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Zadie Smith
On Beauty

2006 y.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd.
Description: Set in New England mainly and London partly, On Beauty concerns a pair of feuding families - the Belseys and the Kippses - and a clutch of doomed affairs. It puts low morals among high ideals and asks some searching questions about what life does to love. For the Belseys and the Kippses, the confusions - both personal and political - of our uncertain age are about to be brought close to home: right to the heart of family. Формат: 11 см х 18 см. [detailed...]

ISBN: 978-0-141-02666-4
Book size: —; Page extent: 464.

 

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Zadie Smith
On Beauty

2006 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for fiction and from the celebrated author of White Teeth comes another bestselling masterwork Having hit bestseller lists from the New York Times to the San Francisco Chronicle , this wise, hilarious novel reminds us why Zadie Smith has rocketed to literary stardom. On Beauty is the story of an interracial family living in the university town of Wellington, Massachusetts, whose misadventures in the culture wars?on both sides of the Atlantic?serve to skewer everything from family life to political correctness to the combustive collision between the personal and the political. Full of dead-on wit and relentlessly funny, this tour de force confirms Zadie Smith`s reputation as a major literary talent. Named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, Entertainment Weekly, Time , and Publishers Weekly A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today,… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0143037749
Book size: —; Page extent: 464.

 

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Arianna Huffington
On Becoming Fearless: …in Love, Work, and Life

2007 y.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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ISBN: 0316166820
Book size: —; Page extent: 240.

 

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Arianna Huffington
On Becoming Fearless…. in Love, Work, and Life

2006 y.
Publisher: —
Description: A manifesto for women on how to overcome fear and achieve their dreams, from Arianna Huffington, a woman who embodies fearlessness--bestselling author, politician, mother, Web entrepreneur, and one of the most powerful women in America. Women confront fear every day: fear for their children, fear of appearing foolish, of being assertive, of looking fat, of getting sick, of going broke, of losing love. Enter Arianna Huffington, with timely and powerful advice on how to be bold. Arianna is fearless, but not by nature, she`s had to learn and practice all her life. In ON BECOMING FEARLESS, she puts it all on the table, exploring fearlessness at work, in parenting, in love, in aging, and much more. It`s never too early--or too late--for women to learn fearlessness, and ON BECOMING FEARLESS will strike a chord with every woman who wonders how she can make her mark on a world that still values `nice,` `accommodating,` and `team player` as feminine qualities. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0316166812
Book size: —; Page extent: 240.

 

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James K. Nighswander, A. Dan Whitley
On Becoming a Cosmetology Teacher: A Training Manual for Instructors of Cosmetology

— y.
Publisher: —
Description: This unique book provides cosmetology teachers and student-teachers with an applied approach to effective teaching, based on the principles of educational psychology and methods of instruction. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1562530860
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On Becoming a Democracy: Transition and Transformation in South African Society (Imagined South Africa) (Imagined South Africa)

2005 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Book DescriptionThis collection of essays analyses and illustrates some of most poignant and difficult problems facing South Africa in the near future. The authors in this book make an original contribution to the discussion and cut through the rather sterile claim that South Africa`s circumstances are exceptional. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1868883027
Book size: —; Page extent: 132.

 

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Warren Bennis
On Becoming a Leader: The Leadership Classic

2003 y.
Publisher: Basic Books
Description: The classic book that captures the essence of leadership like none other - expanded and updated for tomorrow`s leaders, with a new introduction by the author. Warren Bennis`s formative years, in the 1930s and `40s, were characterized by severe economichardship and a world war that showcased the extreme depths and heights to which leaders could drive their followers. Today`s environment is similarly chaotic, turbulent, and uncertain. `On Becoming a Leader` has served for nearly fifteen years as a beacon of insight, delving into the qualities that define leadership, the people who exemplify it, and the strategies that anyone can apply to become an effective leader. This new edition features a provocative introduction on the challenges and opportunities facing leaders today, with additional updates and current references throughout. Издание на английском языке. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0738208175
Book size: —; Page extent: 256.

 

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Warren Bennis
On Becoming a Leader

2009 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Deemed “the dean of leadership gurus” by Forbes magazine, Warren Bennis has for years persuasively argued that leaders are not born—they are made. Delving into the qualities that define leadership, the people who exemplify it, and the strategies that anyone can apply to achieve it, his classic work On Becoming a Leader has served as a source of essential insight for countless readers. In a world increasingly defined by turbulence and uncertainty, the call to leadership is more urgent than ever.Featuring a provocative new introduction, this new edition will inspire a fresh generation of potential leaders to excellence. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0465014089
Book size: —; Page extent: 256.

 

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On Becoming a Leadership Coach: A Holistic Approach to Coaching Excellence

2008 y.
Publisher: —
Description: This book focuses on coaching leaders in the context of the organizational systems within which they lead, drawing on the curriculum of the Georgetown University Leadership Coaching Certificate Program, one of the premier coach training programs in the world and the only one with this particular focus. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0230606784
Book size: —; Page extent: 244.

 

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Don M. Frick, Larry C. Spears
On Becoming a Servant Leader : The Private Writings of Robert K. Greenleaf

— y.
Publisher: —
Description: Uplift Your Heart and Increase Your Effectiveness Delve into the personal writings of the grandfather of the modern empowerment movement in business leadership. In this collection of previously unpublished works, eminent writer, consultant, and lecturer Robert Greenleaf shares his personal and professional philosophy, which postulates that true leaders are those who lead by serving others. Spanning a time frame of fifty years, these essays and lectures touch on such key issues as power, ethics, management, organizations, and servanthood. And they offer the reader a wealth of practical suggestions and useful information garnered through the course of a remarkable career. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0787902306
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Catherine Maccoun
On Becoming an Alchemist: A Guide for the Modern Magician

2008 y.
Publisher: —
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ISBN: 1590303695
Book size: —; Page extent: 272.

 

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Ellen Langer
On Becoming an Artist: Reinventing Yourself Through Mindful Creativity

2006 y.
Publisher: —
Description: “All it takes to become an artist is to start doing art.” –from On Becoming an Artist On Becoming an Artist is loaded with good news. Backed by her landmark scientific work on mindfulness and artistic nature, bestselling author and Harvard psychologist Ellen J. Langer shows us that creativity is not a rare gift that only some special few are born with, but rather an integral part of everyone’s makeup. All of us can express our creative impulses– authentically and uniquely–and, in the process, enrich our lives. Why then do so many of us merely dream of someday painting, someday writing, someday making music? Why do we think the same old thoughts, harbor the same old prejudices, stay stuck in the same old mud? Who taught us to think “inside the box”? No one is more qualified to answer these questions than Dr. Langer, who has explored their every facet for years. She describes dozens of… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0345456300
Book size: —; Page extent: 288.

 

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Robert Burton
On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You`re Not

2008 y.
Publisher: St. Martin`s Press
Description: You recognize when you know something for certain, right? You `know` the sky is blue, or that the traffic light had turned green, or where you were on the morning of September 11, 2001-you know these things, well, because you just do. In `On Being Certain`, neurologist Robert Burton challenges the notions of how we think about what we know. He shows that the feeling of certainty we have when we `know` something comes from sources beyond our control and knowledge. In fact, certainty is a mental sensation, rather than evidence of fact. Because this `feeling of knowing` seems like confirmation of knowledge, we tend to think of it as a product of reason. But an increasing body of evidence suggests that feelings such as certainty stem from primitive areas of the brain, and are independent of active, conscious reflection and reasoning. The feeling of knowing happens to us, we cannot make it happen. Bringing together cutting edge neuroscience, experimental data, and fascinating… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0312359209
Book size: —; Page extent: 272.

 

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Daisaku Ikeda
On Being Human: Where Ethics, Medicine and Spirituality Converge

2003 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Book DescriptionThis exploration of what it means to be healthy from a physical, mental, and spiritual standpoint discusses Western humanism, Japanese Buddhism, and modern science from three divergent, yet expert, perspectives. Seeking common ground through dialogue, this ambitious work broaches questions about issues that face today`s society, such as cancer, AIDS, death with dignity, in vitro fertilization, biomedical ethics, and more. The discussions cut through linguistic and cultural barriers to present a vision of the potential-and the inherent challenges-of being human. Avoiding scientific jargon, the book begins with a medical discussion of cancer and AIDS, as well as the problem of social discrimination against those infected. Questions about the fundamental nature of a harmonious existence are considered, as are specific issues such as the nature of brain death and ethical problems relating to fertility and childbirth. The origins of life, evolution, and the birth of… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0972326715
Book size: —; Page extent: 262.

 

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Peter Frumkin
On Being Nonprofit: A Conceptual and Policy Primer

2005 y.
Publisher: —
Description: This concise and illuminating book provides a road map to the evolving conceptual and policy terrain of the nonprofit sector. Drawing on prominent economic, political, and sociological explanations of nonprofit activity, Peter Frumkin focuses on four important functions that have come to define nonprofit organizations. The author clarifies the debate over the underlying rationale for the nonprofit and voluntary sector`s privileged position in America by examining how nonprofits deliver needed services, promote civic engagement, express values and faith, and channel entrepreneurial impulses. He also exposes the difficult policy questions that have emerged as the boundaries between the nonprofit, business, and government sectors have blurred. Focusing on nonprofits` growing dependence on public funding, tendency toward political polarization, often idiosyncratic missions, and increasing commercialism, Peter Frumkin argues that the long-term challenges facing nonprofit organizations… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0674018354
Book size: —; Page extent: 232.

 

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National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, Natl Academy Science
On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research

— y.
Publisher: —
Description: — [detailed...]

ISBN: 0309051967
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Ruri Fujikawa
On Bended Knee (Yaoi)

2009 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Hibiki works as a bodyguard for Buyuu, who is poised to succeed Hong Kong`s ruling economic elite family. Buyuu, who will one day be in the position to carry the entire plutocratic family on his shoulders, spends his nights entertaining countless women. One day, Hibiki gets word that Buyuu`s uncle, himself gunning for a position as successor, is planning to assassinate Buyuu. When Hibiki advises his employer to refrain from going out, not only does Buyuu take Hibiki`s hands in his, but rather than go out, he presses for Hibiki to come to bed with him. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1934129380
Book size: —; Page extent: 202.

 

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John E. Tilton
On Borrowed Time?: Assessing the Threat of Mineral Depletion

— y.
Publisher: —
Description: The sharp rise in mineral use has revived concern about scarcity. John Tilton responds by analyzing recent trends in the consumption and availability of minerals that are most integral to the needs of modern civilization. He reminds readers that the story of minerals scarcity is almost as old as human history--and so too is substitution and technological innovation. The issue at hand is the unprecedented acceleration in mineral exploitation and use. Given global population growth, rising living standards, and environmental concerns, how seriously should we take the threat of mineral exhaustion? On Borrowed Time? provides general interest and student readers with an accessible framework for understanding scarcity. Tilton defines concepts and explores the methods used to study mineral scarcity, including physical measures of known reserves and the total resource base, and economic measures, such as extraction and end-user costs. He notes the increasing emphasis on the social… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1891853570
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Robert Simonson
On Broadway Men Still Wear Hats: Unusual Lives Led on the Edges of Broadway

2004 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Book DescriptionYou don?t have to be involved in a play to be a Broadway enthusiast. In On Broadway, Men Still Wear Hats, the lives of some of theater?s lesser known contributors are brought to light: an accountant who gave up number crunching to write Internet theater reviews full-time, an amateur photographer who went from groupie to Tony Award nominee, a Texas ballet dancer turned kosher play seller, a Glasgow high school dropout who became Broadway?s favorite restauranteur. Author, journalist, and playwright Robert Simonson follows in the footsteps of Damon Runyon, Joseph Mitchell, and A.J. Liebling as he captures these and other passionate lives lived out along the edges of New York theater world?s white-hot spotlight. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1575253437
Book size: —; Page extent: 203.

 

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Steven Adler
On Broadway: Art and Commerce on the Great White Way

2004 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Book DescriptionAt a critical, transitional moment in the history of Broadway?and, by extension, of American theatre itself?former Broadway stage manager Steven Adler enlists insider perspectives from sixty-six practitioners and artists to chronicle the recent past and glimpse the near future of the Great White Way. From marquee names to behind-the-scenes power brokers, Adler has assembled a distinctly knowledgeable cast of theatre?s elite, including Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents, Des McAnuff, Frank Rich, Robin Wagner, Rocco Landesman, Robert Longbottom, Todd Haimes, Bernard Gersten, and Alan Eisenberg. On Broadway: Art and Commerce on the Great White Way spotlights the differing vantage points of performers, writers, managers, producers, critics, lawyers, theatre owners, union leaders, city planners, and other influential players. Each details his or her firsthand account of the creative and economic forces that have wrought extraordinary changes in the way… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0809325934
Book size: —; Page extent: 250.

 

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Eric Patterson
On Brokeback Mountain: Meditations about Masculinity, Fear, and Love in the Story and the Film

2007 y.
Publisher: —
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ISBN: 0739121650
Book size: —; Page extent: 386.

 

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On Capitalism

2007 y.
Publisher: —
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ISBN: 0804756651
Book size: —; Page extent: 368.

 

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McEwan, Ian
On Chesil Beach (A) Exp

2008 y.
Publisher: —
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ISBN: 9780099520825
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Ian McEwan
On Chesil Beach: A Novel

2007 y.
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Description: A novel of remarkable depth and poignancy from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time. It is July 1962. Florence is a talented musician who dreams of a career on the concert stage and of the perfect life she will create with Edward, an earnest young history student at University College of London, who unexpectedly wooed and won her heart. Newly married that morning, both virgins, Edward and Florence arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their worries about the wedding night to come. Edward, eager for rapture, frets over Florence’s response to his advances and nurses a private fear of failure, while Florence’s anxieties run deeper: she is overcome by sheer disgust at the idea of physical contact, but dreads disappointing her husband when they finally lie down together in the honeymoon suite. Ian McEwan has caught with understanding and compassion the innocence of Edward and Florence at a time when marriage was presumed to… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0385522401
Book size: —; Page extent: 208.

 

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Ann M. Martin
On Christmas Eve (Apple Signature Edition)

2007 y.
Publisher: —
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ISBN: 0439745896
Book size: —; Page extent: 160.

 

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Patricia A. Pingry
On Christmas Morning

2007 y.
Publisher: —
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ISBN: 0824967135
Book size: —; Page extent: 26.

 

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Gary Stochl
On City Streets : Chicago, 1964-2004 (Center for American Places-Center Books on American Places)

2005 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Book Description City streets are perhaps the most paradoxically anonymous and personal of all public spaces in the city: people blindly collide in their rush to reach their destinations, while the homeless look for humanity amid the thousands passing by. Gary Stochl captures this daily drama in On City Streets , a penetrating examination of the unpredictable people, places, and events that make up the streets of downtown Chicago. It is a stunning collection made even more so by the fact that this is the first work of Stochl`s to be seen in his forty years as a photographer. Until 2003, Stochl had never shown his photographs to anyone, his rich body of images remained completely unknown to the public. Self-taught and working in isolation, Stochl carefully studied the work of other renowned urban photographers, including Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Frank. Through his studies, he learned how to see his subjects, and he developed a visual language uniquely… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1930066376
Book size: —; Page extent: 80.

 

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Thomas Sowell
On Classical Economics

2006 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Thomas Sowell`s many writings on the history of economic thought have appeared in a number of scholarly journals and books, and these writings have been praised, reprinted, and translated in various countries around the world. The classical era in the history of economics is an important part of the history of ideas in general, and its implications reach beyond the bounds of the economics profession.A On Classical Economics is a book from which students can learn both history and economics. It is not simply a Cook`s tour of colorful personalities of the past but a study of how certain economic concepts and tools of analysis arose, and how their implications were revealed during the controversies that followed. In addition to a general understanding of classical macroeconomics and microeconomics, this book offers special insight into the neglected pioneering work of Sismondi—and why it was neglected—and a detailed look at John Stuart Mill`s enigmatic role in the… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0300113161
Book size: —; Page extent: 320.

 

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Robert W. Wendover, Terrence L. Gargiulo
On Cloud Nine: Weathering the Challenge of Many Generations in the Workplace

2005 y.
Publisher: —
Description: A recent survey reveals that customer satisfaction with the weather is at an all-time low. It`s up to Wally, director of the Weather Consumer Satisfaction Bureau, to sort things out. In this witty fable, the root of the problem is a disagreement between old and new clouds. The upstarts think technology is the answer, while the old guard says there`s no substitute for the tried and true. The resulting storms are having a direct effect on customers, who wonder if they will ever see sunny skies again. Can Wally reconcile these seemingly conflicting views and leverage the unique strengths of all the clouds into a successful, customer-friendly plan? On Cloud Nine presents real lessons about what is valuable in the workplace: balancing the past and the future, encouraging diversity of ideas, and more. The story is followed by simple yet powerful tools that will help readers apply these lessons to their own work and organizations. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0814408788
Book size: —; Page extent: 142.

 

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Don Pavey
On Colours 1528: A Translation from Latin

2003 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Book DescriptionA 16th century scholar Antonio Telesio probes ancient colour words and ideas, and foreshadows future trends. He lived at a time when he could discuss colour with Raphael, Leonardo and Titian. Although writing for his classics students, his chapters on the main twelve colours, might equally well have been placed around a renaissance palette. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1581125801
Book size: —; Page extent: 108.

 

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Krippendorff
On Communicating: Otherness, Meaning, and Information

2008 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Klaus Krippendorff is an influential figure in communication studies widely known for his book Content Analysis. Over the years, Krippendorff has made important contributions to a host of fundamental issues concerning communication scholarship: theory, epistemology, critical scholarship, second-order cybernetics, the construction of reality through language, design, and meaning. On Communicating assembles Krippendorff`s most influential writings-many of which are virtually unavailable today, appearing in journals, less accessible publications, conference proceedings, out-of-print book chapters, and articles in journals outside the communication field. In their totality, they provide a goldmine for communication students and scholars. Edited and with a critical introduction by Fernando Bermejo, this book introduces readers to Krippendorff`s most important works. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0415978602
Book size: —; Page extent: 372.

 

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