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Chronicling the many faces of the WWII effort, these contemporary
black-and-white portraits of the longest surviving veterans remind
us that the war comprised a collection of Americans from all walks
of life. Their penetrating gaze captures the ethos of the endeavor
of war. Intimate memories offer glimpses into the horrifying, and
at times awe-inspiring, reality of war. The faces of these
veterans, from all branches, are juxtaposed with images of their
youthful selves and serve as a visual representation of the expanse
of their life experiences. Appealing to the families of soldiers,
academics, history buffs, and veterans of other wars, this
collection is a testament to the spirit of patriotism and strength
of a collective American effort.
First Published in 1968. This volume is a collection of the Gunning
Lectures made at Divinity Hall, Edinburgh University in 1925. The
aim of the lectures has been to present the origin of Islam against
a background of surrounding Christainity.
The book is made distinctive by the presentation of practitioner
insight allied with academic underpinning to create a powerful new
framework of unusual breadth and depth. The book communicates
contemporary retail thought from the perspectives of both senior
international retailers and expert observers. It is structured
around four sections: * Section I : retailing in an international
context * Section II: chapters from faculty at Templeton College in
Oxford outlining the key issues with review questions, discussion
topics, assignments and further reading. * Section III : A unique
series of in depth interviews with senior executives in the world's
major retailers conducted by the Oxford Institute of Retail
Management. Each case is backed up by company and sector
information to demonstrate the changing retail and global
environment. * Section IV: A summary and overview with further
exercises assignments and recommended reading.The book is an
innovative and highly effective new text for both students and
executives needing to understand the complexities of the latest
global developments and thinking.
The book is made distinctive by the presentation of practitioner
insight allied with academic underpinning to create a powerful new
framework of unusual breadth and depth. The book communicates
contemporary retail thought from the perspectives of both senior
international retailers and expert observers. It is structured
around four sections: * Section I: retailing in an international
context * Section II: chapters from faculty at Templeton College in
Oxford outlining the key issues with review questions, discussion
topics, assignments and further reading. * Section III: A unique
series of in depth interviews with senior executives in the world's
major retailers conducted by the Oxford Institute of Retail
Management. Each case is backed up by company and sector
information to demonstrate the changing retail and global
environment. * Section IV: A summary and overview with further
exercises assignments and recommended reading.The book is an
innovative and highly effective new text for both students and
executives needing to understand the complexities of the latest
global developments and thinking. * Dual focus, with firm
conceptual context supplied in the introductory essays and
practitioner insight provided by the case studies. * Includes a
range of learning features to help you test your knowledge and
develop your thinking. * Talented contributor team offer rigorous
and far-reaching analysis of the issues and case histories.
Combining practitioner insight with academic background, this book
offers a useful framework on retail strategy with unusual breadth
and depth. It communicates contemporary retail thought from the
perspectives of both senior international retailers and expert
observers.
For courses in Advanced EMT Using the National EMS Education
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First Published in 1968. This volume is a collection of the Gunning
Lectures made at Divinity Hall, Edinburgh University in 1925. The
aim of the lectures has been to present the origin of Islam against
a background of surrounding Christainity.
"Buried Lives" offers the first critical examination of the
experience of imprisonment in early America. These
interdisciplinary essays investigate several carceral institutions
to show how confinement shaped identity, politics, and the social
imaginary both in the colonies and in the new nation. The
historians and literary scholars included in this volume offer a
complement and corrective to conventional understandings of
incarceration that privilege the intentions of those in power over
the experiences of prisoners.
Considering such varied settings as jails, penitentiaries,
almshouses, workhouses, floating prison ships, and plantations, the
contributors reconstruct the struggles of people imprisoned in
locations from Antigua to Boston. The essays draw upon a rich array
of archival sources from the seventeenth century to the eve of the
Civil War, including warden logs, petitions, execution sermons,
physicians' clinical notes, private letters, newspaper articles,
runaway slave advertisements, and legal documents. Through the
voices, bodies, and texts of the incarcerated, "Buried Lives"
reveals the largely ignored experiences of inmates who contested
their subjection to regimes of power.
Step back in time and experience the Revolutionary War through the
stories of the people who lived through it. Witness the first
reading of the Declaration of Independence. Experience the horror
of a sneak attack. Watch a mother risk her life by spying for the
colonists. True Stories of the Revolutionary War doesn t just tell
you the tales of war. It drops you into the thick of combat."
Tillage agriculture has led to widespread soil and ecosystem
degradation globally, and more particularly in the developing
regions. This is especially so in Africa where traditional
agricultural practices have become unsustainable due to severe
exploitation of natural resources with negative impacts on the
environment and food system. In addition, agricultural land use in
Africa today faces major challenges including increased costs,
climate change and a need to transform to more sustainable
production intensification systems. Conservation Agriculture has
emerged as a major alternative sustainable climate smart
agriculture approach in Africa and has spread to many African
countries in the past decade as more development and research,
including in sustainable mechanization, has enabled its extension
and uptake. It is key to transforming Africa's agriculture and food
system given its ability to restore soil health, biodiversity and
productivity of millions of smallholder farms as well as
larger-scale farms. This landmark volume is based on the material
presented at the Second Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture
which was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, 9-12 October 2018.
The main theme of the Congress was 'Making Climate Smart
Agriculture Real in Africa with Conservation Agriculture:
Supporting the Malabo Declaration and Agenda 2063'. The Congress
was aligned to mobilize stakeholders in all agriculture sectors to
provide greater technical, institutional, development and
investment support, impetus and direction to the vision and agenda
for transforming African agriculture as set out by the Malabo
Declaration and Agenda 2063. This book is aimed at all agricultural
stakeholders in the public, private and civil sectors in Africa
engaged in supporting the transformation of conventional tillage
agriculture to Conservation Agriculture. The book will be of
interest to: researchers, academics, students, development
stakeholders, public and private sector investors and policy makers
as well as institutional libraries across the world.
CONTENTS: Introduction, Jean H. Baker and Charles W. Mitchell
"Border State, Border War: Fighting for Freedom and Slavery in
Antebellum Maryland," Richard Bell "Charity Folks and the Ghosts of
Slavery in Pre-Civil War Maryland," Jessica Millward "Confronting
Dred Scott: Seeing Citizenship from Baltimore," Martha S. Jones
"'Maryland Is This Day . . . True to the American Union' The
Election of 1860 and a Winter of Discontent," Charles W. Mitchell
"Baltimore's Secessionist Moment: Conservatism and Political
Networks in the Pratt Street Riot and Its Aftermath," Frank Towers
"Abraham Lincoln, Civil Liberties, and Maryland," Frank J. Williams
"The Fighting Sons of 'My Maryland' The Recruitment of Union
Regiments in Baltimore, 1861-1865," Timothy J. Orr "'What I
Witnessed Would Only Make You Sick' Union Soldiers Confront the
Dead at Antietam," Brian Matthew Jordan "Confederate Invasions of
Maryland," Thomas G. Clemens "Achieving Emancipation in Maryland,"
Jonathan W. White "Maryland's Women at War," Robert W. Schoeberlein
"The Failed Promise of Reconstruction," Sharita Jacobs Thompson
"'F--k the Confederacy' The Strange Career of Civil War Memory in
Maryland after 1865," Robert J. Cook
Have you ever seen a bridge in a movie? Not the solid structural
type you drive your car over but the type you walk across to get to
the other side. They are typically placed in jungle scenes that
have wooden planks to walk on and ropes on both sides to use as a
guide rail. They are usually connecting the two sides of a mountain
because of a huge drop. They also are characteristically missing
planks and some fall as you walk or run across them. It is with
much trepidation that you cross because you never know if the
bridge will fail or you will fall through the planks. This is the
bridge to retail leadership. Crossing The Retail Leadership Bridge
requires a balancing act of developing people and accountability.
The bridge consists of: 1.Living the Vision 2.Connecting &
Valuing People 3.Leading Managers 4.Culture, Morale &
Development 5.Change & the Whole System 6.Embracing &
Respecting Customers 7.Reflection 8.Guard Your Words & Actions
Take this introspective journey to unlock your talents and skills.
There may be steps that are difficult to take and require
substantial change, but they will ultimately advance your
relationships with people. There are very few that will make the
transition from manager to leader. Some will not have the skills
while others will not have the desire for change. Even if
leadership may seem beyond your reach, there are opportunities to
enhance your skills. Apply the knowledge learned through the bridge
process and it may take you further than you ever thought possible.
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