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"With his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of why civilizations rise and fall. Now, in his third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how some nations successfully recover from crises while adopting selective changes--a coping mechanism more commonly associated with individuals recovering from personal crises. Diamond compares how six countries have survived recent upheavals--ranging...
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"The dramatic story of the signature environmental disaster of our time and an inspiring tale of scientific resistance by a relentless physician who stood up to power. Flint was already a troubled city in 2014 when the state of Michigan--in the name of austerity--shifted the source of its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Soon after, citizens began complaining about the water that flowed from their taps--but officials rebuffed them,...
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This business fable teaches valuable lessons on the importance of working hard, maintaining a locus of control and focusing on positive choices instead of negative voices. A lot of people and organizations have made a name for themselves and grew their businesses during recessions and downturns. These successful people and organizations all shared similar characteristics and took similar actions to thrive while others merely tried to survive. You...
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"At some point, whether you're ready or not, a reputational crisis will strike. It will threaten every aspect of your business and seep into parts of your personal life. It's not a question of if a crisis will hit but when. When it does, there's no time to stop and strategize. What's your plan for survival? Communication strategist Wesley Donehue has managed some of the biggest political and corporate scandals in recent decades. One of the first strategists...
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Op-center ; 13
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"Before 9/11, America was protected by a covert force known as the National Crisis Management Center, commonly known as Op-Center. But after the World Trade Center disaster, in the interest of streamlining, Op-Center was disbanded. But when terrorists detonate bombs in sports stadiums around the country, leaving men, women, and children dead or mutilated, the president executes an emergency order to bring back an Op-Center capable of dealing with...
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Twelve
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2014.
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"In boxing terms, a tough-looking fighter who can't take a punch is said to have a "glass jaw," and so it is these days with targets of controversy. Down the rabbit hole of scandal, the weak are strong, the strong are weak. GLASS JAW is a manifesto for these times, written by crisis management warhorse Eric Dezenhall who has spent three decades inside of some of the most intense controversies in recent memory. In the digital age of 24/7 news, information...
8) Minute zero
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"Judd Ryker, a State Department crisis manager, becomes embroiled in an emergency in Zimbabwe, where a challenge to the presidency has resulted in roving armed gangs, military crackdowns, shady financing, and reports of enriched uranium being available for purchase." --
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Op-center ; 4
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In Turkey, Kurdish rebels capture a U.S. intelligence team along with its top secret command vehicle, the Op-Center. Washington orders agent Paul Hood to destroy the vehicle even if it means killing the agents in the process.
10) The worst thing
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Berkley Prime Crime
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2011.
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"Aaron Elkins has been hailed as "a master" (The Dallas Morning News) for his Edgarʼ Award-winning Gideon Oliver mysteries. Now, in an original new novel, he illustrates how quickly everything can go wrong when you ask: What's the worst that can happen? For Bryan Bennett, designing hostage negotiation programs is the perfect job--as long as he keeps a safe, theoretical distance. What he can't do is deal directly with kidnappers or their victims,...
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By integrating formative assessment practices into daily activities, educators can substantially increase the rate of student learning. The second edition of this best-selling resource presents new research, insights, and techniques teachers can immediately apply in their classrooms. Updated examples and templates are included to help teachers elicit evidence of learning, provide meaningful feedback, and empower students to take ownership of their...
12) Jackie Disaster
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From his curved-glass desk in a casino overlooking the Atlantic City boardwalk, Jackie "Disaster" Sesto-an ex-welterweight boxing champ and former top flack for the Atlantic City Police Department-has a great view of the hustlers he now makes his living nailing.
Jackie runs Allegation Sciences, a crisis management firm known for helping businesses with uncomfortably public problems. That's why Sally Naturale, America's deliciously loathsome doyenne...
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Op-center ; 17
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"In this chilling new thriller in the New York Times bestselling series, simmering tensions threaten to ignite when a silo of Cold War missiles surfaces in the Middle East. In 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union sent a convoy of nuclear missiles to Cuba. The crisis that followed almost triggered World War III. However, while all eyes were on the Caribbean, not all of the missiles were sent to Cuba. Several ships slipped from the...
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`With the increasing emphasis on conducting research that makes a difference to governmental and other policy organisations, it seems likely that the kinds of methodologies introduced by Timulak will be of growing interest to researchers. In this respect, the book will be at the cutting edge of developments in counselling and psychotherapy research' - Professor Mick Cooper, University of Strathclyde Doing Research in Counselling & Psychotherapy is...
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The book explains the confusion between a nation, state, province, county and a country. How nations and countries are made who made them and why. From the time of colonialism and why the colonial masters amalgamate nations into countries because of the fear of the unknown and for the reason of the bigger the better. So that any attack on any of the nations is an attack on all. This amalgamation because of the lack of proper understanding of the various...
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This book will help explain the importance of a risk and crisis management plan, what are the main elements of creating such a plan. List all the internal and external risks, what are the pre-plan steps to be taken, and how to predict any major risks that the organization may face. the 10 risk and crisis management plan steps to be followed. The plan and the objectives, choosing the right team to implement the plan, and finally what are the communication...
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This leading-edge holistic health handbook was designed for the classroom and speaks directly to counselors, teachers, parents and students of life. It is a nonreligious educational appellation of mind-body-spirit awareness that provides a road map to health for any student in any setting. All professionals, as well as the general public, would benefit from this resource-rich and easy-to-follow handbook that draws on the healing wisdom of many cultures....
20) Shakedown Beach
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Maverick political consultant Jonah Eastman and his offbeat team of "assistants" take on the challenging case of Governor "Rebound" Rothman, a married, family-values Republican with a penchant for young interns and a secret mistress.
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