Available items(s) from this publisher

Getting to Yes / Roger Fisher

Public ISBD Title : Getting to Yes : Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In Material Type: printed text Authors: Roger Fisher, Author ; William Ury, Author Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication Date: 2011 ISBN (or other code): 978-0-14-311875-6 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Economics Education Education and Pedagogy Abstract: Since its original publication nearly thirty years ago, Getting to Yes has helped millions of people learn a better way to negotiate. One of the primary business texts of the modern era, it is based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution. Getting to Yes offers a proven, step-by-step strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict. Thoroughly updated and revised, it offers readers a straight- forward, universally applicable method for negotiating personal and professional disputes without getting angry-or getting taken Getting to Yes : Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In [printed text] / Roger Fisher, Author ; William Ury, Author . - [S.l.] : Penguin Publishing Group, 2011. ISBN : 978-0-14-311875-6 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Economics Education Education and Pedagogy Abstract: Since its original publication nearly thirty years ago, Getting to Yes has helped millions of people learn a better way to negotiate. One of the primary business texts of the modern era, it is based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution. Getting to Yes offers a proven, step-by-step strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict. Thoroughly updated and revised, it offers readers a straight- forward, universally applicable method for negotiating personal and professional disputes without getting angry-or getting taken

Copies

Barcode	Call number	Media type	Location	Section	Status
EDU FIS 2011	EDU FIS 2011	Livre/Book	Sustainable Concordia	Education (SC)	Available

The Spirit Level: Why equality is better for everyone / Kate Pickett

Public ISBD Title : The Spirit Level: Why equality is better for everyone Material Type: printed text Authors: Kate Pickett, Author ; Richard Wilkinson, Author Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group ISBN (or other code): POL PIC 2009 Languages : English (eng) Abstract: Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than the Japanese do? Why do Americans have higher rates of teenage pregnancy that the French? What makes the Swedish thinner that the Australians? The answer in each case: inequality. This groundbreaking book, based on years of research, provides hard evidence to show: How almost everything - from life expectancy to mental illness. violence to illiteracy - is affected not by how wealthy a society is, but how equal it is That societies with a bigger gap between rich and poor are bad for everyone in them - including the well-off How we can find positive solutions and move towards a happier, fairer future Urgent, provocative and genuinely uplifting, The Spirit Level has been heralded as providing a new way of thinking about ourselves and our communities, and could change the way you see the world. The Spirit Level: Why equality is better for everyone [printed text] / Kate Pickett, Author ; Richard Wilkinson, Author . - [S.l.] : Penguin Publishing Group, [s.d.]. ISSN : POL PIC 2009 Languages : English (eng) Abstract: Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than the Japanese do? Why do Americans have higher rates of teenage pregnancy that the French? What makes the Swedish thinner that the Australians? The answer in each case: inequality. This groundbreaking book, based on years of research, provides hard evidence to show: How almost everything - from life expectancy to mental illness. violence to illiteracy - is affected not by how wealthy a society is, but how equal it is That societies with a bigger gap between rich and poor are bad for everyone in them - including the well-off How we can find positive solutions and move towards a happier, fairer future Urgent, provocative and genuinely uplifting, The Spirit Level has been heralded as providing a new way of thinking about ourselves and our communities, and could change the way you see the world.

Copies

Barcode	Call number	Media type	Location	Section	Status
POL PIC 2009	POL PIC 2009	Livre/Book	QPIRG-Concordia	Human Rights	Available

One Amazing Thing / Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Public ISBD Title : One Amazing Thing Material Type: printed text Authors: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Author Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group ISBN (or other code): FIC DIV 2010 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Fiction Abstract: A group of nine are trapped in the visa office at an Indian Consulate after a massive earthquake in an American city. Two visa officers on the verge of an adulterous affair; Jiang, a Chinese-Indian women in her last years; her gifted teenage granddaughter Lily; an ex-soldier haunted by guilt; Uma, an Indian-American girl bewildered by her parents' decision to return to Kolkata after twenty years; Tariq, a young Muslim man angry with the new America; and an enraged and bitter elderly white couple. As they wait to be rescued - or to die - they begin to tell each other stories, each recalling 'one amazing thing' in their life, sharing things they have never spoken of before. Their tales are tragic and life-affirming, revealing what it means to be human and the incredible power of storytelling. One Amazing Thing [printed text] / Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Author . - [S.l.] : Penguin Publishing Group, [s.d.]. ISSN : FIC DIV 2010 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Fiction Abstract: A group of nine are trapped in the visa office at an Indian Consulate after a massive earthquake in an American city. Two visa officers on the verge of an adulterous affair; Jiang, a Chinese-Indian women in her last years; her gifted teenage granddaughter Lily; an ex-soldier haunted by guilt; Uma, an Indian-American girl bewildered by her parents' decision to return to Kolkata after twenty years; Tariq, a young Muslim man angry with the new America; and an enraged and bitter elderly white couple. As they wait to be rescued - or to die - they begin to tell each other stories, each recalling 'one amazing thing' in their life, sharing things they have never spoken of before. Their tales are tragic and life-affirming, revealing what it means to be human and the incredible power of storytelling.

Copies

Barcode	Call number	Media type	Location	Section	Status
FIC DIV 2010	FIC DIV 2010	Livre/Book	QPIRG-Concordia	Fiction - QC	Available

Bazaar Bizarre: Not your granny's crafts! / Greg Der Ananian

Public ISBD Title : Bazaar Bizarre: Not your granny's crafts! Material Type: printed text Authors: Greg Der Ananian, Author Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group ISBN (or other code): DIY DER 2005 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: DIY Abstract: From silk painting and sewing to quilting and bookbinding, Bazaar Bizarre projects offer an offbeat buffet of quirky handmade wares and do-it-yourself instruction to hip crafters hungry for ideas on how to put an edge on the things grandma used to make. Each project- whether Anarchy soap or vinyl record cuffs - teaches basic skills of popular crafts, provides subversive inspiration unavailable from traditional crafting books and patterns, and includes tips on how to creatively customize with thrift-store purchases and items around your house. Longtime cross-stitcher and punk rocker Greg Der Ananian also supplies punk-rock word puzzles, funky finger-food recipes, and musical play lists that will inspire you to fire up your sense of rabblerousing and craft your own revolution. Bazaar Bizarre: Not your granny's crafts! [printed text] / Greg Der Ananian, Author . - [S.l.] : Penguin Publishing Group, [s.d.]. ISSN : DIY DER 2005 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: DIY Abstract: From silk painting and sewing to quilting and bookbinding, Bazaar Bizarre projects offer an offbeat buffet of quirky handmade wares and do-it-yourself instruction to hip crafters hungry for ideas on how to put an edge on the things grandma used to make. Each project- whether Anarchy soap or vinyl record cuffs - teaches basic skills of popular crafts, provides subversive inspiration unavailable from traditional crafting books and patterns, and includes tips on how to creatively customize with thrift-store purchases and items around your house. Longtime cross-stitcher and punk rocker Greg Der Ananian also supplies punk-rock word puzzles, funky finger-food recipes, and musical play lists that will inspire you to fire up your sense of rabblerousing and craft your own revolution.

Copies

Barcode	Call number	Media type	Location	Section	Status
DIY DER 2005	DIY DER 2005	Livre/Book	QPIRG-Concordia	How-To & DIY	Available