Author: Carlotta Hacker
Publisher: Formac
Keywords: doctors, lady, indomitable
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2001-11-15
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0887805434
ISBN-13: 9780887805431

As late as 1874 no women were licensed to practice medicine in Canada. Indeed, Canada’s first female doctor, Dr. James Miranda Stuart Barry, was a man. Or so thought her superiors in the British Army.In this fascinating and inspiring account of the courage, heroism, and dedication of Canada’s pioneer women doctors, Carlotta Hacker traces the lives of a wide range of women who worked throughout the world, combining the struggle for women’s rights with remarkable medical achievements. Serving in the Canadian West, as missionaries in China, Tibet, and India, or advancing knowled

Authors:Kiatchai Sophastienphong, Yibin Mu, Carlotta Saporit
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: term, finance, growth, developing, markets, asian, bond, south
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2008-08-29
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0821376012
ISBN-13: 9780821376010

The financial sectors in South Asia Region (SAR) are dominated by commercial banks, which account for the vast majority of the financial system s assets. The domestic debt markets including the government bond and corporate bond markets are at an early stage of development and there are few institutional investors. In recent years, countries in SAR have attempted to develop local debt markets, although the pace of development remains uneven and slow due to many regulatory and institutional impediments. With the notable exception of India, governments in SAR have yet to implement measures requi

Author: P. M. S. Hacker
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: philosophical, investigations, commentary, analytical, mind, wittgenstein
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2000-04-18
List price: $55.95
ISBN-10: 0631219870
ISBN-13: 9780631219873

This fourth and final volume of the monumental commentary on Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations covers pp 428-693 of the book. Like the previous volumes, it consists of philosophical essays and exegesis.

Author: P. M. S. Hacker
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: analytic, philosophy, century, twentieth, place, wittgenstein
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 1996-11-13
List price: $47.95
ISBN-10: 0631200991
ISBN-13: 9780631200994

Author: Diana Hacker
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin’
Keywords: apa, updates, mla, manual, style, pocket
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2009-06-05
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0312593244
ISBN-13: 9780312593247

Click here to find out more about the 2009 MLA Updates and the 2010 APA Updates. The first of its kind, A Pocket Style Manual continues to help student writers get answers to their writing and research questions. Its concise and straightforward content is flexible enough to suit the needs of writers in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, health professions, business courses, fine arts, teacher training courses, and beyond. Its slim format, brief length, and spiral binding make it a portable and practical tool. With its signature Diana Hacker quick-reference features, A Pocket Style Ma

Author: Carol Hacker
Publisher: CRC Pre
Keywords: morale, low, cost
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 1997-04-03
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 1574440985
ISBN-13: 9781574440980

While the morale of an organization is an intangible element composed of feelings and attitudes of individuals and groups, the effects of morale include tangible and extremely important factors such as profits, efficiency, quality, and productivity. Low morale and its costliest indicator, high turnover, can be a tremendous drain on a company’s finances. Managers often view morale as mysterious and unpredictable, when in fact it is a measurable, controllable expense. The High Cost of Low Morale explores the underlying causes of low morale and offers you field-proven, practical methods for

Author: Martina Hacker
Publisher: Mouton De Gruyter
Keywords: topics, english, linguistics, study, syntactic, clauses, scots, semantic, adverbial
Number of Pages: 306
Published: 1999-01
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 3110156431
ISBN-13: 9783110156430

Presents a syntactic and semantic analysis of a corpus of written and spoken texts in contemporary Scots. The book provides a comparison with contemporary standard English, earlier stages of the English language and neighbouring languages to place Scots in the wider context of European languages.