1989 Glenbridge Publishing; Hardcover (No Dust Jacket)

Maximum Performance Management: How to Manage and Compensate People to Meet World Competition

Business & Money

Conn, Henry P.

Boyett, Joseph

Management & Leadership

Glenbridge Publishing, Ltd.

Can the mindless genocide perpetrated by some unknown agent be halted before the whole world perishes? Congressman Robin Andrews faces stark choices: to attempt to save the world or to witness the possible obliteration of the human race. A Russian village and a small town in America are completely wiped out by a disease of unknown origins. Albert Kasdan, a brilliant scientist and worldwide expert on plagues, befriends Robin and shares his knowledge about a plague more deadly than any that had previously ravaged the world. 
What is the mysterious significance of the "Mark of Barabbas" that appears to offer immunity from disease? Barabbas, released from the cross, devoted his life to expounding on Jewish scriptures and authored The Thirteenth Commandment. Only one known copy survived. 
In the 14th Century John of Neuberg, a Catholic priest, pleads with his Jewish friend, Ephraim, to flee from an enraged mob that blames Jews for the Great Mortality that has annihilated a third of Europe’s population. Ephraim believes that the pestilence will never claim his life and persuades his Christian friend to safeguard precious artifacts that have been under his family’s protection since the time of Christ. John of Neuberg agrees. Realizing the import of the documents entrusted to him, he pens Ephraim’s words in a diary that explain the meaning of The Thirteenth Commandment. 
During World War II, Jan Lipski, a young doctor and concentration camp inmate at Auschwitz, had been forced to work with Hans Hoffmann, a Nazi doctor involved in inhuman medical experiments on twin boys. During the last days of the war Lipski helped a group of twin boys to escape certain death before escaping himself with the only copy of The Thirteenth Commandment, passed on through generations of his family as a sacred trust. 
Congressman Andrews obtains a copy of the rare sacred text. Will these papers offer a key to the mystery? The answers are illusive. Andrews at last receives what he believes to be a divine message. He travels to the Holy Land where his search continues. Will his journey help save the world from this hideous plague? The race is on to rediscover healing waters that promise a divine cure for mankind.

The Thirteenth Commandment

Bruce Marvin

Reference

Many workplaces are not effective because they ignore their most valuable asset: purposeful employees — change agents who guide colleagues into bigger arenas and help them feel safe. 
 As you remove boundaries and help others thrive, you become a purposeful employee or WITS: Wise, Innovative, Thoughtful, and Spunky. 
 No company can thrive without its WITS. They are a constant source of energy and perspective for others, and they have an amazing ability to recharge their own batteries. 
 In business, smart people do not always succeed, gifted people cannot always contribute, and even WITS can lose touch with their higher selves. Of these three —smart, gifted, and WITS — the WITS are most essential for success. 
 Many companies are frustrated by their inability to grow leaders. They profess a desire for inspirational change agents, but they do not know what to do with them. WITS create environments that invite change and growth; they redefine traditional notions of leadership through originality and personal connection. They speak fluent change and know that the external environment is not the enemy, just isolation and habit. Because WITS do not fear change, they leave organizations when they cannot connect in meaningful ways; and when companies lose their WITS, they not only lose their most valuable employees but also lose perspective and their most expressive voices.

Keep Your WITS About You

Gall, Michelle

Bob Schwartz reminds us of the necessity, no matter how harried or confusing things are, to appreciate the humor in the day-to-day nature of family life. Bob gives parents a reason to laugh as he navigates the unexpected twists and turns of parenthood every mom and dad has experienced — such as that feeling of panic when you hear the toilet being flushed and immediately followed by your child’s less than reassuring yell of "Uh-oh!" Or the admonition to your five-year-old of, "No, you can’t have the leftover cotton candy for breakfast, even if you do pour milk over it." 
 Perhaps parents also need the reassurance that Bob offers. In looking back on his initial years of parenthood, Bob writes, "There was one word that sprang to mind — Naïve. That’s French for ‘Buddy, you don’t even have a clue.’ " If you, like Bob, are entirely clueless at the beginning of parenthood, there’s hope for the future. 
 For while imparting crucial information to his children like "the shower curtain goes inside the bathtub; don’t put marbles into the garbage disposal, and it’s not a great idea to see how many peas you can stick up your nose," Bob did learn things like how to navigate the challenging world of school carpool pickup without infuriating the power hungry fifth grade Safety Patrol. And you, like Bob, might also make some headway with the linguistic parental challenge of cracking the grunt communication code of teenagers. Bob Schwartz tackles these problems and more. He tells us that the purpose of his essays is to have us embrace the humor of parenthood and the fun of family life. "Let laughter be the fuel for this thrilling, and yes indeed, sometimes pandemonium-producing journey." 
All author proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Would Somebody Please Send Me to My Room! A Hilarious Look at Family Life

Schwartz, Bob

Parenting & Relationships

David Ford has been in the life insurance business for more than thirty years. It seemed natural. David’s father was in the life insurance business and his grandfather was in the life insurance business. 
The world needs insurance, and people in advanced societies particularly need life insurance. But they often don’t think they do, making the job of the life insurance agent difficult and challenging. After all, who wants to think about dying? 
The world of life insurance is changing. The policies that were commonly sold by most insurance companies thirty years ago are now out of favor. The universal use of the computer has changed our world, and the life insurance industry has become a part of that revolution. Ford’s perspective going back over thirty years gives the reader not only a history of life insurance practices, but points to trends and problems facing the industry in the present and for the future. 
Ford has been an agent in the field, fighting for client leads and doing his share of cold calling. His career advanced up the ladder to the home office where he held several administrative positions as well as working diligently to recruit and train new agents for the profession that he learned to love and respect. 
Ford treasures the personal relationships he has made over the years, and it is obvious from his writing that his human warmth and sense of humor pervade his writing and his life. If you are thinking of a career in the life insurance business, Ford’s book should be required reading. And if you’ve been in the life insurance business for a few decades, you will want to run, not walk, to get this book. You’ll nod your head and chuckle as you read.

Whole Life, Looking Back While Looking Ahead

Biographies & Memoirs

Ford, David Douglas

Professionals & Academics

James A. Keene s treatment of this interesting and unique history represents a deep and penetrating look at a subject that until recent years has been largely neglected by teachers and scholars. A large population of music teachers have taught and acted with little insight about those special teachers who have accepted the formidable job of introducing music to the children of the United States from the earliest colonial times to the present day. The history of music education cannot have an independent existence, however, and is inextricably linked both to the history of education in this country as well as to the history of music as an art, both popular and high. Paralleling the history of education, music education is also the history of reform. Our founding fathers considered their efforts to be rooted in an idealism whether it be expressed in terms of religious or political liberty, and from such beginnings Americans have tended to regard themselves as reformers from that day to the present. It is less important to approve or disapprove of each reform than it is to observe the consistent efforts of Americans to cast aside the old way and adopt that which appears to be new and different. This national trait prevailed throughout the history of music education in America, resulting in our music educators changing methods and philosophies sometimes thoughtfully, and sometimes capriciously. Parts of this history deal forthrightly with various historical and philosophical tendencies, while relating them to the prevailing thoughts and movements in music education. It was necessary for society to accept the idea of a general expansion of the school curriculum before the arts could gain a foothold as part of the school curriculum. And with each degree of acceptance, from the introduction of vocal music into the curriculum to the rise of instrumental music and a cappella choirs, negative as well as positive reactions germinated requiring continuing defenses of the art even though the practices were ordinarily extremely popular with the children, many of whom discovered their talent for the first time while others could and did develop an appreciation brought about by exposure and practice of the art form.

A History of Music Education in the United States

Arts & Photography

James A. Keene

Music

Businesses that survive for five years have the best chance of success. Plan for sixty months right from the start. Some entrepreneurs empty their checking accounts, take on massive amounts of debt, risk their homes, and hope after two years their businesses will have the financial strength to continue. The Successful Entrepreneur is for everyone who is financially conservative, wants to own a business, and finds the traditional risky method frightening and not right for them. Every day men and women set out on a new venture because they have lost their jobs or want to be their own boss. Anastasi shows how you can make decisions using data easily gathered that gives realistic advice on how to start a business with minimal risk as well as how to manage human resources, sales, and marketing. And here is a plan that takes you from day one right through a five year plan. Using a refreshingly simple approach, Anastasi shows you how to gather and interpret data like a high-priced consultant,

The Successful Entrepreneur: American Dream Done Right

Tom Anastasi

PH.D.

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

There are many giants of music education, maybe hundreds. It is perhaps impossible to know the many in every generation who teach music successfully some who teach young children, others who teach the especially talented at prestigious institutions conservatories, and schools of music. Others distinguish themselves with organizational work, setting the tone and process for others to follow all important in their own way. We meet Lowell Mason, Luther Whiting Mason, Frances Elliott Clark, W. Otto Miessner, Edward Bailey Birge, Peter Dykema, James Lockhart Mursell, Mabelle Glenn, Thaddeus P. Giddings, Will Earhart, and Joseph E. Maddy. This volume describes the lives and work of only a few. There are many others who deserve to have their stories told Lowell Mason was the first, not an original thinker, but a great organizer, a gifted natural teacher, the George Washington of the music education profession. Each music educator made his or her contribution in a unique way. What they had in common was undeniable energy and a steadfast purpose. The path was never easy, but they persevered. We must not forget that they were all products of their time and place. Until the 1960s all popular art forms were denigrated by almost all music educators. Perhaps more surprising, however, was the almost universal disinclination to embrace American homegrown art unless it imitated the best of European art music. Whether it be T. P Gidding who believed that the ability to read music was the sine qua non of music education, or Peter Dykema who believed that community singing would elevate the common musical taste, to James Mursell, whose intellectual brilliance appeared to make it most difficult for him to relate successfully on a personal level to the great commonality of the music education profession, all made their mark and were recognized by their contemporaries as being outstanding. The music teachers of today and the music students who will be the music teachers of tomorrow need to know the profession s previous giants. We stand on the shoulders of these men and women and thousands like them.

Giants of Music Education

With declining economies, increasing crime rates, and the ever present threat of terrorism, everyone needs to be able to protect himself, his family, and his assets. International Security, Personal Protection in an Uncertain World, provides simple, effective, and tested techniques and procedures that can be applied by the general public and security professionals alike. The author has encountered unusual problems and situations that could have been easily avoided if simple procedures like those detailed in his book had been followed and applied. Wilson s experience has enabled him to provide unique perspectives and solutions that cover the security needs of a broad spectrum of people, whether a parent of a teenager or an executive residing in a volatile 3rd world country. He tackles situations based upon reality rather than untested theory. There are chapters that are applicable to everyone. You will learn how criminals operate, self- defense, and residential security. For the international traveler there are chapters on travel security, staying in hotels, and first aid. And for those going to or living in high-risk areas there are chapters on counter-surveillance, basic tactics, and dealing with kidnappings, also useful to law enforcement training programs and military and security professionals. International Security fills a large and empty gap in the market for a book that provides down-to- earth and practical information in a user-friendly format that can be applied by the general public, travelers, executives, international charity workers, and security professionals alike.

International Security; Personal Protection in an Uncertain World

Politics & Social Sciences

Orlando Wilson

Politics & Government

For the Love of Seafood

Michael Francis Bavota

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

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