The workforce has changed. Have your hiring habits kept up?In Fire Your Hiring Habits, Dr. John W. Mitchell—President and CEO of the Global Electronics Association—exposes the flaws in today’s hiring and retention practices and offers a bold, actionable roadmap for building a resilient and adaptive workforce for 2025 and beyond.Whether you’re in the C-suite, HR, or leading a team in any industry, this book is your call to abandon outdated systems a...

John Hanson Mitchell has long written about his garden outside of Boston, and about the plants and animals with whom he shares this land. In 2022, the United Nations and others started reporting the true severity of the climate crisis as the Earth passed a point of no return. All across the globe it was the worst year on record for climate-related disasters, including extinctions, deadly floods, massive fires, and dramatic droughts, all of which have worsened since that year. Mitchell, lik...

(Feb. 1999) - "Unseen Twin Peaks" compares the scripts with the televised versions for episodes 2016-2021! Also: the rare Twin Peaks board game from Japan; Fire Walk With Me promo material; Chris Isaak in concert; and TV round-up! "X-Files Extra" covers humor in XF and Anderson talk show appearances! And more!Wrapped in Plastic Magazine was a bi-monthly magazine devoted to analysis and critique of the works of David Lynch and other artists associated with the television series, Twi...

(June 2001) - The final episode of Twin Peaks explained, with previously unpublished photos! Plus All Souls, and a lengthy X-Files discussion by Martha Nochimson and John Pierce!Wrapped in Plastic Magazine was a bi-monthly magazine devoted to analysis and critique of the works of David Lynch and other artists associated with the television series, Twin Peaks. WIP regularly featured in-depth analyses of films (and other projects) by Lynch, interviews with Twin Peaks actors, writers,...

(June 1996) - WIP examines Twin Peaks as a new television genre and its influence on Northern Exposure and Picket Fences. Plus: Peaks vs. Murder One; the 1992 Twin Peaks calendar; Heaven's Prisoners; Fenn's A Season in Purgatory; and more. "X-Files Extra": XF in Britain (part 3); Anderson in Washington, D.C.; Smoking Man news; and much more!Wrapped in Plastic Magazine was a bi-monthly magazine devoted to analysis and critique of the works of David Lynch and other artists associated...

Using official statistics, this book explores how the SNP managed to confound expectations and win a parliamentary majority in the 2011 Scottish General Election. Perhaps surprisingly, it was not constitutional politics or the return of the Conservatives to power in Westminster but domestic issues that decided the vote in the SNP's favour.

When love turns to hate—that's where I come in.I'm Halton Andrew Smithers, attorney. Hal to my clients and friends.Messy divorces, deadbeat dads, runaway wives, cheating partners—I handle them all. I know the seedy side of love, and it isn't pretty. I avoid emotional attachments—I've seen all too often when hot passion turns to frozen tundra.I satisfy myself with helping people behind the scenes. It gives me a sense of satisfaction that completes my...

The #1 guide to behavioral issues in medicine delivering thorough, practical discussion of the full scope of the physician-patient relationship"This is an extraordinarily thorough, useful book. It manages to summarize numerous topics, many of which are not a part of a traditional medical curriculum, in concise, relevant chapters."--Doody's Review Service - 5 stars, reviewing an earlier editionThe goal of Behavioral Medicine is to help prac...

FIVE stolen rings, FOUR calling birds, THREE French kisses, TWO falling in love, and a Partridge in a pear tree…Stella Partridge never expected to move back to her hometown. She never expected to be a house-sitter for the twelve days leading up to Christmas as a desperate bid to earn some extra money. And she definitely never expected to recognize the thief that breaks into the house she's watching: Jack Piorra, her childhood best friend, the one who turned cold an...

Some of humankind's greatest tools have been forged in the research laboratory. Who could argue that medical advances like antibiotics, blood transfusions, and pacemakers have not improved the quality of people's lives? But with each new technological breakthrough there comes an array of consequences, at once predicted and unpredictable, beneficial and hazardous.Outcry over recent developments in the reproductive and genetic sciences has revealed deep fissures in society's percepti...

This innovative collaborative work—the first to focus on Buddhist tourism—explores how Buddhists, government organizations, business corporations, and individuals in Asia participate in re-imaginings of Buddhism through tourism. Contributors from religious studies, anthropology, and art history examine sacred places and religious monuments as they have been shaped and reshaped by socioeconomic and cultural trends in the region.Following an introduction that offers the first theoret...

The Fireless Cook Book turns a simple idea into a remarkably practical system for the home kitchen: bring food to a boil, seal it in an insulated cooker, and let retained heat do the rest. Written for inexperienced cooks as well as seasoned household managers, it explains the science behind fireless cooking and shows how this method can save fuel, labor, utensils, kitchen heat, and money while improving flavor and freeing the cook from constant attention. The book traces the evolution from...