Michele: 1668 books
Sustaining Global Growth and Development
G7 and IMF Governance
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Sustaining Global Growth and Development focuses on the new challenges for sustaining growth in the twenty-first century and the role of the G7 and IMF in meeting these challenges amidst the new processes of regionalism now emerging. The volume has three central purposes: · to assess how and how...
Financing Development
The G8 and UN Contribution
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
The critical challenge of financing development and sustainability is a key focus for the world's international financial institutions, led by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and, above all, the G8. This volume assesses the current practice and perspectives of the major developed...
by Albert O. Hirschman, Michele Alacevich
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
Originally published in 1967, the modest and plainly descriptive title of Development Projects Observed is deceptive. Today, it is recognized as the ultimate volume of Hirschman's groundbreaking trilogy on development, and as the bridge to the broader social science themes of his subsequent writings....
Debt 101
From Interest Rates and Credit Scores to Student Loans and Debt Payoff Strategies, an Essential Primer on Managing Debt
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2020
Get out of debt and use credit wisely with this easy-to-understand, comprehensive guide to making your debt work for you.
The key to borrowing, managing, and paying off debt is understanding what it is, how it works and how it can affect your finances and your life. Debt 101 is the easy-to-follow...
Economic Lessons from the Transition: The Basic Theory Re-examined
The Basic Theory Re-examined
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Economic Lessons from the Transition focuses on major transitions in the 1990s: the transition from central planning and communism to market capitalism and the global integration of national financial systems. The transitions were supposed to raise most peoples' standard of living; instead they dramatically...
Schools for All Kinds of Minds
Boosting Student Success by Embracing Learning Variation
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2010
This book shows how schools can--and must--develop expertise in "learning variation" (understanding how different kinds of minds learn) and apply this knowledge to classroom instruction in order to address the chronic learning challenges and achievement gap faced by millions of students....
Helping College Students Find Purpose
The Campus Guide to Meaning-Making
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
??PRAISE FOR HELPING COLLEGE STUDENTS FIND PURPOSE
"A generous and inspiring book! In the spirit of 'convocation,' Nash and Murray call together both university faculty and student affairs professionals to provide them new means for helping more college students realize the highest purpose...
Extreme Inequalities in Contemporary Capitalism
Should We Be Concerned About the Rich?
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2016
This book explores the mechanisms by which top incomes are achieved through work in today’s advanced economies and asks to what extent current extreme inequalities are compatible with widely held values of social justice. Reflecting on the heterogeneity of the working rich, the authors argue that...
Creating Culturally Responsive Schools
One Classroom at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
Today’s classrooms are extremely diverse and many educators are not prepared for the increasing need for culturally responsive teaching. Creating Culturally Responsive Schools: One Classroom at a Time strives to help teachers discover not only what it means to be a culturally responsive educator,...
by Michele Kehoe
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
New edition of this concise overview of organisational behaviour for quick reference or fast and effective exam revision.
Focussing on key themes and developments, this enhanced edition applies theoretical concepts to real-life situations, highlights definitions and key concepts, and provides...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth, 3rd Edition
Stress-Free Advice for a Healthy Pregnancy and Birth
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2010
Knowledge from the very start.
Bringing a child into the world is the most momentous time of one's life. Now parents can have the most up-to-date information on what to expect from the nine months of pregnancy and the entire process of childbirth. Written by an experienced OB-GYN and mother,...
Building a World Heritage City
Sanaa, Yemen
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
"Society of Architectural Historians Spiro Kostof Book Award, Honorable Mention, 2018"
The conservation of old Sanaa is a major cultural heritage initiative that began in the 1980's under the auspices of UNESCO; it continues today, led by local agencies and actors. In contrast to...
by Anne Ellen Geller, Michele Eodice
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
The imperative to write and to publish is a relatively new development in the history of academia, yet it is now a significant factor in the culture of higher education. Working with Faculty Writers takes a broad view of faculty writing support, advocating its value for tenure-track professors,...
Big Data, Big Analytics
Emerging Business Intelligence and Analytic Trends for Today's Businesses
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Unique prospective on the big data analytics phenomenon for both business and IT professionals
The availability of Big Data, low-cost commodity hardware and new information management and analytics software has produced a unique moment in the history of business. The convergence of these trends...