First runner-up in the Sonder Press 2018 Chapbook Competition, Randall Brown's This Is How He Learned To Love, is a masterfully crafted collection of 37 brief, yet luminous fictions. Brown's prose is spare, and as delicately rendered as the windows he grants into the worlds of his characters, yet the stories gathered here are deeply, utterly resonant. This Is How He Learned To Love captures the true vastness of the human heart--its susceptibility and perseverance; its resilience; and, above all, its indelible, persistent yearning for connection.
David Hume is widely regarded as the greatest English thinker in the history of philosophy. His contributions to a huge range of philosophical debates are as important and influential now as they were in the eighteenth century. This book provides an introduction to the ideas of this hugely significant thinker.
Today’s headlines vividly illustrate the importance of understanding aspects of the criminal justice system too often ignored. While the second edition of Crime and Criminal Justice in American Society includes the most recent statistics on the police, courts, and corrections, its provocative, current examples also spur critical thinking about justice in the United States. The authors offer an alternative interpretation of criminal justice rarely presented in traditional textbooks or by the media. They encourage readers to examine their beliefs about crime, punishment, and the law. Discussions in the chapters about how African Americans, Hispanics, whites, women, juveniles, the rich, and the poor experience crime and the criminal justice system contribute context for understanding different viewpoints. The poor and minorities are the most likely to be caught in the net of criminal justice—but inequities have consequences for everyone. Reflection on various perspectives provides helpful input for assessing attitudes and for becoming actively involved with issues that have significant consequences. Eighteen thoroughly revised chapters present historical backgrounds, theories, and emerging issues. New to the second edition is a chapter on veterans involved in the criminal justice system. Affordable, succinct, and engaging, this textbook presents the key concepts of the criminal justice system at less than half the cost of many competing textbooks.
Merging medical science with biblical principles, this text details the longevity principles in this life that are supported by the latest medical research. (Practical Life)
For me, people come first," Alice Neel (1900–1984) declared in 1950. "I have tried to assert the dignity and eternal importance of the human being." This ambitious publication surveys Neel's nearly 70-year career through the lens of her radical humanism. Remarkable portraits of victims of the Great Depression, fellow residents of Spanish Harlem, leaders of political organizations, queer artists, visibly pregnant women, and members of New York's global diaspora reveal that Neel viewed humanism as both a political and philosophical ideal. In addition to these paintings of famous and unknown sitters, the more than 100 works highlighted include Neel's emotionally charged cityscapes and still lifes as well as the artist’s erotic pastels and watercolors. Essays tackle Neel's portrayal of LGBTQ subjects; her unique aesthetic language, which merged abstraction and figuration; and her commitment to progressive politics, civil rights, feminism, and racial diversity. The authors also explore Neel's highly personal preoccupations with death, illness, and motherhood while reasserting her place in the broader cultural history of the 20th century.
This book was published by Floricanto Press. www.FloricantoPress.com www.LatinoBooks.Net Minority Empowerment: How to Achieve Professional Success in America is a frank, refreshing, and honest guide to help give persons of color valuable resources and skills to achieve success in America. As two people of color who combined have attended four Ivy League institutions, Dr. Bianca Calderon-Brown and Randall Brown are uniquely qualified to provide a roadmap for others.The Browns have written a brief but compelling manual, which they used to get to Ivy league colleges and succeed professionally. This book is a valuable guide for minorities who are serious about their professional future. Underrepresented ethnic minority students represent a challenge to the American educational establishment. An emerging corpus of literature brings understanding into the elements for their academic success. However, very few books have been written by minorities in the trenches, who shared the same backgrounds, but methodically succeeded academically and professionally. LatinoBook.net Dr. Bianca Calderon-Brown and Randall Brown are a married couple who live in New Jersey. Bianca received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and her medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is currently a pediatrician in the Bronx and on the faculty of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Randall received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his MBA from the Yale School of Management. He is currently a Senior Finance Manager at Johnson & Johnson.
Matt Lowry and Winthrop McLain were once business partners. Greed and murder tore them apart. Now they are enemies! Lowry has became a successful cattle rancher and businessman on his own. He has taken business from McLain and it has cost McLain a lot of money. McLain vows to get rid of Lowry at any cost. Enter Earl Sutton, Hired gun. McLain went out of his way to find the young Sutton because he is the half brother of Lowry's fiancee, Hannah. Tension soon mounts at McLain's Circle M Ranch. McLain's wife, Helen, falls in love with Sutton. The ranch foreman, Artie Shuman, has a deep hatred for the young man. McLain's intent on getting rid of Lowry, but it might all backfire in his face.
Why when companies come crashing down, do we hear of boards who have failed in their fiduciary duties? Or that they have been ignorant, complacent or downright complicit in these scandals and downfalls? Of course, corporate scandals are nothing new, nor are they limited to any one geography. They are a damning indictment of our systems of corporate governance around the world. And yet, despite this frequency, little or nothing changes. We shrug and move on, accepting they are an unavoidable part of the system that produces incredible wealth for economies and societies. But it should not be that way. Disaster in the Boardroom shows how boards can be better. Looking at why these scandals happen, authors Peterson and Brown present in-depth case studies of major global corporations – including recent contemporary scandals associated with companies such as BP, Facebook and Uber – using the optic of their unique, original and compelling ‘six dysfunctions of the board’ analysis to reveal their particularities but also how they can be overcome. In this book, Brown and Peterson explore common attributes of scandals such as lack of independence from management, missing key voices, cultural amplification, diffusion of responsibility, rule-bound cultures and groupthink. They also identify ways to strengthen boards, improve their culture and competence, and give directors and others the power to take action and ultimately prevent disasters from happening. Disaster in the Boardroom is essential reading for every executive in every boardroom, those aspiring to board positions as well as anyone interested in why boards fail. It has never been more important to pre-identify and eradicate these boardroom dysfunctions – not least so that their impacts upon society can better seen, understood, mitigated, and avoided.
American society separates those who have from those in need, this creates a challenge for every Christian who learns that Justice Matters. In this book we examine God's statements about a Christian's responsibility to care for the poor. We also provide guidance on how to carry out that responsibility in our complex modern society.
“Clear, creative, compelling . . . This book is a must read for anybody who wants to power their business through high-octane referrals.” —Ken Samuelson, Principle, The Morehead Group Every business needs referrals from satisfied clients. A good referral can lead to a closed sale faster and easier than any other lead. But let’s face it. Asking for referrals can be awkward. And asking is often ineffective. That’s why Stacey Brown Randall developed a method of getting referrals—without asking. In her book Generating Business Referrals Without Asking, she shares her system for revolutionizing any business. Her structured approach reduces the hustle and increases productivity and profit. With Randall’s system, you can stop wasting time and money marketing to cold leads and stalking would-be clients on social media. And you can start doing what you love most—providing the excellent service that made you go into business in the first place. In Generating Business Referrals Without Asking, you’ll get Randall’s five steps to steady business growth, case studies from business professionals, and a step-by-step roadmap that even the busiest business owner can implement. “Stacey shows you how to unleash a referral explosion by turning your referral strategy on its head . . . You will also learn the steps on how to build a referral generation plan that you can follow for years to come, bringing in more referrals than you can imagine.” —Pat Hiban, New York Times–bestselling author of 6 Steps to 7 Figures
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