Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 6 November 2010
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The American
The American is a novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1876–1877 and then as a book in 1877. The novel is an uneasy combination of social comedy and melodrama concerning the adventures and misadventures of Christopher Newman, an essentially good-hearted but rather gauche American businessman on his first tour of Europe. Newman is looking for a world different from the simple, harsh realities of 19th century American business. He encounters both the beauty and the ugliness of Europe, and learns not to take either for granted. The core of the novel concerns Newman's courtship of a young widow from an aristocratic Parisian family.
Gothic Realities: The Impact of Horror Fiction on Modern Culture
L. Andrew Cooper is assistant director of the Writing and Communication Program at Georgia Tech. His work has appeared in The Quarterly Review of Film and Video and Gothic Studies.
The seventeenth-century revolution in philosophy stood-and we still stand-under the authority of the 'new science', and this was primarily the science of inorganic nature. 'Bits of matter, qualified by mass, spatial relations, and the change of such relations': such were the bare realities out of which experimental ingenuity and mathematical exactitude built their new universe.
Children and the Dark Side of Human Experience: Confronting Global Realities and Rethinking Child Development
Their haunting images appear on millions of television screens and in newspapers worldwide: Children huddled in refugee camps and exposed to violence in war zones. Children burdened by the emotional and physical scars of violent homes and communities. Children exploited by crass commercialism around the world and around the corner. Too many children are confronting life-threatening risks and experiencing trauma.
Organizing and Managing in the Era of Globalization
Added by: alexa19 | Karma: 4030.48 | Black Hole | 9 June 2010
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Organizing and Managing in the Era of Globalization
This book discusses the issues and challenges of organizing and managing in the context of a globalized world. It provides insights and perspectives on the realities of organization in a world where governance structures, organizational processes, management practices, and employment relations are in a vortex of transformation. It analyzes the political, economic, sociological, cultural, institutional, and legal factors that shape these realities.
