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Sparkle On!

An Unpacked Sparkle Children’s Story

Illustrated by Alisha Garber ...

by Patrick A. Roland ...

Have you ever dealt with bullying or hate at school for being different? So has Sparkle. The bullies at this special gecko’s school constantly tease him and even throw rocks at him for being unique. But Sparkle has a secret weapon—his mother has taught him to love himself exactly as he is and he is able to take the pain of being bullied and find power and new popularity in fighting that hate with ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Have you ever dealt with bullying or hate at school for being different? So has Sparkle. The bullies at this special gecko’s school constantly tease him and even throw rocks at him for being unique. But Sparkle has a secret weapon—his mother has taught him to love himself exactly as he is and he is able to take the pain of being bullied and find power and new popularity in fighting that hate with
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Business Model Shifts

Six Ways to Create New Value For Customers

by Patrick van der Pijl, Justin Lokitz, Roland Wijnen, Maarten van Lieshout ...

Narrated by Graham Rowat ...

Unabridged

7 hours 14 min

Six ways to create new value for customersUber and Lyft took over the streets in San Francisco, providing a seamless and frictionless experience to get around. Few yellow taxis are left to serve tourists. Amazon shifted its business model from selling books to delivering convenience 24/7 at attractive prices. Driven by the viewing behaviors of their users, Netflix shifted from renting and shipping ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Six ways to create new value for customersUber and Lyft took over the streets in San Francisco, providing a seamless and frictionless experience to get around. Few yellow taxis are left to serve tourists. Amazon shifted its business model from selling books to delivering convenience 24/7 at attractive prices. Driven by the viewing behaviors of their users, Netflix shifted from renting and shipping
... Read more
Contextual Innovation Management

Adapting Innovation Processes to Different Situations

by Patrick van der Duin, Roland Ortt ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology
Innovation has a pivotal role for companies in attaining business survival but making an organization innovative is not straightforward. By determining contextual factors, managers can help decide how to employ a portfolio of innovation management processes.This book explores how contingency influence the management of innovation. Taking the perspective of innovation managers, the authors focus on ... Read more

$62.99 USD

Innovation has a pivotal role for companies in attaining business survival but making an organization innovative is not straightforward. By determining contextual factors, managers can help decide how to employ a portfolio of innovation management processes.This book explores how contingency influence the management of innovation. Taking the perspective of innovation managers, the authors focus on
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Managing Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation

by Paul Trott, Dap Hartmann, Patrick van der Duin, Victor Scholten, J. Roland Ortt ...

Managing Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation is the first textbook for non-business based entrepreneurship courses, focussed on students with a background in science and technology. Its comprehensive, rigorous and yet accessible approach originates from the authors’ considerable experience mentoring students as they turn their technological ideas into real-life business ventures. .The text ... Read more

$94.99 USD

Managing Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation is the first textbook for non-business based entrepreneurship courses, focussed on students with a background in science and technology. Its comprehensive, rigorous and yet accessible approach originates from the authors’ considerable experience mentoring students as they turn their technological ideas into real-life business ventures. .The text
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Conservation Agriculture for Africa

Building Resilient Farming Systems in a Changing Climate

by J N Blignaut, H Boulal, Roland Bunch, Trent W Bunderson, Dennis Dennis, Oussama El Gharras, Mohammed El Mourid, Mphatso Gama, Zwide D Jere, Josef Kienzle, Jaap Knot, Erna Kruger, Peter Kuria, Baqir Lalani, Simon Lugandu, Brand Mbale, Charles Midega, Michael Misiko, Zeyaur Khan, Obedi Mkandawire, Alice Murage, Richard M. Museka, Weldone Mutai, Blessings M. Mwale, Spencer W.D. Ng’oma, John M. Paul, John A. Pickett, Jimmy Pittchar, Brian G. Sims, Hendrik J. Smith, Phillip Tembo, Christian Thierfelder, Patrick C. Wall, Reynolds K. Shula, Peter Dorward, Jose Dambiro ...

Tillage agriculture has led to widespread soil and ecosystem degradation. This book reviews research and development initiatives in Africa aimed at building resilient farming systems. It summarises the status of conservation agriculture today, discusses prospects for future development and provides case studies showing its performance in Africa. ... Read more

$141.99 USD

Tillage agriculture has led to widespread soil and ecosystem degradation. This book reviews research and development initiatives in Africa aimed at building resilient farming systems. It summarises the status of conservation agriculture today, discusses prospects for future development and provides case studies showing its performance in Africa.
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Reasonable Perspectives on Religion

by Kevin Barrett, Robert N. Bellah, Michael Benedikt, Roland Boer, James Carse, Joseph Chuman, David Ray Griffin, William F. Harms, Paul Herrick, Patrick Rogers Horn, Gary Olson, Alexander Saxton ...

After the surprising publishing success of the so-called New Atheists it has become clear that there is a market for critical discussions about religion. A religion is much more complex than a set of beliefs which cannot be proven, as the New Atheists argue. There is, in fact, much more to religion and much more to the arguments about its truth claims.This book seeks to bring together a range of ... Read more

$105.99 USD

After the surprising publishing success of the so-called New Atheists it has become clear that there is a market for critical discussions about religion. A religion is much more complex than a set of beliefs which cannot be proven, as the New Atheists argue. There is, in fact, much more to religion and much more to the arguments about its truth claims.This book seeks to bring together a range of
... Read more
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A Raw Youth (UNABRIDGED)

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by Fyodor Dostoyevsky ...

Narrated by Stanley Halsey, Ryan Cassidy, Roland Huynh, Patrick Contreras ...

Unabridged

24 hours 25 min

Arkady Dolgoruky, is a 19-year-old intellectual. He is the illegitimate son of a landowner and dreams to become rich. In his quest to fulfil his dream, he meets people who teach him many kinds of ideologies. Thus, the work reflects Russian society. ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Arkady Dolgoruky, is a 19-year-old intellectual. He is the illegitimate son of a landowner and dreams to become rich. In his quest to fulfil his dream, he meets people who teach him many kinds of ideologies. Thus, the work reflects Russian society.
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The Wills and the Won'ts

by Angela Woolfe ...

Illustrated by Roland Garrigue ...

Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches and Other Stories meets The Wall in the Middle of the Book in this pitch perfect, rhyming story about breaking down barriers and embracing our differences.An angry old Won’t and a cheerless young Willlived next to each other, on top of a hill.They squabbled and quarrelled, did nothing but fight.If one said, "It’s day," said the other, "It’s night.""Your d... ... Read more

$8.99 USD

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Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches and Other Stories meets The Wall in the Middle of the Book in this pitch perfect, rhyming story about breaking down barriers and embracing our differences.An angry old Won’t and a cheerless young Willlived next to each other, on top of a hill.They squabbled and quarrelled, did nothing but fight.If one said, "It’s day," said the other, "It’s night.""Your d...
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Breaking Up is Hard to Do

Britain and Europe’s Dysfunctional Relationship

by Martin Howe, Philippe Legrain, David G. Mayes, Kristian Niemietz, Gwythian Prins, Séan Rickard, Martin Ricketts, Matthew Sinclair, Christopher Snowdon, Rachel Tingle, Roland Vaubel, Richard Wellings, Geoffrey Wood ...

In the noise of the debate about the EU, it is rare for fundamental questions to be asked. For example, for what purposes should we have international institutions at all? Does the EU meet those purposes and, if not, is reform possible? This book considers these questions. An international team of renowned authors looks at each area of economic policy in which the EU has an interest, as well as at ... Read more

$6.99 USD

In the noise of the debate about the EU, it is rare for fundamental questions to be asked. For example, for what purposes should we have international institutions at all? Does the EU meet those purposes and, if not, is reform possible? This book considers these questions. An international team of renowned authors looks at each area of economic policy in which the EU has an interest, as well as at
... Read more
Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems XXVII

Special Issue on Big Data for Complex Urban Systems

Edited by Abdelkader Hameurlain, Josef Küng, Roland Wagner, Amin Anjomshoaa, Dominik Kalisch, Stanislav Sobolevsky, Patrick C. K. Hung ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This, the 27th issue of Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems, contains extended and revised versions of 12 papers presented at the Big Data and Technology for Complex Urban Systems symposium, held in Kauai, HI, USA in January 2016. The papers explore the use of big data in complex urban systems in the areas of politics, society, commerce, tax, and emergency management. ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This, the 27th issue of Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems, contains extended and revised versions of 12 papers presented at the Big Data and Technology for Complex Urban Systems symposium, held in Kauai, HI, USA in January 2016. The papers explore the use of big data in complex urban systems in the areas of politics, society, commerce, tax, and emergency management.
... Read more

Dead Aid

Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa

by Dambisa Moyo ...

In the past fifty years, more than $1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred from rich countries to Africa. Has this assistance improved the lives of Africans? No. In fact, across the continent, the recipients of this aid are not better off as a result of it, but worse—much worse.In Dead Aid, Dambisa Moyo describes the state of postwar development policy in Africa today and ... Read more

$11.99 USD

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In the past fifty years, more than $1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred from rich countries to Africa. Has this assistance improved the lives of Africans? No. In fact, across the continent, the recipients of this aid are not better off as a result of it, but worse—much worse.In Dead Aid, Dambisa Moyo describes the state of postwar development policy in Africa today and
... Read more

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Dog Days

Australia After the Boom

by Ross Garnaut ...

Series Book 3 - Redback
A blueprint for the nation after the boom.Australians have just lived through a period of exceptional prosperity, but, says influential economist Ross Garnaut, the Dog Days are on their way. Are we ready for the challenges ahead?In Dog Days, Garnaut explains how we got here, what we can expect next and the tough choices we need to make to survive the new economic conditions. Are we clever enough – ... Read more

$8.99 USD

A blueprint for the nation after the boom.Australians have just lived through a period of exceptional prosperity, but, says influential economist Ross Garnaut, the Dog Days are on their way. Are we ready for the challenges ahead?In Dog Days, Garnaut explains how we got here, what we can expect next and the tough choices we need to make to survive the new economic conditions. Are we clever enough –
... Read more

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