Linda Dawson: 9 books
The Politics and Perils of Space Exploration
Who Will Compete, Who Will Dominate?
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Written by a former Aerodynamics Officer on the space shuttle program, this book provides a complete overview of the “new” U. S. space program, which has changed considerably over the past 50 years.The future of space exploration has become increasingly dependent on other countries and private...
War in Space
The Science and Technology Behind Our Next Theater of Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2019
With the recent influx of spaceflight and satellite launches, the region of outer space has become saturated with vital technology used for communication and surveillance and the functioning of business and government. But what would happen if these capabilities were disrupted or even destroyed? How...
Greening the Maple
Canadian Ecocriticism in Context
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Ecocriticism can be described in very general terms as the investigation of the many ways in which culture and the environment are interrelated and conceptualized. Ecocriticism aspires to understand and often to celebrate the natural world, yet it does so indirectly by focusing primarily on written...
Uncanny Magazine Issue 26
January/February 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
The January/February 2019 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.
Featuring new fiction by Fran Wilde, Natalia Theodoridou, Senaa Ahmad, Delilah S. Dawson, Marissa Lingen, and Inda Lauryn. Reprinted fiction by Ellen Kushner, essays by Linda D. Addison, Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, Alec Nevala-Lee,...
Boards that Matter
Building Blocks for Implementing Coherent Governance' and Policy Governance'
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
The challenge of governing a complex organization is difficult enough in itself, without layering on top of that challenge the struggle to make the board's own operating system seem natural and meaningful. Making Your Governance Model Work is a practical guide that takes the mystery out of that process....
Good Governance is a Choice
A Way to Re-create Your Board_the Right Way
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2011
This book comes with a promise: after reading it, you will never again think of board work the same as before. Good Governance is a Choice is a book about, and for, boards of public and non-profit organizations. Its central focus is on public school boards and the special challenges they face, but...
by Linda L. Dawson
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Everyone has a storm or storms in their life, but how do we deal with an unnatural storm that plays out like a ball game? Do you go through it or do you roll over and let it take you out?
Good Governance is a Choice
A Way to Re-Create Your Board the Right Way
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2019
Good Governance is a Choice, 2nd edition is a book about, and for, boards of public and non-profit organizations. Its central focus is on public school boards and the special challenges they face, but the governing model it introduces, Coherent Governance , is applicable to any board of any type....
The Art of Governing Coherently
Mastering the Implementation of Coherent Governance® and Policy Governance®
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2018
This book provides clear strategies and processes for boards faced with the challenge to make their governing model, either Coherent GovernanceÒ or Policy GovernanceÒ, work in real life. The Art of Governing Coherently is a practical guide loaded with down-to-earth solutions, all based on processes...