Michael Stephens: 14 books
The Heart of Librarianship
Attentive, Positive, and Purposeful Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Adaptation to change that’s based on thoughtful planning and grounded in the mission of libraries: it’s a model that respected LIS thinker and educator Michael Stephens terms “hyperlinked librarianship.” And the result, for librarians in leadership positions as well as those working on the front...
by Michael Stephens
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Marcia says there are wondrous things in Belgrandia - houses like palaces and enormous chandeliers and flying cats and music like nothing you've ever heard. But is it a real place or is she just a bit crazy? Her best friend Lewis isn't sure, but over four extraordinary days in their quiet seaside...
by Michael Stephens
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
In Aaron Burr County, Alabama, a primitive land still barely recovered from the long-ago Civil War, Hank Grissel makes his living at a most unenviable task: supplying victims for his master, a planter with an insatiable thirst for human blood. By turns fawning and ferocious, cowardly and desperate,...
Paramount Studios
1940-2000
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
The fascinating tale of Hollywood powerhouse Paramount Pictures--beginning with its birth in the 1910s through the turbulent decade of the 1930s--was told in Early Paramount Studios by Marc Wanamaker, Michael Christaldi, and E.J. Stephens. Now the same authors are back to tell the next 60 years of...
American Denominational History
Perspectives on the Past, Prospects for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2009
This work brings various important topics and groups in American religious history the rigor of scholarly assessment of the current literature. The fruitful questions that are posed by the positions and experiences of the various groups are carefully examined. American Denominational History points...
Bribery and Corruption
How to Be an Impeccable and Profitable Corporate Citizen
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Politicians and regulators do not run businesses. Bribery and Corruption is for managers who do. It will help you transform uncertainties and problems created via legislation and regulations (such as The UK Bribery Act, The Proceeds of Crime Act, The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Sarbanes-Oxley)...
First Came Fear
New Takes of Horror
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2018
Emerging as the dark side of Romanticism, horror is one of literature’s oldest genres. Its history is so diverse it’s sometimes difficult to define. Are moody stories about ghosts and vampires related to gory tales of beasts and zombies? And what about the more realistic terrors of murderous rogues...
by Marc Wanamaker, E.J. Stephens, Michael Christaldi
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
For over 100 years, Paramount Pictures has been captivating movie and television audiences worldwide with its alluring imagery and compelling stories. Arising from the collective genius of Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky, and Cecil B. DeMille during the 1910s, Paramount Pictures is home to such enduring...
by Lisa Fetchko, Laurie Baker, Piyali Bhattacharya
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2016
The Winter 2015-16 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited.
The...
Deception at Work
Investigating and Countering Lies and Fraud Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Deception at Work tells you how to recognize and deal with lies, in meetings, negotiations, discussions and in writing. It is guaranteed to make you a more effective and confident operator, no matter what job you do. Simply leaving the book on your desk for others to see will improve your chances...
An HR Guide to Workplace Fraud and Criminal Behaviour
Recognition, Prevention and Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
It is reliably estimated that over 70 per cent of all job applications contain misleading information. If that was the limit of deception at work faced by HR and line managers, then maybe things wouldn't be too bad. But deception isn't limited simply to the area of recruitment; there's also absenteeism,...
by Alan Bermingham, Ed Boyce, Ken Angold-Stephens
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 1994
The recent demise of the independent television companies and the expansion of satellite and cable networks has led to an explosion in small, independent production facilities. In parallel with this development has been a steady increase in media training and a major expansion in corporate video facilities....
Anaesthesiology E-Book
Churchill's Ready Reference
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2010
Anaesthesia: Churchill’s Ready Reference provides a practical compilation of investigations to assist in the everyday clinical management of the peri-operative and critically ill patient, and the parturient.
In this volume, the authors have included an abundance of diagrams, figures, and...
Out of Exodus
A Journey of Open and Affirming Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2018
Biblical and progressive. Mainline and charismatic. Faithful and questioning. This book is not what you think it is. The story of the Exodus is told in parallel with testimonies, sermons, and personal reflections from a congregation in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, challenging the reader to a journey of...