professional disempowered professionals

books:

Beleaguered Rulers: The Public Obligation of the Professional

1 review
William F. May

Westminster John Knox Press, 2001

From the Publisher
Professionals today wield an enormous public power. Collectively, their decisions affect the patient's plight, the client's fate, the student's future, the city's scape, the earth's sustainability, the worker's fair treatment, and the durability of institutions, great and small. Yet professionals do not perceive themselves as power wielders. They feel beleaguered, marginal, insufficiently ...

Beleaguered Winchester: A Virginia Community at War, 1861-1865

1 review
Richard R. Duncan

Louisiana State University Press, 2007

What "the hard hand of war" was like
Civilians do not fair well near Civil War armies, no matter which side they are on. Armies are voracious consumers of fences, chickens and the contents of smoke houses while producing large amounts of filth. Until now, no book has so completely explained what these statements means in personal terms. In 1860, Winchester is a growing town at the head of the lower Shenandoah Valley. Sitting ...

The Other Culture War: Beleaguered Professionals vs. Disempowered Citizens

2 reviews
David Brin

Amazon, 2005

Balanced and Insightful
Mr. Brin brings a balanced and insightful perspective to the issues surrounding the official reaction to Katrina and, to a lesser extent, to 9/11. Such an approach is rare. Even more rare, he treats with respect the professionals who put their lives at risk for the rest of the population while at the same time exposing dangerous trends among some of that group's leadership. Instead of presenting ...

The Beleaguered City: The Vicksburg Campaign, December 1862-July 1863 (Modern Library)

10 reviews
Shelby Foote

Modern Library, 1995

Vicksburg and the Rise of U.S. Grant
"The Beleaguered City" is an extended excerpt on the Vicksburg Campaign from Shelby Foote's absolutely superb three volume narrative history of the Civil War. The Vicksburg Campaign is a gripping story in its own right, the central dramatic thread of which is Union General U.S. Grant's struggle to capture the great Confederate citadel on the Mississippi. Grant, stubborn and taciturn, will ...

Why Dogs Chase Cars: Tales of a Beleaguered Boyhood (Shannon Ravenel Books)

3 reviews
George Singleton

A Shannon Ravenel Book, 2004

Southern, simple minded-insanity - I laughed too hard!!!
Being from the South I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I'm not sure if it takes another Southerner to appreciate the hilarity in this book, but I doubt it. I laughed so hard I almost hated it when my metro stop arrived! I know the other riders thought I was insane. The tale of a boy growing up in 1970 South Carolina with a father who just really isn't all there. Tales of his father burying ...

8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter: And Other Tips from a Beleaguered Father (Not That Any of Them ...

14 reviews
W. Bruce Cameron

Workman Publishing Company, 2001

Not Just For Dad's
I bought this book for my husband who could use some lightening up when it comes to our teenage daughters. Glancing through it I found myself laughing my head off. I kept setting it down and picking it up, until I finally gave in and read the entire book. Incredibly a funny true to life! I learned more from this book than I do from many parenting materials. If not for Bruce Cameron I would still ...

The Official Snack Guide For Beleaguered Sports Parents
Dawn Weatherwax

WellCentered Books, 2001

The pressure is on. Today, it's Mom or Dad's turn to bring the team snack and orange slices just don't cut it anymore. That's when The Official Snack Guide scores with; A User-Friendly Introduction to Sports Nutrition, Information About Fluid Requirements, Pre-Game and Post-Game Food Suggestions, Plus More Than 65 Quick to Fix, Fun Delicious Snack Recipes. The "Smoothies" Chapter is a real winner!

A Beleaguered City
Mrs. Oliphant

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2004

A Beleaguered City Being A Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur, in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen.

The Beleaguered City: The Vicksburg Campaign

4 reviews
Shelby Foote

Random House (Modern Library), 1995

Chu!
I'm emptying my bank account and then some, to buy this audiotape. Seek not the lower star reviewers opinions! This is well worth the $2,000 plus price tag. I will personally debate anyone who says otherwise, and I will dogdance the floor with him/her! The meliflous, Deputy Dog southern accent comes across on this tape much better and more crisply than other Shelby recordings! Don't even get me ...

Anzio 1944: The Beleaguered Beachhead (Campaign)

3 reviews
Steven Zaloga

Osprey Publishing, 2005

ONCE OVER LIGHTLY
As with most OSPREY histories the survey is 'once over lightly' giving only a thumbnail description of the total activities. These books have their purpose but can never supplant a full history. The main trouble with the Anzio 1944 campaign was that D-Day, 1944, over shadowed it. Materials were even at that time being allocated for June, 44, the real landing in Europe, with even the LCI and ...

Anzio 1944 : The Beleaguered Beachhead

Osprey Publishing, 2005

In January 1944, the Allies decided to land at Anzio in order to overcome the stalemate at Cassino.This amphibious landing has become one of the most controversial campaigns of World War II. Questionable decisions by the Allied leadership led to three months of World War I-style trench warfare, and the entire beachhead suffered from continuous German observation and bombardment.Â Vividly describing each thrust and counter-thrust, this book takes ...

Hitler's Ghettos: Voices from a Beleaguered Society 1939-1944
Gustavo Corni, Nicola Rudge Iannelli

A Hodder Arnold Publication, 2002

Hundreds of ghettos were created throughout eastern Europe by the Germans and their allies during the Second World War. There have been some studies of the largest ghettos - Warsaw and L0dz - and a few accounts of some of the smaller ones; but very little examination of the ghettos a a whole. This pioneering new history draws heavily on the testimonies of those who suffered in them, making use of a wide range of diaries and memoirs (and ...

The Beleaguered Earl

3 reviews
Allison Lane

Signet, 2000

A very enjoyable book
This was a very enjoyable book because the characters and plot were so entertaining. Two things detracted from it being a great book. First, the sexual ennuendos were poorly written. Instead of arousing interest, I was thinking, "How lame, enough already." Secondly, the plot was very busy, which necessitated the author quickly wrapping up all the loose ends at the end of the book. However, ...

A Beleaguered City
Mrs. Oliphant

Echo Library, 2007

A NARRATIVE OF CERTAIN RECENT EVENTS IN THE CITY OF SEMUR, IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE HAUTE BOURGOGNE

Jews and Heretics in Catholic Poland: A Beleaguered Church in the Post-Reformation Era
Magda Teter

Cambridge University Press, 2005

Contrary to the common contention that the Catholic Church triumphed in Counter-Reformation Poland, this study reveals that from the rise of the Reformation and the rapid dissemination of its new ideas, the Catholic Church was overcome with a strong sense of insecurity. The beleaguered Church sought to separate Catholics from non-Catholics: Jews and heretics. This process helped form a Polish identity that led to racial anti-Semitism and to the ...

A Beleaguered City: Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur; in the Department of the ...
Margaret Oliphant

BiblioBazaar, 2007

search for books
beleaguered, disempowered, post-reformation, professional, professionals

Impressum / about us