Football is a game of opinions. Alan Hansen knows this only too well. In his long, distinguished career with Liverpool he faced some fierce public criticism from the media. Now the boot is on the other foot and Hansen himself earns a living as one of football's most outspoken and popular pundits.Hansen's autobiography is as uncompromising as the man himself. Looking back at fourteen victorious years at Anfield, he focuses on the highlights and the inspirational characters - Paisley...

In Communicated Stereotypes at Work, the editors and contributors posit that stereotypes communicated in the workplace remain a pervasive issue due to the dichotomy between the discriminatory and functional roles that these stereotypes can play in a range of professional settings. Contributors demonstrate that while the use of stereotypes in the workplace is distasteful and exclusionary, communicating these stereotypes can also appear-on the surface-to provide a pathway toward bon...

Negotiating Group Identity in the Research Process: Are You In or Are You Out? focuses on researcher identity and the role it plays in conducting research, whether as a member of the culture being studied (i.e., an insider) or as an outsider to that culture. Contributors address the problems researchers face as insiders and outsiders, the practical strategies used to overcome related obstacles, the implications of insider/outsider status for the design of the study, the value of insider an...

Ryder is faced with new dillemmas on every hand. Things are going well with Cynthia, but now he must meet her father. Also to bring peace to the Orion's Spur he must entrust his life to Debbie, who will be flying him through an asteroid field only so Ryder can attempt to negotiate with the pirates of Haumeah to convince them to have a show down with the Sagittarius league.

Two leading economists discuss a range of issues relating to the “offshoring” of American jobs, from free trade to unemployment levels.It is no surprise that many fearful American workers see the call center operator in Bangalore or the factory worker in Guangzhou as a threat to their jobs. The emergence of China and India (along with other, smaller developing countries) as economic powers has doubled the supply of labor to the integrated world economy. Economic th...

Teen and Young Adult Science Fiction at its best.The epic conclusion to the Orion's Spur series . Death looms with every choice. Ryder must find a way to end the war between Sagittarius and PerSius or there will be nothing left of the Spur. What is the cost of peace?Reading this and the earlier books has been a great ride. I like the world---universe building that the author has done. The settings and characters stay with you long after you finish the book.

William Joshua Ryder is a lost soul on Earth — too smart for his peers, too young for responsibility, and too shy for love. But when Ryder, his fearless younger sister Debbie, and their friends are kidnapped and transported to an isolated world more than a hundred light-years from Earth, they discover their lives were never ordinary to begin with.Someone believes they hold the key to ending a war that has consumed Orion’s Spur for generations. Two ancient factions have fought so lo...

The sea is no longer silent.The Arlo has completed its historic mission, delivering unimaginable riches to Salt Industries and saving Arthur Salt and his son Marshall from financial collapse. But wealth brings attention—and danger.Salt Industries stands at the center of a geopolitical storm. Hostile governments circle them like predators, the Manifest Destiny Cartel continues its relentless pursuit, and the powerful Yamaguchi yakuza clan has its own agenda.As the bo...

All is quiet, or is it? What looks to be a large PerSian invasion fleet is on the edge of Demeter space and the Saggitarian Armada that is supposed to defend Demeter leaves port. This leaves Ryder and his team in a struggle to find a way of defending Demeter with the scraps left behind by the armada.Meanwhile a secret lurks in the inner tunnels of Demeter that could either save or destroy the planet, and explain the attempts on the team's lives. Will the team be able to find the an...

Usually being beaten up and hospitalized by the school bully isn't considered to be a great turning point in your life. Fifteen year old Ryder faces some of the common challenges of any young man his age: isolation, sibling rivalry, first love, and bullying. Life takes a sudden change when he is invited, along with his sister and five classmates to spend a year abroad.Read the contract! Instead of going to Europe on Earth Ryder and his friends are conscripted for a year of service ...

The text was written for students in colleges of agriculture as well as others with an interest in engines and motor vehicles. Although the primary focus is on engines and farm tractors, many of the concepts also apply to automobiles, trucks, self-propelled farm machinery, lawn and garden tractors, and other vehicles. Updates include new governmental regulations, new technological developments, and illustrations. Chapters include thermodynamics of engines, engine components, engine cycle a...

Young, visionary scientist, Marshall Salt believes humanity’s future lies in the asteroid belt. With his closest friends, he has developed groundbreaking technology capable of extracting untold wealth from the cosmos.Their ambitions come with a staggering price tag - tens of billions of dollars. To fund their dream, Marshall must turn to the last person he ever wanted to ask: his estranged father and reclusive billionaire, Arthur Salt.As they uncover the ambitions of global...