Julia: 3709 books
Where the Truth Lies
Trust and Morality in the Business of PR, Journalism and Communications
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
The relationship between the serious news media and the truth is under scrutiny as never before. In recent years, the BBC and the New York Times have been knocked sideways by scandals alleging exaggeration and distortion. At the same time, the influence of the PR industry continues to expand, so that...
The Fixers
Devolution, Development, and Civil Society in Newark, 1960-1990
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
Stories of Newark’s postwar decline are easy to find. But in The Fixers, Julia Rabig supplements these tales of misery with the story of the many imaginative challenges to the city’s decline mounted by Newark’s residents and suburban neighbors. In these pages, we meet the black nationalists...
Wonderblood
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Set 500 years in the future, a mad cow-like disease called “Bent Head” has killed off most of the U.S. population. Those remaining turn to magic and sacrifice to cleanse the Earth.
Wonderblood is Julia Whicker's fascinating literary debut, set in a barren United States, an apocalyptic wasteland...
Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel
The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2008
A provocative look at the life and times of the man who created the original weapon of mass destruction
Drawing on her investigative and literary talents, Julia Keller offers a riveting account of the invention of the world's first working machine gun. Through her portrait of its misunderstood...
Power and Control of the Chinese Communist Party
An introduction to China's cadre management
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
The ebook is an introduction into China's cadre management focusing on the institutional mechanisms and organizational processes that allow the CCP to exert control and power over its state apparatus. By means of selection and appointment, the Party continues to influence career mobility of its agents....
The Dying Process
Patients' Experiences of Palliative Care
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
Taking as its focus a highly emotive area of study, The Dying Process draws on the experiences of daycare and hospice patients to provide a forceful new analysis of the period of decline prior to death.
Placing the bodily realities of dying very firmly centre stage and questioning the ideology...
Escalation in Decision-Making
Behavioural Economics in Business
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
When a venture seems to be faltering, do you persist and hope that things will get better or do you cut your losses? This may be one of the most important decisions business or project owners may ever have to make. Persistence involves the risk of throwing good money (or resources) after bad, but...
by Julia Yates
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
Uniquely combining the latest research into careers with the most up to date coaching approaches, Julia Yates shows how to effectively apply coaching techniques to the world of career support. Demonstrating how coaching research explains practice and how practice benefits from research, The Career...
The Diet Cure
The 8-Step Program to Rebalance Your Body Chemistry and End Food Cravings, Weight Gain, and Mood Swings--Naturally
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2012
More than 100,000 copies later, this breakthrough program is more effective than ever— substantially revised and updated to include the author's latest clinical research.
For the more than 160 million overweight Americans, dieting is a failure. Based on more than twenty years of proven clinical...
by Julia Day
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Julia Day's Fade to Us is a story about found families, the bond of sisterhood, and the agony and awe of first love.
Brooke's summer is going to be EPIC— having fun with her friends and a job that lets her buy a car. Then her new stepfather announces his daughter is moving in. Brooke has...
by Julia Wittmann
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Depression is on the rise. More and more people are severely affected by this disease. New drugs come out in record time...
You don't have to be part of this trend! It is time to take charge of your happiness. Dig into this entertaining quick guide to find out more about healing yourself naturally and joyfully. Don't wait any longer - be happy now!
Reading Autobiography
A Guide for Interpreting Life Narratives, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2010
With the memoir boom, life storytelling has become ubiquitous and emerged as a distinct field of study. Reading Autobiography, originally published in 2001, was the first comprehensive critical introduction to life writing in all its forms. Widely adopted for undergraduate and graduate-level courses,...
by Ana Iorga, Ming Hsu, Irit Shapira-Lichter
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
A comprehensive introduction to using the tools and techniques of neuroscience to understand how consumers make decisions about purchasing goods and services.
Contrary to the assumptions of economists, consumers are not always rational actors who make decisions in their own best interests....
Farm Anatomy
The Curious Parts and Pieces of Country Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2011
Learn the difference between a farrow and a barrow, and what distinguishes a weanling from a yearling. Country and city mice alike will delight in Julia Rothman’s charming illustrated guide to the curious parts and pieces of rural living. Dissecting everything from the shapes of squash varieties...