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A new history of Buddhism that highlights the insights and experiences of women from diverse communities and traditions around the world Buddhist traditions have developed over a period of twenty-five centuries in Asia, and recent decades have seen an unprecedented spread of Buddhism globally. From India to Japan, Sri Lanka to Russia, Buddhist traditions around the world have their own rich and diverse histories, cultures, religious lives, and roles for women.Wherever Buddhism has taken root, it...
| Автор | Karma Lekshe Tsomo |
Why some straight men have sex with other men Why do some straight men in rural America have sex with other men? In Still Straight , Tony Silva convincingly argues that these men—many of whom enjoy hunting, fishing, and shooting guns—are not gay, bisexual, or “just experimenting.” As he shows, these men can enjoy a range of relationships with other men, from hookups to sexual friendships to secretive loving partnerships, all while strongly identifying with straight culture.Drawing on riveting...
| Автор | Tony Silva |
What prenatal tests and down syndrome reveal about our reproductive choices When Alison Piepmeier—scholar of feminism and disability studies, and mother of Maybelle, an eight-year-old girl with Down syndrome—died of cancer in August 2016, she left behind an important unfinished manuscript about motherhood, prenatal testing, and disability. In Unexpected , George Estreich and Rachel Adams pick up where she left off, honoring the important research of their friend and colleague, as well as adding...
| Автор | Alison Piepmeier |
• Public anticipation for Lasky’s third book is high, following her critically acclaimed debut, AWE, and 2010’s Black Life (still frequently reviewed and talked about in poetry circles). • Although Lasky has a particularly strong following among young readers, her work has that rare quality of offering something to every reader. Elements of confessionalism, feminism, the gothic and the grotesque form a potent and unmistakable concoction known for inducing laughter just before twisting the knife....
| Автор | Dorothea Lasky |
Successful diversity and inclusion requires D&I programs that are strategic and proactive, with unlimited vision, part of an overall organizational culture. Unfortunately, most approaches to diversity and inclusion haven’t been successful – half of all workers from underrepresented groups experience bias every day at work even though their organizations have diversity programs in place. So what should organizations do?In Expand Beyond Your Current Culture , Leslie Short examines the...
| Автор | Leslie Short |
Deregulating the legal profession will benefit society by improving access to legal services and the efficacy of public policies. Lawyers dominate a judicial system that has come under fire for limiting access to its services to primarily the most affluent members of society. Lawyers also have a pervasive influence throughout other parts of government. This is the first book offering a critical comprehensive overview of the legal profession’s role in failing to serve the majority of the public...
| Автор | Clifford Winston |
Prägnanter, leicht verständlicher Leitfaden über die Grundlagen guter Führung!<br> <br> Unabhängig davon, ob Sie neu in Ihrer Rolle als Führungskraft sind oder über jahrelange Erfahrung verfügen, bietet dieses Handbuch für vielbeschäftigte Führungskräfte eine schnelle und einfache Ressource, die mit den «How-to»-Strategien gefüllt ist, die sofort in die Tat umgesetzt werden können. Die Inhalte des Buches sind für hart arbeitende Führungskräfte gedacht, die wenig Zeit haben und nach...
| Автор | Quint Studer |
Girl Head shows how gender has had a surprising and persistent role in film production processes, well before the image ever appears onscreen. For decades, feminist film criticism has focused on issues of representation: images of women in film. But what are the feminist implications of the material object underlying that image, the filmstrip itself? What does feminist analysis have to offer in understanding the film image before it enters the realm of representation? Girl Head explores how...
| Автор | Genevieve Yue |
The Living is a powerful and unsettling documentary play by Colleen Wagner, author of the Governor General's Literary Award–winning play The Monument . It is inspired by the actual stories of women and girls who survived trauma in post-conflict zones like Rwanda and Uganda. The Living examines the lives of victims and perpetrators, post-genocide, who live side-by-side in government-issued housing, as well as the role of NGO-funded campaigns. By means of theatrical fiction, documentary...
| Автор | Colleen Wagner |
While it may not occur to us on a daily basis, there is a widespread cultural tendency toward quick decisions and quick action. This pattern has resulted in many of our society's greatest successes, but even more of its failures. Though the root cause is by no means malicious, we have begun to reward speed over quality, and the negative effects suffered in both our personal and professional lives are potentially catastrophic. Best-selling author and Chief Envisioner Dan Pontefract offers...
| Автор | Dan Pontefract |
When former executive and entrepreneur Don Sheppard awoke the morning after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, he was horrified to learn that Donald Trump had become the 45th president of the United States. Committed to strong business principles and ethics throughout his varied career, Sheppard was concerned about the role model Trump as a businessperson—and now the most powerful person in the world—presented to corporate America, and to broader society in general. Leaders strongly influence...
| Автор | Don Sheppard |
Historien er fuld af store mAend: forfattere og feltherrer, sportsudovere og statsmAend. Op gennem arene er vi blevet indprentet bestemte forestillinger om, hvordan mAend er – og bor vAere. Manden er fader, forsorger og formynder. Han er driftig og har et stAerkt naturligt begAer efter succes – og kvinder.MAend – kon under forvandling tegner et mere komplekst billede af mAend og mandighed. I dag indtager manden meget forskellige roller og positioner i samfundet, og sporgsmalet er, om der nu...
| Автор | Kenneth Reinicke |
Kon i historien giver nogle eksempler pa, hvordan lAesning af historisk kildemateriale i et konsperspektiv kan fore den historiske forskning frem til ny viden om fortiden. Bidragyderne drofter konsforhold i henholdsvis oldtidens GrAekenland og middelalderens Vesteuropa og forskellige aspekter af dansk historie i henholdsvis 1700-, 1800- og 1900-tallet. Bogens bidrag inddrager imidlertid ogsa generelle introduktioner til de virkninger, konshistoriske forskningsfelter har haft i den tidligere...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Conquer the 16 Pitfalls That Can Block Startup Company Success "…shows prospective business men and women how to reach their goals while creating a launchpad for a business" ― Ryne Williams , Daily Herald Discover the 16 keys to success for entrepreneurs starting a small business. What is the “Entrepreneur’s Paradox”? Author Curtis Morley coined a term that identifies the 16 pitfalls that many entrepreneurs fall into. He calls it the “Entrepreneur’s Paradox”. Morley is an educator,...
| Автор | Curtis Morley |
Publishing in partnership with Audible, Why We Can’t Sleep combines Calhoun’s own experiences with those of women she surveyed across the United States, allowing for an anecdotal, easily-digestible analysis that is nonetheless hard-hitting and illuminating Why We Can’t Sleep evolved from Calhoun’s viral article on Oprah.com, which was shared over 230,000 times on Facebook in its first week alone. The article struck a chord with thousands of Gen X women approaching middle age, struggling...
| Автор | Ada Calhoun |
Kathy Acker’s practice of literary appropriation and pastiche made her notorious—as a rebel and a groundbreaker—when Great Expectations was first published in 1982. Here, she begins rewriting Charles Dickens’s classic—splicing it with passages from Pierre Guyotat’s sexually violent Eden, Eden, Eden , among other texts—alongside Acker’s trademark pithy dialogue, as well as prank missives to the likes of Susan Sontag, Sylvère Lotringer, and God.At the center of this form-shifting narrative,...
| Автор | Кэти Акер |
A masterpiece of surrealist fiction, steeped in controversy upon its first publication in 1984, Blood and Guts in High School is the book that established Kathy Acker as the preeminent voice of post-punk feminism. With 2017 marking the 70th anniversary of her birth, as well as the 10th year since her death this transgressive work of philosophical, political, and sexual insight—with a new introduction by Chris Kraus—continues to become more relevant than ever before. In the Mexican city of...
| Автор | Кэти Акер |
The 30th Anniversary Edition, with a new introduction by Alexandra Kleeman, author of the novel You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine and the story collection Intimations Chris Kraus’s biography, After Kathy Acker , was published to wide acclaim, with coverage prominently featuring photographs of Acker, sparking a renewed interest in the cult icon Our Anniversary Edition of Acker’s Blood and Guts in High School —the corrected text, with an introduction by Kraus—was published in November More...
| Автор | Кэти Акер |
This engaging and insightful book is the first historical study in English portraying the lives and fates of Czech women. The seven life stories, ranging from the late 19th century to the present day, expose the often cruel political history of Bohemia (19th century), the Czech lands in Czechoslovakia (20th century), and the Czech Republic (20th–21st century) through the eyes of prominent women whose acts and deeds on behalf of their fellow citizens remain unforgotten in the Czech collective...
| Автор | Josette Baer |
Kristina Bekenova presents a collection of interviews with fifteen African emerging leaders, young scholars and researchers, musicians, poets, artists, doctors, philanthropists, environmentalists, defenders of animal rights, tour operators, and treasurers of traditional culture, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Nigeria, Malawi, Rwanda, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, and Zimbabwe. These interviews are an important, effective, and efficient way to make Africa’s...
| Автор | Kristina Bekenova |
Sind Sie teamfähig? Zugegeben, es scheint, als könne man sie nur mit „Ja!“ oder „Nein!“ beantworten. Doch so leicht ist es nicht. In diesem Buch gehen Sie den verschiedenen Aspekten der Teamfähigkeit sowie der Teamführung auf den Grund. Durch einen spielerischen Vergleich von Paartanz und Businesswelt wird ersichtlich, welche Prinzipien immer wirken und wie Sie sich diese zu Nutze machen können. Zum Ende des Buches überrascht mit einem kleinen Exkurs die Cheftrainerin des...
| Автор | Torsten Schröder |
LEADERBUCH Nr. 1: Schutzimpfungen für Führungskräfte In diesem eBook „Schutzimpfungen für Führungskräfte“ aus unserer LEADERSBUCH-Reihe finden Sie 12 Impfkarten für Führungskräfte, die Ihr Immunsystem gegen schädliche Haltungen und Einstellungen stärken werden. Jede der mentalen Impfungen hat ausschließlich positive und gewünschte Nebenwirkungen. Die Impfkarten sind als ansprechende Illustrationen mit Wort und Bild aufbereitet und sollen Sie monatlich bei einem konkreten Vorhaben für Ihre...
| Автор | Heinz Peter Wallner |
Das Buch von Pia Zietz und Marcia Gerwers gibt praktische Handlungsempfehlungen zur langfristigen Mitarbeiterbindung in Unternehmen. Sie erfahren, wie sich effektive Maßnahmen für mehr Zufriedenheit auch mit schmalem Geldbeutel umsetzen lassen. Anschaulich formulierte Ausflüge in die Kommunikationstheorie untermauern die Ausführungen. Das Buch liefert Personalverantwortlichen kleiner und mittelständischer Unternehmen konkrete Tipps und Tools zur Steigerung der Mitarbeiterzufriedenheit und des...
| Автор | Marcia Gerwers |
Intuition war die höchste Kunst der Samurai. Intuition ist auch die höchste Kunst im Management. Viele erfolgreiche japanische Konzerne der Gegenwart haben ihren Ursprung in Samurai-Familien. Der wirtschaftliche Aufstieg Japans nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wird nachweislich dem Geist und den gelebten Werten der Samurai zugeschrieben. Werte wie Ehre, Respekt, Mut, Entschlossenheit, Höflichkeit und Intuition haben den Samurai höchstes gesellschaftliches Ansehen über Jahrhunderte verliehen. Der...
| Автор | Reinhard Lindner |