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Authentic: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work

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Report copyright infringementby Jodi-Ann Burey (Author)A bold call to rethink authenticity at work Workplace dynamics in recent years have been a dizzying storm of broken promises. Companies that once encouraged employees to "come as you are" and bring your full, authentic self to work are now shutting down initiatives, part of an ongoing cycle of trading on our identities when it's convenient and profitable. Jodi-Ann Burey, writer and critic known for her TED talk "The Myth of Bringing Your ...

Silent No Longer: Advancing the Fight for Disability Rights

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Stack (Author)From one of the nation's most dedicated advocates for those with disabilities, an exposé of the insidious takeover of disability supports by private equity firms and a clarion call for urgent systemic change in a broken industry that has mistreated millions. Since ancient times, people with disabilities have been ridiculed, ignored, and even tortured--and while this problem has plagued society for far too long, the media has largely turned...

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

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Report copyright infringementby Malcolm Gladwell (Author)Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with "curiosity and humor" in this New York Times bestseller that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light (Shannon Carlin). Why is Miami...Miami? What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports? What is t...

Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth, and Power

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Report copyright infringementby Victoria Bateman (Author)In a book that "sets a new standard in economic history" (Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist), acclaimed economic historian Victoria Bateman tells the story of how women made the world rich How many female entrepreneurs, economic revolutionaries, merchants, and industrialists can you name? You would be forgiven for thinking that, until very recently, there were none at all. But what about Phryne, the richest woman in anci...

Leading With Courage: A Career-Long Guide for Idealistic Women

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Report copyright infringementby Jodi E. Vandenberg-Daves (Author)What if leadership wasn't a title-but a practice you could cultivate from wherever you find yourself? In Leading with Courage: A Career-Long Guide for Idealistic Women, historian and coach Jodi Vandenberg-Daves offers a fresh, practical guide for women who want to align their work with their values and create real impact. This book is for women at every career stage who are ready to embrace authentic leadership and foster workpl...

The Violence of Financial Inclusion: Chronic Indebtedness as Class Oppression in Modern India

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Report copyright infringementby Anil Shah (Author)Financial inclusion appears as a timely development policy. Ostensibly, providing poor households with access to credit and other financial services contributes to sustainable development and poverty alleviation. Anil Shah reveals the colonial roots of microfinance and how these paved the way for its rise in the present. Drawing on empirical field research, he demonstrates how financial inclusion is the latest incarnation of a class-based mode...

Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman - Paperback

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by Leslie Feinberg (Author)"The foundational text that gave me life-changing context, helping me to understand who I was and who came before me."--Tourmaline, activist and filmmakerTransgender Warriors is an essential read for trans people of all ages who want to learn about the towering figures who have come before them--and for everyone who is part of the fight for trans liberationThis groundbreaking book--far ahead of its time when first published in 1996 and still galvanizing today--inter...

Innovation for the Masses: How to Share the Benefits of the High-Tech Economy

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Report copyright infringementby Neil Lee (Author)An engaging, solutions-oriented look at how cities and nations can better foster innovation and equality. From San Francisco to Shanghai, many of the world's most innovative places are highly unequal, with the benefits going to a small few. Rather than simply asking how we can create more high-tech cities and nations, Innovation for the Masses focuses on what we can learn from places that foster innovation while also delivering the benefits mo...

The Nuer Pastoralists - Between Large Scale Agriculture and Villagization: A case study of the Lare District in the Gambella Region of Ethiopia

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Report copyright infringementby Wondwosen Michago Seide (Author)Ethiopia has shown encouraging economic development in the past years. The swirls of economic bubbles are impacting the different regions of the country. At the moment, there are several national and regional development projects being implemented in the Gambella Region in Western Ethiopia. However, being part of the development scheme of the federal state does not necessarily guarantee that this peripheral region will be integra...

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Report copyright infringementby Hans-Joerg Salízites (Author)Die Kombination von Wirtschaft und Recht ist insbesondere fur Unternehmen, Ubersetzer und Wirtschafts- bzw. Jurastudenten von starkem Interesse. Das Lexikon ist in vieljahriger Arbeit von einem Profi seines Fachs zusammengestellt worden. Es hat sich einen Platz im Handapparat vieler Nachfrager in kurzer Zeit erobert. Number of Pages: 380 Dimensions: 0.88 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: May 0...

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Report copyright infringementby Gordon Redding (Author)No detailed description available for "The Spirit of Chinese Capitalism". Number of Pages: 281 Dimensions: 0.6 x 9.04 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: February 27, 2013

A Compassionate Approach to Gender and Development: From Local Stories to Global Visions

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Report copyright infringementby Ranjeeta Basu (Author)A Compassionate Approach to Gender and Development: From Local Stories to Global Visions helps students consider a variety of issues related to gender and development within a social justice framework grounded in compassion.Throughout the text, students learn about historical legacies and systems of oppression based on gender, class, race, and national identity within a global context. The book analyzes the economic relationship between pa...

Modernizing the Mountaineer: People, Power, and Planning in Appalachia

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Report copyright infringementby David E. Whisnant (Author) "Modernizing the Mountaineer is required reading for anyone studying the evolution of Appalachia and its place in American history since the Civil War. Whisnant's use of the politics of culture as an interpretive tool is brilliant."--H. Tyler Blethen, Western Carolina University Since its initial publication a decade ago, Modernizing the Mountaineer has become a classic in Appalachian studies. Now available with a substantial new int...

Digging for Dollars: American Archaeology and the New Deal

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Fagette (Author)Fagette's book is a thorough, compelling history of American archaeology in its most critical decade, the 1930s.Back JacketThis study investigates the institutional evolution of American archaeology during the 1930s. Its primary focus is the process by which archaeologists created a modern professional science through government, especially at the federal level. Number of Pages: 248 Dimensions: 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN ...

Mind Your X's and Y's: Satisfying the 10 Cravings of a New Generation of Consumers

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Report copyright infringementby Lisa Johnson (Author)Today's 18-to-40-year-olds make for a notoriously elusive group of consumers: they're savvy, sophisticated, and particular. They're all but immune to traditional advertising and have an instinctive sense of quality and fair pricing. Inundated with choices, they are drawn to brands that satisfy not just what they need, but what they crave. At the same time, these consumers are spending money like it's going out of style. Generation X has fir...

The Future of Success: Working and Living in the New Economy

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Report copyright infringementby Robert B. Reich (Author)If you think it's getting harder to both make a living and make a life, economist and former secretary of labor Robert Reich agrees with you. Americans may be earning more than ever before, but we're paying a steep price: we're working longer, seeing our families less, and our communities are fragmenting. With the clarity and insight that are his hallmarks, Reich delineates what success has come to mean in our time. He demonstrates that ...

Routledge International Handbook of Human Trafficking: A Multi-Disciplinary and Applied Approach

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Report copyright infringementby Rochelle Dalla (Editor), Donna Sabella (Editor)Written by expert scholars, service providers, policy analysts, and health-care professionals, this Handbook is an invaluable resource for those already working in the field, as well as for students in any discipline who want to learn (or learn more) about HT and modern-day slavery.Author BiographyRochelle L. Dalla, PhD, is Professor of Family Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Her research focuse...

Poverty Dynamics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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Report copyright infringementby Tony Addison (Editor), David Hulme (Editor), Ravi Kanbur (Editor)This collection of essays provides a state-of-the-art examination of the concepts and methods that can be used to understand poverty dynamics. It does this from an interdisciplinary perspective and includes the work of anthropologists, economists, sociologists, and political scientists. The contributions included highlight the need to conceptualise poverty from a multidimensional perspective and p...

For the Greater Good of All: Perspectives on Individualism, Society, and Leadership

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Report copyright infringementby D. Forsyth (Editor), C. Hoyt (Editor)This volume draws on disciplines as different as Psychology, Anthropology, History and Biology to explain when and why individuals act to promote their own self-interest and when they sacrifice their own outcomes so that others can benefit.Author BiographyDONELSON R. FORSYTH Professor and holds the Colonel Leo K. and Gaylee Thorsness Endowed Chair in Ethical Leadership in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the Univer...

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Report copyright infringementby Josiah Warren (Author)"Equitable Commerce" by Josiah Warren presents a radical vision for societal organization, proposing principles as substitutes for traditional laws and governments. This book delves into the harmonious adjustment and regulation of pecuniary, intellectual, and moral interactions among individuals, offering a framework for a new society built on equity and mutual exchange. Warren's work explores alternative economic models and social structu...

Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters - Paperback

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by Steven Pinker (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "In our uncertain age, which can so often feel so dark and disturbing, Steven Pinker has distinguished himself as a voice of positivity." - New York Times Can reading a book make you more rational? Can it help us understand why there is so much irrationality in the world? Steven Pinker, author of Enlightenment Now (Bill Gates's "new favorite book of all time") answers all the questions here Today humanity is reaching new heights of scientific...

Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America - Paperback

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by Firoozeh Dumas (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Finalist for the PEN/USA Award in Creative Nonfiction, the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and the Audie Award in Biography/Memoir This Random House Reader's Circle edition includes a reading group guide and a conversation between Firoozeh Dumas and Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner "Remarkable . . . told with wry humor shorn of sentimentality . . . In the end, what sticks with the reader is an exuberant immigrant embrace of Am...

They Will Beat the Memory Out of Us: Forcing Nonviolence on Forgetful Movements - Paperback

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by Peter Gelderloos (Author) 'This striking book reveals collective memories of freedom struggles, despite attempts to distort or steal our inheritance' - Joy James, editor of Beyond Cop Cites 'As more and more people are mobilizing against war, genocide, poverty, and extraction, this book is right on time' - Dean Spade, author of Mutual Aid 'Peter Gelderloos reminds us that for our survival, we must keep the flame of memory alive, ensuring that the radical roots of our movements are not whit...

Developing Your Analytical Thinking Skills

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Report copyright infringementby A. Scholtens (Author)Embark on a transformative journey of intellectual growth and mastery with "Developing Your Analytical Thinking Skills." In a world inundated with information and complex challenges, the ability to think critically, solve problems effectively, and make informed decisions is an invaluable asset. This comprehensive guide takes you by the hand and leads you through the intricate realm of analytical thinking. Step by step, you'll uncover the se...

The Boardroom: A Guide to Effective Leadership and Good Corporate Governance in Southeast Asia

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Verhezen (Author), Tanri Abeng (Author)Most books about corporate governance are written for a Western audience. The Boardroom, however, takes a different approach to leadership development by emphasizing the unique socio-cultural and judicial features as well as idiosyncratic board structures in Asia, particularly in an Indonesian context. The principles of good corporate governance are accepted across borders, but the implementation and translation of...

Decolonizing Management and Organization Studies: Why, How, and What

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Report copyright infringementby Emamdeen Fohim (Editor)The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Discussions on decolonizing management and organization studies have gained attention. This volume of Research in the Sociology of Organizations paves the way forward on what scholars from management and organization studies can or should not do to decolonize their discipline. How can we create a community sensitive to integrating diverse voices and perspe...

Revolting Women: Why Midlife Women Are Walking Out, and What to Do about It

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Report copyright infringementby Lucy Ryan (Author)**Business Book Awards 2024: Diversity, Inclusion & Equality Book of the Year****The People's Book Prize 2023/24 Shortlisted Title**There's one group consistently ignored in most companies' diversity strategies, but which could be your business's secret weapon.Professional women over 50 are faced with a triple-whammy of discrimination: they are not male, young, or linear in their career paths. As a result, they are leaving corporate life a...

We Have Plenty: A Womanist Theology of Communal Abundance for the Black Church

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Report copyright infringementby Lorena M. Parrish (Author)The Black church often maintains an allegiance to white, Western approaches to wealth and material acquisition. In doing so, it can ignore Jesus's teachings on poverty, wealth, and materialism. The church's ambivalence toward Jesus's understandings of poverty and wealth uniquely impacts the spiritual and material well-being of Black women and the Black community. As a womanist theologian, Lorena Parrish argues that the Black church nee...

Monumental Designs: Infrastructure and the Culture of the Tennessee Valley Authority

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Report copyright infringementby Ted Atkinson (Author)Established by Congress as part of the New Deal, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) designated parts of seven southern states for economic rehabilitation through various means, including flood control, rural electrification, and social programs. The goal was to deploy federal resources to reshape the region through infrastructure--mainly a network of hydroelectric dams. To garner political and public support, TVA officials mobilized artis...

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Report copyright infringementby Anna Lanoszka (Author)International Development: Strategies and Legacies of Socio-Economic Development examines the multifaceted challenges and strategies underlying socio-economic progress in a globally interconnected world.Author BiographyAnna Lanoszka is Professor of International Economic Relations at the University of Windsor, Canada, specializing in trade and development. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Dalhousie University and a combined underg...

Business Statistics Using Excel: A Complete Course in Data Analytics

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Report copyright infringementby R. Panneerselvam (Author)This book gives readers hands-on understanding of Excel assisted statistical techniques to take effective business decisions. It showcases applications of the tools and techniques of statistics for analysing business data from the domain of business statistics.Author BiographyR. Panneerselvam has more than 40 years of teaching and research experience and served as faculty at Anna University, India, for seven years and then served at Pon...

Routledge Handbook of Sustainable and Regenerative Food Systems

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Report copyright infringementby Jessica Duncan (Editor), Michael Carolan (Editor), Johannes S. C. Wiskerke (Editor)This handbook includes contributions from established and emerging scholars from around the world and draws on multiple approaches and subjects to explore the socio-economic, cultural, ecological, institutional, legal, and policy aspects of regenerative food practices.The future of food is uncertain. We are facing an overwhelming number of interconnected and complex challenges re...