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The Natural Speaker

The Natural Speaker

The Natural Speaker is a friendly step-by-step guide to public speaking that explores the fundamental skills necessary to present a natural and rewarding speech to any audience. By providing an overview of speech construction practice and delivery this book is designed to enhance and improve upon students' natural strengths. Featuring a warm and humorous writing style The Natural Speaker illustrates the concepts and skills required for enjoyable public speaking and Randy Fujishin invites readers to view speaking as a life-long journey. This tenth edition features a new chapter on speaking in online contexts including leading or participating in online meetings using digital presentation tools and guidelines for effective online PowerPoint presentations as well as additional focus on intercultural considerations and new Internet student activities at the end of each chapter. This book serves as an accessible core textbook for Public Speaking and Introduction to Communication courses and also provides guidance for individual readers and public speaking workshops. Online resources include an instructor’s manual with sample test questions and exercises.

GBP 59.99
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Smart but Scattered-and Stalled 10 Steps to Help Young Adults Use Their Executive Skills to Set Goals Make a Plan and Successfully Leave the Nest

Smart but Scattered-and Stalled 10 Steps to Help Young Adults Use Their Executive Skills to Set Goals Make a Plan and Successfully Leave the Nest

Whether you're a young adult who is stalled on the journey to independence-or a concerned parent still sharing the family nest-this compassionate book is for you. Providing a fresh perspective on the causes of failure to launch the expert authors present a 10-step plan that helps grown kids and parents work together to achieve liftoff. Learn why brain-based executive skills such as planning organization and time management are so important to success and what you can do to strengthen them. You get downloadable practical tools for figuring out what areas to target building skills identifying a desired career path and making a customized action plan. Vivid stories of other families navigating the same challenges (including father and son Richard and Colin Guare) reveal what kind of parental support is productive-and when to let go. | Smart but Scattered-and Stalled 10 Steps to Help Young Adults Use Their Executive Skills to Set Goals Make a Plan and Successfully Leave the Nest

GBP 14.99
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Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language A Handbook for Students and their Supervisors

Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language A Handbook for Students and their Supervisors

Fully updated and packed with new material the second edition of Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language is the ideal guide for non-native speaker students and their supervisors working on writing a thesis or dissertation in English. Considering the purposes of thesis and dissertation of writing alongside writer/reader relationships this book uses accessible language and practical examples to discuss issues that are crucial to successful thesis and dissertation writing. This edition offers: Insights into the experience of being a doctoral writer issues of writer identity and writing with authority Typical language and discourse features of theses and dissertations Advice on the structure and organisation of key sections Suggestions for online resources which support writing Extracts from completed theses and dissertations Guidance on understanding examiner expectations Advice on publishing from a PhD Suitable for students from all disciplines Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language is essential reading for non-native speaker students looking to complete a thesis or dissertation in English. | Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language A Handbook for Students and their Supervisors

GBP 28.99
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Speaking Persuasively The essential guide to giving dynamic presentations and speeches

Speaking Persuasively The essential guide to giving dynamic presentations and speeches

To succeed in business your message must be heard understood and remembered. This book with its combination of practical tips and case studies from the experts will help you to become a more powerful and persuasive speaker whether pitching for business or presenting to the Board. As a consultant in speech training I can recommend it unreservedly. Clare Willis Senior Consultant Speak First Training LondonYOU CAN BECOME A CONFIDENT PUBLIC SPEAKERSpeaking is one of the most powerful ways of influencing others at work and in life. And yet for many of us speaking in front of large or small groups of people is one of our greatest fears. Speaking Persuasively shows you how to convert anxiety into effective communication. LEARN HOW TO GIVE DYNAMIC PRESENTATIONS AND SPEECHESUsing real examples Speaking Persuasively shows you how to hone your speaking skills in business and politics in the classroom and in the community. It explains how to order your material attract the audience's attention (and keep it) control your voice and adapt your techniques for different situations. It also includes practical advice on making a successful business pitch communicating across cultures and handling the media. Speaking Persuasively is for anyone who wants to become a more persuasive and more impressive public speaker. Valuable information that will make the first-timer more comfortable and the gifted public speaker more persuasive. Shari Armistead Senior Media Advisor to Queensland Minister for EducationStrips away the mystery of the mass media performance. A useful guide for those on both sides of the microphone. Ellen Fanning television and radio presenter | Speaking Persuasively The essential guide to giving dynamic presentations and speeches

GBP 130.00
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Religious Discourse in Attic Oratory and Politics

Religious Discourse in Attic Oratory and Politics

The book offers a critical investigation of a wide range of features of religious discourse in the transmitted forensic symbouleutic and epideictic orations of the Ten Attic Orators a body of 151 speeches which represents the mature flourishing of the ancient art of public speaking and persuasion. Serafim focuses on how the intersections between such religious discourse and the political legal and civic institutions of classical Athens help to shed new light on polis identity-building and the construction of an imagined community in three institutional contexts – the law court the Assembly and the Boulē: a community that unites its members and defines the ways in which they make decisions. After a full-scale survey of the persistently and recurrently used features of religious discourse in Attic oratory he contextualizes and explains the use of specific patterns of religious discourse in specific oratorical contexts examining the means or restrictions that these contexts generate for the speaker. In doing so he explores the cognitive/emotional and physical/sensory reactions of the speaker and the audience when religious stimuli are provided in orations and how this contributes to the construction of civic and political identity in classical Athens. Religious Discourse in Attic Oratory and Politics will be of interest to anyone working on classical Athens particularly its legal institutions on ancient rhetoric and ancient Greek religion and politics.

GBP 38.99
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Cicero

Cicero

First published in 1965 Cicero contains a number of assessments of Cicero’s life and works made by a group of scholars that includes some of the acknowledged experts in their particular field. Cicero is a man on whom most judgments have been harsh. His political ideals though sincerely held were bypassed by the march of events; his public life was a series of frustrations; his personality was egotistical. However as a speaker and a thinker as a master of the use of language and as a man of cultured interests and human disposition he deserves sympathetic study. The chapters in this volume deal with his political career his character his oratory philosophy and poems and his influence on subsequent literature and scholarship. This book will be of interest to students of literature history and philosophy.

GBP 90.00
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Building a Dedicated GSM GPS Module Tracking System for Fleet Management Hardware and Software

Building a Dedicated GSM GPS Module Tracking System for Fleet Management Hardware and Software

This book shows how to build a INFelecPHY GPS Unit (IEP-GPS) tracking system for fleet management that is based on 3G and GPRS modules. This model should provide reliability since it deals with several protocols: 1) HTTP and HTTPS to navigate download and upload in real time the information to a web server 2) FTTP and FTTPS to handle in a non-real time the files to the web application and 3) SMTP and POP3 to send and receive email directly from the unit in case of any alert. Similar to a mobile device but without screen for display it is multifunctional because it links to a GPRS module a camera a speaker headphone a keypad and screen. | Building a Dedicated GSM GPS Module Tracking System for Fleet Management Hardware and Software

GBP 44.99
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Communication Yearbook 26

Communication Yearbook 26

Communication Yearbook 26 is devoted to publishing state-of-the-art literature reviews in which authors critique and synthesize a body of communication research. This volume continues the tradition of publishing critical integrative reviews of specific lines of research. Chapters focus on comprehending speaker meaning; understanding family communication patterns and family functioning; affection in interpersonal relationships; audience activity and passivity; the political influence of business organizations in public policy. In addition chapters discuss emotional intelligence in organizational communication; professionalism and social responsibility in the field of public relations; climate of opinion; ideology and the study of identity in interethnic communication; technology and the physician-patient relationship; and communication across the life span. Representing media interpersonal intercultural and other areas of communication this is an important reference on current research for scholars and students in the social sciences.

GBP 42.99
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The Discourse of Ethics and Equity in Intercultural Communication

The Discourse of Ethics and Equity in Intercultural Communication

This book examines the notions of ethics and equity in relation to language and communication in intercultural relations. Although these notions are often discussed they are not always addressed with regard to specifi c subjects. Much intercultural discourse and dialogue in recent times has been coloured by the clash of civilizations (as described by Samuel Huntington) terrorist attacks such as 9/11 and the indelible effects which these events have had on dealings between different peoples cultures and religions. This book discusses ethics and equity with regard to marginalized and privileged minorities victims of abuse and of confl ict researchers and practitioners and language learners and speaker/users. It opens up spaces for a critical discourse of ethics and equity in language and intercultural communication as ‘new’ knowledge. This book was originally published as a special issue of Language and Intercultural Communication. | The Discourse of Ethics and Equity in Intercultural Communication

GBP 31.99
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Black Appetite. White Food. Issues of Race Voice and Justice Within and Beyond the Classroom

Black Appetite. White Food. Issues of Race Voice and Justice Within and Beyond the Classroom

Black Appetite. White Food. invites educators to explore the nuanced manifestations of white privilege as it exists within and beyond the classroom. Renowned speaker and author Jamila Lyiscott provides ideas and tools that teachers school leaders and professors can use for awareness inspiration and action around racial injustice and inequity. Part I of the book helps you ask the hard questions such as whether your pedagogy is more aligned with colonialism than you realize and whether you are really giving students of color a voice. Part II offers a variety of helpful strategies for analysis and reflection. Each chapter includes personal stories frank discussions of the barriers you may face and practical ideas that will guide you as you work to confront privilege in your classroom campus and beyond. | Black Appetite. White Food. Issues of Race Voice and Justice Within and Beyond the Classroom

GBP 28.99
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Principles of Public Speaking

Principles of Public Speaking

Balancing skills and theory this introductory public speaking textbook encourages the reader to see public speaking as a way to build community in today’s diverse world. Within a framework that emphasizes speaker responsibility listening and cultural awareness this classic book uses examples from college workplace political and social communication to make the study of public speaking relevant contemporary and exciting. This new edition includes expanded coverage of mediated speaking with examples from podcasts and online speaking contexts; discussion of ethical issues of contemporary public discourse including disinformation and public civility; and tips for extemporaneous speaking. This textbook is ideal for general courses on public speaking as well as specialized programs in business management political communication and public affairs. A companion website including an instructor’s manual containing discussion questions exercises quiz questions and suggestions for syllabus design is available at www. routledge. com/cw/german. | Principles of Public Speaking

GBP 94.99
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Madness Art and Society Beyond Illness

Madness Art and Society Beyond Illness

How is madness experienced treated and represented? How might art think around – and beyond – psychiatric definitions of illness and wellbeing? Madness Art and Society engages with artistic practices from theatre and live art to graphic fiction charting a multiplicity of ways of thinking critically with rather than about non-normative psychological experience. It is organised into two parts: ‘Structures: psychiatrists institutions treatments’ illuminates the environments figures and primary models of psychiatric care reconsidering their history and contemporary manifestations through case studies including David Edgar’s Mary Barnes and Milos Forman’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. ‘Experiences: realities bodies moods’ promblematises diagnostic categories and proposes more radically open models of thinking in relation to experiences of madness touching upon works such as Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko and Duncan Macmillan’s People Places and Things. Reading its case studies as a counter-discourse to orthodox psychiatry Madness Art and Society seeks a more nuanced understanding of the plurality of madness in society and in so doing offers an outstanding resource for students and scholars alike. | Madness Art and Society Beyond Illness

GBP 36.99
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Clear English Pronunciation A Practical Guide

Clear English Pronunciation A Practical Guide

Clear English Pronunciation provides students with the tools to effectively communicate in English without centring solely on native-speaker pronunciation models. The focus of the book is on individual pronunciation targets rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. Divided into four sections each featuring detailed articulatory explanations sample sentences and recordings to help learners improve their pronunciation this book: introduces the phenomenon of pronunciation as part of a broader communicative realm; explains and demonstrates the melody and rhythm of understandable and natural English pronunciation; supports students in identifying and practicing their own pronunciation issues. Supported by an interactive companion website which features recordings and expanded explanations of key topics Clear English Pronunciation is an essential textbook for international learners of English who want to improve their pronunciation skills in diverse social settings. For more resources on English pronunciation visit: englishpronunciationcentral. universiteitleiden. nl Additionally you can find recordings of a wide range of speakers here: https://www. universiteitleiden. nl/clearenglishpronunciation | Clear English Pronunciation A Practical Guide

GBP 34.99
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Understanding Bereaved Parents and Siblings A Handbook for Professionals Family and Friends

Understanding Bereaved Parents and Siblings A Handbook for Professionals Family and Friends

Understanding Bereaved Parents and Siblings is based on lived experiences and provides insight ideas and inspiration on how to support the bereaved how to talk to them about their experience and how to help people manage their own shock or grief. Part I of the book contains ten stories from parents and six from siblings sharing their experiences. Each narrator discusses their relationship with the person who died; what led up to the death; the impact of the loss on the speaker; as well as what helped and what hindered them in their grief. Part II is aimed at professionals and draws on various topics such as grief and bereavement models transgenerational loss resilience protection and creative ways of working with grief. The book will be an essential read for the bereaved and the professionals family and friends who are supporting them. | Understanding Bereaved Parents and Siblings A Handbook for Professionals Family and Friends

GBP 27.99
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Parenting as Partners How to Launch Your Kids Without Ejecting Your Spouse

Parenting as Partners How to Launch Your Kids Without Ejecting Your Spouse

Very few families are perfect. But looking from the outside in through conversations in the grocery store or clicking through social media oftentimes it seems we are the only ones struggling with raising our kids or aligning with our spouses on parenting. The reality is that so many families struggle. Vicki Hoefle three-time author parenting coach and sought-after speaker offers a fresh practical roadmap for achievable family—and marital—harmony and happiness. Her strategies work for everyone: whether you have young children and are just starting the parenting journey; are beginning to experience the first challenges of raising children in the 21st century; or if you’re facing crisis stress or the effects of divorce. Hoefle inspires REAL families and shows them how to invest in the relationship focus on what is important and experience the joy of living in a healthy loving family. | Parenting as Partners How to Launch Your Kids Without Ejecting Your Spouse

GBP 18.99
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ELF and Applied Linguistics Reconsidering Applied Linguistics Research from ELF Perspectives

ELF and Applied Linguistics Reconsidering Applied Linguistics Research from ELF Perspectives

With help from a global cast of scholars Kumiko Murata explores the remodelling of the discipline of applied linguistics which traditionally regarded Anglophone native-speaker English as the standard for English as a lingua franca (ELF). This edited volume probes the dichotomy between the current focus of applied linguistic research and a drastically changed English use in a globalised world. This division is approached from diverse perspectives and with the overarching understanding of ELF as an indispensable area of applied linguistics research. The volume includes theoretical backgrounds to English as a lingua franca the nature of ELF interactions language policy and practice from an ELF perspective and the relationship between multilingualism and ELF. A resourceful book not only to ELF researchers but also applied linguists in general as well as policy makers administrators practicing teachers and university students from diverse linguacultural backgrounds. | ELF and Applied Linguistics Reconsidering Applied Linguistics Research from ELF Perspectives

GBP 130.00
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The Laboratory Mouse

The Laboratory Mouse

With the advent of transgenic and other genetic engineering technologies the versatility and usefulness of the mouse as a model in biomedical research has soared. Revised to reflect advances since the second edition The Laboratory Mouse continues to be the most accessible reference on the biology and care of the mouse in research settings. This guide presents basic information and common procedures in detail to provide a quick reference source for investigators technicians and caretakers on the humane care and use of the mouse. The new edition adds information on novel technologies such as CRISPR-Cas and on housing systems and management practices; it covers new concepts such as pain assessment by facial expression and the importance of nest-building as an assessment tool of well-being. There are now expanded sections on anesthesia and analgesia and on behavior and enrichment. An ideal quick reference for investigators technicians and animal caretakers charged with the care and/or use of mice in a research setting this book will be particularly valuable to those new to working with mice who need to start research programs using these animals.

GBP 52.99
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The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics

The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics

The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics offers a comprehensive survey of the subdiscipline of Forensic Linguistics with this new edition providing both updated overviews from leading figures in the field and exciting new contributions from the next generation of forensic linguists. The Handbook is a unique work of reference to the leading ideas debates topics approaches and methodologies in forensic linguistics and language and the law. It comprises 43 chapters including entirely new contributions from many international experts in the areas of Aboriginal claimants appraisal and stance author identities online biased language in capital trials corpus approaches false confessions forensic phonetics forensic transcription the historical courtroom legal interpretation multilingual law police crisis negotiation speaker profiling and trolling. The chapters include a wealth of examples and case studies so the reader can see forensic linguistics applied and in action. Edited and authored by the world’s leading academics and practitioners The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics is a vital resource for advanced students researchers and scholars and will also be of interest to legal law enforcement and security professionals.

GBP 200.00
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Leading School Change How to Overcome Resistance Increase Buy-In and Accomplish Your Goals

Leading School Change How to Overcome Resistance Increase Buy-In and Accomplish Your Goals

Being a cheerleader for innovation or change is great. Implementing specific strategies to increase the likelihood of success is essential. In this key book from bestselling author and speaker Todd Whitaker you’ll discover clear ways to lead and manage school change by setting realistic goals planning your approach and tracking your progress. You’ll also find out how to work effectively with others overcome resistance and gain widespread acceptance. Whether you are a district leader building leader instructional coach or teacher-leader you’ll come away from this book with all the tools and inspiration you need to make a positive immediate results-oriented change with the support of your staff. Bonus: This enhanced second edition includes a special Action Plan and Implementation Guide. The Action Plan will help you apply the ideas step by step to your own situation. The Implementation Guide can be used for independent reflection or as a study guide with book groups or professional learning communities. | Leading School Change How to Overcome Resistance Increase Buy-In and Accomplish Your Goals

GBP 22.99
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Artificial Intelligence and the Two Singularities

Artificial Intelligence and the Two Singularities

The science of AI was born a little over 60 years ago but for most of that time its achievements were modest. In 2012 it experienced a big bang when a branch of statistics called Machine Learning (and a sub-branch called Deep Learning) was applied to it. Now machines have surpassed humans in image recognition and they are catching up with us at speech recognition and natural language processing. Every day the media reports the launch of a new service a new product and a new demonstration powered by AI. When will it end? The surprising truth is the AI revolution has only just begun. Artificial Intelligence and the Two Singularities argues that in the course of this century the exponential growth in the capability of AI is likely to bring about two singularities - points at which conditions are so extreme that the normal rules break down. The first is the economic singularity when machine skill reaches a level that renders many of us unemployable and requires an overhaul of our current economic and social systems. The second is the technological singularity when machine intelligence reaches and then surpasses the cognitive abilities of an adult human relegating us to the second smartest species on the planet. These singularities will present huge challenges but this book argues that we can meet these challenges and overcome them. If we do the rewards could be almost unimaginable. This book covers: • Recent developments in AI and its future potential • The economic singularity and the technological singularity in depth • The risks and opportunities presented by AI • What actions we should take Artificial intelligence can turn out to be the best thing ever to happen to humanity making our future wonderful almost beyond imagination. But only if we address head-on the challenges that it will raise. Calum Chace is a best-selling author of fiction and non-fiction books and articles focusing on the subject of artificial intelligence. He is a regular speaker on artificial intelligence and related technologies and runs a blog on the subject at www. pandoras-brain. com. Prior to becoming a full-time writer and speaker he spent 30 years in business as a marketer a strategy consultant and a CEO. He studied philosophy at Oxford University where he discovered that the science fiction he had been reading since boyhood was simply philosophy in fancy dress.

GBP 46.99
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Technical Writing A Practical Guide for Engineers Scientists and Nontechnical Professionals Second Edition

Technical Writing A Practical Guide for Engineers Scientists and Nontechnical Professionals Second Edition

Technical Writing: A Practical Guide for Engineers Scientists and Nontechnical Professionals Second Edition enables readers to write edit and publish materials of a technical nature including books articles reports and electronic media. Written by a renowned engineer and widely published technical author this guide complements traditional writer’s reference manuals on technical writing through presentation of first-hand examples that help readers understand practical considerations in writing and producing technical content. These examples illustrate how a publication originates as well as various challenges and solutions. The second edition contains new material in every chapter including new topics additional examples insights tips and tricks new vignettes and more exercises. Appendices have been added for writing checklists and writing samples. The references and glossary have been updated and expanded. In addition a focus on writing for the nontechnical persons working in the technology world and the nonnative English speaker has been incorporated. Written in an informal conversational style unlike traditional college writing texts the book also contains many interesting vignettes and personal stories to add interest to otherwise stodgy lessons. | Technical Writing A Practical Guide for Engineers Scientists and Nontechnical Professionals Second Edition

GBP 44.99
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FABRIC[ated] Fabric Innovation and Material Responsibility in Architecture

FABRIC[ated] Fabric Innovation and Material Responsibility in Architecture

FABRIC[ated] examines fabric as a catalyst for innovation reflection change and transformation in architecture. This book explores the ways in which research and development of fabric can and historically has influenced and revolutionized architecture teaching and design. Responsive flexible impermanent fluid and adaptive—fabric interacts with and influences architecture offering innovative solutions and increased material responsibility. Foundation and theory chapters establish clear precedent and futures for fabric’s position in architectural discourse. The case study section examines 14 international projects through three different threads: Veiling Compression and Tension. Case studies include a diverse range of projects from the HiLo unit at Nest and CAST’s fabric formed concrete projects to a discussion of the impact of fabric on SO-IL and Kennedy Violich Architect’s professional work demonstrating new and fresh methods for addressing sustainability and social justice through the use of fabric in architecture. Through the work of the many authors of this book we see fabric as drape skin veil mold concept and inspiration. Fabric in its broadest definition is an important and innovative material in the development of socially conscious architecture. Offering readers pedagogical and practical models for international projects highlighting fabric’s use in architecture this book will appeal to the novice and the expert architecture students and practitioners alike. | FABRIC[ated] Fabric Innovation and Material Responsibility in Architecture

GBP 34.99
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Authentic Diversity How to Change the Workplace for Good

Authentic Diversity How to Change the Workplace for Good

The nation has transformed. The calls for racial equity are loud and insistent and they are now being listened to. And yet companies across the country are still far behind when it comes to equity in the workplace. For decades we've heard variations on the same theme on how to increase diversity and inclusion and we have still not moved. If we want equity to matter inside and outside the workplace if we want to be real allies for change then we need a new approach. We need to stop following trends. We need to lead change. In Authentic Diversity culture change expert and diversity speaker Michelle Silverthorn explains how to transform diversity and inclusion from mere lip service into the very heart of leadership. Following the journey of a Black woman in the workplace leaders learn the old rules of diversity that keep failing her and millions like her again and again and the new rules they must put in place to make success a reality for everyone. A millennial immigrant and Black woman in America Michelle will show you how to lead a space centered on equity allyship and inclusion and how together we can build a new organization and nation centered on justice. | Authentic Diversity How to Change the Workplace for Good

GBP 31.99
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Frederick Douglass A Biography

Frederick Douglass A Biography

This biography written by Booker T. Washington one of most important post-Civil War African-American thinkers is an account of the life and career of Frederick Douglass. The biographical account is set within a nation struggling to solve one of the most excruciating social problems that any modern people facedslavery. This volume encompasses the experiences of Frederick Douglass as a slave and then as a public man through the anti-slavery movement the Civil War and the period of reconstruction. Douglass's fame as a speaker was secure. His position as the champion of an oppressed race was in his own generation as picturesque as it was unique. From the blight of slavery Douglass emerged passed through and triumphed over the lingering prejudice that he encountered as a freeman. Like the author of his biography Douglass seized his place in history. His life is an epic one that finds few to equal it in the realms of either romance or reality. Douglass was a role model to the author and his early narrative was a guide to black and white people alike. Among the subjects covered are the Genesis of the Anti-Slavery Agitation the Fugitive Slave Law the Underground Railway the American Colonization Society the Conflict in Kansas for Free Soil the John Brown Raid the Civil War the Enlistment of Colored Troops and Reconstruction. | Frederick Douglass A Biography

GBP 130.00
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