Headlines in history the 1600s

Table of Contents: “…Scientific revolution -- Experimental method: New framework for science -- From mathematics to microscopes: Advances in biology -- On the mechanism of the human mind -- Impressions of Peter the great -- Manchu dynasty rules China -- Establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan -- Chapter 4 -- James I: The beginning of Stuart Rule -- Civil wars of 1640-1660: An overview -- Trial and execution of Charles Stuart -- Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 -- Leviathan: An artificial man -- Glorious revolution of 1688 -- Essay concerning the true end of civil government -- Chapter 5 -- Thirty years' war: Overview -- Rise of swedish influence -- Peace of westphalia -- Reign of Louis XIV -- Lessons in kingship for the dauphin -- Golden age of Dutch commerce -- Fall of the Ottoman empire -- Chapter 6 -- Music during the baroque period -- Vitality of Baroque painting -- Golden age of the theater -- Literature of the seventeenth century -- Matsuo Basho: Master of haika and renga -- Walk through the Taj Mahal -- Middle class in seventeenth-century France -- Great fire of London.…”

Organizational reality reports from the firing line

Table of Contents: “…Bucks Belt-Tightening Trend with Hefty Pay Hikes Associated Press -- Mother-to-be and Daiquiri Lead To Firings -- Moral Mazes: Bureaucracy and Managerial Work / Robert Jackall -- Seminars Teach Managers Finer Points of Firing / Andrea Gerlin -- One Day You're Family; The Next Day You're Fired / Wilfred Popoff -- In Downsizing, Do Unto Others... / Bob Evans -- Being Different -- Two Women, Three Men on a Raft - Part I / Robert Schrank -- Executive Women Confront Midlife Crisis / Betsy Morris -- Glass Ceiling Closes in at Business Schools -- When The Boss is Black / Richard Lacayo -- The Outsiders: Jews and Corporate America / Abraham K. …”

Routledge handbook of military ethics

The great escape based on a true story

Digital diplomacy conversations on innovation in foreign policy by Sandre, Andreas

Table of Contents: “…Foreword Claudio Bisogniero, Ambassador of Italy to the United States Preface: Naked Diplomacy Tom Fletcher, British Ambassador to Lebanon Acknowledgments Introduction: The Road To Diplomacy 3.0 Andreas Sandre Part One: Traditional Vs. Innovative-- Chapter 1: Twenty-First Century Statecraft A conversation with Alec J. …”