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This is an updated and expanded version of Mr. Ortiz Hill's previous book, Conspiracies of Kindness, and is written especially for medical professionals and those in the helping professions, as well as students learning these professions. In this book, Ortiz Hill includes several additional interviews with medical doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals, as well as those involved in the world of healing, who speak about how compassion is...

An unbiased look at how the economic practices of corporations, leaders, and government are severely damaging the American way of life Most of us have lived our lives by the rules--going to school, investing in real estate, and building careers--but the so-called Great Recession has changed everything. Cannibal Capitalism: How Big Business and the Feds Are Ruining America answers the questions on everyone's lips, what happened and where do we...

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This tenth revised edition of the popular marker guide contains inscriptions on 1, 513 markers erected across the state between 1935 and 2007. The markers are conveniently grouped by county, and the counties are arranged alphabetically. Included are separate maps for each of the 100 counties and 107 additional illustrations.

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The First Hints of Purple is a wide-ranging collection of stories whose meticulous, elegant prose encompasses everyday experience alongside shrewd and often comic insights into human nature. Many of the tales are familiar in form whilst others comprise what Hill refers to as 'indeterminate literary entities'.

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From the Roanoke Colonies to the dawn of the twenty-first century, the story of North Carolina's governors is a prism through which to view Tar Heel history. This volume contains biographical sketches of the ninety-nine men, from Ralph Lane to Michael F. Easley, who have served as North Carolina's chief executive. Arranged alphabetically, the informative biographical sketches are accompanied by pictures or signatures of the governors.

Building on the success of the previous two editions, this book provides students with an exemplary overview of the theory and practice of public policy implementation and how it relates to contemporary public management. In doing so, this new edition makes use of more illustrative examples, delves further into researching implementation and explores issues about the relationship between policy formulation and implementation in greater depth. ...

Building on the success of the previous two editions, this book provides students with an exemplary overview of the theory and practice of public policy implementation and how it relates to contemporary public management. In doing so, this new edition makes use of more illustrative examples, delves further into researching implementation and explores issues about the relationship between policy formulation and implementation in greater depth. ...

As a long time prosecutor, law school professor, business man and political operative, I've noticed repeatedly that certain skills and traits are indispensable to succeed in any field or endeavor. In, "How to Succeed in Business By Really Trying", Mike Hill presents many of these in a comprehensive, memorable and entertaining way. The simplicity and down to earth style of his writing lets you forget the difficulty of the lessons that you painl...

A splendidly comprehensive account of the country houses in the western half of Dorset, which accompanies the author's previous acclaimed volume on the houses of the eastern part of the county. West Dorset presents a contrast with its intimate valleys and hidden houses.

Spanning biophysics, biochemistry, land use change, and measuring and modeling, this book addresses the quantitative spatial and temporal dynamics of global savannas. It describes the global savanna biome in terms of broad ecological properties, temporal dynamics, disturbance levels, and human dimensions. The text examines carbon, water, energy, and trace gas fluxes for major global savanna regions. It also looks at quantitative surface proper...

What do we really know and understand about pensions? This book provides a much-needed basic guide to the issues surrounding pension policy, not just in the UK but worldwide. Michael Hill offers an illuminating examination of this highly topical subject, reviewing contemporary arguments about pensions in the UK and elsewhere, and emphasizing the difficulty of reconciling short political time frames with the provision of long term pension polic...

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This new text provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to Local Authority Social Services, the main context in which UK social work is practised .

Demonstrating how psychologists use theory, philosophy, and history to illuminate the subjects they study, this book explores both the obstacles and benefits of integrating these perspectives into contemporary Western psychology. It offers a timely survey of current ideas at the crossroads of these disciplines and represents new ideas about how psychology can respond to changes on what it means to be human and on how to further this knowledge....