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Practical Management for the Digital Age is an innovative introductory management textbook that shows the sweeping impact of information technology on the business world. At the same time, it addresses the pressing issue of how environmental aspects are interwoven with management decisions. This boo... More

This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to probation. It brings together themes of policy, theory and practice to help students and practitioners better understand the work of probation, its limitations, its potential, but above all its value. Setting probation in the context ... More

Earthquake I. D. offers an exciting new take on Americans in Italy: a nightmare reframing, yet leavened throughout with wit and compassion. The setting is the turbulent southern metropolis of Naples, an urban hive that has suffered many an earthquake over the centuries. The next such shakeup prov... More

A collection of stories set in Oregon's Willamette Valley-many of the protagonists having moved west to start their lives anew.PRAISE"Streetwise and pain-acquainted, John Domini's new story-collection is a good rich read indeed." -John Barth... More

A wild, fragmented portrait of the late 70s and the punk scene with a rich and diverse cast of characters including an idealistic editor of a political rag, a pony-riding Boston Brahmin intent on finding herself and shedding her husband, an up-and-coming punkster who fancies evenings at the Knights ... More

These stories, set in both real and unreal locales, arouse more faraway yearnings. All sooner or later come round to the subject of love, but none finds it anywhere we might ordinarily have expected. Bedlam lurks everywhere, from the streets to the afterlife,and every point of view is nagged by glim... More

MOVIEOLA! is a collection of linked short stories that delights and exploits the language and paraphernalia of industrial Hollywood. The collection delves into a night at the movies, featuring all the familiar types-the rom-com, the action-adventure, the superhero and the spy-but the narratives are... More

A witty and sophisticated examination of nontraditional storytelling in contemporary art and literature, The Sea-God's Herb contains reviews and essays on some of the most interesting authors and artists of the last forty years. From William Gass and Thomas Pynchon to Brian Evenson and Steve Ericks... More

This book is addressed to “lovers of paradoxes” and we have done our utmost to assemble a stellar cast of Neapolitan and American scholars, intellectuals, and artists/writers who are strong and open-minded enough to wrestle with and illuminate the paradoxes through which Naples presents itself. Napl... More

This book presents the idea of exploring both conscious and unconscious drivers and blockers in a person’s leadership development. From the outset, the authors show that exploring drivers (forces that motivate) and blockers (forces that obstruct) leads to profound self-awareness, increasing the chan... More

What does it mean for students to be truly educated in a rapidly changing, technology-driven, and globally interconnected 21st century world? How can we ensure that every student receives a challenging, rigorous, engaging, and personalized learning experience throughout their elementary, middle, and... More

Multicultural Psychology: Understanding Our Diverse Communities... More

This book presents the proceedings of the Conference on Computer Science, Electronics and Industrial Engineering (CSEI 2019), held in Ambato in October 2019, with participants from 13 countries and guest speakers from Chile, Colombia, France, Japan, Spain, Portugal, and United States. Featuring 23 p... More

Esta entrañable obra de teatro, hecha tanto para jóvenes como para adultos, enseña el valor de la libertad a través de unos perros policías entrenados para atacar. Esta obra sirve de metáfora sobre la verdadera libertad, la que se elige, y aquella que viene impuesta. Una magnífica obra de teatro, ... More