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"Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker--a poor-born Englishman who makes a great fortune in the South American quinine trade, eventually becoming the richest man in Philadelphia. Born in 1800, Henry's brilliant daughter, Alma (who inherits both her father's money and his mind), ultimately becomes a botanist of considerable...
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[2022]
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xii, 470 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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"Harvard Business Review is the foremost destination for smart management thinking. Now, at its 100th anniversary, this commemorative volume brings together the most influential ideas since its inception. With thought leaders including Michael E. Porter, W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne, Rosabeth Moss Kantor, Peter Drucker, and Clayton M. Christensen, this book puts HBR's greatest concepts at your fingertips. HBR at 100 curates twenty of HBR's bestselling...
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The classic guide to bringing out the best in people at their worst-updated with even more can't-standable people!
Dealing with People You Can't Stand has been helping good people deal with bad behavior in a positive, professional way for nearly two decades.
Unfortunately, as the world becomes smaller and time more compressed, new difficult people are being made all the time. So Kirschner and Brinkman have updated their global bestseller to help...
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A TIMELESS MASTERPIECE FOR THE GENERATIONS
This timeless masterpiece, teeming with colorful characters, unexpected plot twists, and Dickens' vivid rendering of the vast tapestry of mid-Victorian England, Great Expectations is considered by many to be Dickens' finest novel. It continues to enthrall new generations of readers
Dickens tells the story of humble, orphaned Philip Pirrip (Pip), the book's narrator, who is taken under the wing of the reclusive,...
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[2014]
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1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Roll into fun with Chuck and his pals Digger, Boomer, Rowdy, Soku, Biggs and Handy. Adventures and excitement greet Chuck and his friends in these ten new episodes as they try new activities, such as building a fort or becoming Deputy Mayor for a day. In the end, they learn that friendship and staying safe and healthy are the best lessons.
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[2020]
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"Lead your business through the crisis, and prepare it to rebound in the recovery. As the pandemic is exacting its toll on our lives and wreaking havoc in the global economy, forward-looking organizations are moving past crisis management and positioningthemselves to leap ahead when the economy turns around. What should you and your business be doing now to stay afloat today-while planning for tomorrow so you can come out of the crisis stronger? Part...
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[2015]
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viii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"Hallowell, known for his work with children and adults, now identifies the underlying reasons why people really lose their ability to focus at work--where many of today's adults feel distracted and unproductive. He explains why commonly offered solutions like 'learn to manage your time better' or 'make a to-do list' just don't work because they don't address the deeper, underlying issues of mental distraction"--
12) Why companies fail: the 10 big reasons businesses crumble, and how to keep yours strong and solid
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c2003
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xxvii, 292 p. ; 24 cm.
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Pressure vessels are an integral part of many industrial processes, ranging from chemical processing to power generation. This book offers a general overview of pressure vessels. "Uses of Boiler and Pressure Vessels codes" is a comprehensive guide to the widely-used ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessels Codes, providing readers with a thorough understanding of the codes and their applications. The authors of "Uses of ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessels Codes"...
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McMasters guide to homicide volume 1
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2023.
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388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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"Preparing you for an education you'll never forget, this introduction to The McMasters Conservatory, dedicated to the consummate execution of homicidal arts, follows students as they prepare for graduation by getting away with the perfect murder of someone whose death will make the world a much better place to live"--
Who hasn't wondered for a split second what the world would be like if a person who is the object of your affliction ceased to exist?...
16) The coworker
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"Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone at work thinks so. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m. So when Dawn doesn't show up to the office one morning, her coworker Natalie Farrel--beautiful, popular, top sales rep five years running--is surprised. Then she receives an unsettling, anonymous phone call that changes everything. Now, Natalie is irrevocably tied to Dawn as she finds...
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Partiendo de la superación de una perspectiva espontánea y, en el mejor de los casos, funcional, que actualmente abunda en la creación de la forma objetual, esta investigación considera que el objeto es un constructo que revela las estructuras cognitivas del grupo que lo produce, y que la forma es un hecho social de convivencia. Así, este estudio se estructura en cuatro partes constitutivas: la primera de ellas plantea diversas hipótesis acerca...
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Tener un buen producto es grandioso pero, en el competitivo mundo de hoy, eso no es suficiente. El empaque, en cualquiera de sus múltiples presentaciones, asume el poderoso papel de puente e intérprete entre el productor y el consumidor y con un maravilloso juego de formas, tamaños, materiales y colores busca realizar esa natural comunicación. Este manual no trata de diseño gráfico sino que pretende señalar las pautas que hacen posible que...
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“Henry Dreyfuss: Designing for People” reveals the work of Dreyfuss's talented, hand-picked staff and explores how together they influenced nearly a century of industrial design. With his wife as business partner, he orchestrated a firm that created some of the 20th century's most iconic designs, including the luxury 20th Century Limited train; the interior for Eisenhower's Air Force One; the Princess telephone; and John Deere's Gator utility...
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El presente trabajo registra la sistematización de una experiencia de diseño de producto, con el propósito de extraer aprendizajes que faciliten, en el aula, la comprensión y la explicación de las lógicas y las particularidades del proceso de diseño de producto. Este propósito, supone atender las pautas de la transposición didáctica, entendida como la necesaria transformación que sufre el saber especializado para poder ser enseñado, e...
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