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  • Swell

    A Year of Waves

    by Evan Slater, Peter Taras ...
    "Not only a gorgeously photographed guide to the best waves in the world but a lucid introduction to the science behind them." — The Wall Street JournalWave watchers around the world know that no two waves are the same. Yet each and every wave that rises, peaks, and crashes onto the beach is generated by a much larger force originating thousands of miles away. Surf journalist team Evan Slater and ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Demotivated Employee

    Helping Leaders Solve the Motivation Crisis That Is Plaguing Business

    by Cathy Bush, Tara Peters ...
    DO YOUR EMPLOYEES SEEM DISENGAGED?Do you ever wonder why employees are not as motivated and productive as you would like for them to be? Do you find yourself thinking that some employees are just “lazy slackers”? You may be surprised to learn that there are other explanations for employee demotivation that you may not be thinking about when you are leading people.Authors Tara Peters and Cathy Bush ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Projecting Environmental Trends from Economic Forecasts

    by Peter Meyer, Thomas Lyons, Tara Clapp ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This title was first published in 2000: Sustainable development offers visions of the future, but implementation of new sustainable policies seems slow. This text presents a forecasting method directed to overcome some barriers to the implementation of more sustainable economic policy. Using a case study, the authors describe how economic and environmental forecasts can be developed that are ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Kobzar

    The Poetry of Taras Shevchenko

    by Taras Shevchenko ...
    Translated by Peter Fedynsky ...
    Who better to tell the story of Ukraine than a kobzar, one of the country’s blind wandering minstrels that sang of its history and people? It is this iconic and entertaining figure, who walked the land and conveyed its traditions, that serves as the prism through which Taras Shevchenko composed his pioneering collection of poems, The Kobzar.The origin of the poems themselves is extraordinary. ... Read more

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  • Biological Control Programmes in Canada 2001-2012

    by Tara D Gariepy, Sue M Boyetchko, Kevin D Floate, Barry Lyons, Jean J Turgeon, Jacques Brodeur, Rob McGregor, Hector Cárcamo, Tim Haye, Joan Cossentine, Neil Holliday, Howard Thistlewood, John Gavloski, Dave Langor, Charles Vincent, Christian Hébert, Gilles Boiteau, Naomi Cappuccino, Guy Boivin, Bruce Broadbent, Laura Timms, Martin Erlandson, Alan Watson, Rob Bourchier, Rosemarie De Clerck-Floate, Alec McClay, Gary Peng, Paul K. Abram ...
    Canada is a world leader in biological control research. Reporting the status of biocontrol agents released in Canada over the last decade, this book presents case studies by target pest that evaluate the impact of biocontrol and recommend future priorities. In addition to a new chapter on future targets and an appendix listing established agents, this edition contains information of interest to a ... Read more

    $210.39 USD

  • Community Mental Health

    Putting Policy Into Practice Globally

    Edited by Graham Thornicroft, Atalay Alem, Robert E. Drake, Hiroto Ito, Jair Mari, Peter McGeorge, R. Tara, Maya Semrau ...
    Series Book 29 - World Psychiatric Association
    There are wide inconsistencies between, and even within, countries in how community-orientated care is defined and interpreted. The analysis presented in this book take as a starting point an evidence-based balanced care model in which services are provided in community settings close to the populations served, with hospital stays being reduced as far as possible, usually located in acute wards in ... Read more

    $74.00 USD

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  • Mismeasuring Our Lives

    Why GDP Doesn't Add Up

    by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Amartya Sen, Jean-Paul Fitoussi ...
    In February of 2008, amid the looming global financial crisis, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France asked Nobel Prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen, along with the distinguished French economist Jean Paul Fitoussi, to establish a commission of leading economists to study whether Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—the most widely used measure of economic activity—is a reliable ... Read more

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  • True Wealth

    How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich, Ecologically Light, Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy

    by Juliet B. Schor ...
    A groundbreaking statement about ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we think about consumer goods, value, and ways to live.In True Wealth , economist Juliet B. Schor rejects the sacrifice message, with the insight that social innovations and new technology can simultaneously enhance our lives and protect the planet. Schor shares examples of urban farmers, DIY renovators, and ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Creating a Learning Society

    A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress

    by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Bruce Greenwald ...
    Series series Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series
    It has long been recognized that an improved standard of living results from advances in technology, not from the accumulation of capital. It has also become clear that what truly separates developed from less-developed countries is not just a gap in resources or output but a gap in knowledge. In fact, the pace at which developing countries grow is largely a function of the pace at which they ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Resource Economics

    An Economic Approach to Natural Resource and Environmental Policy, Fourth Edition

    by John C. Bergstrom, Alan Randall ...
    'I joined this amazing journey about 30 years ago. I benefited from all the theories, principles, and approaches offered in this book to explore the natural resource and environmental issues on the other side of the world. It makes me an enthusiastic and pragmatic teacher and researcher. In addition to rearranging and rewriting certain chapters, the fourth edition comprises new chapters on climate ... Read more

    $63.89 USD

  • Multiple Account Benefit-Cost Analysis

    A Practical Guide for the Systematic Evaluation of Project and Policy Alternatives

    by Marvin Shaffer ...
    Most commonly used in economic and public policy decisions, benefit-cost analysis traditionally attempts to calculate a bottom line by assigning monetary values to all factors associated with a proposed project or action. By contrast, multiple account benefit-cost analysis recognizes that all values are complex and that not all consequences can be expressed in monetary terms or incorporated into ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • Behavioural Economics And Policy Design: Examples From Singapore

    by Donald Low ...
    Analysts of government have frequently noted how Singapore's policies are grounded in rigorous economics thinking. Policies are designed to be economically efficient even if they are not always popular. This pioneering book takes a different approach. It aims to demonstrate how successful policies in Singapore have integrated conventional economic principles with insights from the emerging field ... Read more

    $27.59 USD