The Politics of Compassion explores the manifold obstacles that hinder our individual and collective capacity to care for the vulnerable, offering insights from history, religion, ethics, cognitive and social sciences, international relations, public policy, and contemporary politics. It examines both how far we’ve come in addressing poverty and social injustice and how far we still have to go. It concludes by discussing strategies to help us achieve a more consistent practice of compassio...

This book is the revised and updated 2025 edition of FINDING YOUR CALLING SIMPLIFIED, which explains how to discover your life's work, the career you were meant to have.It's the 37th volume in a forty-book series of a comprehensive Success Training Program (see OTHER BOOKS).Here, you'll learn how to use the most actionable tactics, techniques, and tools to enhance your ability to discover the career you were meant to have.Many people think that the career they start...

In the context of Australia’s developing carbon economy, fire management helps to abate emissions of greenhouse gases and is an important means of generating carbon credits. The vast high-rainfall savannas of northern Australia are one of the world’s most flammable landscapes. Management of fires in this region has the potential to assist with meeting emissions reduction targets, as well as conserving biodiversity and providing employment for Indigenous people in remote parts of Australia’s n...

While the seventy-seven-day siege of Khe Sanh in early 1968 remains one of the most highly publicized clashes of the Vietnam War, scant attention has been paid to the first battle of Khe Sanh, also known as “the Hill Fights.” Although this harrowing combat in the spring of 1967 provided a grisly preview of the carnage to come at Khe Sanh, few are aware of the significance of the battles, or even their existence. For more than thirty years, virtually the only people who knew about the Hill ...

**“Excellent . . . honest and realistic . . . Edward Murphy’s meticulous research is unflawed and his writing style is novel-like.”—San Antonio Express-News“A no-holds barred account . . . highly recommended.”—Military magazine**In June 1967, General William Westmoreland sent the 173d Airborne Brigade to Dak To, a mountainous region in the deadly Central Highlands. Here the 173d found itself locked in mortal combat, facing tremendous odds against a profess...

TThis book is the revised and updated 2025 edition of The LOST ART of Training, The Science of Preparing Others For The Future.Training is your ability to prepare others for the future by supporting their training needs to enhance their performance, unleash their potential, and encourage their professional development.This is the 8th Volume in a forty-book series of a comprehensive Success Training Program called YOUR SUCCESS MADE SIMPLE.It was created for you, rega...

Gain in-depth knowledge of Premiere Pro, and learn how the software “thinks.” You'll acquire new skills that will help you choose the best workflow for your project, and simplify and accelerate your video editing process.Learn how you can edit a lot faster with smarter workflows that automate several steps in the editing process. You'll also see how custom settings, presets, keyboard shortcuts and templates saves hours of work. By tailoring the software to your needs you save click...

Few images evoke a more powerful or frightening reaction than that of the assassin.Silently creeping into your room while you sleep, they plunge a pick deep inside your brain, or fill your snoring nostrils with poisonous vapour. Or perhaps skilled fingers from the shadows strike a vital point during mid-step; the coroners say it was a heart attack.Assassins are people to be feared, no doubt. But what do they fear? What do they dream of? What life, what world, are they longi...

This book is the revised and updated 2025 edition of ACCOUNTABILITY SIMPLIFIED.Accountability is your ability to accept responsibility for your actions and in-actions and the obligation to report, explain, and be answerable for any adverse consequences.It's the 22nd volume in a forty-book series of a comprehensive Success Training Program (see OTHER BOOKS).Accountability is often confused with responsibility. They're related but different.It means taking own...

This book is the revised and updated 2025 edition of MANAGING MEETINGS FOR BUSINESS SIMPLIFIED.Managing Meetings is your ability to gather the right people to report progress, share information, and resolve problems to consistently produce excellent results.It's the 17th volume in a forty-book series of a comprehensive Success Training Program (see OTHER BOOKS).Here, you'll learn how to use the most actionable tactics, techniques, and tools to enhance your ability t...

This book is the revised and updated 2025 edition of DECISION-MAKING SIMPLIFIED.Decision-making is your ability to select the BEST Course of Action among competing alternatives, using your intellect, instinct, and intuition to consistently produce excellent results.It's the 21st volume in a forty-book series of a comprehensive Success Training Program (see OTHER BOOKS).In business, decision-making encompasses applying analysis, knowledge, experience, awareness, and ...

When In Charge, Take Charge!This book is the revised and updated 2025 edition of BRAINSTORMING SIMPLIFIED.Taking Charge is assuming ownership of a situation by taking the initiative, making decisions, and directing the efforts of others to consistently produce excellent results.It's the 27th Volume in a comprehensive Success Training Program (see OTHER BOOKS).In business, Taking Charge is not universally understood and is not something you learn in school or...