Summer 1995: Ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her fathers explosive temper and seek refuge at her mothers ancestral home in Memphis. This is not the first time violence has altered the course of the familys trajectory. Half a century earlier, Joans grandfather built this majestic house in the historic Black neighborhood of Douglass—only to be lynched days after becoming the first Black detective in the city. Joan tries to settle into her new life, but family secrets...

The 3rd edition Course Book includes: All new reading texts from the Financial Times All new case studies with opinions from successful consultants who work in the real world of business All new listening texts reflecting the global nature of business New 'Business Across Cultures' spreads New Vocabulary Trainer www.marketleader.vocabtrainer.net

Geïnspireerd door zijn ervaringen in Amerika richtte Peter Ottens Youth Empowerment Through Sports (YETS) op. Deze stichting helpt kwetsbare jongeren in hun vorming zodat ze een volwaardige rol in de maatschappij kunnen vervullen. YETS biedt jongeren een nieuwe en veilige omgeving, waarin samen gebasketbald wordt, samen wordt gegeten en samen huiswerk wordt gemaakt. Het is een omgeving waarin jongeren onvoorwaardelijk worden geaccepteerd en zij hun kwetsbaarheid mogen laten zien. Zo

brengt Y...

Managing, controlling and improving quality is a critical activity in modern business organizations. Quality is directly linked to productivity, competitiveness, customer satisfaction, business growth, elimination of waste and other non-value added activities, and overall business success. Cycle time and throughput is just as important in a hospital emergency room as it is in a semiconductor factory.

Defects and errors don't occur just in factories, they occur in transactional and service bus...

Adopts a pluralist approach introducing students to both environmental economics and ecological economics highlighting the explanatory power, and complementarity, of both approaches in exploring the economics of environmental and natural resource issues. This edition includes enhanced and updated coverage of topics such as the Green New Deal, post-Paris climate discussions, development in carbon trading systems, and deforestation in the Amazon to ensure the text is up-to-speed with the latest...

This book offers an introduction to the archaeology of the Islamic world. It traces the history of the discipline from its earliest manifestations through to the present and evaluates the contribution made by archaeology to the understanding of key aspects of Islamic culture. The author argues that it is essential for the results of archaeological research to be more fully integrated into the wider historical study of the Islamic world.

Organising the book into broad themes allows a focus on ...

As violence escalates in the Middle East, a peace agreement between Israel and Palestine seems more elusive than ever. Yet one thing remains clear: without constructive dialogue such an agreement cannot occur. This timely volume presents just such a dialogue.

It brings together opinions, perspectives, and research focused on one of the region's most complex and volatile problems: the Palestinian refugee situation.Based on a 1999 conference at the University of Oklahoma International Program C...

The executive director of the Design Program at Stanford and the co-founder of Electronic Arts outline strategies for enabling a thriving life by incorporating "design thinking" habits that promote fulfillment and meaning by emulating the examples of the engineers of today's most popular technologies.

Goed leiderschap begint bij het durven verkennen en delen van jouw perspectief én luisteren naar dat van een ander.

Wat zie jij? Vanuit die simpele vraag vertrekt dit inspirerende boek over leiderschap, moed en menselijkheid. Perspectiefrijk Leiderschap neemt je mee op een reis langs zeven levensfasen van de leider als held – van geboorte tot het overdragen. Aan de hand van persoonlijke verhalen en reflectieve vragen nodigt dit boek je uit stil te staan bij je eigen perspectieven...

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is een succesvolle behandeling voor de verwerking van emotioneel belastende herinneringen aan traumatiserende of stresserende ervaringen. Dit is het eerste Nederlandstalige boek dat zich exclusief richt op de behandeling van kinderen en jongeren met EMDR. Dit volledig vernieuwde handboek beschrijft de toepassing van EMDR bij kinderen en jongeren. Ook is er aandacht voor de toepassing bij specifieke psychopathologie, specifieke doelgroepen e...