Manufacturing jobs, once the backbone of the modern US economy, have declined as a share of GDP over recent decades, darkening opportunities for middle-class advancement. Similar trends have impacted export superpowers like China, Germany, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea. Driven by nostalgia for a bygone era, however, many countries have turned to reshoring and “industrial policies” to revive manufacturing employment. In this book, Robert Z. Lawrence argues that these efforts are unlikel...

Cleared for Departure*A guide to breaking into overseas government employment through embassy construction*## OutlineWhy This Path ExistsThe Security Clearance On-RampMapping the IndustryWhere the Jobs Actually AreBuilding a Resume That Gets Past the FiltersThe Application & Interview ProcessNegotiating Offers & Understanding Compensation

Book 5Ideal for children aged 5 years and over.Jessica was eight years old and she had a secret.It wasn't a normal secret, like the surprise birthday present you buy for your mum, or the secret codeword that gets you into the club that you and your friends made.No, Jessica was a werewolf!Join Jessica and her friends as they investigate the case of the Atrocious Amulet...

The second edition of The Law of American State Constitutions provides complete coverage of the legal doctrines surrounding, applying to, and arising from American state constitutions and their judicial interpretation. Drawing on examples from specific states, Professors Williams and Friedman analyze the nature and function of state constitutions in contrast to the federal Constitution, including rights, separation of powers, issues of interpretation, and the processes for amendme...

Written and edited by leading physicians, Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession, 9th Edition, offers comprehensive, dependable information and guidance in this multifaceted field. Award-winning author and co-founder of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, Dr. Ruth Lawrence, and her son, Dr. Rob Lawrence, ensure that you're brought fully up to date on everything from basic data on the anatomical, physiological, biochemical, nutritional, immunological, and psychological aspects...

Earth overshoot will end either by design or by disaster. Which future should we choose?Earth is in overshoot. The cumulative impact of 8 billion humans combined with the relentless pursuit of economic growth in the name of "progress" has stressed the planet beyond its limits. We must act now.Surveying economic alternatives and charting plausible paths forward for a planned economic contraction, Escape from Overshoot covers a wide terrain, includ...

An examination of the performance of U.S. manufacturing in historical and global perspective indicates that, contrary to recent fears, international trade competition has not induced the deindustrialization of America. During the 1970s the U.S. manufacturing sector fared relatively well compared to its counterparts in other industrual countries and its own post-war track record. Most of its problems in the early 1980s are linked to domestic recession and the strong U.S. dollar. A number of...

Follow the adventures and misadventures of kids from a small mining town in southeastern Arizona!

Out of the crucible of war has come a long list of best-selling, award-winning, and long-remembered novels: THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, THE CAINE MUTINY, FIELDS OF FIRE and THE THIRTEENTH VALLEY. But none so far has ever captured the power and drama of the United States Marine Corps's ill-fated mission to end the war for Lebanon, which ended in the barracks bombing that killed almost three hundred Marines. For Sergeant David Griffin, a "peace...

After Midnight is a collection of macabre stories and poems by Robert Lawrence that showcases his morbid imagination. In these fourteen tales, we see a blood-thirsty cougar ("The Hunter"), an infestation of flesh-eating bugs ("Joe's Last Letter"), a sinister serial killer ("Spirit in the Sky"), and many more. This is a horrifying compilation that is best read after midnight.

Set in Philadelphia’s badlands, where drug gangs rule the streets, this debut novel has the explosive authenticity, the narrative drive, and the tender passion to knock you out of your seat!Fourteen-year-old Gabriel’s father skipped two years ago. Now his mother, Ofelia, is searching for her runaway son, riding her bicycle at night through the city’s darkest, most violent stretch. The pavement beneath her is mysteriously painted with chalk outlines of bodies. Each ...

When HMO executive Tim Markham is hit by a car during a morning jog through his exclusive San Francisco neighborhood, he has the bad luck to be transported to one of his own hospitals…and winds up dead in his ICU bed. But in spite of the rumors about his company’s substandard care, this death appears to be a case of malice, not of malpractice—especially after Markham’s entire family is gunned down in their home.Lt. Abe Glitsky has strong suspicions about a doctor with opportunity, ...