An evocative illustrated record of Cunard ships at the end of their heyday in full colour

Miller argues that salespeople need to use different language and different strategies when selling to business executives than they do selling to people who are actually going to use their product or service. Among his topics are the line that splits the two parts of a sale, controlling the inbound sale, basics never go out of style, sharpen your executive business acumen, the how of controlling the above-the-line sale, balancing between the lives to accelerate the deal, and how to implement above-the-line/below-the-line selling in your current process. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

A complete guide to sustainability policy at the federal, state, and local levels

Sustainability Policy: Hastening the Transition to a Cleaner Economy is a fundamental guide for public sector professionals new to sustainability policy development, implementation, strategy, and practice. Featuring detailed cases highlighting innovative sustainability initiatives, this book explores the elements that constitute effective policy, and the factors that can help or hinder implementation and adoption. Readers gain insight into policies in effect at the federal, state, and local levels, in the areas of water, energy, material use, and waste management, and the reasons why local policies are often the most innovative and successful. Discussion surrounding monitoring and measurement addresses the lack of standardization, as well as the government's critical role in leading the field toward generally accepted sustainability metrics, while outlining the reasons why certain policies are more feasible than others.

This book is an introductory resource, written in non-technical language, and organized in a coherent manner that establishes foundational knowledge before introducing more complex issues. Even readers with little background in sustainability will gain insight into the current state of the field and the issues at hand.

• Understand sustainability in public and private enterprises, including the role of government and public policy
• Learn the current standing federal, state, and local policies surrounding sustainability
• Discover what makes an effective sustainability policy, including measurement and evaluation metrics
• Explore the politics and future of sustainability, and the barriers to change

Sustainability is a hot topic in both the public and private sector, with vocal advocates on both sides of every issue, so developing effective policy is crucial. For public sector professionals entering the sustainability field,Introduction to Sustainability Policy & Management is a valuable resource.

A nostalgic look back over a century of French ocean travel—with several previously unpublished photos

France produced some of the finest, most luxurious, best decorated passenger ships of the 20th century. Beginning in 1912 with the four-funnel France, the nostalgic voyage continues with the great and grand transatlantic liners of the French Line, the CGT, including the famous Ile de France, Normandie, and Liberte. Also included are the lesser passenger ships of the French Line. In addition, focus is also given to Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique, Transports Maritimes, and Chargeurs Reunis operating important South American routes and to Messageries Maritimes operating in Africa, the east, and south Pacific. Packed full of nostalgic reminiscence of great ship days gone by, overall the book explores great liners, mail boats to Africa, and colonial steamers to Saigon. Presenting many previously unpublished images alongside insightful text and anecdotes, this book takes the reader on a nostalgic voyage.

Celebrating the passenger liners of the 1920s—the zenith of ocean travel, with an anecdote-spiced text from a noted passenger liner expert and unpublished photos from private collections

This book focuses on the 1920s, ships such as Rawalpindi, Victory of India, Majestic, Olympic, and Berengaria as well as lesser known but fascinating vessels. The 1920s have become a fabled era for oceanliners, a period of growth and opulence as companies began recovery after the First World War. As the decade went on plans were drawn for great superliners, until the Wall Street Crash changed the world. During the 1920s German Imperator became Berengaria for Cunard Line, Columbus became Homeric for White Star, and Bismark was named Majestic for White Star, becoming the line's most popular ship. White Star and P&O Cruises had great success, and Orient Line, Union Steamship Company, Union Castle and Furness-Bermuda Line all added their own ships to the mix during theese golden days of ocean travel.

It’s no accident that Jesus’ first miracle was turning water into wine! Written by an Episcopalian priest-slash-bar owner, this thoughtful, well-written book of spiritual essays distills lessons about the character of God from stories about adult beverages.

“Oh taste and see that the Lord is good.” —Psalm 34:8

Father Bill Miller appreciates both spirits and the Holy Spirit. As an Episcopal priest and the owner of Padre’s bar in Marfa, Texas, he understands that spiritual lessons can be drawn from everyday living as well as the finer things in life—a smoky Scotch, a robust Zinfandel, PBR in a can.

Father Bill believes that being upright does not mean you have to be uptight. In The Beer Drinker’s Guide to God, he brews up insightful, beautifully written reflections on how alcoholic beverages can reveal the true nature of God. He weaves together stories from his life in ministry, his travels in search of the world’s best Scotch, his attempts at brewing his own beer, and colorful evenings in his Texan bar. He also reflects on the lessons he’s learned from roller derby, playboy bunnies, Las Vegas, and his attempts to marry Miss Universe, all while writing about generosity, sacrifice, pilgrimage, and spiritual transformation. From the deeply touching to the laugh-out-loud funny, these stories ultimately open our minds to the glory of God and our mouths to some of his more delicious creations. The Beer Drinker’s Guide to God is a smart, earnest, hilarious book for those thirsty for God’s truth.

This is the rollicking, never-before-published memoir of a fascinating woman with an uncanny knack for being in the right place in the most interesting times. Of racially mixed heritage, Anita Reynolds was proudly African American but often passed for Indian, Mexican, or Creole. Actress, dancer, model, literary critic, psychologist, but above all free-spirited provocateur, she was, as her Parisian friends nicknamed her, an 'American cocktail.'

One of the first black stars of the silent era, she appeared in Hollywood movies with Rudolph Valentino, attended Charlie Chaplin's anarchist meetings, and studied dance with Ruth St. Denis. She moved to New York in the 1920s and made a splash with both Harlem Renaissance elites and Greenwich Village bohemians. An émigré in Paris, she fell in with the Left Bank avant garde, befriending Antonin Artaud, Man Ray, and Pablo Picasso. Next, she took up residence as a journalist in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War and witnessed firsthand the growing menace of fascism. In 1940, as the Nazi panzers closed in on Paris, Reynolds spent the final days before the French capitulation as a Red Cross nurse, afterward making a mad dash for Lisbon to escape on the last ship departing Europe.

In prose that perfectly captures the globetrotting nonchalance of its author, American Cocktail presents a stimulating, unforgettable self-portrait of a truly extraordinary woman.

A profusely illustrated history of the greatest Cunard Queens.

Con questa terza edizione del manuale di Miller e Rollnick, il 'Colloquio Motivazionale' si presenta nella sua piena maturità, con significative evoluzioni dei concelli chiave e il perfezionamento di strategie e approcci. La matrice umanistica e rogersiana si rafforza e si consolida, conferendo nuovo spessore e profondità filosofica all'approccio motivazionale, maggiormente in grado di abbracciare nella sua esposizione la complessità della natura umana e dei processi di cambiamento. Non per questo vengono meno il rigore scientifico e l'amore per la ricerca che da sempre contraddistinguono il modello, sostenuto da centinaia di studi sperimentali e revisioni sistematiche, e arricchito da una grande varietà di applicazioni in campi nuovi e inaspettati. Dalle prime esperienze nel campo delle dipendenze patologiche, il metodo del Colloquio Motivazionale si è esteso alle discipline socio-sanitarie, in un ampio ventaglio di applicazioni, ponendo il focus sul sostegno del percorso di cambiamento di stili di vita dannosi per la salute e il benessere. Il Colloquio Motivazionale si dimostra uno strumento versatile, applicabile in associazione con altri approcci (come quello della farmacoterapia) e in integrazione con diversi modelli psicoterapeutici o di counseling. Le caratteristiche del Colloquio Motivazionale, il suo spirito centrato sulla persona e le sue abilità pratiche sono espressi nel volume con naturalezza e semplicità.

Learn the full story behind the most decoratively striking of all the great Atlantic liners, the SS Normandie

A creation of the extravagant 1930s, the Normandie was the pride of the great French Line, the national flagship, and a ship well ahead of almost all other passenger ships of her time. She was the largest, longest, and fastest, but also the most decoratively stunning and had the most striking and innovative overall design. Her dining room was longer than the famed Hall of Mirrors at Versailles and her outer decks were uncluttered, superbly balanced, and streamlined. Her career was, however, highly dramatic and quite tragic in the end. She sailed commercially for just four years, and then was laid up in New York due to the start of World War II; she suffered the fate of burning at her pier, capsizing, and becoming a complete loss. In 1946, to the great sadness of her endless fans, the 11-year-old ship went to the breakers. This book, through added insight and anecdotes by experts with many superb, unpublished photos, greatly adds to the story of this finest of French liners.

Laziness in the Fertile Valley is Albert Cossery’s biting social satire about a father, his three sons, and their uncle — slackers one and all. One brother has been sleeping for almost seven years, waking only to use the bathroom and eat a meal. Another savagely defends the household from women. Serag, the youngest, is the only member of the family interested in getting a job. But even he — try as he might — has a hard time resisting the call of laziness.

A full-color record of the liner including images from her past and present, this is the definitive photographic souvenir of a perennially popular luxury liner

The beauty and elegance of Queen Elizabeth 2 is showcased for the first time in this luxurious paperback edition. It will appeal to a whole new generation of QE2 fans, as the book takes the reader on a journey through the liner's history with full-color photographs of each public room as they are today and a special behind-the-scenes tour of the bridge, engine room, principal storerooms, crew areas, and other parts of the ship that passengers never saw, and hotel guests are unlikely to ever see. From the unique perspective of two devoted QE2 fans who sailed aboard her during her service life, the book is filled with amusing and interesting anecdotal stories of the ship, her 40-year life at sea, and the various characters who have sailed aboard her.

A keep-busy book for children during the Christmas season with a distinctive cutout handle for on-the-go crafts

This festive book features a mixture of crafts and games, with a page of colorful spread of stickers to help complete the activities. Designed to be used during Advent, the first page features a Christmas tree which can be decorated with 25 stickers in the countdown to Christmas day. A die-cut, carry-along handle means that young crafters can take their activities with them wherever they go. With its simple, brightly illustrated activities that appeal to younger children and photo-illustrated step-by-step crafts to give older children something to get their teeth into, this is a perfect solution for grown-ups looking for activities for families or groups of children.

The first part of this fascinating treatment deals with Durkheim's own exploration of art, the next on the reflections of other Durkheimians on Durkheim. The contributors cover art and The Elemental Forms, the arts and the moral sword, festivals as elements of effervescence and institutions, the power of imagination and the economy of desire, Dostoevsky in the mirror of Durkheim, l'année sociollogique and art, Mauss and the division of isolation and totality, Halbwach's Kansas City jazz and the language of music, Levi-Strauss and art and classification, Leiris and the search for myths, Bataillle and the aesthetics and ethics of the negative, and Bataille contra Wagner. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)