Unlock the power of great questions What do you think most engages a prospective client, or makes a lasting impression on someone you?ve just met? The popular belief is that we win business by being clever and quick on our feet, and that our brilliance ? saying just the right thing ? is what attract[...]
Unlock the power of great questions What do you think most engages a prospective client, or makes a lasting impression on someone you ve just met? The popular belief is that we win business by being clever and quick on our feet, and that our brilliance saying just the right thing is what attracts ot[...]
Greater knowledge and transparency are often promoted as the keys to solving a wide array of governance problems. In Instituting Nature, Andrew Mathews describes Mexico's efforts over the past hundred years to manage its forests through forestry science and biodiversity conservation. He shows that t[...]
In an expanded and updated edition of the best-selling guide, the author of Spontaneous Healing presents a definitive program for improving and maintaining health, illuminating ways in which we can optimize individual healing power, covering such areas as diet, exercise, lifestyle, stress, environme[...]
Alexander the Great changed the face of the ancient world. During his life and after his death, his image in works of art exerted an unprecedented influence-on marbles, bronzes, ivories, frescoes, mosaics, coins, medals, even painted pottery and reliefware. Alexander's physiognomy became the most fa[...]
The first textbook on the psychology of the cybercriminal also considers victims, legal issues and solutions to cybercrime.[...]
This work focuses on the creation of, and struggle over, urban order in four cities in Eastern and Southern Africa, namely Nairobi, Lusaka, Zanzibar, and Lilongwe, and the workings of power in the planning processes for each city. It covers colonial rule and postcolonial inheritance in these cities[...]
Based On Ethnographic Fieldwork spanning twenty years, Power Plays is the first scholarly book in English on wayang golek, the Sundanese rod-puppet theater of West Java. It is a detailed and lively account of the ways in which performers of this major Asian theatrical form have engaged with politica[...]
This book provides an international comparative study of the implementation of disability rights law and policy focused on the emerging principles of self-determination and personalisation. It explores how these principles have been enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons[...]
An arsenal of powerful questions that will transform every conversationSkillfully redefine problems. Make an immediate connection with anyone. Rapidly determine if a client is ready to buy. Access the deepest dreams of others. "Power Questions" sets out a series of strategic questions that will help[...]
"Increasing oil prices . . . America struggling with a recession . . . European nations at risk of defaulting on their loans . . . A possible global financial crisis. It happened before, in the 1970s"."""Oil Kings "is the story of how oil came to dominate U.S. domestic and international affairs. As [...]
While America struggles with a recess ion, oil prices soar, revolution rocks the Middle East, European nations risk defaulting on their loans, and the world teeters on the brink of a possible global financial crisis. This is not a description of the present, however, but the 1970s. In "The Oil Kings[...]
Hitler's rise to power, Germany's march to the abyss, as seen by Americans--diplomats, military, expats, visiting authors, Olympic athletes--who watched horrified and up close.Some of the Americans in Hitler's Germany were merely casual observers, others deliberately blind, a few were Nazi apologist[...]
Hitler's rise to power, Germany's march to the abyss, as seen through the eyes of Americans--diplomats, military officers, journalists, expats, visiting authors, Olympic athletes--who watched horrified and up close. By tapping a rich vein of personal testimonies, Hitlerland offers a gripping narrati[...]
"Power Tools for Reason 6" is a comprehensive book that provides a quick-start tutorial that not only gets you up and running quickly, but also delves into advanced sequencing and mixing techniques. With the advent of Reason 6, it is now possible to record, mix and produce music at a professional le[...]
The Power in Reason 5 begins with an overview of the program and the basic operations of how to record and edit MIDI. Next is a look at some of Reason's instruments, such as the Subtractor and ReDrum Drum Computer. Also discussed is how to apply effects to really build up the sound. Then, you will b[...]