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81) The jump
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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The stress of an oil refinery being built in their backyard, threatening their families' livelihood, prompts four working-class teens to join a dangerous scavenger hunt where the reward of power could change their families' fates and save the city they love so much.
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Something is going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and afraid to speak honestly. How did this happen? First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt show how the new problems on campus have their origins in three terrible ideas that have become increasingly woven...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking account of how the dangerous alliance of right-wing plutocrats and populists threatens the very pillars of American democracy. We often assume that the Republican Party is divided between a tax-cutting old guard and a white-nationalist vanguard-and that with Donald Trump's ascendance, the upstarts are winning. Yet as New York Times best-selling authors Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson demonstrate, plutocrats and populists are now...
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Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
While there is a rich array of urban theory, design, and representation books available, there is currently no book which brings together, in a single volume, urban design theory and new digital technologies in urban information mapping, modeling, and 3D simulation. Based on two decades of practicing and teaching architecture, author Brian McGrath's Digital Modelling for Urban Design explores the new theories and technologies of digital modelling,...
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Pub. Date
©2012
Language
Deutsch
Description
Wenn Sie programmieren können, beherrschen Sie bereits Techniken, um aus Daten Wissen zu extrahieren. Diese kompakte Einführung in die Statistik zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie rechnergestützt, anstatt auf mathematischem Weg Datenanalysen mit Python durchführen können. Praktischer Programmier-Workshop statt grauer Theorie: Das Buch führt Sie anhand eines durchgängigen Fallbeispiels durch eine vollständige Datenanalyse -- von der Datensammlung...
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Formal authority implicitly carries power. But very few people are aware that there is also an informal power, which is not linked to any position or hierarchy, but capable of exerting great impact. How can you use your power to make it more influential? This book explains how power affects our emotions, our behavior and the way we interact with others. You will learn how to be self-aware to keep your power in check, as well as connect with the right...
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
"Purpose, passion and direction don't appear by accident. It takes determination, action and a desire to be the master of your own life. This is the book to help you shed doubts and assumptions and develop the ability to make choices that are right for you, without being a slave to the needs of others."--BOOK JACKET.
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Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
If you've ever worked in a fast-paced editorial environment, you know just how frustrating it can be to wait as each member of the team & ndash;from writer, to editor, to artist & ndash;makes changes to his or her piece of the layout puzzle. With InCopy, you don't have to! The Adobe InCopy Book shows editorial teams how to take control of the copy-fitting process as editors, designers, and writers work simultaneously on the same InDesign CS document....
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Most of human history is full of the stories of peasants, subjects, or tribes. The concept of the 'citizen,' an idea we take for granted, is historically quite rare--and was, until recently, amongst America's most profoundly cherished ideals. But without shock treatment, warns historian and conservative political commentator Victor Davis Hanson, American citizenship as we have known it for well over two centuries may soon vanish. In The Dying Citizen,...
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Language
English
Description
The classic guide to bringing out the best in people at their worst—updated with even more can't-standable people! Dealing with People You Can't Stand has been helping good people deal with bad behavior in a positive, professional way for nearly two decades. Unfortunately, as the world becomes smaller and time more compressed, new difficult people are being made all the time. So Kirschner and Brinkman have updated their global bestseller to help...
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Pub. Date
©2006.
Language
English
Description
Real organizational change isn't brought about by decree, pressure, permission, or even persuasion. Sustained change comes when people are passionately and personally committed to a future that they have helped to shape. If you want to turn your organization's cynics into owners, give them a voice in the decisions that impact their work. Consensus through Conversation shows how. Consensus is a cooperative process in which all of a group's members...
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Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
This is the first book to provide a complete and detailed methodology for developing sound theory in applied disciplines, which are academic and professional fields that apply scientific knowledge to professional practice, such as management, nursing, psychology human resource development, and many more.
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Pub. Date
©2011
Language
Deutsch
Description
Sie möchten die Leistungsfähigkeit von Word 2010 nutzen? Sie wollen sich schnell mit dem neuen Bedienungskonzept vertraut machen? Sie wollen die neuen Möglichkeiten sofort umsetzen? Zwei ausgewiesene Word-Experten zeigen Ihnen in diesem Handbuch umfassend und leicht verständlich, wie Sie das Textverarbeitungsprogramm effizient in der Praxis einsetzen. Anhand der beiliegenden Beispieldateien können Sie in Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen...
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Pub. Date
©2013
Language
Deutsch
Description
Bild für Bild erklärt Ihnen dieses vollständig farbige Buch, wie Sie typische Aufgaben mit Word 2013 erledigen. Dabei wird jede Aufgabe - wie das Erstellen und Bearbeiten von Dokumenten, das Einbinden von Bildern und Videos das Arbeiten in der Cloud - auf maximal einer Doppelseite dargestellt. Mit nummerierten Schritten und in verständlicher Sprache. So macht Lernen Spaß!
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