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22) Este día importa
Author
Publisher
Diamante
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
El mundo es sorprendido por una pandemia. Los centros de salud colapsan, el sistema educativo se ve amenazado y la estabilidad económica mundial cae. Todos intentan dar una respuesta a esta realidad que implica, no solo una recesión sino un cambio drástico en el corazón de las personas. Amaia está desesperada. Perdió a su abuelo a causa del virus. Su padre quedó varado en el dolor; y la vida de su hermano tambalea entre el alcohol y las drogas....
23) Raven Rock: the story of the U.S. Government's secret plan to save itself-while the rest of us die
Author
Language
English
Description
"The eye-opening truth about the government's secret plans to survive a catastrophic attack on US soil--even if the rest of us die--a roadmap that spans from the dawn of the nuclear age to today"--Provided by publisher.
24) One wrong word
Author
Publisher
Forge, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"One wrong word can ruin your life. And no one knows that better than savvy crisis management expert Arden Ward. Problem is, she's now forced to handle a shocking crisis of her own. Unfairly accused of having an affair with a powerful client, Arden’s life and dreams are about to crash and burn. Then, Arden is given an ultimatum. She has just two weeks to save her career and her reputation. Is Cordelia Bannister the answer to her prayers? Cordelia...
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Language
English
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Description
"In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration into the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership. Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the man? In Leadership in Turbulent Times, Goodwin draws upon...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Leadership, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Meet your next crisis head on and come through it stronger than ever by using the hard-earned strategies and core principles from Marc Polymeropoulos, a highly decorated, 26-year operations officer with the CIA. Marc Polymeropoulos has had to live with the consequences of decisions made under the most high-stress circumstances you can imagine as a senior intelligence officer in the CIA, retiring from his 26 years of service as one of the CIA's most...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Renowned political scientist Ian Bremmer draws lessons from global challenges of the past 100 years--including the pandemic--to show how we can respond to three great crises unfolding over the next decade. In this revelatory, unnerving, and ultimately hopeful book, Bremmer details how domestic and international conflicts leave us unprepared for a trio of looming crises--global health emergencies, transformative climate change, and the AI revolution....
Author
Publisher
Living Justice Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"In this, her first book, Nancy Riestenberg writes warmly and with long experience about the challenges facing school communities and how restorative measures--specifically Circles--create a safer space for learning and development for all. Using stories direct "from the hallways," she brings heart to subjects that are often divisive and controversial: bullying and other violence, suspension, drug use, staff conflicts, and more. Throughout the book,...
Author
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"On a cold and clear afternoon in January 1865, a roaring fire swept through the Smithsonian Institution. The flames at the Smithsonian, however, were merely an omen of things to come for museums in the United States. Beset by challenges ranging from pandemic and war to fire and economic uncertainty, museums have sought ways to emerge from crisis periods stronger than before, occasionally carving important new paths forward in the process. Hampered...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In The Yellow Pad, former United States Secretary of the Treasury and co-chairman of Goldman Sachs Robert Rubin sets out a number of methods and processes that have guided him through moments of crisis. He offers both qualitative and quantitative ways of sifting through difficult economic and social problems, the sum of which is an original intellectual framework that can be applied to both the most global universal problems and the daily dilemmas...
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Hurricanes, wildfires, mass shootings, and pandemics are a reality for 21st century families and small businesses. But here's the truth: Not one of these has to be a disaster. What determines whether an unexpected event becomes a disaster is you. In Design Any Disaster, certified emergency manager and master business continuity practitioner Patrick Hardy reveals to you the secrets of disaster preparedness that helped him build the largest and most...
33) Nixon's White House wars: the battles that made and broke a president and divided America forever
Author
Publisher
Crown Forum
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Pat Buchanan, bestselling author and former senior adviser to President Richard Nixon in the White House, for the first time describes his years advising the president throughout the two terms of his administration, up until he resigned office in August 1974 in the wake of Watergate"--
"From Vietnam to the Southern Strategy, from the opening of China to the scandal of Watergate, Pat Buchanan--speechwriter and senior adviser to President Nixon--tells...
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