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Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Author -- Introduction -- The Next Frontier for Practitioners: Lean for Social Good -- The Word "Lean" -- What's in This Book -- Case Studies and Profiles of Practitioners -- Overview of Lean and Toyota Kata -- Tour of the Four Sections -- SECTION I THE FOUNDATION OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND OPERATIONAL MATURITY -- 1 Introduction to Lean and Continuous Improvement -- Tracing the Roots of Quality Management -- By Any Other Name -- 2 The Three Stages of Maturity in State Government

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: Facing Janus -- 1. On the Cusp: American Politics and Culture in 1979 -- 2. Wind Shear: The Political Cultures of 1980 -- 3. The Closing of Heaven's Gate: Hollywood in Transition -- 4. Starting Over: Pop Music's Future Goes Back to the Past -- 5. Ebb and Flow: Tidal Shifts in Broadcast Television -- 6. Turning the Page: The Publishing Industry in 1980 -- 7. Inflection Point: Autumn 1980 -- Conclusion: Inaugurating the Eighties -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Map of Sápmi and Scandinavia -- Sápmi's Geography and Languages -- Introduction -- Part I. Northern Curiosities -- Lapponia -- Curiosity Cabinets -- The Magic Drum -- Mr. Bullock's Exhibition of Laplanders -- Part II. Collecting -- A Model Prisoner -- Autumn Migration in Lule Lappmark -- Razzias -- The Lappish Department -- Making Histories -- Roots and Spirals -- Wax Cylinders, Sámi Voices -- Opening the Blue Chest -- Part III. Two Directions -- Recentering: Sweden -- Returning: Norway -- Recollecting: Sápmi -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- Color Plates.

Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- A Note on Language -- Content Warning -- Introduction: What Is Mental Illness? -- 1. Psychiatry: Haunted by Institutions -- 2. Depression: Anatomy of Melancholy -- 3. Manic Depression: The Roots of Diagnosis -- 4. Schizophrenia: Misunderstanding Mental Illness -- 5. Treatments: Managing Mental Disorder in the Past -- 6. Mental Healthcare: From Institutions to Neglect -- 7. Psychiatry: From Psychobabble to Neurobabble -- 8. Mental Health and Mental Illness: A Manifesto -- Recommended Further Reading -- Permissions -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Copyright -- About the Author -- About Gill Books.

For courses in International Finance. A balanced approach to theory and policy applications International Finance: Theory and Policy provides engaging, balanced coverage of the key concepts and practical applications of the discipline. An intuitive introduction to international finance theory is followed by detailed coverage of policy applications. With this new 11th Edition, the author team of Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, renowned researcher Maurice Obstfeld, and Marc Melitz of Harvard University continues to set the standard for International Finance courses

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Introduction -- So, What's It Like Being a Mother? -- My Childhood -- My Childless Adulthood -- Forty-Two and Pregnant (Freeze Your Eggs) -- Not Partners -- Partners -- HELP! (Free and Paid) -- Discipline -- Fear and Love -- Parenting in Environmental Panic -- Sex, Gender, and Consent-Baby Edition -- Christmas in My Heart -- Into the Wild, or Getting Your Child Out of the House -- One Is an Accessory, Two Is a Lifestyle -- Fathers on Mothers, or Other Recommended Porn Search Terms -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Copyright.

Intro -- title page -- dedication -- acknowledgments -- foreword -- chapter 1: the view from the top -- chapter 2: something isn't working -- chapter 3: waking up to what's inside -- chapter 4: troubling revelations -- chapter 5: crashing into the past -- chapter 6: journey into the shadow -- chapter 7: when good men fall -- chapter 8: breaking free from toxic emotions -- chapter 9: circle of trust -- chapter 10: everything that matters -- postscript: how to go all in with god -- glossary -- reading guide -- about the author -- notes -- copyright.

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Introduction: How Did I Get Here? -- Chapter 1: A Boy from Delaware -- Chapter 2: Then, Everything Changed -- Chapter 3: Trying to Have It All -- Chapter 4: A Love Found… -- Chapter 5: … and Lost -- Chapter 6: Searching for Something -- Chapter 7: The Turning Point -- Chapter 8: What's a Pillow Party? -- Chapter 9: The Party Continues -- Chapter 10: Find Your Story -- Epilogue: What the Hell Is Going On? -- Photographs -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Copyright.

Cover -- Half Title Page -- Series List -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface: To My Fellow Castaways -- First Day: The Darkening of the World (Heidegger) -- Second Day: Existence without Existents (Levinas) -- Third Day: The Two Ecstasies of Extreme Solitude (Heidegger and Levinas) -- Fourth Day: A World without Others (Tournier) -- Fifth Day: The Schizoid and the Depressive (Deleuze) -- Sixth Day: The Worst-Case Scenario Lullaby (Bonaparte) -- Seventh Day: Robinson? C'est Moi! -- The Complete Desert Island Library -- About the Author.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Series Editors' Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Fractal Families -- Chapter 1: Becoming Family: Mayra Santos Febres's Fe en disfraz and La amante de Gardel -- Chapter 2: Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro: Cimarronas, Love and Breaking the Silence -- Chapter 3: Yvonne Denis-Rosario: Fathers, Mothers, Fractals and Writing -- Chapter 4: Oshun and the Palenque-Plantation in Daughters of the Stone -- Conclusion: Afro-Borinquén Today and Tomorrow -- Appendix: Author Interviews -- Notes -- Glossary of Terms -- Works Cited -- Index -- Back Cover.

Cover -- Series: In the National Interest -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Population Shock -- A Quiet Revolution -- The 2002 Intergenerational Report -- The 100-Year Population Shock -- Stage One: The Boomers in Childhood -- Stage Two: The Boomers in Adulthood -- Stage Three: The Boomers Are Ageing -- Stage Four: The Boomers Die Out -- Our Population and Economic Outlook -- Australia's Future: A More Realistic Assessment -- Participation -- Productivity -- Population -- Net Migration -- What's Missing from the 2021 Intergenerational Report? -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- About this Book -- About the Author -- In the National Interest.

This comprehensive textbook looks at ethics through the lens of civil and structural engineering. Written by a practicing engineer and experienced author, Ethics in Civil and Structural Engineering: Professional Responsibility and Standard of Care uses known standards of professional care, ethical codes of conduct, court opinions, and case studies to connect core concepts to real-world professional practices. You will get strategies for ethically approaching pivotal issues, including environmental sustainability, resilient development, professional responsibility, business and interpersonal relationships, and competent practice.

Cover -- Series -- In the National Interest -- Good International Citizenship: The Case for Decency -- Good International Citizenship -- The Moral Imperative -- The National Interest Imperative -- Australia's Record: Overseas Aid -- Australia's Record: Human Rights -- Looking Inward -- Looking Outward -- Australia's Record: Conflict, Atrocities and Refugees -- Peacemaking -- Peacekeeping -- Warfighting -- Atrocities -- Refugees -- Australia's Record: Pandemics, Climate and Nuclear Weapons -- Pandemics -- Climate -- Nuclear Weapons -- The Politics of Decency -- Notes -- About this Book -- About the Author -- In the National Interest -- Other books on the issues that matter.

"The events surrounding the 2011 Tucson shooting did not look the same to everyone involved. Readers can step back in time and into the shoes of an eyewitness, a NRA member, and a vigil participant as readers act out scenes and compare and contrast various perspectives. Written with simplified, considerate text to help struggling readers, books in this series are made to build confidence as readers engage and read aloud. Includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, sidebars, and timeline"--

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Brew Like an Egyptian -- 2. The Wichita Way -- 3. Getting Hoppy with Free State and Yakimaniac -- 4. Rock Chalk to Wildcat Country -- 5. Brewery 101 -- 6. The Ale Trail -- 7. The Little Brewery that Could -- 8. Smoky Hill Trail -- 9. Going Pro -- 10. Santa Fe Trail -- 11. It's a Small Town Sticking Around -- 12. Coal Fields to Little House on the Prairie -- Afterword -- Brewery Appendix -- Notes -- About the Author.