Praised as "splendid" (The Economist) and "the kind of book that gives hagiography a good name" (The Times), this entertaining and authoritative dictionary breathes life into its subjects and is as browsable as it is informative. First published in 1978, the Oxford Dictionary of Saints offers more than 1,700 fascinating and informative entries covering the lives, cults, and artistic associations of saints from around the world. Ranging from the famous to the obscure, the rich to the poor, and the academic to the uneducated, the saints profiled here come from all walks of life, from all periods of history, and from around the world, reflecting a wide variety of personalities and achievements. This revised fifth edition includes appendices containing maps of pilgrimage sites, a list of saints' patronages and iconographical emblems, and a calendar of principal feasts.

The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Fifth Edition Revised (Oxford Quick Reference)

History

Farmer, David

World

Oxford University Press

Purchasing Principles and Management

Business & Money

JONES, DAVID

Baily, Peter

Jessop, David

Management & Leadership

Financial Times Management

This practical guide of purchasing management provides a proactive managerial view of the purchasing function.

Purchasing, Principles and Management (9th Edition)

PRENTICE/HALL

Previously entitled 'Purchasing Principles and Management' this book has been essential reading and the standard text for practitioners and students of the subject of purchasing or procurement for nearly 40 years. This new tenth edition continues to cover the continuous change and development in the field of Purchasing and care is taken to balance new emerging philosophies with the proven and established thinking and practice in the profession. This book will provide the reader with a reflection of sound mainstream practice combined with comment and insight into developing ideas and approaches. This edition includes: New chapters on outsourcing, corporate social responsibility and e-procurement systems, Well-integrated new material on time compression, global sourcing and contract performance measurement, New case studies plus mini-cases dotted throughout chapters to reflect themes from the text in actual supply management practice around the world, New Research boxes within chapters to link academic research and procurement industry practice, New PowerPoint Slides and an Instructor's Manual for Lecturers teaching the subject.

Procurement Principles & Management

Crocker, Barry

Pearson College Div

This book describes what is argued to be the most effective way of doing public administration thinking. Its aim is to encourage governments to govern fundamentally better in terms of policy and administration. 
A better understanding of context and identities, imaginization, epistemic pluralism, anti-administration, and the context of economics are examples of what is critical for high effectiveness. The pieces included in this book have been handpicked from the vast academic collection that David Farmer has authored over the last thirty years and which were published in the Journal of Administrative Theory and Praxis and the Journal of Public Administration Education. Collectively, these chapters are intended to help governments use post-traditional public administration theory in order to achieve better praxis.

Post-Traditional Public Administration Theory: For Better Governmental Praxis

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Routledge

Post-Traditional Public Administration Theory

First published in a limited, fine-press edition by Still Point Press in 1993, Stanley Marcus: A Life with Books sparkles with the names of literary history, most but not all of them Texans—Tom Lea, Henry Nash Smith, J. Evetts Haley, Alfred Knopf, José Cisneros, Elizabeth Ann McMurray and McMurray’s Personal Bookstore, E. L. DeGolyer, Paul Horgan, and a host of others. Writing with skill and graceful style, David Farmer chronicles Marcus’ early fascination with books during his Harvard years, his founding of the Book Club of Texas, his friendship with J. Frank Dobie and his working relationship with El Paso’s Carl Hertzog, his own books—Minding the Store and Quest for the Best, and his Somesuch Press, noted for publishing exquisite miniature books.

Stanley Marcus: A Life with Books

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

TCU Press

As with many young artists of the Santa Fe art colony, Willard Clark, the recognized American printmaker, was on his way to somewhere else when he landed in Santa Fe in 1928. He ended up spending a lifetime there creating a unique body of wood engravings. Carving his own wood blocks as illustrations for commercial job printing, Clark’s illustrations and original typographic design came to define the look of Santa Fe as a destination for travelers in the 1930s and ’40s seeking southwestern experiences and colorful locales. Originally released in a hand-bound limited edition, Willard Clark: Printer &amp; Printmaker is being reissued in an expanded trade edition that includes numerous black-and-white and color illustrations of the beautiful woodblock illustrations that made Clark famous. This is the definitive work on Clark and explores both his life and his printmaking. Clark trained at the Grand Central School of Art in New York City and then studied with Charles W. Hawthorne, founder of the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, before moving to study commercial art in Indianapolis. Clark’s training served him well when he became Santa Fe’s fulltime job printer, handling the commercial work for the local hotels, restaurants, and the social and business scene. Included in Willard Clark: Printer &amp; Printmaker are illustrations of his menus, “do not disturb” signs, letterhead, and advertisements, all created with the finely crafted artistic sensibility that came to define the look of Santa Fe and record some of its richest cultural moments. His images: burros laden with wood, Spanish women clad in shawls, adobe churches and village became synonymous with the city, but also developed a new category in American art as well.Collectors vigorously seek Clark’s prints because of their beauty of subject, their artistry, and the technical precision Clark applied to his craft. This book is a must for anyone interested in folk art, printmakers and printmaking, New Mexican art and culture, and the beautiful renderings of internationally renowned artist Willard Clark.

Willard Clark: Printer & Printmaker

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

Museum of New Mexico Pr

Now in its eleventh edition, Procurement Principles and Management has been essential reading for practitioners and students of purchasing and procurement for nearly 50 years. This new edition will provide the reader with a reflection of mainstream practice alongside insight into developing ideas and approaches. This book has been updated to cover the continuous change and development in the field of purchasing, and carefully balances emerging philosophies with proven and established thinking and practice in the profession. New features in this edition: <ul>
<li>A new and thorough consideration of contract law and negotiation </li> <li>Expanded treatment of many key topics, including ABC analysis, Kraljic, Bensau, and TCO </li> <li>A new section on risk </li> <li>New additional examples of services/tangibles procurement </li> <li>Additional material exploring off-shoring/on-shoring </li> <li>Increased focus on culture.</li> </ul> Procurement Principles and Management is published in association with the Charted Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS), which is the central reference point for the purchasing and supply profession. Details about courses, conferences and other service are available at www.cips.org. Peter Baily,formerly Chief Examiner for CIPS David Farmer,formerly Henley Management College Barry Crocker,formerly Salford University David Jessop,formerly University of Glamorgan David Jones,Blackburn College

Procurement, Principles & Management

Pearson

Gain a comprehensive insight into the ideas and approaches to purchasing and procurement 
 Now in its 12th edition, 
Procurement Principles and Management in the Digital Age by Baily, Farmer, Crocker and Jessop has been essential reading for practitioners and students of purchasing, procurement and supply chain management for nearly 50 years. The text has been updated to cover the continuous developments taking place in this field, and carefully balances emerging philosophies with proven and established thinking and practice in the profession. This new edition covers various existing and future concerns in procurement and supply chain such as digitalisation, sustainability and resilience. 
 This ever-popular title offers: 
 relevant case studies and research boxes that explore the topics introduced in the chapter in detail 
 latest global examples of best practice in many key areas of purchasing and procurement 
 expanded treatment of key topics, including supplier diversity, supplier relationship management, sustainability, retail procurement and category management 
 additional material on Industry 4.0 elements such as e-procurement, Blockchain, the Internet of Things, Big Data, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), chatbots and analytics 
 post-Brexit implications on public sector procurement 
 long-term impact of the pandemic on procurement and supply chain 
 increased focus on social value strategies and approaches, contract management, procurement of consultancy and supply chain resilience approaches.\nAbout the authors:\nPeter Baily was Senior Lecturer at the Polytechnic of Wales and chief examiner for Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS).\nDavid Farmer was Professor of Management Studies at Henley Management College.\nBarry Crocker is former Senior Lecturer at Salford University and former assistant examiner for CIPS.\nDavid Jessop is Emeritus Professor at University of South Wales and a Fellow of the CIPS.\nPearson, the world’s learning company

Procurement Principles and Management in the Digital Age, 12e (Print)

Processes & Infrastructure

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