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MBA Essentials

Navigating Business Strategy, Leadership, and Innovation

by Virversity Online Courses ...

Narrated by Professor Thomas Hale ...

Series series Virversity Online Courses: Business and Entrepreneurship
Unabridged

3 hours 16 min

Ready to explore the dynamic world of business administration? Our comprehensive online course offers a foundational understanding of key business concepts to help you succeed in today's competitive environment.Master Essential Business Fundamentals:- Gain a solid foundation in important business concepts and principles.- Learn from industry experts with real-world experience.- Enjoy a flexible ... Read more

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Ready to explore the dynamic world of business administration? Our comprehensive online course offers a foundational understanding of key business concepts to help you succeed in today's competitive environment.Master Essential Business Fundamentals:- Gain a solid foundation in important business concepts and principles.- Learn from industry experts with real-world experience.- Enjoy a flexible
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Long Problems

Climate Change and the Challenge of Governing Across Time

by Thomas Hale ...

Political strategies for tackling climate change and other “long problems” that span generationsClimate change and its consequences unfold over many generations. Past emissions affect our climate today, just as our actions shape the climate of tomorrow, while the effects of global warming will last thousands of years. Yet the priorities of the present dominate our climate policy and the politics ... Read more

$35.19 CAD

Political strategies for tackling climate change and other “long problems” that span generationsClimate change and its consequences unfold over many generations. Past emissions affect our climate today, just as our actions shape the climate of tomorrow, while the effects of global warming will last thousands of years. Yet the priorities of the present dominate our climate policy and the politics
... Read more
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Mastering Dialogue

Crafting Engaging Conversations in Fiction

by Virversity Online Courses ...

Narrated by Professor Thomas Hale ...

Series series Virversity Online Courses: Writing and Publishing
Unabridged

4 hours 5 min

Mastering Dialogue is an engaging online course designed to elevate your storytelling through the art of dialogue. This course focuses on crafting compelling dialogue that enhances character development and narrative quality. You'll learn the essential role of dialogue in storytelling, exploring techniques to make it more authentic and engaging. Discover how effective dialogue can reveal character ... Read more

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Mastering Dialogue is an engaging online course designed to elevate your storytelling through the art of dialogue. This course focuses on crafting compelling dialogue that enhances character development and narrative quality. You'll learn the essential role of dialogue in storytelling, exploring techniques to make it more authentic and engaging. Discover how effective dialogue can reveal character
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A Discovery of the New World

Biographies, Historical Documents, Journals & Letters of the Greatest Explorers of North America

by Stephen Leacock, Edward Everett Hale, Julius E. Olson, Thomas A. Janvier, Frederick A. Ober, Charles W. Colby, Elizabeth Hodges ...

A Discovery of the New World transports readers across time and imagination, weaving together an intricate tapestry of exploration, adventure, and the spirit of discovery. This anthology captures the essence of humanity's quest for new horizons, articulated through diverse literary forms—ranging from essays and short stories to historiographical narratives. As each piece unfolds, the collection ... Read more

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A Discovery of the New World transports readers across time and imagination, weaving together an intricate tapestry of exploration, adventure, and the spirit of discovery. This anthology captures the essence of humanity's quest for new horizons, articulated through diverse literary forms—ranging from essays and short stories to historiographical narratives. As each piece unfolds, the collection
... Read more
Don't Let the Goats Eat the Loquat Trees

The Adventures of an American Surgeon in Nepal

by Thomas Hale ...

Thomas Hale writes about being a missionary surgeon in the same delightful way James Herriot writes about being a country veterinarian. Dr. Hale's incredible experience in tiny, mountainous Nepal are surpassed only by his talent for telling about them. Imagine, for example, the culture shock of moving to a Hindu country under such rigid religious control that it is not only illegal to proselytize, ... Read more

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Thomas Hale writes about being a missionary surgeon in the same delightful way James Herriot writes about being a country veterinarian. Dr. Hale's incredible experience in tiny, mountainous Nepal are surpassed only by his talent for telling about them. Imagine, for example, the culture shock of moving to a Hindu country under such rigid religious control that it is not only illegal to proselytize,
... Read more
Dense Sphere Packings

A Blueprint for Formal Proofs

by Thomas Hales ...

Series Book 400 - London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series
The 400-year-old Kepler conjecture asserts that no packing of congruent balls in three dimensions can have a density exceeding the familiar pyramid-shaped cannonball arrangement. In this book, a new proof of the conjecture is presented that makes it accessible for the first time to a broad mathematical audience. The book also presents solutions to other previously unresolved conjectures in ... Read more

$67.99 CAD

The 400-year-old Kepler conjecture asserts that no packing of congruent balls in three dimensions can have a density exceeding the familiar pyramid-shaped cannonball arrangement. In this book, a new proof of the conjecture is presented that makes it accessible for the first time to a broad mathematical audience. The book also presents solutions to other previously unresolved conjectures in
... Read more
Beyond Gridlock

by Thomas Hale, David Held ...

It is now conventional wisdom to see the great policy challenges of the 21st century as inherently transnational. It is equally common to note the failures of the international institutions the world relies on to address such challenges. As the acclaimed 2013 book Gridlock argued, the world increasingly needs effective international cooperation, but multilateralism appears unable to deliver it in ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

It is now conventional wisdom to see the great policy challenges of the 21st century as inherently transnational. It is equally common to note the failures of the international institutions the world relies on to address such challenges. As the acclaimed 2013 book Gridlock argued, the world increasingly needs effective international cooperation, but multilateralism appears unable to deliver it in
... Read more
The Big Book of Christmas Magic: 400+ Holiday Novels, Tales, Poems, Carols & Legends

A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, The Gift of the Magi…

by Selma Lagerlöf, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Martin Luther, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Max Brand, William Wordsworth, Carolyn Wells, Sophie May, Louisa May Alcott, Henry Van Dyke, Walter Scott, Susan Anne Livingston Ridley Sedgwick, Anthony Trollope, Rudyard Kipling, Beatrix Potter, Emily Dickinson, Lucas Malet, Thomas Nelson Page, O. Henry, Alice Hale Burnett, Walter Crane, Amy Ella Blanchard, Amanda M. Douglas, Ernest Ingersoll, L. Frank Baum, J. M. Barrie, Eleanor H. Porter, Annie F. Johnston, Jacob A. Riis, Edward A. Rand, Florence L. Barclay, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Hans Christian Andersen, William Butler Yeats, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alfred Lord Tennyson, George Macdonald, A. S. Boyd, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Brothers Grimm, Clement Moore ...

The Big Book of Christmas Magic: 400+ Holiday Novels, Tales, Poems, Carols & Legends offers an enchanting journey through the multifaceted world of Christmas literature. This comprehensive anthology gathers a stellar array of stories, poems, and legends that explore the seasonal tapestry of themes such as generosity, hope, celebration, and nostalgia. The collection boasts an impressive medley of ... Read more

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The Big Book of Christmas Magic: 400+ Holiday Novels, Tales, Poems, Carols & Legends offers an enchanting journey through the multifaceted world of Christmas literature. This comprehensive anthology gathers a stellar array of stories, poems, and legends that explore the seasonal tapestry of themes such as generosity, hope, celebration, and nostalgia. The collection boasts an impressive medley of
... Read more
Between Interests and Law

The Politics of Transnational Commercial Disputes

by Thomas Hale ...

We could not have a global economy without a system to resolve commercial disputes across borders, but the international regime that performs this key role bears little resemblance to other institutions underpinning the global economy. A hybrid of private arbitral institutions, international treaties, and domestic laws and courts, the regime for commercial dispute resolution shows that effective ... Read more

$142.99 CAD

We could not have a global economy without a system to resolve commercial disputes across borders, but the international regime that performs this key role bears little resemblance to other institutions underpinning the global economy. A hybrid of private arbitral institutions, international treaties, and domestic laws and courts, the regime for commercial dispute resolution shows that effective
... Read more
On Being a Missionary (Revised Edition)

by Thomas Hale, Gene Daniels ...

A guide to the joys, struggles, and calling of missionsDr. Hale’s practical wisdom is here freely offered to the missionary-to-be and others interested in missions–wisdom hard-earned in Nepal on everything from calling to raising a missionary family to cross-cultural communication.Now revised to include perspectives on the realities of the changing missionary force and the challenges of bonding ... Read more

$19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A guide to the joys, struggles, and calling of missionsDr. Hale’s practical wisdom is here freely offered to the missionary-to-be and others interested in missions–wisdom hard-earned in Nepal on everything from calling to raising a missionary family to cross-cultural communication.Now revised to include perspectives on the realities of the changing missionary force and the challenges of bonding
... Read more
On Being a Missionary (Abridged)

An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Life and Ministry

by Thomas Hale, Gene Daniels ...

Adjusting to a New WorldMissionaries must adjust to new cultures, learn languages, work as a team, maintain healthy relationships, and discern best ministry practices. Nothing can fully prepare a person for life as a missionary. However, for almost thirty years, Thomas Hale’s On Being a Missionary has helped to equip cross-cultural workers to not only survive but thrive in their calling.This ... Read more

$10.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Adjusting to a New WorldMissionaries must adjust to new cultures, learn languages, work as a team, maintain healthy relationships, and discern best ministry practices. Nothing can fully prepare a person for life as a missionary. However, for almost thirty years, Thomas Hale’s On Being a Missionary has helped to equip cross-cultural workers to not only survive but thrive in their calling.This
... Read more
Gridlock

Why Global Cooperation is Failing when We Need It Most

by Thomas Hale, Kevin Young, David Held ...

The issues that increasingly dominate the 21st century cannot be solved by any single country acting alone, no matter how powerful. To manage the global economy, prevent runaway environmental destruction, reign in nuclear proliferation, or confront other global challenges, we must cooperate. But at the same time, our tools for global policymaking - chiefly state-to-state negotiations over treaties ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

The issues that increasingly dominate the 21st century cannot be solved by any single country acting alone, no matter how powerful. To manage the global economy, prevent runaway environmental destruction, reign in nuclear proliferation, or confront other global challenges, we must cooperate. But at the same time, our tools for global policymaking - chiefly state-to-state negotiations over treaties
... Read more

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