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Getting to Yes / Roger Fisher
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 PedagogyAbstract: 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 takenGetting 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 PedagogyAbstract: 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 takenCopies
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
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
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
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