In twentieth-century industrial societies most of us live longer and healthier lives than ever before in history. Yet the social structures and institutions that provide opportunities for our lives are still marked by age constraints that were appropriate a century ago. Education is still primarily reserved for the young; work and family responsibilities are crowded into the middle years; while leisure and free time are allocated to the added decades of retirement. Even the many vital men and women past age 65, or even 55, who want or need paid jobs are regarded as "too old" to work. Lives...
In twentieth-century industrial societies most of us live longer and healthier lives than ever before in history. Yet the social structures and instit...
A concise, updated successor to the successful Mechanics of Materials by Higdon, Olsen, Stiles, Weese, and Riley. This text is designed for a first course in mechanics of deformable bodies; it presents the concepts and skills that form the foundation of all structural analysis and machine design. Presentation relies on free-body diagrams, application of the equations of equilibrium, visualization and use of the geometry of the deformed body, and use of the relations between stresses and strains for the material being used. Stress transformation is covered later in this book than in the Higdon...
A concise, updated successor to the successful Mechanics of Materials by Higdon, Olsen, Stiles, Weese, and Riley. This text is designed for a first co...
This updated text examines the role of the manager in the hotel and catering industry, in particular the tasks of managing people and the costs of labour. It argues that labour cost, labour utilization, labour market behaviour and pay are inseparable from the skills of managing people, and this is particularly so in a labour intensive industry. It includes new chapters on commitment and job satisfaction, attitudes and attitude measurement, evaluating the cost of training, inter-personal behaviour in service encounters, communication, and functional flexibilty.
This updated text examines the role of the manager in the hotel and catering industry, in particular the tasks of managing people and the costs of lab...
This is a story about the human psyche. If severely damaged and left untreated the consequence can and oft times are pernicious to all. This is a story about the long arm of retribution. About a child who grows into a woman with the unimaginable psychic scars of having witnessed her entire family being slaughtered. A story about a woman's quest for vengeance thru the use of manipulation and exploitation. A story about sadistic hedonism gone mad. A story about sex, violence and vengeance.
This is a story about the human psyche. If severely damaged and left untreated the consequence can and oft times are pernicious to all. This is a stor...
