A presidential transition has a major impact on the life of an institution. Hundreds of presidential transitions take place annually, and when they are not amicable and carefully orchestrated, they can scar both the institution and the president. Sanaghan, Goldstein, and Gaval estimate that more than one-third of the presidential transitions in higher education are involuntary and have a negative effect on the institution. This book is designed to provide assistance to presidents, trustees...

What would you do if solving a murder meant the certain death of an innocent? FROM AWARD-WINNING USA TODAY & MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDY WHILE WAR RAGED IN NAZI GERMANY, ONE MAN WAS DETERMINED TO KEEP THE PEACE.Berlin. 1941. Nazi Germany controls most of Europe, and the war has barely touched the German capital. Life goes on, with most civilians optimistic about the future. Bakers baked. Fishermen fished. Cl...

What would you do if justice meant tearing apart your own family?FROM AWARD-WINNING USA TODAY & MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDYIN NAZI GERMANY, IT WASN’T JUST WHO YOU KNEW.IT WAS WHO YOU MARRIED.In 1941 Nazi Berlin, the body of a 19-year-old woman is found brutally murdered, with clues suggesting there might be an accomplice, or a witness, to the horrific act.Assigned the case, Kriminalinspekto...

Die Zukunft - trotz aller Errungenschaften so ungewiss wie nie zuvor. Im 22. Jahrhundert hat die Menschheit Raumstationen in der Unendlichkeit errichtet und erforscht das Sonnensystem - bemüht, im Weltall das zerbrechliche Gleichgewicht aufrechtzuerhalten, das auf der Erde zwischen den zwei Machtblöcken existiert: der "Union" und den "Republiken". Mark Brandis leitet die Raumnotretter, eine unterfinanzierte kleine Truppe von Raumschiffen, die dann zum Einsatz kommen, wenn die Not am Größte...

This book features four peer-reviewed reviews on regenerative techniques to improve soil health.The first chapter discusses some common issues regarding the use of bio-based fertilisers, such as the concentration of nutrients leading to losses of reactive nitrogen (N) and phosphorus into the environment.The second chapter provides a critical evaluation of the potential of compost to improve soil health, as well as its effect on soil nutrient cycling, soil hydraulic properti...

Die kleinen Tiere im Wald haben vor großen Vögeln oft Angst. Selbst das Eichhörnchen Waldemar, das ansonsten ein wenig frech sein kann, wird dann etwas zögerlich. Dabei sind die Großen nicht unbedingt klüger: Auch sie streiten sich, weil sie einander nicht richtig zuhören. Oder sie fallen auf ein Märchen rein. Oder sind einfach gierig. Oder, oder - nun, die drei Freunde sehen hinter den Schwächen aber auch eine Menge richtig netter Eigenschaften. In dieser Hörspiel-Reihe erfahren Kinder, w...

Edited by world-renowned animal scientist Dr Temple Grandin, this book integrates scientific research and industry literature on cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep, goats, deer, and horses, in both the developed and developing world, to provide a practical guide to humane handling and minimizing animal stress. Reviewing the latest research on transport systems, restraint methods and facilities for farms and slaughterhouses, this new edition expands on new developments in the field, as well as co...

In the first anthology of its kind, Thomas O'Brien and Scott Paeth have gathered unique pieces from across religious perspectives to illustrate the growing influence and contribution of religion to the field of business ethics. Events in the recent past make clear people in business urgently need to focus on the moral dimension of practices and behaviors. Courses in business ethics are increasingly more prevalent in business schools and in departments of philosophy and religious studies, a...

Provides the background, tools, and models required to understand organic synthesis and plan chemical reactions more efficientlyKnowledge of physical chemistry is essential for achieving successful chemical reactions in organic chemistry. Chemists must be competent in a range of areas to understand organic synthesis. Organic Chemistry provides the methods, models, and tools necessary to fully comprehend organic reactions. Written by two internationally rec...

Die Zukunft - trotz aller Errungenschaften so ungewiss wie nie zuvor. Im 22. Jahrhundert hat die Menschheit Raumstationen in der Unendlichkeit errichtet und erforscht das Sonnensystem - bemüht, im Weltall das zerbrechliche Gleichgewicht aufrechtzuerhalten, das auf der Erde zwischen den zwei Machtblöcken existiert: der "Union" und den "Republiken". Mark Brandis ist Testpilot und fliegt für die neutrale Venus-Erde Gesellschaft für Astronautik (VEGA). Als er mit dem neuen Prototyp Delta VII u...

A tarefa de prosseguir com a missão de difundir conhecimento, filosofias, conceitos e jornadas de grandes líderes conquista um novo capítulo com o lançamento do sexto volume de Histórias de Sucesso, série da coletânea Histórias Extraordinárias do Mundo Corporativo. Idealizada com o intuito de promover a perfeita interação entre nomes consagrados junto aos jovens – desejosos por também lograrem seu legado –, a Editora Global Partners entrega uma obra instigante, erigida em meio a um cenário...

O Anuário Todavia é um registro periódico do diálogo que uma jovem editora brasileira quer manter com a cultura e o pensamento de sua época. O ponto de interrogação no tema Apocalipse? indica tanto o horror de certos impasses quanto a beleza de alguns dos caminhos abertos. Mais do que profecias desalentadoras sobre as mudanças climáticas e sociais do Antropoceno, a ideia é discutir respostas possíveis a crises como as da democracia, da arte e de noções de indivíduo que não parecem caber ma...