This text details the practical applications of Bourdieu's theories in a series of specific pedagogic research studies, showing how his ideas can be put into practice. Language, gender, career decision-making and the experience of higher education students are all covered. Questions are also raised concerning research methodology. The authors examine Bourdieu's interest in the position of the researcher within the research process. Bourdieu's influence is traced in aspects both of theory and practice. Finally, principles, approaches, methods and techniques that may be derived from Bourdieu are suggested, and assessed, for practical use in research.
John Lee is the most infamous Victorian criminal after Jack the Ripper. Found guilty of the murder of his employer, he was sent for execution but three times the trap failed to open. Released from gaol after 23 years, he married, then abandoned his family and disappeared. This text pieces together his story, reviewing and presenting new evidence.
The Cotswolds are one of the most attractive and visited areas in England. The main canals in the region, the Stroudwater and Thames & Severn Canals, cross the Cotswolds from east to west and penetrate some of the most picturesque areas like the Golden Valley and Chalford. Built between 1775 and 1789, the two canals are thirty-seven miles long with fifty-seven locks. Their most interesting features include the impressive groups of locks climbing steeply from Stroud and the famous Sapperton Tunnel, about two and a quarter miles long - the third longest canal tunnel ever built in England. This walking guide, revised for its new edition, takes its readers along the towpath pointing out the main features and giving points of access and public rights of way. Clear, detailed maps show the route, and historical photographs illustrate features along the towpath and show the canal and those who lived and worked upon it.
Cyberspace is no longer a mystery. It has become irrevocably intertwined with everyday life, facilitating everything from reading the news and paying the bills to ordering birthday presents. We are in the midst of a revolution in mass communication, and there now exists the technology for creating new forms of community, empowering citizens, and challenging existing power structures. But will such changes occur? In this fascinating book Michael Margolis and David Resnick ponder the effects of cyberspace on American Politics. Our political system tends to normalize political activity, and thus, the Internet's vast potential could be lost, rendering it just another purveyor of ignored information. This broad examination begins with a history of cyberspace and moves through discussions of parties, political interest groups, candidates, mass media, information dissemination, and commercial uses of the Internet. Politics as Usual offers an innovative and exciting look into previously ignored aspects of the Internet and American politics.
Cyberspace is no longer a mystery. It has become irrevocably intertwined with everyday life, facilitating everything from reading the news and paying the bills to ordering birthday presents. We are in the midst of a revolution in mass communication, and there now exists the technology for creating new forms of community, empowering citizens, and challenging existing power structures. But will such changes occur? In this fascinating book Michael Margolis and David Resnick ponder the effects of cyberspace on American Politics. Our political system tends to normalize political activity, and thus, the Internet's vast potential could be lost, rendering it just another purveyor of ignored information. This broad examination begins with a history of cyberspace and moves through discussions of parties, political interest groups, candidates, mass media, information dissemination, and commercial uses of the Internet. Politics as Usual offers an innovative and exciting look into previously ignored aspects of the Internet and American politics.
We are living in a golden age of astronomy and space exploration, with more discoveries about the universe every day. With so many possibilities now open to us, revered science writers Michael E. Bakich and David J. Eicher will take young readers on a journey to the throughout the universe in this latest edition of A Child's Introduction series.Perfect for budding explorers aged 8-12, Bakich and Eicher explore the history of space exploration from the very first rocket in China, to the moon landing, to the latest missions to Mars (and beyond). They also include profiles of noteworthy scientists, engineers, and astronauts including Isaac Newton, Neil Armstrong, Mae Carol Jemison; fun sections on space food, UFOs, a timeline of space suits, and how to go to the bathroom in space; and STEM experiments like how to build your own rocket and how to tell time using the sun. Packed with dozens of NASA photos and charming original illustrations, and a pull-out poster, this fascinating book reveals the wonders of space exploration-past, present and future!
Use these techniques to improve staff performance! Internal Relationship Management: Linking Human Resources to Marketing Performance shows how businesses can develop and maintain positive interactions between managers and employees. This book provides cutting-edge research on the management of internal customers (i.e., employees) that offers practical suggestions to improve internal service, employee performance, andultimatelyexternal marketing performance. This useful resource contains many special features to augment the text, including tables, figures, and models. Internal Relationship Management explores key issues, such as: internal relationship managementmanaging relationships with internal customers human resources activitiesactions taken to influence employee attitudes and work-related behaviors career entrythe initial stages of the internal relationship management process organizational supportservices provided to employees in an effort to support them With this book, you’ll gain a better understanding of: boundary spanners’ appraisals of career entry transitionfrom telecommunications, insurance, manufacturing, accounting, and retail firms the recruitment, selection, and retention of customer-contact service employees how internal communication processes affect boundary spanners’ satisfaction with organizational support services employee brandingemployees internalize the firm’s desired brand image to project it to customers and external stakeholders the internal customer mindsetthe importance employees place on serving internal customers The authors of Internal Relationship Management are established scholars in both marketing and management, providing an integrated, state-of-the-art perspective on how internal relations affect marketing performance. This book presents extensive research and case studies to emphasize how employee satisfaction results in customer satisfaction.
Use these techniques to improve staff performance! Internal Relationship Management: Linking Human Resources to Marketing Performance shows how businesses can develop and maintain positive interactions between managers and employees. This book provides cutting-edge research on the management of internal customers (i.e., employees) that offers practical suggestions to improve internal service, employee performance, andultimatelyexternal marketing performance. This useful resource contains many special features to augment the text, including tables, figures, and models. Internal Relationship Management explores key issues, such as: internal relationship managementmanaging relationships with internal customers human resources activitiesactions taken to influence employee attitudes and work-related behaviors career entrythe initial stages of the internal relationship management process organizational supportservices provided to employees in an effort to support them With this book, you’ll gain a better understanding of: boundary spanners’ appraisals of career entry transitionfrom telecommunications, insurance, manufacturing, accounting, and retail firms the recruitment, selection, and retention of customer-contact service employees how internal communication processes affect boundary spanners’ satisfaction with organizational support services employee brandingemployees internalize the firm’s desired brand image to project it to customers and external stakeholders the internal customer mindsetthe importance employees place on serving internal customers The authors of Internal Relationship Management are established scholars in both marketing and management, providing an integrated, state-of-the-art perspective on how internal relations affect marketing performance. This book presents extensive research and case studies to emphasize how employee satisfaction results in customer satisfaction.
Amid culture wars and church division, Michael W. Austin calls us back to the authentic Way--following Christ in humility and love. American Christians have lost the Way. We chase power and comfort and coat our self-righteousness in a Christian veneer. We comfort ourselves that we follow the rules and go to church, so life will work out for us. But we have forgotten what it means to truly follow Christ. Michael Austin brings us back to basics of the Christian life: humility and love. Drawing on Philippians and 1 Corinthians, Austin reminds us how Jesus, in love, poured himself out for others. This other-centeredness stands contrary to vainglorious affirmation in our lives, online and off--and it is the key to healing the deep divisions in our communities. Austin guides the reader through spiritual disciplines to aid in the formation of this virtue, from praying the psalms to building healthy communities. For Christians seeking transformative union with God, in their souls and society, Humility is the ideal companion.
Stimulus: plans: good or bad? Jobs: can we afford them? Money: who's got it? Everybody's talking about the economy, but how can you evaluate what they're saying? How can we, the people, understand what the banks or government knows (or says they know)? Author Michael Goodwin asked himself the same questions and came up with a good answer: explore the development of economic thought, examine the reality of economic practice, add a wry sense of humour and tell all through the graphic medium. In a word, Economix. Goodwin's wit and clarity of writing along with artist Dan Burr's quirky, iconic art transform the "dismal science" of economics into a fun, fact-filled story about human nature and our attempts to make the most of what we've got . . . and sometimes what our neighbors have got. Economix explains it all from the beginning of Western economic thought to markets, free or otherwise, to economic failures, successes and anomalies, to how our modern economy is grappling with war, climate change and resource limitations. The book's graphic format means complex ideas can be comprehensive and accessible.
To Pass On a Good Earth is the candid and compelling new biography of one of the twentieth century’s most distinctive and influential scholars. The legendary ""Great God beyond the Sierras,"" Carl Otwin Sauer is America’s most famed geographer, an inspiration to both conservators and poets, yet no book-length biography of him has existed until now. This Missouri-born son of German immigrants contributed to many fields, with a versatility rare in his time and virtually unknown today. Sauer explored plant and animal domestication, the entry of Native Americans into the continent, their transformation of the land into prairies and cultivated fields, and subsequent European enterprise that fuelled prosperity but also triggered environmental degradation and the loss of cultural diversity. Providing profound and invaluable insights into the human occupance, cultivation--and often ruination--of the earth, Sauer revolutionized our understanding of the impact of European conquest of the New World. Author and fellow geographer Michael Williams had access to Sauer’s voluminous correspondence in the Bancroft Library at Berkeley and in family collections. Enlivened by these intimate letters to family and colleagues, To Pass On a Good Earth reveals the rare qualities of mind and heart that made Sauer one of America’s most treasured--as well as troubled--intellectual pioneers. He brought both historical rigor and humanistic understanding to the burgeoning environmental movement and ceaselessly championed an ecumenical approach in an age of increasing specialization.
Mantlo: A Life in Comics showcases the life and career of one of the comic book industry's most prolific writers of the 1970s and early 1980s. Mantlo penned hundreds of stories and created or co-created dozens of characters including Rocket Raccoon. Tragically, Mantlo's life was severely compromised following a rollerblading accident in the mid 1980s. He has remained in nursing care since this time. This new edition of Mantlo: A Life in Comics, like its predecessor, is a benefit book with all proceeds being donated toward the costs of Mantlo's medical expenses.
Photography by acclaimed photographer Michael Clinton. Global Faces is the second volume in his acclaimed Global series, featuring the design and architectural vestiges that make each of the countries he has visited distinct and memorable. Global Faces is an incredible survey of the many different kinds of people that live on Planet Earth. Photographer Michael Clinton, whose sellout books Global Snaps and Wanderlust: One Hundred Countries, which documented the splendour of the environment, world on film, now lets us delve into a living photo archive of the faces and personages of residents of Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and even Antarctica - sometimes human, sometimes statuary, sometimes wildlife. In addition to the hundreds of luminous colour photographs, included is a gatefold of portraits as well as convenient tabbing for fast movement throughout the book. Global Faces is perfect for every reader of an age to explore the global community of humanity and will provide new inspiration and insight for actual and armchair travellers alike.
Hundreds of thousands of people are cured of cancer every year, due in large part to chemotherapy treatment. Making the Chemotherapy Decision is a comprehensive sourcebook for people looking at chemotherapy treatment and their families.In this recently-expanded fifth edition, updated in 2014, medical journalist David Drum demystifies chemotherapy treatment in a practical and supportive way. The book includes information on the 122 most commonly-used chemotherapy drugs, their side effects, and suggests ways to cope with the entire cancer treatment process..Stressing the connection between body and mind in the healing process, Drum dispels many common myths about chemotherapy and presents clear, concise information on pain control, nutrition, lifestyle changes, patients' rights, alternative treatments, social and financial issues, the management of side effects and more. Case histories of people who have experienced chemotherapy are included. Patients who actively participate in their treatment greatly improve their chances of survival and enhance their quality of life. Making the Chemotherapy Decision provides information and support to help people with cancer and their caregivers along the way to recovery from cancer.
Bruno David; Michael-Shawn Fletcher; Simon Connor; Virginia Ruth Pullin; Jessie Birkett-Rees; Jean-Jacques Delannoy; Michela Mariani; Anthony Romano; S. Yoshi Maezumi
This Element addresses a burning question – how can archaeologists best identify and interpret cultural burning, the controlled use of fire by people to shape and curate their physical and social landscapes? This Element describes what cultural burning is and presents current methods by which it can be identified in historical and archaeological records, applying internationally relevant methods to Australian landscapes. It clarifies how the transdisciplinary study of cultural burning by Quaternary scientists, historians, archaeologists and Indigenous community members is informing interpretations of cultural practices, ecological change, land use and the making of place. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Bruno David; Michael-Shawn Fletcher; Simon Connor; Virginia Ruth Pullin; Jessie Birkett-Rees; Jean-Jacques Delannoy; Michela Mariani; Anthony Romano; S. Yoshi Maezumi
This Element addresses a burning question – how can archaeologists best identify and interpret cultural burning, the controlled use of fire by people to shape and curate their physical and social landscapes? This Element describes what cultural burning is and presents current methods by which it can be identified in historical and archaeological records, applying internationally relevant methods to Australian landscapes. It clarifies how the transdisciplinary study of cultural burning by Quaternary scientists, historians, archaeologists and Indigenous community members is informing interpretations of cultural practices, ecological change, land use and the making of place. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Most intermediate-level machine learning books usually focus on how to optimize models by increasing accuracy or decreasing prediction error. But this approach often overlooks the importance and the need to be able to explain why and how your ML model makes the predictions that it does. This practical guide brings together the best-in-class techniques for model interpretability and explains model predictions in a hands-on approach. Experienced ML practitioners will be able to more easily apply these tools in their daily workflow.
System downtime is a common pain point for a great many organizations. Recently, a 12-hour store outage cost one Silicon Valley giant $25 million. And a 14-hour outage cost another corporation an estimated $90 million. News like this reminds companies that they need an incident management program before the unexpected happens. And there's no better time to get started than now. But where do you begin? What elements does your program require? Who should be in charge? In this practical book, seasoned professionals Michael Kehoe and David Cintz, who build, maintain, and run incident management programs for Confluent and LinkedIn, show you how to create a program that's effective, efficient, scalable, and automated—regardless of the size of your organization. You'll also learn how to tailor the program to meet the specific needs of your company as it continues to grow. This book will help you: Understand the importance and benefits of an incident management program Create an effective incident categorization system and after-incident review program Create an effective automation strategy for incidents Build a comprehensive on-call program and train engineers About the authors: Michael Kehoe is an author, speaker, and senior staff security engineer at Confluent, leading security initiatives for multiple organizations. David Cintz is an expert in leading large-scale incident response programs and serves as the staff technical program manager for security incidents at Confluent.
