In this practical and fascinating follow-up to their behind-the-scenes look at America’s most powerful and influential class, authors Jim Taylor, Stephen Kraus, and Doug Harrison reveal insights and indispensable techniques to help salespeople and marketers hone in on wealthy customers, pique their interest, and earn their trust--and repeated business. The New Elite leveraged unprecedented research to reveal what motivates the wealthy class, how they think, where they shop, and how they re...

We are all fascinated by them - that enigmatic class of people often referred to as the rich. With all the emphasis on the rich and famous in America, we would think we know everything about them. In reality, very few of us truly understand those who make up the very wealthiest Americans - those with liquid assets of $5 million or more. What is this new class of people and how did they get that way?In The New Elite, the authors reveal what motivates our country’s most powerful and ...

A landmark collection of previously unpublished interviews with Reform rabbis concerning their roles in the civil rights movement.In 1966, a young rabbinical student named P. Allen Krause conducted interviews with twelve Reform rabbis from southern congregations concerning their thoughts, principles, and activities as they related to the civil rights movement. Perhaps because he was a young seminary student or more likely because the interviewees were promised an e...

A group of surfers ride waves at their local beaches and find cosmological explanations in elements of their sport. Over about twenty years as the wave riding is cosmologically described, they show surfing instincts and practices. Doctor Charlton, is a member of their coterie, and he comments along the way. He and another doctor, Doctor Luther, who also rides waves, therapeutically treat members of the group of surfers. But it is mostly Stoney, who is the more serious case. Their wave ridi...

Multiple Paths to Knowledge in International Relations provides a uniquely valuable view of current approaches and findings in conflict studies. This volume showcases work informed by four powerful research tools: rational choice theory and game theory; simulation, experimentation, and artificial intelligence; quantitative studies; and case studies. Each research method is introduced and evaluated for its specific potential, including both strengths and weaknesses. Throughout, the...

The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. The assessment is based on insights from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledges of mountains, as well as findings from an extensive assessment of pertinent academic literature. Its inclusive knowledge co-creation approach brings these multiple forms of evidence together in ways that enhance our collective understanding of mountains...

Gert G. Wagner ist als Sozial- und Wirtschaftsforscher über disziplinäre Grenzen gegangen. Als engagierter Politikberater und innovativer Wissenschaftsmanager hat er immer wieder sozial- und wissenschaftspolitische Debatten angestoßen und begleitet. Kollegen und Weggefährten liefern mit ihren Beiträgen zu diesem Band eine Bestandsaufnahme der empirisch- quantitativen Forschung, die Gert G. Wagner seit Anfang der 1980er-Jahre wesentlich geprägt hat.

Humans are the most intelligent beings this planet has ever produced. But how is it that we find ourselves faced with an existential crisis that threatens to overwhelm us?Leading archaeogeneticist Johannes Krause and journalist Thomas Trappe investigate what DNA can tell us about how we got where we are and what our future might be. They show how the first humans were defeated again and again and suffered fatal setbacks, and how Homo sapiens succeeded in conquering continents, over...

“Thrilling . . . a bracing summary of what we have learned [from] ‘archaeogenetics’—the study of ancient DNA . . . Krause and Trappe capture the excitement of this young field.”—Kyle Harper, The Wall Street JournalJohannes Krause is the director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and a brilliant pioneer in the field of archaeogenetics—archaeology augmented by DNA sequencing technology—which has allowed scientists to reconstruct human...

The E maj. Sonata is the firstin a set of two dedicated to his patron, Gustav III king of Sweden. The sonatas were written towards the end of Kraus' life and the maturity of his writing practically leaps off the page in these works characterised by the brilliant passagework and their extraordinary length. The longest of the two, the E maj. Sonata is also the most intimate in character with an especially fine second movement. --- Die Sonate in E-Dur ist die erste eines Zwei-Sonatensatzes, d...

"Ich kann sie sehen! Wirklich sehen! Geister, Dämonen, Gespenster. Sie lauern in dunklen Nischen und Ecken, treiben ihr Unwesen … überall.Doch ich stelle mich ihnen entgegen und mache dem Spuk ein Ende.Ich bin Johnny. Johnny Sinclair. Ich bin Geisterjäger." Einmal Urlaub machen von der Geisterjägerei! Auf Einladung des Grafen Albert von Tattenberg reisen Johnny und Russell nach Österreich, um das 500-jährige Bestehen von Schloss Tattenberg zu feiern. Im Gepäck haben sie neben ihren Snowboa...

Ein Hörspiel von Sebastian Breidbach und Dennis Ehrhardt nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Sabine Städing l Teil 1 von 3 "Ich kann sie sehen! Wirklich sehen! Geister, Dämonen, Gespenster. Sie lauern in dunklen Nischen und Ecken, treiben ihr Unwesen … überall. Doch ich stelle mich ihnen entgegen und mache dem Spuk ein Ende. Ich bin Johnny. Johnny Sinclair. Ich bin Geisterjäger." Einmal Urlaub machen von der Geisterjägerei! Auf Einladung des Grafen Albert von Tattenberg reisen Johnny und Russ...