Arafat and Abbas - Portraits of Leadership in a State Postponed (Klein Menachem)(Pevná vazba)

Arafat and Abbas - Portraits of Leadership in a State Postponed (Klein Menachem)(Pevná vazba)

Management and Leadership Innovations (Woodsworth Anne)(Pevná vazba)

Management and Leadership Innovations, vol. 38 of Advances in Librarianship presents techniques, cases and theoretical papers on how libraries and other non-profit organizations can achieve sustainability through application of the UN's Agenda 21, how to interview candidates through non-traditional

Advances in Global Leadership (S. Osland Joyce)(Pevná vazba)

Volume 9 of the journal, 'Advances in Global Leadership,' includes timely and impactful articles on processes associated with effective global leadership. In these times of accelerating complexity and global inter-connectedness, a deeper understanding of the multiple contextual, organizational, and

Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure (Kaiser Menachem)(Pevná vazba)

From a gifted young writer, the story of his quest to reclaim his family's apartment building in Poland--and of the astonishing entanglement with Nazi treasure hunters that follows

Berenice Abbott: Paris Portraits 1925-1930 (Abbott Berenice)(Pevná vazba)

The photographs that launched Abbott's career: portraits of artists and writers in prewar Paris, from Jean Cocteau to James JoyceThis is one in a series of books to be published by Steidl that will explore Berenice Abbott's oeuvre. Abbott began her photographic career in Paris in 1925, taking

Atlas of Beauty - Women of the World in 500 Portraits (Noroc Mihaela)(Pevná vazba)

Animal Kingdom: A Collection of Portraits (Ford Randal)(Pevná vazba)

These arresting studio portraits capture the beauty, power, and even humour of 150 furry and feathered species - a delight for any animal or bird

Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits (Cannadine David)(Pevná vazba)

Portraits of British royalty, spanning 500 years of painting and photographyThis publication explores five British royal dynasties, from the Tudors to the Windsors, drawing on the Collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, which embraces over 500 years of British history. It includes

Thinking to Transform: Reflection in Leadership Learning (hc) (Volpe White Jillian M.)(Pevná vazba)

Reflection, the process of making meaning of experience, and leadership, a relational process for affecting change, are enhanced by one another. This book is a clarion call for educators and learners to make reflection a central

Gauguin: Portraits (Homburg Cornelia)(Pevná vazba)

The first in-depth investigation of Gauguin's portraits, revealing how the artist expanded the possibilities of the genre in new and exciting ways Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) broke with accepted conventions and challenged audiences to expand their understanding of visual expression. Nowhere is this

Avedon at Work: In the American West (Wilson Laura)(Pevná vazba)

Internationally acclaimed for his portraits of powerful and accomplished people and women of great beauty, Richard Avedon was one of the twentieth century's greatest photographers--but perhaps not the most obvious choice to create a portrait of ordinary people of the American West. Yet in 1979, the

Call for Leadership: Effective Practices of Leaders in the Search for New Wisdom (Zimmerman Marty)(Pevná vazba)

This book describes leadership best practice and

Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Portraits of Women (Mancoff Debra)(Pevná vazba)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), best known and admired for his striking and seductive portraits of women, was one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a group of artists whose work is inspired by the art of the early Italian Renaissance. Rossetti's powerful and

Courage: The Backbone of Leadership (Lee Gus)(Pevná vazba)

In Courage, Gus Lee captures the essential component of leadership in measurable behaviors. Using actual stories from Whirlpool, Kaiser Permanente, IntegWare, WorldCom and other organizations, Lee shows how highly successful executives face and overcome their fears to develop moral intelligence

Leadership: No More Heroes (Pendleton David)(Pevná vazba)

Leadership is most needed in times of change, uncertainty and crisis. We are living through those times. To support leaders in all spheres, this book provides a guide to the territory of leadership and its three domains: the strategic (head), the operational (hands) and the interpersonal (heart)

New Yorkers (Davies Sally)(Pevná vazba)

New Yorkers presents more than 70 intimate portraits of people in their apartments and studios--captured in unique style by renowned New York street photographer Sally Davies--along with their testimonies and tales, and their illuminating observations on what it means to be a New Yorker

Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands (Moss Dorothy)(Pevná vazba)

A major survey of contemporary artist Hung Liu, whose layered portraits explore history and memory through the stories of marginalized figures Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands presents the stunning work of this contemporary Chinese American artist. Liu (1948-2021) blends painting and

Leadership of Muhammad (Adair John)(Pevná vazba)

Full of fascinating detail of desert life and Bedouin beliefs, The Leadership of Muhammad highlights the leadership skills displayed by Muhammad and allows you to share in his wisdom. John Adair weaves the story of Muhammad's life together with aspects of Bedouin culture, tribal leadership and

Khonsari's Cardiac Surgery: Safeguards and Pitfalls in Operative Technique (Ardehali Abbas)(Pevná vazba)

Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022! Unique in the field of cardiac surgery, Khonsari's Cardiac Surgery: Safeguards and Pitfalls in Operative Technique details the most important techniques in a concise, readable, and richly illustrated format, with a focus on avoiding and managing surgical

Faithful and Fearless: Portraits of Dogs (Bray Xavier)(Pevná vazba)

This is a wonderful overview of the remarkable range of dog portraits--there are no human sitters--produced over the last 250 years. It features well-known works such as Rosa Bonheur's Brizo, (one of the best-loved portraits in The Wallace Collection), George Stubbs' Turk, Thomas Gainsborough's

Nobility and patrimony in modern France (Macknight Elizabeth C.)(Pevná vazba)

Ch teaux, landed estates, family portraits, names, titles and coats of arms are symbols of aristocratic identity and integral to the collective memory of nobility. In this study of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, Elizabeth Macknight explains the significance of nobles' conservationist

Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory (Bolsinger Tod)(Pevná vazba)

14th Annual Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year, Leadership Explorers Lewis and Clark had to adapt. While they had prepared to find a waterway to the Pacific Ocean, instead they found themselves in the Rocky Mountains. You too may feel that you are leading in a cultural context you were not

State and Religion in Israel: A Philosophical-Legal Inquiry (Sapir Gideon)(Pevná vazba)

State and Religion in Israel begins with a philosophical analysis of the two main questions regarding the role of religion in liberal states: should such states institute a 'Wall of Separation' between state and religion? Should they offer religious practices and religious communities special

Sargent: Portraits of Artists and Friends (Ormond Richard)(Pevná vazba)

WINNER of the W. E. Fischelis Award from the Victorian Society in America. Accompanying a major exhibition, this is the first book devoted to the career of this renowned American painter through his brilliant portraits. John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) was one of the leading painters of his