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    Daunt & Dervish

    The Complete BBC Radio crime series

    Unabridged

    9 hours 34 min

    All four series of the jaunty crime drama featuring two ex-spies who set up a private detective agencyLondon, 1953. Josephine Daunt and Susan Dervish both worked for the Ministry of Defence during the Second World War, doing top-secret, highly dangerous espionage work. But in peacetime, they find themselves without a job and feeling useless. Determined to put their talents to good use, they decide ... Read more

    $19.11 USD

  • Audiobook

    Craft

    Two Full-Cast BBC Comedy Crime Dramas

    Unabridged

    2 hours 50 min

    Forgery, theft, death and notoriety amidst the inflated valuations of the art worldEnjoy this perfect pair of quirky crime dramas featuring art theft, forgery, murder and double-dealing. Craft, tells the story of failed artist, Adam Bax. He is amazed when one of his paintings sells for a large sum, unexpectedly giving him overnight fame. Though still deeply disillusioned with the world of art, he ... Read more

    $19.11 USD

  • Emotional Labor and Crisis Response

    The author's of the award-winning Emotional Labor now go inside the stressful world of suicide, rape, and domestic hotline workers, EMTs, triage nurses, and agency/deparment spokespersons, to provide powerful insights into how emotional labor is actually exerted by public servants who face the gravest challenges. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Emotional Labor

    Putting the Service in Public Service

    Most public service jobs require interpersonal contact that is either face-to-face or voice-to-voice - relational work that goes beyond testable job skills but is essential for job completion. This unique book focuses on this emotional labor and what it takes to perform it.The authors weave a powerful narrative of stories from the trenches gleaned through interviews, focus groups, and survey data. ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • American Homicides, 1980–2020

    Exploring Trends through Statistics and Theories

    Meredith Emigh-Guy combines criminological theories and FBI homicide data to examine recent trends in the homicide rate as well as the clearance rate. This work situates homicide statistics in the United States in a global and historical context by addressing questions of stranger-perpetrated homicide and intimate partner violence. Several potential reasons for a decline in the number of solved ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Structural Change in Japan: Macroeconomic Impact and Policy Challenges

    This volume, by Bijan B. Aghevli, Tamim Bayoumi, and Guy Meredith, is based on a seminar on structural change in Japan held in early 1997 and chaired by the IMF's First Deputy Managing Director, Stanley Fischer. Discussion of teh day-to-day management of the standard levers of fiscal and monetary policy is interlinked with consideration for the more deep-seated structural issues. By shifting and ... Read more

    $10.09 USD

  • Saving Behavior and the Asset Price "Bubble" in Japan: Analytical Studies

    Series Book 124 - Occasional Papers
    This volume brings together various analytical studies the IMF staff has undertaken on the Japanese economy, focusing on two areas of particular interest for both longer-term economic performance and recent cyclical developments. The first is Japan's saving behavior, the second is the remarkable swing in asset prices that occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Read more

    $6.79 USD

  • Our Vietnam

    by Guy Hall ...
    When an eight-year-old boy's father goes to war, life changes. He learns much. About separation. About fear. About the way he sees his father. About the strength of his mother. About the consequences of war. Any war.Our Vietnam is a short but powerful read about a child's perspective on war, and how that perspective changes - from when his father is away to when he comes home.When we read books ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Stabilization and Reform in Latin America: A Macroeconomic Perspective of the Experience Since the 1990s

    Series Book 238 - Occasional Papers
    This study examines external and domestic influences on Latin America’s economic performance over the past decade and a half. It notes that over the past few years, macroeconomic policies have strengthened and structural reforms have been implemented. Together with a favorable external environment, these policies have contributed to Latin America’s relatively sharp economic recovery from its last ... Read more

    $10.29 USD

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