Everything you need to know about creating LGBTQ2+ inclusive workplace, from A to Z.What you aren't doing about creating an LGBTQ2+ inclusive workplace is costing you more than might think. Every year, companies who aren't doing the necessary work are losing millions of dollars to low productivity, staff turnover, missed opportunities, and reputational damage—and no, simply slapping a rainbow over your company logo every June isn't going to cut it.In this myth-busting follow-up to the 2020...

A book isn't going to end racism or inequity. But it can be a start.Birds of All Feathers is a timely call to action for employers, HR professionals, managers and employees to address diversity and inclusion—because it's not just the right thing to do, but the smart thing to do.Michael Bach helps you develop a better understanding around the nuances of terms like diversity versus inclusion and equity versus equality, and shows how diversity and inclusion can drive innovation and creativity...

The world’s oddest drag artistThis book is an intimate and in-depth look into the life of Yvie Oddly, winner of season eleven of RuPaul's Drag Race. It begins with their childhood and then tells of their coming out and coming to terms with their sexuality, gender and how those things impact their journey as an artist. It then follows them through their experience on Drag Race (season 11 and All Stars, All Winners), and their rise to super...

Welcome to The Independent's new ebook series The Great Composers, covering fourteen of the giants of Western classical music.Extracted from Michael Steen's book The Lives and Times of the Great Composers, these concise guides, selected by The Independent's editorial team, explore the lives of composers as diverse as Mozart and Puccini, reaching from Bach to Brahms, set against the social, historical and political forces which affected them, to give a rounded portrait of what it was...

This quick guide is mainly aimed at expats and future expats who are looking for some income streams that are easy to set up. The guide will explain how to break all the barriers there are when living abroad and wanting to create your own business or work and also give you actionable advice on how to get your business going.

Wie funktioniert die Mediawelt genau, wohin wandern Werbebudgets und warum sind die Vergütungsmodelle so kompliziert? Welche Rolle spielen Mediaagenturen innerhalb des komplexen wirtschaftlichen Dreiecks, welche grauen Zonen gibt es und warum sind die klassischen Medien ohnmächtig geworden? In diesem Buch erhalten Werbebudgetverantwortliche Antworten auf Fragen, die keiner offen stellt.Dieses Buch ist ein Ruck-Buch, ein lautstarkes Plädoyer von Autoren, die aufrütteln wollen, in de...

Historier om Amerika er den første brede gennemgang på dansk af nyere amerikansk litteratur – fra 1980 til i dag. USA har altid fostret en særdeles rig og livskraftig litteratur, og de seneste 30 år er ingen undtagelse. Vietnamkrig og miljøkatastrofer, yuppiekultur og kernefamilie i krise, politisk puritanisme og terror i nationens hjerte: Det er alt sammen til stede hos de amerikanske forfattere, og man får næppe et sandere billede af USA end det, man kan stykke sammen af denne mangfoldig...

Despite national and international commitments to Education for All, and the Millennium Development Goals to assure universal primary education by 2015, over 90% of children with disabilities remain excluded from regular education in countries of the south. This book describes a three decade-long change initiative in India to enable children with disabilities to move from segregation and exclusion to inclusive education, and draws lessons for confronting global exclusion. It examines the b...

Elevate your software testing approach with a methodology from industry leaders who dedicated their careers to studying, practicing, and teaching the craft of testing.Dive into the world of expert software testing with Taking Testing Seriously: The Rapid Software Testing Approach. This book arms software professionals with the knowledge required to master the Rapid Software Testing (RST) methodology. Written by two co-creators of the RST approach and suppl...

Bach & God explores the religious character of Bach's vocal and instrumental music in seven interrelated essays. Noted musicologist Michael Marissen offers wide-ranging interpretive insights from careful biblical and theological scrutiny of the librettos. Yet he also shows how Bach's pitches, rhythms, and tone colors can make contributions to a work's plausible meanings that go beyond setting texts in an aesthetically satisfying manner. In some of Bach's vocal repertory, the music...

This bundle consists of biographies of several composers and musicians, which are the following:- Bach- Bob Marley- Frank Sinatra- Michael Jackson- Vivaldi