Limited time offer.A local library, passport to a larger world for its individual patrons, is also a democratic institution whose contribution to the strength of a community is out of all proportion to its size or membership.Several thousand Carnegie libraries were built a century ago when Andrew Carnegie, who had risen from poverty to become "the richest man in the world" vowed to donate all his money before he died and set about giving millions of people ...

Leisure Arts Spirit Animals Crochet eBook- Whether you are cheering for a sports team or seeking guidance in your personal life, animals are a natural source of inspiration with their symbolic strength, tenacity, courage, and other qualities. Choose from 6 patterns and their individual variations to create yourself a stuffed amigurumi representation of your favorite mascot. Projects include: wild cats, bear, wolf, bulldog, birds of prey and cardinal. Each can be made from US size 4 worsted...

Successful law firms are focused on client service. Beyond that, however, to remain relevant and successful long term, it is imperative that they also institute effective management strategies, processes and initiatives to govern the business operations of the firm. Focusing on small to mid-size law firms, Thriving! Not Just Surviving includes practical information regarding financial management, lawyer training, client development, technology, cybersecurity, risk management and o...

Flight brings ten stories together, often drawing us into landscapes so foreign that they defy what we know of our daily reality. We're with the fattest woman on earth as she draws her last breaths and her soul ascends toward its final reward. We meet a divorcee who can fly for no more effort than flapping her arms. We follow a middle-aged butler whose love affair with a young woman leads him first to the mysteries of bondage, and then to the pleasures of malice. Story by story, we set foo...

WINNER OF THE 2020 PULITZER PRIZE IN GENERAL NONFICTION"The Undying is a startling, urgent intervention in our discourses about sickness and health, art and science, language and literature, and mortality and death. In dissecting what she terms 'the ideological regime of cancer,' Anne Boyer has produced a profound and unforgettable document on the experience of life itself." —Sally Rooney, author of Normal People"A...

Greek mythology meets cute talking animals in this first adventure in a hilarious new middle grade fiction series, starring Zeus the mighty ... king of the gods ... ruler of minions ... HAMSTER, and the crazy crew of critters of the Mount Olympus Pet Center.Welcome to the Mount Olympus Pet Center, which sits high on a hill in Athens ... Georgia. The owner, Artie, has a soft spot for animals that need a forever home, and she has rescued a menagerie of creatures, eac...

The Oxford Handbook of International Studies Pedagogy brings together world class scholars to describe and analyze a wide array of pedagogical approaches and developments in International Studies. It reflects the extraordinary creativity visible in the ways instructors in International Studies interact, engage, and struggle with the students in their classrooms. The first section of the volume exposes readers to different worldviews, teaching worlds, and methods that enable a more...

The world as we know it has been turned upside down by recent events but it’s still a place where leadership is needed more than ever.Fifteen Canadians with highly diverse perspectives and richly different experience explore this timely question in Leading in an Upside-Down World.Chapter by chapter, stories of Canada unfold and future prospects for leadership grow clearer as these eminent Canadians explain how to "recognize leadership" in an age where old instituti...

This book is part of the Towards the New Millennium Series, featuring the works of thoughtful Canadians who are profoundly interested in the future of Canada and the world.Most democracies do not use Canada’s "first past the post" voting system. To give a party more seats than its share of the popular vote warrants is deemed undemocratic by most. Such democracies use proportional representation to ensure a party’s seat-share does not exceed its vote-share.Former MLA, Nick L...

Across Great Divides - true stories of life at Sydney Cove  'All communication with family and friends now cut off, we are leaving the world behind us, to enter a state unknown...'   so wrote David Collins aboard one of the eleven ships entering the vast, unchartered waters of the Southern Ocean. Hundreds of people — men, women and children — were being taken against their will to a mysterious land on the edge of the world.    The stories you are ab...

It has never been more important for law firms to plan for the future. A highly competitive market, an aging profession, the changing ambitions of younger generations, many of whom place greater importance on work-life balance than reaching top leadership levels, and a long-held reluctance to discuss retirement and succession, all combine to create what some are calling a succession crisis. It is time to face the issue head-on and start putting systems in place to ensure the long-term succ...