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Mark Usher, AM'94, PhD'97 Author
The timeless and beloved Latin classic featuring enduring tales of unrequited love, mistaken identity, unspeakable greed, rampant corruption, and final redemption, newly adapted from the Latin original by M. D. Usher an...more
Mark Usher, AM'94, PhD'97 Author
The timeless and beloved Latin classic featuring enduring tales of unrequited love, mistaken identity, unspeakable greed, rampant corruption, and final redemption, newly adapted from the Latin original by M. D. Usher and rakishly illustrated by T. Motley.(less)
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Bruce A. Vojak, MBA'90 Coauthor
For more than 25 years, research on innovation has taken the perspective that new product development can be managed like any other (complex) process of the firm. While a highly structured and closely supervised approach...more
Bruce A. Vojak, MBA'90 Coauthor
For more than 25 years, research on innovation has taken the perspective that new product development can be managed like any other (complex) process of the firm. While a highly structured and closely supervised approach is helpful in creating incremental innovations, this book finds that it is not conducive to creating breakthrough innovations. The text argues that the drive to routinize innovation has gone too far; in fact, so far as to limit many mature firms' ability to create breakthrough innovations. In today's economy, with the future of so many large firms on the line, this book is a clarion call to businesses to rethink how to nurture and thrive on their innovative workforce.(less)
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Peter Dreier, AM'73, PhD'77 Author
One hundred years ago, any soapbox orator who called for women's suffrage, a federal minimum wage, or laws protecting the environment would have been considered a utopian dreamer or a dangerous socialist. Now we take...more
Peter Dreier, AM'73, PhD'77 Author
One hundred years ago, any soapbox orator who called for women's suffrage, a federal minimum wage, or laws protecting the environment would have been considered a utopian dreamer or a dangerous socialist. Now we take these ideas for granted. The radical ideas of one generation often become common sense for the next. We all stand on the shoulders of earlier generations of organizers, activists, writers, artists, and progressive politicians who challenged the status quo of their day. The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame is a deeply informed, colorful, and witty history of the 20th-century progressive leaders and movements that changed history. The book profiles 100 individuals—some well-known, others less famous—who played key roles in the women's suffrage, labor, civil rights, environment, feminist, and other movements of the century. It also explores the new generation of 21st-century activists who are shaping our future to promote a more humane, democratic, and just society.(less)
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Leonard Edwards, JD'66 Author
Juvenile court judges have unique responsibilities. They are urged by national policy makers to get off the bench, collaborate with service providers and agencies, and speak to the community about the special needs of chil...more
Leonard Edwards, JD'66 Author
Juvenile court judges have unique responsibilities. They are urged by national policy makers to get off the bench, collaborate with service providers and agencies, and speak to the community about the special needs of children appearing in the juvenile court. This book discusses those unique responsibilities and the ethical issues that arise as the juvenile-court judge attempts to fulfill his or her role.(less)
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David DeGrazia, AB'83 Author
The ethics of creating—or declining to create—human beings has been addressed in several contexts: debates over abortion and embryo research; literature on “self-creation”; and discussions of procreative rights and responsi...more
David DeGrazia, AB'83 Author
The ethics of creating—or declining to create—human beings has been addressed in several contexts: debates over abortion and embryo research; literature on “self-creation”; and discussions of procreative rights and responsibilities, genetic engineering, and future generations. Here, for the first time, is a sustained, scholarly analysis of all of these issues—a discussion combining breadth of topics with philosophical depth, imagination with current scientific understanding, argumentative rigor with accessibility. The overarching aim of Creation Ethics is to illuminate a broad array of issues connected with reproduction and genetics, through the lens of moral philosophy. With novel frameworks for understanding prenatal moral status and human identity, and exceptional fairness to those holding different views, David DeGrazia sheds new light on the ethics of abortion and embryo research, genetic enhancement and prenatal genetic interventions, procreation and parenting, and decisions that affect the quality of life of future generations. Along the way, he introduces personal identity theory and value theory as well as such complex topics as moral status, wrongful life, and the “nonidentity problem.” The results include a subjective account of human well-being, a standard for responsible procreation and parenting, and a theoretical bridge between consequentialist and nonconsequentialist ethical theories. The upshot is a synoptic, mostly liberal vision of the ethics of creating human beings.(less)
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Daisy Swan, AM'91 Author
Making Work Work: Secrets from a Career Coach's Office is a resource for anyone making a career transition. Career coach Daisy Swan reveals the path to success as she shares stories of clients of all ages. These clients, repres...more
Daisy Swan, AM'91 Author
Making Work Work: Secrets from a Career Coach's Office is a resource for anyone making a career transition. Career coach Daisy Swan reveals the path to success as she shares stories of clients of all ages. These clients, representing the four life stages Swan has identified as "Beginnings," "Roadblocks," "Authenticity," and "Wisdom," have successfully transitioned into a satisfying new work situation that others can find. This book offers exercises, suggestions of simple actions to take, and resources that can aid in this process. As Swan notes, this process can lead to a sometimes surprising, but decidedly enriching life that includes work that works for the individual.(less)
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Bonnie Jo Campbell, AB’84 Author
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Michelle Gesse, MBA'78 Author
With a house full of guns, why would you take a five-pound handgun with a 14-inch barrel and a cumbersome scope to go shoot someone? Especially when the gun only holds one bullet. And then have to answer to a felony charge...more
Michelle Gesse, MBA'78 Author
With a house full of guns, why would you take a five-pound handgun with a 14-inch barrel and a cumbersome scope to go shoot someone? Especially when the gun only holds one bullet. And then have to answer to a felony charge because someone said this gun was concealed in the back of your pants! Follow the true story of the spiral down into the justice system where you’re considered by everyone to be guilty until proven innocent. At once incredulous, warm-hearted, and at times downright funny, you’ll come away knowing that you need a lot of money and a lawyer willing to save your life to beat a bum rap. It all happens in Boulder, Colorado, through the eyes of the “perpetrator’s” wife, who had to maintain her courage through seven long months of the conditions of her husband’s bail: daily alcohol testing (no wine with dinner), no leaving the state, and regularly scheduled meetings with a drug counselor.(less)
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Marjorie Williams, AB'80 Coauthor
This is a fun, practical guide for anyone visiting Paris who enjoys food and shopping. The book covers more than 120 markets—a combination of food markets as well as flea, antique, crafts, books, vintage postcards, etc...more
Marjorie Williams, AB'80 Coauthor
This is a fun, practical guide for anyone visiting Paris who enjoys food and shopping. The book covers more than 120 markets—a combination of food markets as well as flea, antique, crafts, books, vintage postcards, etc. It contains all of the essential information one needs to plan the outings to markets and make the most of one's stay in Paris. It also includes restaurant recommendations and colorful photos.(less)
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Maggie Anderson, JD’98, MBA’01 Author
On January 1, 2009, Maggie Anderson and her family, who live in Oak Park, IL, pledged to buy only from black-owned stores for the full year. The subject of a 2010 Magazine feature, Anderson and her husband, John, b...more
Maggie Anderson, JD’98, MBA’01 Author
On January 1, 2009, Maggie Anderson and her family, who live in Oak Park, IL, pledged to buy only from black-owned stores for the full year. The subject of a 2010 Magazine feature, Anderson and her husband, John, both African American professionals, wanted to support black businesses,which lag behind those of other racial groups. Hoping that their year of “buying black” would encourage other African Americans to do the same, Anderson, CEO and cofounder of the Empowerment Experiment Foundation, traces her family’s yearlong experiment, including their struggles and a call to action to support the black economy.(less)
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