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The Diversity Bonus

How Great Teams Pay Off in the Knowledge Economy

by Katherine Phillips, Scott Page ...

Series series Our Compelling Interests
How businesses and other organizations can improve their performance by tapping the power of differences in how people thinkWhat if workforce diversity is more than simply the right thing to do? What if it can also improve the bottom line? It can. The Diversity Bonus shows how and why. Scott Page, a leading thinker, writer, and speaker whose ideas and advice are sought after by corporations, ... Read more

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How businesses and other organizations can improve their performance by tapping the power of differences in how people thinkWhat if workforce diversity is more than simply the right thing to do? What if it can also improve the bottom line? It can. The Diversity Bonus shows how and why. Scott Page, a leading thinker, writer, and speaker whose ideas and advice are sought after by corporations,
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Top 10 Poets, The - Restoration

Five poems each from some of the best Restoration era poets

by John Milton, John Dryden, Andrew Marvell, Thomas Traherne, Katherine Phillips, Abraham Cowley, Aphra Behn, William Davenant, William Congreve, John Bunyan ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be ... Read more

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The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be
... Read more
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Top 10 Poets, The - Metaphysical

Five poems each from some of the best Metaphysical poets

by John Donne, John Milton, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell, Henry Vaughan, Katherine Phillips, Thomas Traherne, Thomas Carew, Abraham Cowley, Edmund Waller ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Libby Brunton, Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be
... Read more
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Rhyme A Dozen, A - Lesbian Love

12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic

by Emily Dickinson, Renee Vivien, Akiko Yosano, Charlotte Mew, Edith Sodergran, Katharine Lee Bates, Katherine Phillips, Matilda Betham Edwards, Radclyffe Hall, Sappho, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Wu Zao ...

Narrated by Ghizela Rowe, Eve Karpf, Shyama Perera ...

Unabridged

11 min

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme a ... Read more

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‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme a
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Water, Creativity and Meaning

Multidisciplinary understandings of human-water relationships

Edited by Liz Roberts, Katherine Phillips ...

Series series Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
At a time of great turmoil and crisis, environmentally, socially and politically, water has emerged as a topic of huge global concern. Moreover, many argue that what is needed in order to change our relationship with the environment is a cultural paradigm shift. To this end, this volume brings together diverse approaches to exploring human relationships with the watery world and the other living ... Read more

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At a time of great turmoil and crisis, environmentally, socially and politically, water has emerged as a topic of huge global concern. Moreover, many argue that what is needed in order to change our relationship with the environment is a cultural paradigm shift. To this end, this volume brings together diverse approaches to exploring human relationships with the watery world and the other living
... Read more
Understanding Statelessness

Edited by Tendayi Bloom, Katherine Tonkiss, Phillip Cole ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Human Rights
Understanding Statelessness offers a comprehensive, in-depth examination of statelessness. The volume presents the theoretical, legal and political concept of statelessness through the work of leading critical thinkers in this area. They offer a critique of the existing framework through detailed and theoretically-based scrutiny of challenging contexts of statelessness in the real world and ... Read more

$94.99 CAD

Understanding Statelessness offers a comprehensive, in-depth examination of statelessness. The volume presents the theoretical, legal and political concept of statelessness through the work of leading critical thinkers in this area. They offer a critique of the existing framework through detailed and theoretically-based scrutiny of challenging contexts of statelessness in the real world and
... Read more
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Stuck on Hard Mode

The ADHD, Autistic, and AuDHD Strategy Guide for Real Life

by Erin Phillips ...

Narrated by Katherine Press ...

Unabridged

5 hours 48 min

Your energy levels are depleted; those laundry and washing up questlines are all flashing with red exclamation marks and nearly everything is on fire...but that's just an average day for many neurodivergent people, right?Being autistic, ADHD or AuDHD can sometimes feel like you're stuck on hard mode with no option to toggle that difficulty setting. Fear not! The first ever neurodivergent-friendly ... Read more

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Your energy levels are depleted; those laundry and washing up questlines are all flashing with red exclamation marks and nearly everything is on fire...but that's just an average day for many neurodivergent people, right?Being autistic, ADHD or AuDHD can sometimes feel like you're stuck on hard mode with no option to toggle that difficulty setting. Fear not! The first ever neurodivergent-friendly
... Read more

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Renaissance Poets, The: Volume 2

by Various Authors, John Donne, Michael Drayton, Katherine Phillips ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner, Tim Graham ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Renaissance Poets
Unabridged

59 min

For our Renaissance Poets we start with the coming to the throne of Henry 8th in 1519. From then until its end, with the crumbling of the English Republic under Cromwell, in 1659 these poets capture a time when the World as they knew it then underwent tumultuous change. Within their ranks were Spenser, Donne, Milton, Shakespeare, Sidney, Jonson, Marvell, Drayton. It is a list rich and sumptuous, ... Read more

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For our Renaissance Poets we start with the coming to the throne of Henry 8th in 1519. From then until its end, with the crumbling of the English Republic under Cromwell, in 1659 these poets capture a time when the World as they knew it then underwent tumultuous change. Within their ranks were Spenser, Donne, Milton, Shakespeare, Sidney, Jonson, Marvell, Drayton. It is a list rich and sumptuous,
... Read more
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Fifty Shades of Spring

50 of the best poems about spring

by William Wordsworth, James Joyce, Kahlil Gibran, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Milton, Henry Alford, Katherine Mansfield, Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling, Phillip Henry Savage ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Kelly O'Doherty, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 12 min

Nature’s year begins. Temperatures slowly rise. Green gradually becomes the dominant colour of the landscape. Rain from drenching showers to windy squalls help nourish the land. Nature has embarked on her epic symphony of the year.Each year, each season, each day is a little different from her previous work. Days lengthen as her canvas and palette grows more confident. Colour emerges from the ... Read more

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Nature’s year begins. Temperatures slowly rise. Green gradually becomes the dominant colour of the landscape. Rain from drenching showers to windy squalls help nourish the land. Nature has embarked on her epic symphony of the year.Each year, each season, each day is a little different from her previous work. Days lengthen as her canvas and palette grows more confident. Colour emerges from the
... Read more
Taking Your MLIS Abroad

Getting and Succeeding in an International Library Job

by Lara Seven Phillips, Katherine G. Holvoet ...

This book explains how and why to get an international library job, what to expect when you arrive in your host country, and how to overcome challenges in your new home.For those who possess an ALA-accredited degree, there are opportunities to work in library settings around the world—and many of these attractive career options do not require non-English language skills or an EEC/Commonwealth ... Read more

$61.99 CAD

This book explains how and why to get an international library job, what to expect when you arrive in your host country, and how to overcome challenges in your new home.For those who possess an ALA-accredited degree, there are opportunities to work in library settings around the world—and many of these attractive career options do not require non-English language skills or an EEC/Commonwealth
... Read more

Everything Is Obvious

*Once You Know the Answer

by Duncan J. Watts ...

By understanding how and when common sense fails, we can improve our understanding of the present and better plan for the future.Drawing on the latest scientific research, along with a wealth of historical and contemporary examples, Watts shows how common sense reasoning and history conspire to mislead us into believing that we understand more about the world of human behavior than we do; and in ... Read more

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By understanding how and when common sense fails, we can improve our understanding of the present and better plan for the future.Drawing on the latest scientific research, along with a wealth of historical and contemporary examples, Watts shows how common sense reasoning and history conspire to mislead us into believing that we understand more about the world of human behavior than we do; and in
... Read more

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Exceptional People

How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future

by Ian Goldin, Geoffrey Cameron, Meera Balarajan ...

The past, present, and future role of global migrationThroughout history, migrants have fueled the engine of human progress. Their movement has sparked innovation, spread ideas, relieved poverty, and laid the foundations for a global economy. In a world more interconnected than ever before, the number of people with the means and motivation to migrate will only increase. Exceptional People ... Read more

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The past, present, and future role of global migrationThroughout history, migrants have fueled the engine of human progress. Their movement has sparked innovation, spread ideas, relieved poverty, and laid the foundations for a global economy. In a world more interconnected than ever before, the number of people with the means and motivation to migrate will only increase. Exceptional People
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