This excellent new volume in the series from the Society for Economic Anthropology focuses on the role of labor in contrasting world economies. The contributors offer a diverse collection of case studies, illustrating labor processes in a wide range of contexts in both western and nonwestern societies. The volume presents a detailed portrait of how the mobilization of labor changes dramatically with variations in social, political and economic conditions, as well as location and time perio...

Are Your Sales Team Working Efficiently? Are they Doing the Right Things in the Right Way at the Right Time? Discovering the Full Potential of Your Team Will Empower You to Smash Every Target! Selling and Buying has been around since the start of mankind so it should be simple and we should be good at it, right? Well one thing is for sure being good at selling is critical to your business – whether you are a long established and successful company or an ambitious “start” up, you need to se...

What Makes You a Good Sales Manager? Is Your Team Selling or Order Taking? Give Yourself a Competitive Edge and Create Explosive Sales Growth with the Techniques You Will learn from this Business Book. Large organisations spend huge amounts of money trying to increase the competitiveness of their selling activity. The money is mainly spent on Sales Automation, CRM programmes, extensive training courses and recruitment to replace people. However one key area that is neglected is the role an...

A strange illness triggered by two mysterious stone discs tormented the Zheng family for thirty years, but with the appearance of a book, the truth began to emerge. A father who vanished without a trace, a strange corpse in an underground chamber, and a mysterious thief who appeared in the dead of night forced the Zheng family's descendants to join forces with fellow travelers on a long journey of exploration and a arduous quest to unravel the mystery... The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, a pristi...

This collection of interviews demonstrates that U.S. Latinas/os of South American background have contributed pioneering work to U.S. Latina/o literature and culture in the twenty-first century. In conversation with twelve significant authors of South American descent in the United States, Juanita Heredia reveals that, through their transnational experiences, they have developed multicultural identities throughout different regions and cities across the country. However, these authors' wor...

Unjustly hunted, their families murdered in cold blood, Estefan Ernando and his loyal band emerged from that horror to the pinnacle of the criminal underworld. They’ve built a gigantic syndicate of interconnecting corporations, foundations and enterprises stretching across the Solar System, a vast new empire of Humanity called the Sixteen Worlds of Sol. They are the Aegis Synod – bound by marriage, their undying love and extraordinary long life.They possess power never before seen ...

In a world where "your success will be proportional to your ability to control your emotions," or in other words, "the first to lose control is the first to fall," we cannot allow this dynamic to persist in our personal lives, professional endeavors, and social environments.It is our duty as modern individuals—whose intellect sets us apart from any other species—to learn how to manage our emotional impulses, develop the necessary skills to face the...

There are many feel-good and lukewarm doctrines prevalent today through all forms of media, but Heredia, through the use of personal anecdotes and through a faith-led, logical questioning, challenges the reader to go beyond your comfort zone, to think critically about life, faith, the church, God and how these powerful forces in our lives direct and shape us and our thought-processes. "Cardboard Astronaut" is an easy read - meaning that you won't need a writing jacket, pipe, and absolute s...

I Was Mondie All Along is a poignant collection of poems by Armando Heredia that delves into the raw and transformative journey of self-discovery, healing, and resilience. Through vivid imagery and heartfelt reflections, Heredia explores themes of grief, love, identity, and the enduring impact of childhood trauma. From the weight of memory to the lingering tides of loss, these poems offer a deeply personal yet universal exploration of what it means to find oneself amidst life’s collisions....

The Secrets of Mrs. G The Secrets of Mrs. G belongs to a tradition of books written to teach how to live, not through fiction or confession, but through practical knowledge passed among women at the table, at home, and in everyday work. Across its pages, Mrs. G offers recipes, natural formulas, and advice on caring for the body, hair, and personal presentation, alongside guidance on sewing, household economics, and the ordering of family life. These forms of knowledge appear not as anecdot...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.It was midnight and raining nonstop in New York City. John runs barefoot in a hospital gown, desperately trying to escape several secret agents chasing him on a foot pursuit through streets and railroad tracks. John is memoryless but soon discovers he's been sent in time to prevent a series of people disappearances when his timeline and Captain Maddock's collide after the methodical Captain is tasked to solve this highly atypical case w...

Everyday resistance, peacebuilding and state-making addresses debates on the liberal peace and the policies of peacebuilding through a theoretical and empirical study of resistance in peacebuilding contexts. Examining the case of 'Africa's World War' in the DRC, it locates resistance in the experiences of war, peacebuilding and state-making by exploring discourses, violence and everyday forms of survival as quotidian acts that attempt to challenge or mitigate such experiences. The...