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What's Happened to Politics?
by Bob RaeFrom esteemed Canadian political leader Bob Rae comes a piercing examination of the fractured state of Canadian politics and what can be done to fix it.Segmented electorates. Endless repetition of sound bites and vanity videos with little substance. Billions of dollars spent on lobbying. It's clear ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1940 -
Exporting Democracy
by Bob RaeThe way most Western politicians talk, democracy is the pinnacle of civilization, the best political system there is. Many think it's the system the rest of the world ought to adopt. Bob Rae is not one of them. He is too well informed about the difficulties and dangers of implanting democracy in for... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Doing the Continental: A New Canadian-American Relationship
by Bob Rae • David DymentAdvance Praise for Doing the Continental: "Everyone has opinions about the state of Canada-U.S. relations, but few have the knowledge to provide informed judgments. Professor Dyment happily falls into the latter category. While some of the prescriptions are controversial, this concise book has bee... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Ladies, Upstairs!: My Life in Politics and After
by Bob Rae • Monique BéginMore than fifty years after most Canadian women received the right to vote, very few women were elected as members of Parliament and none came from Quebec. Canada's 1972 federal election marked a refreshing transition. Twice as many female candidates ran for office than in the previous election, and... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1993 -
Frank Underhill and the Politics of Ideas
by Bob Rae • Kenneth C. DewarFrank Underhill (1889-1971) practically invented the role of public intellectual in English Canada through his journalism, essays, teaching, and political activity. He became one of the country's most controversial figures in the middle of the twentieth century by confronting the central political i... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Black Monday
by Bob ReissA plague that will cause the death of millions. A plague that will destroy countries. A plague that will plunge the world into a dark age. A plague that will make nobody sick... When the first planes go down -- in Europe, in California, in Asia -- authorities blame terrorists. All flights are g... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
The Side Effect
by Bob ReissIt's the night the President has resigned. In a Manhattan town house, the head of Lenox Pharmaceuticals, the world's most powerful drug company, lies dead. Through the morning darkness, security chief Mike Acela drives his BMW to the scene. Mike's job has been to defend the Chairman against all enem... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
Murder in mind (Spooked!)
by Bob ReadGary is the witness to a murder which the police cannot discover. Was somebody really killed on the road by the railway line, or is Gary seeing things.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1993 -
The Eskimo and the Oil Man: The Battle at the Top of the World for America's Future
by Bob ReissThe Arctic century is upon us. A great jockeying for power and influence has erupted among nations in the high north. At stake are trillions of dollars in profit or loss, US security, geopolitical influence and the fate of a fragile environment as well as the region's traditional people. As the ice ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Low Risk, High Reward
by Bob ReissContrary to popular belief, most entrepreneurs don't like risk. While they are not afraid to take chances, the most successful entrepreneurs do what they can to anticipate, minimize, and offset risk at every opportunity, insists Bob Reiss, who in his own flourishing entrepreneurial career has manage... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2000 -
Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family
by Bob Chapman • Raj Sisodia"Bob Chapman, CEO of the $1.7 billion manufacturing company Barry-Wehmiller, is on a mission to change the way businesses treat their employees." - Inc. MagazineStarting in 1997, Bob Chapman and Barry-Wehmiller have pioneered a dramatically different approach to leadership that creates off-the-chart... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Customer Experience For Dummies
by Bob Kelleher • Roy BarnesGain, engage, and retain customers with positive experiences A positive customer experience is absolutely essential to keeping your business relevant. Today's business owners need to know how to connect and engage with their customers through a variety of different channels, including online reviews... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Beanie And The Bamboozling Horror Machine
by Bob May • Roy C. BoothThis highly anticipated sequel to Beanie and the Bamboozling Book Machine has Beanie once again trying to win the science fair, but this time with his new and improved book machine! But something nasty is afoot in Bookworld and an evil mastermind wants to turn everyone there into an obedient ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
Converge: Transforming Business at the Intersection of Marketing and Technology
by Bob W. Lord • Ray VelezThe leaders of Razorfish share their strategies for merging marketing and IT To create rich, technologically enabled experiences, enterprises need close collaboration between marketing and IT. Converge explains how the merging of technology, media, and creativity is revolutionizing marketing and bus... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Thoughts Are Things: Turning Your Ideas Into Realities (Think and Grow Rich)
by Bob Proctor • Greg S ReidThoughts Are Things is a wonderful, motivational text from two acclaimed public speakers and accomplished authors--Bob Proctor and Greg S. Reid. What mind-set determines whether or not a person will be successful?<P><P> Do successful people think differently from those who never reach their potentia... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Euclid Creek
Over the centuries, Euclid Creek's torrents have drilled through bluestone and shale, carving deep gorges in a gentle landscape. Modes of transport have always guided human life in the watershed. Early Native Americans trekked the creek's gorge rims to form an extensive trail network. In 1796, Moses... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2005 -
Beanie and The Bamboozling Book Machine
Fantasy / 13 m.& f. / Beanie Boren, a science wiz who is not keen on reading, has designed a book reading machine for the science fair. It combines a computer, a mini video cam and a contraption of his own design to enable one to read three books at once. Unfortunately, the machine is neither user f... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1990 -
The Oklahoma Football Encyclopedia: 2nd Edition
The Oklahoma Football Encyclopedia is an historical description of every University of Oklahoma football game from the beginning in 1895 through today. Learn how the team got its start and how Coach Bennie Owen laid the foundation for the Sooners to become one of the most respected teams on the coll... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Fired!: Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized, and Dismissed
If you've ever been fired, you're in good company. That's what actress and writer Annabelle Gurwitch discovered when she was fired by her idol Woody Allen ("You look retarded"). She confided her tale of woe to her friend Felicity Huffman, who made Annabelle laugh with her own stories. Annabelle real... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
Tourist Behaviour: An International Perspective (Tourism, Hospitality And Event Management Ser.)
by Michael Campbell • Salvador Anton Clavé • Bob McKercher • Sara Dolnicar • Antonia Correia • Stefano Dall'Aglio • Daisy Suk-fong Fung • Mojtaba Shahvali • Reihaneh Shahvali • Deborah Kerstetter • Ilenia Bregoli • Francesca Ceruti • Helena Reis • Lee McGinnis • Estela Marine-Roig • Giacomo Del Chiappa • Fulvio Fortezza • Marcello Atzeni • Marion Karl • Christine Reintinger • Muhammet Kesgin • Homa Hajibaba • Guliz Coskun-Zambak • Anita Zátori • Tingting Liu • Mimi Li • Han Shen • Hanjung Lee • Christopher Beagley • Stephen Atkins • Tonny Tonny • Masahiro Ogawa • Taketo Naoi • Shoji IjimaTourist Behaviour: International Perspectives provides a collection of all consumer-related topics from both theoretical and practical approaches to building and examining the theory of how consumers think and act within the context of tourism consumption. Divided in to six sections the book present... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
InECCE2019: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Electrical, Control & Computer Engineering, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia, 29th July 2019 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #632)
by Addie Irawan • Mohd Razali Daud • Ahmad Nor Kasruddin Nasir • Mohd Ashraf Ahmad • Muhammad Sharfi Najib • Yasmin Abdul Wahab • Nur Aqilah Othman • Nor Maniha Abd Ghani • Sabira Khatun • Raja Mohd Taufika Raja Ismail • Mohd Mawardi Saari • Ahmad Afif Mohd FaudziThis book presents the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Electrical, Control & Computer Engineering 2019, held in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia, on 29th July 2019. Consisting of two parts, it covers the conferences’ main foci: Part 1 discusses instrumentation, robotics and control, whil... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Erfolgsrezept Konvergenz – gemeinsam innovativ
Dieses Buch zeigt, wie Marketing und IT gemeinsam die Business Transformation vorantreiben und mit innovativen Produkten und Services Kunden begeistern k#65533;nnen. Allerdings leben Marketing und IT in zwei Welten, sprechen verschiedene Sprachen, haben unterschiedliche Prozesse, #65533;berzeugunge... More
Language: GERCopyright: 2017