How did ordinary people live through the extraordinary changes that have swept across modern China How did peasants transform themselves into urbanites How did the citizens of Shanghai cope with the epic upheavals-revolution, war, and again revolution-that shook their lives Even after decades of scholarship devoted to modern Chinese history, our understanding of the daily lives of the common people

pAlthough world-class firms like GE and Motorola have relied on Six Sigma to build their performance cultures, these processes are all too often left out of human resources HR functions. This lack of Six Sigma principles is even more surprising because preventing errors and improving productivity are so critical to the people management processes of hiring, retention, appraisal, and development.ppFrom

pRector Wreck \'em Sherman was orphaned as a toddler in the Blight of 1863, but that was years ago. Wreck has grown up, and on his eighteenth birthday, he\'ll be cast out out of the orphanage. pAnd Wreck\'s problems aren\'t merelyabout finding a home. He\'s been quietly breaking the cardinal rule of any good drug dealer and dipping into his own supply of the sap he sells. He\'s also pretty sure he\'s

bLessons on authentic leadership from the 58th annual Antarctic expeditionb pIn iLeading on the Edgei, successful business speaker and consultant Rachael Robertson shares the lessons she learned as leader of a year-long expedition to the wilds of Antarctica. Leading eighteen strangers around the clock for a full year--through months of darkness and with no escape from the frigid cold, howling winds,

EAN: 9781545616482Harris E. V.Xulon Pr

pThe Cardinal Club is heartwarming, gut-wrenching, funny, sad, unfailingly honest, and immensely readable. Suzanne Maggio\'s memoir of her relationship with her mother and her siblings is beautifully written and deeply moving. Filled with personal stories and universal themes, you will laugh and cry as you read. Highly recommended. - Sheldon Siegel. New York Times best selling author of the Mike DaleyRosie

An explosive debut thriller about one woman\'s search for revenge - and the dangerous chain of events she sets in motion...

pThis collector\'s edition is cleanly formatted for easy reading, 12 point Garamond, 1.15 spacing. In his unforgiving world, White Fang, part dog and part wolf, a wonderful creature, adaptable to every situation and challenge life throws at him, grows and responds and is steady on his feet. He is a survivor, with beauty and strength unlimited. He learns to follow the brutal laws of the North--fight

EAN: 9781732247901Allen DemolaIndependent Cat

pCette histoire raconte L\'histoire D\'un militant Afro-Am ricain des droits civiques, W. E. B. Du Bois, enseignant aux enfants pourquoi l\' ducation est le pouvoir. Le jeune W. E. B. Du Bois, parlera de la fa on dont le pouvoir de l\' ducation lui a donn le pouvoir de devenir un grand leader et un grand enseignant ce qui l\'a amen devenir un leader, un auteur, un humanitaire, et un activiste,

Reimpresin del original, primera publicacin en 1847.

This book gathers together thirteen of Peter van Inwagen\'s essays on metaphysics, several of which have acquired the status of modern classics in their field. They range widely across such topics as Quine\'s philosophy of quantification, the ontology of fiction, the part-whole relation, the theory of temporal parts, and human knowledge of modal truths. A specially-written introduction completes the

EAN: 9780333292754Sanders Michael L.Bloomsbury 3Pl

pbA renowned economic historian traces women\'s journey to close the gender wage gap and sheds new light on the continued struggle to achieve equity between couples at homeb pA century ago, it was a given that a woman with a college degree had to choose between having a career and a family. Today, there are more female college graduates than ever before, and more women want to have a career and family,

pMit Beitrgen herausragender Expert-innen auf dem Feld der ostasiatischen Kunstgeschichte und Glaskunst erffnet die vorliegende Publikation einen kulturbergreifenden Dialog, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf einem bislang wenig untersuchten Bereich asiatischer Kunst liegt. Erstmals wird ein umfassender berblick ber die chinesische Hinterglasmalerei prsentiert und ihrer langen Geschichte, ihrer lokalen und

EAN: 9781910367797Evans-Bush KatySmith|Doorstop Books 2017

pemThe Transformational Power of Forgivenessem reveals precious biblical pearls that will unlock the portals to divine healing and inner peace to your body, spirit, and soul. Inside you will discover that forgiveness offers a wealth of mental and physical benefits, while unforgiveness is linked to many health challenges, including the possibility of cancer. You will uncover that the act of forgiveness

pstrongSOLIDWORKS 2022 Learn by doingstrong introduces new users to mechanical design using SOLIDWORKS and how it can be used to create a variety of models. In fourteen tutorial based chapters, the author guides you through all the necessary commands and options in SOLIDWORKS 2022, from sketching to parametric modeling and finally ending with rendering. The commands are presented one step at a time

The history of housing can also be told as the cultural history of a city from its agricultural settlement by the Celts to the social housing of the present. Within this dual history, political and economic developments, as well as social norms, came to be reflected in forms of housing that, at the end of the twentieth century, increasingly drew critique. Under the influence of international developments,

EAN: 9781453507902Preston SherryAuthorhouse