Author: Miguel Sousa Tavares
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
An ambitious first novel set against the backdrop of the unravelling Portuguese and British empires
Equator
Author: Miguel Sousa Tavares
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
An ambitious first novel set against the backdrop of the unravelling Portuguese and British empires
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
An ambitious first novel set against the backdrop of the unravelling Portuguese and British empires
East Along the Equator
Author: Helen Winternitz
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 9780871131621
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
In this brilliant mix of political journalism and travel writing, Helen Winternitz and fellow journalist Timothy Phelps witness what few Westerners have: life in the ecologically rich but financially impoverished American-backed dictatorship of Zaire, the former Belgian Congo.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 9780871131621
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
In this brilliant mix of political journalism and travel writing, Helen Winternitz and fellow journalist Timothy Phelps witness what few Westerners have: life in the ecologically rich but financially impoverished American-backed dictatorship of Zaire, the former Belgian Congo.
Equator
Author: Thurston Clarke
Publisher: Avon Books
ISBN: 9780380729418
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
Provides a firsthand account of the author's three-year trek along the equator and his encounters with diverse and colorful people and cultures and ways of life both exotic and familiar
Publisher: Avon Books
ISBN: 9780380729418
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
Provides a firsthand account of the author's three-year trek along the equator and his encounters with diverse and colorful people and cultures and ways of life both exotic and familiar
Wild Life Under the Equator
Author: Paul Belloni Du Chaillu
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator
Author: Edward Whymper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Andes
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Andes
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Magnetic Equator
Author: Kaie Kellough
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 0771043112
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
An original, inventive--and visually stunning--exploration of place, identity, language, and experience from the acclaimed poet, novelist, and sound performer. GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE WINNER QWF A.M. KLEIN PRIZE FOR POETRY FINALIST The poems in Kaie Kellough's third collection drift between South and North America. They seek their ancestry in Georgetown, Guyana, in the Amazon Rainforest, and in the Atlantic Ocean. They haunt the Canadian Prairie. They recall the 1980s in the suburbs of Calgary, and they reflect on the snowed-in, bricked-in boroughs of post-referendum Montréal. They puzzle their language together from the natural world and from the works of Caribbean and Canadian writers. They reassemble passages about seed catalogues, about origins, about finding a way in the world, about black ships sailing across to land. They struggle to explain a state of being hemisphered, of being present here while carrying a heartbeat from elsewhere, and they map the distances travelled.
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 0771043112
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
An original, inventive--and visually stunning--exploration of place, identity, language, and experience from the acclaimed poet, novelist, and sound performer. GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE WINNER QWF A.M. KLEIN PRIZE FOR POETRY FINALIST The poems in Kaie Kellough's third collection drift between South and North America. They seek their ancestry in Georgetown, Guyana, in the Amazon Rainforest, and in the Atlantic Ocean. They haunt the Canadian Prairie. They recall the 1980s in the suburbs of Calgary, and they reflect on the snowed-in, bricked-in boroughs of post-referendum Montréal. They puzzle their language together from the natural world and from the works of Caribbean and Canadian writers. They reassemble passages about seed catalogues, about origins, about finding a way in the world, about black ships sailing across to land. They struggle to explain a state of being hemisphered, of being present here while carrying a heartbeat from elsewhere, and they map the distances travelled.
A Tramp Abroad
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Beneath the Equator
Author: Richard Parker
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136670025
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Based on long-term field research carried out over more than 15 years, Beneath the Equator examines the changing shape of male homosexuality and the emergence of diverse and vibrant gay communities in urban Brazil. Drawing on detailed ethnographic description of multiple sexual worlds organized around street cruising and impersonal sex, male prostitution, transgender performances, gay commercial markets and establishments, gay rights activism and AIDS service provision, Richard Parker examines the changing sexual identities, cultures and communities that have taken shape in Brazil in recent years. Also includes 15 maps.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136670025
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Based on long-term field research carried out over more than 15 years, Beneath the Equator examines the changing shape of male homosexuality and the emergence of diverse and vibrant gay communities in urban Brazil. Drawing on detailed ethnographic description of multiple sexual worlds organized around street cruising and impersonal sex, male prostitution, transgender performances, gay commercial markets and establishments, gay rights activism and AIDS service provision, Richard Parker examines the changing sexual identities, cultures and communities that have taken shape in Brazil in recent years. Also includes 15 maps.
Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator
Author: Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's Sons ; Toronto : Presbyterian News Company
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
A British expedition (the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1887-1889)) was led by Henry Morton Stanley to rescue Emin Pasha (a German, Eduard Schnitzer), the governor of Equatoria Province in the Sudan. A rebellion had forced him to flee into "darkest Africa" to Lake Albert. There was considerable controversy in Britain over "Stanley's Rear Column" from this expedition.
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's Sons ; Toronto : Presbyterian News Company
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
A British expedition (the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition (1887-1889)) was led by Henry Morton Stanley to rescue Emin Pasha (a German, Eduard Schnitzer), the governor of Equatoria Province in the Sudan. A rebellion had forced him to flee into "darkest Africa" to Lake Albert. There was considerable controversy in Britain over "Stanley's Rear Column" from this expedition.
Building and Managing High-Performance Distributed Teams
Author: Alberto S. Silveira Jr.
Publisher: Apress
ISBN: 9781484270547
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The age of the distributed team is upon us. Teams can now operate and collaborate from locations other than a central office, and events surrounding the 2020 COVID pandemic have thrown its practicality into sharp relief. Managing a team whose members are distributed across several locations requires a different mindset and will remain a must-have for all areas of business from this point forward. Building and Managing High-Performance Distributed Teams explains what the distributed teams concept means to the future of your company. Author Alberto S. Silveira Jr. leverages his industry knowledge to explore why the high-performance distributed team model is vital to the future of business, and explains how to build and maintain one through times of change. You will learn to differentiate between distributed teams, remote work, offshoring, and what each means in a modern context. Silveira also weaves in stories from his other life as a boater and sailor, using analogies and lessons gained from humankind’s thousands of years of maritime adventure to illustrate the value of well-managed teams, and to also convey the importance of life-work balance in today’s working world. The book analyzes team management strategies from some of the great successes and failures in recent years so that you can learn from the experiences of others. Building and Managing High-Performance Distributed Teams is your definitive guide for building a dynamic distributed team, using collaboration technology to attract and engage the most important element of any business—your people. Whether you are a department head, a business owner, or a team leader, this book presents the no-nonsense knowledge you need now to chart your course for success. What You Will Learn Understand what the new era of connected business means, and the role distributed teams will play. Differentiate between distributed teams, remote work, nearshore, and offshoring, and what each means to modern business. Discover the true heart of a high-performance distributed team (hint: it’s not the technology). Find out what the era of distributed teams means to existing infrastructure. Uncover what we can learn about team management from some of the great successes and failures of recent years. Appreciate the techniques honed by seafarers, pilots, and software designers combined to create a successful project plan for team management and company navigation. Comprehend the effective simplicity of the “power of three” in building successful teams. Apply proven techniques of measurement and metrics without leaving the human factor behind to improve team morale and productivity. Who This Book Is For Team leaders or officers of small-ish companies, with populations in the tens through to the mid-hundreds. It’s also for managers of somewhat autonomous departments within larger companies, and for everyone else in the boat because everyone in a company ultimately needs to know what being in a distributed team is all about.
Publisher: Apress
ISBN: 9781484270547
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The age of the distributed team is upon us. Teams can now operate and collaborate from locations other than a central office, and events surrounding the 2020 COVID pandemic have thrown its practicality into sharp relief. Managing a team whose members are distributed across several locations requires a different mindset and will remain a must-have for all areas of business from this point forward. Building and Managing High-Performance Distributed Teams explains what the distributed teams concept means to the future of your company. Author Alberto S. Silveira Jr. leverages his industry knowledge to explore why the high-performance distributed team model is vital to the future of business, and explains how to build and maintain one through times of change. You will learn to differentiate between distributed teams, remote work, offshoring, and what each means in a modern context. Silveira also weaves in stories from his other life as a boater and sailor, using analogies and lessons gained from humankind’s thousands of years of maritime adventure to illustrate the value of well-managed teams, and to also convey the importance of life-work balance in today’s working world. The book analyzes team management strategies from some of the great successes and failures in recent years so that you can learn from the experiences of others. Building and Managing High-Performance Distributed Teams is your definitive guide for building a dynamic distributed team, using collaboration technology to attract and engage the most important element of any business—your people. Whether you are a department head, a business owner, or a team leader, this book presents the no-nonsense knowledge you need now to chart your course for success. What You Will Learn Understand what the new era of connected business means, and the role distributed teams will play. Differentiate between distributed teams, remote work, nearshore, and offshoring, and what each means to modern business. Discover the true heart of a high-performance distributed team (hint: it’s not the technology). Find out what the era of distributed teams means to existing infrastructure. Uncover what we can learn about team management from some of the great successes and failures of recent years. Appreciate the techniques honed by seafarers, pilots, and software designers combined to create a successful project plan for team management and company navigation. Comprehend the effective simplicity of the “power of three” in building successful teams. Apply proven techniques of measurement and metrics without leaving the human factor behind to improve team morale and productivity. Who This Book Is For Team leaders or officers of small-ish companies, with populations in the tens through to the mid-hundreds. It’s also for managers of somewhat autonomous departments within larger companies, and for everyone else in the boat because everyone in a company ultimately needs to know what being in a distributed team is all about.