books about: decency     books:       The Manager's Book of Decencies: How Small Gestures Build Great Companies5 reviews Steve Harrison McGraw-Hill, 2007 Decencies in action Steve Harrison reminds leaders of what they have forgotten. Leadership starts with small gestures. What leaders do when they think no one is watching defines true leadership. These gestures are available to all. The Manager's Book of Decencies catalogs dozens of them. For example: Jim Donald, CEO and president of Starbucks, insists that hour-long meetings be completed in 45 minutes. ...             My Goodness: My Kids: Cultivating Decency in a Dangerous World6 reviews Nesta Aharoni Grassroots Publishing Group Inc, 2008 Instruction Manual for Parents I have often heard it said that "they don't hand out instruction books" when one becomes a parent. This book may change that. If new parents received this book and used the information, it could have a significant impact in stopping the moral decline of our society, one family at a time. The common sense ideas detailed in each chapter will not intimidate readers. Personal stories allow ...             The Decency Wars: The Campaign to Cleanse American Culture5 reviews Frederick S Lane Prometheus Books, 2006 brilliant, important . . . and fun Hooray - finally the curtain is pulled back and we can see how neo-conservatives have been playing Christian conservatives like marionettes for years. How else could Republicans get so many ordinary middle and working class people to vote and campaign against their own self interest??? How about . . . pretending that exposed boobs are more important than health care, livable wages, pension ...             Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City16 reviews Elijah Anderson W. W. Norton & Company, 2000 A New Lens to See Through I am so impressed with this book I can't believe it. Every page provided a new insight. As a white person I gained a whole new perspective on...well, everything, it seems like. Mr. Anderson does such a great job of giving an "inside look" into the inner city world, you really come away understanding a whole lot more. I appreciated that Anderson laid the facts out without playing the blame ...             The Making of Victorian Values: Decency and Dissent in Britain: 1789-18372 reviews Ben Wilson Penguin Press HC, The, 2007 Those Virtuous Victorians Ben Wilson's book, "The Making of Victorian Values: Decency and Dissent in Britain: 1789-1837," is very good, with a few weaknesses; and I recommend it. Ben Wilson helps to explain how British mores developed from the profligacy and loucheness of the late eighteenth century to the refinement and respectability of the Victorian era. His book resolved some questions I've had ever since I read ...             Uncommon Decency: Christian Civility in an Uncivil World4 reviews Richard J. Mouw InterVarsity Press, 1992 Disagreeing in friendship and laughter- the art of civil dialogue This call for civility in public (and particularly religious) dialogue is vitally important. In order for our multi-cultural world to truly thrive, we need to learn to talk together *with* those who hold views other than our own. We live in a world where public discourse usually devolves into the demonization of one's "opponent." Mouw's book offers a helpful discussion of how one can hold onto ...             A Conspiracy Of Decency: The Rescue Of The Danish Jews During World War II2 reviews Emmy E. Werner Basic Books, 2004 Very moving with good historical detail Great quotations that make you feel what it was like to live during the Holocaust in Denmark.             A Deficit Of Decency90 reviews Zell Miller Stroud & Hall Publishers, 2005 Historian and conservative black sheep Democrat hits the nail on the head Amazons book reviews have turned into a blog for political voting. Come on people, turn off the hate and rate the book honestly. Historian and conservative black sheep Democrat Zell Miller hits the nail on the head. Short chapters with a touch of humor; quick read. He says the book is about the soul of our nation. Miller's stern words reflect a southern farmer--marine mentality. His ...             Divorce with Decency: The Complete How-to Handbook and Survivor's Guide to the Legal, Emotional, Economic, ... Bradley A. Coates University of Hawaii Press, 2008 This completely revised and updated third edition of the award-winning "Divorce with Decency" includes the most current research, statistics, and insights on the effects of divorce on spouses, their children, and society overall. Written by a prominent divorce lawyer with more than thirty years of experience, it is the most comprehensive treatment of the legal, emotional, economic, psychological, and social aspects of marital relationships and ...             Stark Decency: German Prisoners of War in a New England Village3 reviews Allen V. Koop UPNE, 1988 Fear Gives Way to Friendship Koop's chronicle gives us a picture of an oasis of amity in a world torn by war, in the unlikely location of a prisoner-of-war camp in the tiny town of Stark, New Hampshire, several miles north of Lancaster and Berlin. We see German captives being pleasantly surprised by the humane treatment of the American guards, who observed the letter and the spirit of the Geneva Convention, and we see the ...             The Crimes Of The Times: A Test Of Newspaper Decency Upton Sinclair Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007             Simple Decency & Common Sense: The Southern Conference Movement, 1938-1963 (Blacks in the Diaspora) Linda Reed Indiana University Press, 1991 '...a major contribution to the historiography of the recent South' - John Dittmer. '...an important contribution to the archives of integration and nondiscrimination' - "Publishers Weekly". In this pioneering study of the white southern liberalism, Linda Reed restores the Southern Conference for Human Welfare and the Southern Conference Educational Fund to a prominent place in American and southern history. During four decades the SCHW and ...             Imposing Decency: The Politics of Sexuality and Race in Puerto Rico, 18701920 (American Encounters/Global ...2 reviews Eileen Findlay Duke University Press, 1999 fascinating insights I am the grandchild of a Puerto Rican woman who lived on the island about the time this book was written. I was absolutely fascinated by the book and found it explained a lot about attitudes toward race and sexuality that prevailed in my own family that I'd always found contradictory and inexplicable. I generally avoid books written by academicians because their writing style is usually turgid, ...             Prisoners' Rights: The Supreme Court and Evolving Standards of Decency John A. Fliter Greenwood Press, 2000 Prisoners' rights is an area of constitutional law that is often overlooked. Combining an historical and strategic analysis, this study describes the doctrinal development of the constitutional rights of prisoners from the pre-Warren Court period through the current Rehnquist Court. Like many provisions in the Bill of Rights, the meaning of the Eighth Amendment's language on "cruel and unusual punishment" and the scope of prisoners' rights have ...             Porch Talk: Stories of Decency, Common Sense, and Other Endangered Species12 reviews Philip Gulley HarperOne, 2007 A pleasant surprise I had never heard of Phillip Gulley before I was handed this book, and I have to admit the title was a little off-putting for me. I'm not an outdoorsy person and I immediately got the picture of sitting on an evening porch being eaten alive by mosquitoes. It didn't make me very enthusiastic. But I read it anyway. Several of the essays sparked a healthy dose of nostalgia (which at 30, I'm ...             Our Noble, Essential Decency: A 'This I Believe' Essay (Unabridged) Robert A. Heinlein audible.com             Thread of Decency4 reviews Townsend A. Marshall Authorhouse, 2003 Great read This book is a thrilling mystery which struck an amazing relevancy to the current business climate. The book comes at a time when corporate greed, corruption and immorality are all over the media. This story shows that such corruption and greed have always existed and are seen in all arenas of business. The book is relayed in such a way that we can all relate and identify. I'm sure we've all ...             Decency2 reviews Charles S. Lauer Second River Healthcare Press, 2005 Inspiring and informative, a book for every leader and would-be leader Charles Lauer is the publisher of Modern Healthcare, whose weekly column is probably the most widely-read publication in the industry, but the wisdom included in his book is relevant to everyone - at work and at home. The book's nine chapters will make you think in new ways about your own leadership style (whether you're leading a big organization or a Scout troop), about cultivating a more ...             The Cross and the Cinema: The Legion of Decency and the National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures, ... James M. Skinner Praeger Publishers, 1993 Skinner reveals how the Roman Catholic Church, through its agency, the National Legion of Decency, dominated the American film censorship scene in tandem with the Production Code Administration. In its heyday in the 1930s and 40s, the Legion claimed a membership of over eleven million Americans--about one moviegoer in twelve--and brought movie moguls such as David O. Selznick and Howard Hughes to their knees in determined campaigns to bar what ...             Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency21 reviews Andrea Oppenheimer Dean, Timothy Hursley Princeton Architectural Press, 2002 inspiring Maybe the most important architectural idea since the series of pattern language treatises by Christopher Alexander. I think this is a must read for anyone involved with real estate development. Surely a model for New Orleans. I'm planning to take a trip and pay homage. 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