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Splitopia : dispatches from today's good divorce and how to part well / by Paris, Wendy(Journalist),author.(CARDINAL)412174;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-312) and index."Engaging and groundbreaking, Splitopia challenges outdated, negative assumptions about divorce with sharp wit, searing honesty, rigorous research, and intimate interviews, and offers guidance for healthier, happier splits. When Wendy Paris announced that she and her husband were separating, friends forecast a tsunami of devastation--for both of them and their child. But as Paris would discover, divorce has improved dramatically in recent decades, due to changes in laws and family structures, advances in psychology and child development, and a new understanding of the importance of the father. Yet disapprobation and fear persist. In this incisive book, Paris cuts through the moralizing and myopia, and explores the new cultural phenomenon of the "good" divorce. Splitopia chronicles Paris's own divorce in real time; shares insights from happily divorced couples, international experts, and the latest research; and follows her own divorced parents' possible reunion. Splitopia calls for a more flexible view of how we wed and how we part, and offers support for creating loving families, whatever the legal relationship status. Divorce is no one's first choice, but as with other difficult, unwanted experiences, it can lead to growth, deeper connections, and a more fulfilled life"--
Subjects: Divorce.; Marriage.; Families.; Marriage.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Vision for life : ten steps to natural eyesight improvement / by Schneider, Meir,1954-(CARDINAL)747978;
"Presents ten simple steps to relieve eye strain, correct vision problems, and improve eye health; includes a full range of restorative vision exercises"--
Subjects: Bates method of orthoptics.; Blindness; Eye; Orthoptics.; Vision disorders; Visual training.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Unmasking the crimes of the powerful : scrutinizing states & corporations / by Tombs, Steve.(CARDINAL)640291; Whyte, David,1955-(CARDINAL)682720;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-301) and index.
Subjects: Commercial crimes.; Communism and social sciences.; Corporations; Criminal justice, Administration of; Elite (Social sciences); Political corruption.; Power (Social sciences); Social sciences;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The last days of California : a novel / by Miller, Mary,1977-(CARDINAL)405748;
Fifteen-year-old Jess is on a road trip to the end of the world. Her evangelical father has packed up the family and left their Montgomery, Alabama, home behind to drive west in anticipation of the rapture, hoping to save as many souls as possible before the imminent Second Coming. With her long-suffering mother and her rebellious older sister Elise, Jess hands out tracts to nonbelievers at every rest stop, Waffle House, and gas station along the way. Through sticky diners and in crowded motel pools, beneath bleached bedspreads and in the backseat of the family car, Jess and Elise whisper and squabble their way across the country. But as doomsday approaches, Jess can't seem to work up any real fear about the apocalypse when her sister's secret pregnancy and their increasingly frayed parents loom so much larger. In this fresh and razor-sharp debut novel, teenage angst and evangelical ardor make a pilgrimage across an endlessly interchangeable American landscape of highways, motels, and strip malls. Sporting a "King Jesus Returns!" t-shirt and well stocked with end-times pamphlets, Jess makes semi-earnest efforts to believe but is thwarted at every turn by a string of familiar and yet freshly rendered teenage obsessions. From "Will the world end?" to "Will I ever fall in love?" each tender worry, big and small, is brilliantly rendered with emotional weight. Mary Miller reinvents the classic American literary road-trip story, reviving its august traditions with the yearning and spiritual ennui of twenty-first-century adolescence. As the last day approches, Jess's tennage myopia gradually gives way to a growing awareness of the painful undercurrents in her fractured family. -- Back cover.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Road fiction.; Christians; Families; Rapture (Christian eschatology); Teenage girls;
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 19
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Complete stories / by Lispector, Clarice,author.(CARDINAL)715225; Dodson, Katrina,translator.(CARDINAL)410913; Moser, Benjamin,editor,writer of introduction.(CARDINAL)663947;
Includes bibliographical references.From one of the greatest modern writers, these stories, gathered from the nine collections published during her lifetime, follow an unbroken time line of success as a writer, from her adolescence to her death bed.
Subjects: Short stories.; Lispector, Clarice;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The artist's eyes : vision and the history of art / by Marmor, Michael F.,1941-(CARDINAL)779479; Ravin, James G.(CARDINAL)640606;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-215) and index.From the Publisher: In this fascinating juxtaposition of science and art history, ophthalmologists Michael Marmor and James Ravin examine the role of vision and eye disease in art. They focus on the eye, where the process of vision originates, and investigate how aspects of vision have inspired and confounded many of the world's most famous artists. Why do Georges Seurat's paintings appear to shimmer? How come the eyes in certain portraits seem to follow you around the room? Are the broad brush strokes in Monet's Water Lilies due to cataracts? Could van Gogh's magnificent yellows be a result of drugs? How does eye disease affect the artistic process? Or does it at all? The Artist's Eyes considers these questions and more. Using key works of art as well as innovative illustrations that simulate different artists' vision, Marmor and Ravin shed new light on the story of art.
Subjects: Art and vision disorders.; Visual perception.; Artists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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How to raise capital : techniques and strategies for financing and valuing your small business / by Timmons, Jeffry A.(CARDINAL)519106; Spinelli, Stephen,Jr.(CARDINAL)461734; Zacharakis, Andrew.(CARDINAL)462492;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: New business enterprises; Small business; Venture capital.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Harvard business review--on management.
Bibliography: pages 715-726.pt. I. General management and administration. Good managers don't make policy decisions / H. Edward Wrapp -- Skills of an effective administrator / Robert L. Katz -- Understanding your organization's character / Roger Harrison -- Management by whose objectives? / Harry Levinson -- Qualitative insights from quantitative methods / Robert H. Hayes -- Better decisions with preference theory / John S. Hammond III -- pt. II. Planning and strategy. The president and corporate planning / Myles L. Mace -- Balance "creativity" and "practicality" in formal planning / John K. Shank, Edward G. Niblock, William T. Sandalls, Jr. -- Formulating strategy in smaller companies / Frank F. Gilmore -- pt. III. Marketing. Marketing myopia / Theodore Levitt -- Marketing planning for industrial products / B. Charles Ames -- Get the most out of your sales force / Derek A. Newton -- Manage the customer, not just the sales force / Benson P. Shapiro -- Demarketing-- yes, demarketing / Philip Kotler, Sidney J. Levy -- Grass roots market research / Louis W. Stern, J.L. Heskett -- pt. IV. Finance. Framework for financial decisions / William W. Sihler -- How to evaluate new capital investments / John G. McLean -- New framework for corporate debt policy / Gordon Donaldson.pt. V. The individual and the organization. Improving the quality of work life / Richard E. Walton -- One more time: how do you motivate employees? / Frederick Herzberg -- Beyond Theory Y / John J. Morse, Jay W. Lorsch -- How to deal with resistance to change / Paul R. Lawrence -- pt. VI. Interpersonal relations. Executives as human beings / Fernando Bartolomé -- Interpersonal barriers to decision making / Chris Argyris -- What it's like to be a black manager / Edward W. Jones, Jr. -- pt. VII. Control. What kind of management control do you need? / Richard F. Vancil -- Managing the four stages of EDP growth / Cyrus F. Gibson, Richard L. Nolan -- How to choose the right forecasting technique / John C. Chambers, Satinder K. Mullick, Donald D. Smith -- pt. VIII. Production and operations. Manufacturing--missing link in corporate strategy / Wickham Skinner -- Production planning and control integrated / William K. Holstein -- Requirements planning for inventory control / Philip H. Thurston -- Sweeping changes in distribution / J.L. Heskett -- Production-line approach to service / Theodore Levitt -- pt. IX. Expanding horizons. New templates for today's organizations / Peter F. Drucker -- Evolution and revolution as organizations grow / Larry E. Greiner -- How the multidimensional structure works at Dow Corning / William C. Goggin -- Strategy for winning employee commitment / Douglas S. Sherwin -- Can the best corporations be made moral? / Kenneth R. Andrews -- "Skyhooks": with special implications for Monday through Friday / O.A. Ohmann -- The well-read manager / John B. Bennett, Ronald L. Weiher.Abstract: Business school teachings and business practices are presented for managers and would-be managers wishing to improve their skills and understand their roles. Management philosophies and strategies gleaned from 25 years of articles in the Harvard Business Review are included. Ideas and methods judged unlikely to become obsolete are discussed. Corporate planning, motivating the sales force, marketing and grass roots market research are addressed, as are topics such as coping with resistance to change and prejudice.
Subjects: Management.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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Undaunted [large print] : my fight against America's enemies, at home and abroad / by Brennan, John O.,1955-author.(CARDINAL)838618;
Friday, January 6, 2017 -- Jersey boy -- Coming of age -- Discovering the Middle East -- "So, you are interested in joining the CIA?" -- Out of operations -- John of Arabia -- Analyze this -- Countering terror -- Briefing the "first customers" -- Saudi Arabia redux -- Back at Langley during stormy times -- Falling short -- The challenge of a government "start-up" -- A new TAC(K) -- Joining the Obama team -- Working in the West Wing -- Taking life to save life -- The "pacer" of Abbottabad -- Factoring in fourth-order effects -- Second shot at the best job in government -- Stirring the CIA pot -- A tortured Senate report -- Oh, the people I've met -- Dealing with Russian intrigue -- What the hell just happened? -- Undaunted."Friday, January 6, 2017: On that day, as always, John Brennan's alarm clock was set to go off at 4:15 a.m. But nothing else about that day would be routine. That day marked his first and only security briefing with President-elect Donald Trump. And it was also the day John Brennan said his final farewell to Owen Brennan, his father, the man who had taught him the lessons of goodness, integrity, and honor that had shaped the course of an unparalleled career serving his country from within the intelligence community. In this brutally honest memoir, Brennan, the son of an Irish immigrant who settled in New Jersey, describes the life that took him from being a young CIA recruit enamored with the mystique of spy work, secretly defiant enough to drive a motorcycle and sport a diamond earring, and invigorated by his travels in the Middle East to being the most powerful individual in American intelligence. He details his experiences with very different presidents and what it's been like to bear responsibility for some of the nation's most crucial and polarizing national security decisions. He pulls back the curtain on the inner workings of the Agency, describing the selfless, patriotic, and invisible work of the women and men involved in national security. He also examines the insularity, arrogance, and myopia that have, at times, undermined its reputation in the eyes of the American people and of members of other branches of government. Through topics ranging from George W. Bush's intervention in Iraq to his thoughts on the CIA's controversial use of enhanced interrogation techniques to his eye-opening account of the planning of the raid that resulted in Bin Ladin's death to his realization that Russia had interfered with the 2016 election, Brennan brings the reader behind the scenes of some of the most crucial moments in recent U.S. history. He also candidly discusses the times he has failed to live up to his own high standards and the very public fallouts that have resulted. With its behind-the-scenes look at how major U.S. national security policies and actions unfolded during his long and distinguished career--especially during his eight years in the Obama administration--John Brennan's memoir is a work of history with strong implications for the future of America and our country's relationships with other world powers. Undaunted: My Fight Against America's Enemies, at Home and Abroad offers a rare and insightful look at the often-obscured world of national security, the intelligence profession, and Washington's chaotic political environment. But more than that, it is a portrait of a man striving for integrity; for himself, for the CIA, and for his country."--
Subjects: Large print books.; Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Brennan, John O., 1955-; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Intelligence officers; Intelligence service; Intelligence service;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Golf's 100 toughest holes / by Millard, Chris.(CARDINAL)671157;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Golf courses.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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