The Legislative Branch : Making Laws
by Brian Duignan, Carolyn DeCarlo
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1538301709 | 130 Pages | PDF | 8.1 MB

The Judicial Branch : Evaluating and Interpreting Laws
by Brian Duignan, Carolyn DeCarlo
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1538301679 | 130 Pages | PDF | 7.65 MB

Anton Chekhov, Luba Terpak, Michael Terpak, Robert Payne, Milton Glaser, "The Island: A Journey to Sakhalin"
English | 1967 | ASIN: B000GOYRXG | 374 pages | PDF | 4.2 MB
In 1890, the thirty-year-old Chekhov, already knowing that he was ill with tuberculosis, undertook an arduous eleven-week journey from Moscow across Siberia to the penal colony on the island of Sakhalin. Now collected here in one volume are the fully annotated translations of his impressions of his trip through Siberia and the account of his three-month sojourn on Sakhalin Island, together with his notes and extracts from his letters to relatives and associates.Highly valuable both as a detailed depiction of the Tsarist system of penal servitude and as an insight into Chekhov's motivations and objectives for visiting the colony and writing the expose, Sakhalin Island is a haunting work which had a huge impact both on Chekhov's career and on Russian society.

The Influence of Culture on Human Resource Management Processes and Practices By Dianna Stone, Eugene Stone-Romero
2007 | 360 Pages | ISBN: 0805845992 | PDF | 8 MB
It is clear that organizations are becoming more culturally diverse, and a better understanding of multiculturism and its impact on organizations is needed. This book, with contributions from expert academics, is designed to motivate both the further development of models concerned with the influence of cultural diversity on several Human Resource Management processes and practices and the design and conduct of empirical research on the same topic. It primarily focuses on processes and practices that occur at three general phases; the pre-hire phase, the selection phase, and the post-hire phase. An improved understanding of the roles that culture plays in such processes and practices should contribute to both the efficiency and effectiveness of organizations and the performance and well-being of their members. This edited book is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students in industrial and organizational psychology, human resource management, sociology of work, and cultural diversity within organizations. It can provide a central resource in classes on organizational psychology, strategic human resource management, and global issues in human resource management. Professionals and practitioners who increasingly interact with organizational issues at the global level will find this book essential to their work.

The Indigenous Paradox: Rights, Sovereignty, and Culture in the Americas (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights) by Jonas Bens
2020 | ISBN: 0812252306 | English | 280 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
An investigation into how indigenous rights are conceived in legal language and doctrine

Barbara J. Keys, "The Ideals of Global Sport: From Peace to Human Rights "
English | ISBN: 0812251504 | 2019 | 248 pages | PDF | 2 MB
"Sport has the power to change the world," South African president Nelson Mandela told the Sporting Club in Monte Carlo in 2000. Today, we are inundated with similar claims-from politicians, diplomats, intellectuals, journalists, athletes, and fans-about the many ways that international sports competitions make the world a better place. Promoters of the Olympic Games and similar global sports events have spent more than a century telling us that these festivals offer a multitude of "goods": that they foster friendship and mutual understanding among peoples and nations, promote peace, combat racism, and spread democracy. In recent years boosters have suggested that sports mega-events can advance environmental protection in a world threatened by climate change, stimulate economic growth and reduce poverty in developing nations, and promote human rights in repressive countries. If the claims are to be believed, sport is the most powerful and effective form of idealistic internationalism on the planet.

The Historic Turn in the Human Sciences By Terence McDonald
1996 | 214 Pages | ISBN: 0472066323 | PDF | 28 MB
In The Historic Turn in the Human Sciences eleven scholars widely known for their interdisciplinary work investigate one of the most striking developments in the intellectual world today: the return to history by a wide range of academic disciplines. From ''new historicism'' in literary theory, to ''ethnohistory,'' to ''historical sociology,'' these new approaches have resulted both in more works of historical analysis and in a more self-conscious attempt to locate the human sciences in their own histories. The essays in The Historic Turn in the Human Sciences --eight of them published here for the first time--take stock of these changes from the perspectives of some of the disciplines most deeply involved: anthropology, sociology, political science, law, literary studies, and history itself. Many of the authors have played a crucial role in producing the historic turn in their own disciplines. The volume as a whole, therefore, goes significantly beyond a mere inventory of these changes to ask how and how much history can make a difference; how the practice of history is affected by post-structural and other theories; and what is left of both unproblematized history and social science after the historic turn. Taken together the essays give a sense both of what these various turns to history have in common and what sets them apart. This comparative dimension distinguishes the volume from those that have analyzed the impact of history on a single field or have assayed its effects without including historians themselves. In the wake of the historic turn neither the historical actor nor the historical analyst will ever again be seen as a colossus striding over the pages of history. This volume explains in an extraordinary thought-provoking and challenging way why this must be so. Terrence J. McDonald is Professor of History, University of Michigan.

Rie, "The Happy Home Baker Cookbook: Elegant And Fun Sweets Made Simple"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 9814841560 | 152 pages | True PDF | 165.7 MB
Better known as @happyhomebaker, Rie creates treats with the philosophy of keeping things uncomplicated. In this collection of recipes, she shares how elegant French-style confections and fun Japanese sweets can be made easily in a home kitchen without compromising on taste or flair. Step-by-step illustrations and helpful baking tips offer added guidance, so that preparing classics like canele and dorayaki, and fun creations like hojicha coffee sponge cake and kinako dacquoise with black sesame buttercream, becomes effortless and enjoyable.

The Handbook of Financial Instruments By Frank J. Fabozzi, Frank J. Fabozzi CFA
2002 | 862 Pages | ISBN: 0471220922 | PDF | 6 MB
A key decision that investors face is how to allocate their funds among the wide spectrum of financial instruments available. To intelligently make that allocation decision, it is imperative that you understand the investment characteristics of the major asset classes and the markets in which they trade. The Handbook of Financial Instruments is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of such a wide variety of financial instruments. Written by experts in their respective fields, this book arms individual investors as well as institutional investors with the knowledge to choose and effectively use many of the financial instruments available in the market today. Topics covered include: The properties of financial markets and the fundamentals of investing Common stock Fixed income products, including money market, Treasury, federal agency, corporate bonds, emerging market, mortgage-backed securities, and asset-backed securities Mutual funds and exchange-traded funds Investment-oriented life insurance products, including cash value life insurance and annuities Hedge funds and private equity funds Real estate investments Derivative instruments such as futures/forward contracts, options, futures options, swaps, caps, and floors Pick up The Handbook of Financial Instruments and find out how you can use a variety of different asset classes to construct and manage a portfolio to achieve your investment objectives.

The Habit Trip: A Fill-in-the-Blank Journey to a Life on Purpose by Sarah Hays Coomer
English | December 1st, 2020 | ISBN: 0762498986 | 224 pages | True EPUB | 4.86 MB
Live a life of motivation and purpose with The Habit Trip, an active journey to fulfillment, one micro-change at a time!