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A review essay on books by Graham Harman, 'Prince of Networks: Bruno Latour and Metaphysics' (Melbourne: Re.press, 2009); Bruno Latour, Graham Harman and Peter Erdelyi, 'The Prince and the Wolf' (Winchester: Zero Books, 2011).

Introduction: What Planet Are You On? -- Earth at the Threshold -- Who Speaks through the Earth? -- Planetary Social Life in the Making -- What is Planetary Social Thought? -- Inhuman Modernity, Earthly Violence -- Terra mobilis -- Grounding Colonialism, Decolonizing the Earth -- Earthly Multitudes and Planetary Futures: Ten Questions.

"Marketing in professional services and consulting businesses (law, accounting, property, management consulting, project management, engineering, technical services, etc.) has progressed significantly in recent years. It is now seen as a major contributor to attracting and retaining clients, building a successful brand, and growing revenue and profit.Professional Services Marketing Handbook covers key issues in business development, operations, and delivery and includes case studies, insights, and advice on CRM, digital and social media, thought leadership, branding, and client thoughts to provide the tools to deliver greater business impact"..

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: leading professional services firms in a new age of competitive disruption -- Business leadership -- Vision : how to create and implement a robust strategic plan -- Innovation : how to reap the benefits of innovation in your firm -- Performance : how to improve the profitability of client engagements -- Client leadership -- Understanding : how to stay attuned to the changing needs of your clients and markets -- Connecting : how to foster a client-focused culture in your firm -- Sales : how to improve your firm's client-development success -- People leadership -- "Future-fit" : how to foster a commercial mindset in your firm -- Motivate and collaborate : how to create high-performing teams -- Performance : how to establish a culture of continuous improvement -- Self leadership -- Forward reflection : how to assess your leadership potential -- Capability : how to develop the skills, competencies and experiences to be a successful leader -- Balance : how to succeed as a leader without burning out -- Conclusion: put these leadership lessons into action -- Index

Explores the expanding debate on the influence of climate change on human migration. As climate change stands to alter the distribution of humans and material across the globe, this book offers a set of critical resources for analysing this relationship and reimaging what it might mean to be political in a fully immanent world of bodies in flux.