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The best martial artists know what they want when they enter the arena, they know how to get it, and they're not afraid to go after it. The same could be said of great negotiators. This book uses the principles of martial arts to guide readers step-by-step, from basic techniques through advanced strategies, all the way to achieving their "black belt" in negotiating. Packed with quizzes, scripts, checklists, and even a Negotiating Rating Sheet ...

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A resort community surrounded by mountains, Ojai is the gateway to Los Padres National Forest, the Sespe Creek Valley, and Lake Casitas Recreational Area. The setting offers inspiring views of and from Chief Peak and the majestic Topa Topa bluffs. The sleepy, spa reputation of Ojai (pronounced Oh-hi) belies one of the busier civic schedules of any California community its size. This corner of Ventura County is home of the world-renowned Ojai M...

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A village in Sierra Leone. A refugee trail over the Pyrenees in French Catalonia. A historic copper mine in Sweden. The Shuf mountains in Lebanon. The Swiss Alps. The heart of the West African diaspora in southeast London. The anthropologist Michael Jackson makes his sojourns to each of these far-flung locations, and to his native New Zealand, occasions for exploring the contradictions and predicaments of social existence. He calls his explora...

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Kooperationen innerhalb von Public Private Partnership oder Public Public Partnership haben in den letzten Jahren signifikant an Bedeutung gewonnen. Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der vergaberechtlichen Relevanz solcher Partnerschaftsformen.Im Rahmen des Kooperationsmodells wird neben der Entstehung einer Public Private Partnership durch Anteilsverkauf oder Neugründung auch die Eigenschaft einer solchen gemischtwirtschaftlichen Gesellschaft...

Penultimate Adventures with Britannia" is the sixth volume in Wm. Roger Louis' "Adventures with Britannia" series and, as in the earlier volumes, this is not a sedate guided tour but an exciting journey by a range of distinguished writers and academics through British cultural, intellectual, literary and political life, in its contact with other cultures and with international politics, and the tour is conducted by one of our greatest historia...

There is no more dramatic story in the annals of English witchcraft than that of the witches of Warboys. This book shows how, at one level, the story of Warboys features a conflict about honour and truth between two families in a close-knit Elizabethan village. At another level, the tale concerns a wider struggle between local gentry and yeomanry.

At the outbreak of the WWII, all cinemas in Britain were closed. Ten days later, they were opened again as a way of boosting morale. Over the next six years, some 300 feature films and thousands of short films were produced in what is seen as British cinema's 'finest hour'. This work charts this period through the eyes of thirteen key films.

Includes sections that features 'learning intentions' at the start, which provides a summary of the key concepts. This book includes worked examples and practice exercises to lead the user towards contextualized work. It focuses on useful skills, which supports those users who need to reinforce their previous learning experiences.

Takes you on a journey down both banks of the mighty Tyne, from Scotswood in the west to Tynemouth in the east. This title features photographs that evoke a time when the river resounded with the din of the riveters' hammers, and shipyards were to be seen at every bend and on both sides.

Kuhn and Feyerabend formulated the problem. Dilworth provides the solution. In this highly original and insightful book, Craig Dilworth answers all the questions raised by the incommensurability thesis. Logical empiricism cannot account for theory conflict. Popperianism cannot account for how one theory is a progression beyond another. Dilworth’s Perspectivist conception of science does both. While remaining within the bounds of classical ph...

Explores African art and artistic production in a volatile global marketplace

Formed in 1790, Patrick County is named for the Commonwealth of Virginia's first governor, Patrick Henry, who lived in neighboring Henry County. Located along the border of North Carolina where the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Appalachian Range cross the state line, the "Free State of Patrick" is half piedmont and half mountain plateau. This dividing geographic feature is reflected in the mountain people of Scots-Irish and German descent along ...

This book brings together for the first time an emerging centrist paradigm that the material cultural data, the biblical traditions, and the ancient Near Eastern written sources are all significantly relevant to the historical quest for Iron Age Israel.

When Slaves Became Masters, Rattana Pok's memoir of living through the genocidal regime of Pol Pot in Cambodia, one of the most tragic events of the 20th century. Pol Pot took Cambodia back to an agrarian society in just a four year period. Approximately two million Cambodians, nearly one third of the total national population, died in the process through starvation, over-work, and murder. Mr. Pok barely survived these childhood experiences. M...

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It's 1944 in New York City. Alan Silverman doesn't want to give up his stickball game for anyone-especially not for crazy-acting Naomi Kirshenbaum. But when he hears about her horrifying experience during the war in France, Alan changes his mind. Slowly, he struggles to befriend her, and one day-miraculously-she begins to trust him. Alan finds she is not only intelligent, but also fun to be with. But the scars of war are still very much with N...

In the late 1700s, a group of men, largely from Massachusetts, came into the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and settled a village in southeastern Ohio alongside the Hocking River. Calling it Athens to honor their belief in the primacy of education and culture in one's life, they set in motion a history that continues to inform and enliven life within this community today. Ohio University, the first public institution of higher learning...