Many organizations worldwide are currently exploring the potential gains to be made from working with virtual teams. Although many different things are meant by use of 'virtual' (and indeed by 'teams'), usually it denotes groups of people with common purpose and goals working in different locations and often different time zones; they will be interconnected via a variety of telecommunications networks, perhaps including the Internet and intranet, video conferencing, shared white boards, as...

This book provides essential knowledge and tools for home visitors and other parent-facing professionals to build trusting relationships with pregnant and postpartum clients, in order to provide them with the information, guidance, resources, and signposting they need to avoid adverse health outcomes. Adverse health outcomes as a result of pregnancy and birth affect millions each year, affecting physical and mental health – and in some cases resulting in death. Due to bias and persistent s...

Pamela Edwards was going blind.What job could she do without vision?How would she support herself and her children?When Pamela received her retinitis pigmentosa diagnosis, it sent her world into chaos. As a single mother of three small children, she had to fight. Giving into the blindness was never an option. She needed to find a way but feared time was not on her side. With the help of those closest to her, she found the resources and confidence to...

Abigail Mott was a Quaker and abolitionist from New York who, along with fellow Quaker M. S. Wood, has compiled a provocative collection of stories of “Colored Americans.” They range from well-known figures such as Phillis Wheatley and Sojourner Truth to the common men and women who give poignant insights of their life. Selections consist of short anecdotes, essays, stories, letters and poetry. Many have strong religious and spiritual themes.

In "The Queen of Spades, and Other Stories," Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin masterfully weaves tales that explore the intricate interplay of fate, desire, and the human condition. Through a combination of rich characterization and psychological depth, Pushkin reveals the moral complexities of his characters, set against the backdrop of 19th-century Russian society. This collection encapsulates Pushkin's signature Romantic style, blending realism with elements of folk tales and the supernatur...

Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander is a lucid, classicizing chronicle of the Macedonian's campaigns from the Hellespont to the Hyphasis. In measured, Xenophontic prose, it marries crisp battle narratives—Granicus, Issus, Gaugamela—to analyses of logistics, siegecraft, and provincial settlement, with ethnographic asides and sparing speeches. Rejecting the sensational Cleitarchan stream, Arrian foregrounds Ptolemy and Aristobulus to craft a sober, administratively minded history within the Secon...

The Sailor's Word-Book is an encyclopedic lexicon of the sea's technical and vernacular speech, arranged alphabetically and ranging from seamanship, navigation, gunnery, rigging, shipbuilding, to messroom slang and ceremonial usages. Smyth's definitions are concise yet richly allusive, with cross-references and etymological notes drawn from Admiralty practice, voyages, and classical sources. Situated between Falconer's Universal Dictionary of the Marine and late-Victorian handbooks, it cap...

Full-cast dramatisations of three of Noel Streatfeild's classic children's booksRising to fame with her 1936 novel Ballet Shoes, Noel Streatfeild soon became one of the most popular authors of her day. She was one of the first winners of the Carnegie Medal and was awarded an OBE in 1983. She died in 1986, but her stories continue to captivate children today. Included here are three of her very best - Ballet Shoes, The Growing Summer and When t...

This comprehensive eBook presents significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - estimated 16100 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • War and Peace • Anna Karenina • Best Russian Short Stories • What Men Live By, and Other Tales • A Letter to a Hindu • "The Kingdom of God Is Within You" • The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories • Where Love Is There God Is Also • Tolstoy on Shakespeare: A Critical Essay on Shakespeare • Childhood • The Kingdom of God is Within You...

The breakthrough book BIG BIM little bim gives practical approaches that architects, engineers, owners, educators, students and builders can understand and apply today. Based on twenty years of successful integrated projects, this book will help you to cut through the hype to achieve clarity about integrated practice and building information modeling.

The Idiot is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1868–9. The title is an ironic reference to the central character of the novel, Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, a young man whose goodness, open-hearted simplicity and guilelessness lead many of the more worldly characters he encounters to mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence and insight. In the character of Prince Myshkin, Dostoevsky s...

In recent years, developing a value proposition has become a prime consideration for businesses. A value proposition is an analysis and quantified review of the business benefits, costs and value that a company can deliver to prospective customers and customer segments. Creating and Delivering your Value Proposition provides guidance for business leaders - demonstrating why having a strong value proposition is so important for a company. This practical new title shows readers how ...