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The Collected Works of Charles Swindoll: Living on the Edge

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Swindoll, Charles R., PUBLISHER: Inspirational Press (NY), In a world where success is measured by money and where anxiety, pressure, ulcers, and stress are as common as gray flannel suits, Charles Swindoll brings home some good news: you can find joy, peace, and happiness in the struggle In Living on the Ragged Edge, Swindoll shows how to enjoy life which is the bottom line of reality for everyday living. Learn how to survive the rat race; how to be "bullish"; how to find wisdom; how to make the most of old age - essentially, find out how to stop existing and start living. Proceeding to the next step, Living Above the Level of Mediocrity encourages the commitment to excellence that should follow, as Swindoll boldy tackles the difficult problems of self-discipline, laziness, and the tendency to accept less of life than we deserve. This motivational collection proves that moral, personal, and ethical excellence is worth whatever it costs.

To Know Her by Name

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wick, Lori, PUBLISHER: Harvest House Publishers, Who is this woman? McKay Harrington wondered. After chasing and killing an outlaw in the Boulder foothills, Harrington finds himself critically wounded and dependent upon a mysterious woman named Callie. When Harrington returns to his job at the Treasury Department, an unexpected encounter reveals a dangerous masquerade... Can McKay Harrington penetrate the wall of secrecy surrounding Callie's true identity to share the saving love of Jesus Christ? And what about the love growing in his heart for this woman of mystery? An unusual story of love, intrigue, and faith...from the author of the bestselling "Where the Wild Rose Blooms "and "Whispers of Moonlight"

PETER GABRIEL - EXPLORA1 - CD-ROM - multimediale - RARO

Cd-rom di peter gabriel - explora 1 - peter gabriel's secret world - interplay productions - cd-rom  il cofanetto contiene: - the videos and their making, conversations with directors- the specially commissioned artwork and interviews with the artists - explore some of the sounds and grooves of strange and wonderful images, playing with them with your own mouse or armadillo check out what's happening at the womad festival in san francisco - click on any of forty album sleeves to hear and see some of the best in world music - check out his earlier records - play with his interactive photo album - learn about some of the human rights work he's involved in - sneak aound backstage at the grammy's - take an interactive journey around real world - partecipate in jam session in the studio - remix your own version of "digging in the dirt" raro, usato pochissimo.

The Making of Belize: Globalization in the Margins

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sutherland, Anne, PUBLISHER: Praeger, Globalization theorists predict that the forces of globalization will divide the countries of the world into a few winners and many losers. This book challenges that idea and suggests that the very margins of the global world system--where the construction of local relations and group identities within a deterritorialized, transnational political economy allows for a creative postmodernism--may become the areas of the most creative cultural activity. The difficulties facing those who are globalizing in the margins come from powerful transnational movements such as the environmental movement, the international drug trade, and migrations of people including international tourists. Ironically, instant contact with the rest of the world has created a sense of local identity that transcends the local and is truly multicultural. Belize is a diverse, multicultural society that is both cosmopolitan and deterritorialized, searching for new forms of collective expression, identity, and imagined possibilities, coming into its own as a nation at a time of increasing awareness of global social realities. Perhaps the rreatest challenge faced by Belizeans is the power of the transnational eco-colonialists who have, with missionary zeal, garnered control of land and resources and placed themselves in positions of political power. The present is an end of history for Belize and the beginning of a new era, one that is peculiarly postmodern, globalized, and creative.

The Mystery of Mary

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hill, Grace Livingston, PUBLISHER: Living Books, Tyron cannot forget Mary's beautiful face and spirit. He determines to discover the true identity of the young woman he longs to protect--and love. Grace Livingston Hill is the beloved author of more than 100 books. Read and enjoyed by millions, her wholesome stories contain adventure, romance, and the heartwarming triumphs of people faced with the problems of life and love.

Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Shepard, Adam, PUBLISHER: Harper Paperbacks, Adam Shepard graduated from college in the summer of feeling disillusioned by the apathy he saw around him and incensed after reading Barbara Ehrenreich's famous works "Nickel and Dimed" and "Bait and Switch"--books that gave him a feeling of hopelessness over the state of the working class in America. Eager to see if he could make something out of nothing, he set out to prove wrong Ehrenreich's theory that those who start at the bottom stay at the bottom, and to see if the American Dream can still be a reality. Shepard's plan was simple. Carrying only a sleeping bag, the clothes on his back, and $25 in cash, and restricted from using previous contacts or relying on his college education, he set out for a randomly selected city with one objective: work his way out of homelessness and into a life that would give him the opportunity for success. His goal was to have, after one year, $, a working automobile, and a furnished apartment. But from the start, things didn't go as smoothly as Shepard had planned. Working his way up from a Charleston, South Carolina homeless shelter proved to be more difficult than he anticipated, with pressure to take low-paying, exploitive jobs from labor companies, and a job market that didn't respond with enthusiasm to homeless applicants. Shepard even began donating plasma to make fast cash. To his surprise, he found himself depending most on fellow shelter residents for inspiration and advice. Earnest, passionate, and hard to put down, "Scratch Beginnings" is a story that will not only inspire readers, but will also remind them that success can come to anyone who is willing to work hard--and that America is still one of the most hopeful and inspiring countries in the world.

The Obstacle Race: The Fortunes of Women Painters and Their

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Greer, Germaine, PUBLISHER: I. B. Tauris & Company, If men and women are equally capable of genius, why have there been no female artists of the stature of Leonardo, Titian or Poussin? In seeking to answer this question, Germaine Greer introduces us to major but underestimated figures in the history of Western painting--Angelica Kauffmann, Natalia Goncharova, Suzanne Valadon, Berthe Morisot, Kathe Kollwitz--and produces a brilliantly incisive and richly illustrated study. She explains the obstacles as both external and surmountable and internal and insurmountable in the race for achievement.

Trust: Releasing the Energy to Succeed

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Brien, Rita Cruise / Cruise O'Brien, Rita, PUBLISHER: Jossey-Bass, The new economy has changed the rules of the game in business, and the speed at which businesses operate and interact. Corporate success has therefore never been more dependent on the contribution of first-rate people, who give more than merely adequate performance at work and in turn, trust has become a topic of considerable importance within organization, as people need to be engaged and motivated by their role in order to go the "extra mile." Low trust is characterised by defensive, protective and legalistic behaviour (with the potential to financially damage a company), whereas high trust can help create real competitive advantage in the marketplace through promoting effective collaboration, involvement and loyalty which in turn generate energy and innovation among employees. The organisations with a high level of trust have teams of people that are highly motivated and co-operative and command respect and loyalty from their customers. This can lead to the fulfilment of a company's mission and goals, and eventually, financial success. Yet trust is not an easy commodity to achieve and maintain, with employees increasingly demand more, and less obvious, compensations than financial benefits alone, such as job autonomy and ownership, and the market value of their role. Fulfilment of these 'hidden' rewards can lead to employee commitment and passion based on trust, which are valuable assets when employee retention is at a premium -many people are choosing to opt out of the corporate economy to work freelance, or for the new, small and entrepreneurial e-businesses start-ups. This book shows, through practical guidance and examples, how trust can be harnessed to create real competitive advantage within an organisation's strategic aims.

Meet Joe Copper: Masculinity and Race on Montana's World War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Basso, Matthew, PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press, "I realize that I am a soldier of production whose duties are as important in this war as those of the man behind the gun." So began the pledge that many home front men took at the outset of World War II when they went to work in the factories, fields, and mines while their compatriots fought in the battlefields of Europe and on the bloody beaches of the Pacific. The male experience of working and living in wartime America is rarely examined, but the story of men like these provides a crucial counter-narrative to the national story of Rosie the Riveter and GI Joe that dominates scholarly and popular discussions of World War II. In "Meet Joe Copper," Matthew L. Basso describes the formation of a powerful, white, working-class masculine ideology in the decades prior to the war, and shows how it thrived--on the job, in the community, and through union politics. Basso recalls for us the practices and beliefs of the first- and second-generation immigrant copper workers of Montana while advancing the historical conversation on gender, class, and the formation of a white ethnic racial identity. "Meet Joe Copper" provides a context for our ideas of postwar masculinity and whiteness and finally returns the men of the home front to our reckoning of "The Greatest Generation" and the New Deal era.

Haremlik. Some Pages from the Life of Turkish Women

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Vaka, Demetra / Vaka Brown, Demetra, PUBLISHER: Gorgias Press, Born as a Greek Ottoman in Constantinople/Istanbul, Demetra Vaka Brown () moved to America where she became a journalist and novelist, revisiting Turkey to write several books about the twilight of the Ottoman Empire and the emergence of the Turkish Republic. Her first book, Haremlik: Some Pages from the Life of Oriental Women, published in , was based on experiences from when modernization had made inroads into Ottoman domestic life and the harem was becoming a thing of the past. Her reflections on life in the harem suggest the conflicted nature of her allegiances. On the one hand Haremlik is nostalgic for the Ottoman life that was rapidly disappearing, and on the other hand, its author enjoys the freedoms of a professional American woman. Tracing the emergence of a modern sensibility among Muslim women, Haremlik also reveals the predicament Vaka Brown faced in constructing an authorial and narrative identity in the interstices between East and West, modernity and tradition. Yiorgos Kalogeras is Professor of English in the School of Philosophy, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece. Cultures in Dialogue returns to print sources by women writers from the East and West. Series One considers the exchanges between Ottoman, British, and American women from the s to the s. Their varied responses to dilemmas such as nationalism, female emancipation, race relations and modernization in the context of the stereotypes characteristic of Western harem literature reframe the historical tensions between Eastern and Western cultures, offering a nuanced understanding of their current manifestations.

Within the Veil: Black Journalists, White Media

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Newkirk, Pamela / Reeves, Minou, PUBLISHER: New York University Press, Winner of the National Press Club Prize for Media Criticism. Companion website: http: //www.nyupress.nyu.edu/authors/veil.html Thirty years ago, the Kerner Commission Report made national headlines by exposing the consistently biased coverage afforded African Americans in the mainstream media. While the report acted as a much ballyhooed wake-up call, the problems it identified have stubbornly persisted, despite the infusion of black and other racial minority journalists into the newsroom. In Within the Veil, Pamela Newkirk unmasks the ways in which race continues to influence reportage, both overtly and covertly. Newkirk charts a series of race-related conflicts at news organizations across the country, illustrating how African American journalists have influenced and been denied influence to the content, presentation, and very nature of news. Through anecdotes culled from interviews with over 100 broadcast and print journalists, Newkirk exposes the trials and triumphs of African American journalists as they struggle in pursuit of more equitable coverage of racial minorities. She illuminates the agonizing dilemmas they face when writing stories critical of blacks, stories which force them to choose between journalistic integrity, their own advancement, and the almost certain enmity of the black community. Within the Veil is a gripping front-line report on the continuing battle to integrate America's newsrooms and news coverage.

Silver in London: The Parker and Wakelin Partnership,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clifford, Helen, PUBLISHER: Bard Center, The firm of Parker and Wakelin was the foremost silversmith in London for much of the eighteenth century, supplying royalty, aristocracy, and gentry with both domestic and ceremonial plate. This fascinating book draws on the firm's records for this period to provide a remarkable account of patrons and their purchases and to investigate the social and economic structures on which the firm depended, revealing new information about the complex web of out-workers with specialist skills and raising questions of authorship. Beautifully illustrated, the book is both a social history of consumption in Georgian London and an investigation into the world of working men and women at that time. Acquista Ora

How to Live Happy, Joyous, and Free: Life's Journey A to Z

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Walker, Betsy G., PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, Have you ever wanted to stop worrying about what you thought was someone elseas problem but you couldnat? Have you ever wanted to say NO and yet hear yourself saying YES, or promising yourself you wonat do something again, and before you know it youare right back at it? This book is a guide to teach you principles and values that will strengthen you in a way that you can determine for yourself what it is you want in life and visualize yourself achieving success to the point that you will be successful. Betsy stands firm on the belief that challenges are what make a person grow and become who and what they are. She looks at every aspect of life in the affirmative and knows that attitude is one of the main ingredients for success in life. Reach within yourself and learn how to live each day happy, joyous, and free as she has.

Conduct Disorders

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Eddy, J. Mark, PUBLISHER: Compact Clinicals, As many as four million children suffer from extreme behavior problems at school and at home. Family, parents, and teachers are all affected. They try to understand the child's behavior and wonder what kind of help to seek. Now professional information is available on behavior problems, written in a jargon-free, easy-to-read format. Find out what causes behavior problems, what kind of medications work for treatment, and what the likelihood of recovery is. -- Describes the kind of parent training involved in treatment -- Describes how school-based treatment programs work

Battle of the Lys : Givenchy and the River Lawe

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tomaseli, Phil, PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military, The battles fought at Estaires and Givenchy, just south of Ypres, in April were critical episodes in the larger Battle of Lys which determined the outcome of the ultimate German offensive on the Western Front. The massive assault of Ludendorff's armies crashed against defences manned by the British and Portuguese. A series of intense attacks and counter-attacks followed, and the Germans were on verge of gaining the decisive breakthrough that both sides on the Western Front had struggled for since the onset of trench warfare in late . A German success might well have forced the British to retreat from Ypres. Phil Tomaselli's vivid account reconstructs events in the typical Battleground style. He describes the course of the fighting in close detail, using eyewitness accounts, official records, photographs and maps, and he provides walking and driving tours of the battlefield and of the monuments and cemeteries associated with it.

Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville: The Dare Mark Campaign

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sutherland, Daniel E., PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press, All too often, histories of Civil War battles concentrate on the events of the battle, ignoring the larger campaign and undervaluing the battle's impact on subsequent events. This work reveals and explains the vital connection between two epic battles: Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. The staggering Confederate victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville are seldom treated as part of a coherent strategy, and they have never been presented as a single campaign. Yet, analyzed as a whole, the two battles go far to explain Lee's military success. At the same time, the failures and bungling that characterized Federal efforts are more intelligible when seen in the light of the political and military circumstances that thrust unprepared and inadequate Union commanders into predicaments they little understood. The eastern theater in the winter of and spring of witnessed sudden shifts in northern command and strategy and increasing political intervention. Lincoln despaired of McClellan and sought a general more willing to fight; whatever the ultimate result of this search, it provided opportunities the canny Lee was willing and able to exploit.

A Country Flirtation

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: King, Valerie / King, Valarie, PUBLISHER: Zebra Books, At 29, Constance Pamberley has declined eight offers of marriage and is quite the old maid. But she doesn't care, for life at the house she inherited from her father suits her admirably. Then a coach carrying an uncommonly handsome youth crashes through her fence, leaving the man unsure of his identity. And while Constance endeavors to rein in her sisters' giddy attentions to him, she finds herself smitten with his guardian, the towering Viscount Ramsdell.

Art at Work/L'Art Au Travail

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gale, Peggy / Landry, Pierre / Henry, Victoria, PUBLISHER: Goose Lane Editions, The Art Bank of the Canada Council for the Arts is one of Canada's greatest treasures, holding more than paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures by over contemporary artists. Because the Art Bank rents its works to government and corporate offices, pieces are enjoyed every day in public spaces, but the collection itself is never seen. Now, to mark its 35th anniversary, the Art Bank ?exhibits? its collection in Art at Work. In English and French, Art at Work celebrates the Art Bank as a uniquely Canadian vision, a major collection, a financial success story, and an inspiration to governments across Canada and abroad. Introduced by Adrienne Clarkson, the essays by Victoria Henry, David Silcox, Peggy Gale, Pierre Landry, and Jeff Thomas tell about the Art Bank's scope, range, and purpose. Sumptuous photographs make Art at Work a work of art in its own right.

The Art of Mentoring: Lead, Follow, and Get Out of the Way

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Peddy, Shirley, PUBLISHER: Bullion Books, The Art of Mentoring is rich with insights for those who mentor and those who benefit from that mentoring. Readers will discover that mentoring, more than transferring knowledge, is a reciprocal relationship between offering people advice and providing personal insights, support, and counsel to elevate their achievements and contributions. In The Art of Mentoring, Dr. Shirley Peddy shows us how to do this using the "lead, follow, and get out of the way" process. Peddy has devoted more than twenty years to successfully mentoring people at every level and in all types of organizations. In the tradition of Mandino, Blanchard, and Goldratt, she weaves this knowledge into an educating and captivating story. Although it cakes place in a corporate setting, the principles revealed apply to every mentoring situation.

Lonely Planet Singapore Encounter [With Pull-Out Map]

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Oakley, Mat, PUBLISHER: Lonely Planet, What Will Your Singapore Encounter Be... Soaring over the city on the world's largest observation wheel, the Singapore Flyer Sweating over a platter of crab "bee hoon" (rice noodles) in the red-light district Inhaling the scent of joss sticks and incense burning at the Thien Hock Keng Temple Romancing your partner as you wine and dine in the lush Singapore Botanic Gardens Tipping the doorman at the Raffles Hotel as you seek out a Singapore Sling Skipping from mall to mall until your feet (and credit card) give out Discover Twice the City in Half the Time... Full-color pull-out map and quality neighborhood maps for easy navigation Our local author has chronicled the best sights, bars, clubs, food and shopping Highlights, itineraries, walking tours and snapshots help you make the most of the trip Local experts, including the publisher of food bible "Makansutra," give the lowdown on the best places to chow down on local cuisine

Bart Giamatti: A Profile

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moncreiff, Robert P., PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, This vivid portrait of Bart Giamatti encompasses his entire eventful life but focuses especially on his years at Yale University () and his brief career as a major league baseball executive (). As scholar, teacher, and then university president, Giamatti was an admired and respected figure on campus. He forged his academic career during turbulent decades, and his tenure in baseball was no less contentious, for as commissioner of baseball he oversaw the banishment of Cincinnati's Pete Rose from the game for gambling. The book draws on Giamatti's numerous writings and speeches to illuminate the character and complexities of the man and to understand the values that motivated his leadership. Bart Giamatti was a cultural conservative and institutional moderate at a time when such values were out of favor and under attack. At Yale, as a baseball executive, and indeed in all things, Giamatti championed the related values of freedom and order. Robert P. Moncreiff places Giamatti in the context of major events at Yale, recounts in detail the legal context in which the Pete Rose affair unfolded, and arrives at a nuanced understanding of this memorable man's life.

Celebrating Multiple Intelligences: Teaching for Success

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Faculty of the New City School, PUBLISHER: New City School, the, Over 60 lesson plans and an abundance of articles have been compiled by teachers who have incorporated Gardner's multiple intelligences theory into their teaching repertoires. Detailed lesson outlines, student worksheets, and ideas for assessment round out this curriculum guide.

How to Get Straight A's in School and Have Fun at the Same

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Green, Gordon W., PUBLISHER: Forge, You study hard. You memorize. You work at a problem over and over until it feels like your head is going to explode. You think," finally I'm ready for the big test," And you still don't make the grade. Relax.The truth is, Dr. Gordon Green knows exactly how you feel. He was a bright student. And he studied hard, too. But he struggled his freshman year at college anyway. What happened? He developed a unique ten-step program based on the simple principle that academic success is not so much a question of how hard you study, but how smart you study.Did it work?After college, Dr. Green went on to earn a Ph.D. in economics at a prestigious university--all the while maintaining straight A's Thousands of student have benefited from his program. How he has adapted his study methods to apply to you. This is an easy, do-it-yourself guide to help you turn frustration into success. Topics include: How to get the most out of what you needHow to budget your timeHow to take a testKeys to developing effective study habitsIt's not enough to survive school. This guide will help you excel. And remember: There is no such thing as a mediocre student.Only mediocre results.

Ali, Child of the Desert

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: London, Jonathan / Lewin, Ted, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers, Captures the dramatic beauty and danger of the Sahara Seated atop his camel, Ali felt the desert roll beneath him. Three days' ride ahead lay the Moroccan market town of Rissani, at the edge of the Great Sahara, where Ali and his father would sell their camels. But suddenly, out of nowhere, the wind came howling, and the whirling sand swallowed the sun, the camel herd, and his father. Stranded on the vast Sahara, Ali must summon all his courage to first find food and shelter, then his father. In the process, he learns the true nature of the desert and its people.

Meet Me at Millcreek

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Zardo, James H., PUBLISHER: Noble House, Romance and adventure combine to make "Meet Me at Millcreek" an exciting and charismatic love story. James Zardo's first novel deftly weaves an intriguing tale that plays out the drama of life. When a successful widower meets a cautious divorcee' with a chronically ill son, is it kismet? Filled with emotional contrasts and breathtaking international settings, "Meet Me at Millcreek" depicts how fickle love and life can be as two people struggle with the past and present, trying to unlock the future. Zardo skillfully uses flashback and plot twists to embrace readers throughout the story's roller coaster ride of love, passion, distrust, and loss.

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