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Opening Up North America
Ken Albala and Caroline Cox
Describes the history of voyages to the United States and Canada, including those of Alexander Mackenzie, John Cabot, Giovanni da Verrazano, Jacques Cartier, and David Thompson. Opens with Alexander MacKenzie's 1793 journey across North America to the Pacific Ocean and covers discovery and exploration in North America from 1497 through 1800. An examination of some of the earliest accounts of Egyptian and Mesopotamian explorations. An account of Dr. David Livingstone's search for the source of the Nile River in the jungles of central Africa in 1871. The exciting story of the ascent to the summit of Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. A description of the race to the North Pole and all that it entailed, including various explorers' theories on how to achieve this goal. The epic saga of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery and their journey across America. The dramatic story of the explosion that damaged Apollo 13 and the three-day struggle of the men inside, along with those in mission command on the ground, culminating in their safe return to Earth, and more. Each book's gripping narrative shares these events appeal with readers while firsthand accounts of characters, climate, and terrain will help them see discovery and exploration from a fresh perspective. Includes black-and-white illustrations, maps, sidebars, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.
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Withholding effort at work: Understanding and preventing shirking, job neglect, social loafing, and free riding
Nathan Bennett and Stefanie E. Naumann
Throughout modern times, business cycles have contributed to organizational conditions with well-understood implications for the employee-employer relationship. During “boom” periods, qualified employees are scarce and expensive. During these periods, employers express concern about maintaining competitive pay and benefits practices, protecting their “investment” in human resources, creating and maintaining an attractive work environment, and minimizing turnover. During “bust” periods, qualified labor becomes much more easily found, and employers focus on minimizing the cost of human resource “overhead,” downsizing, maximizing operational efficiency, and optimizing the performance of remaining employees. Although macroeconomic conditions are arguably the key driver ...
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Surviving Opportunities: Palestinian Negotiating Patterns in Peace Talks with Israel
Omar M. Dajani
Surviving Opportunities: Palestinian Negotiating Patterns in Peace Talks with Israel,in How Israelis and Palestinians Negotiate: A Cross-Cultural Study (Tamara Cofman Wittes ed., U.S. Inst. of Peace Press 2005).
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The Golden Moment: Recording Secrets of the Pros
Keith Hatschek
An enlightening guide to recording studio techniques and practices, this book collects ten years of interviews and articles edited by Keith Hatschek for the authoritative quarterly Pro Studio Edition . The book provides tips and insider information on all facets of the recording process, from studio acoustics, mixing, and microphones to digital recording, vintage equipment, and working with bands. Notable engineers and producers from a wide array of backgrounds share the tricks of the trade, including Joe Barresi (Melvins, Bad Religion), Mitch Easter (REM, Suzanne Vega), Richard Dodd (Wilco, Green Day), and Ed Cherney (Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton).
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Wagnerism
Robin L. Imhof
Wagnerism essentially has to do with the music, theoretical writings, political ideas, and aesthetics of the German composer-conductor and essayist Richard Wagner (1813–1883). One of the most influential cultural figures of the nineteenth century, Wagner has had both swooning admirers and rabid detractors.
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Bioterrorism Defense: Current Components and Continuing Challenges
Leslie Gielow Jacobs
Chapter 15 in Homeland Security: Law and Policy, William Nicholson (ed.), (Charles C. Thomas, 2005).
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International Economics and International Economic Policy: A Reader, 4th ed.
Philip King and Sharmila K. King
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Assessment at Alverno College: Student, program, institutional
Georgine Loacker and Glen Rogers
This monograph invites collegial cross-institution conversations about approaches to meeting diverse assessment and learning purposes at various levels of practice. The focus is on explaining, with examples of student, program and institutional assessment, how ongoing assessment of required student learning outcomes at Alverno College supports both individual student learning and faculty improvement of courses, academic programs, and the college curriculum as a whole. Additional strategies for fostering improvement while engaging wider audiences in evidence for student learning outcomes are addressed in program and institutional assessment examples.
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Guidebook for Policy and Legislative Development on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Freshwater Resources
Stephen C. McCaffrey and Gregory S. Weber
This book is intended to help policy planners and those tasked with preparing legislation or regulations addressing the sustainable use of freshwater resources, whether nationally, regionally, or locally. ... This book first identifies issues of which the drafter should be aware in preparing water legislation, then provides examples of existing national legislation that addresses those issues
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A unit-level perspective on organizational citizenship behavior
Stefanie E. Naumann and M. G. Ehrhart
A selection of books and book chapters written or edited by faculty at the University of the Pacific.
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