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This book is about what I call "Fix it or lose it Management." I
wrote it to help you do your own turnaround inside your
organization, before someone else does it for you - or your
organization goes under completely. This book is a compendium of
carefully selected good ideas from good books, plus my own
experience in nearly 20 years as a management consultant and the 27
years of Military service that preceded it. Like my last book, I
wrote it so that you could have straightforward, no-nonsense
material, ready to implement. CEOs and other responsible people in
leadership positions don't always have time to do their own
research. Instead, they throw themselves on the mercy of
contractors, who think in terms of yearly contracts. You can do the
job better.
Provides a complete summary of the benefits available to qualified
American veterans of the armed forces, including health insurance,
pensions, education, vocational rehabilitation, home loan
guaranties, life insurance, burial benefits, and many others.
In ancient Israelite sacrifice as represented in the Hebrew
Bible, the handling and use of the blood of sacrificed animals took
many forms and served different functions. The Hebrew Bible refers
to tossing sacrificial blood onto an altar or an assembly of
people, daubing it on the altar's horns or parts of the human body,
and sprinkling it on or in front of sacred objects.
William Gilders investigates the significance of these blood
rituals. Offering a close reading of Leviticus 17:11, Gilders
emphasizes the secondary and innovative character of this biblical
text, which has often been treated as a key for understanding
biblical blood ritual.
Focusing on the analysis of practice, Gilders finds that blood
manipulation is regularly marked as elite activity, serving as an
index of social relationships and hierarchies. Blood rituals also
regulate access to sacred spaces and define the limits of such
spaces. Drawing on recent theoretical approaches to ritual
practices, this study offers a sophisticated new understanding of
ancient rites.
'Atlas of Improbable Places has that rare, through-the-wardrobe
quality. It is a delightful compendium of the strangest places on
the planet.’ DAILY TELEGRAPH 2020 WINNER OF THE EDWARD
STANFORD TRAVEL ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR Atlas of
Vanishing Places. In Atlas of Improbable Places, Travis Elborough
goes in search of the obscure and bizarre, the beautiful and
arcane. His unique atlas shows you the modern world from surprising
new vantage points. Discover the secret Soviet city of
Zheleznogorsk and the church tower of San Juan Parangaricutiro,
miraculously still standing as the sole survivor of a town sunk by
lava. Explore the underground realms of Beijing and Berlin, dug for
refuge and espionage, and the floating worlds of remote Palmerston
and the macabre Island of Dolls. Â The truths and myths
behind these hidden lairs, forgotten cities and improbable
wonders are as varied as the destinations themselves. These curious
places are not just extraordinary sights but reflections on our
relationship with the world around us. Acclaimed author and social
commentator, Travis Elborough, is a marvellous travel guide to the
world's most unusual corners.   ‘This engrossing
book traverses the heights and depths, the beauty and terror, of
our world.’ THE OBSERVER  ‘Understatedly expressive.’
NEW YORK TIMES  ‘Deeply researched – and really worth
your time.’ GQ
In this second volume of the 1877 work that established him as
England's leading authority on pornography, Henry Spencer Ashbee
provides exhaustive reference for scores of "curious, uncommon and
erotic books" that were banned or otherwise prohibited from
legitimate sale during the Victorian era. Included in this volume
are such "gentlemen only" titles as The Cloisters Laid Open,
Memoirs of Miss Mary-Catherine Cadiere, and Pretty Little Games for
Young Ladies and Gentlemen. This catalog of obscure and forgotten
works is an invaluable-and highly entertaining-resource for
bibliophiles, students of erotica, and collectors of Victoriana.
British book collector, travel writer, and bibliographer HENRY
SPENCER ASHBEE (1834-1900), aka Pisanus Fraxi, is thought by some
to have authored the notorious Victorian sexual memoir My Secret
Life.
Army Firefighting details the history of this low-density military
occupational specialty which represents a small section of the
Corps of Engineers. Beginning with the Civil War through present
day, this historical perspective contains the lineage and history
of Army fire fighting units and includes unit rosters, activations
and deactivations, deployment locations and description of some of
the major fires fought. The book also contains photographs of Army
fire fighters during World War I, World War II, Korean War,
Vietnam, Desert Storm and the War on Terrorism. Using interviews,
correspondence and diaries, as well as archived material, Leroy
Allen Ward tells the remarkable story of the Army's Engineer
Firefighters.
Dedicated research on other systems and personal experimentation
has turned a handful of notes into a comprehensive collection of
potentially winning strategies. First and foremost, it is important
to understanding that there is no winning system that can beat the
mathematical odds that the casino has against a player. However,
this book teaches you strategies to follow while in the casino,
giving you a large amount of information to help you walk out a
winner. These tips can benefit players of all experience levels.
You will learn to think how the casino thinks, and avoid the traps
they set for every player. Inside you will find the general rules
for each of the main games, tips on how to approach a table, what
to say to the dealers, how to handle your money, and especially a
broad range of specific strategies, or "systems" for each of the
games covered. This book makes the game and strategy information
easy to understand and follow, as well as fun and enjoyable to
read, with a bit of irreverant humor sprinkled throughout.
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