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  • The Crisis Caravan

    What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid?

    by Linda Polman ...
    A no-holds-barred, controversial exposé of the financial profiteering and ambiguous ethics that pervade the world of humanitarian aidA vast industry has grown up around humanitarian aid: a cavalcade of organizations—some 37,000—compete for a share of the $160 billion annual prize, with "fact-inflation" sometimes ramping up disaster coverage to draw in more funds. Insurgents and warring governments ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Net Positive

    How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take

    by Paul Polman, Andrew Winston ...
    A Financial Times Best Business Book of the YearNamed one of 10 Best New Management Books for 2022 by Thinkers50"An advocate of sustainable capitalism explains how it's done" — The Economist"Polman's new book with the sustainable business expert Andrew Winston…argues that it's profitable to do business with the goal of making the world better." — The New York Times... ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Situating Data Science

    Exploring How Relationships to Data Shape Learning

    Edited by Michelle Hoda Wilkerson, Joseph L. Polman ...
    The emerging field of Data Science has had a large impact on science and society. This book explores how one distinguishing feature of Data Science – its focus on data collected from social and environmental contexts within which learners often find themselves deeply embedded – suggests serious implications for learning and education.Drawing from theories of learning and identity development in ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Scale-Sensitive Governance of the Environment

    Edited by Frans Padt, Paul Opdam, Nico Polman, Catrien Termeer ...
    Sensitivity to scales is one of the key challenges in environmental governance. Climate change, food production, energy supply, and natural resource management are examples of environmental challenges that stretch across scales and require action at multiple levels. Governance systems are typically ill-equipped for this task due to organisational and jurisdictional specialisation and short-term ... Read more

    $96.00 USD

  • Agricultural and Environmental Informatics, Governance and Management: Emerging Research Applications

    Edited by Zacharoula Andreopoulou, Basil Manos, Nico Polman, Davide Viaggi ...
    Information and communication technologies (ICT) play an increasingly important role in the socio-economic environment of rural areas, and e-governance can empower citizens by facilitating their access to information and participatory decision-making. Agricultural and Environmental Informatics, Governance and Management: Emerging Research Applications is a state-of-the-art reference book which ... Read more

    $152.99 USD

  • Reeds Splicing Handbook

    by Jan-Willem Polman ...
    Series series Reeds Handbooks
    For any seafarer, splicing rope is an essential skill. But the traditional 3-strand rope is fast disappearing. So how do you splice braided rope? This is the definitive pocket-sized guide to all rope splicing techniques. Most of the techniques are quite easy to master – and also fun to do. See why splices are better – and stronger – than knots or shackles for joining or shortening rope, and follow ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Audiobook

    Net Positive

    How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take

    by Paul Polman, Andrew Winston ...
    Narrated by Paul Polman, Andrew Winston, Tom Parks ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 17 min

    Runaway climate change and gross inequality are ravaging the world. Who can help lead us to a better future? Business.These and other massive challenges threaten our very existence on the planet. Yet division and discord risk undermining our response, just when we need to come together.At this critical time in history, the imperative to reimagine our economies and companies could not be more ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Compose Our World

    Project-Based Learning in Secondary English Language Arts

    by Alison G. Boardman, Antero Garcia, Bridget Dalton, Joseph L. Polman ...
    Series series Language and Literacy Series
    Learn how to develop and sustain multimodal, project-based learning (PBL) instruction in secondary English Language Arts classrooms. National standards encourage authentic forms of reading, writing, and communication that can support college and career readiness, and this book highlights PBL as a powerful way to harness students’ interests and engage them in academically rigorous learning. The ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Red Jacarandas

    Three Weird Tales of Los Angeles

    by Jeff Polman ...
    Three chilling tales set in and around the City of Angels, a region with dark secrets baked into its past... AFTERSHOCK: Suzanna Bristol, well-known psychiatrist and self-help author, is emotionally rattled and displaced from her condo in the Valley by a sudden late-night earthquake. After an odd encounter in a Santa Monica Canyon bar with a mysterious young man watching her from a corner table, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Splicing Modern Ropes 2nd edition

    A Practical Handbook

    by Jan-Willem Polman ...
    The definitive guide to making strong, reliable splices in braided rope, using step-by-step photographs and clear instructions to help readers master this important but tricky skill.For any seafarer, splicing rope is an essential skill. But the traditional 3-strand rope is fast disappearing. So how do you splice braided rope?This is the ultimate guide to this crucial knowledge. Most of the ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • The Lonely Quest of Unilever's CEO Paul Polman

    by Jeroen Smit ...
    Translated by Jenny Watson ...
    When Paul Polman became the CEO of the multinational Unilever in 2009, he set out on a quest to convince his colleagues, his board, and the outside world that companies do not have the right to exist if their only purpose is making money. More importantly, he set out to prove that a company could in fact be both profitable and sustainable. The Great Battle or The Lonely Quest of Unilever's CEO ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Science of Esports

    by Craig McNulty, Remco Polman, Matthew Watson, Kabir Bubna ...
    The Science of Esports draws from contemporary research and coach expertise to examine esports athlete health and performance from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including physiology, psychology, sociology, and nutrition. The rapid expansion of the esports industry has elevated competitive video gaming into the realm of high performance, requiring players, coaches, and practitioners to ... Read more

    $57.99 USD