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The Rock Blaster
By Henning Mankell. 1973
An early gem from the creator of the Kurt Wallander series, charting the life of a principled man through tragedy,…
heartbreak, true love and the battle for a nation's soul."A very engaging portrait . . . There is a powerful lack of sentimentality to the telling of the story [and] a lovely and genuinely moving love story at the heart of the book." Liam Heylin, Irish ExaminerAt 3 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon in 1911, Oskar Johansson is caught in a blast in an industrial accident. The local newspaper reports him dead, but they are mistaken.Because Oskar Johansson is a born survivor.Though crippled, Oskar finds the strength to go on living and working. The Rock Blaster charts his long professional life - his hopes and dreams, sorrows and joys. His relationship with the woman whose love saved him, with the labour movement that gave him a cause to believe in, and with his children, who do not share his ideals.Henning Mankell's first published novel is steeped in the burning desire for social justice that informed his bestselling crime novels. Remarkably assured for a debut, it is written with scalpel-like precision, at once poetic and insightful in its depiction of a true working-class hero.Translated from the Swedish by George GouldingThis Grammar Guru will solve the world's problems. Or, at least, help you figure out when to use an Oxford…
comma. - The New York TimesPut your English skills to work for you! This book is ideal for intermediate and advanced (CEFR B1-C1) nonnative speakers of English seeking to increase their communication confidence and effectiveness in the workplace. Improve your precision and professionalism so your ideas shine!The book consists of 50 short quizzes which include the most common English errors made by nonnative speakers in professional environments. This fun format allows you to find your own frequent errors and fix them. You will test your skills quickly, daily, and build your language awareness and accuracy in writing and speaking English. Short, clear explanations after each quiz help you improve your knowledge of the grammar rules. Complementing the quizzes are Ellen says boxes with the same practical advice on good communication etiquette and habits that Ellen has been sharing for years with large corporate clients in New York City and beyond. Witty and humorous drawings illustrate confusing language and common misunderstandings. The focus of the exercises is on fixing your grammar and word-choice problems. Examples are pulled from every industry: finance, law, consulting, publishing, real-estate, retail, technology, energy, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, education, advertising, government, insurance, non-profit, and more. Whatever your profession or interest, you will benefit from the exercises contained in this book. If you are just looking to sharpen your English, this book is for you, too.This India-specific edition includes a special section of the most common English errors made in the Indian workplace and their standard equivalents, as well as a downloadable reference guide of frequently confused and misused words and expressions.You will be learning from a professional writer with two decades of experience teaching executives in a business setting. A language-learner herself who has studied some two dozen languages, Ellen Jovin has written this book to help motivated working adults advance their business English on their own time and at their own pace.Playfair Cricket Annual 2020
By Ian Marshall. 2020
The 73rd edition of the Playfair Cricket Annual is packed with all the information you need to follow the cricket…
season in 2020. West Indies and Pakistan are the visitors this coming season, and here you'll find comprehensive Test match and limited-overs records and career records to help you follow the action,County cricket is covered in unrivalled depth, with biographies of all players registered to the counties at the start of the season, full coverage of last summer's events and a fixture list for all major domestic matches in 2020.There are also sections on women's cricket and the major domestic T20 competitions from around the world, which in 2020 will include The Hundred. For any cricket fan, the season is never complete without a copy of Playfair to guide you through it all.Coaching the Team at Work 2: The definitive guide to Team Coaching
By David Clutterbuck. 2015
'This book is a must for anyone involved in organizational coaching' Adrian Moorhouse, Managing Director, Lane4 & Olympic Gold MedallistCoaching…
the Team at Work 2 is the result of research over 20 years with practising team coaches and with major corporations around the world. It recognises that in a complex and constantly evolving business and social environment, teams can only keep up if they adapt frequently. But to adapt, they must have clarity about their internal and external systems and how these contribute to or undermine performance. There are multiple aspects of team function that underpins performance - and each influences and is influenced by the others. This revised edition explores the six most significant aspects:* Purpose and motivation* Systems and processes relating to external stakeholders* Relationships, especially within the team* Systems and processes relating to internal functions (such as quality and decision-making)* Learning (how the team adapts to keep up with the pace of change)* Leadership (how the functions of leadership are exercised within the team)When these aspects are aligned, a team can perform at its best; but when any one or more of the aspects is malfunctioning, the result is underperformance.This book helps team coaches develop their skills to support teams in understanding these complex dynamics and, as a result, in developing more effective ways of working together.There's Always Something to Do: The Peter Cundill Investment Approach
By Christopher Risso-Gill. 2011
In the context of recent financial upheavals and ongoing uncertainty, Peter Cundill's wise and frequently funny reflections are more important…
than ever. In a seamlessly assembled narrative drawn from interviews, speeches, and exclusive access to the daily journal Cundill kept for forty-five years, Christopher Risso-Gill outlines Cundill's investment approach and provides accounts of his investments and the analytical process that led to their selection. A book for everyday investors as much as professional investors and investment gurus, There's Always Something to Do offers a compelling perspective on global financial markets and on how we can avoid their worst pitfalls and grow our hard-earned capital.National Laws and International Commerce: The Problem of Extraterritoriality (Routledge Library Editions: International Trade Policy #17)
By Douglas E. Rosenthal, William M. Knighton. 1982
This Chatham House Paper, first published in 1982, examines the problem of extraterritoriality. A wide range of economic activity is…
subject to the laws of more than one state, yet there is little provision for resolving situations where states impose contradictory requirements. This paper is particularly concerned with four areas of difficulty: extraterritorial anti-trust enforcement; overlapping regulatory claims; economic regulation for political aims; and different approaches to adjudication.Taxation and Labour Supply (Routledge Library Editions: Labour Economics #5)
By C. V. Brown. 1981
First published in 1981. This book reports on a decade of research into the effects of taxation on the supply…
of labour. In addition to their work in making labour supply estimates, the study explores a number of the ways labour supply estimates can be used. When budget constraints are non-linear it is not possible to estimate the effects of (tax) or other policy changes from knowledge of labour supply elasticities alone, and it is necessary to re-estimate the original model used to derive the estimates. The implications of labour supply estimates for the study of inequality and optimal taxation are considered. Macro-economic models of the economy typically omit labour supply functions or include functions which are inconsistent with micro-economic work on labour supply. This book will appeal to academic economists, senior students and policy-makers in the field of public finance and labour economics, who will find much of interest from both the theoretical and policy standpoints.Morgan Stanley: Building Long-Term Sustainability
By Vikram Gandhi, Lynn Schenk. 2018
Paved with Gold: The Romance and Reality of the London Street
By Augustus Mayhew. 1971
The Banking Crisis: The End of an Epoch (Routledge Library Editions: Banking & Finance)
By Marcus Nadler, Jules Bogen. 1933
This volume presents a clear and concise explanation of why the American banking crisis of 1933 occurred. The bulk of…
the book analyses the actual events of the final major panic which was ushered in by the closing down of the banks in the State of Michigan on February 14, 1933. The following three weeks made history and events happened so fast that years of banking history seemed to be compressed into as many days. The events are set within an historical context which enables the reader to see the panic in relation to what came before it.This book explores the genesis of ransomware and how the parallel emergence of encryption technologies has elevated ransomware to become…
the most prodigious cyber threat that enterprises are confronting. It also investigates the driving forces behind what has been dubbed the ‘ransomware revolution’ after a series of major attacks beginning in 2013, and how the advent of cryptocurrencies provided the catalyst for the development and increased profitability of ransomware, sparking a phenomenal rise in the number and complexity of ransomware attacks. This book analyzes why the speed of technology adoption has been a fundamental factor in the continued success of financially motivated cybercrime, and how the ease of public access to advanced encryption techniques has allowed malicious actors to continue to operate with increased anonymity across the internet. This anonymity has enabled increased collaboration between attackers, which has aided the development of new ransomware attacks, and led to an increasing level of technical complexity in ransomware attacks. This book highlights that the continuous expansion and early adoption of emerging technologies may be beyond the capacity of conventional risk managers and risk management frameworks.Researchers and advanced level students studying or working in computer science, business or criminology will find this book useful as a reference or secondary text. Professionals working in cybersecurity, cryptography, information technology, financial crime (and other related topics) will also welcome this book as a reference.Aufzüge und Fahrtreppen: Ein Anwenderhandbuch
By Dieter Unger. 2021
In der aktuellen Auflage bietet dieses Fachbuch für alle, die Fahrtreppen und Aufzüge planen, bauen oder betreiben, einen umfassenden Überblick…
zu allen wichtigen Fragen: angefangen bei den Normen und technischen Regeln bis hin zur Technikgeschichte. Es werden Planung, Betrieb, Wartung und Dokumentation von Aufzügen und Fahrtreppen beschrieben. Zahlreiche aussagekräftige farbige Abbildungen ergänzen den Text. Für die vierte Auflage wurden die Kapitel zu nationalen und internationalen Richtlinien auf den aktuellen Stand gebracht. Sie wurden neu strukturiert und weitere ISO Normen aufgenommen.Das Buch dient Betreibern von Aufzügen und Fahrtreppen als Nachschlagewerk. Die vielen Beispiele, Tipps und Ratschläge aus der Praxis machen es zu einem hilfreichen Begleiter bei der täglichen Arbeit.Labour Questions in the Global South
By Praveen Jha, Walter Chambati, Lyn Ossome. 2021
This book provides a focus on some of the main markers and challenges that are at the core of the study of…
structural transformations in contemporary capitalism and their implications for labour in the Global South. It examines the diverse perspectives and regional and social variations that characterise labour relations as a result of the uneven development which is an important facet of the intensification of capitalist accumulation.. The book provides important insights into the impact of the crises of capitalism on the wellbeing of labour at different historical junctures. Some of the issues covered by it include the conditions of work, and the changing composition of laboring classes and/or working people. The chapters also throw light on the multiple trajectories in the development of labour relations and employment in the Global South, especially after the ascendancy and domination of neoliberal finance capitalism. Some of the major aspects considered by the essays include the decentering of production and development of global value systems, crisis of social reproduction, and the rising informalisation of work.Environmental and Human Impact of Buildings: An Energetics Perspective (Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering)
By Ligia Moga, Teodora M. Șoimoșan. 2021
Featuring research on topics such as low energy buildings' concepts, construction materials and technology, hybrid energy systems, energy balance, and…
wellbeing, this book meets the expectations of academicians, specialists and researchers in the field, along with the scholars seeking coverage on buildings, environmental and human impact. It presents an integrated approach to the buildings' energetic aspects, from the perspective of environmental impact, together with the indoor wellbeing. In this respect, the chapters include state of the art, case studies, as well as research results that validate the raised hypotheses. The book integrates topics related to buildings' performance, approached by researchers with different backgrounds within the civil engineering domain, i.e. achieved energetics performances, obstacles, restrictions and limitations issues within design and optimization processes, including the new perspectives in the buildings & energy sector.Global Challenges to CSR and Sustainable Development: Root Causes and Evidence from Case Studies (CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance)
By Samuel O. Idowu, Stephen Vertigans. 2021
This book examines and analyzes the challenges programmes for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development are facing in global…
management practice. It looks at the dichotomy of a general and popular demand for responsible and resilient management, and the counterplayers that impact the positive effect of such efforts. The book assembles latest research looking at the root causes for this opposition, and new case studies that showcase the dilemma and possible solutions to overcome it. Overall, the book juxtaposes short terminism within CSR programmes and longer term sustainable development, mis-allocation of resources and failed promises associated with CSR, and sketches pathways how CSR and sustainable development can be directed towards the most pressing issues.Services Marketing Issues in Emerging Economies
By Atanu Adhikari. 2020
This book would enable students, academics and practitioners to develop a thorough understanding on how to address service marketing issues…
and problems in a variety of settings in emerging economies. This book would also give them the background necessary to think through different elements of service marketing in emerging markets by comparing and contrasting with developed economies. This book will describe the component of service marketing, including service mix, service development, consumer behavior, customer assessment, service communication, role of electronic channel and channel management, service chain, pricing and similar topics. Chapters of the book will focus on creating, communicating and delivering customer value to emerging market consumers through several service marketing strategies, processes and programs in the context of markets dynamics, consumer diversity, and competitors. By way of illustrating various actual business situations, this book will help students, academics and practitioners to build necessary skills to take service marketing decisions in emerging economies. This book would be relevant for students of postgraduate programs of full time MBA, post graduate diploma in management, and executive post graduate programs and doctoral programs to develop a critical understanding of the business scenarios and service marketing strategies in emerging economies.Commodity Marketing: Grundlagen - Besonderheiten - Erfahrungen
By Margit Enke, Anja Geigenm ller, Alexander Leischnig. 2014
Die Abgrenzung von Angeboten der Wettbewerber sowie die Profilierung der eigenen Leistungen gegen ber den Kunden ist insbesondere bei…
Commodities d h undifferenzierten homogenen und ma geblich ber den Preis unterscheidbaren Leistungen eine gro e Herausforderung Die Besonderheiten von Commodities haben dabei einen wesentlichen Einfluss auf die Ausgestaltung der Management- und Marketingaktivit ten Renommierte Autoren aus Wissenschaft und Praxis liefern in Commodity Marketing den State of the Art zu diesem Themengebiet In der 3 Auflage wurden bisherige Erkenntnisse zum Commodity Marketing um aktuelle Ergebnisse erg nzt Dar ber hinaus wurde das Buch um eine internationale Perspektive erweitert und geht somit Fragestellungen des Commodity Marketing im internationalen Kontext nachTrade and Poor Economies
By John Toye. 1979
Industrial Conflict in Britain
By S. W. Creigh, Eric Wyn Evans. 1959
Problems of Economic Policy (Routledge Revivals #No. 3)
By Keith Hartley. 1956
First published in 1977, this is an applied economics text, in which the basic theory of any introductory economics couurse…
is applied to a whole range of UK macro- and micro-economic policy issues. The book is designed specifically for first and second year university students, with the aim of demonstrating the relevance of theory to policy, how theory can be applied to policy problems and, in the process, to improve their understanding of the theory itself.