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The Oxford Handbook of Skills and Training

Edited by Chris Warhurst, Ken Mayhew, David Finegold, John Buchanan ...

Series series Oxford Handbooks
Skills and workforce development are at the heart of much research on work, employment, and management. But are they so important? To what extent can they make a difference for individuals, organizations, and nations? How are the supply and, more importantly, the utilization of skill, currently evolving? What are the key factors shaping skills trajectories of the future? This Handbook provides an ... Read more

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Skills and workforce development are at the heart of much research on work, employment, and management. But are they so important? To what extent can they make a difference for individuals, organizations, and nations? How are the supply and, more importantly, the utilization of skill, currently evolving? What are the key factors shaping skills trajectories of the future? This Handbook provides an
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Still Fighting the Civil War

The American South and Southern History

by David Goldfield ...

In the updated edition of his sweeping narrative on southern history, David Goldfield brings this extensive study into the present with a timely assessment of the unresolved issues surrounding the Civil War's sesquicentennial commemoration. Traversing a hundred and fifty years of memory, Goldfield confronts the remnants of the American Civil War that survive in the hearts of many of the South's ... Read more

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In the updated edition of his sweeping narrative on southern history, David Goldfield brings this extensive study into the present with a timely assessment of the unresolved issues surrounding the Civil War's sesquicentennial commemoration. Traversing a hundred and fifty years of memory, Goldfield confronts the remnants of the American Civil War that survive in the hearts of many of the South's
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The Ambassador's Word

Hostage Crisis in Peru, 1996-1997

by David J. Goldfield ...

The story of the hostage taking at the Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru, with a focus on the role played by Canadian Ambassador Anthony Vincent, who acted as mediator between the Peruvian government and the Tupac Amaru rebels. ... Read more

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The story of the hostage taking at the Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru, with a focus on the role played by Canadian Ambassador Anthony Vincent, who acted as mediator between the Peruvian government and the Tupac Amaru rebels.
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Deep South Democrats

Paradoxical Politics in the Age of Civil Rights

by James O. Heath, David Goldfield ...

Series series Making the Modern South
James O. Heath’s Deep South Democrats is the story of three men who redefined the southern political landscape through unique voting records in health, housing, labor, and education. Olin Johnston of South Carolina and John Sparkman and Lister Hill of Alabama contributed to the massive impact of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal in the southern states, though the reforms didn’t affect just their ... Read more

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James O. Heath’s Deep South Democrats is the story of three men who redefined the southern political landscape through unique voting records in health, housing, labor, and education. Olin Johnston of South Carolina and John Sparkman and Lister Hill of Alabama contributed to the massive impact of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal in the southern states, though the reforms didn’t affect just their
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Catastrophic Care

How American Health Care Killed My Father--and How We Can Fix It

by David Goldhill ...

Narrated by Dean Sluyter ...

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13 hours 1 min

A visionary investigation that will change the way we think about health care: how and why it is failing, why expanding coverage will actually make things worse, and how our health care can be transformed into a transparent, affordable, successful system.In 2007, David Goldhill’s father died from infections acquired in a hospital, one of more than two hundred thousand avoidable deaths per year ... Read more

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A visionary investigation that will change the way we think about health care: how and why it is failing, why expanding coverage will actually make things worse, and how our health care can be transformed into a transparent, affordable, successful system.In 2007, David Goldhill’s father died from infections acquired in a hospital, one of more than two hundred thousand avoidable deaths per year
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Chalice War, The: Stone

by David B. Coe ...

Narrated by Jessica Goldapple ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Chalice War
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10 hours 9 min

A lonely woman stalked by dark forces for what she is.A Sidhe sorcerer hunted for what she possesses.Kelsey Strand's encounters with a hunting panther and a mysterious stranger force a dangerous magical talent to the surface and change everything she thought she knew about herself and the world around her.Only the sudden arrival of Marti Rider, a Sidhe sorcerer allows Kel to escape with her life ... Read more

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A lonely woman stalked by dark forces for what she is.A Sidhe sorcerer hunted for what she possesses.Kelsey Strand's encounters with a hunting panther and a mysterious stranger force a dangerous magical talent to the surface and change everything she thought she knew about herself and the world around her.Only the sudden arrival of Marti Rider, a Sidhe sorcerer allows Kel to escape with her life
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Missionary Interests

Protestant and Mormon Missions of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Edited by David Golding, Christopher Cannon Jones ...

In Missionary Interests**, David Golding and Christopher Cannon Jones bring together works about Protestant and Mormon missionaries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, charting new directions for the historical study of these zealous evangelists for their faith.** Despite their sectarian differences, both groups of missionaries shared notions of dividing the world categorically along the ... Read more

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In Missionary Interests**, David Golding and Christopher Cannon Jones bring together works about Protestant and Mormon missionaries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, charting new directions for the historical study of these zealous evangelists for their faith.** Despite their sectarian differences, both groups of missionaries shared notions of dividing the world categorically along the
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Confederate Cities

The Urban South During the Civil War Era

Edited by Andrew L. Slap, Frank Towers ...

Series series Historical Studies of Urban America
When we talk about the Civil War, we often describe it in terms of battles that took place in small towns or in the countryside: Antietam, Gettysburg, Bull Run, and, most tellingly, the Battle of the Wilderness. One reason this picture has persisted is that few urban historians have studied the war, even though cities hosted, enabled, and shaped Southern society as much as they did in the North ... Read more

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When we talk about the Civil War, we often describe it in terms of battles that took place in small towns or in the countryside: Antietam, Gettysburg, Bull Run, and, most tellingly, the Battle of the Wilderness. One reason this picture has persisted is that few urban historians have studied the war, even though cities hosted, enabled, and shaped Southern society as much as they did in the North
... Read more
Interviewing Vulnerable Suspects

Safeguarding the Process

Edited by Jane Tudor-Owen, Celine van Golde, Ray Bull, David Gee ...

Series series Routledge Series on Practical and Evidence-Based Policing
This book is an in-depth, evidence-based guide to interviewing suspects with specific vulnerabilities. It provides an overview of current research, practices, and legal considerations for interviewing vulnerable suspects, incorporating guidelines regarding the identification of vulnerabilities, engaging with third parties in the interview, and training and supervision. It then goes on to cover ... Read more

$47.99 USD

This book is an in-depth, evidence-based guide to interviewing suspects with specific vulnerabilities. It provides an overview of current research, practices, and legal considerations for interviewing vulnerable suspects, incorporating guidelines regarding the identification of vulnerabilities, engaging with third parties in the interview, and training and supervision. It then goes on to cover
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The South for New Southerners

Edited by Paul D. Escott, David R. Goldfield ...

The South often seems like a foreign country to newcomers from other parts of the United States. And for people from other countries, Southern customs and lifestyle can be even more bewildering. For anyone who has ever wondered why the style of conducting busines in the South is different or why some Southerners are still fighting the Civil War, this book will be a valuable guide. The informative ... Read more

$18.99 USD

The South often seems like a foreign country to newcomers from other parts of the United States. And for people from other countries, Southern customs and lifestyle can be even more bewildering. For anyone who has ever wondered why the style of conducting busines in the South is different or why some Southerners are still fighting the Civil War, this book will be a valuable guide. The informative
... Read more
Catastrophic Care

How American Health Care Killed My Father--and How We Can Fix It

by David Goldhill ...

A visionary investigation that will change the way we think about health care: how and why it is failing, why expanding coverage will actually make things worse, and how our health care can be transformed into a transparent, affordable, successful system.In 2007, David Goldhill’s father died from infections acquired in a hospital, one of more than two hundred thousand avoidable deaths per year ... Read more

$9.99 USD

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A visionary investigation that will change the way we think about health care: how and why it is failing, why expanding coverage will actually make things worse, and how our health care can be transformed into a transparent, affordable, successful system.In 2007, David Goldhill’s father died from infections acquired in a hospital, one of more than two hundred thousand avoidable deaths per year
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Sandhill Cities

Metropolitan Ambitions in Augusta, Columbus, and Macon, Georgia

by J. Mark Souther, David Goldfield ...

Series series Making the Modern South
Sandhill Cities is a comparative history of Augusta, Columbus, and Macon, Georgia, in the twentieth century. Weaving together southern, urban, and environmental history, J. Mark Souther narrates urban boosters’ hopes and actions in their pursuit of metropolitan stature in three midsized cities situated along the fall line running through the middle of the state. ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Sandhill Cities is a comparative history of Augusta, Columbus, and Macon, Georgia, in the twentieth century. Weaving together southern, urban, and environmental history, J. Mark Souther narrates urban boosters’ hopes and actions in their pursuit of metropolitan stature in three midsized cities situated along the fall line running through the middle of the state.
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