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    The sequel to Adi Parva, which was chosen as one of 2012's Best Graphic Novels by comic book historian Paul Gravett, this book combines breath-taking art with classic storytelling. Based on the Mahabharata, the Puranas and the tradition of oral storytellers, Sauptik is also very contemporary. The narrative, with its lush visuals, emphasizes, over and over, our forgotten connection with the soil, with rivers, with forests, with fire. In book one, Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean, the celestial river Ganga narrates events from the beginning of time and in its sequel, Sauptik: Blood and Flowers, Ashwatthama carries the story forward after surviving the Kurukshetra battle.

    Lyme disease, and SARS. According to Walters, we are not only victims of these emerging diseases; we are helping exacerbate their creation and spread.

    

    The country has undergone several fundamental changes - from Indigenous occupation, to French and British colonization, to the rise of an independent nation and distinct society - and it is doing so yet again. Fully revised, this updated 150th anniversary edition incorporates the latest research that helps us understand the course of history in Canada.

    

    It concentrates on the commercial exploitation of inorganic chemicals date. Every chapter in the book has been revised and updated and follows the IUPAC recommendation that the main groups and the tranisition metals be numbered from 1 to 18.

    Such recent new trends as flextime, telecommting, 360-degree feedback, the flattening of hierarchies, and the increased use of temps and contract workers present tough new challenges for supervisors in every field. This timely, completely revised and updated edition of Ferdinand Fournies's classic management coaching bible shows you proven ways to get workers to perform at the highest level while eliminating the self-destructive kinds of behaviors that have become increasingly prevalent in recent years. In this book, you'll be taught specific face-to-face interventions you can use to enhance performance in every kind of workplace situation--from sales to creative brainstorming. There are also interventions uniquely suited to resolving problems ranging from low productivity to absenteeism to conflicts between individuals. You'll learn precisely what to say and do so that each person you supervise will want to give you his or her best work--even when that person was previously thought to be a problem employee. Packed with brand-new case studies from Fournies's latest research into the dynamics of the modern workplace, this classic guide takes all the guesswork out of becoming the kind of inspired, hands-on manager that every company today is looking for!

    Inthissense,the coach has to become a discriminating eclectic,developingakeen sense of judgment to select which threads are bestwovenintothe fabric and those that it would be better to simplythrowaway.Coaching for Leadership is intended to be acherishedcompanion inthat learning journey presented by the world'sgreatestcoaches,including: Marshall Goldsmith, Paul Hersey, BeverlyKay,DaivdUlrich and many more. Contents PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF COACHING 1 Coaching for Behavioral Change 2 Coaching at the Heart of Strategy 3 Situational Leadership and Executive Coaching 4 Coaching and Consultation Revisited: Are They the Same? 5 Demystifying the Coaching Mystique PART II: PORTRAIT OF A LEADER 6 The Accomplished Leader 7 Writing for Leadership: Penning Your Leadership Voice 8 Seeking Value in a Shattered World of Work 9 The Right Stuff of Leadership 10 The Purposeful Leader: A Purpose Checkup 11 When Leaders Are Coaches PART III: CHALLENGES AND FORCES OF CHANGE 12 Awareness Coaching for Men and Women 13 Coaching to Empower 14 Leading Across National Boundaries 15 Coaching for Governance 16 Leadership Insight: Going Beyond the DehydratedLanguageofManagement PART IV: RECOGNIZING AND DEVELOPINGHIGH-POTENTIALS 17 Coaching for Engagement and Retention 18 Coaching Future Lawyer-Leaders: A Case Study 19 Team Building Without Time Wasting 20 Leaders Building Leaders: High-PotentialDevelopmentandExecutive Coaching at Microsoft 21 The Care and Feeding of Hi-Po Leaders 22 Mentoring Is Circular PART V: INTO ACTION 23 Effectively Influencing Decision Makers: EnsuringThatYourKnowledge Makes a Difference 24 From the FastForward Playbook: SuccessfullyTransitionintoBigger Roles 25 Strength in Numbers: The Advantage of Being a

    Includes new political terminology, new Russian institutions, new countries and republics and new city names. Contains 26,000 entries in the English-Russian section and 40,000 words in the Russian-English section. Irregularities in Russian declensions and conjugations appear at the beginning of each entry.

    Unlocking the secrets of our genomes opens the door to understanding why we are the way we are and potentially fixing what ails us, from cancer and diabetes to obesity and male pattern baldness. But what exactly will happen to this information? Will it be a boon or just another marketing tool?Here Is a Human Being is the first in-depth look at personal genomics—its larger-than-life research subjects; its entrepreneurs and do-it-yourselfers; its technology developers; and the bewildered physicians and regulators who must negotiate with it—and what it means to be a “public genome” in a world where privacy is already under siege.

    'Introduction to Management Accounting' describes both theory and common practices so students understand how to produce information that's useful in day-to-day decision making.

    Focusing first on the cultures of Central Africa from which the slaves came--Ndembu, Imbangala, Kongo, and others--Sweet identifies specific cultural rites and beliefs that survived their transplantation to the African-Portuguese diaspora, arguing that they did not give way to immediate creolization in the New World but remained distinctly African for some time.Slaves transferred many cultural practices from their homelands to Brazil, including kinship structures, divination rituals, judicial ordeals, ritual burials, dietary restrictions, and secret societies. Sweet demonstrates that the structures of many of these practices remained constant during this early period, although the meanings of the rituals were often transformed as slaves coped with their new environment and status. Religious rituals in particular became potent forms of protest against the institution of slavery and its hardships. In addition, Sweet examines how certain African beliefs and customs challenged and ultimately influenced Brazilian Catholicism.Sweet's analysis sheds new light on African culture in Brazil's slave society while also enriching our understanding of the complex process of creolization and cultural survival.

    And learning these idioms and phrases will not only help you speak English better, it'll help you understand Americans better!Idioms are presented in 25 lively dialogues which tell the entertaining story of an American family, complete with illustrations. The book comes with an audio CD of all of the dialogues. Contains dozens of helpful exercises & six crossword puzzles to reinforce the material, with convenient answer key for self-study. About the AuthorAmy Gillett has taught ESL (English as a Second Language) in both the United States and Europe. She holds a BA degree in literature fromStanford University, an MA from Stanford in Russian & East European Studies, and an MBA from Cornell. She speaks several foreign languages.Her writing has appeared in many national magazines and newspapers, including MAD Magazine, Family Circle, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

    But had this bold and spirited beauty really descended into prostitution, drunkenness, and early death--or did her life, hidden from history, take a different course altogether? Eunice Lipton's search for the answer combines the suspense of a detective story with the revelatory power of art, peeling off layers of lies to reveal startling truths about Victorine Meurent--and about Lipton herself.