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A gripping first-hand account of a Norwegian scientist's escape from German custody during the Second World War after his arrest for spying.
Author : Sven Somme
Publisher : Polperro Heritage Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 20,46 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0954423380
A gripping first-hand account of a Norwegian scientist's escape from German custody during the Second World War after his arrest for spying.
Author : Victor Bridges
Publisher :
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 11,56 MB
Release : 1913
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Author : Bryan Guinness
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 15,85 MB
Release : 1950
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Author : Donald Chisholm
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 14,79 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780804735254
This monumental study provides an innovative and powerful means for understanding institutions by applying problem solving theory to the creation and elaboration of formal organizational rules and procedures. Based on a meticulously researched historical analysis of the U.S. Navys officer personnel system from its beginnings to 1941, the book is informed by developments in cognitive psychology, cognitive science, operations research, and management science. It also offers important insights into the development of the American administrative state, highlighting broader societal conflicts over equity, efficiency, and economy. Considering the Navys personnel system as an institution, the book shows that changes in that system resulted from a long-term process of institutional design, in which formal rules and procedures are established and elaborated. Institutional design is here understood as a problem-solving process comprising day-to-day efforts of many decision makers to resolve the difficulties that block completion of their tasks. The officer personnel system is treated as a problem of organized complexity, with many components interacting in systematic, intricate ways, its structure usually imperfectly understood by the participants. Consequently, much problem solving entails decomposing the larger problem into smaller, more manageable components, closing open constraints, and balancing competing value premises. The author finds that decision makers are unlikely to generate many alternatives, since searching for existing solutions elsewhere or inventing new ones is an expensive, difficult enterprise. Choice is usually a matter of accepting, rejecting, or modifying a single solution. Because time constraints force decisions before problems are well structured, errors are frequently made, problem components are at best only partially addressed, and the chosen solution may not solve the problem at all and even if it does is likely to generate unanticipated side-effects that worsen other problem components. In its definitive treatment of a critical but hitherto entirely unresearched dimension of the administration of the U.S. Navy, the book provides full details over time concerning the elaboration of officer grades and titles, creation of promotion by selection, sea duty requirements, graded retirement, staff-line conflicts, the establishment of the Reserve, and such unusual subjects as tombstone promotions. In the process, it transcends the specifics of the personnel system to give a broad picture of the Navys history over the first century and a half of its development.
Author : Maribeth Boelts
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 13,96 MB
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0763691488
But all the kids are wearing them! Any child who has ever craved something out of reach will relate to this warm, refreshingly realistic story. Features an audio read-along. "I have dreams about those shoes. Black high-tops. Two white stripes." All Jeremy wants is a pair of those shoes, the ones everyone at school seems to be wearing. But Jeremy’s grandma tells him they don’t have room for "want," just "need," and what Jeremy needs are new boots for winter. When Jeremy’s shoes fall apart at school, and the guidance counselor gives him a hand-me-down pair, the boy is more determined than ever to have those shoes, even a thrift-shop pair that are much too small. But sore feet aren’t much fun, and Jeremy comes to realize that the things he has -- warm boots, a loving grandma, and the chance to help a friend -- are worth more than the things he wants.
Author : Sam Childers
Publisher : Thomas Nelson Inc
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 38,62 MB
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 159555162X
Once a drug-dealing biker, Childers now spends his time in the most dangerous parts of Sudan and Uganda rescuing the youngest victims of war--orphans and child-soldiers--no matter the cost.
Author : Ben Feder
Publisher : Radius Book Group+ORM
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 22,47 MB
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1635763681
A success-driven CEO goes on a year-long journey of self-discovery in Bali in this memoir about rediscovering what’s truly important. A hard-charging CEO of a large enterprise, Ben Feder discovers that he is losing the very things that sustained him over his years of business success. Unsettled by his insight, he becomes determined to rebuild family relationships and rejuvenate his sense of purpose. Risking his career, Feder left New York with his wife and children and set off on a self-prescribed sabbatical year. That experience transforms them all. As Feder navigates the thrills and pitfalls of his time away, he draws readers into remarkable examinations of modern values and modern life. Take Off Your Shoes is Feder’s candid and personable account of a journey across the world, and within himself.
Author : Ernie O'Malley
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 23,54 MB
Release : 2001-12-21
Category : Ireland
ISBN : 1589790049
Captures the feel of Ireland more than any other book.
Author : Donna Sozio
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 16,13 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780806528403
The only guide women will need to navigate the dating world, and to figure out if a guy is right for them, Never Trust a Man in Alligator Loafers is a one-of-a-kind book showing savvy women how to guage a man's heart by looking at his feet! Packed with helpful advice, tips, lists and quizzes, this invaluable guide demonstrates how a man's shoes can answer three crucial questions: who is he? how does he feel about himself? what will he be like in a relationship?
Author : Charles Fountain
Publisher :
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 30,3 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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A biography of George Frazier, an American journalist.