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  • Rose City

    by Eric Stern ...
    In Portland, the City of Roses, it takes more than raindrops to make Detective Max Rose bloom. A pipe, a bourbon, and all the brain-power that goes into solving a murder makes him blossom. And what about emerald-eyed Lily Roberts, the victim's widow. A tonic. Hopefully not one made with hemlock. To find Jack's killer, Max journeys into Portland's Circus Underground and uncovers a secret that leads ... Read more

    $5.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Politics of Crisis Management

    Public Leadership Under Pressure

    by Arjen Boin, Paul 't Hart, Eric Stern, Bengt Sundelius ...
    Crisis management has become a defining feature of contemporary governance. In times of crisis, communities and members of organizations expect their leaders to minimize the impact of the crisis at hand, while critics and bureaucratic competitors try to seize the moment to blame incumbent rulers and their policies. In this extreme environment, policy makers must somehow establish a sense of ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The Politics of Crisis Management

    Public Leadership under Pressure

    by Arjen Boin, Paul ‘t Hart, Eric Stern, Bengt Sundelius ...
    Crisis management has become a defining feature of contemporary governance. In times of crisis, communities and members of organizations expect their leaders to minimize the impact, while critics and bureaucratic competitors make use of social media to blame incumbent rulers and their policies. In this extreme environment, policymakers must somehow establish a sense of normality, and foster ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • Thoracic Trauma and Critical Care

    Edited by Riyad Karmy-Jones, Avery Nathens, Eric Stern ...

    $188.99 USD

  • Beyond Groupthink

    Political Group Dynamics and Foreign Policy-making

    by Paul 't Hart ...
    Strategic issues and crises in foreign policy are usually managed by relatively small groups of elite policymakers and their closest advisors. Since the pioneering work of Irving Janis in the early 1970s, we have known that the interplay between the members of these groups can have a profound and, indeed, at times a pernicious influence on the content and quality of foreign policy decisions. Janis ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

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