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  • Early Mormonism and the Magic World View

    by D. Michael Quinn ...
    In this ground-breaking book, D. Michael Quinn masterfully reconstructs an earlier age, finding ample evidence for folk magic in nineteenth-century New England, as he does in Mormon founder Joseph Smith’s upbringing. Quinn discovers that Smith’s world was inhabited by supernatural creatures whose existence could be both symbolic and real. He explains that the Smith family’s treasure digging was ... Read more

    $7.89 USD

  • Chosen Path

    A Memoir

    by D. Michael Quinn ...
    After D. Michael Quinn’s death in April 2021, his children found his remarkable, unpublished memoir in his home and entrusted Signature Books with its publication. Relying on his journals, primary research, and reminiscences, Quinn shares his life story as few have heard it–from his father’s hiding of his true name and Mexican identity, to his upbringing by his abusive grandmother, to his choice ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Walking With the Devil: The Police Code of Silence - The Promise of Peer Intervention

    What Bad Cops Don't Want You to Know and Good Cops Won't Tell You.

    by Michael Quinn ...
    Wallking With the Devil is required ethics reading in law enforcement academies and college programs across the United States. It is the foundational resource for the Peer Intervention training featured in the New York Times regarding New Orleans Police Department (EPIC) and the Police Executive Research Forum. ... Read more

    $29.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mormon Hierarchy

    Origins of Power

    by D. Michael Quinn ...
    Converts to Joseph Smith’s 1828 restoration of primitive Christianity were attracted to the non-hierarchical nature of the movement. It was precisely because there were no priests, ordinances, or dogma that people joined in such numbers. Smith intended everyone to be a prophet, and anyone who felt called was invited to minister freely without formal office.Not until seven years later did Mormons ... Read more

    $7.89 USD

  • The Mormon Hierarchy

    Wealth and Corporate Power

    by D. Michael Quinn ...
    Early in the twentieth century, it was possible for Latter-day Saints to have lifelong associations with businesses managed by their leaders or owned and controlled by the church itself. For example, one could purchase engagement rings from Daynes Jewelry, honeymoon at the Hotel Utah, and venture off on the Union Pacific Railroad, all partially owned and run by church apostles.Families could buy ... Read more

    $7.89 USD

  • Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods

    Integrating Theory and Practice

    by Michael Quinn Patton ...
    Drawing on more than 40 years of experience conducting applied social science research and program evaluation, author Michael Quinn Patton has crafted the most comprehensive and systematic book on qualitative research and evaluation methods, inquiry frameworks, and analysis options available today. Now offering more balance between applied research and evaluation, this Fourth Edition illuminates ... Read more

    $100.79 USD

  • The Mormon Hierarchy

    Extensions of Power

    by D. Michael Quinn ...
    The Mormon church today is led by an elite group of older men, nearly three-quarters of whom are related to current or past general church authorities. This dynastic hierarchy meets in private; neither its minutes nor the church’s finances are available for public review. Members are reassured by public relations spokesmen that all is well and that harmony prevails among these brethren.But by ... Read more

    $7.89 USD

  • Knowledge Evolution and Societal Transformations

    Action Theory to Solve Adaptive Problems

    by Jerald Hage ...
    Knowledge is more than information but instead the organizing of information into theories and practices that allow us to do things and accomplish goals. The first stage of knowledge creation depended upon creative scientists and entrepreneurs, but the second stage required research laboratories and teams. Now cooperation between organizations is necessary to solve individual, organizational, ... Read more

    $53.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Knowledge Evolution and Societal Transformations

    Action Theory to Solve Adaptive Problems

    by Jerald Hage ...
    Knowledge evolution punctuates the previous equilibrium of society and requires us to develop adaptive solutions. One new rule is that as the discovery of new knowledge grows more difficult, more complex organizational and institutional arrangements have to be adopted.Knowledge growth is accelerating because not only are there more creative individuals and organizations developing radical ... Read more

    $67.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Knowledge Evolution and Societal Transformations

    Action Theory to Solve Adaptive Problems

    by Jerald Hage ...
    Knowledge is more than information but instead the organizing of information into theories and practices that allow us to do things and accomplish goals. The first stage of knowledge creation depended upon creative scientists and entrepreneurs, but the second stage required research laboratories and teams. Now cooperation between organizations is necessary to solve individual, organizational, ... Read more

    $53.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Thought Work

    Thinking, Action, and the Fate of the World

    Edited by Michael Quinn Patton, Elizabeth K. Minnich ...
    Thinking has, for many of us, become as passive as breathing.While it’s essential to our very existence, we devote little energy or time to cultivating it. Thought Work:Thinking, Action, and the Fate of the World challenges us to reinstate the restless, complicated activity of thinking as the heart of all education, life, and work.Our underappreciation of careful thought has crippled our ability ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Developmental Evaluation Exemplars

    Principles in Practice

    Edited by Michael Quinn Patton, PhD, Nan Wehipeihana, PostGradDip, Kate McKegg, MA ...
    Responding to evaluator and instructor demand, this book presents a diverse set of high-quality developmental evaluation (DE) case studies. Twelve insightful exemplars illustrate how DE is used to evaluate innovative initiatives in complex, dynamic environments, including a range of fields and international settings. Written by leading practitioners, chapters offer a rare window into what it takes ... Read more

    $48.59 USD