Download or read book Conversations of Miguel and Maria written by Linda Ventriglia and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1982 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Conversations of Miguel and Maria written by Linda Ventriglia and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Practice of Adaptive Leadership written by Ronald A. Heifetz and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2009-05-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The guide to approaching leadership in a rapidly changing world. When change requires you to challenge people's familiar reality, it can be difficult, dangerous work. Whatever the context--whether in the private or the public sector--many will feel threatened as you push though major changes. But as a leader, you need to find a way to make it work. Ron Heifetz first defined this problem with his distinctive theory of adaptive leadership in Leadership Without Easy Answers. In a second book, Leadership on the Line, Heifetz and coauthor Marty Linsky highlighted the individual and organizational dangers of leading through deep change in business, politics, and community life. Now, Heifetz, Linsky, and coauthor Alexander Grashow are taking the next step: The Practice of Adaptive Leadership is a hands-on, practical guide containing stories, tools, diagrams, cases, and worksheets to help you develop your skills as an adaptive leader, able to take people outside their comfort zones and assess and address the toughest challenges. The authors have decades of experience helping people and organizations create cultures of adaptive leadership. In today's rapidly changing world, The Practice of Adaptive Leadership can be your handbook to meeting the demands of leadership in the midst of complexity.

Download or read book Why TESOL written by Eileen N. Ariza and published by Kendall Hunt. This book was released on 2002 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adaptive Leadership The Heifetz Collection 3 Items written by Ronald A. Heifetz and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In times of constant change, adaptive leadership is critical. This Harvard Business Review collection brings together the seminal ideas on how to adapt and thrive in challenging environments, from leading thinkers on the topic—most notably Ronald A. Heifetz of the Harvard Kennedy School and Cambridge Leadership Associates. The Heifetz Collection includes two classic books: Leadership on the Line, by Ron Heifetz and Marty Linsky, and The Practice of Adaptive Leadership, by Heifetz, Linsky, and Alexander Grashow. Also included is the popular Harvard Business Review article, “Leadership in a (Permanent) Crisis,” written by all three authors. Available together for the first time, this collection includes full digital editions of each work. Adaptive leadership is a practical framework for dealing with today’s mix of urgency, high stakes, and uncertainty. It has been used by individuals, organizations, businesses, and governments worldwide. In a world of challenging environments, adaptive leadership serves as a guide to distinguishing the essential from the expendable, beginning the meaningful process of adaption, and changing the status quo. Ronald A. Heifetz is a cofounder of the international leadership and consulting practice Cambridge Leadership Associates (CLA) and the founding director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is renowned worldwide for his innovative work on the practice and teaching of leadership. Marty Linsky is a cofounder of CLA and has taught at the Kennedy School for more than twenty-five years. Alexander Grashow is a Senior Advisor to CLA, having previously held the position of CEO.

Download or read book Translating Property written by María E. Montoya and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2005-05-15 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When American settlers arrived in the southwestern borderlands, they assumed that the land was unencumbered by property claims. But, as María Montoya shows, the Southwest was no empty quarter simply waiting to be parceled up. Although Anglo farmers claimed absolute rights under the Homestead Act, their claims were contested by Native Americans who had lived on the land for generations, Mexican magnates like Lucien Maxwell who controlled vast parcels under grants from Mexican governors, and foreign companies who thought they had purchased open land. The result was that the Southwest inevitably became a battleground between land regimes with radically different cultural concepts. The struggle over the Maxwell Land Grant, a 1.7-million-acre tract straddling New Mexico and Colorado, demonstrates how contending parties reinterpreted the meaning of property to uphold their claims to the land. Montoya reveals how those claims, with their deep historical and racial roots, have been addressed to the satisfaction of some and the bitter frustration of others. Translating Property describes how European and American investors effectively mistranslated prior property regimes into new rules that worked to their own advantage--and against those who had lived on the land previously. Montoya explores the legal, political, and cultural battles that swept across the Southwest as this land was drawn into world market systems. She shows that these legal issues still have real meaning for thousands of Mexican Americans who continue to fight for land granted to their families before the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, or for continuing communal access to land now claimed by others. This new edition of Montoya’s book brings the land grant controversy up to date. A year after its original publication, the Colorado Supreme Court tried once more to translate Mexican property ideals into the U.S. system of legal rights; and in 2004 the Government Accounting Office issued the federal government’s most comprehensive effort to sort out the tangled history of land rights, concluding that Congress was under no obligation to compensate heirs of land grants. Montoya recaps these recent developments, further expanding our understanding of the battles over property rights and the persistence of inequality in the Southwest.

Download or read book The Conversation written by Angelo E. Volandes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this "enlightening" (Jane Brody, New York Times) book, Harvard Medical School physician Angelo E. Volandes offers a solution to traumatic end-of-life care: talking, medicine's oldest tool. There is an unspoken dark side of American medicine--keeping patients alive at any price. Two thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions, tethered to machines and tubes at bankrupting costs, even though research shows that most prefer to die at home in comfort, surrounded by loved ones. Dr. Angelo E. Volandes believes that a life well lived deserves a good ending. Through the stories of seven patients and seven very different end-of-life experiences, he demonstrates that what people with a serious illness, who are approaching the end of their lives, need most is not new technologies but one simple thing: The Conversation. He argues for a radical re-envisioning of the patient-doctor relationship and offers ways for patients and their families to talk about this difficult issue to ensure that patients will be at the center and in charge of their medical care. It might be the most important conversation you ever have.

Download or read book Scammer written by Christopher Fox and published by Foxwise. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wouldn’t you love to scam a scammer? Airports are being shut down by ransomware, crippling the airline industry. Maria Delgado’s aunt and uncle are scammed out of their life’s savings. Maria goes after the scammers to get the money back. Linking the scam to a Romanian mafia group, Maria and her team travel to Bucharest. However, they find more than they were looking for, exposing a potential scam that would syphon millions of dollars from Investment retirement accounts. As the scam unfolds, Alex, the team’s tech guru, must find a way to scam the scammers. But will his Trojan virus work? Action abounds as Maria and her team are incessantly chased by the powerful mafia from Romania to Turkey to Bulgaria, and then have to face off with them back in Costa Rica. Will the team be able to evade them … and stay alive?

Download or read book Conversation with Spinoza written by Goce Smilevski and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2006-05-12 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prizing ideas above all else, radical thinker Baruch Spinoza left little behind in the way of personal facts and furnishings. But what of the tug of necessity, the urgings of the flesh, to which this genius philosopher (and grinder of lenses) might have been no more immune than the next man-or the next character, as Baruch Spinoza becomes in this intriguing novel by the remarkable young Macedonian author Goce Smilevski. Smilevski's novel brings the thinker Spinoza and his inner life into conversation with the outer, all-too-real facts of his life and his day--from his connection to the Jewish community of Amsterdam, his excommunication in 1656, and the emergence of his philosophical system to his troubling feelings for his fourteen-year-old Latin teacher Clara Maria van den Enden and later his disciple Johannes Casearius. From this conversation there emerges a compelling and complex portrait of the life of an idea--and of a man who tries to live that idea.

Download or read book New Men written by Mario Dell'Olio and published by 5310 Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-24 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three passionate young men travel to Rome eager to begin an exciting new chapter of their lives. International studies amid ancient ruins and romantic fountains expose them to an extraordinary new world. Wonderment, homesickness, and adventure transform into the need for human touch and comfort. In the shadow of the Vatican, Anthony falls in love with Kevin leading to a passionate affair that can only endure in secret. Fearing the consequences of being discovered, they cling to each other and their newfound love. Often the third wheel of the trio, Miguel can think of no one but the enchanting Maria. Letting go of his plans for the future, he throws caution to the wind as he quakes in her thrall. Does Maria return his affections? Can these clandestine love affairs survive the foolishness of youth? Will their newly discovered passions win out over their ambitions? Journey with the New Men as their Bonds of Brotherhood are tested by passion, prejudice, and ambition. ––––––––– "I absolutely loved following each man's story, background, and bias as situations arose with members of the church and their student groups. It was heartbreaking and tender, packed with real and raw emotion that just pulled at your heartstrings and gave the reader a lot to think about. Such an inspired story that I couldn't put down!" - Ash Knight, author "I absolutely devoured this story! New Men provides an inside look at a group of young seminarians trying to navigate through the duplicity, corruption, hypocrisy, and traumatic experiences of the religious systems perpetuated by the Catholic Church. I loved the different points of view of the characters during the 1980s and their insights on love, self-identity, and self-realization... the struggle between good and evil is revealed within the delusion perpetrated by the powerful men of the Vatican City. New Men: Bonds of Brotherhood is a must-read!" - Lali A. Love, award-winning best-selling author "Dell'Olio flawlessly details the conflict of being gay and Catholic in an intolerant time. He opens a window into priesthood, Church politics, and corruption. This book is perfect for anyone dreaming of something more, finding the strength to believe in yourself, or searching for where you belong. One of the easiest five stars I've ever given." - Halo Scot, author "A complex journey of immersive self-discovery between faith and identity. A great read, talented author." - Rory Michaelson, author "This book is many wonderful things. I highly recommend this book for those who want an authentic account of growing into self." - Anya Pavelle, author "Good storytelling, a wide range of characters and a heartbreaking tale. I felt intense anger at the Roman Catholic church one minute, and pure joy at a love story the next." - Conor J. Bredin, author "This was a fascinating journey. Take the journey with these three men and see what you think for yourself. Your conclusions may surprise you as they did me." - Starred Review, 5/5 "A deeply original and honest book that took me into a world I could never know. What a terrific book." - Chase Hackett, author "I wasn't disappointed. I loved the characters; I enjoyed following their many adventures together." - S.S. Long, author "New Men: Bonds of Brotherhood is a multi-layered treat. This book was a fascinating romance-against-the-odds and I'd recommend it to anyone who is LGBTQ+ friendly." - Matt Adcock, author "The struggle between faith and sexuality is on full display in this dramatic story. I fell in love with the characters and rooted for them as they learn to love and be loved." - Starred Review, 5/5

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Download or read book I Need to Find Me written by Lorraine Gokul and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is dedicated to all abused women. Who are trapped in relationships? Where circumstances tend to overcrowd their judgments? The emotional trauma is true and is fused in with fiction to give the reader a gripping story. Trapped in an emotional and physically abused marriage, Abella has a brief love affair that devastates her further. With the fear of growing old, and the quest to find herself, she faces challenges, when her prominent grandfather's sickness leads her to Spain, a country, which she hurriedly left, twenty- five years ago. She finds herself in love with her bodyguard Miguel Castillo. The death of her grandfather, Armando Delgado makes her an heir, which leads to more pain and suffering as secrets unfold. What caused her mother to leave in such a hurry? Will the pain and suffering that seems to follow Abella, evade her or will she find herself? Read! The twist of events that manipulates the lives of innocent people, causing them lifelong sorrow, death and heartache dealt by the hand of a powerful and treacherous man.

Download or read book Carousel the Relapse written by Kimberley Rose Dawson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-03-05 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liz Burgess love addiction, her Carousel is re-ignited after lying dormant For twenty years when she meets up with an old flame Then at the age of sixty-six she ends up in a relationship with a thirty-six year old man and is devastated when he leaves her for another older woman Her Carousel starts to spin out of control when she falls in love with three different men at the same time. Will one of them win her heart? Will she be able to get off the Carousel or will it spin her into a dilemma she cant find her way out of?

Download or read book Imaginary Conversations Miscellaneous dialogues written by Walter Savage Landor and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Human Traffickers The Cuzvas Street Debacle written by Joe Ike and published by xBusinessServices Corp.. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The media hype surrounding a dead woman found on the railroad of a quaint U.S. border town suggests the U.S. Border Patrol is responsible. As public outrage grows, the U.S. Border Patrol assigns their special agent Brian Hudson the task of solving the mystery surrounding her death and saving the agency from further embarrassment in the court of public opinion. Brian’s investigation, initially stifled by internal bureaucracy, corruption and deception, lurches into a frenzied jumpstart when one of the trafficked, scorned and discarded victims, Ekamon Jansuk, squeezes through a barely audible distress call from her hiding place in a barricaded house in an affluent northern California suburb. In San Francisco, Lynn Chidu is forced to choose between jail time and succumbing to sexual harassment, thanks to administrative irregularities uncovered by a senior corporate executive with a history of female molestation. Lynn opts to become a corporate spy at the urging of human rights activist Robin Kirchoff, who suspects that Lynn’s employer is a front for a worldwide high-tech human trafficking ring; whose intrusive and pervasive cutting edge technology aids crime families and organizations around the world to traffic women for every conceivable use and debased exploitation. To rescue thousands of trafficked women conned and entrapped against their will across the U.S., Brian, Lynn, and Robin will have to risk their lives to outwit a management team bent on cornering the ten billion-dollar human trafficking industry and changing the rules of U.S. border enforcement.

Download or read book Community Public Health Nursing E Book written by Mary A. Nies and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give your students a complete guide to community health nursing! Community/Public Health Nursing, 7th Edition provides a unique, upstream preventive focus and a strong social justice approach, all in a concise, easy-to-read text. Covering the nurses’ role in promoting community health, it shows how students can take an active role in social action and health policy – emphasizing society’s responsibility to protect all human life and ensuring that diverse and vulnerable populations have their basic health needs met. Clinical examples and photo novellas show how nursing concepts apply to the real world. Written by community health nursing experts Mary A. Nies and Melanie McEwen, this book describes the issues and responsibilities of today’s community and public health nurse. UNIQUE! A ‘social justice’ approach promotes health for all people, including vulnerable populations. UNIQUE! ‘Upstream’ preventive focus addresses factors that are the precursors to poor health in the community, addressing potential health problems before they occur. Case Studies present the theory, concepts, and application of the nursing process in practical and manageable examples. UNIQUE! Photo novellas use photographs to tell stories showing real-life clinical scenarios and applications of important community health nursing roles. Application of the nursing process at the individual, family, and aggregate levels highlights the community perspective in all health situations Clinical examples offer snippets of real-life client situations. Theoretical frameworks common to nursing and public health aid in the application of familiar and new theory bases to problems and challenges in the community. Healthy People 2020 boxes include the most current national health care objectives. Research Highlights boxes show the application of research studies to the practice of community nursing. Ethical Insights boxes highlight ethical issues and concerns that the community/public health nurse may encounter. Objectives, key terms, and chapter outlines at the beginning of every chapter introduce important concepts and terminology. NEW AND UNIQUE! A Veterans Health chapter presents situations and considerations unique to the care of veterans. NEW! Genetics in Public Health boxes reflect increasing scientific evidence supporting the health benefits of using genetic tests and family health history to guide public health interventions. NEW! Active Learning boxes test your knowledge of the content you’ve just read, helping provide clinical application and knowledge retention.

Download or read book Aura of Dawn written by Morgan J. Muir and published by Morgan J. Muir. This book was released on 2020-05-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He wants a new life. She has no room for fate. She doesn’t believe in destiny. Maria struggles to find her place in colonial Maracaibo. But her parents’ mysterious past and strange dreams that hint at destiny follow her every step. As does the handsome English sailor her father has hired. He doesn’t want entanglements. Michael wants a new life, and tropical Maracaibo seems perfect. Leaving everything behind - even his English name - Miguel takes work as a bodyguard. But guarding the beautiful young woman he’s meant to protect may not be as simple as it seems. As secrets of the past threaten to pull them apart, can they learn to trust, or will they lose each other for good? This historical-fantasy is rich with imagery of life in old Maracaibo. A beautiful coming of age story that will pull you into a mysterious adventure world. Aura of Dawn is the fantastic origin story of Miguel and Maria, and companion prequel to the Daughter of Zyanya series.