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Human Beings First: A Historical Examination of the Non-Bizarre Delusion of Biological Race

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Human Beings First: A Historical Examination of the Non-Bizarre Delusion of Biological Race takes an in-depth look at the "cultural artifact" of race. Although human beings, regardless of phenotype, are members of the same species, there has been a concerted effort by many to separate people into groups based on physical appearance. This book will discuss the fallacy of such efforts and how they ... Read more

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Human Beings First: A Historical Examination of the Non-Bizarre Delusion of Biological Race takes an in-depth look at the "cultural artifact" of race. Although human beings, regardless of phenotype, are members of the same species, there has been a concerted effort by many to separate people into groups based on physical appearance. This book will discuss the fallacy of such efforts and how they
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Systemic Structure Behind Human Organizations

From Civilizations to Individuals

by Yi Lin, Bailey Forrest ...

Series series Business and Management (R0)
Systemic Structure behind Human Organizations: From Civilizations to Individuals shows how the systemic yoyo model can be successfully employed to study human organizations at three different levels: civilizations, business enterprises, and individuals. This monograph tackles managerial problems from an holistic perspective such as how a business entity grows and dies and how a CEO can manipulate ... Read more

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Systemic Structure behind Human Organizations: From Civilizations to Individuals shows how the systemic yoyo model can be successfully employed to study human organizations at three different levels: civilizations, business enterprises, and individuals. This monograph tackles managerial problems from an holistic perspective such as how a business entity grows and dies and how a CEO can manipulate
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E. R. Braithwaite, the acclaimed author of To Sir, With Love, poignantly recounts his time as a social worker dedicated to London's abandoned minority childrenDespite his Cambridge education and a sterling record with the British Royal Air Force during World War II, E. R. Braithwaite, a black man, was unable to find employment as an engineer in post-war London. Instead he accepted a position as a ... Read more

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E. R. Braithwaite, the acclaimed author of To Sir, With Love, poignantly recounts his time as a social worker dedicated to London's abandoned minority childrenDespite his Cambridge education and a sterling record with the British Royal Air Force during World War II, E. R. Braithwaite, a black man, was unable to find employment as an engineer in post-war London. Instead he accepted a position as a
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The Halo Effect

... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers

by Phil Rosenzweig ...

Series series A Must-Read Guide for Managers
With two new chapters and a new preface, the award-winning book The Halo Effect continues to unmask the delusions found in the corporate world and provides a sharp understanding of what drives business success and failure.Too many of today’s most prominent management gurus make steel-clad guarantees based on claims of irrefutable research, promising to reveal the secrets of why one company fails ... Read more

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With two new chapters and a new preface, the award-winning book The Halo Effect continues to unmask the delusions found in the corporate world and provides a sharp understanding of what drives business success and failure.Too many of today’s most prominent management gurus make steel-clad guarantees based on claims of irrefutable research, promising to reveal the secrets of why one company fails
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The Management Myth: Why the Experts Keep Getting it Wrong

Debunking Modern Business Philosophy

by Matthew Stewart ...

A brilliant, not-to-be missed account of the reasons why management thinks the way it does—and why they are flawed.If CEOS, consultants, top managers, and other financial wizards are so smart, how come they screw up so badly? Why is there no correlation whatsoever between a business school education and success in business? Why might you be better off studying something as irrelevant as—philosophy ... Read more

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A brilliant, not-to-be missed account of the reasons why management thinks the way it does—and why they are flawed.If CEOS, consultants, top managers, and other financial wizards are so smart, how come they screw up so badly? Why is there no correlation whatsoever between a business school education and success in business? Why might you be better off studying something as irrelevant as—philosophy
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Driving Miss Daisy

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Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for DramaSurprising, luminous, and powerful. It will mostl likely find a place in the American canon alongside Uhry's Driving Miss Daisy. —Laurie Winer, Los Angeles TimesA timeless American play, which inspired the Academy Award–winning film, Driving Miss Daisy is a delicate depiction of racial tensions and growing old. Set in Atlanta, Alfred Uhry tells the ... Read more

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Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for DramaSurprising, luminous, and powerful. It will mostl likely find a place in the American canon alongside Uhry's Driving Miss Daisy. —Laurie Winer, Los Angeles TimesA timeless American play, which inspired the Academy Award–winning film, Driving Miss Daisy is a delicate depiction of racial tensions and growing old. Set in Atlanta, Alfred Uhry tells the
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What Fanon Said

A Philosophical Introduction to His Life and Thought

by Lewis R. Gordon, Drucilla Cornell ...

Series series Just Ideas
Antiblack racism avows reason is white while emotion, and thus supposedly unreason, is black. Challenging academic adherence to this notion, Lewis R. Gordon offers a portrait of Martinican-turned-Algerian revolutionary psychiatrist and philosopher Frantz Fanon as an exemplar of “living thought” against forms of reason marked by colonialism and racism. Working from his own translations of the ... Read more

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Antiblack racism avows reason is white while emotion, and thus supposedly unreason, is black. Challenging academic adherence to this notion, Lewis R. Gordon offers a portrait of Martinican-turned-Algerian revolutionary psychiatrist and philosopher Frantz Fanon as an exemplar of “living thought” against forms of reason marked by colonialism and racism. Working from his own translations of the
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What's Race Got to Do with It?

Why It's Time to Stop the Stupidest Argument in America

by Larry Elder ...

Larry Elder and his straight talk are "controversial"*, "provocative"**, "iconoclastic"***, "refreshing". ****IS LIFE UNFAIR FOR BLACK AMERICANS?In What's Race Got to Do with It?, bestselling author Larry Elder takes on the touchiest topic in American life: Race. Some Americans think race is the biggest issue this country faces today. Elder says: What?!? What about the economy, what about war, ... Read more

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Larry Elder and his straight talk are "controversial"*, "provocative"**, "iconoclastic"***, "refreshing". ****IS LIFE UNFAIR FOR BLACK AMERICANS?In What's Race Got to Do with It?, bestselling author Larry Elder takes on the touchiest topic in American life: Race. Some Americans think race is the biggest issue this country faces today. Elder says: What?!? What about the economy, what about war,
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Designing Freedom

by Stafford Beer ...

Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
Distinguished cyberneticist Stafford Beer states the case for a new science of systems theory and cybernetics. His essays examine such issues as The Real Threat to All We Hold Most Dear, The Discarded Tools of Modern Man, A Liberty Machine in Prototype, Science in the Service of Man, The Future That Can Be Demanded Now, The Free Man in a Cybernetic World.Designing Freedom ponders the possibilities ... Read more

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Distinguished cyberneticist Stafford Beer states the case for a new science of systems theory and cybernetics. His essays examine such issues as The Real Threat to All We Hold Most Dear, The Discarded Tools of Modern Man, A Liberty Machine in Prototype, Science in the Service of Man, The Future That Can Be Demanded Now, The Free Man in a Cybernetic World.Designing Freedom ponders the possibilities
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Strategic Lean Mapping

by Steve Borris ...

Proven methods for diagnosing problems, improving processes, and increasing profitsIn Strategic Lean Mapping, continuous improvement expert Steven Borris reveals how to visually document your organization's processes and identify problematic issues. Find out how to blend and then apply select techniques from Lean Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints, RCM (Reliability-Centered Maintenance), TPM ... Read more

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Proven methods for diagnosing problems, improving processes, and increasing profitsIn Strategic Lean Mapping, continuous improvement expert Steven Borris reveals how to visually document your organization's processes and identify problematic issues. Find out how to blend and then apply select techniques from Lean Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints, RCM (Reliability-Centered Maintenance), TPM
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Pueblos, Spaniards, and the Kingdom of New Mexico

by John L. Kessell ...

For more than four hundred years in New Mexico, Pueblo Indians and Spaniards have lived “together yet apart.” Now the preeminent historian of that region’s colonial past offers a fresh, balanced look at the origins of a precarious relationship.John L. Kessell has written the first narrative history devoted to the tumultuous seventeenth century in New Mexico. Setting aside stereotypes of a Native ... Read more

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For more than four hundred years in New Mexico, Pueblo Indians and Spaniards have lived “together yet apart.” Now the preeminent historian of that region’s colonial past offers a fresh, balanced look at the origins of a precarious relationship.John L. Kessell has written the first narrative history devoted to the tumultuous seventeenth century in New Mexico. Setting aside stereotypes of a Native
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After Canaan

Essays on Race, Writing, and Region

by Wayde Compton ...

"Compton pushes us to look beneath the surface—past those comforting tales of nationhood and racial solidarity—to the more nebulous and ever-shifting truth. This is a brilliant and original work that should be mandatory reading for any student of race and history."—Danzy Senna, author of CaucasiaAfter Canaan, the first nonfiction book by acclaimed African Canadian poet Wayde Compton, repositions ... Read more

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"Compton pushes us to look beneath the surface—past those comforting tales of nationhood and racial solidarity—to the more nebulous and ever-shifting truth. This is a brilliant and original work that should be mandatory reading for any student of race and history."—Danzy Senna, author of CaucasiaAfter Canaan, the first nonfiction book by acclaimed African Canadian poet Wayde Compton, repositions
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