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In The Whole World's Watching the authors explain how money can be channeled into the technology that will preserve the lifestyles we currently enjoy and create a new era of economic growth. This is a book that proposes real, concrete solutions. Environmentalists and politicians will not stop climate change from occurring: industry will and it will happen a lot sooner than we think. Global warming is real and not a problem that will disappear ...

The story accompanies the author from basic training to parachute school, to occupation duty in Japan, then war in Korea, to military hospital, and finally, to prison.

Study Guide and Reinforcement Worksheets allow for differentiated instruction through a wide range of question formats. There are worksheets and study tools for each section of the text that help teachers track students' progress toward understanding concepts. Guided Reading Activities help students identify and comprehend the important information in each chapter.

The part played by the Brazilian tropical timber industry in deforesting the Amazon region has not been studied very much. This book describes the expansion of the timber industry in the Brazilian federal state of Para since the 1960s, when Amazon development became an important item on the government's agenda.

The various chapters gathered together here give many examples of the ways that ethnography can trace the effects of particular policy developments and may be able to influence future policy debates. The contributors and case studies relate to several countries including the United States, Italy, England, France, Sweden and Switzerland, showing not only that ethnographic research in education is now widespread, but also increasing relevance to...

Advances in Financial Economics publishes peer reviewed quality manuscripts on any aspects of financial economics including corporate finance, financial institutions and markets and microeconomics.

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Habib Davanloo is the founder and pioneer of the method of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, which is taught and used at centres of psychotherapy and psychiatry worldwide. The method offers theoretical, metaphysical and technical knowledge which can be used with extraordinary precision to mobilize unconscious mental processes in order to achieve therapeutic results. This collection of papers represents the power and recent developmen...

This book presents the breakthrough discovery of a new business performance metric that enables global enterprises to finally answer the important question: How well does it use information to improve business? The Information Orientation (10)(TM) metric measures 'business intelligence' by showing how effective management of information and IT, and people's behaviour with information are directly linked to business performance. 'Information is...

Theoretical writing on company law has been dominated in recent years by economics. This collection of essays by a distinguished team of authors drawn from a variety of disciplines seeks to build on the insights of this economic analysis and broaden understanding by examining the company in a wider historical, legal, political, and sociological context. Issues discussed include the attitudes of political parties in the UK to the company, the r...

`It is an excellent resource not only for new teachers entering the profession but also for the more experienced to access a range of strategies in dealing with and recognizing children's way of learning. It nurtures a Can Do attitude that celebrates success' - Nurturing Potential The authors have written this book to provide teachers with a toolbox to help them know their students in an in-depth and personal way. With this knowledge, classro...

Since it came into force on 31 January 1997 the Arbitration Act 1996 has generally been welcomed by users and practitioners in the construction industry. It has fulfilled expectations that it would provide a user-friendly and practical basis of resolving disputes arising from construction contracts in a fair, expeditious and economical way.

This volume chronicles the fieldwork of an American anthropologist who married a Zapotec woman from Oaxaca, Mexico, and embarked on a challenging study of radical politics.

Acoustic and electromagnetic waves underlie a vast range of modern technology from sonar, radio, and television to microwave heating and electromagnetic compatibility analysis. Mathematical modeling of these waves has undergone considerable growth in recent years, and this timely book, written by a leading international researcher, presents the research in a careful and complete way.

This text presents the proceedings of a seminar that provided opportunies for experts from industry, research associations, and academia to review and present current concerns and advances in gas turbine technology.

This fourth edition of Practice Notes on Consumer Law contains much useful information for those dealing with problems in consumer law, from either the consumer or supplier perspective. These notes include guidance on common problems, checklists, specimen letters and precedents to help you through the common problems in this area of law, which has recently changed so rapidly. Consumer Law covers contract, tort, consumer credit, and consumer sa...

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The media interest in the radioactive waste management industry has raised the role of surrounding issues. The papers in this volume have been written and brought together by a group of experts, each of whom deals with radioactive waste management on a daily basis.

The indelible stamp of the New Deal can be seen across America in the public works projects that modernized the country even as they provided employment during the Great Depression. Tennessee, in particular, benefited from this surge in federal construction. The New Deal not only left the state with many public buildings and schools that are still in active use, but its conservation and reclamation efforts also changed the lives of Tennesseans...

Of all the challenges faced by organizations today, team-building ranks as one of the biggest--and most critical. With organizations increasingly dependent on high-performance teams for virtually every imaginable activity, teamwork has become a major business strategy--and getting teams to work an absolute necessity.The Team-Building Workshop was written specifically to help readers design and lead a two-day team-building workshop that achieve...