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The Power - Jessica Gunn
The Power - Jessica Gunn
English | 2017 | 292 Pages | ISBN: 1977659985 | EPUB | 569.07 KB

I'm Ben Hallen, and three and a half years ago my son was stolen from my very arms. Now, the same demon that orchestrated his kidnapping is about to set her ultimate plan into motion. With Riley a demon, his Power is unstoppable. And with it, Lady Azar, heir to the Empire of Darkness, plans to destroy the City of Alzan and the world's largest cianza with it. But Lady Azar and my demon son aren't the only threats. A new power has come into town, claiming Rachel and I are a part of their civilization...


The Politically Intelligent Leader Dealing with the Dilemmas of a High-Stakes Educational Environment

The Politically Intelligent Leader: Dealing with the Dilemmas of a High-Stakes Educational Environment by Patricia Clark White, Thomas R. Harvey
English | July 14th, 2016 | ISBN: 1475828594 | 220 Pages | EPUB | 1.99 MB
Today's educational leaders are often caught in a world of rising expectations and diminishing resources-the political pressures are enormous. Those in the business of education often feel ill prepared and apprehensive about their ability to deal with a high-stakes political environment.


The Political Economy of Higher Education Finance

The Political Economy of Higher Education Finance: The Politics of Tuition Fees and Subsidies in OECD Countries,1945-2015 by Julian L. Garritzmann
English | 2016 | ISBN: 3319299123 | 319 Pages | PDF | 9.6 MB
This book analyzes the political economy of higher education finance across a range of OECD countries, exploring why some students pay extortionate tuition fees whilst for others their education is free.


The Plight of Older Workers

The Plight of Older Workers: Labor Market Experience after Plant Closure in the Swiss Manufacturing Sector by Isabel Baumann
English | 2016 | ISBN: 3319397524 | 195 Pages | PDF | 10.6 MB
This open access book examines the economic, social, and psychological consequences of manufacturing plant closure at the individual level. Using an original data set of over 1,200 workers from Switzerland who lost their manufacturing jobs after the financial crisis of 2008, the author analyzes the determinants of reemployment, the sector of reemployment, and the change in wages over a two year period.


The Pillars of the Italian Economy Manufacturing, Food & Wine, Tourism

The Pillars of the Italian Economy: Manufacturing, Food & Wine, Tourism by Marco Fortis
English | 2016 | ISBN: 3319401858 | 334 Pages | PDF | 14.9 MB
This book offers a detailed analysis of the key sectors in the Italian economy, with the focus especially on areas in which the economy excels, such as the automatic packaging machinery sector, pharmaceutical production, the food and wine industry, and tourism.


The Philosophy of As If A System of the Theoretical, Practical and Religious Fictions of Mankind

The Philosophy of "As If": A System of the Theoretical, Practical and Religious Fictions of Mankind by Hans Vaihinger, David G. Payne
English | February 27th, 2015 | ISBN: 1508663750 | 314 Pages | EPUB | 0.64 MB
Vaihinger shows that thought is primarily a biological function turned into a conscious art. It is an art of adjustment, whose chief instrument is the construction of fictions by which men may manage to live. Thought is to be tested not by correspondence to an objective reality (that fiction is neatly disposed of) nor by its mirroring in consciousness an objective external world.