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Human Resource Management: Strategic and International Perspectives

Jonathan Crawshaw · SAGE Publications Ltd
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback

A comprehensive introduction to HRM for students who are new to the field, but who will be seeking employment in a global market, working with diverse colleagues and across international borders. Broken down into three parts covering Strategic Issues in HRM, HRM in Practice and HRM in Context,...
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Redlands in World War I

Ann Cordy Deegan · The History Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Upon declaration of war on April 6, 1917, Redlands mobilized immediately. The local National Guard Company G departed on April 4 to Arcadia and quickly relocated to San Diego. Residents worked to establish a chapter of the American Red Cross and formed war committees through the YMCA, YWCA...
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7 Mindsets of Success: What You Really Need to Do to Achieve Rapid, Top-Level Success

Sten Morgan · Morgan James Fiction
Pages: 140
Format: Hardcover

In The Seven Mindsets of Success, readers will not only explore topics like embracing discomfort, healthy conflict, time management, perspective, safety nets, and future self, but the intrinsic motivation behind their success. They will learn secrets and steps that are easily overlooked...
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Arthritis Sourcebook

Amy L. · Omnigraphics Inc
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover

Provides "facts about medications, surgical procedures, and self-care techniques to manage pain and disability, tips on living independently with arthritis, a glossary of related terms, and resources for additional help and information."
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Finding God's Blessings in Brokenness: How Pain Reveals His Deepest Love

Charles Stanley · Zondervan
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Is it possible to be broken and blessed at the same time? Life brings so many hardships, from failed marriages to lost jobs, from health crises to broken relationships. How can we stay strong in our faith in spite of these obstacles? Trusted pastor and bestselling author Dr. Charles F. Stanley...
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The New York Times Book of Crime: More Than 166 Years of Covering the Beat

Kevin Flynn · Sterling Pub Co Inc
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

From the archives of The New York Times, 165 years of the most notorious real-life crimes. For 166 years, The New York Times has been a rich source of information about crime, its reporters racing alongside tabloids to track the shocking incidents that disrupt daily life. This fascinating...
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Corporate Ties That Bind: An Examination of Corporate Manipulation and Vested Interest in Public Health

Martin J. Walker · W W Norton
Pages: 592
Format: Print book

In the 21st century, corporations have worked their way into government and, as they become increasingly more powerful, arguments about their involvement with public health have become increasingly black and white. With corporations at the center of public health and environmental issues,...
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New Salem: A History of Lincoln's Alma Mater

Joseph M Di Cola · The History Press
Pages: 126
Format: Paperback

In 1829, eleven years after Illinois became the twenty-first state, New Salem was founded on a bluff above the Sangamon River. The village provided an essential sanctuary for a friendless, penniless boy named Abraham Lincoln, whose six years there shaped his education and nurtured his ambition....
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Lost Springfield, Massachusetts

Derek Strahan · The History Press
Pages: 158
Format: eBook

At the end of the nineteenth century, the U.S. Armory opened in Springfield, spurring rapid growth. With that golden age of progress came iconic buildings and landmarks that are now lost to time. Railroads brought workers eager to fill Springfield�s factories and enterprises like Smith...
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The Conservative's Handbook: Defining the Right Position on Issues from A to Z

Phil Valentine · Cumberland House Publishing
Pages: 496
Format: eBook

WARNING: This book may inform you, humor you, or enrage you With today's fractious political environment and a splintered Republican party, the time is ripe for an updated edition of popular radiotalk show host Phil Valentine's powerful conservative manifesto. The Conservative's...
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Epiphany Z: Eight Radical Visions for Transforming Your Future

Thomas Frey · Morgan James Publishing
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover

"Epiphany Z" is Futurist Thomas Frey's dynamic approach to envisioning, comprehending, and ultimately thriving in the radically different futures emerging around us at the speed of light. Frey's unparalleled ability to detect emerging trends from the smallest of clues...
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Lost Amusement Parks of the North Jersey Shore

Rick Geffken · Arcadia Publishing
Pages: 127
Format: Paperback

The Jersey Shore has always attracted people seeking relief from summer heat and humidity. Long before Europeans came here, the native Lenape clammed, fished, and played games on the beach and in the surf. These original people could scarcely have imagined that, by the end of the 19th century,...
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The Phantom Killer: Unlocking the Mystery of the Texarkana Serial Murders: The Story of a Town in Terror

James Presley · Pegasus Books, 2016.
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

Set in the rowdy, often lawless town of Texarkana shortly after WWII, The Phantom Killer is the history of the most puzzling unsolved cases in the United StatesThe salacious and scandalous murders of a series of couples on Texarkana's "lovers lanes" in seemingly idyllic post-WWII...
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Railroads and the American People

H Roger Grant · Indiana University Press
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback

In this engaging social history of the impact of railroads on American life, H. Roger Grant explores the railroad's "golden age" of 1830-1930. To capture the essence of the nation's railroad experience, Grant looks at four fundamental topics -- trains and travel, train...
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The Designer's Dictionary of Color

Sean Adams · Abrams
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The Designer's Dictionary of Color provides an in-depth look at 30 colors key to art and graphic design. Organized by spectrum, in color-by-color sections for easy navigation, this book documents each hue with charts showing color range and palette variations. Chapters detail each color's...
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