The second edition of Public History: A Textbook of Practice offers an updated guide to the many opportunities and challenges that public history practitioners can encounter in the field.Historians can play a dynamic and essential role in contributing to public understanding of the past, and those who work in historic preservation, in museums and archives, in government agencies, as consultants, as oral historians, or who manage crowdsourcing projects need very specific sk...

Le gros, c'est Cornélius Chesterfield, sergent zélé et discipliné de l'armée du Nord des Etats-Unis. Le petit, c'est Blutch, un malin râleur et désabusé qui ne rêve que de déserter. Pris dans les affres de la Guerre de Sécession, ces deux-là font ce qu'ils peuvent pour échapper aux ennuis que leur valent des chefs bornés, des ordres aberrants et un destin décidément contraire...À travers des histoires pleines de rire et d'action, Lambil et Cauvin nous offrent une critique acerbe de...

A thematic map is a map that illustrates more than simply geographical relationships or locations, but rather also portrays themes, patterns, or data relating to physical, social, medical, economic, political, or any other aspect of a region or location. Examples include maps that show variations of population density, climate data, wealth, voting intentions, or life expectancy with geographical location. These tools have become central to the work of scientists, practitioners, and student...

This series in three volumes considers maps as constructions resulting from a number of successive transformations and stages integrated in a logical reasoning and an order of choices. Volume 2 focuses on the impact of the quantitative revolution, partially related to the advent of the computer age, on thematic cartography.

The intelligence of Self (TIOS) offers a new, dynamic and effective approach to personal development. Designed to offer readers the opportunity to use a refined typological tool to learn their current default position on their psychological roadmap, and consciously integrate disowned or undeveloped aspects of their personality, creating internal balance, peace harmony and joy for their future.This approach enables us to:get a snapshot of the map of our existing psyche....

From a leading computer scientist, a unifying theory that will revolutionize our understanding of how life evolves and learns.How does life prosper in a complex and erratic world? While we know that nature follows patterns -- such as the law of gravity -- our everyday lives are beyond what known science can predict. We nevertheless muddle through even in the absence of theories of how to act. But how do we do it?In Probably Approximately Correct, c...

My purpose in writing "NLP Techniques Anyone Can Use" is to briefly illustrate the potential of NLP and to encourage you to explore how NLP concepts can make a difference in your life. I begin by showing that NLP is based on solid theoretical footings from respected disciplines such as: psychology, physiology, systems theory and communication. This is followed by ten typical NLP processes that illustrate the breadth and potential of NLP. The ten NLP processes include a description of when ...

BE YOURSELFBE INTROVERTED BE HAPPYAll your life you've heard the myths . . .•Introverts are depressed and lonely.•Introverts wish they were more outgoing.•Introverts lack self-confidence.These stereotypes about introverts have been propagated by the people who do all the loud talking—the extroverts. To counter these (and many more) common misconceptions, author Elizabeth Wagele, a self-proclaimed introvert, offers a book that delivers the truth: The Happy Introvert.This compassionate guide...

Do you enjoy being the center of attention? Are you more interested in facts and figures than in theories? Do you make to-do lists? Would you rather be truthful or tactful? Do you have a few close friends rather than a wide range of acquaintances? Are you more empathetic and compassionate than logical and rational?These are just a few of the questions about yourself that you can answer with What Type Am I? Based on the classic personality test taken by mil...

Few people devote time to think about, or to improve, their thinking processes, preferring, instead, to focus on outcomes—decisions, plans, conclusions, and judgments—that so preoccupy the North American psyche. This fixation on the latter stages of thinking is backwards and responsible, in large part, for results that are not always optimal. Think Well & Prosper provides insights into the structure of thinking. It breaks down—analyses—the thinking process into understandable steps and seq...

Codependency author and expert Darlene Lancer explains the narcissist's mind and motives and the personality of their partners. Dealing with a Narcissist reveals the unconscious forces driving their mutual attraction and relationship dynamics and sheds light on the damaging impact narcissists have on their partners and children. This is also workbook with strategies that can improve your self-esteem and help you maintain your self-respect and set boundaries in relationships with addicts, n...

Narcissism is a modern epidemic, and it’s spreading rapidly. But how do you know if you are in a relationship with one—and, what can you do about it? We live in a world of romance and rescue, where many believe love will conquer all, and that the more we endure unacceptable behavior, the more likely that we can “fix” our relationships. It doesn’t always work that way—despite what the fairy tales tell us. There are a few hard facts about pathological narcissism that most people don’t know a...