard scientific or political realities, shapes perception of the problem. Drs Smith and Howe use the perspective of cultural sociology and Aristotle's timeless theories about narrative and rhetoric to explore this meaningful and visible surface of climate change in the public sphere. Whereas most research wants to explain barriers to awareness, here we switch the agenda to look at the moments when global warming actually gets attention. Chapters consider struggles over apocalyptic scenarios, explain the success of Al Gore and An Inconvenient Truth, unpack the deeper social meanings of the climate conference and 'Climategate', critique failed advertising campaigns and climate art, and question the much touted transformative potential of natural disasters such as Superstorm Sandy.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316300978

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Traces of Gold

California's Natural Resources and the Claim to Realism in Western American Literature

By: Nicolas S. Witschi

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Traces of Gold

California's Natural Resources and the Claim to Realism in Western American Literature

By: Nicolas S. Witschi

With its forays into ecocriticism and cultural studies and the welcome inclusion of Western genre writing in a serious study of American literary history, Traces of Gold will appeal to students and scholars of American literature, American studies, and western history."--BOOK JACKET.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817311173

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Précis of the Lectures on Architecture

With Graphic Portion of the Lectures on Architecture

By: Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand

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Précis of the Lectures on Architecture

With Graphic Portion of the Lectures on Architecture

By: Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand

Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand (1760–1834) regarded the Précis of the Lectures on Architecture (1802–5) and its companion volume, the Graphic Portion (1821), as both a basic course for future civil engineers and a treatise. Focusing the practice of architecture on utilitarian and economic values, he assailed the rationale behind classical architectural training: beauty, proportionality, and symbolism. His formal systematization of plans, elevations, and sections transformed architectural design into a selective modular typology in which symmetry and simple geometrical forms prevailed. His emphasis on pragmatic values, to the exclusion of metaphysical concerns, represented architecture as a closed system that subjected its own formal language to logical processes. Now published in English for the first time, the Précis and the Graphic Portion are classics of architectural education.

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Getty Publications

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0892365803

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The Meaning of Being Illuminati

By: Nicolas Laos

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The Meaning of Being Illuminati

By: Nicolas Laos

This book articulates a new research program, called “Ur-Illuminism,” which consists in an integrated and systematic study of humanity’s quest for “illumination,” namely, for the highest and noblest possible mode of being. Thus, it takes on the challenge of revising widely accepted ways of understanding and interpreting the ontological underpinnings of civilization and the ontological potential of humanity. It allows the reader to delve into a creative “rediscovery” of Platonism, medieval Christian mystics’ and scholars’ writings, and various “illuminist” systems, from the Orphic mystical cult to the European Enlightenment and thence to the eighteenth-century Illuminati fraternities and beyond. Moreover, the book studies major issues in the history of philosophy, politology, and esoteric systems (such as Hermeticism, the Kabbalah, alchemy, the Rosicrucian movement, Freemasonry, and the Bavarian Illuminati). It maintains that a postmodern “rediscovery” of premodern metaphysics, specifically, a postmodern esoteric theocracy (as distinct from old sacerdotalism and religious formalism), is the best bulwark against oppression and the ontological degradation of humanity, as well as the best path to the attainment of that wisdom and spiritual self-knowledge which constitute the existential integration and completion of the human being. In this context, it proposes a peculiar and intellectually fecund synthesis between Tory Anarchism, Libertarianism, Platonism, and Byzantine Hesychasm, as they are elucidated here.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527534979

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Hazardous Materials Compliance for Public Research Organizations

A Case Study, Second Edition

By: Nicolas A. Valcik

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Hazardous Materials Compliance for Public Research Organizations

A Case Study, Second Edition

By: Nicolas A. Valcik

Completely revised and updated, Hazardous Materials Compliance for Public Research Organizations: A Case Study, Second Edition presents a case study of one university’s policies and practices with regard to the procurement, use, storage and disposal of HAZMAT in the context of a changing internal structure and regulatory environment. The author’s presentation is no-holds-barred, using interviews, archival documentation, and unobtrusive observations as a participant where the research institution was at times noncompliant with the new federal guidelines. See What’s New in the Second Edition: Incorporates issues with all types of hazardous materials instead of just focusing on biological HAZMAT Updated information on current regulations on HAZMAT in relation to universities and research centers Follow-up on the case study university, disclosing the university’s progress in resolving the security and safety shortcomings By implementing key improvements in safety and security, the universities can also more easily obtain research grant money and satisfy both state and federal safety requirements. This book includes recommendations to improve safety while using and storing biotoxins, chemical, radioactive material, and industrial waste, and to improve overall security at the university. It also highlights improvements that can make the environment a safer and more secure location to perform biological research.

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CRC Press

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1466509473

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Experimental Economics

Method and Applications

By: Nicolas Jacquemet,Olivier L'Haridon

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Experimental Economics

Method and Applications

By: Nicolas Jacquemet,Olivier L'Haridon

Over the past two decades, experimental economics has moved from a fringe activity to become a standard tool for empirical research. With experimental economics now regarded as part of the basic tool-kit for applied economics, this book demonstrates how controlled experiments can be a useful in providing evidence relevant to economic research. Professors Jacquemet and L'Haridon take the standard model in applied econometrics as a basis to the methodology of controlled experiments. Methodological discussions are illustrated with standard experimental results. This book provides future experimental practitioners with the means to construct experiments that fit their research question, and new comers with an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of controlled experiments. Graduate students and academic researchers working in the field of experimental economics will be able to learn how to undertake, understand and criticise empirical research based on lab experiments, and refer to specific experiments, results or designs completed with case study applications.

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1108660495

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Steven Spielberg All the Films

The Story Behind Every Movie, Episode, and Short

By: Arnaud Devillard,Olivier Bousquet,Nicolas Schaller

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Steven Spielberg All the Films

The Story Behind Every Movie, Episode, and Short

By: Arnaud Devillard,Olivier Bousquet,Nicolas Schaller

A first-of-its-kind deep dive into Steven Spielberg's decades-long career, covering everything from early short films and television episodes to each of his more than 30 feature length-films. Organized chronologically and covering every short film, television episode, and blockbuster movie that Steven Spielberg has ever directed, Steven Spielberg All the Films draws upon years of research to tell the behind-the-scenes stories of how each project was conceived, cast, and produced; from the creation of the costumes to the search for perfect locations; details about Spielberg's work with longtime collaborators like George Lucas, producer Kathleen Kennedy, and composer John Williams; and of course, the direction of some of Hollywood's most memorable scenes. Spanning more than fifty years, this book details the creative processes that resulted in numerous classic films like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, The Color Purple, Schindler's List, and Saving Private Ryan (to name just a few). Newer work like Lincoln, The Post, and The Fabelmans is also featured alongside awards stats, original release dates, box office totals, casting details, and other insider scoops that will keep fans turning pages. Celebrating one of cinema's most iconic artists, Steven Spielberg All the Films is the authoritative guide to the man who invented the Hollywood blockbuster.

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Black Dog & Leventhal

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0762483822

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Landscapes of the Secular

Law, Religion, and American Sacred Space

By: Nicolas Howe

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Landscapes of the Secular

Law, Religion, and American Sacred Space

By: Nicolas Howe

Chapter 3 has been revised and expanded from a previously published article by Nicolas Howe, "Thou Shalt Not Misinterpret: Landscape as Legal Performance," Annals of the Association of American Geographers, April 15, 2008.

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University of Chicago Press

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022637677X

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9780226376776

Human Resources Information Systems

A Guide for Public Administrators

By: Nicolas A. Valcik,Meghna Sabharwal,Teodoro J. Benavides

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Human Resources Information Systems

A Guide for Public Administrators

By: Nicolas A. Valcik,Meghna Sabharwal,Teodoro J. Benavides

This volume provides an introduction to Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) for those in the public administration field. At the intersection between human resource management and information technology, HRIS is often the key to having and maintaining the personnel data that is essential for hiring and recruitment, strategic planning and analysis, and legal requirements in most public organizations. Revised and updated for the second edition, this book describes what an HRIS system is, what the functionality of such a system should be, and outlines the practical aspects of an HRIS. It also compares the different aspects of human resources in public organizations, non-profit organizations, and private corporations, and how differences across organizations may influence the functionality requirements of the HRIS. Finally, the volume contains both an organizational theory component, which frames how an HRIS interacts with an organization both from a functional standpoint and a reporting standpoint. The book includes a practical component, which includes real-world case studies that illustrate the advantages and pitfalls to implementing an HRIS enterprise system. Providing a thorough introduction to HRIS for both academics and practitioners, this volume is appropriate for researchers, graduate students, and practitioners in the fields of public administration, higher education administration, information systems, computer science, and human resources.

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Springer Nature

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303130862X

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9783031308628

Codex Canadensis and the Writings of Louis Nicolas

The Natural History of the New World, Histoire Naturelle Des Indes Occidentales

By: Louis Nicolas,Réal Ouellet

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Codex Canadensis and the Writings of Louis Nicolas

The Natural History of the New World, Histoire Naturelle Des Indes Occidentales

By: Louis Nicolas,Réal Ouellet

A natural history and illustrations of the New World in the seventeenth century.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773538763

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9780773538764

Bathed in Blood

Hunting and Mastery in the Old South

By: Nicolas W. Proctor

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Bathed in Blood

Hunting and Mastery in the Old South

By: Nicolas W. Proctor

Regardless of color or class, men in the Old South hunted; the meat, hides, and furs they brought home reinforced the hunters' claims to patriarchal authority as providers for their households. During the antebellum era, many white men also began using the hunt as a venue for the display of increasingly complex ideas about gender, race, class, and community. Proctor (history, Simpson College) explores the social drama of the hunt as it was conducted between 1800 and 1860, through accounts in books, letters, journals, and periodicals. He looks at the historical developments that shaped hunting as well as interactions between men and women and between owners and slaves. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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University of Virginia Press

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0813920914

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9780813920917

Seedvilization: Dawn of the New Beginning

By: Nicolas Chai

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Seedvilization: Dawn of the New Beginning

By: Nicolas Chai

Nick Swift, a single father and television journalist, is headed to Hawaii to investigate a story on funding fraud allegedly committed by a respected astrophysicist, Professor James Charleston. He brings his daughter, Annabelle, along, hoping to get in some father-daughter time. When his trip is interrupted by a volcanic eruption that destroys a multibillion-dollar telescope, Nick knows that this will not be an ordinary trip. He goes out to help one of Professor Charleston's team members, a man trapped in a car-who asks the reporter to deliver a hard drive to the professor in Iceland. Nick soon learns that he has rescued data on an unprecedented discovery that will change the course of human history forever. In this science fiction novel, a reporter and his daughter find themselves on a roller-coaster journey to deliver world-shaking data to a scientist on the other side of the world.

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Lulu.com

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1483449742

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9781483449746

The Promise of Diversity

How Brazilian Brand Capitalism Affects Precarious Identities and Work

By: Nicolas Wasser

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The Promise of Diversity

How Brazilian Brand Capitalism Affects Precarious Identities and Work

By: Nicolas Wasser

Nicolas Wasser critically examines how sexual and racial identities are currently being articulated through capitalist brands and labor. On the basis of an ethnographic case study about a Brazilian fashion enterprise, he shows how young - lesbian, gay and black - sales employees align themselves with the ambivalent promises put forward by diversity management. Their affective labor, the study argues, is at the center of new and globally unfolding regimes of the precarious. Readers will thus find a rich sociological account from the Global South on how neoliberal logics of self-optimization both traverse and fuel the aspirations of the minoritized.

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transcript Verlag

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3839437547

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9783839437544

The Red Highway

By: Nicolas Rothwell

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The Red Highway

By: Nicolas Rothwell

Nicolas Rothwell embarks on an inner journey while travelling through an amazing part of the world. After a spell reporting the Iraq War, Rothwell returns to Australia's north. Drifting and displaced, he starts to explore the deserts and towns of the north.

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1459605748

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9781459605749

Consensus on Environmentally Sustainable Oral Healthcare

A Joint Stakeholder Statement

By: Nicolas Martin,Steven Mulligan,Ian J. Shellard,Paul V. Hatton

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Consensus on Environmentally Sustainable Oral Healthcare

A Joint Stakeholder Statement

By: Nicolas Martin,Steven Mulligan,Ian J. Shellard,Paul V. Hatton

The Oral Healthcare community, including clinical professionals and industry, acknowledges the shared responsibility to deliver products and interventions that improve oral health in a more sustainable manner. To deliver this, the community is working in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Key to establishing this collaborative stakeholder consensus is a deep contextual understanding of the challenge. This is achieved through a comprehensive account of the levels of awareness of the environmental impacts, the challenges to resolve these impacts together with the drivers and opportunities to promote sustainable practices. This report concludes with a strategic action framework that makes specific recommendations and identifies best practice to achieve these goals. The promotion of excellent oral healthcare and the development of a circular economy are core to this strategy. Additionally, it is also important to recognise the opportunities to collaborate across the sector, and throughout supply chains, to develop and promote sustainable practices to achieve meaningful and measurable environmental outcomes in the sector. In this context, the FDI World Dental Federation convened the development of this volume, Consensus on Environmentally Sustainable Oral Healthcare: A Joint Stakeholder Statement. This consensus statement brings together a global coalition of stakeholders, representing all aspects of industry, health professionals, experts, legislative authorities and governments. The statement uses a truly collaborative, multi-stakeholder approach to identify the major challenges facing oral healthcare, the complex drivers that underpin current behaviours and practices, and the best opportunities to improve and deliver sustainable oral healthcare for people and the planet. Concluding with an impactful and robust strategic action plan that crosses all boundaries, the statement identifies a series of actions and recommendations for best practice that address the sustainability issues facing the whole sector.

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White Rose University Press

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1912482452

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Strategic Planning and Decision-Making for Public and Non-Profit Organizations

By: Nicolas A. Valcik

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Strategic Planning and Decision-Making for Public and Non-Profit Organizations

By: Nicolas A. Valcik

This book provides administrators in public and non-profit organizations with direction and a framework from which to lead their organizations effectively. Taking a global approach to the issues administrators need to examine when managing a group of employees at any level (including budgeting and expenditures, forecasting, policy creation and execution, communication and reporting), this book explores the driving forces in organizational decision making. Author Nick Valcik takes a holistic view on organizational management, beginning with the core aspects of public organizations and the leadership competencies necessary to manage an organization successfully. Designed to be used on undergraduate and graduate courses in public administration and in public affairs programs, the book discusses the basics of organizational structure, delves into risk management issues, and offers a set of tools that can be used by administrators to make informed decisions based on actual data or documented processes. Throughout the book, real world case studies provide students and practitioners with a clear understanding of how exactly the right decision tool may be applied when facing a particular decision in any organization.

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Routledge

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1317277759

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9781317277750

Seasonal Carbon Cycling in the Sargasso Sea Near Bermuda

By: Nicolas Gruber,Charles D. Keeling

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Seasonal Carbon Cycling in the Sargasso Sea Near Bermuda

By: Nicolas Gruber,Charles D. Keeling

Each year, the concentration of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in the mixed layer at Station S in the Sargasso Sea decreases from winter to summer by about 30 umol/kg. The authors of this study demonstrate that by simultaneously observing changes in the stable isotopic ration of DIC, it is possible to quantify the contribution of physical and biological processes to this summer-fall drawdown. They find that biology is the dominant contrbutor to the drawdown, but that physical processes also play an important role.

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Univ of California Press

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0520915968

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9780520915961

Non-Profit Organizations

Real Issues for Public Administrators

By: Nicolas A. Valcik,Teodoro J. Benavides,Kimberly Scruton

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Non-Profit Organizations

Real Issues for Public Administrators

By: Nicolas A. Valcik,Teodoro J. Benavides,Kimberly Scruton

Packed with case studies and ripped-from-the-headlines examples, Non-Profit Organizations: Real Issues for Public Administrators introduces critical issues commonly encountered when managing non-profit organizations and gives you the tools to develop policies and procedures to meet the challenges that arise when these issues occur. The authors use

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CRC Press

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1466572337

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The Stigma of Mental Illness - E-Book

Strategies Against Discrimination and Social Exclusion

By: Nicolas Ruesch

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The Stigma of Mental Illness - E-Book

Strategies Against Discrimination and Social Exclusion

By: Nicolas Ruesch

People with mental illness are often painfully familiar with overt prejudice or more subtle forms of mistreatment. The stigma and discrimination associated with their disorders can have effects in several areas of life: in social interactions, in work and healthcare settings, in the legal system and the media. Many withdraw due to shame and do not seek help. In turn, stigma can prove to be a more serious problem than the disorder itself. Yet too little is done to reduce stigma and its impact. The Stigma of Mental Illness: Strategies Against Discrimination and Social Exclusion offers up the knowledge necessary to understand and fight against stigma and discrimination. It will be invaluable to all health professionals, social workers, healthcare managers and policy makers with an involvement or interest in mental illness. - Broad coverage of the forms and consequences of stigma - Specific treatment of stigma in relation to diagnoses such as dementia and autism - Perspectives and strategies of a service user and a relative - Up-to-date concepts regarding exclusion and discrimination - Practical strategies for service users, relatives, healthcare professionals and policy makers

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323834302

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9780323834308

Foundations of Cultural Diplomacy

Politics Among Cultures and the Moral Autonomy of Man

By: Nicolas K. Laos

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Foundations of Cultural Diplomacy

Politics Among Cultures and the Moral Autonomy of Man

By: Nicolas K. Laos

This original, systematic theory of cultural diplomacy opens a new way of thinking about diplomacy, politics and culture. Dr. Laos methodically investigates the relationship between culture and politics and between the reality of the world and the reality of consciousness. In so doing, he articulates a new approach to international relations theory and the concept of power, one based on philosophical arguments about reality, history and freedom.Dr. Laos takes a stark and realistic look at the interplay between culture and politics and makes an intellectually challenging contribution to normative international relations theory. The author proposes a new way of defining 'critical' political theory (substantially different from the Frankfurt School's approach) which leads to a new, dynamic understanding of history, and he argues that the chessboard of power is not so much on the surface of the earth as in the mental network formed by the communication between consciousnesses.He presents an original explanation of the inherent inability of Realpolitik to account for reality, throwing light on deep and controversial questions of identity for Europe and the West in general.

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0875868339

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9780875868332

Burn It All Down

By: Nicolas DiDomizio

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Burn It All Down

By: Nicolas DiDomizio

Take the ride of a lifetime with this mother/son buddy comedy James Patterson praises as “audacious, addictive, highly entertaining.” Eighteen-year-old aspiring comic Joey Rossi just found out his boyfriend has been cheating on him for the past ten months. But what did he expect? Joey was born with an addiction to toxic jerks—something he inherited from his lovably messy, wisecracking, Italian-American spitfire of a mom (and best friend): 34-year-old Gia Rossi. When Gia’s latest non-relationship goes up in flames only a day later, the pair’s Bayonne, New Jersey apartment can barely contain their rage. In a misguided attempt at revenge, Joey and Gia inadvertently commit a series of crimes and flee the state, running to the only good man either of them has ever known—Gia’s ex, Marco. As they hide out from the law at Marco’s secluded lake house, Joey and Gia must confront all the bad habits and mistakes they’ve made that have led them to this moment—and find a way to take responsibility for what they’ve done.

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Little, Brown

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0316496936

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9780316496933

L'Architecture

By: Claude-Nicolas Ledoux

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L'Architecture

By: Claude-Nicolas Ledoux

Few architects have had a vision of architecture as provocative as that of Claude-Nicolas Ledoux. In 1847 Daniel Rame assembled 300 plates by Ledoux in two volumes. The Rame edition is now scarce, but has been reproduced here in a one-volume format. Princeton Architectural Press's Reprint Series was established in 1981 to make rare volumes on architecture available to a wider audience. The books' beautiful reproductions and finest quality printing and binding match those of the originals, while their 9-by-12-inch format makes them accessible and affordable. New introductions bring a modern voice to these classic texts, updating them to become invaluable contemporary resources. These critically acclaimed books are an essential addition to any library.

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Princeton Architectural Press

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0910413037

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Humanism

Finding Meaning in the Word

By: Nicolas Walter

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Humanism

Finding Meaning in the Word

By: Nicolas Walter

What is a humanist? After an introduction to the earliest ideas of, and terms for, humanism in the ancient world, noted humanist Nicolas Walter explores the history of humanism and its evolving definitions from the time of the original appearance and first meanings of "humanist" in the Italian Renaissance, concluding with a manifesto of modern humanism. Drawing on personal experience and information from more than 400 sources, this is the first full-length treatment of the subject.

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Prometheus Books

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1615928367

ISBN 13

9781615928361

Book's by Nicolas Tracy

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