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In these candid oral history interviews, twenty-one leaders in higher education re¿ect on their experiences at Stanford during John L. Hennessy's tenure as president (2000-2016). Their stories illuminate the struggles and opportunities, the strategies, and the decision-making process of an exceptional leader and his team during both a golden age and a time of challenge for one of the world's greatest research universities. Hennessy and his te...

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This book not only provides a review of how the healthcare system operates, but also arms physician leaders with actionable information to reform the healthcare economy and satisfy their own motivations for entering the field of medicine.

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For more than eighty years, Lassie Come-Home has been the quintessential friendship story between a boy and his dog. From books to television to the silver screen, Lassie remains one of the most adventurous, courageous and loyal friends in the history of popular culture. Twelve-year-old Joe Carraclough can't imagine life without his family's dog and beloved friend, Lassie. The pair are inseparable, from walks home from school together every af...

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Lassie ist die schönste Collie-Hündin weit und breit, der Junge Joe liebt sie über alles. Als Joes Eltern schwere Zeiten durchleben, müssen sie das Tier verkaufen, und das neue Herrchen bringt es auf seinen Landsitz viele hundert Kilometer entfernt. Doch die treue Lassie ist unbeirrt: Auf einem langen Weg voller Abenteuer und Gefahren macht sie sich mutig auf nach Hause. Viele Generationen von Kindern haben die Collie-Dame als Fernsehhund in i...

Everyone in Greenall Bridge knew Sam Carraclough's Lassie. In fact, you might say that she was the best-known dog in the village ... because nearly every man in the village agreed she was the finest collie he had ever laid eyes on.'Sam's son Joe and Lassie are a devoted pair but a time comes when they have to be parted. The Carracloughs are not well off and when they fall on hard times Sam is forced to sell his champion dog to the Duke of Rudl...

These ten stories of Sam Small and other Yorkshiremen, were written by Eric Knight (of 'Lassie Come Home' fame), with pride and a touch of homesickness, while 'in exile' in America in the early 20th century. Sam Small is a brilliant creation, thick of accent but sharp of mind and with the power of flight! These stories are larger than life, full of improbable accounts and the humor that arises from clashes in culture, and all laced with tradit...

A new perspective on a diabolical problem. Climate change is one of the most polarising issues of our time, but it doesn't have to be that way. In Why We Argue about Climate Change, Eric Knight unpicks the misconceptions that keep us arguing about, and stop us seeing, the true nature of the problem - and its solutions. Why can't we learn anything about climate change from snowstorms or scorching temperatures? How have sceptics and believers co...

New edition of the children's classic, enriched with illustrations from Gary Blythe. Ages: 9+

Los textos aqui publicados aparecieron originalmente en el numero 214 de Historia Mexicana correspondiente al trimestre de octubre a septiembre de 2004"--T.p. verso.

How to solve the world's trickiest political problems?In Reframe, Eric Knight explains how a change of focus can reveal a solution that was lying just outside your frame of vision. From terrorism to global warming, from border security to high finance, he brings a new perspective that is both exhilarating and useful.Why can't we eliminate terrorism by killing terrorists?Why can't we learn anything about climate change by talking about the weat...

Wer kennt sie nicht, die schöne Collie-Hündin Lassie. Sie war eine der ersten Fernseh-und Kinostars, ihre unglaublichen Abenteuer begeisterten Jung und Alt. Erstmals erscheint die Geschichte der außergewöhnlichen Collie-Hündin nun als Hörbuch - Lassie kehrt zurück.

Lassie is Joe's prize collie and constant companion. But when Joe's father loses his job, Lassie must be sold. Three times she escapes from her new owner, and three times she returns home to Joe, until finally she is taken to the remotest part of Scotland - too far a journey for any dog to make alone. But Lassie is not just any dog.

Lassie is Joe's prize collie and constant companion. But when Joe's father loses his job, Lassie must be sold. Three times she escapes from her new owner, and three times she returns home to Joe, until finally she is taken to the remotest part of Scotland-too far a journey for any dog to make alone.But Lassie is not just any dog.First published in 1940, Lassie Come-Home has become one of the best-loved dog stories in the world. This beautiful ...

Lassie is Joe's prize collie and constant companion. But when Joe's father loses his job, Lassie must be sold. Three times she escapes from her new owner, and three times she returns home to Joe, until finally she is taken to the remotest part of Scotland-too far a journey for any dog to make alone . . . But Lassie is not just any dog.

The beloved classic tale of Lassie--first published in 1940--is now available in this beautiful edition that showcases the original text and illustrations within a striking new jacket. Line drawings.