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"Speaking for the Dead" is an incisive examination of the highly topical and often controversial issues surrounding the use of human cadavers in scientific research. This new edition has been fully revised and updated to take account of recent developments in this area. These include the repeated organ scandals in the UK, body parts scandals in the United States, and the abuses of bodies in China. Plastination in the form of BodyWorlds types of exhibitions is also discussed. The book also provides new material on neuroimaging, neuroethics and Alzheimer's disease and the major ethical issues they raise for society.The on-going discussion on embryonic stem cells is reflected in the focus of the chapter on the embryo. With it's clear writing style and use of non-technical language "Speaking for the Dead" will be an essential book for all those interested in bioethics, an area which continues to increase in significance with the development of new techniques for the manipulation of human cadavers. As a human anatomist and bioethicist, Gareth Jones offers a unique perspective on these issues, crossing the boundaries between clinical, medical, legal and ethical concerns.His exploration of historical developments as well as his analysis of recent case studies results in a pertinent and comprehensive examination of issues at the forefront of bioethics. ... Read more

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This leading strategy text presents the complexities of strategic management through up-to-date scholarship and hands-on applications. Highly respected authors Charles Hill and Gareth Jones integrate cutting-edge research on topics including corporate performance, governance, strategic leadership, technology, and business ethics through both theory and cases. Based on real-world practices and current thinking in the field, the Eighth Edition of Strategic Management features an increased emphasis on the concept of the "business model" as a way of framing the issues of competitive advantage. The high-quality case study program has been expanded to 34 cases covering small, medium, and large companies of varying backgrounds. All cases are available in the main student text, the core case text, and now in a customizable casebook that instructors can create via the HMXChange Case Database. ... Read more

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great cx service!
the item arrived 4 days before i was told it would.the book is in great condition. will definately buy from this seller again.Thanks!

A great strategic book
It doesn't matter that this is a case studies book.Though you don't anything about strategy, you will learn strategy through an entertaining reading.It shows a lot of cases studies, with detailed information about the strategies followed by some industries:Computers, Japanese Bear, Automotive, etc.

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This book is a practical introduction to the ethical questions doctors and other health professionals can be expected to encounter in their practice.It is of immediate relevance to health care professionals and to the users of health services.The authors start from the premise that medical ethics are embedded in the dilemmas of everyday practice, and their arguments return repeatedly to specific cases, following critical reflection on their views and the views of others.The book is intended as a basic textbook on medical ethics for any medical curriculum that has ethics as a serious component. ... Read more

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Provides a comprehensive introduction to the core themes of ecological economics. Emphasis on the roles of economics, ethics, and ecology in environmental decision-making processes. Reviews and explores the fundamental philosophies underlying different approaches, and the tools used in the approaches. Softcover. DLC: Environmental economics. ... Read more

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"Contemporary Management" by Jones and George distinguishes itself through its authorship, comprehensive, current contents, rich and relevant examples and applications and experiential exercises provided in every single chapter. This #1 best-selling text continues to redefine what principles of management texts should look, sound, and feel like. As an author team Gareth Jones and Jennifer George are uniquely qualified to write about both the strategic and organizational challenges managers face. "Contemporary Management" is a comprehensive text that surveys the theoretical underpinnings of modern management thought and research. Through a variety of examples from an expanded number of small business to medium and large companies it shows the reader how those ideas are used by practicing managers. A hallmark of this text is its focus on the 'Manager as a Person', which discusses managers as real people with their own personalities, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and problems. ... Read more

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Contemporary Management
The book was in very good condition and it was delivered long before the date stated. ... Read more

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This book examines the quirky phenomenon of sheds and sheddism, arguing that a bloke's shed begins where a boy's room leaves off, providing a home to the prized objects and boyish dreams there is seldom room for inside the house. Delving into the murky world of the home-from-home at the end of the garden, and telling the stories of the men who spend their time within, the book features structures ranging from a mock-Tudor pigeon loft to a reconstructed Iron Age Roundhouse, hobbies that range from soda siphon collecting to model railway building, and shed-based businesses as diverse as a funeral directors and a shrimp-potters, shed owners everywhere will feel completely at home. An ideal gift for blokes of all ages. ... Read more

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In the 1790s, for the first time, reformers proposed the bringing of poverty to an end. Inspired by scientific progress, the Revolution in France and the promise of the new international economy, Paine and Condorcet argued that all citizens could be protected against the predictable hazards of poverty and insecurity. This was the founding moment of social democracy. But fear and anger greeted this challenge to age-old religious and political attitudes, and new forms of conservatism, of political economy and of Christianity hastened to consign this programme to oblivion. Soon the strength of this reaction was reinforced by unanticipated anxieties about the future of work and livelihood in the newly globalised economy. The result was the enduring triumph of a harsh policy of laisser faire individualism in state and society. It meant that the formation for the early twentieth-century welfare state owed little or nothing to the revolutionary hopes of a hundred years before. ... Read more

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an important work
I read this book after attending a lecture by Jones, and I can safely say it is an inspiration for anyone tired of the dry and superficial treatments of thinkers in this era. It is a good supplement to Gertrude Himmelfarb's Idea of Poverty simply because it takes seriously the proposals which Himmelfarb marginalizes as "utopian". Jones reexamines the legacy of Adam Smith in the context of the relatively recent controversy surrounding Smith's importance outside of the canon of classical political economics. The work examines the proposals of Condorcet and Paine as influenced by Smith, and concludes that their radical proposals were perhaps more mainstream and accepted at the time than previous historians thought. An entertaining read for anyone who wishes to grapple with the current problem of poverty in a historical light. ... Read more

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A work on the theory of strategic management. An ancillary package is available on adoption. ... Read more

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Exciting Times Ahead
Just kidding.Reading this book was about as exciting as watching paint dry.Even Dr. Suess was more informative.

Useless 101
Reading this book is about as exciting as watching paint dry.Even Dr. Seuss is more informative.The authors have proved that saying absolutely nothing in 14 chapters is certainly possible.

Don't waste any time in this book ! Please !!
There are a lot of description in this book is just the author's opinion. And ususlly, the auther's opinion don't showing consistency of reasoning. For example, in page 85, this book tells us that innovation will lead an industry to fragmentation rather than consolidation. How a doubtful theory !! The author doesn't prove it, but just only say it. ... Read more

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Christian Theology: A Brief Introduction is a textbook that shows students how to think theologically - how they can respond both creatively and intelligently to the issues and challenges that face them today. Gareth Jones achieves this by providing four key stages: highlighting the basic characteristics of theology and its relationship with faith, describing theology's resources and key elements, examining theology as doctrine and interpretation, and analysing theology's classic themes and today's new challenges. By moving through these four stages, students are provided with a solid foundation in theology and equipped with the skills to address, from a theological perspective, a range of important social and political issues. A lively, accessible and well-informed guide to the discipline, Christian Theology will be widely used as an introductory textbook for students in theology and religious studies at universities and other institutions of further and higher education. ... Read more

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This collection of essays was specially commissioned to mark Lord Goff of Chieveley's contribution to legal scholarship, not just from the bench, but also as a teacher of law and as the co-editor of the leading textbook on the Law of Restitution. ... Read more

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In these twelve reflections on texts from the Bible, Gareth Lloyd Jones touches on some of the great themes of the Bible, offering a unique blend of interpretation and application, of scholarship and spirituality. ... Read more

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A Chat at Fireside
What a delight there is in reading this book.Rev. Jones's writing style has the sound of a personal conversation, sincere and informed, yet sprinkled with wit and charm.(As I had the pleasure of meeting this Welsh minister last May in Annapolis, I can attest to these attributes in the person whose hand I shook and sparkling eyes I appreciated!)

This book you can have "both ways."You can take is as a general read, picking up on parts of the Old Testament that have always fascinated or intrigued you.Or, you can read it paragraph by paragraph in order to more fully absorb the scholarship Rev. Jones offers.

What's offered here works well in study groups, too. ... Read more

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This is a practical introduction to the range of ethical questions which doctors and other health-care professionals may be expected to encounter in practice. The books covers both the traditional "end of life" issues and also deals with medical research and consent issues, confidentiality and AIDS, resource allocation, care of the mentally ill, and the doctor/patient relationship. Each chapter canvasses a range of ethical views, drawing both from traditional philosophical responses and the most recent contemporary responses. Theoretical discussion is extended and enlivened by the use of hypothetical and actual examples, suitable both for private study or group discussion. While the needs of medical students for a non-technical guide to ethics have been kept firmly in mind, the clarity of writing and avoidance of specialist medical and philosophical terminology ensure that it will be of value to students of nursing and related disciplines, and accessible to the lay reader. ... Read more