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"November, 1921. Edward VIII, Prince of Wales and future ruler of India, is arriving in Bombay to begin a four-month tour. The Indian subcontinent is chafing under British rule, and Bombay solicitor Perveen Mistry isn't surprised when local unrest over the royal arrival spirals into riots. But she's horrified by the death of Freny Cuttingmaster, an eighteen-year-old female Parsi student, who falls from a second-floor gallery just as the prince's grand...
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An optimistic assessment of the prospects for a new international order - acting as a counter-blast to global pessimism. The text explains how the international system operates, the pressures it faces and the changes it must undergo, and offers concrete ideas to re-frame international relations, foreign aid and humanitarian intervention, without using jargon or simplistic judgements.
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"Many have called our time dystopian. But The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On reminds us that apocalypse has already come in myriad ways for marginalized peoples. With lyric and tonal dexterity, these poems spin backwards and forwards in time--from Korean comfort women during World War II, to the precipice of climate crisis, to children wandering a museum in the future. They explore narrative distances and queer linearity, investigating...
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The authors have gathered 28 essays from a broad group of experts to delve into the concept of networks. This book considers all facets of the "network challenge," from supply chains to social networks, leadership to strategy, risk management to HR, terrorism to infectious disease. The books aims to teach the reader to: (1) harness the network to create value and identify opportunities; (2) learn about the impact of network dynamics on strategy, innovation,...
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Written from a global perspective, this book reviews sharing of library resources on a global scale. With expanded discovery tools and massive digitization projects, the rich and extensive holdings of the world's libraries are more visible now than at any time in the past. Advanced communication and transmission technologies, along with improved international standards, present a means for the sharing of library resources around the globe. Despite...
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"Jockeying navigator clans guide spaceships through the Hollows: an area of space populated by the mysterious but deadly creatures known as Tanglers. When a Tangler escapes the Hollows for the first time in living memory, each clan must send a representative to help capture it--but the mission may be doomed and the hearts of two clan juniors may be in danger too. Viet Nhi is not good with people. Or politics. Which is a problem when the Rooster clan...
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This lesson provides actionable tips on how to collaborate. This session is part of the insightful Future Human series. A vital aspect of becoming equipped for the future, collaboration involves cooperating with others to share skills and develop ideas. The ability to innovate, discuss new concepts, and understand different perspectives is essential in a fast-paced and interconnected world. Characterised by creativity, active listening, teamwork,...
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This practical guide shows how to facilitate collaboration among diverse individuals and organizations to navigate complexity and create change in our interconnected world.
The social and environmental challenges we face today are not only complex, they are also systemic and structural and have no obvious solutions. They require diverse combinations of people, organizations, and sectors to coordinate actions and work together even when the way...
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Modern diseases and viruses have been spurred anew by war and conflict as well as shifting poverty, urbanization, climate change, and a new troubling anti-science/anti-vaccination outlook. From such twenty-first-century forces, we have seen declines in previous global health gains, with sharp increases in vaccine-preventable and neglected diseases on the Arabian Peninsula, in Venezuela, in parts of Africa, and even on the Gulf Coast of the United...
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"Using a theatrical metaphor, this book describes the enormous and skilful organization required by the UN to create an effective international regime, producing the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, The Kyoto Protocol and the subsequent Bonn and Marrakesh Accords. It identifies six key elements that determine the necessary condition for successful outcomes"--Provided by publisher
11) The red apple
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"On a cold winter's day, Rabbit leaves his burrow in search of food, but all he can find is a single red apple hanging far out of reach. Maybe his friend Mouse can help get it down for him. But Mouse can't climb that high. Nor can their friend Fox manage to reach it. It isn't until they accidentally wake Bear from her slumber that they all find a way to work together and fill their bellies"--Dust jacket flap.
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With over a hundred case examples from around the globe and hundreds of literature references, the book reveals how collaboration between businesses and nonprofit organizations can most effectively co-create significant economic, social, and environmental value for society, organizations, and individuals. It features the ground-breaking Collaborative Value Creation framework that can be used for analyzing the sources, forms, and processes of value...
13) The bullseye principle: mastering intention-based communication to collaborate, execute, and succeed
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"The Bullseye Principleis a definitive, how-to guide to communicating, collaborating, and executing as a leader in the corporate arena. More specifically, it is self-contained tool box of essential communication techniques to help the reader master the most challenging and important business interactions every corporate leader will experience in their career, from the planning stages (blueprint) to the successful outcome (bullseye) of each. This book...
14) Remando juntos
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El coaching se ha convertido en una herramienta cotidiana de gestión cuyo peso en las organizaciones está aumentando constantemente. Sin embargo su uso en el mundo de la empresa se limita a momentos de crisis y se destina especialmente a aquellos empleados más problemáticos. Tampoco se establecen plazos claros en su aplicación, ofreciendo soluciones temporales (nunca de resultados sostenidos), y que casi siempre se utiliza para la mejora...
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Featuring case studies from companies such as Children's Hospital; U.S. Department of State; UPS; Vanguard; and Pabst Brewing Co.; this guide shows you how to create and execute a profit-driving; growth-focused strategy for your company that leverages social and collaborative technologies. --
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Humanity's embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to explore and exchange - whether it's goods, ideas or people - has led to stunning achievements in science, technology and culture. As a result, we live at a time of unprecedented wealth and opportunity. So why are we so intent on ruining it? From Stone Age hunter-gatherers to contemporary Chinese-American relations, Open explores how across time and cultures, we have struggled...
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"The fate of the climate change regime hangs in the balance as the UN-led negotiations try to forge a new international strategy for the post-2020 period. Since 1992, the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol has been the primary legal instrument to respond to the climate challenge. However, the intergovernmental process has been riddled with problems that have rendered it ineffective. The changing economic landscape has further made this country grouping...
18) All by himself?
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Illustrates that we are all connected and that no one goes through life--or builds anything--all by themselves.
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Over the last decade or so, private-sector financing through public-private partnerships (PPPs) has become increasingly popular around the world as a way of procuring and maintaining public-sector infrastructure, in sectors such as transportation (roads, bridges, tunnels, railways, ports, airports), social infrastructure (hospitals, schools, prisons, social housing) public utilities (water supply, waste water treatment, waste disposal), government...
20) Built to last
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Every creation two friends build together ends up tumbling down, except their friendship.
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