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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Biological variations in sex development, also known as intersex, are greatly misunderstood by the wider public. This unique book discusses psychological practice in healthcare for people and families impacted by a range of 'intersex' variations. It highlights the dilemmas facing individuals and their loved ones in the social context and discusses the physical and psychological complexities of irrevocable medical interventions to approximate social...
Author
Publisher
Harper One, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
An award-winning executive consultant and a retired, high-ranking US Navy SEAL trainer team up in this revolutionary guide that provides crucial leadership strategies to help organizations revamp their work culture, throw out stifling leadership models and embrace a dynamic, results-oriented and successful self-led team-oriented model instead.
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Pub
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Behind every traditional type of cheese there is a fascinating story. By examining the role of the cheesemaker throughout world history and by understanding a few basic principles of cheese science and technology, we can see how different cheeses have been shaped by and tailored to their surrounding environment, as well as defined by their social and cultural context. Cheese and Culture endeavors to advance our appreciation of cheese origins by viewing...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Leadership, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Many well-intentioned organizational diversity programs do little to create a lasting culture of equity and belonging that can transform your organization and outpace your industry. Wilkinson, a racial justice facilitator, provides leaders with a replicable structure to foster a diverse culture of belonging within your organization. She helps readers to better understand today's racial climate and its negative impact on your organization and team,...
Author
Publisher
Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"An essential introduction and guide to navigating the next Internet revolution--everything from the metaverse and NFTs to DAOs, decentralized finance, and self-sovereign identity--from the co-author of the international bestseller Blockchain Revolution. The Web, and with it the Internet, are entering a new age. We've moved from the "Read-only Web," which had little functionality for interacting with content, to the "Read-Write Web," which offered...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"At a time when the crises of income inequality, climate, and democracy, are compounding to create epic wealth disparity and the prospect of a second American civil war, four billionaires are hyping schemes that are designed to divert our attention away from issues that really matter. Each scheme--the metaverse, cryptocurrency, space travel, and transhumanism--is an existential threat in moral, political, and economic terms. In The End of Reality,...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"By comparing current abuses of the truth with abuses from the past, this book will help you better understand how we got to where we now are, see how we can move beyond the post-truth era, and develop highly practical skills for separating truth from lies"--
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When the Swedish concert singer Jenny Lind toured the U.S. in 1850, she became the prototype for the modern pop star. Meanwhile, her manager, P.T. Barnum, became the prototype for another figure of enduring significance: the pop culture impresario. Starting with Lind's fabled U.S. tour and winding all the way into the twenty-first century, Live Music in America surveys the ongoing impact and changing conditions of live music performance in the U.S....
Author
Series
Publisher
Health Administration Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This book is an easy-to-use resource that zeroes in on a leader's real-life struggles and offers clear solutions-without complex theory or jargon. The reader will learn tips that can be applied immediately and discover practical actions for improving skills. Although the book can be read from cover to cover, it is organized by topic to allow for a stand-alone, five-minute read of leadership tips, reflections, and suggestions"--
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of the Roman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Education reforms have eroded the teacher's position. This leaves teachers with psychological scars -- scars that are fueling the recent exodus from teaching. In Educational Folly: Teacher Well-Being and the Chaos of American Schooling, Gonsalves lays out a new vision for the future of educational reform. This model centers around justice, community, and professionalism to return the teacher to the rightful head of the classroom and restore dignity...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Growth IQ comes a guide to enhancing customer and employee experience simultaneously for unprecedented revenue growth. In the war for customer acquisition, businesses invest millions of dollars to improve customer experience. They deliver packages faster, churn out new products, and endlessly revamp their UI, often putting greater strain on employees for diminishing returns. According to Tiffani...
Author
Publisher
Balance, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Grit isn't always great. Perseverance doesn't always pay off. In Quitting: A Life Strategy, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Julia Keller dives into "the neuroscience of nope," and the cultural messaging that drives our reluctance to throw in the towel, to dismantle the myth of perseverance once and for all. Combining reportage from the front lines of scientific research, pop culture, with conversations with people who have made profound change...
Author
Publisher
West Virginia University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Examines both the roots and the resonance of Neema Avashia's identity as a queer desi Appalachian woman. With lyric and narrative explorations of foodways, religion, sports, standards of beauty, social media, and gun culture"--
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Democratic socialism is ascending in the United States as a consequence of a widespread recognition that global capitalism works only for a minority and is harming the planet's ecology. This history of American democratic socialism from its beginning to the present day interprets the efforts of American socialists to address and transform multiple intersecting sites of injustice and harm. Comprehensive, deeply researched, and highly original, this...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This book brings to vivid life the most concentrated surge of creativity in the history of civilization. Launching the Renaissance, the small city of Florence spawned a vibrant cultural and political life that offered unique opportunities for audacious risk taking and reversals to a panoply of memorable individuals"--
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Neuroscience sheds light on the human proclivity for storytelling. Humans would not produce narratives so prolifically if they weren't somehow good for human brains and embodied interactions with the world. The author connects neuroscience with humanistic narrative theory. He explains how stories coordinate time, represent embodied action, and promote social collaboration, which are all fundamental to the brain-body interactions through which humans...
Publisher
CRC Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This book discusses how the microbiome is affected by nutrients and how dietary modifications can alter the microbiome with associated effects on health. The book is divided into three parts based upon the National Institutes of Health guidance for conducting translational research. Part one details laboratory-scale analysis of gut microbiome samples and their functions. Part two explains translational research models including pre-clinical trials,...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Subterranea is where the world's remaining mysteries are yet to be found. For millennia, across nations and cultures, it has been a hotbed of fantastical stories. It's where humans have kept their most sacred treasures and their darkest secrets. It's where we have found evidence of our past and may, at some point, find an escape route for our uncertain future. But what would we find there today? From the underground cities of Cappadocia to smuggling...
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