Authors:David C Thomas, Kerr Inkson,
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Keywords: global, business, skills, people, intelligence, cultural
Number of Pages: 222
Published: 2004-05-10
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1576752569
ISBN-13: 9781576752562

Much more than simply a list of protocols, Cultural Intelligence helps readers develop a mind-set that can be applied to any number of countries, cultures, and business situations. It is a systematic way to approach the tremendous variety of interactions and challenges that business people must face around the world - much easier and more realistic than documenting every trait of every culture and preparing to cater to each. This book presents a three-stage process for becoming culturally intelligent. These steps involve learning the fundamental principles of cross-cultural interactions, such

Author: Ian J. Kerr
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Keywords: history, transportation, society, moving, india, change, railroads, made, engines
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2006-12-30
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0275985644
ISBN-13: 9780275985646

The former Jewel in the Crown of the British Empire, India remains, by any measure, a major economic and political actor on the world scene. Without her extensive railway network--completed against all odds by her British colonial masters--it is impossible to imagine what might have become of the diverse lands and peoples of the subcontinent. These railway networks brought them together as a colony; these networks fostered the nationalism that would be Britain’s downfall. This rail network both remade the physical landscape and brought social-cultural cohesion to a diverse and wide-rangi

Author: M. E. Kerr
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Corp/Cc
Keywords: cavendish, classics, marshall, forever, trapped, love
Number of Pages: 178
Published: 2009-03-01
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0761455450
ISBN-13: 9780761455455

Stein, the new boy at Cayuta High, is nicknamed "Doomed" by classmates who never guess he ll soon be the school star. He invents a newspaper called REMOTE, with ads everyone wants to imitate. Before long, Stein, the nerd who seemed like a loser, is most WANTED himself, particularly by the girl dating the school’s star jock, star writer, star everything!Sometimes he who looks like a wimp is a winner -- big time! Back in print for the first time in over a decade, this classic book by master novelist M. E. Kerr was named an Outstanding Children’s Book by The New York Times.

Author: M. E. Kerr
Publisher: HarperTeen
Keywords: summer, someone
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2009-06-01
List price: $8.99
ISBN-10: 0061141011
ISBN-13: 9780061141010

Annabel first sees him playing soccer near her house. His name is Esteban—she sees it on the back of his team shirt. He notices her, smiles, then looks back over his shoulder at her again. It is the beginning of summer in the resort town of Seaview. It is also the start of a romance between a young Colombian who came to town to work and the daughter of a local contractor whose crews are entirely Latino—new immigrants who are changing the face of Seaview. This is the summer of war in Iraq, and of Hurricane Katrina. But in Seaview there are other concerns. In Annabel’s house her n

Author: Eve A. Kerr
Publisher: RAND Corporatio
Keywords: quality, literature, indicators, review, conditions, care, cardiopulmonary
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2000-10-25
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0833029215
ISBN-13: 9780833029218

This report is one of five volumes providing detailed information on the QA Tools, RAND’s comprehensive, clinically based system for assessing quality of care for children and adults. The QA Tools indicators encompass screening, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up in 46 clinical areas and cover a variety of modes of providing care, including history,physical examination, laboratory study, medication, and other interventions and contacts. Development of each indicator was based on the ratings of a panel of experts in the relevant fields and on a focused review of the scientific literature

Author: Jim Kerr
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Keywords: frontiers, final, earth, regions, polar
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2007-11-15
List price: $8.99
ISBN-10: 1432901176
ISBN-13: 9781432901172

This exciting new series looks at places on Earth (and beyond) that are yet to be fully explored. There are five books in the series including Outer Space and Remote Jungles. Each book teaches students what we know, how we found it out and possibilities for future explorations using new technology.It includes solid geographical content to explain where the places are and why they are unexplored. It considers the pros and cons of continuing to explore to encourage students to discuss the issues and make up their own minds. It features case studies from past and current explorations enabling stu

Author: Roy Kerr
Publisher: McFarland
Keywords: first, leadoff, hitter, baseball, times, billy, hamilton, life, sliding
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2009-12-04
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0786446390
ISBN-13: 9780786446391

Billy Hamilton, whose major league career spanned 1888-1901, holds the all-time record for runs scored in a season (196 in 129 games), number of consecutive games scoring a run (24), and career runs scored per game (1.06); he shares records for most triples in a game (4) and sacrifices in a game (4); and his average of one steal every 1.74 games bests Ricky Henderson’s. Despite these records, and his 1961 induction into the Hall of Fame, little has been written about him. This biography covers Hamilton’s entire life, including his major league career with the Kansas City Cowboys, P