Get to know the twelve men Jesus called, trained, and sent out to the ends of the earth with his message of love and grace:Peter, strong leader, sometimes weak, mission to Cappadocia, dies in Rome.Andrew, always in the shadow of Peter, goes to around the Black Sea.James, having a fiery temper, becomes the leader of the Jerusalem Church.John, beloved discip...

In the last decade many countries turned to private sources to provide services formerly offered by public agencies. Europeans, particularly the British and the French, were leaders in this movement. Developing countries also experimented extensively with privatization in the 1980s, with varying degrees of success. Because governments around the world are heavily involved in transportation, it is a natural focus of privatization experiments and in many ways has been at the cutting edge.

Everyone ought to be profoundly concerned with the "development" of the leaner and consequently the development of society. The ultimate standard (value) for such development is to attain a more adequate level of value and moral awareness, sensitivity, reasoning, and action.The why, what, and how of the value education "emphasis" are being seriously confronted in a more dedicate and systematic manner. This is perhaps symptomatic of something much deeper in our personal and social f...

140 Civil War Journals, Diaries and Memoirs assembles an expansive documentary chorus from the American Civil War, joining battlefield recollections, camp journals, prison narratives, naval observations, military analysis, and retrospective memoir. Its range of forms preserves the uneven textures of lived history: immediate diary entries register uncertainty and exhaustion, while later accounts impose narrative shape on campaigns, command, captivity, and survival. Accounts of marching, com...

This book presents detailed information on the Meyers Neuropsychological Battery (MNB) and the statistical system used to interpret the neuropsychological data patterns. By using the statistical methods a more consistent and appropriate interpretation can be made. This book contains information on normative data, performance validity, ecological validity, calculating strengths and weaknesses, comparison groups, and premorbid estimates as well as the statistical methods used with the MNB.

Popular music and its listeners are strongly associated with newness and youth. Young people can stay up late dancing to the latest hits and use cutting-edge technology for listening to and sharing fresh music. Many young people incorporate their devotion to new artists and styles into their own developing personalities. However, if popular music is a genre meant for the youthful, what are listeners to make of the widespread sampling of music from decades-old R&B tracks, sold-out anniversa...

What is a committed employee? Are employees who are committed better or worse off than employees who are uncommitted? What are the organizational advantages and disadvantages of having a committed workforce? Commitment in the Workplace provides an overview of academic and popular perspectives on what committed employees look like and how they become committed. The multiple faces of commitment are examined as are the links that have been established between the various forms of commitment a...

#1 Instant BestsellerA nostalgic, fast-paced ride through the world of music and entertainment, Tempted is also the story of Campanelli’s lost years, wandering through the temporary highs and crushing lows of a gambler’s secret life.Tempted recounts Campanelli’s journey from an idyllic childhood in Hamilton to his complicated life in front of the camera during the peak years of MuchMusic and Entertainment Tonight Canad...

A fascinating guide to the secret worlds of the intertidal zoneThe vast and diverse California coast is an awe-inspiring place of exploration and discovery, full of life forms that are shockingly unfamiliar. Intertidal fish that can breathe in air, worms that build entire reefs, and seaweeds that can be mistaken for tar spots—these are as common as the more familiar barnacles that eat with their feet. Unicorn snails lie still on the rocks as they drill into the she...

Have you ever wondered what death is like? Have you ever wondered if it is painful and scary? Let me ease your worries about the inevitable. This ebook is compiled of some of the greatest authors and thier experiences. As much as some of us choose not to believe in spirituality and the Realms of Heavan, the fact is...all of it really does exist. Each of us are made of energy that came from the same ball of energy, so to speak. And our soul (energy) has been placed into a form of energy tha...

Urbanization and growing wealth in developing countries portend a large increase of demand for modern energy services in residential, commercial and public-service buildings in the coming decades. Pursuing energy efficiency in buildings is vital to energy security in developing countries and is identified by the Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change as having the greatest potential for cost-effective reduction of CO2 emissions by 2030 among all energy-consuming sectors.Building energy effic...

First published in 1986. Gerald C. Meyers believes that a crisis in business – as in life – is often foreseeable. He also believes that it can be managed, offering an unprecedented opportunity for positive change in a company. If you are to succeed in business today, you must learn to manage rapid change, you must learn to manage crisis.Meyers has developed a plan for practical crisis management. He explains the stages of a business crisis and then details nine common types, incorp...