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Bill Wilson: Changing the World
by Robert Simons • Max SafferThis case describes the life choices of Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. A young man with tremendous potential, Wilson hit rock bottom as a drunk. An epiphany, coupled with his personal drive, led him to build a worldwide organization that has helped millions of people recover from ... More
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Language: ENGCopyright: 2022
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Language: ENGCopyright: 2022
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Sarah Breedlove: Changing the World
This case describes the rise of Sarah Breedlove, who later called herself Madam C.J. Walker, from the cotton fields of Louisiana to the head of a successful, nationwide beauty company providing opportunity and hair care products to Black women. The case describes how Breedlove started her business, ... More
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Language: ENGCopyright: 2018
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Older, but Better, but Older: From the Authors of How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are
From the bestselling authors of How to be Parisian, what smart, savvy, fabulous French women think, feel and advise as they hit forty on life, love, and everything elseOlder, but Better, but Older has the playful wit, self deprecation and worldly advice we have come to expect from these bestselling ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
EU-Russia Relations, 1999-2015: From Courtship to Confrontation (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series)
This book traces the development of EU-Russia relations in recent years. It argues that a major factor influencing the relationship is the changing internal dynamics of both parties, in Russia’s case an increasingly authoritarian state, in the case of the EU an increasing coherence in its foreign po... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
How the Dukes Stole Christmas: A Christmas Romance Anthology
From the ballrooms of London, to abandoned Scottish castles, to the snowy streets of Gilded Age New York, four bestselling authors whip up unforgettable Christmas romance.“Meet Me in Mayfair” by Tessa DareLouisa Ward needs a Christmas miracle. Unless she catches a wealthy husband at the ball, the Du... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Vatican II and Beyond: The Changing Mission and Identity of Canadian Women Religious
The year 2015 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Second Vatican Council, which aimed to align the Church with the modern world. Over the last five decades, women religious have engaged with the council’s reforms with unprecedented enthusiasm, far exceeding the expectations of the Chur... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits
From four stunning and accomplished French women -- at last -- a fresh and spirited take on what it really means to be a Parisienne: how they dress, entertain, have fun and attempt to behave themselves. In short, frisky sections, these Parisian women give you their very original views on style, beau... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Religion, Emotion, Sensation: Affect Theories and Theologies (Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquia)
by Amy Hollywood • Donovan O. Schaefer • Erin Runions • Stephen D. Moore • Wonhee Anne Joh • Gregory J. Seigworth • Karen Bray • Mathew Arthur • Dong Sung Kim • A. Paige Rawson • Max Thornton • Alexis G. WallerReligion, Emotion, Sensation asks what affect theory has to say about God or gods, religion or religions, scriptures, theologies, and liturgies. Contributors explore the crossings and crisscrossings between affect theory and theology and the study of religion more broadly, as well as the political a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
The Long Year: A 2020 Reader (Public Books Series)
by Eric Klinenberg • Joan Wallach Scott • Julie Livingston • Natalia Molina • Jun Li • Guobin Yang • Andrew Lakoff • Priscilla Wald • Warwick Anderson • Warren Breckman • Adam Tooze • Ananya Roy • Sophie Lewis • Neha Vora • Margaret O'Mara • Yarimar Bonilla • Merlin Chowkwanyun • Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor • Margaret Morganroth Gullette • Marcia Chatelain • Jacob A.C. Remes • Joanne Randa Nucho • Xiaowei Wang • Miguel Centeno • Jean-Paul Gagnon • Keisha N. Blain • Sulfikar Amir • Mustafa Dikeç • David Schmidt • Gautam Bhan • David S. Barnes • Isabelle Guérin • Andy Horowitz • Simon Balto • Éric Charmes • Max Rousseau • Michelle Cera • Gilles Guiheux • Ye Guo • Renyou Hou • Manon Laurent • Anne-Valérie Ruinet • Govindan Venkatasubramanian • Mathieu Ferry • Marine Al Dahdah • Sherihan Radi • Jeffrey Aaron Snyder • Rachel Nolan • Evan Lieberman • Julia Foulkes • Soledad Álvarez Velasco • Sophie Gonick • Alfonso Fierro • Erick Corrêa • Gianpaolo Biaocchi • Jake Carlson • Quentin Ravelli • Rikki J. Dean • Afsoun Afsahi • Emily Beausoleil • Selen A. Ercan • Cordula Dittmer • Daniel F. Lorenz • Kathryn Cai • Kavita SivaramakrishnanSome years—1789, 1929, 1989—change the world suddenly. Or do they? In 2020, a pandemic converged with an economic collapse, inequalities exploded, and institutions weakened. Yet these crises sprang not from new risks but from known dangers. The world—like many patients—met 2020 with a host of preexi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Ten Year Stretch: Celebrating a Decade of Crime Fiction at CrimeFest
by Jeffery Deaver • John Harvey • Ian Rankin • Peter James • Lee Child • Simon Brett • Kate Ellis • Martin Edwards • Maj Sjöwall • James Sallis • Sophie Hannah • Mick Herron • Michael Stanley • Andrew Taylor • Zoë Sharp • Bill Beverly • Ann Cleeves • Adrian Muller • Peter Guttridge • Donna Moore • Caro Ramsay • Yrsa Sigurðardóttir • Catherine Edwards"Edwards and Muller have assembled top-notch talent in this entertaining anthology of 20 original short stories... High-quality entries from the likes of Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, and Ian Rankin, as well as from lesser-known authors such as Bill Beverly, elevate this above similar volumes."--Publis... More
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Creative, Successful, Dyslexic: 23 High Achievers Share Their Stories
by Richard Rogers • Benjamin Zephaniah • Charley Boorman • Nigel Mccrery • Paul Nixon • Richard Branson • Kenny Logan • Marcus Brigstocke • Eddie Izzard • Chris Robshaw • Mollie King • Meg Mathews • Ed Baines • Brian Conley • Darcey Bussell Cbe • Steven Naismith • David Bailey Cbe • Jackie Obe • Zoe Wanamaker Cbe • Theo Paphitis • Margaret Rooke • Lynda La Cbe • Sophie Conran • Zelda West-Meads • Kelly Hoppen Mbe23 very well-known people from the arts, sport, and business worlds talk about how dyslexia affected their childhood, how they were able to overcome the challenges and use the special strengths of dyslexia to achieve great success in adulthood. Darcey Bussell CBE, Eddie Izzard, Sir Richard Branson, ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016