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Most managers already know that cultural differences are important when they're dealing with business partners from other countries. They understand that the current business environment is increasingly global. What today’s managers don’t fully get is that they must learn and use global management skills in every interaction they have. With this book, managers will be able to make sense of common situations that they do not understand.They will be able to recognize, assess, react to, and solve complex management situations where diverse styles, personalities, and cultures are in play.

On her last day alive, Marilyn Monroe said she knew “dangerous secrets,” then suspiciously died later that night. In this compelling new account of what happened to her, investigative journalist and award-winning author Larry Jordan presents solid evidence that has never surfaced before. He has crafted a gripping, fast-paced, historically accurate and chronological narrative that connects the dots and shows you how events unfolded. He exposes the collusion of malicious forces intent on silencing Marilyn, whom they mistakenly viewed as a threat. (She was NEVER going to hold a press ...

In this book, Patrick Bolton and Haizhou Huang offer a novel perspective, viewing monetary economics through the lens of corporate finance. They propose a richer theory, where money can be seen as the equity capital of a nation, playing a similar role as stocks for a company. This innovative framework integrates the real and monetary sides of the economy, with a banking sector and debt at its core.

Ever since he became a Christian at the age of forty, it has been Poirot actor David Suchet's dream to make an audio recording of the whole Bible. In between filming the final episodes of Poirot, David Suchet spent over 200 hours in the recording studio to create the very first full-length audio version of the NIV Bible spoken by a single British actor. Volume 2 of the NIV Audio Bible includes the Prophets, Gospels, Acts and Letters, covering the books of Isaiah to Revelation.

The Winter Viscount A Regency Romance Filled with Love, Secrets, and a Christmas Promise Anthony Westbrook, Viscount Everleigh, is desperate to save his family’s estate, and a wealthy marriage seems the only answer. At a dazzling winter ball, he encounters Lydia Pembroke—spirited, mysterious, and completely uninterested in matrimony. Drawn to her independence yet puzzled by her guarded nature, Anthony soon discovers that Lydia is hiding more than a disdain for marriage. As their undeniable connection deepens, whispers of scandal threaten to ruin them both. With the Christmas season ...

DO YOU WANT TO CONDUCT EVALUATIONS THAT HAVE A REAL IMPACT ON SOCIETY? ARE YOU INTERESTED IN INNOVATIVE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE-FOCUSED APPROACHES? The book “TRANSFORMATIVE EVALUATION” is an essential guide for young and emerging evaluators looking to move beyond measuring results and become agents of change in the field of international cooperation. Divided into two parts, this book offers a comprehensive tour of the fundamentals and practice of Evaluation: ✅ Key notions of Evaluation: concepts, principles, types and evaluation criteria. ✅ Transformative Approach: introduction to the ...

From Middle Eastern storyteller, Hussin Alkheder, comes a collection of short stories influenced by the four major cities he’s lived in: Damascus, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, and Shanghai. These four grand ladies have played important roles in his life journey. In the Four Ladies, we find three stories based in Damascus, the cradle of history: Hand Made Crutches makes us feel the suffering of a mother with four daughters and a disabled son; The Green Bus gives a glimpse of Damascus both before and after the war; Love in the Time of Corona portrays the way some Middle Eastern deal with the virus....

This is more than a Bible you listen to; it’s an experience that helps you enter God’s Word . . . so God’s Word can enter you. Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat, one of the most sought after and beloved narrators of audiobooks in the country, this vivid recording of the Gospels in the NIV will reignite your passion for the Word of God.

Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger under record deficits. The End of Growth proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning point in its economic history. The expansionary trajectory of industrial civilization is colliding with non-negotiable natural limits.

As the second-largest economy, China is now extending its influence across the globe. Joanna Chiu has spent a decade tracking China’s propulsive rise, from the complicity of democratic nations, to a new colonialism coming from its multibillion-dollar “New Silk Road” initiative, to its growing sway on foreign countries and multilateral institutions.

What does the Bible say about third millennium prophets? What’s the difference between being a prophet and being prophetic? In The Prophetic Path, Ron Campbell guides emerging prophets along his own journey from South Africa to America and from the sanctuary to legislatures and boardrooms to reveal the prerequisites, principles, and perils of the office of the prophet. The Prophetic Path is a powerful discipleship resource, not only for emerging prophets but also for all who would be prophetic!

More than a Bible you listen to, the Pure Voice Audio Bible - New International Reader's Version: The Gospels is an experience that helps you enter into God's Word ... so God's Word can enter into you.

The US, Barry R. Posen argues in Restraint, has grown incapable of moderating its ambitions in international politics. Since the collapse of Soviet power, it has pursued a grand strategy that he calls "liberal hegemony", one that Posen sees as unnecessary, counterproductive, costly, and wasteful. Written for policymakers and observers alike, Restraint explains precisely why this grand strategy works poorly and then provides a carefully designed alternative grand strategy and an associated military strategy and force structure.

Conversations on the Road to Emmaus depicts an incredible journey. Jesus walked and talked with two disciples on the Road to Emmaus after He was resurrected from the dead. It is quite intriguing to propose what Jesus said about Himself on that incredible day while on that incredible journey. It is not only intriguing, but it is also something—via interpretation of the Old Testament—that is not simply a guess with respect to what was actually discussed. Jesus is referencing the Old Testament. The Word is explaining the Word.

"The greatest story ever told" is more than just a cliché. God goes to great lengths to rescue lost and hurting people, and that is what The Story is all about: the story of the Bible, God’s great love affair with humanity. Filled with intrigue, drama, conflict, and redemption, listen to chapter nine of this dramatized edition that sweeps you into the stories, poems, and teachings of the Bible.

“The greatest story ever told” is more than just a cliché. God goes to great lengths to rescue lost and hurting people, and that is what the story is all about: the story of the Bible, God’s great love affair with humanity. Filled with intrigue, drama, conflict, and redemption, listen to Chapter 4 of this dramatized edition that sweeps you into the stories, poems, and teachings of the Bible.

In this adventurous, original book, NPR correspondent Frank Langfitt describes how he created a free taxi service - offering rides in exchange for illuminating conversation - to go beyond the headlines and get to know a wide range of colorful, compelling characters representative of the new China. They include folks like "Beer", a slippery salesman who tries to sell Langfitt a used car; Rocky, a farm boy turned Shanghai lawyer; and Chen, who runs an underground Christian church and moves his family to America in search of a better, freer life.

Zren Janin has friends in high places. Through accident and adventure he knows Ngahuru of the West Islands, Miyamoto Suki, a diplomat of Vikland, Bima Ritwik the Softfoot, Solkka Ulani, a man who is more than the son of a coffee farmer, and Vikland’s prolific inventor and firemaster, Chul Swyler. Zren is loyal to those he calls his family at Manumina. He respects the talents of the Wrens, who came to fight for a chance at a better future than Kerek City would offer, and he understands those who just want a place to belong. But not all of them will survive. Some will carry scars that will ...

God goes to great lengths to rescue lost and hurting people, and that is what The Story is all about: the story of the Bible, God’s great love affair with humanity. Filled with intrigue, drama, conflict, and redemption, listen to Chapter 18 of this dramatized edition that sweeps you into the stories, poems, and teachings of the Bible.

Shy writer Lux Dawson doesn’t expect a comic convention to turn her life upside down. But that’s exactly what happens when she gets stuck in an elevator with the hottest ticket in town, actor Jude Atwood… Jude's the star of the hottest TV series on the American airwaves, the supernatural detective show Naturals, and he's at the height of his star studded career. Too bad she's a nobody and he has a famous actor girlfriend, who just happens to be his onscreen, epic love. Who could compete with that, right? But for some insane reason Jude wants to know all about Lux...including her ...