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Chaplains Investigate Their Practice

The Dutch Case Studies Project

Edited by Martin Walton, Jacques Körver, Niels den Toom ...

Series series Transforming Chaplaincy
Chaplains Investigate Their Practice presents a collaborative study that analyzes more than a hundred instances of care by chaplains in various fields of chaplaincy in the Netherlands. The research provides an answer to the question: What do chaplains do--why, and with what results? Part 1 describes the method of the project. Part 2 consists of nine exemplary case studies illustrative of the ... Read more

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Chaplains Investigate Their Practice presents a collaborative study that analyzes more than a hundred instances of care by chaplains in various fields of chaplaincy in the Netherlands. The research provides an answer to the question: What do chaplains do--why, and with what results? Part 1 describes the method of the project. Part 2 consists of nine exemplary case studies illustrative of the
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When China Rules the World

The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order: Second Edition

by Martin Jacques ...

Greatly revised and expanded, with a new afterword, this update to Martin Jacques’s global bestseller is an essential guide to understanding a world increasingly shaped by Chinese powerSoon, China will rule the world. But in doing so, it will not become more Western.Since the first publication of When China Rules the World, the landscape of world power has shifted dramatically. In the three years ... Read more

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Greatly revised and expanded, with a new afterword, this update to Martin Jacques’s global bestseller is an essential guide to understanding a world increasingly shaped by Chinese powerSoon, China will rule the world. But in doing so, it will not become more Western.Since the first publication of When China Rules the World, the landscape of world power has shifted dramatically. In the three years
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When China Rules the World

The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order

by Martin Jacques ...

Narrated by Scott Peterson ...

Unabridged

16 hours 33 min

HOW CHINA'S ASCENDANCE AS AN ECONOMIC SUPERPOWER WILL ALTER THE CULTURAL, POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ETHNIC BALANCE OF GLOBAL POWER IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, UNSEATING THE WEST AND IN THE PROCESS CREATING A WHOLE NEW WORLDAccording to even the most conservative estimates, China will overtake the United States as the world's largest economy by 2027 and will ascend to the position of world economic ... Read more

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HOW CHINA'S ASCENDANCE AS AN ECONOMIC SUPERPOWER WILL ALTER THE CULTURAL, POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ETHNIC BALANCE OF GLOBAL POWER IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, UNSEATING THE WEST AND IN THE PROCESS CREATING A WHOLE NEW WORLDAccording to even the most conservative estimates, China will overtake the United States as the world's largest economy by 2027 and will ascend to the position of world economic
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A Human-Centered Approach to Quality and Excellence in Management

Selected Papers from the 27th Excellence in Services International Conference, University of Bergamo, Italy, 2024

Edited by Maria Vincenza Ciasullo, Jacques Martin, Federico Brunetti ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book provides a comprehensive overview of how quality management can be rethought and revitalized to meet the challenges of today's and future socio-economic management.Presenting the outcomes of the 27th Excellence in Services International Conference, held in Bergamo, Italy, on August 29–30, 2024, the book brings together both selected research contributions and numerous best-practice ... Read more

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of how quality management can be rethought and revitalized to meet the challenges of today's and future socio-economic management.Presenting the outcomes of the 27th Excellence in Services International Conference, held in Bergamo, Italy, on August 29–30, 2024, the book brings together both selected research contributions and numerous best-practice
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The Tyrant

by Jacques Chessex ...

Translated by Martin Sokolinsky ...

The novel won the Goncourt Prize (in 1973, the first ever won by a non-French writer). It is a dark, literary, psychological work and not a crime novel in any shape or form.Should benefit from the success of ‘The Vampire of Ropraz’ and ‘A Jew Must Die’.Fits with the contemporary success of autobiographical novels, focused on a tormented childhood, parental persecution and the loneliness of the ... Read more

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The novel won the Goncourt Prize (in 1973, the first ever won by a non-French writer). It is a dark, literary, psychological work and not a crime novel in any shape or form.Should benefit from the success of ‘The Vampire of Ropraz’ and ‘A Jew Must Die’.Fits with the contemporary success of autobiographical novels, focused on a tormented childhood, parental persecution and the loneliness of the
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Resins for Water-borne Coatings

by Jaap Akkerman, Dirk Mestach, Toine Biemans, Cathrin Corten, Class Hövelmann, Joachim Krakehl, Martin Leute, Jacques Warnon ...

Expand your knowledge and get fully acquainted with the various aspects of water-borne coatings - from production to properties to special features of their use! With the slow change from solvent-borne resins and coatings to water-borne coatings "Resins for waterborne coatings" is a must-read for any formulator wanting to expand their knowledge. The authors discuss important aspects of the ... Read more

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Expand your knowledge and get fully acquainted with the various aspects of water-borne coatings - from production to properties to special features of their use! With the slow change from solvent-borne resins and coatings to water-borne coatings "Resins for waterborne coatings" is a must-read for any formulator wanting to expand their knowledge. The authors discuss important aspects of the
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Agency

The Psychological History of Human Progress

by Martin E. P. Seligman ...

Narrated by Jacques Roy ...

Unabridged

13 hours 30 min

From the world’s most influential psychologist and bestselling author of Flourish, a landmark work spanning ancient Greece to the age of AI that identifies agency—the fusion of efficacy, optimism, and imagination—as the hidden engine of human progress, and shows how we can unleash it to build a better future.What actually drives human progress? Ecologists point to geography and climate. ... Read more

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From the world’s most influential psychologist and bestselling author of Flourish, a landmark work spanning ancient Greece to the age of AI that identifies agency—the fusion of efficacy, optimism, and imagination—as the hidden engine of human progress, and shows how we can unleash it to build a better future.What actually drives human progress? Ecologists point to geography and climate.
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Embracing Sustainability Management Through Excellence in Services

Selected papers from the 26th Excellence In Services International Conference, University of West Scotland, Paisley, 2023

Edited by Maria Vincenza Ciasullo, Jacques Martin, Federico Brunetti ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book provides a comprehensive overview, including critical aspects of and opportunities for effective sustainability management in today’s unpredictable and fragile business landscapes.Presenting the outcomes of the 26th Excellence in Services International Conference, held in Paisely, UK, on August 31–September 1, 2023, the book brings together both selected research contributions and ... Read more

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This book provides a comprehensive overview, including critical aspects of and opportunities for effective sustainability management in today’s unpredictable and fragile business landscapes.Presenting the outcomes of the 26th Excellence in Services International Conference, held in Paisely, UK, on August 31–September 1, 2023, the book brings together both selected research contributions and
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Blissful Piano Breaks

Feel-good classics made easy

by Jacques Offenbach, Martin Malto, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Schumann ...

Five beloved classical masterpieces in carefully simplified piano arrangements – perfect for anyone who wants to experience beautiful music quickly without extensive practice. Each piece fits on just 1–2 pages and has been reduced to its melodic essence. This collection includes: Offenbach's spirited Can-Can, Mozart's elegant Allegro from Little Night Music, Bach's comforting Jesu, Joy of Man's ... Read more

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Five beloved classical masterpieces in carefully simplified piano arrangements – perfect for anyone who wants to experience beautiful music quickly without extensive practice. Each piece fits on just 1–2 pages and has been reduced to its melodic essence. This collection includes: Offenbach's spirited Can-Can, Mozart's elegant Allegro from Little Night Music, Bach's comforting Jesu, Joy of Man's
... Read more
Experimental IR Meets Multilinguality, Multimodality, and Interaction

10th International Conference of the CLEF Association, CLEF 2019, Lugano, Switzerland, September 9–12, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Fabio Crestani, Martin Braschler, Jacques Savoy, Andreas Rauber, Henning Müller, David E. Losada, Gundula Heinatz Bürki, Linda Cappellato, Nicola Ferro ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the CLEF Association, CLEF 2019, held in Lugano, Switzerland, in September 2019.The conference has a clear focus on experimental information retrieval with special attention to the challenges of multimodality, multilinguality, and interactive search ranging from unstructured to semi structures and structured ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the CLEF Association, CLEF 2019, held in Lugano, Switzerland, in September 2019.The conference has a clear focus on experimental information retrieval with special attention to the challenges of multimodality, multilinguality, and interactive search ranging from unstructured to semi structures and structured
... Read more
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Emile, Or Concerning Education

by Jean Jacques Rousseau ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Martin G ...

Unabridged

4 hours 36 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.émile, or On Education is a treatise on the nature of education and on the nature of man written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who considered it to be the "best and most important of all my writings." Due to a section of the book entitled "Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar," émile was banned in Paris and Geneva and was publicly burned in 1762. ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.émile, or On Education is a treatise on the nature of education and on the nature of man written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who considered it to be the "best and most important of all my writings." Due to a section of the book entitled "Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar," émile was banned in Paris and Geneva and was publicly burned in 1762.
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Them Days 7.2

Toys, Games, and Amusements

by Jean Martin, Leo O'Brien, Albert Ryland, George Cartwright, Jill Saunders, Joe Palliser, Pat O'Brien, Victor Fowler, Joe Ford, Margaret Baikie, Flora Baikie, Harvey Mesher, Thomas O. Pardy, Mary Jacque, Joanne Martin, Caroline Jacque, Garmel Rich, Lillian Broomfield, Franz Boas, Eliis Barney, Elsie Blake, Hilda Decker, Alfreda Blake, Maria Ryland, Olive Marshall, Cynthia Cooke, Edna Campbell, Chelsey Lethbridge, Robert H. Davis, Doris Saunders, Julianna Winters, Sam Webb, Greta Davis, Edna Edmunds, Margaret Davis, Rosie Ford, John Edmunds, Stewart Ryland, James Linstead, Emily Clark, E. W. Hawkes, Judy McGrath, Curtis Oliver, Gus Flowers, Duncan Strong, Frank G. Speck, John Michelin, Clara Voisey, Bella Lyall, Bessie Flynn, Francis Hall, Lucien M. Turner, Jim Saunders, Jim Voisey, Ellen Lyall, Tommy Davis ...

Narrated by Aimee Chaulk, Patty Way, Ida Suarak, George Way, Clarice Blake-Rudkowski, Morgen Mills, Beatrix Mills ...

Unabridged

2 hours 22 min

This special edition of Them Days Magazine from 1982 is all about toys, games, amusements and pastimes. Dive into dozens of short stories about dolls, balls, and boats; learn how to slide on seal skins; listen to memories of specialty holiday games and so much more! ... Read more

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This special edition of Them Days Magazine from 1982 is all about toys, games, amusements and pastimes. Dive into dozens of short stories about dolls, balls, and boats; learn how to slide on seal skins; listen to memories of specialty holiday games and so much more!
... Read more

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