wisdom
Asia Leadership Wisdom: Classic Writings on Asia's Leadership Culture
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A fascinating collection of essays and extracts from some of Asia's leading business figures Influenced by such ancient traditions as Indian yoga-vedanta and the wisdom of Confucius, Asian business leaders display a unique management style in sharp contrast to the management values of Western business schools. While command-and-control is common among Asian leaders, the most effective of them integrate their strong character with compassion, ethics, and philanthropy. read more »
The Zen of Resume Writing for Formerly Incarcerated Persons
 | author: Simone R Richardson asin: 0595423124 binding: Paperback list price: $14.95 USD amazon price: $14.95 USD |
The Zen of Resume Writing for Formerly Incarcerated Persons provides helpful resume writing techniques, basic cover letter writing, interviewing skills, and job search tips. In addition, the resource identifies meditation techniques to help resume creators maintain a calm mind and body in preparation for resume writing. read more »
Writing Pauline: Wisdom From A Long Life
 | author: Gail J. Stearns asin: 0761831215 binding: Paperback list price: $26.00 USD amazon price: $26.00 USD |
Once in awhile we are confronted with a person's life and insight so remarkable, we pause to reflect upon our own beliefs, meaning, maturing, theory and theology. This life history of Pauline Thompson encompasses the astonishing life and career of a twentieth-century woman, a life that variously embraced religious symbolism, Jungian analysis, protests and arrests, careers in education and medicine, as well as relationships ranging from bigamous to bisexual. read more »
Grants, Etc.: Originally published as Grantmanship and Fund Raising
 | author: Armand Lauffer asin: 0803954697 binding: Paperback list price: $54.95 USD amazon price: $47.70 USD |
Has your program suffered from a lack of funding? Do you find that your fund-raising efforts are not yielding a healthy share of the resource pie? read more »
The Economics of Fiscal Federalism and Local Finance (International Library of Critical Writings in Economics)
 | asin: 185898355X binding: Hardcover list price: $390.00 USD amazon price: $359.39 USD |
This volume presents an authoritative collection of the most significant papers on fiscal federalism and local finance. In addition to some classic papers, it offers clear and insightful presentations of conventional wisdom in the field as well as recent papers which illuminate important issues and point the way to ongoing research. read more »
The Quotable Writer: Words of Wisdom from Mark Twain, Aristotle, Oscar Wilde, Robert Frost, Eric Jong, and More
 | asin: 0071355766 binding: Hardcover list price: $14.95 USD amazon price: $14.95 |
"The Quotable Writer taps the power of words for the wordsmiths who live and make their living by them. Dip into it and see if you don't find yourself driven to write some yourself." David A. Fryxell, editorial director and nonfiction columnist for Writer's Digest, and author of How to Write Fast (While Writing Well) and Elements of Article Writing: Structure and Flow William A. Gordon has created a Barlett's of the literary life with The Quotable Writer, a collection of roughly a thousand of the best things ever said or written by and about writers and writing. read more »
In Their Own Words: Songwriters Talk About the Creative Process
 | author: Bill DeMain asin: 0275984028 binding: Hardcover list price: $43.95 USD amazon price: $43.95 USD |
The interviews included in this fascinating collection of discussions with popular songwriters focus on the craft itself--and as such, they are of interest to both music fans and to budding songwriters. What inspires songwriters? Where do their songs come from? What is their process? What do they do when they get stuck? read more »
