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The Significance of the Insignificant

A Memoir

by Robert C. Weber ...

There is a French saying that aptly applies to the intent of this story: l'esprit de l'escalier--"the spirit of the staircase." The significance of the saying is that usually after an evening of entertainment on the second floor of a royal house, as the guests are leaving down the staircase of the establishment, they will inevitably remark to one another, "Oh, gosh darn it, I wish I'd thought ... Read more

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There is a French saying that aptly applies to the intent of this story: l'esprit de l'escalier--"the spirit of the staircase." The significance of the saying is that usually after an evening of entertainment on the second floor of a royal house, as the guests are leaving down the staircase of the establishment, they will inevitably remark to one another, "Oh, gosh darn it, I wish I'd thought
... Read more
The Spirituality of Age

A Seeker's Guide to Growing Older

by Robert L. Weber, Ph.D., Carol Orsborn, Ph.D. ...

A compassionate guide for transforming aging into spiritual growth• Engage with 25 key questions guiding you to mine previously untapped veins of inspiration and courage• Find a constructive role for regret and fear and embrace the freedom to become more fully yourself• Draw from both Eastern and Western spiritual traditions and the latest research in psychological and religious theory to ... Read more

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A compassionate guide for transforming aging into spiritual growth• Engage with 25 key questions guiding you to mine previously untapped veins of inspiration and courage• Find a constructive role for regret and fear and embrace the freedom to become more fully yourself• Draw from both Eastern and Western spiritual traditions and the latest research in psychological and religious theory to
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Fish, Markets, and Fishermen

The Economics Of Overfishing

by Suzanne Iudicello, Michael L. Weber, Robert Wieland ...

A significant number of the world's ocean fisheries are depleted, and some have collapsed, from overfishing. Although many of the same fishermen who are causing these declines stand to suffer the most from them, they continue to overfish. Why is this happening? What can be done to solve the problem.The authors of Fish, Markets, and Fishermen argue that the reasons are primarily economic, and that ... Read more

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A significant number of the world's ocean fisheries are depleted, and some have collapsed, from overfishing. Although many of the same fishermen who are causing these declines stand to suffer the most from them, they continue to overfish. Why is this happening? What can be done to solve the problem.The authors of Fish, Markets, and Fishermen argue that the reasons are primarily economic, and that
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Dynamics of Culture

by J. Zvi Namenwirth, Robert Philip Weber ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Cultural Studies
This book, first published in 1987, is a landmark contribution to macrosociology that extends the tradition of Sorokin, Durkheim, Marx, Weber and other founders of the discipline in new and exciting directions. Using their innovative content analysis methodology to examine American and British political documents, the authors show that the long-term dynamics of culture are subject to their own ... Read more

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This book, first published in 1987, is a landmark contribution to macrosociology that extends the tradition of Sorokin, Durkheim, Marx, Weber and other founders of the discipline in new and exciting directions. Using their innovative content analysis methodology to examine American and British political documents, the authors show that the long-term dynamics of culture are subject to their own
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State of the World 2014

Governing for Sustainability

by The Worldwatch Institute, David W. Orr, Tom Prugh, Michael Renner, John Gowdy, Robert Engelman, Michael L. Weber, Conor Seyle, Matthew Wilburn King, Matt Leighninger, Diana Lind, Monty Hempel, Peter Brown, Jeremy J. Schmidt, Cormac Cullinan, Isabel Hilton, Sam Geall, Shakuntala Makhijani, Aaron Sachs, Inge Kaul, Maria Ivanova, Rick Worthington, Sean Sweeney, Dr., Thomas Palley, Gar Alperovitz, Colleen Cordes, David Bollier, Burns Weston, Petra Bartosiewicz, Marissa Miley, Evan Musolino, Katie Auth, Nina Netzer, Judith Gouverneur, Josephine Mitschke, Ian Johnson, Yu Hongyuan ...

Series series State of the World
Citizens expect their governments to lead on sustainability. But from largely disappointing international conferences like Rio II to the U.S.’s failure to pass meaningful climate legislation, governments’ progress has been lackluster. That’s not to say leadership is absent; it just often comes from the bottom up rather than the top down. Action—on climate, species loss, inequity, and other ... Read more

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Citizens expect their governments to lead on sustainability. But from largely disappointing international conferences like Rio II to the U.S.’s failure to pass meaningful climate legislation, governments’ progress has been lackluster. That’s not to say leadership is absent; it just often comes from the bottom up rather than the top down. Action—on climate, species loss, inequity, and other
... Read more
Comparative Philosophy and Method

Contemporary Practices and Future Possibilities

Edited by Steven Burik, Robert Smid, Ralph Weber ...

Addressing arguments that comparative philosophy is itself impossible, or that it is indistinguishable from philosophy more generally, this collection challenges myopic understandings of comparative method and encourages a more informed consideration.Bringing together a wide variety of methodological options, it features scholars spread across the globe representing multiple philosophical ... Read more

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Addressing arguments that comparative philosophy is itself impossible, or that it is indistinguishable from philosophy more generally, this collection challenges myopic understandings of comparative method and encourages a more informed consideration.Bringing together a wide variety of methodological options, it features scholars spread across the globe representing multiple philosophical
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emerge 20

The Writer's Studio Anthology

by Betsy Warland, Dora Larson, Frederic Sahyouni, eve nixen, Judy Dercksen, Stephanie Peters, Rebecca Chan, Višnja Milidragović, Christina Kruger-Woodrow, Sandra Sugimoto, Katie Lewis, Kim Spencer, Justyna Krol, Emma Brady, Maryanna Gabriel, Calvin McShane, Anne Rosenberg, Ankush Chopra, Jess Wesley, Libby McKeever, Clare McNamee-Annett, Tim J. O’Connor, Daniel Ortiz Rubio, Léa Taranto, Robert Weber, Anna Lee-Popham, Brandon Houston, Pinki Li, F. J. Erica Yang, Amrit Kaur Sanghera, Marco Melfi, Michael Edwards, Tharuna Abbu, Shenul Dhalla, Uttara Krishnadas, Magnus Lu, Hugh Griffith, William W. Campbell, Lori Greenfield, Emily Chan, Christine Pilgrim, Kate Covello, Erin Pettit, Elizabeth Page, Sofia Pezentte, Stephanie Charette, Danica Longair, Alana Cheyne, Ela Przybyło, Kuldeep Singh ...

Series Book 20 - emerge
This special 20th anniversary anthology invites you to journey outside yourself: float in a capsized rowboat, downward-dog through a yoga studio adapting to covid-19, reflect on the legacy of residential schools, find purpose on the Camino de Santiago, and make peace with your raccoon neighbours. These are stories of ego, loss, birth, renewal—the salient issues of our time.In emerge 20, stories in ... Read more

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This special 20th anniversary anthology invites you to journey outside yourself: float in a capsized rowboat, downward-dog through a yoga studio adapting to covid-19, reflect on the legacy of residential schools, find purpose on the Camino de Santiago, and make peace with your raccoon neighbours. These are stories of ego, loss, birth, renewal—the salient issues of our time.In emerge 20, stories in
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The Pursuit of the Pankera

A Parallel Novel about Parallel Universes

by Robert A. Heinlein ...

Narrated by James Patrick Cronin, Jennifer Jill Araya, Richard Ferrone, Bernadette Dunne ...

Unabridged

21 hours 41 min

The Pursuit of the Pankera is one of the most audacious experiments ever done in science fiction by the legendary author of the classic bestseller Starship Troopers.Robert A. Heinlein wrote The Number of the Beast, which was published in 1980. In the book Zeb, Deety, Hilda, and Jake are ambushed by the alien “Black Hats” and barely escape with their lives on a specially configured vehicle (the Gay ... Read more

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The Pursuit of the Pankera is one of the most audacious experiments ever done in science fiction by the legendary author of the classic bestseller Starship Troopers.Robert A. Heinlein wrote The Number of the Beast, which was published in 1980. In the book Zeb, Deety, Hilda, and Jake are ambushed by the alien “Black Hats” and barely escape with their lives on a specially configured vehicle (the Gay
... Read more
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So You Call Yourself A Man

by Carl Weber ...

Narrated by Robert Jason Jackson, Marc Damon Johnson, Beresford Bennett ...

Series series Church
Unabridged

9 hours 11 min

New York Times best-selling author Carl Weber amps up the sexiness and pulse-quickening drama in this riveting novel. All's good for James and Cathy-until a woman shows up with James' love child. Undeniably suave Brent thinks he's found happiness with a born-again churchgoer, until another leads him into temptation. And longtime friend Sonny is going to need help from James and Brent if he's to ... Read more

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New York Times best-selling author Carl Weber amps up the sexiness and pulse-quickening drama in this riveting novel. All's good for James and Cathy-until a woman shows up with James' love child. Undeniably suave Brent thinks he's found happiness with a born-again churchgoer, until another leads him into temptation. And longtime friend Sonny is going to need help from James and Brent if he's to
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Advances on information Technologies in the Financial Services industry

A Special Issue of the journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Edited by Robert J. Kauffman, Bruce W. Weber ...

The financial services industry is changing under the stimulus of advances in information technology (IT), telecommunications, and the Internet. Technological innovations and growing customer demand and sophistication have led to the emergence of new electronic financial markets, organizational forms for financial services firms, products, and product delivery capabilities. This special issue ... Read more

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The financial services industry is changing under the stimulus of advances in information technology (IT), telecommunications, and the Internet. Technological innovations and growing customer demand and sophistication have led to the emergence of new electronic financial markets, organizational forms for financial services firms, products, and product delivery capabilities. This special issue
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Liquidity, Markets and Trading in Action

An Interdisciplinary Perspective

by Deniz Ozenbas, Michael S. Pagano, Robert A. Schwartz, Bruce W. Weber ...

Series series Business and Management (R0)
This open access book addresses four standard business school subjects: microeconomics, macroeconomics, finance and information systems as they relate to trading, liquidity, and market structure. It provides a detailed examination of the impact of trading costs and other impediments of trading that the authors call “frictions”. It also presents an interactive simulation model of equity market ... Read more

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This open access book addresses four standard business school subjects: microeconomics, macroeconomics, finance and information systems as they relate to trading, liquidity, and market structure. It provides a detailed examination of the impact of trading costs and other impediments of trading that the authors call “frictions”. It also presents an interactive simulation model of equity market
... Read more

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Something on the Side

by Carl Weber ...

Narrated by Patricia R. Floyd, Vicki Sands, Shari Peele, Kim Brockington ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Big Girls Book Club
Unabridged

15 hours 48 min

Carl Weber is the New York Times bestselling author of Baby Momma Drama and Player Haters. To be a member of the Big Girls Book Club, there’s just one requirement: be a size 14—at least.Tammy, Egypt, Isis, Nikki, Coco, and Tiny are six voluptuous, feisty girlfriends who love a good book almost as much as they enjoy a good man. BGBC president Tammy is cooking up the perfect birthday present for ... Read more

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Carl Weber is the New York Times bestselling author of Baby Momma Drama and Player Haters. To be a member of the Big Girls Book Club, there’s just one requirement: be a size 14—at least.Tammy, Egypt, Isis, Nikki, Coco, and Tiny are six voluptuous, feisty girlfriends who love a good book almost as much as they enjoy a good man. BGBC president Tammy is cooking up the perfect birthday present for
... Read more

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