Michael Turner: 43 books
Human Rights and the Arts
Perspectives on Global Asia
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Human Rights and the Arts: Perspectives on Global Asia approaches human rights issues from the perspective of writers, artists, filmmakers, and dramatists throughout global Asia. By shifting the discussion of human rights away from the binaries of cultural relativism and political sovereignty, this...
The Church in the Modern World
Fifty Years after Gaudium et Spes
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2014
The Church in the Modern World: Fifty Years after Gaudium et Spes commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes, 1965). Through the lens of this crucial document, this book examines contemporary social...
Human Resource Management in the Hospitality Industry
A Guide to Best Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Now in its ninth edition, Human Resource Management in the Hospitality Industry: A Guide to Best Practice, is fully updated with new legal information, data, statistics and examples. Taking a 'process' approach, it provides the reader with an essential understanding of the purpose, policies and processes...
Capitalism and Commerce in Imaginative Literature
Perspectives on Business from Novels and Plays
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2016
Capitalism and Commerce in Imaginative Literature are committed to treating literary texts with integrity and believe that business should have a larger claim upon people’s literary consciousness. In addition, they all value the important role of literature in dealing with the complexities of a...
Threat Assessment
A Risk Management Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Detailed how to's of threat assessment-from the initial contact to the sharing of results!
Risk management can be an organizational nightmare, but it is an essential part of your operations. Recent events have shown us that organizations need to know how to respond swiftly and effectively...
Commonplace Commitments
Thinking through the Legacy of Joseph P. Fell
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Joseph P. Fell proposes that the solution to the problem of nihilism is found in the common experience of persons and the everyday commitments that one makes to people, practices, and institutions. In his landmark 1979 book Heidegger and Sartre, and in his subsequent essays, Fell describes a quiet...
by Michael A. Turner
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
While the United States has had some kind of intelligence capability throughout its history, its intelligence apparatus is young, dating only to the period immediately after World War II. Yet, in that short a time, it has undergone enormous changes—from the labor-intensive espionage and covert action...
Babel's Park - Highlights
An ambiguous autobiography of a brainless cyberwhore
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Berlin in the twenties of the 3rd millennium. Annette visits with her husband David the newly opened Babel's Park, located on the site of the historical film studios in Potsdam-Babelsberg, where hundred years ago Marlene Dietrich, Ernst Lubitsch and Billy Wilder began their legendary careers. Innocently...
Getting More Out of Restorative Practice in Schools
Practical Approaches to Improve School Wellbeing and Strengthen Community Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
Restorative practice (RP) has been successfully implemented in schools for decades and is primarily associated with improving behaviour and relationships, by changing the culture of problem solving in the school. However, it has huge untapped potential to support initiatives in other areas, and this...
by Edwin Black, Jason Edward Black, Dana L. Cloud
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
This edited volume fills a void in the literature concerning the purpose, practice, and pedagogy associated with performing rhetorical criticism. Literature regarding these issues—predominantly purpose—exists primarily as scattered journal articles and as sections within chapters of textbooks...
Babel's Park
An ambiguous autobiography of a brainless cyberwhore
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2015
Berlin in the twenties of the 3rd millennium. Annette visits with her husband David the newly opened Babel's Park, located on the site of the historical film studios in Potsdam-Babelsberg, where hundred years ago Marlene Dietrich, Ernst Lubitsch and Billy Wilder began their legendary careers. Innocently...
What Is God's Mystery?
And Other Bible Questions Explored
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Have you heard about Gods mystery? Were you aware that when God finally revealed the truth of this mystery, its power changed the course of history? What is Gods Mystery? opens anew the door to Gods greatest plan, and explains how it continues to affect each of us today.
Plus, have you ever...
by Michael E. Turner
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2014
A soon-to-be classic in business, The Kingdom of Sales is a savvy industry professional’s how-to book written as whimsical allegoric fiction.The novella is a short and fun read that can be digested in one night and will elevate your thinking and transform the way you work sales, marketing, and management...
British Power and International Relations during the 1950s
A Tenable Position?
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2009
This book examines BritainOs role and influence in a pivotal decade. The postwar international order was still taking shape in the 1950s. Much was unsettled, and in these circumstances Britain could realistically expect to remain, and be treated as, one of the 'Big Three' world powers along with the...