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Missy Porter

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Sixteen-year-old Missy Porter disappeared without a trace fifty years ago.Her high-school beau, Odie McAllen, now in his seventies, talks of their love and of the profound effect Missy and her loss have had on his life. He tells of the day they met and the day she disappeared, and how his life was fundamentally changed.Along the way, he tells of growing up in Southeast Texas in the fifties, the ... Read more

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Sixteen-year-old Missy Porter disappeared without a trace fifty years ago.Her high-school beau, Odie McAllen, now in his seventies, talks of their love and of the profound effect Missy and her loss have had on his life. He tells of the day they met and the day she disappeared, and how his life was fundamentally changed.Along the way, he tells of growing up in Southeast Texas in the fifties, the
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Human Flourishing and the Firm

Virtue, Strategy, and Deliberation

by Caleb Bernacchio, Robert Couch ...

Series series Business, Value Creation, and Society
Caleb Bernacchio and Robert Couch present an integrative account of business ethics from a neo-Aristotelian perspective. Engaging the Markets Failures Approach in Part I, they introduce the concept of 'eudaimonic efficiency' as a more realistic alternative to Pareto efficiency, before identifying several market virtues that promote human flourishing through mutually beneficial transactions. ... Read more

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Caleb Bernacchio and Robert Couch present an integrative account of business ethics from a neo-Aristotelian perspective. Engaging the Markets Failures Approach in Part I, they introduce the concept of 'eudaimonic efficiency' as a more realistic alternative to Pareto efficiency, before identifying several market virtues that promote human flourishing through mutually beneficial transactions.
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A Promise Kept

by Bruce Couch, Robert Couch ...

"Few coaches in the history of high school coaching have been able to reach such dedication and determination with their player..." - Post Register Never did a man have as great an influence on a group of young men as did Coach Vernon Ravsten. Through his example and determination, he taught his team members what courage really is. Because of their love for this inspirational man, these spirited ... Read more

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"Few coaches in the history of high school coaching have been able to reach such dedication and determination with their player..." - Post Register Never did a man have as great an influence on a group of young men as did Coach Vernon Ravsten. Through his example and determination, he taught his team members what courage really is. Because of their love for this inspirational man, these spirited
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The Real Disaster Is Above Ground

A Mine Fire and Social Conflict

by J. Stephen Kroll-Smith, Stephen Robert Couch ...

In the 1950s Centralia was a small town, like many others in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania. But since the 1960s, it has been consumed, outwardly and inwardly by a fire that has inexorably spread in the abandoned mines beneath it. The earth smokes, subsides, and breathes poisonous gases. No less destructive has been the spread of dissension and enmity among the townspeople. The Real ... Read more

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In the 1950s Centralia was a small town, like many others in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania. But since the 1960s, it has been consumed, outwardly and inwardly by a fire that has inexorably spread in the abandoned mines beneath it. The earth smokes, subsides, and breathes poisonous gases. No less destructive has been the spread of dissension and enmity among the townspeople. The Real
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Dialogues of the Dead (Unabridged)

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Narrated by Donald Blanke, Robert Couch, Guadalupe Greene ...

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In the ethereal realm of the afterlife, the illustrious minds of history gather for a series of captivating dialogues. From the depths of ancient Greece to the heights of the Enlightenment, these departed souls engage in profound discussions that explore the mysteries of life, death, and the human condition. Prepare to witness the clash of ideas as Socrates questions the nature of virtue, Cicero ... Read more

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In the ethereal realm of the afterlife, the illustrious minds of history gather for a series of captivating dialogues. From the depths of ancient Greece to the heights of the Enlightenment, these departed souls engage in profound discussions that explore the mysteries of life, death, and the human condition. Prepare to witness the clash of ideas as Socrates questions the nature of virtue, Cicero
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Bare Bones

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by Kathy Reichs ...

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“Fans of TV’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation should be in heaven.” —PeopleA gripping forensic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs, Bare Bones brings Dr. Temperance Brennan back to the page in a chilling investigation that will captivate fans of Bones, CSI, and the very best in medical suspense.In the scorching Charlotte summer, forensic anthropologist Dr. Temp... ... Read more

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“Fans of TV’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation should be in heaven.” —PeopleA gripping forensic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs, Bare Bones brings Dr. Temperance Brennan back to the page in a chilling investigation that will captivate fans of Bones, CSI, and the very best in medical suspense.In the scorching Charlotte summer, forensic anthropologist Dr. Temp...
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Organization Theory

Selected Classic Readings

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This book spans seventy years of theory from Max Weber's seminal writings on bureaucratic organization to the latest management thinking represented by Handy, Peters and Waterman. Covering three main areas of interest, those of the structure of organizations, management and decision making, as well as that of organizational behaviour, this thoroughly revised and updated edition contains a vast ... Read more

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This book spans seventy years of theory from Max Weber's seminal writings on bureaucratic organization to the latest management thinking represented by Handy, Peters and Waterman. Covering three main areas of interest, those of the structure of organizations, management and decision making, as well as that of organizational behaviour, this thoroughly revised and updated edition contains a vast
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The Death of Common Sense

How Law Is Suffocating America

by Philip K. Howard ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“We need a new idea of how to govern. The current system is broken. Law is supposed to be a framework for humans to make choices, not the replacement for free choice.” So notes Philip K. Howard in the new Afterword to his explosive manifesto The Death of Common Sense. Here Howard offers nothing less than a fresh, lucid, practical operating system for modern democracy. ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“We need a new idea of how to govern. The current system is broken. Law is supposed to be a framework for humans to make choices, not the replacement for free choice.” So notes Philip K. Howard in the new Afterword to his explosive manifesto The Death of Common Sense. Here Howard offers nothing less than a fresh, lucid, practical operating system for modern democracy.
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Professionalism

The Third Logic

by Eliot Freidson ...

Eliot Freidson has written the first systematic account of professionalism as a method of organizing work. In ideal-typical professionalism, specialized workers control their own work, while in the free market consumers are in command, and in bureaucracy managers dominate. Freidson shows how each method has its own logic requiring different kinds of knowledge, organization, career, education and ... Read more

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Eliot Freidson has written the first systematic account of professionalism as a method of organizing work. In ideal-typical professionalism, specialized workers control their own work, while in the free market consumers are in command, and in bureaucracy managers dominate. Freidson shows how each method has its own logic requiring different kinds of knowledge, organization, career, education and
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Life Without Lawyers

Restoring Responsibility in America

by Philip K. Howard ...

How to restore the can-do spirit that made America great, from the author of the best-selling The Death of Common Sense.Americans are losing the freedom to make sense of daily choices—teachers can’t maintain order in the classroom, managers are trained to avoid candor, schools ban tag, and companies plaster inane warnings on everything: “Remove Baby Before Folding Stroller.”Philip K. Howard’s ... Read more

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How to restore the can-do spirit that made America great, from the author of the best-selling The Death of Common Sense.Americans are losing the freedom to make sense of daily choices—teachers can’t maintain order in the classroom, managers are trained to avoid candor, schools ban tag, and companies plaster inane warnings on everything: “Remove Baby Before Folding Stroller.”Philip K. Howard’s
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Institutions and Organizations

Ideas, Interests, and Identities

by W. Richard Scott ...

Creating a clear, analytical framework, this comprehensive exploration of the relationship between institutional theory and the study of organizations continues to reflect the richness and diversity of institutional thought—viewed both historically and as a contemporary, ongoing field of study. Drawing on the insights of cultural and organizational sociologists, institutional economists, social ... Read more

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Creating a clear, analytical framework, this comprehensive exploration of the relationship between institutional theory and the study of organizations continues to reflect the richness and diversity of institutional thought—viewed both historically and as a contemporary, ongoing field of study. Drawing on the insights of cultural and organizational sociologists, institutional economists, social
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The Rule of Nobody

Saving America from Dead Laws and Broken Government

by Philip K. Howard ...

The secret to good government is a question no one in Washington is asking: “What’s the right thing to do?”What’s wrong in Washington is deeper than you think.Yes, there’s gridlock, polarization, and self-dealing. But hidden underneath is something bigger and more destructive. It’s a broken governing system. From that comes wasteful government, rising debt, failing schools, expensive health care, ... Read more

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The secret to good government is a question no one in Washington is asking: “What’s the right thing to do?”What’s wrong in Washington is deeper than you think.Yes, there’s gridlock, polarization, and self-dealing. But hidden underneath is something bigger and more destructive. It’s a broken governing system. From that comes wasteful government, rising debt, failing schools, expensive health care,
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