Author: Freada Kapor Klein
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: workplace, leaving, brightest, notice, giving
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2007-10-19
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0787998095
ISBN-13: 9780787998097

A groundbreaking book that offers approaches for changing the hidden biases in the workplace This is an eye-opening examination of the causes and dynamics of bias in the workplace, offering a psychological, political, and societal analysis of the actual cost of bias to the bottom line. The authors make the hurdles that women and minorities face in the workplace as personal to the reader as they are to those who face them. Giving Notice is filled with sensible approaches for solving the current imbalance and challenges us to rethink unconscious ideas about stereotypes and commonly accepted b

Authors:Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton,  Murphy
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Keywords: audiobook, giving, agreement, negotiate, getting
Number of Pages: 1
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0743526910
ISBN-13: 9780743526913

We’re constantly negotiating in our lives, whether it’s convincing the kids to do their homework or settling million-dollar lawsuits. For those who need help winning these battles, Roger Fisher has developed a simple and straightforward five-step system for how to behave in negotiations. Narrated soothingly by NPR announcer Bob Edwards, Fisher adds the meaty portions of the material with a sense of playfulness. The blend of voices makes this tape easy to listen to, especially the real-life negotiating scenarios, in which negotiating examples are given. This is a must-have tape for

Authors:Ken Blanchard, S.Truett Cathy,
Publisher: Zonderva
Keywords: time, talent, treasure, giving, joy, factor, discover, generosity
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2002-08-01
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0310246601
ISBN-13: 9780310246602

In the tradition of the mega-bestseller, The One Minute Manager, author Ken Blanchard and fast-food entrepreneur S. Truett Cathy (Chick-fil-A) create a parable that demonstrates the virtues of generos

Author: Mary Kay Carso
Publisher: Sterling
Keywords: voice, world, giving, graham, biographies, alexander, sterling
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-08-01
List price: $5.95
ISBN-10: 1402732309
ISBN-13: 9781402732300

Inspired by his nearly-deaf mother and a father who developed a “visible alphabet” of all the possible sounds a human being can make, Alexander Graham Bell spent the greater part of his life trying to improve the way people communicated with one another. It was this desire that led him to create his most famous invention, the telephone, and turned him into one of the most well-known names of all time. Young readers will find themselves fascinated by this in-depth look at Bell’s life and times; his journey from compassionate teacher to master inventor; his success—by just a

Author: Lenore Skenazy
Publisher: Jossey-Ba
Keywords: going, nuts, worry, freedom, children, range, kids, giving, free
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2009-04-20
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0470471948
ISBN-13: 9780470471944

FREE RANGE KIDS has become a national movement, sparked by the incredible response to Lenore Skenazy?s piece about allowing her 9-year-old ride the subway alone in NYC. Parent groups argued about it, bloggers, blogged, spouses became uncivil with each other, and the media jumped all over it. A lot of parents today, Skenazy says, see no difference between letting their kids walk to school and letting them walk through a firing range. Any risk is seen as too much risk. But if you try to prevent every possible danger or difficult in your child?s everyday life, that child never gets a chance to gr

Authors:Gemma M. M. Jones, Bère L. Miesen,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: volume, vol, applications, research, giving, dementia, care
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 2004-08-25
List price: $43.95
ISBN-10: 1583911898
ISBN-13: 9781583911891

The first two volumes of Care-Giving in Dementia integrated up-to-date neurobiological information about dementia with specific developments in care-giving. Taking the same multidisciplinary approach, and drawing contributions from leading practitioners, this third volume will prove invaluable to health and mental health professionals caring for people with dementia. Key themes in Volume 3 include: personal construct psychology and person-centred care; living in lifestyle groups in nursing homes; music therapy for people with dementia; support programmes for caregivers of people with dementia;

Author: Vicki Niblett
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Keywords: medications, safely, giving, calculation, guide, dosage, nurse
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2005-10-20
List price: $48.95
ISBN-10: 078175853X
ISBN-13: 9780781758536

This dosage calculations textbook is designed expressly for use in Canadian schools of nursing. It teaches three methods of dosage calculation—ratio and proportion, cross-multiplying of fractions, and formula—using the SI Unit system of measurement. Plentiful sample questions from across nursing care settings with clear use of the three calculation approaches give students immediate opportunity to practice each step taught. Canadian drug trade names are used throughout the text. The book includes self-tests to help students identify areas that require further practice. Make a Note boxes re