2014 December Vol. 12

2014 December Vol. 12
Author: Pure Slush
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2014-09-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1925101568

Volume 12 in Pure Slush's 'A Year in Stories' Luis makes a play ... Frank attempts a turnaround ... Rebecca needs time alone ... Ralph eyes the future ... Charles moves on ... Jenn goes shopping ... Adam is free ... Claire is philosophical ... the girl has a date ... Pedersen makes up his mind ... Edward is happy ... Sandra returns ... Stevie says good-bye ... he meets someone worse off ... Mark gets a surprise ... the Bird counts on better luck ... Lindsey learns the truth ... Stephen goes swimming ... Jamie asks why ... Trudy camps out ... Nadia makes a break ... Ned is unsettled ... the man thanks the doctor ... Rachel gets domestic ... Morgana has hopes ... Gary pours a drink ... Samford settles ... Maybell is catatonic ... Jim faces the end ... Anne gets a letter ... Joan goes travelling ... and much much more!

Beating Captain Najork

Beating Captain Najork
Author: Todd R. Nelson
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2006-11-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1365944433

Weekly columns by an elementary school principal during his six years in a small town in Maine.

Global Environmental Politics

Global Environmental Politics
Author: Pamela S. Chasek
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2020-12-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000317587

Global Environmental Politics has provided an accurate, up-to-date, and unbiased understanding of the world’s most pressing environmental issues for thirty years. The eighth edition continues this practice by covering critical new developments in global environmental politics and policymaking. Updated case studies on key issues such as on climate change, endangered species, ozone depletion, desertification, whaling, hazardous wastes, toxic chemicals, and biodiversity detail the ongoing development of major environmental treaty regimes, and new case studies on mercury and marine biodiversity showcase the challenges of creating new treaties during a period of significant global change. There is also new material on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, trade and environment, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on environmental diplomacy. Updated information about global environmental trends, paradigms, and actors completes this comprehensive introduction to contemporary international environmental politics. Global Environmental Politics is vital reading for students of environmental politics and anyone wishing to understand the current state of the field and to make informed decisions about which policies will best safeguard our environment for the future.

Natsume’s Book of Friends, Vol. 1

Natsume’s Book of Friends, Vol. 1
Author: Yuki Midorikawa
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2011-02-21
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1421544024

When Reiko was Takashi's age, she bound the names of demons and spirits in her Book of Friends, enslaving them to her capricious whim. Now Takashi is the owner of the book, and the creatures will do anything to get their names back. -- VIZ Media

Blue Exorcist, Vol. 12

Blue Exorcist, Vol. 12
Author: Kazue Kato
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2014-11-04
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1421580993

As the True Cross Academy festival reaches its peak, trouble is brewing. While Izumo confronts Nemu Takara, Rin and the rest of the Exwires race to find her. The betrayal they discover and the tragic details of Izumo’s past will shake them to the core and herald the beginning of an all-out war between the Illuminati and the Knights of the True Cross! -- VIZ Media

The Shadow of Kenyan Democracy

The Shadow of Kenyan Democracy
Author: Dominic Burbidge
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2016-03-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317016173

Why has democracy failed to reduce corruption in Kenya? Framing the challenge in game theoretical terms, Dominic Burbidge examines how mutual expectations between citizens dictate the success or failure of political reforms. Since 1992, Kenya has conducted multiparty elections with the hope of promoting accountability and transparency in government. This is being undermined by ongoing corruption and an increasingly centralised state response to terrorism. Providing a nuanced assessment of democracy’s difficult road in Kenya, Burbidge discusses the independent role being played by widespread social expectations of corruption. Through tracking average views of the average person, it is possible to identify a threshold beyond which society suffers mutually reinforcing negative social expectations. This trend is the shadow of Kenyan democracy, and must be treated as a policy challenge on its own terms before institutional reforms will be successful.

Bulletin

Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1072
Release: 1944
Genre: Geology
ISBN:

Confronting Corruption in Business

Confronting Corruption in Business
Author: Alan T. Belasen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2015-12-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317424972

Confronting Corruption in Business focuses on the contextual issues that trigger corruption to give the reader a more thorough understanding of destructive leadership. It provides students with a unique, critical perspective on issues of leadership, corruption, and policy in different countries, industries, and companies. While there isn’t a universally agreed upon definition of corruption in social sciences, it generally refers to efforts to secure wealth or power through misusing public power for private gain. This kind of destructive leadership is typically treated as an anomaly, but this book closes the gap in our understanding by highlighting the wider consequences of this behavior within business, and on an international level. Armed with this understanding, one also learns how to mitigate its causes and consequences. Edited by leading experts, the book includes contributions from scholars with international expertise on leadership, strategy, political science, finance, organizational change, and public policy. It is the first book to focus on corruption on the country level and within business, and students in international business, management, ethics, and leadership classes will find it a valuable read.

Shaping Images

Shaping Images
Author: Thorsten Stephan Beck
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2016-09-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110477092

Images play an outstanding role in the transfer of knowledge. They are used in numerous academic disciplines to present scientific results. Digital tools such as Adobe Photoshop make it possible to display the information in images brilliantly and clearly - at the same time the line between appropriate and inappropriate manipulation is not always easy to draw. Scientific journals have published guidelines for handling and editing images, but they are not always specific enough to provide clarity for all situations. „Shaping Images" examines how scholars from biology, information science, art history and design deal with this uncertainty - how they process and manipulate images, where they see their special potential and how they draw the line between appropriate and inappropriate image manipulation. The work also looks at scientific journals and lets selected editors have their say: What would have to happen to make it possible to combat image manipulation in science more effectively? The book's interdisciplinary approach makes it clear how different the practices are and how different the views are on what should be allowed in the processing of images. Images - this too is problematized in the book - are always a means to a certain end, which is precisely why the handling of images should be thoroughly reflected upon.

Community Engagement Best Practices Across the Disciplines

Community Engagement Best Practices Across the Disciplines
Author: Heather K. Evans
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2017-11-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1475830793

This book is a reference to administrators and educators at institutions of higher learning who are thinking about taking serious steps to link their educational mission to helping their surrounding communities. Various best practices across the disciplines in higher education about integrating community engagement in traditional coursework are presented. This book provides a multi-disciplinary and multi-method approach to incorporating the effects of community engagement (service learning) in the curriculum. Multiple departments from Art to Statistics, as well as various types of classes (undergraduate, graduate, online, face-to-face) are represented here. If you are not sure how to integrate community engagement in classes at your university, this book is for you.