Johanna: 826 books

'Incest' refers to illegal sexual relations between family members. Its precise contours, however, are culturally specific. Hence, an illegal incestuous union in one social context may be a legal close-kin union in another. First-degree sexual unions, between a parent and child, or between siblings,...

Deutschland zur Stauferzeit: Die Medica Anna kann sich trotz ihrer bevorstehenden Hochzeit nicht vorstellen, ihre Heilkunst aufzugeben. Aber wie soll sie das ihrem Verlobten beibringen, der von ihr erwartet, dass sie das Leben einer Gräfin führt? Doch dann wird Anna zu einem besonders schweren Fall...

Adrienne's journey takes the reader from the discovery of passion and ecstasy in her twenties during the late sixties, to her first broken heart, from a her divorce, to her first dating experiences on line in her fifties, and so much more, until a reconciliation with the past and her future life end...

Eine Heilerin in dunkler Zeit    Deutschland zur Stauferzeit: Die junge Anna hat eine ganz besondere Gabe. Sie kann Menschen heilen. Der jüdische Medicus Aaron erkennt ihr Talent und wird ihr Lehrmeister. Die Heilverfahren sind ihrer Zeit weit voraus und schon bald steht Anna im Ruf, eine Wunderheilerin...

Do professions really place duty to society above clients' or their own interests? If not, how can they be trusted? While some public relations (PR) scholars claim that PR serves society and enhances the democratic process, others suggest that it is little more than propaganda, serving the interests...

Hiring a person for your team is the single most important decision you can make. It has long-lasting impact, whether you are the manager or a team member. Would you like to learn to hire great people? Not sure how? You need this book. Great geeks are not the same as skill-based staff. You...

Distributed agile teams have a terrible reputation. They don’t deliver “on time,” and too often, they don’t deliver what the customer needs. However, most agile teams, have at least one remote team member. And, agile approaches are here to stay. Don’t blindly apply agile practices...

Is it time for a new job? How do you find a job that matches what you have to offer, that matches what you value in a culture? Treat your job hunt like the project it is. Use a visual system to track your job search to increase your productivity, track your progress, evaluate your work, gain...

The book addresses the truly interdisciplinary and highly controversial subject of international financial regulation and supervision, which has been at the center of academic, political, and public attention since the start of the current economic and financial crisis. Drawing on international financial...

Because license plate reader (LPR) technology is relatively new in the United States, opportunities and obstacles in its use in law enforcement are still under exploration. To examine issues about this technology, RAND conducted interviews with law enforcement personnel, police officers, and others responsible for procuring, maintaining, and operating the systems.

Das Benchmarking stellt ein wichtiges Controlling-Instrument von Planungs- und Kontrollprozessen in Unternehmungen dar. Es ermöglicht einen systematischen quantitativen und qualitativen Vergleich gleichartiger Unternehmungen. Mithilfe des Einsatzes dieses Instrumentes können Unternehmungen ihre...

This book gives students a solid understanding of the key issues involved in effective communication within social work settings. Now going into its second edition, it combines practical examples with a clear theoretical approach and demonstrates the subtleties of communication with specific and diverse service users and carers.

This book is drawn from a report prepared for the European Commission (DG Health and Consumer Protection) under the title “Consumer Overindebtedness and Consumer Law in the European Union” (Contract Reference No. B5-1000/02/000353) in September 2003. It highlights the wealth of legal instruments...

This book describes the Data Team Procedure: a method for data-based decision making that can help schools to improve their quality. It involves the use of teams consisting of 4-6 teachers, 1-2 school leaders and a data expert. The members of the team collaboratively learn how to use data to solve...