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Trust me, I'm lying : the tactics and confessions of a media manipulator / by Holiday, Ryan

Table of Contents: “…Blogs make the news -- How to turn nothing into something in three way-too easy steps -- Blogs as a business : a brief overview -- Tactic #1: bloggers are poor, help pay their bills -- Tactic #2: tell them what they want to hear -- Tactic #3: give them what spreads, not what's good -- Tactic # 4: help them trick their readers -- Tactic #5: sell them something they can sell (exploit the one off problem) -- Tactic #6: make it all about the headline -- Tactic #7: kill 'em with pageview kindness -- Tactic #8: use the technology against itself -- Tactic #9: just make stuff up (everyone else is doing it) -- The monster attacks : what blogs mean -- Irin carmon, the daily show, and me: the perfect storm of how toxic blogging can be -- There are others : the manipulator hall of fame -- Cute but evil : online entertainment tactics that drug you & i -- The link economy : the leveraged illusion of sourcing -- Extortion via the web : facing the online shakedown -- The iterative hustle : online journalism's bogus philosophy -- The myth of corrections -- Cheering on our own deception -- The dark side of snark : when internet humor attacks -- The 21st century degradation ceremony : blogs as machines of hatred and punishment -- Welcome to unreality -- How to read a blog : an update on account of all the lies -- Conclusion.…”

Dad is fat / by Gaffigan, Jim

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Contents -- Foreword -- Letter to My Children -- Who's Who in the Cast -- Rue the Day -- "Drinking the Kool-Aid" -- Family-Friendly -- Have Children: The Condition -- Anti-Family -- I Confess -- Happy Days Are Here Again -- The Pharaoh and the Slave -- Vice President -- My Dad, the Professional Wrestler -- The Narcissist's Guide to Babies and Toddlers -- When Women Get Lazy -- Oh My God, You're Pregnant? …”
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Ganymede / by Priest, Cherie

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Effective implementation in practice : integrating public policy and management /

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Tables, Figures, and Boxes ix The Authors xi Preface xiii PART ONE The Implementation Landscape 1 ONE Framing Implementation 5 Exploring Policy and Program Implementation 9 Defining Implementation Effectiveness 12 Unpacking Implementation Systems 16 Bringing the Analysis to Life 28 TWO Conventional Perspectives on Policy and Program Implementation 35 Political Processes and Authority 37 Governance and Management 43 Policy and Program Evaluation 52 Conclusion 64 THREE A New Perspective for Implementation: Strategic Action Fields 67 Introducing Strategic Action Fields 69 Core Programs 74 Unpacking Social Structures and Dynamics 82 Conclusion 96 PART TWO The Implementation System at Multiple Levels 99 FOUR Policy Fields 103 Policy Fields in Focus 107 Analyzing the Development of the Core Program 120 Applying Policy Field Analysis 131 Conclusion 136 FIVE Organizations 139 Organizations in Focus 141 Analyzing the Integration of the Core Program 148 Applying Organizational Analysis 155 Conclusion 162 SIX Front Lines 163 Front Lines in Focus 166 Analyzing the Application of the Core Program 174 Applying Frontline Analysis 181 Conclusion 188 PART THREE The Practice of Effective Implementation 191 SEVEN Exploring Implementation in Practice 195 Implementation Dynamics: The Hardest Hit Fund 196 Implementation Dynamics: The Quality Rating and Improvement System 211 Opportunities for Change 222 EIGHT Leading Learning in Implementation Systems 225 Investigating Technical Challenges 228 Engaging Others in Adaptive Challenges 246 Bringing It All Together 259 Appendix A Policy Field Audit 261 Appendix B Policy Field Visual Diagram 263 Appendix C Program Process Flow 265 Appendix D Organization Program Integration Audit 267 Appendix E Frontline Interactions Audit 271 Appendix F Target Experiences Analysis 275 Appendix G Implementation Dynamics and Outcomes Analysis 279 Appendix H Implementation Improvement Blueprint 283 Notes 287 Bibliography 339 Index 379 .…”
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Make the sale happen before lunch : 50 cut-to-the-chase strategies for getting the business results you want / by Schiffman, Stephan

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN BY ... …”
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Presentations in action : 80 memorable presentation lessons from the masters / by Weissman, Jerry

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: SECTION I Content: The Art of Telling Your Story -- 1.A Lesson from Professor Marvel, a.k.a. …”

Tennyson/ by Machin, Patricia

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Scientific selling : creating high-performance sales teams through applied psychology and testing / by Martini, Nancy

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Bob's big story collection. by Emma Fogden; Diane Redmond

Statistics with Confidence. by Altman, Douglas G

Wheels at work by Andrew Dunn; Ed Carr

Medical Statistics : A Commonsense Approach. by Campbell .J, Michael

7th sigma by Gould, Steven

Sisterhood of Dune / by Herbert, Brian