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This book explores the Arab world and its development problems as
its new oil wealth opens up prospects of accelerated economic and
social progress. It describes Kuwait's aid operations and looks at
the effect the sudden torrent of oil money has had on the Kuwaitis.
This book explores the Arab world and its development problems as
its new oil wealth opens up prospects of accelerated economic and
social progress. It describes Kuwait's aid operations and looks at
the effect the sudden torrent of oil money has had on the Kuwaitis.
Self-awareness is the bedrock of emotional intelligence that enables you to see your talents, shortcomings, and potential. But you won't be able to achieve true self-awareness with the usual quarterly feedback and self-reflection alone.
This book will teach you how to understand your thoughts and emotions, how to persuade your colleagues to share what they really think of you, and why self-awareness will spark more productive and rewarding relationships with your employees and bosses.
This volume includes the work of:
- Daniel Goleman
- Robert Steven Kaplan
- Susan David
HOW TO BE HUMAN AT WORK.
The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.
These essays have been written to honor W. W. Bledsoe, a scientist
who has contributed to such diverse fields as mathematics, systems
analysis, pattern recognition, biology, artificial intelligence,
and automated reasoning. The first essay provides a sketch of his
life, emphasizing his scientific contributions. The diversity of
the fields to which Bledsoe has contributed is reflected in the
range of the other essays, which are original scientific
contributions by some of his many friends and colleagues. Bledsoe
is a founding father of the field of automated reasoning, and a
majority of the essays are on that topic. These essays are
collected together here not only to acknowledge Bledsoe's manifold
and substantial scientific contributions but also to express our
appreciation for the great care and energy that he has devoted to
nurturing many of the scientists working in those scientific fields
he has helped found. Robert S. Boyer Austin February, 1991 ix
Acknow ledgements Thanks to Larry Wos, editor of the Journal of
Automated Reasoning, and Derek Middleton and Martin Scrivener,
Kluwer Academic editors, for sup porting the idea of initiating
this collection of essays. Thanks to A. Michael Ballantyne and
Michael Spivak, for help with lffi.TWC, especially in identifying
many formatting problems and providing fixes."
Widely regarded as a broadcasting classic, the 1981 BBC Radio
dramatisation of The Lord of the Rings stars Ian Holm, Michael
Hordern, Robert Stephens, John Le Mesurier and Peter Woodthorpe.
This box set contains all three parts of the epic tale - The
Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.
Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him the Rings of Power - the
means by which he will be able to rule the world. All he lacks in
his plan for domination is the Ruling Ring, which has fallen into
the hands of the hobbit, Frodo Baggins... Brian Sibley, one of the
original dramatists, has written new opening and closing narration
for the character of Frodo, played by Ian Holm. This collection
also includes a bonus CD featuring Stephen Oliver's complete
musical score, and a demo version of 'Bilbo's Last Song'. 13 CDs.
13 hrs 15 mins.
A novel about a family even more dysfunctional than the one you
grew up in. Will's Surreal Period is a richly satisfying tale-at
times laugh-out-loud hilarious and at times deeply moving-that
features a rollickingly dysfunctional family, a seemingly endless
array of succulent foodstuffs, and a brain tumor that transforms a
mediocre painter into a virtuoso. Now toss in a smidgen of BDSM and
a few beguiling tidbits exploring brain chemistry and human
evolution, and you have a story that will hook you fast and
captivate you till the end. "Will's Surreal Period proves why works
of fiction are high art. . . . Robert Steven Goldstein deftly
converts our raw human foibles into emotive entertainment and, as
he does, reminds us, sometimes painfully, sometimes hilariously,
who we are." -MICHAEL J. COFFINO, award-winning author of Truth Is
in the House
WHAT MAKES A LEADER? CAN YOU REALLY LEARN TO LEAD? You might
believe that leaders are born, not made. Perhaps you think that you
need to hold an important job to be a leader--that you need
permission to lead. Leadership is one of the most important aspects
of our society. Yet there is enormous disagreement and confusion
about what leadership means and whether it can really be learned.
As Harvard Business School professor Robert Steven Kaplan explains
in this powerful new book, leadership qualities are not something
you either have or you don't. Leadership is not a destination or a
state of being. Leadership is about what you do, rather than who
you are, and it starts with an ownership mind-set. For Kaplan,
learning to lead involves three key elements: * Thinking like an
owner * A willingness to act on your beliefs * A relentless focus
on adding value to others Kaplan compellingly argues that great
organizations are built around a nucleus of people who think and
act with an ownership mind-set. He believes that leadership is not
a role reserved only for those blessed with the right attributes or
situated in the right positions of power. Leadership is accessible
to each of us--today. It requires a process of hard work,
willingness to ask questions, and openness to learning. This book
aims to demystify leadership and outlines a specific regimen that
will empower you to build your leadership skills. Kaplan tells
real-life stories from his own experience of working with various
types of leaders seeking to improve their effectiveness and make
their organizations more successful. He asks probing questions,
provides exercises, and suggests concrete follow-up steps that will
help you develop your skills, create new habits, and move you
toward reaching your unique leadership potential. What You Really
Need to Lead will help you develop your capacity to lead by
unlocking your power to think and act like an owner.
The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports takes the greatest Jewish athletes
in all major sports from the past eleven decades and ranks them
against each other, using a limited scope and quantitative
criteria. Each decade has seen someone new emerge as the greatest
Jewish athlete, from boxer Abe Attell to baseballs' Sandy Koufax
and Ken Holtzman, to golf's Amy Alcott, to footballs' Harris
Barton. Sports profiled include baseball, basketball, hockey,
tennis, golf, auto racing, boxing, soccer, football, swimming, and
many others. Silverman takes a scholarly approach to ensure
reliability and validity of the statistics given. The author
identified the most common categories of statistics in which the
highest paid athletes in all sports had excelled, and he assigned
numeric values to reflect the performance categories. That provided
a proportional representation of the most important individual
accomplishments in sports. By applying those numbers to the records
of selected athletes, each was ranked against the other.
Additionally, the author asked selected experts of each sport to
perform the same ranking with no specific criteria, and the results
were the same. Filled with historic photographs of the athletes
profiled, and interspersed with interesting tidbits of each
athlete's personal life and career, this book is certain to be of
interest to the casual to serious sports enthusiast alike.
Who is Osiris? Which god was invoked by common folk to bring good
luck? Who is the patron of childbirth? Such questions are answered
in this updated and comprehensive dictionary of Egyptian mythology.
This fascinating volume has alphabetically arranged entries on all
the major gods, goddesses, myths, and themes of Egyptian mythology.
In addition, there are entries on such topics as amulets, mummies,
and pyramids; a chronology of Egyptian dynasties; a detailed
introduction; and a complete annotated bibliography. Fifty
pen-and-ink drawings by the author capture the spirit of ancient
Egyptian art. In reworking this edition, Bianchi has attempted to
retain Anthony Mercatante's sensitive approach to the religion of
ancient Egypt, but has modified his treatment to bring it into
conformity with more recent academic opinion. In addition, the
annotated bibliography has been completely revised to eliminate
outdated works and incorporate recent scholarship. The result
should be useful to student and amateur alike.
A fascinating work of detective history, The Black Death traces the causes and far-reaching consequences of this infamous outbreak of plague that spread across the continent of Europe from 1347 to 1351. Drawing on sources as diverse as monastic manuscripts and dendrochronological studies (which measure growth rings in trees), historian Robert S. Gottfried demonstrates how a bacillus transmitted by rat fleas brought on an ecological reign of terror -- killing one European in three, wiping out entire villages and towns, and rocking the foundation of medieval society and civilization.
When Stanley Berman, a Jewish New York attorney, is appointed Chief
Counsel at a North Carolina University, he opts to share a house
with his good friend, Thomas McClellan, a professor in the school's
English Department. The men spend their evenings drinking wine,
playing chess, and lamenting their ineptitude with women. Then the
Professor, a Southern good old boy, former high school football
lineman, and avid hunter, hatches a scheme to bring a young woman
into the house, insisting that as a creative writing teacher, such
women find him alluringly subversive and artistic. The Counselor is
dubious but persuaded nonetheless-much to his detriment. The
articulate but bumbling Counselor and Professor find themselves
outwitted at every turn by Victoria, a young woman who is clever,
inscrutable, and superb at finishing what she starts. She initiates
passionate sexual encounters with the men, but as time goes on,
what she demands in return becomes untenable. When she goes
missing, John Watson, the county sheriff-and the Professor's
lifelong friend-feels compelled to open a murder investigation.
Full of wicked humor, artful eroticism, scintillating dialogue, and
a bit of intrigue, Enemy Queen is an exhilarating romp set in a
North Carolina college town.
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