New Culture

The National Book Award finalist for Refund returns with a new collection of stories that boldly examines the changes in American culture over the last two years through the increasing presence of violence, bigotry, sexual harassment, and the emotional costs of living under constant threat. In the title story, the competition between two middle school cellists is affected by a shooting at their school, and it is only years later that they realize how the intrusion of violence affected the course of their lives.

Culture Gap: Towards a New World in the Yalakom Valley tells the story of a two year sojourn at the Camelsfoot Commume in a remote valley in BC, Canada. The challenges and privations, the joys and adventures of rural communal living, form the backdrop to the human drama the author recounts. Judith and Kip Plant's family includes her children; Willie takes to the new life, but his sisters feel the strong pull of the life they left behind. Meanwhile Fred, the inspiration for the commune, stricken with cancer, is dying.

Cassie Goes to France is a story that shows the French culture and customs to young American children. Cassie, is a very chic American dog, or in French, “Un chien américain très chic.” Cassie gets a rare opportunity for “dogkind.” She travels from America to live in France. As in any great endeavor, she confronts feelings of the thrill of new experiences along with fear of the unknown. She rides on various transportation on her way from America to Paris to eventually Chalon sur Saone, France. During the journey, she will discover the French culture as she searches for a place to ...

Carefully leveled text engages young listeners in learning about the traditions and celebrations of Chinese New Year. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions help build nonfiction learning skills.

SPIEGEL Bestseller. Janina Kugel ist eine der bekanntesten Top-Managerinnen Deutschlands und die Expertin, wenn es um Themen wie Diversität, New Work und Digitalisierung geht. Über viele Jahre war sie im Vorstand der Siemens AG zuständig für rund 380.000 Mitarbeiter. Mit frischen und innovativen Ideen schaffte sie es, die Unternehmenskultur des Großkonzerns Schritt für Schritt zu verändern - raus aus starren Strukturen, hin zu einem offenen und flexiblen Umgang, den Mensch immer im Mittelpunkt.

With lyrical text, Their Great Gift explores the experiences of immigrants in the twenty-first century, focusing on the lives of children. Stories of families who came to the United States from many different parts of the world celebrate the diversity of our country and contain a vision of hope for the future.

We have a crisis in the charitable sector. High turnover and difficulty in attracting skilled candidates to our organizations. Three decades in the social impact sector as a fundraiser and organizational leader gave Maryann Kerr a bird’s eye view of what’s working and what’s not. Tarnished provides an honest, well-researched and critical review of the social impact sector and tips and techniques to create the kind of workplaces that engage employees to do their best work.

Alle reden von New Work, Agilität und Digitalisierung. Doch was bleibt von all diesen Ansätzen übrig, wenn der Scrum-Workshop zu Ende ist? Oft holt der Unternehmensalltag die gerade noch auf Teamwork und Innovation gestimmten Teilnehmer schneller ein als sie New Work buchstabieren können: Abteilungen, Hierarchien und die mit ihnen verbundenen Rituale stehen echter Zusammenarbeit im Weg. Wuchernde Regeln und Vorschriften, feste Prozesse und Anreizsysteme transportieren nicht den Geist von Inspiration, Kreativität und Kollaboration, sondern programmieren stattdessen unser Verhalten auf Konformität.

The world of business has completely transformed in recent years. But one thing remains the same: Quality leadership is the hinge on which the fate of every organization swings. The Leadership Mind Switch provides the critical lessons you need to lead your company in a fully globalized business world where radical technologies reign supreme. Debra Benton and Kylie Wright-Ford have helped some of today's most top executives successfully position themselves and their companies for the future. Now, in this groundbreaking leadership guide, they share their insight with you.

Not all Norse explorers are human in this collection. Jomungander, the Midgard Serpent, has his own Vinland Saga when he hunts his prey in the deep sea and ends up fighting for his life on Turtle Island against a clan of Haudenosaunee Monster Snakes. Ymirling the Jotun must defeat the mighty Shingebiss to win land for himself in Vinland. Who will be the victor in these culture clashes?

Characterizing cultures, we utilize the word culture calmly when alluding to an assortment of musings and activities. I might want to start my endeavor to characterize cultures by an emphasis on three of its lexicon implications that I believe are huge to our comprehension of the general term - culture. We regularly overlook that its progressively fundamental utilization is as an action word as opposed to as a noun since the noun follows from the activities engaged with the action word. In this way, the action word, to culture, intends to develop.

¡Es el primer día de clases de Rashin en Estados Unidos! Todo tiene diferentes formas de lo que está acostumbrada, desde las comidas en su desayuno hasta las letras en sus libros ¡Y las familias de sus compañeros vienen de todos los rincones del mundo! La nueva maestra le pide a cada estudiante que se imagine la forma de su hogar en un mapa. Rashin sabe qué dirá de inmediato ¡Irán tiene forma de gato! ¿Qué irán a decir los otros niños? ¿Y qué hay del país de donde viene TU familia?

无论在乱世，还是在治世，真文人都是率性的，从真里面求善，从善里面求美，从美里面求真，要看一个文人是不是真文人，就看他愿不愿走进这样的循环圈……無論在亂世，還是在治世，真文人都是率性的，從真裡面求善，從善裡面求美，從美裡面求真，要看一個文人是不是真文人，就看他願不願走進這樣的循環圈……

It's a dark and dangerous journey for the Cobb and Co night mail coach, but when his coach-driver father is injured, young Jem Donovan must take the reins. Surely a boy like Jem can't handle a team of four horses and guide the coach on a rough bush track through fog and untold dangers? But there are six passengers on the coach tonight, each with a secret. And if Jem can't get them all to their destination by morning, the seventh secret could be deadly.

Julito está por irse a dormir cuando ve en la tele un anuncio: ¡Intercambio cultural: cambie su lugar por el de un ciudadano extranjero por una semana, y viva otra vida! Ahora, podrá viajar a África, un lugar que parece tener mucha acción. A cambió, recibirá en a su casa a Pombo, un elefante que quiere vivir en la ciudad y ver la televisión. ¿Quién de los dos la pasará mejor con su nueva vida?

In Australia’s Outback, the land is dry and dusty. The rainclouds are few and far between. The land suffers, as do the crops, so too the people on the land. It’s time to make a change to save the farms, but who will answer the “call to arms”? Who will start the rain? Outback Australia is drought country. It’s where farmers and their families struggle with little or no rain. It’s where livestock, grain, and other crops are grown to feed the people of Australia and the world. When there’s no rain, there’s no food. The farmers need a hand to survive the “great dry”.

After an attempt to sail around the world, author David Rich and his wife embarked on a seventeen-year journey that took them through 170 countries with a few bumps along the way. Held hostage for a garage bill in Serbia, blocked by burning tires in Ecuador, and surrounded by voracious saltwater crocs in Oz, the couple’s experiences were anything but ordinary. You can’t make this stuff up! Lest you think this is a cautionary story, RV the World explains how you can safely live a life of adventure. Discover how much a trip like this will cost you, how to operate in foreign countries, ...

No one saw Eliza Vanda arrive in Tidgy Bay that rainy winter afternoon. The sign advertising 'Cabins for Rent’ was almost hidden by a pile of builder’s rubble, but Eliza Vanda didn’t seem at all put out by the mess. ‘This is a nice little pocket,’ she said. ‘It should suit us very well’.

Deel 9 van de Superjuffie-serie! Juf Josje en Hakim hebben gespaard voor een reis naar Australië. En nu is het zover! Ze gaan een week helpen in een koalaopvang en daarna nog twee weken genieten van de rust en de natuur. Zónder kinderen, want die mogen deze keer echt niet mee. De koalaopvang waar juf Josje en Hakim werken zit heel vol en er zijn zorgen. De bosbranden laaien steeds weer op en de koala's blijven maar komen. Al het geld gaat op aan heel dure zalf om hun brandwonden sneller te laten genezen en de opvang moet misschien zelfs sluiten.

It’s Rashin’s first day of school in America! Everything is a different shape than what she’s used to: from the foods on her breakfast plate to the letters in the books! And the kids’ families are from all over! The new teacher asks each child to imagine the shape of home on a map. Rashin knows right away what she’ll say: Iran looks like a cat! What will the other kids say?