When Swing Was the Thing : Personality Profiles of the Big Band Era. by Tumpak, John R.

Table of Contents: “…MARGARET WHITING STILL A CLASS ACTPhotos for Part Three; PART FOUR THE ARRANGERS; FRANK COMSTOCK LES BROWN'S MAN OF RENOWN; FLETCHER HENDERSON, DON REDMAN, AND SY OLIVER THE INVISIBLE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE BIG BAND ERA; JOHNNY MANDEL FROM THE BIG BAND ERA TO OSCAR AND GRAMMY AWARDS; Photos for Part Four; PART FIVE THE CONTRIBUTORS; CHUCK CECIL KEEPS THE BIG BAND ERA ALIVE; HENRY HOLLOWAY SOUTH AFRICA'S BIG BAND LEGEND; TOM SHEILS GLENN MILLER'S RIGHT-HAND MAN; GEORGE T. SIMON GROWS UP; Photos for Part Five; PHOTO CREDITS; index.…”
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Make yourself clear : how to use a teaching mindset to listen, understand, explain everything, and be understood by Richards, Reshan, 1978-, Valentine, Stephen J.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 10 Communicating with ImmediacyTrain Systems to Be Immediate; Ignore Immediacy at Your Own Peril; Communicate in Immediate Environments; Manage Crises Born of Immediacy; Chapter 11 Selling with Immediacy; Use Feedback to Extend Your Platform; Chapter 12 Getting Immediacy Right; Make Yourself Clear with Immediacy; Part 3 Delight; Chapter 13 Identifying the Conditions for Delight; Begin Again with Immediacy and Authenticity; Identify Those Who Are Bored or on Autopilot, Frustrated or Fearful; Chapter 14 Offering Choice; Choose Your (or Their) Own Adventure; Mimic the Real World…”
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Making work visible ethnographically grounded case studies of work practice

Table of Contents: “…Behind the scenes: the business side of medical records Nathaniel Martin and Patricia Wall; 9. Seeing the right colour: technical and practical solutions to the problem of accurate colour reproduction in the digital print industry Tommaso Colombino, David Martin, Jacki O'Neill, Mary Ann Sprague, Jennifer Watts-Perotti, Jutta Willamowski, Frederic Roulland, and Antonietta Grasso; Part IV. …”
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Rules to break and laws to follow : how your business can beat the crisis of short-termism by Peppers, Don

Table of Contents: “…Mistakes Happen: Recovering Lost Trust : Competence Also Required -- Recovering Lost Trust -- Competitive Success Can Harm Trust -- Trust, Competence, and You -- Innovate Or Die : Responding to Change -- Technology, Progress, and Change -- Creating a Climate of Innovation -- Supporting the Lunatic Fringe -- Creativity Cannot Be Commanded -- Order and Chaos : Efficiency Often Undermines Innovation -- 3M Loses Its Innovative Mojo, Then Gets Its Groove Back -- Having It Both Ways -- Your Customers Can Help You Strike the Right Balance -- Does Trust Encourage Innovation? …”
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Empowered by Data How to Build Inspired Analytics Communities. by Murray, Eva

Table of Contents: “…Formalizing Your Community Structure -- Formalizing Your Community Processes -- Creating a Structured Learning and Development Program -- Summary -- Chapter 10 Lessons Learned -- How Not to Do It -- Unsustainable Levels of Commitment -- Finding a Better Way to Give Effective Feedback -- Experimenting with Different Platforms -- Other Examples of Overcommitment -- Who Are the Right People to Lead Your Community? -- Examples of Leaders in Analytics Communities -- How Communities Find Their Leaders and What Challenges the Leaders Faced Along the Way -- Community Champions and the Impact They Have…”
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Battle to do good : inside McDonalds sustainability journey by Langert, Bob

Table of Contents: “…The Battle Against Waste: McDonald's First Societal Clash; Trash and a Clamshell; Saving the Polystyrene Foam Clamshell; The Wolf in the Hen House; The Tree Huggers Arrive; What Is the Right Thing to Do?; No Beige Solutions; Postscript: Shedding 300 Million Pounds…”
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EVENT-DRIVEN ARCHITECTURE IN GOLANG building complex systems with asynchronicity and eventual consistency by Stack, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Challenges of EDA -- Eventual consistency -- Dual writes -- Distributed and asynchronous workflows -- Debuggability -- Getting it right -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Supporting Patterns in Brief -- Domain-driven design -- DDD misconceptions -- So, what is it all about then? …”
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Health of women with intellectual disabilities

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Introduction Woman39;s Health -- Part 1 The Context of Health -- 1 Women39;s Health58; A Contextual Approach -- Introduction -- Cultural Contexts -- Promoting health58; the social context -- Self45;determination -- Priorities -- Summary -- References -- 2 Reproductive and Physical Health -- Introduction -- Reproductive and physical health -- Age45;related health problems -- Summary -- References -- 3 Women Aging with Intellectual Disabilities58; What are the Health Risks63; -- Introduction -- Analysis of the National Health Interview Survey58; comparison of women with and without ID -- Implications for health care -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part 2 Health Status and Trends -- 4 Women39;s Mental Health -- Introduction -- Risk factors -- Gender differences in prevalence -- Case study58; Tammy -- Treatment issues -- Mental health promotion -- Future areas for research -- References -- 5 Sterilization and Sexual Control -- Introduction -- Eugenics and intellectual disability -- Gender and sexuality -- References -- 6 Sexuality -- Introduction -- Taking a life span perspective -- Taking an equal opportunities47;inclusive perspective -- What we do know about sexuality and women with intellectual disabilities -- Improving the way women with intellectual disabilties experience thei sexuality -- Case study58; Maria -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Parenting -- Introduction -- Parenting in context -- Research on parenting by women with intellectual disabilities -- Mothers with intellectual disabilities and the justice system -- Policy recommendations -- References -- 8 Social Roles and Informal Support Networks in Mid Life and Beyond -- Introduction -- Importance of informal support networks -- Understanding informal networks -- Network funcitons -- Informal support and women with intellectual disability -- Vulnerability of networks -- Case study58; Ada -- Summary -- References -- Part 3 Promoting Health -- 9 Health and Aging lssues for Women in Their Own Voices -- Introduction -- Salient health issues of older women with intellectual disabilities -- Promising directions -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Note -- References -- 10 Risk and Vulnerability58; Dilemmas for Women -- Introduction -- Right and risks -- Abuse and neglect58; the evidence -- Strategies for change -- Summary -- References -- 11 Health Promotion and Women -- Health promotion and women with intellectual disabilties -- Health status of women with intellectual disabilties -- Health risks -- Key aspects of health promotion programs -- Case study58; Emily -- Conslusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 12 Building Health Supports for Women -- Introduction -- Background -- Nutrition and exercise -- Health screens and examinations -- Breast health -- Sexuality and self45;image -- Menstrual matters -- Menopause58; physical and psychological care needs -- Case study58; Beatrice -- Osteoporosis -- Uro45;gynecology -- Conclusion -- References -- 13 Approaches for Health Education and Policies in Health and Social Care -- Introduction -- A chronicle of developing ideas -- Some inconsistencies -- Foundations and ideas for progress.…”
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Getting Through To People. by Nirenberg Ph. D., Jesse S.

Table of Contents: “…Bring In Fresh InformationWhen Repeating Give More Information; Use Concrete Words; Practice These Methods For Holding Attention; 8 -- Activating Thinking; There Are No Right Words; The Three Levels Of Listening; Your Listener Won't Want To Bother Thinking; After Presenting Ideas You Have To Stimulate The Other Person To Think; Stimulate Thinking By Asking Questions; To Change a Person's Mind, You Must Make Him Discard His Idea And Try Yours; Get the Other Person to Talk About Your Ideas; Your Questions Should Have A Purpose; Asking Questions Is a Way Of Holding The Initiative.…”
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Hacking leadership : the 11 gaps every business needs to close and the secrets to closing them quickly by Myatt, Mike

Table of Contents: “…Hacking the Gap between Strategy and CultureThe Right Foundation-Hacking the Culture Construct; Hacking the Management Construct; Hacking the Scarcity Gap; Hacking the Courage Gap; Hacking the Arrogance Gap; Hacking the Rumor Mill; Hacking Diversity; Hacking Scalability; Hacking the Me Too Gap-Don't Copy, Create; Chapter 6: Hacking the Talent Gap; Hacking the Trust Gap; Hacking the Loyalty Gap; Hacking the Four Dimensions of Talent; Hacking the Hiring Gap; Hacking the Definition Gap; Hacking the Quality Gap-Supply versus Demand; Hacking the Consensus Gap…”
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How to improve your mind : twenty keys to unlock the modern world by Flynn, James R. (James Robert), 1934-2020

Table of Contents: “…How to Improve Your Mind: Twenty Keys to Unlock the Modern World; Contents; List of Figures and Boxes; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: The Knowledge Trap; Wherein I Seek Rapport with the Reader; Key Concepts and Anti-Keys; Universities and the Knowledge Trap; Substitute for a Diary; Part 1 Arguing about Right and Wrong; 2 Logic and Moral Debate -- Attacks on Blacks; Blacks and Blackness; Taking the Hypothetical Seriously; Abortion and Its Slogans; Women and Femininity; The Unborn Mosquito; 3 Getting Rid of Tautologies -- No Private Clubs; Tautologies.…”
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The rescue of Miss Yaskell and other pipe dreams by Baker, Russell, 1925-2019

Table of Contents: “…Regions of the past : A visit with the folks ; The boy who came to supper ; Heck on wheels ; Gross roots ; Right smart o' wind ; Any humans there? ; There is no there here ; The unwelcome wagon ; A memory of rope ; Moseying around ; A patch in time ; Making it -- [Part 2.] …”


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Socialism in China (1919-1965) by Youjun, Yu

Table of Contents: “…Sun Yat-sen Dies but His Legacy Continues""""Chapter 5: Chiang Kai-shek Launches Attacks on Communists in Shanghai; the CPC Realizes that Political Power Grows out of the Barrel of a Gun""; ""Chapter 6: To Besiege Cities from the Countryside, the Jinggang Base Is Built; a Single Spark Starts a Prairie Fire, the Red Army Is Founded""; ""Chapter 7: Fighting Dogmatism, the CPC Finds the Right Path; Exploring a New Way to Govern, the Peopleâ€?…”
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U.S. Trotskyism 1928-1965. Part III : Uneven and Combined Development. Dissident Marxism in the United States: Volume 4. by Le Blanc, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Karl Marx; ‎9. Women Who Won the Right to Vote; ‎10. Feuerbach -- Philosopher of Materialism; ‎11. …”
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What great teachers do differently nineteen things that matter most by Whitaker, Todd, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…It Takes All Three -- 7 Choose the Right Mode -- The Disruptor -- At Home -- Every Day -- Business Mode -- Office Referral -- 8 High Expectations-for Whom? …”
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Usage and usability assessment : library practices and concerns by Troll Covey, Denise

Table of Contents: “…-- 3.5.1. Getting the Right (Comparable) Data and Definitions -- 3.5.2. …”


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Eliminating Waste in Business Run Lean, Boost Profitability. by Orr, Linda M.

Table of Contents: “…Cognitive Biases and Other Irrational Consumer BehaviorsMarketing Silos; Outsourcing Market Research; Market Research Done Right; Waste from Product Decisions; Brand Loyalty, Customer Service, and Word-of-Mouth; Create and Maintain a Brand Personality; Meet and Exceed Expectations; Be Consistent; Encourage Word-of-Mouth Referrals; Overpaying for Branding; New Product Planning; Killing Bad Products/Projects; Inefficient Product/Project Development; Cost Management; Waste from Packaging; Promotional Expenses and Advertising Effectiveness; Waste from Price; Low Cost; Discounts.…”
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Extending Puppet : design, manage, and deploy your puppet architecture with the help of real-world scenarios by Franceschi, Alessandro

Table of Contents: “…Definition of the classes to include in each nodeDefinition of the parameters to use for each node; Definition of the configuration files provided to the nodes; Definition of custom resources and classes; The Foreman; Roles and profiles; The data and the code; Sample architectures; The default approach; Basic ENC, logic in the site module, Hiera backend; The Foreman and Hiera; The Hiera-based setup; The Hiera-only setup; Foreman smart variables; Fact-driven truths; Nodeless site.pp; Node inheritance done right; Summary; Chapter 5: Using and Writing Reusable Modules…”
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Hands-On UX Design for Developers : Design, Prototype, and Implement Compelling User Experiences from Scratch. by Canziba, Elvis

Table of Contents: “…Defining the audienceSelecting our research method; Designing and validating your research; Organizing interview; Conducting the research; Analyzing and validating the results; Defining the problems; Market research is not user research; The benefits of user research; Helping to create the right product from the beginning; Increasing conversions and revenues; Avoiding surprises saves time and money; Improving SEO and marketing; Customer retention and loyalty; Providing competitor insights; Development resources; Early design guide; Summary; Chapter 4: Getting to Know Your Users; User Research.…”
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Architecting the cloud : design decisions for cloud computing service models (SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS) by Kavis, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Identify the Problem Statement (Why)Evaluate User Characteristics (Who); Identify Business and Technical Requirements (What); Visualize the Service Consumer Experience (Where); Identify the Project Constraints (When and with What); Understand Current State Constraints (How); Summary; Chapter 5: Choosing the Right Cloud Service Model; Considerations When Choosing a Cloud Service Model; When to Use SaaS; When to Use PaaS; When to Use IaaS; Common Cloud Use Cases; Summary; Chapter 6: The Key to the Cloud; Why REST?…”
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