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Mastering Project Portfolio Management

By: Michael J. Bible,Susan Bivins,Susan S. Bivins

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Mastering Project Portfolio Management

By: Michael J. Bible,Susan Bivins,Susan S. Bivins

This unique text provides a holistic systems approach to project portfolio management which includes people, processes, tools, and techniques that work synergistically to produce portfolio decisions with the best chance of success. Accompanied by decision support software and advanced decision making techniques, it guides readers step-by-step through the entire project portfolio management process. This professional guide is also ideal for executive continuing education programs, and as a primary text for graduate level academic courses.

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J. Ross Publishing

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1604270667

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9781604270662

Hidden Victims

The Effects of the Death Penalty on Families of the Accused

By: Susan F. Sharp

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Hidden Victims

The Effects of the Death Penalty on Families of the Accused

By: Susan F. Sharp

Sharp’s book reemphasizes the tremendous costs of maintaining the death penalty—costs to real people and real families that ripple throughout generations to come."—Saundra D. Westervelt, author of Shifting the Blame: How Victimization Became a Criminal Defense "Everyone concerned with the effects of capital punishment must have this book."—Margaret Vandiver, professor, department of criminology and criminal justice, University of Memphis Murderers, particularly those sentenced to death, are considered by most to be unusually heinous, often sub-human, and entirely different from the rest of us. In Hidden Victims, sociologist Susan F. Sharp challenges this culturally ingrained perspective by reminding us that those individuals facing a death sentence, in addition to being murderers, are brothers or sisters, mothers or fathers, daughters or sons, relatives or friends. Through a series of vivid and in-depth interviews with families of the accused, she demonstrates how the exceptionally severe way in which we view those on death row trickles down to those with whom they are closely connected. Sharp shows how family members and friends—in effect, the indirect victims of the initial crime—experience a profoundly complicated and socially isolating grief process. Departing from a humanist perspective from which most accounts of victims are told, Sharp makes her case from a sociological standpoint that draws out the parallel experiences and coping mechanisms of these individuals. Chapters focus on responses to sentencing, the particular structure of grieving faced by this population, execution, aftermath, wrongful conviction, family formation after conviction, and the complex situation of individuals related to both the killer and the victim. Powerful, poignant, and intelligently written, Hidden Victims challenges all of us—regardless of which side of the death penalty you are on—to understand the economic, social, and psychological repercussions that shape the lives of the often forgotten families of death row inmates.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813537878

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9780813537870

Texas Mushrooms

A Field Guide

By: Susan Metzler,Van Metzler

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Texas Mushrooms

A Field Guide

By: Susan Metzler,Van Metzler

Hundreds of species of mushrooms flourish in Texas, from the desert and semiarid regions of West Texas to the moist and acid soils of East Texas, where species that can also be found in South America live alongside those that might be spotted in Malaysia and Europe. Texas Mushrooms was the first—and is still the only—guide to all of the state’s mushrooms. This colorful, easy-to-follow book will surprise and delight uninitiated nature enthusiasts while also supplying the experienced mushroom hunter with expert identification information. Excellent color photographs and precise descriptions of over 200 species will enable the mushroom hunter—even the amateur—to make quick, careful, easy distinctions between the edible varieties and the potentially toxic ones. In addition, kitchen-tested recipes are included, along with charts giving spore sizes and a list of recommended further reading. In Texas, mushroom hunting can be a year-round, state-wide activity, and with this enticing field guide, collecting, identifying, and preparing wild mushrooms will become an activity the entire family can enjoy while appreciating the beauty of Texas from a new and fascinating angle.

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University of Texas Press

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0292786263

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9780292786264

Dear John

Love and Loyalty in Wartime America

By: Susan L. Carruthers

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Dear John

Love and Loyalty in Wartime America

By: Susan L. Carruthers

Are 'Dear John' letters lethal weapons in the hands of men at war? Many US officers, servicemen, veterans, and civilians would say yes. Drawing on personal letters, oral histories, and psychiatric reports, as well as popular music and movies, Susan L. Carruthers shows how the armed forces and civilian society have attempted to weaponize romantic love in pursuit of martial ends, from World War II to today. Yet efforts to discipline feeling have frequently failed. And women have often borne the blame. This sweeping history of emotional life in wartime explores the interplay between letter-writing and storytelling, breakups and breakdowns, and between imploded intimacy and boosted camaraderie. Incorporating vivid personal experiences in lively and engaging prose – variously tragic, comic, and everything in between – this compelling study will change the way we think about wartime relationships.

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339

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Cambridge University Press

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1108915728

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9781108915724

Mindful Eating 101

A Guide to Healthy Eating in College and Beyond

By: Susan Albers, Psy.D.

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Mindful Eating 101

A Guide to Healthy Eating in College and Beyond

By: Susan Albers, Psy.D.

In this book, Dr. Susan Albers, brings her unique approach to college students, their parents, and college staff. Using the principles of mindfulness, Dr. Albers presents a guide to healthy eating and self acceptance that will help readers navigate the weight obsessed, diet crazed, high pressured, fast food saturated college environment, establishing patterns of eating that will form the groundwork for a healthier life well beyond college. More than a new diet book or collection of superficial self-affirmations, this book gets at issues such as the importance of making informed choices and the value of self acceptance and good health.

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161

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Routledge

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113542439X

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The Study of Children in Religions

A Methods Handbook

By: Susan B. Ridgely

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The Study of Children in Religions

A Methods Handbook

By: Susan B. Ridgely

Research in religious studies has traditionally focused on adult subjects since working with children presents significantly more challenges to the researcher, such as getting the research protocol passed by the Internal Review Board, obtaining permission from parents and schools, and figuring out how to make sense of young worldviews. The Study of Children in Religions provides scholars with a comprehensive source to assist them in addressing many of the issues that often stop researchers from pursuing projects involving children. This handbook offers a broad range of methodological and conceptual models for scholars interested in conducting work with children. It not only illuminates some of the legal and ethical issues involved in working with youth and provides guidance in getting IRB approval, but also presents specific case studies from scholars who have engaged in child-centered research and here offer the fruits of their experience. Cases include those that use interviews and drawings to work with children in contemporary settings, as well as more historically focused endeavors to use material culture—such as Sunday school projects or religious board games—to study children’s religious lives in past eras. The Study of Children in Religions offers concrete help to those who wish to conduct research on children and religion but are unsure of how to get started or how to frame their research.

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326

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NYU Press

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0814777473

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9780814777473

An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area

By: Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny

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An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area

By: Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny

An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area is the definitive guide to the history and architecture of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. This compendium has been written and photographed by Susan Cerny and twelve Bay Area experts and provides a historic record of how the area developed to became what it is today, and discusses transportation systems, city and suburban landscape plans, public parkland, California history, and economic, social, and political influences. Included are San Francisco Victorians, civic buildings, churches, parks, grand Period Revivals, and rustic Arts and Crafts homes, as well as significant vernacular buildings in less publicized neighborhoods and towns. Features include: Buildings by all major San Francisco Bay Area architects from the 1860s to the present. More than 2,000 entries. Architectural landmarks in every Bay Area county, arranged by chapter: San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano, Napa, Sonoma, and Marin. More than 100 cities, towns, and neighborhoods. A history of architectural styles popular in the Bay Area. More than 20,000 copies sold of our previous architecture guide to the Bay Area.

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Gibbs Smith

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1586854321

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9781586854324

Cooking for Mr. Right

By: Susan Volland

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Cooking for Mr. Right

By: Susan Volland

At twenty-six, Seattle-based chef Kate Linden still has the urge to dye her hair blue and learn to play electric bass. But when she's abruptly fired from the city's hottest restaurant, and her ex-boyfriend, Gaston, announces he's getting married to a woman he's only recently met, Kate feels life's opportunities slipping away. Suddenly she's convinced that Gaston may be her last chance at a happy walk down the aisle. So she cooks up a scheme so grand her ex will be eating out of her hands in no time... It's the perfect recipe for happiness. Until some unexpected ingredients fall into the pot-including a man she'd rather be cooking for.

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Signet

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0451215249

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9780451215246

Live & Work in the USA and Canada

By: Adam Lechmere,Susan Catto

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Live & Work in the USA and Canada

By: Adam Lechmere,Susan Catto

A detailed survey of the opportunities for living and working in the USA & Canada from New York to Los Angeles and from Montreal to Vancouver.

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276

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Vacation Work Publications

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1854581198

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9781854581198

Project Interface Management

Reducing Risk on Major Projects

By: Michael J. Bible,Susan S. Bivins

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Project Interface Management

Reducing Risk on Major Projects

By: Michael J. Bible,Susan S. Bivins

Accelerating change and the context for projects -- Understanding project complexity -- Interface management introduction -- Basic interface management process -- Interface analysis -- Interface management planning -- Interface management implementation -- Managing interface activity during execution -- Interface management verification and closeout

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1604271302

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LETTERS OF SUSAN HALE

By: Susan 1833-1910 Hale

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LETTERS OF SUSAN HALE

By: Susan 1833-1910 Hale

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Wentworth Press

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1371677921

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9781371677923

Where Are My Susannas

By: Susan Hyatt

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Where Are My Susannas

By: Susan Hyatt

Discusses Susanna Wesley, Phoebe Palmer, and Aimee Semple McPherson.

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Liturgy Training Publications

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1888435038

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9781888435030

Flow

The Cultural Story of Menstruation

By: Elissa Stein,Susan Kim

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Flow

The Cultural Story of Menstruation

By: Elissa Stein,Susan Kim

“A normally taboo topic claims attention with the surprising—and sometimes horrifying—history of cultural reactions to menstruation.” —Publishers Weekly In this hip, hilarious and truly eye-opening cultural history, menstruation is talked about as never before. Flow spans its fascinating, occasionally wacky and sometimes downright scary story: from mikvahs (ritual cleansing baths) to menopause, hysteria to hysterectomies—not to mention the Pill, cramps, the history of underwear, and the movie about puberty they showed you in 5th grade. Flow answers such questions as: What’s the point of getting a period? What did women do before pads and tampons? What about new drugs that promise to end periods—a hot idea or not? Sex during your period: gross or a turn-on? And what’s normal, anyway? With color reproductions of (campy) historical ads and early (excruciating) femcare devices, it also provides a fascinating (and mind-boggling) gallery of this complex, personal and uniquely female process. As irreverent as it is informative, Flow gives an everyday occurrence its true props—and eradicates the stigma placed on it for centuries. “Its contents, I found, are plainspoken—perhaps it will start chipping away at the taboo . . . the style is important and groundbreaking.” —The New Yorker “In many ways, Flow is a breakthrough.” —Daily Beast “Flow isn’t just a book; it’s a movement.” —January Magazine “A witty look at the history of ‘the nuisance’ . . . for women of all ages. Who hasn’t wondered why we get a period, what women did before the invention of the tampon—let alone the pad. Flow explains all.” —Body and Soul Magazine

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Macmillan + ORM

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1429983396

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Book's by Susan Bivins

Mastering Project Portfolio Management

Mastering Project Portfolio Management

Hidden Victims

Hidden Victims

Texas Mushrooms

Texas Mushrooms

Dear John

Dear John

Mindful Eating 101

Mindful Eating 101

The Study of Children in Religions

The Study of Children in Religions

An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area

An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area

Cooking for Mr. Right

Cooking for Mr. Right

Live & Work in the USA and Canada

Live & Work in the USA and Canada

Project Interface Management

Project Interface Management

LETTERS OF SUSAN HALE

LETTERS OF SUSAN HALE

Where Are My Susannas

Where Are My Susannas

Flow

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