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Politics, Literature, and Film in Conversation

Essays in Honor of Mary P. Nichols

by Matthew D. Dinan, Natalie Taylor, Denise Schaeffer, Paul E. Kirkland, Stephen Block, Patrick Cain, Kenneth DeLuca0, Sara MacDonald1, Carl Eric Scott2, Stephen Sims3, Lisa Pace Vetter4, Germaine Paulo Walsh5, Ann Ward6, Lee Ward7, Daniel Mahoney, Assumption College8 ...

Series series Politics, Literature, & Film
This volume presents a series of essays in honor of noted scholar of political theory, Mary P. Nichols. The essays reflect Nichols’ pathbreaking work in ancient Greek political thought, as well as her influential treatments of works of literature and film in conversation with political theory. Part I: Conversations Concerning Love and Friendship features essays about the philosophical meaning of ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This volume presents a series of essays in honor of noted scholar of political theory, Mary P. Nichols. The essays reflect Nichols’ pathbreaking work in ancient Greek political thought, as well as her influential treatments of works of literature and film in conversation with political theory. Part I: Conversations Concerning Love and Friendship features essays about the philosophical meaning of
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Founders and Organizational Development

The Etiology and Theory of Founder's Syndrome

by Katrina Miller-Stevens, Stephen Block ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society
Founders and Organizational Development: The Etiology and Theory of Founder’s Syndrome is designed to help today’s researchers, faculty, students and practitioners become familiar with the etiology and dynamics of Founder’s Syndrome as an organizational condition challenging nonprofit/nongovernmental, social enterprise, and for-profit and publicly traded organizations. The book uses applied social ... Read more

$60.99 USD

Founders and Organizational Development: The Etiology and Theory of Founder’s Syndrome is designed to help today’s researchers, faculty, students and practitioners become familiar with the etiology and dynamics of Founder’s Syndrome as an organizational condition challenging nonprofit/nongovernmental, social enterprise, and for-profit and publicly traded organizations. The book uses applied social
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American Constitutionalism, Marriage, and the Family

Obergefell v. Hodges and U.S. v. Windsor in Context

by Patrick N. Cain, David Ramsey, Stephen A. Block, William C. Duncan, Lauren Hall, Martha Martini, Mark Scully, James R. Stoner Jr., Scott Yenor0, Adam M. Carrington1, Susan McWilliams Barndt2, Terence J. Kleven3, Peter Lawler4 ...

This edited volume in American constitutionalism places the Supreme Court’s declaration of same-sex marriage rights in U.S. v. Windsor (2013) and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) within the context of the Court’s developing understanding of the legal and social status of marriage and the family. Leading scholars in the fields of political science, law, and religion examine the roots of the Court’s ... Read more

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This edited volume in American constitutionalism places the Supreme Court’s declaration of same-sex marriage rights in U.S. v. Windsor (2013) and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) within the context of the Court’s developing understanding of the legal and social status of marriage and the family. Leading scholars in the fields of political science, law, and religion examine the roots of the Court’s
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Democracy and the History of Political Thought

by J. David Alvis, Timothy Burns, Mark Blitz, Stephen A. Block, Daniel E. Burns, Patrick N. Cain, Adam M. Carrington, David Clinton, Steven Forde0, Jerome C. Foss1, Douglas Kries2, Sara MacDonald3, William Mathie4, David K. Nichols5, Mary P. Nichols6, Alexander Orwin7, Arlene W. Saxonhouse8, Denise Schaeffer9, Susan Meld Shell0, Sean D. Sutton1, Ann Ward2, Lee Ward3, Catherine H. Zuckert4 ...

This volume provides a fresh perspective on current democratic theory and practice by recovering the rich evaluations of democracy in the history of political thought. Each author addresses a single thinker’s reflections on the virtues and defects of democracy and the relationship between democracy and other regimes. Together, these essays explore the tensions within the democratic way of life ... Read more

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This volume provides a fresh perspective on current democratic theory and practice by recovering the rich evaluations of democracy in the history of political thought. Each author addresses a single thinker’s reflections on the virtues and defects of democracy and the relationship between democracy and other regimes. Together, these essays explore the tensions within the democratic way of life
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Manhattan Noir 2

The Classics

by Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane, O. Henry ...

Series series Akashic Noir
This anthology spans more than a century of noir fiction set in the heart of the Big Apple—"17 sure winners" from Edith Wharton, Donald Westlake, and more ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).The island of Manhattan has been a breeding ground of crime, longing, and discontent since its earliest days as a city—and a natural setting for noir fiction since the genre was invented. And from Harlem to ... Read more

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This anthology spans more than a century of noir fiction set in the heart of the Big Apple—"17 sure winners" from Edith Wharton, Donald Westlake, and more ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).The island of Manhattan has been a breeding ground of crime, longing, and discontent since its earliest days as a city—and a natural setting for noir fiction since the genre was invented. And from Harlem to
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Hollywood vs. The Author

by Naomi Hirahara, Lawrence Block1, Alexandra Sokoloff5, Michael Connelly7, T. Jefferson Parker9, Stephen Jay Schwartz (Editor)0 ...

Narrated by P. J. Ochlan, Simon Mattacks, Alan Jacobson, Andrew Kaplan, Joshua Corin, Lee Goldberg, Naomi Hirahara, Stephen Jay Schwartz, Tess Gerritsen, Lawrence Block0, Rob Roberge2, Diana Gould3, Alexandra Sokoloff4, James Brown6, Various Narrators8 ...

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It’s no secret that authors have a love-hate relationship with Hollywood. The oft-repeated cliché that “the book was better than the movie” holds true for more reasons than the average reader will ever know. When asked about selling their book rights to Hollywood authors like to joke that they drive their manuscripts to the border of Arizona and California and toss them over the fence, driving ... Read more

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It’s no secret that authors have a love-hate relationship with Hollywood. The oft-repeated cliché that “the book was better than the movie” holds true for more reasons than the average reader will ever know. When asked about selling their book rights to Hollywood authors like to joke that they drive their manuscripts to the border of Arizona and California and toss them over the fence, driving
... Read more

New York City Noir

The Five Borough Set

Edited by Tim McLoughlin, Lawrence Block, S. J. Rozan, Robert Knightly, Patricia Smith ...

Series series Akashic Noir
Discover dark mysteries nestled in every borough of the Big Apple in this collection of five noir short story anthologies.New York City Noir: The Five Borough Set collects the five NYC borough installments in our award-winning Akashic Noir Series into a single e-book edition: Brooklyn Noir, edited by Tim McLoughlin, Manhattan Noir, edited by Lawrence Block, Bronx Noir, edited by S.J. Rozan, Queens ... Read more

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Discover dark mysteries nestled in every borough of the Big Apple in this collection of five noir short story anthologies.New York City Noir: The Five Borough Set collects the five NYC borough installments in our award-winning Akashic Noir Series into a single e-book edition: Brooklyn Noir, edited by Tim McLoughlin, Manhattan Noir, edited by Lawrence Block, Bronx Noir, edited by S.J. Rozan, Queens
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The Closers

by Michael Connelly ...

Series Book 11 - A Harry Bosch Novel
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Detective Harry Bosch joins LA's elite Open/Unsolved Unit to help piece together the mysterious death of a teenage girl.He walked away from the job three years ago. But Harry Bosch cannot resist the call to join the elite Open/Unsolved Unit. His mission: solve murders whose investigations were flawed, stalled, or abandoned to L.A.'s tides of crime. With some ... Read more

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In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Detective Harry Bosch joins LA's elite Open/Unsolved Unit to help piece together the mysterious death of a teenage girl.He walked away from the job three years ago. But Harry Bosch cannot resist the call to join the elite Open/Unsolved Unit. His mission: solve murders whose investigations were flawed, stalled, or abandoned to L.A.'s tides of crime. With some
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The Burning Room

by Michael Connelly ...

Series Book 17 - A Harry Bosch Novel
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Detective Harry Bosch and his rookie partner investigate a cold case that gets very hot ... very fast.In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die a decade after the crime. So when a man succumbs to complications from being shot by a stray bullet ten years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which the body is still fresh, but any other clues are ... Read more

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In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Detective Harry Bosch and his rookie partner investigate a cold case that gets very hot ... very fast.In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die a decade after the crime. So when a man succumbs to complications from being shot by a stray bullet ten years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which the body is still fresh, but any other clues are
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The Girl in the Spider's Web

A Lisbeth Salander Novel

by David Lagercrantz ...

Series Book 4 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Series
**#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return to the Girl in the Dragon Tattoo series in this ripped-from-the-headlines, high-octane follow-up to Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. • Also known as the Millennium series“Rest easy, Lisbeth Salander fans—our punk hacker heroine is in good hands.… A twisty, bloody thrill ride.… An instant page-turner.” ... Read more

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**#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return to the Girl in the Dragon Tattoo series in this ripped-from-the-headlines, high-octane follow-up to Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. • Also known as the Millennium series“Rest easy, Lisbeth Salander fans—our punk hacker heroine is in good hands.… A twisty, bloody thrill ride.… An instant page-turner.”
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Assessing 21st Century Skills

A Guide to Evaluating Mastery and Authentic Learning

by Laura M. Greenstein ...

Go beyond traditional paper-and-pencil tests!The Common Core State Standards clearly define the skills students need for success in college and the 21st century workplace. The question is, how can you measure student mastery of skills like creativity, problem solving, and use of technology? Laura Greenstein demonstrates how teachers can teach and assess 21st century skills using authentic learning ... Read more

$36.89 USD

Go beyond traditional paper-and-pencil tests!The Common Core State Standards clearly define the skills students need for success in college and the 21st century workplace. The question is, how can you measure student mastery of skills like creativity, problem solving, and use of technology? Laura Greenstein demonstrates how teachers can teach and assess 21st century skills using authentic learning
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Scenario Planning in Organizations

How to Create, Use, and Assess Scenarios

by Thomas J. Chermack ...

Scenario planning helps organization leaders, executives and decision-makers envision and develop strategies for multiple possible futures instead of just one. It enables organizations to become resilient and agile, carefully calibrating their responses and adapting quickly to new circumstances in a fast-changing environment. This book is the most comprehensive treatment to date of the scenario ... Read more

$28.79 USD

Scenario planning helps organization leaders, executives and decision-makers envision and develop strategies for multiple possible futures instead of just one. It enables organizations to become resilient and agile, carefully calibrating their responses and adapting quickly to new circumstances in a fast-changing environment. This book is the most comprehensive treatment to date of the scenario
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