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The Contract Advantage

by CHARLES PARKS ...

The Contract Advantage shows you how to transition from daily survival to stable, recurring revenue through strategic contract relationships. Learn directly from over 30 years of proven success navigating commercial contracts, institutional relationships, and long-term moving operations.Inside, you'll learn:Why organizations prefer contract moversHow to prepare your business for institutional ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

The Contract Advantage shows you how to transition from daily survival to stable, recurring revenue through strategic contract relationships. Learn directly from over 30 years of proven success navigating commercial contracts, institutional relationships, and long-term moving operations.Inside, you'll learn:Why organizations prefer contract moversHow to prepare your business for institutional
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Radical Inclusivity

Critical Language Awareness in the Language and Writing Classroom

Edited by Gloria Park, Quanisha Charles, Shannon Tanghe, Marie Webb ...

Series Book 134 - New Perspectives on Language and Education
This book contains a collection of chapters that blend theory and practice to share the hows and whys of implementing radical inclusivity in the language and writing classroom. It highlights the experiences and practices of global K-20 teachers and teacher educators and the many ways they promote these radically inclusive practices in their classrooms. The chapter authors outline what radical ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

This book contains a collection of chapters that blend theory and practice to share the hows and whys of implementing radical inclusivity in the language and writing classroom. It highlights the experiences and practices of global K-20 teachers and teacher educators and the many ways they promote these radically inclusive practices in their classrooms. The chapter authors outline what radical
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China, Asia, and the New World Economy

Edited by Barry Eichengreen, Yung Chul Park, Charles Wyplosz ...

The rise of Asia, and China specifically, is the single most important force reshaping the world economy at the beginning of the 21st century. From a low of 20 per cent in 1950, Asia's share of global GDP has now risen to 33 per cent and will exceed 40 per cent within a generation if current forecasts are realized. Asia's growing weight in the world economy is elevating it to a central position in ... Read more

$47.19 CAD

The rise of Asia, and China specifically, is the single most important force reshaping the world economy at the beginning of the 21st century. From a low of 20 per cent in 1950, Asia's share of global GDP has now risen to 33 per cent and will exceed 40 per cent within a generation if current forecasts are realized. Asia's growing weight in the world economy is elevating it to a central position in
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Techno-Orientalism

Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media

by David S. Roh, Betsy Huang, Greta A. Niu, Kenneth Hough, Jason Crum, Victor Bascara, Warren Liu, Seo-Young Chu0, Abigail De Kosnik1, Jinny Huh2, Steve Choe3, Se Young Kim4, Dylan Yeats5, Julie Ha Tran6, Kathryn Allan7, Aimee Bahng8, Douglas S. Ishii9, Tzarina T. Prater0, Catherine Fung1, Charles Park2 ...

Series series Asian American Studies Today
What will the future look like? To judge from many speculative fiction films and books, from Blade Runner to Cloud Atlas, the future will be full of cities that resemble Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, and it will be populated mainly by cold, unfeeling citizens who act like robots. Techno-Orientalism investigates the phenomenon of imagining Asia and Asians in hypo- or hyper-technological terms in ... Read more

$42.99 CAD

What will the future look like? To judge from many speculative fiction films and books, from Blade Runner to Cloud Atlas, the future will be full of cities that resemble Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, and it will be populated mainly by cold, unfeeling citizens who act like robots. Techno-Orientalism investigates the phenomenon of imagining Asia and Asians in hypo- or hyper-technological terms in
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Persecuted from Within

How the Saints Endured Crises in the Church

by Alec Torres, Joshua Charles ...

Narrated by Tom Parks ...

Unabridged

9 hours 19 min

Many Catholics have either left the Church or been scandalized by the errors or immorality rampant in her clergy. We've watched aghast as faithful Catholics have been restricted or punished without just cause, while those who confuse, contradict, or undermine the Faith are elevated. In this bold and urgent book, the authors notice an apparent absurdity: those most disciplined by the Church at this ... Read more

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Many Catholics have either left the Church or been scandalized by the errors or immorality rampant in her clergy. We've watched aghast as faithful Catholics have been restricted or punished without just cause, while those who confuse, contradict, or undermine the Faith are elevated. In this bold and urgent book, the authors notice an apparent absurdity: those most disciplined by the Church at this
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The Variety Stage

A History of the Music Halls from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

by A. J. Park, Charles Douglas Stuart ...

Music hall was a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era, beginning around 1850. It faded away after 1918 as the halls rebranded their entertainment as variety. Perceptions of a distinction in Britain between bold and scandalous Music Hall and subsequent, more respectable Variety differ. Music hall involved a mixture of popular songs, comedy, ... Read more

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Music hall was a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era, beginning around 1850. It faded away after 1918 as the halls rebranded their entertainment as variety. Perceptions of a distinction in Britain between bold and scandalous Music Hall and subsequent, more respectable Variety differ. Music hall involved a mixture of popular songs, comedy,
... Read more
Macarthur and Martha

by Kaye Ellen Charles ...

This is a cute and funny little rhyming story about MacArthur and Martha, two Australian sheep who only have eyes for each other. The humour will entertain readers, and it has an educational component because it is shearing time for the sweethearts. Rest assured that although their day was quite traumatic, there is a lovely happy ending to put those precious little ones off to sleep with sweet ... Read more

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This is a cute and funny little rhyming story about MacArthur and Martha, two Australian sheep who only have eyes for each other. The humour will entertain readers, and it has an educational component because it is shearing time for the sweethearts. Rest assured that although their day was quite traumatic, there is a lovely happy ending to put those precious little ones off to sleep with sweet
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Garvanza

by Charles J. Fisher, Highland Park Heritage Trust ...

Series series Images of America
Named for the garbanzo bean that Julio Verdugo raised on his Rancho San Rafael, the town of Garvanza was laid out by Ralph Rogers in 1886. The community soon became a haven for artists and others seeking a refuge from the growing urban life of Los Angeles. Early institutions included the Church of the Angels and the Judson Studios, founded by painter William Lees Judson to create art through ... Read more

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Named for the garbanzo bean that Julio Verdugo raised on his Rancho San Rafael, the town of Garvanza was laid out by Ralph Rogers in 1886. The community soon became a haven for artists and others seeking a refuge from the growing urban life of Los Angeles. Early institutions included the Church of the Angels and the Judson Studios, founded by painter William Lees Judson to create art through
... Read more
Korean Communication, Media, and Culture

An Annotated Bibliography

by Kyu Ho Youm, Nojin Kwak, Yoonmo Sang, Ahran Park, Seok Kang, Seungahn Nah, Seungahn Nah, Matthew A. Shapiro0, Hun Shik Kim1, John C. Carpenter2, Namkee Park3, Seungyoon Lee4, Jae Eun Chung5, Hye-ryeon Lee6, Hye-Jin Paek7, Minsun Shim8, Peter J. Schulz9, Jacqueline Hitchon0, Jae-Hwa Shin1, Eyun-Jung Ki2, Eyun-Jung Ki3, Arunima Krishna4, Min-Sun Kim5, Yongick Jeong6, Akira Miyahara7, Ju Oak Kim8, Dong Hoon Kim9, Hye Seung Chung0, Ji-yoon An1, N. Trace Cabot2, Chang Dae Ham3, Dal Yong Jin4 ...

Korean Communication, Media, and Culture is a bibliography of English-language publications for non-Korean-speaking academics, researchers, and professionals. In addition to the actual annotations of all the major books, book chapters, journal articles, and theses/dissertations, each chapter includes contextual introductory commentary on its topic. The authors not only historicize their findings ... Read more

$55.99 CAD

Korean Communication, Media, and Culture is a bibliography of English-language publications for non-Korean-speaking academics, researchers, and professionals. In addition to the actual annotations of all the major books, book chapters, journal articles, and theses/dissertations, each chapter includes contextual introductory commentary on its topic. The authors not only historicize their findings
... Read more
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Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 (Unabridged)

by Charles Eliot ...

Narrated by Peggy Parkhill, Ethel Woods, Laura Brown ...

Unabridged

21 hours 2 min

In this comprehensive historical sketch, Charles Eliot delves into the origins and evolution of Hinduism and Buddhism, two of the world's most influential religions. Spanning centuries and tracing the development of these faiths from their inception to their modern manifestations, Eliot provides a captivating account of their beliefs, practices, and impact on human civilization. This first volume ... Read more

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In this comprehensive historical sketch, Charles Eliot delves into the origins and evolution of Hinduism and Buddhism, two of the world's most influential religions. Spanning centuries and tracing the development of these faiths from their inception to their modern manifestations, Eliot provides a captivating account of their beliefs, practices, and impact on human civilization. This first volume
... Read more
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Don’t Tell the President

The Best, Worst, and Mostly Untold Stories from Presidential Advance

by Jean Becker, Tom Collamore ...

Narrated by Charles Constant, Nan McNamara, Tom Parks ...

Unabridged

9 hours 14 min

Dukakis is in the tank! The Queen looks like a talking purple hat! We didn’t leave Chelsea Clinton in Moscow, right?The most harrowing and hilarious stories behind presidential events over the past sixty years—from the Rose Garden to Air Force One, foreign trips to the campaign trail—detailing the art of preparation that goes into these delicate, high stress operations and revealing how they have ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

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Dukakis is in the tank! The Queen looks like a talking purple hat! We didn’t leave Chelsea Clinton in Moscow, right?The most harrowing and hilarious stories behind presidential events over the past sixty years—from the Rose Garden to Air Force One, foreign trips to the campaign trail—detailing the art of preparation that goes into these delicate, high stress operations and revealing how they have
... Read more

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The Butterflies of Meadow Hill Manor

by Stefanie Parks ...

Narrated by Josie Charles ...

Unabridged

3 hours 15 min

Amy has been sent to live with her aunt at Meadow Hill Manor in Belper, Derbyshire, to help her ‘recover’. Rumours abound that the house is haunted, but Amy doesn’t care. It’s just another place to live and Amy is determined not to care about anything. What would be the point?Amy’s obsession with shutting the world out is interrupted when she hears strange noises in the house. Here she finds ... Read more

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Amy has been sent to live with her aunt at Meadow Hill Manor in Belper, Derbyshire, to help her ‘recover’. Rumours abound that the house is haunted, but Amy doesn’t care. It’s just another place to live and Amy is determined not to care about anything. What would be the point?Amy’s obsession with shutting the world out is interrupted when she hears strange noises in the house. Here she finds
... Read more

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