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1) Silver cross
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History professor Nick Journey and federal agent Meg Tolman return in Silver Cross, the thrilling sequel to B. Kent Anderson's Cold Glory.
When her friend is murdered, Tolman rushes to North Carolina to investigate. She finds a vast conspiracy hanging on a letter from Napoleon III to Confederate president Jefferson Davis, pledging French aid to the Confederacy for the "Silver Cross." The letter was lost when confederate spy Rose Greenhow drowned...
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"Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, an auditing of the British Secret Service "to investigate historical over-reaching." Monochrome's mission was to ferret out any hint of misconduct by any MI5 officer--and allowed Griselda Fleet and Malcolm Kyle, the two civil servants seconded to the project, unfettered access to any and all confidential information in the Service archives in order to do so. But MI5's formidable...
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En la actualidad las relaciones entre la Unión Europea y América Latina enfrentan numerosos retos suscitados por la crisis económica mundial, la salida de Reino Unido del proceso de integración europeo y los cambios políticos en varios países latinoamericanos, entre otros factores externos.
Todo ello ha propiciado la búsqueda de alternativas que fomenten y refuercen las relaciones entre ambas regiones. Ante estos nuevos escenarios, a partir...
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Gérer en fonction de la performance n'est pleinement réalisable que si l'on budgète aussi en fonction de la performance. Si une gestion axée sur les résultats a été implantée par l'État québécois au tournant des années 2000, et si la prise de décisions publiques semble plus influencée qu'avant par les données sur la performance, on ne peut pas dire que ces dernières ont vraiment été intégrées au processus de budgétisation.
La...
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En este libro se analizan las funciones productivas que se potencian en la región Caribe colombiana a partir de los impactos generados por las reformas borbónicas en la Colonia tardía y las recomendaciones que sufre la estructura económica regional placer convulsionado proceso Independencia la creación de la República. Por esta razón, esta publicación busca explicar los factores que propiciaron la aceleración, desaceleración o incluso impidieron...
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THE AMERICAN TAX DOLLAR & BAILOUTS Jayson Reeves was born in Gary, Indiana and is now an author whom writes on the important subjects of government and business throughout the United States of America. Jayson's writing is based on the experience that he has established within working professionally throughout design, engineering, and as an investor and business owner. As an investor, business owner, and former partner of a civil engineering firm he...
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After retiring from professional football, John positioned himself to become a thriving entrepreneur, especially in the petroleum business. In less than three years, he rose to become a Congressionally Acclaimed Top Rated Minority Businessman. Nonetheless, he began noticing indifferent actions from the US Small Business Administration's certified investor who funded John's company. After denials from government officials in John's home state of Tennessee,...
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The book sheds light on how Sberbank of Russia was transformed from the old-school institution with outlived Soviet practices into a decent member of the world's financial elite and one of the richest brands on the planet. Sberbank reform was an unprecedented event in the history of Russian business. Never before such a large post-Soviet has establishment undergone such a radical and total reorganization according to western patterns. Initiator of...
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A Lot More EQ, and a Lot Less Compliance? The role of an auditor is not for the faint hearted. Some people fear us for the changes we may advocate, the costs sometimes associated with picking up inconsistencies and errors in how things are done according to 'what's right', and others may see us as nothing more than a terrible nuisance. In whatever way, we are viewed whether, by managers, junior staff members, or trainers, our role is increasingly...
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How does a citizen express his political opinions? Join a campaign to support a politician? Run for office? Create a blog? Demonstrate at city hall for media attention? I chose to write on paper for decades for my private record of my ideas. I never planned to share these philosophical and policy ideas, but I'm getting old, I need to be bold, and plans change.
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La coopération internationale solidaire est plus pertinente que jamais dans la conjoncture mondiale. C'est ce que démontre Paul Cliche en traitant des conséquences du modèle de développement néolibéral, puis en présentant la situation fragile d'organismes de coopération internationale au Québec en regard de la crise de la coopération solidaire au Nord, mais aussi la vitalité d'organisations de la société civile du Sud qui arrivent à...
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Are you a whiz with numbers? According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual income of a bookkeeper is $30,500 and, as a business owner, you could make even more. Bookkeeping involves a keen eye for detail and an obsession for organization. If you fit this description and you have been thinking about opening your own bookkeeping business, we have a book that will guide you through the process with ease, showing...
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This book is first of its kind in adding the knowledge to the social work education. Especially to the community development workers and NGO's.It focused on the contributions of Non -Governmental organizations(NGO'S) towards social development.The book has covered the profile, policies and programmes of Non-Governmental organizations(NGO's).It emphasized on the activities of NGOs and their contributions for Development in various aspects. The book...
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Quienes esperen encontrar en estas páginas el antiperonismo por el que todos conocen a Iglesias no se sentirán defraudados. ¿Por qué deberían? Sin embargo, tendrán que lidiar con argumentos históricos y económicos que van mucho más allá de las encendidas controversias desde las bancas del Congreso o desde las columnas de prensa. A través de un estudio metódico de la historia económica argentina, de las series estadísticas sobre las variables...
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Michael McCray has both his CPA and his law degree, and yet, in the mid 1990's, those became obsolete when he was met with a decision that changed his life forever. That's when he became a whistle blower. At the time, he was working at the United States Department of Agriculture, overseeing a Federal Empowerment Zone in Mississippi for the Clinton White House. There, McCray says he discovered mismanagement and corruption involving the main bureaucrats...
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Este libro pretende brindar herramientas conceptuales y metodológicas a quienes trabajan en diferentes tipos de instituciones: gubernamentales, educativas, sociales, culturales, deportivas, etc., y también a quienes asesoran en prensa a políticos, artistas, profesionales y a aquellos que requieren que su actividad tenga relevancia pública.
La intención además es que aquellos que se desempeñan como prensas en instituciones diferencien los destinatarios...
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The first in-depth look at working life inside a major human rights organization, Keepers of the Flame charts the history of Amnesty International and the development of its nerve center, the International Secretariat, over forty-five years. Through interviews with staff members, archival research, and unprecedented access to Amnesty International's internal meetings, Stephen Hopgood provides an engrossing and enlightening account of day-to-day operations...
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Après avoir été maire de la Ville de Sherbrooke pendant huit ans et président de l'Union des municipalités du Québec pendant 18 mois, Bernard Sévigny a saisi sa plume pour nous faire vivre « pourquoi » et « comment » sont prises les décisions par les élus municipaux dans les htels de ville. D'une façon structurée, intelligente et éclairante, l'auteur lève le voile sur les pratiques de gouvernance propres aux municipalités du Québec....
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If you want to master the foundational principles of accounting without having to scratch your head in confusion, then this compact guide is for you Are you a student that wants to master the underpinning principles of accounting without gouging out your eyes in frustration? Are you a business owner who's constantly befuddled by accounting principles and would like to learn how to discuss with your accountants and bookkeepers without looking like...
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