Private Management and Public Policy is a landmark work at the intersection of business and society. First published in 1975, it focuses on the management processes that companies use to respond to social issues. The text develops the "principle of public responsibility" as an alternative to the notion that firms have unlimited accountability. And, it presents one of the first systems-based approaches to corporate responsibility, providing theoretical support for business involvem...

Marcos Kedalion knows amazing things, reports what he experienced and learned as a friend of Poserich, reports on the influence of unknown powers on human destinies, on the limits of human will, on the transformation of the earth, a mysterious people, primeval dramas and tragedies, secrets in the wilderness of Siberia, bloody wars, but also of love and happiness, and an offer to live among the stars for an unlimited time. And he shows how everything, to this day, is always repeated, albeit...

In matters of faith we generally accept what parents, Sunday school teachers, friends or ministers tell us. That was certainly the story of my youth and early years in the ministry. Given the fact that such matters are non-scientific and un-testable by traditional scientific means and that there is a wide range of Christian beliefs it is perfectly understandable that people are either puzzled or uninterested when trying to make sense of it all.Ghosties & Ghoulies peels awa...

The Greatest Works of Melville Davisson Post: 40+ Titles in One Edition gathers the essential fiction of a master of early twentieth-century American mystery, including the celebrated Uncle Abner tales and other stories of crime, conscience, and detection. Post's prose combines legal precision with Gothic atmosphere, regional realism, and moral allegory, situating his work between the Victorian detective tradition and the modern American crime story. His plots often turn on subtle evidence...

Political economy scholarship suggests that private sector investment, and thus economic growth, is more likely to occur when formal institutions allow states to provide investors with credible commitments to protect property rights. This book argues that this maxim does not hold for infrastructure privatization programs. Rather, differences in firm organizational structure better explain the viability of privatization contracts in weak institutional environments. Domestic investors - or, ...

As you have traveled, whether for pleasure, business, or governmental diplomacy, how many times have you said, "If I had only known?"Knowledge is sometimes all that stands between failure and success of any foreign endeavor. A lack of knowledge, no matter how insignificant, can lead to failure.As to international business, a knowledge of product and American business practice alone is not enough. You must have the ability to grasp how you and your interests are viewed throu...

Darren Hopkins, a young, naïve international businessman without government experiences is hired as a research analyst with the President’s National Security Committee and suddenly finds himself embroiled in a highly divisive struggle. He learns that so-called super patriots are acquiring weaponry from the Mid-East and that the CIA is trying to track the shipments. But the CIA fails and the potential volatility of a link between America’s domestic terrorists and international terrorists se...

"Our world is very different from the world our founders sought to address, in ways our forebears in the 1950s could have hardly imagined. Yet we remain what we have always been at our best, a people bearing witness to a grand moral vision rooted in the Bible and the person of the crucified and risen Christ, and a people of spiritual audacity prepared to risk old assumptions for the sake of new possibilities." - John H. Thomas, former General Minister, and President, United Church of Chris...

St. Psote, Bishop of Psoï, delivered a poignant homily on the eve of his martyrdom, addressing his congregation with a sense of urgency about repentance and divine judgment. He emphasized the responsibilities of ecclesiastical leaders while warning against the treachery of the Devil and the importance of vigilance in spiritual warfare. His message, steeped in biblical allusion and monastic ideals, reflects the gravity of his impending death and the necessity of a faithful life. Psote's wor...

Many, perhaps most textbooks of quantum mechanics present a Copenhagen, single system angle; fewer present the subject matter as an instrument for treating ensembles, but the two methods have been silently coexisting since the mid-Thirties. This lingering dichotomy of purpose for a major physical discipline has much shrouded further insights into the foundations of quantum theory.Quantum Reprogramming resolves this long-standing dichotomy by examining the mutual relation be...

Several antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) now have regulatory indications for treating bipolar disorder. There is growing evidence that AEDs in general have a variety of useful psychotropic effects. Antiepileptic Drugs to Treat Psychiatric Disorders is the first comprehensive, clinically oriented reference on the use of AEDs to treat a variety of psychiat

A Treasury of Early Spy Thrillers – 3 Classic Espionage Novels invites readers into the shadowy world of espionage through a curated selection of groundbreaking early 20th-century spy narratives. These works explore themes of intrigue, secrecy, and loyalty through diverse literary styles that range from the intricate plotting of mystery to the suspenseful prose characteristic of classic espionage tales. By weaving together the tense atmospheres and high-stakes adventures emblematic of the ...