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This book argues that the current international intellectual
property rights regime, led by the World Trade Organization (WTO),
has evolved over the past three decades toward overemphasizing
private interests and seriously hampering public interests in
access to knowledge and innovation diffusion. This approach
concentrates on tangible and codified knowledge creation and
diffusion in research and development (R&D) that can be
protected via patents and other intellectual property rules and
regulations. In terms of global policy initiatives, however, it is
becoming increasingly clear that the WTO in particular is mostly a
conflict-resolution facility rather than a global governance body
able to generate cooperation and steer international coordinated
policy action. At the same time, rent extraction and profits
streaming from legal hyperprotection have become pervasively
important for firm strategies to compete in a globalized
marketplace. "Knowledge Governance: Reasserting the Public
Interest" offers a novel approach - knowledge governance - in order
to move beyond the current regime.
The poster as we know it dates from the Industrial Revolution,
although one form of outdoor advertising has existed for many
centuries. Industrialisation meant that producer became separated
from consumer while production for mass consumption rapidly
increased, so that a development was necessary in the methods
employed in bringing to public notice the merits and very existence
of many goods. Billsticking began, a business rife with
skulduggery, and in the second half of the nineteenth century an
enterprising billposter took the step that changed outdoor
advertising forever: he rented a site. From there the industry has
grown apace, and Outdoor Advertising makes sense of these changes
by looking at its practical side, the contractor, the agent, the
designer, and the planning side, including site selection, as well
as looking at specific campaigns and how their audience have
received them. This, then, is a book about outdoor advertising, its
design and colourful presentation, its place in the advertising and
marketing story. First published in 1953.
Concise guide to common species found along California's coastline.
"Human Relationship Skills: Coaching and Self-Coaching" presents a
practical "how to" guide to relationship skills, showing how
readers can improve and, where necessary, repair relationships.
This thoroughly revised and updated 4th edition reflects the
increased interest in coaching, showing how it can be applied to
everyday life.
In this essential book, Richard Nelson-Jones takes a
cognitive-behavioral approach to coaching people in relationship
skills. These skills are viewed as sequences of choices that people
can make well or poorly; covering a range of skill areas the book
assists readers to make affirming rather than destructive choices
in their relationships. It begins by addressing the questions of
"what are relationship skills?" and "what are coaching skills?,"
and follows with a series of chapters which thoroughly detail and
illuminate various relationship skills including:
- listening and showing understanding
- managing shyness
- intimacy and companionship
- assertiveness and managing anger
- managing relationship problems and ending relationships
The book concludes with a chapter on how users can maintain and
improve their skills by coaching themselves.
Accessibly written and using activities, the book will be
appropriate for those involved in "life coaching" as well as
general counseling and therapy. It will be essential reading for
lecturers, coaches and trainers as well as students and anyone who
wishes to improve their relationship skills.
The plays of Maria Martinez Sierra were popular in Spain, South
America and in translation on Broadway and London's West End in the
first half of the 20th century but they were thought to be written
by her husband, the celebrated director and playwright Gregorio
Martinez Sierra. After his death, the authorship of his work was
revealed to be that of Maria, making her one of the most important
playwrights of her time. This edited collection features three
plays by Maria Martinez Sierra, translated by Helen and Harley
Granville-Barker, along with an introduction by Patricia O'Connor,
University of Cincinnati, US, which examines Maria's extraordinary
life and work, and the battle for her authorship to be recognized
in both the Spanish-speaking and anglophone world. This volume
focuses on plays centred on strong women; and each is translated by
the eminent man of theatre Harley Granville-Barker and his wife,
Helen, whose own story holds stark parallels to Maria's in terms of
authorship. The collection is edited by playwright Richard Nelson
and Professor Colin Chambers, who contribute an essay on the
translation work of the Granville-Barkers. The plays are: The
Kingdom of God (1928); The Romantic Young Lady (1920) and Take Two
From One (1931). Maria Martinez Sierra: A Great Playwright Hidden
in Plain Sight recognizes Maria de la O Lejarraga Garcia, to use
her birth name, as one of the most important female playwrights,
not just in Spain, but globally, in the first half of the 20th
century.
This collection of Richard Nelson's plays brings together for the
first time five of his major works in one volume. From the
hilarious and poignant tale of an American school group in England
in Some Americans Abroad to the emotional complexity of the
relationship between two nineteenth-century actors in Two
Shakespearean Actors, Nelson demonstrates the full range of his
talent, creating works that are accessible, eloquent, amusing, and
deeply moving, often all at once.
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Chess (Paperback)
Richard Nelson, Tim Rice
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Book by Richard Nelson. Lyrics by Tim Rice. Music by Bjorn Ulvaeus
and Benny Andersson
Musical / 9m, 2f, 1f child, plus ensemble / Scenery: Var.
sets.
The collaborators on Chess are giants of rock music and rock
musicals and they have created a complex rock opera that played to
full Broadway houses and standing ovations. Here the ancient game
becomes a metaphor for romantic rivalries, competitive
gamesmanship, super power politics and international intrigues. The
pawns in this drama form a love triangle: the loutish American
chess star, the earnest Russian champion and a Hungarian American
female assistant who arrives at the international chess match in
Bangkok with the American but falls for the Russian. From Bangkok
to Budapest the players, lovers, politicians, and spies manipulate
and are manipulated to the pulse of a monumental rock score that
includes "One Night in Bangkok" and "Heaven Help My Heart."
"One of the best rock scores ever produced. This is an angry,
difficult, demanding and rewarding show."- Time
This book helps the reader identify commom fossils found in
Arizona. Includes common vocabulary, examples of fossil forms, and
drawings.
General Andrew J. Goodpaster (1915-2005) was a brilliant military
leader, a scholar and, most of all, an exceptional presidential
adviser who served under seven successive administrations. A
respected strategist, he participated at the highest levels of
government in many of the most important decisions of the second
half of the twentieth century. As President Eisenhower's Staff
Secretary, he was the de facto originator of the National Security
Council process and served as a mentor and role model to his
successors down to the present day. He was involved in many
security challenges, such as establishing and sustaining NATO,
planning for nuclear weapons and arms control, and implementing
detente. He developed a collaborative method of approaching
national security affairs -a style that reflected a strong capacity
to engage effectively the necessary people to work together to
achieve the best possible outcomes. In doing so, he learned and
taught best practices in national security that still influence
decision making today. This biography shows the importance of
experienced soldier-scholars with high integrity on national
security teams and provides the first systematic mining of the
documents Goodpaster wrote on national security. Organized
chronologically, it demonstrates how Goodpaster was able to adapt
best practices to a constantly changing political, military,
economic and technological environment. It also explains why he was
so frequently selected as an insider in national security decision
making. His life and work reveal how best to approach complex
national security problems and the kind of collaborative leadership
needed to get the job done. Still today, his method confirms
General Scowcroft's view that Goodpaster is "too important to
ignore."
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Ivanov (Paperback)
Anton Chekhov; Translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky
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"When it comes to deer, wildness is the greatest truth. And tameness is a tender, innocent lie." So writes Richard Nelson, award-winning author of The Island Within, in this far-ranging and deeply personal look at our complex relationship with this most beautiful, but amazingly elusive, creature.Heart and Blood: Living with Deer in America begins with the author tracking a deer on a remote island off the Alaskan coast. From there he takes us on a kaleidoscopic journey, visiting such disparate territories of the deer as a hunting ranch in Texas; a state park in California; a Wisconsin forest on opening day of the hunting season; Fire Island, New York; and the suburbs of Denver--where the deer have become so numerous that they pose hazards to landscape, motorist, and pedestrian alike.
Nelson examines the physiology of the deer, explaining how its unique digestive system and grazing habits have enabled it to thrive in the varied environments of the United States, whether wild, suburban, or urban. He investigates the different methods of controlling the deer's skyrocketing numbers, from the more "humane methods of relocation and sterilization, to hunting--in all its forms. Nelson also explores the role of the deer in traditional Native American life, takes us with him on a hunt, and awes us as he witnesses the birth of a fawn--an event rarely seen by humans.
By the end of this journey we understand the deep reverence in which the author holds this magnificent animal. For to know the deer is to glimpse the hidden heart of wildness itself. In Heart and Blood, Richard Nelson has produced a book of outstanding insight and intelligence that brings us closer to our natural world and, in the process, closer to our own true nature
In clear and concise language and drawings, these booklets describe
the common species the reader is likely to come across in
Southwestern terrain.
In clear and concise language and drawings, these booklets describe
the common species the reader is likely to come across in
South-western terrain.
In clear and concise language and drawings, these booklets describe
the common species the reader is likely to come across in
Southwestern terrain.
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Three Sisters (Paperback)
Anton Chekhov; Translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky
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In clear and concise language and drawings, these booklets describe
the common species the reader is likely to come across in
Southwestern terrain.
Ditch. Dare. Do is the definitive (and irreverent) career and
corporate success guide for defining, aligning, and living the
power of brand Personal branding is increasingly recognized as a
must-have skill in every executive and employer tool kit, providing
to both employees and employers the sense of stability,
empowerment, value-creation, and recognition so critical to success
in an increasingly volatile marketplace. Yet, until now, there has
been no definitive guide to personal branding from these combined
perspectives. Ditch. Dare. Do , by Personal Branding Guru William
Arruda and CEO Coach Deb Dib, is the quick-start guide and
deep-dive instruction manual every executive and employer needs to
leverage the power of personal branding. This groundbreaking book
is designed for professionals who seek to build satisfying careers
(by aligning who they are with what they do and how they do it),
and for companies that are serious about retaining and growing the
best talent. Ditch. Dare. Do challenges long-held assumptions and
habits, daring the reader with a 'ditch' (a mindset that must be
shattered), a 'dare' (a challenge to up their game), or a 'do' (a
critical action that must be taken to ensure success).
Acknowledging the impact of Web 2.0, texting, Twitter, and the
perennial distractions of multi-tasking, Ditch. Dare. Do is
deliberately bold and brief a series of powerful stand-alone
two-page vignettes of relevant, actionable, fun and fast tips
covering all aspects of personal 'career branding.' Readers who
follow this GPS for executive success will advance their careers,
support the corporate brand, deliver greater value to their
companies, and become influential, indispensable, and incredibly
happy.
Additional Contributing Authors Include Norman A. Graebner And
David M. Potter. Foreword By U. S. Grant, III.
Long an associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company, American
playwright Richard Nelson has been praised by critics on both sides
of the Atlantic, and has been awarded the Olivier Award for his
play Goodnight Children Everywhere and a Tony Award for his
adaptation of James Joyce's "The Dead." Included in this volume are
his latest play, Madame Melville, which received rave reviews
during its London run starring Macaulay Culkin and Irene Jacob, and
The General from America, which ponders the emotional conflicts
that Benedict Arnold faced before deciding to hand over George
Washington to the British. Madame Melville, set in Paris in 1966,
before that city exploded in protest, presents the story of a
fifteen-year-old American, Carl, and his beautiful teacher, Claudie
Melville. The Daily Telegraph praised Madame Melville as "a play
about art, music, friendship and the irrecoverable, unforgettable
moment when an adolescent realizes that the world is full of
wonder." The General from America provides a rich portrait of
Benedict Arnold. Nelson's account of Arnold's search for love and
country, and his discovery of only compromise and despair, will
haunt readers and audiences.
Guide to stargazing in the south-west. Includes sky charts of stars
and constellations and native skylore related to them.
Basic books covering the common plants and animals of Arizona.
Includes descriptions and line drawings to aid in identification.
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