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DIVAn ethnography about the work of genome scientists, entrepreneurs, and policy makers in biotech drug development in the United States and India./div
Everyone who aspires to more effective public service should read this book. It provides a compelling antidote to the managerial focus of theory and practice in public administration. Written with the aim of inspiring and rekindling a mission for public service, Transformational Public Service weaves together theory and stories from actual practice to show that public service can (and does) advance the goals of democracy, inclusiveness, and social and economic justice. Eight practitioners from government and non-governmental organizations at all levels - from the street to the executive office - tell their personal stories of transformational public service. Theory, poetry, and popular cultu...
The author profiles six of the most popular names in the food industry and describes what it takes to become top chefs in the nation.
Tuesday's Children is proud to self publish the enclosed letters, a compilation of stories and letters from those who lost a loved one on 9/11, including spouses, fiancs, children, grandchildren, parents, brothers, sisters and cousins. The letters are tributes to those lost but also messages of inspiration and strength and hope. On behalf of Tuesdays Children and Brian Curtis, a New York Times bestselling author, and our partner in the project, we thank everyone, who particpated in the project, for taking the time to share their stories and heartfelt letters.
Discusses the history and development of the sport and the author's involvement, including comprehensive lists of competitions and winners, but gives little space to techniques and requirements.
This book rediscovers the Hollywood Right, revealing how Hollywood Republicans remade America by successfully backing candidates such as Richard Nixon.
You will be exposed to an aging Jewish man, raised in New York who now finds himself living in Russellville, Arkansas and coping with gut wrenching decisions he feels compelled to make concerning his faith. He is not alone in this spiritual quest as he is now in the company of a Christian Arkansas coalminers daughter who is also open-minded to learn about Messianic Judaism and Yeshua (Jesus); the Messiah . The decision of converting from mainstream Judaism to Messianic Judaism was causing Scott a great amount of anguish. He felt that if he was wrong, it would be blasphemy. In the past he was quiet a risktaker, but, in this case he wouldnt be risking money, he would be risking his soul. Scott saw a vision of Jesus wearing a white robe with jet black hair falling over his shoulders. The light that surrounded Jesus was indescribably bright and its intensity was not earth like. When he tried to remember it, he could recall everything except the intensity of the brightness of the light. He could not duplicate the light.not even in his own imagination.
For centuries, medicine aimed to treat abnormalities. But today normality itself is open to medical modification. Equipped with a new molecular understanding of bodies and minds, and new techniques for manipulating basic life processes at the level of molecules, cells, and genes, medicine now seeks to manage human vital processes. The Politics of Life Itself offers a much-needed examination of recent developments in the life sciences and biomedicine that have led to the widespread politicization of medicine, human life, and biotechnology. Avoiding the hype of popular science and the pessimism of most social science, Nikolas Rose analyzes contemporary molecular biopolitics, examining developm...
CURSED! David was only trying to be cool when he helped some other boys steal an old lady's cane. But when the plan backfires, he is the one whom she 'curses'. Now David can't seem to do anything right. The cool kids taunt him and his only friends are weirdos. He even walks into Spanish class with his fly unzipped! And when he finally gets his nerve up to ask out a cute girl, his trousers fall down midway! But is this the curse at work or is David turning into a total loser? Another witty and very clever tale by the master storyteller Louis Sachar.
Jack was born in Stratford, Ontario, Oct. 17th, 1928. He spent his growing up years on the old farm on the Mitchell Road near the village of Motherwell, Fullarton Township, Perth County, Ontario. In 1942 at the age of 14 he contracted scarlet fever, which destroyed his hearing and any chance of a normal life or to further his education. Unable to find steady work because of his hearing loss he was encouraged to become a barber by Dickie Thorne, the local shoe store man in his home town of Mitchell. For over forty years Jack cut hair in south London. This is the story of the life and times of Jack the Barber, Getting By In A Silent World.