David Smith

Carol Ann Lee

The chief prosecution witness in the Moors Murders trial gives his account of the case after more than four decades of silence Despite standing as chief prosecution witness in the Moors Murders trial, David Smith was vilified by the public due to the accusations thrown at him by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady about his involvement in their crimes. Hindley's later confession that she and Brady had lied in an attempt to reduce their sentences did little to diminish the slurs against his name. For over four decades, Smith was asked by writers and film-makers to tell his story. Apart from a handful of brief interviews, he always refused. Carol Ann Lee met Smith during her research for One of Your Own, her critically acclaimed biography of Hindley, following which he finally agreed to reveal all. In Evil Relations (previously published as Witness), interviews, archival research and, most significantly, David Smith's own vivid memoir are fused to create an unforgettable, often harrowing account of his life before, during and after the Moors Murders. David Smith lived in rural Ireland with his wife prior to his death in May 2012. He is survived by four children and several grandchildren. Carol Ann Lee is an acclaimed biographer and has written extensively on the Holocaust. Her most recent publication, One of Your Own, focused on the life and death of Myra Hindley.

The Man who Bore Witness Against the Moors Murderers

Evil Relations

Carol Calef

David Smith describes his marriage with convicted murderer Susan, his coming to terms with the tragedy that cost him his two young sons, and the painful healing process of putting his life back together. Reprint.

My Life with Susan Smith

Beyond All Reason

Kevin Neary

Features 999 trivia questions covering the Disney characters, films, television programs, theme parks, and the Mickey Mouse Club

Ultimate Disney Trivia Quiz Book

The economy has never been so relevant to so many people as it is now, and it's vital that we understand how it affects our lives. 'There's no such thing as a free lunch' is the one phrase everyone has heard from economics - not even for bankers. But why not? What does economics tell us about the price of lunch - and everything else? Free Lunch makes the economics pages of the newspaper intelligible and addresses the concerns that worry us all. It will enable you to understand - and challenge - the claims made by politicians Set out like a good lunch-time conversation, the book will guide you through the mysteries of the economy. Your guides will be some of the greatest names in the field, including Smith, Marx and Keynes. This clever and witty introduction to economics costs less than even the cheapest meal. It is essential reading in these times of economic uncertainty, and is far more satisfying than even the most gourmet banquet.

Easily Digestible Economics

Free Lunch

Phil Evans

An Illustrated Introduction

Marx's Capital Illustrated

In the half-light of early morning on October 7, 1965, 17-year-old David Smith called Hyde police from a telephone box on Hattersley overspill estate in Manchester. The story that he had to tell--of the brutal murder he had witnessed the previous evening--set in motion the detection of Britain's most infamous serial killings: the Moors Murders. Despite standing as chief prosecution witness at the subsequent trial, David Smith was vilified and hated by a public who knew nothing of the facts behind the accusations thrown at Smith by the killers themselves in an attempt to gain lesser sentences. Myra Hindley's own confession, 20 years later, that she and Ian Brady had lied about Smith's involvement in their crimes, did little to diminish the slurs against his name. For almost 45 years, David Smith has been asked by writers and filmmakers to tell his story. With the exception of no more than a handful of very brief interviews, he has refused. Carol Ann Lee met Smith during her research for One of Your Own, her critically acclaimed biography of Hindley, following which he finally agreed to reveal all regarding the case and his involvement in it. In Witness, interviews, archival research, and, most significantly, David Smith's own vivid memories are fused to create an unforgettable, often harrowing account of his life before, during, and after the Moors Murders.

The Story of David Smith, Chief Prosecution Witness in the Moors Murders Case

Witness

W. Brad Johnson

Increasingly, new employees and junior members of any profession are encouraged--sometimes stridently--to "find a mentor!” Four decades of research reveals that the effects of mentorship can be profound and enduring; strong mentoring relationships have the capacity to transform individuals and entire organizations. Organizations that retain and promote top talent--both female and male--are more likely to thrive. But the mentoring landscape is unequal. Evidence consistently shows that women face more barriers in securing mentorships than men, and when they do find a mentor, they may reap a narrower range of both career and psychological benefits. Athena Rising is a book for men about how to mentor women deliberately and effectively. It is a straightforward, no-nonsense manual for helping men of all institutions, organizations, and businesses to become excellent mentors to women. Co-authors W. Brad Johnson, PhD and David Smith, PhD draw from extensive research and years of experience as experts in mentoring relationships and gender workplace issues. When a man mentors a woman, they explain, the relationship is often complicated by conventional gender roles and at times hostile external perceptions. Traditional notions of mentoring are often modeled on male-to-male relationships--the sort that begin on the golf course, involve a nearly exclusive focus on career achievement, and include more than a few slaps on the back over drinks after work. But women often report a desire for mentoring that integrates career and family aspects of life. Women want a mentor who not only "gets” this, but truly honors it. Men need to fully appreciate just how crucial their support of promising junior women can be in helping them to persist, promote, and thrive in their vocations and organizations. As women succeed, lean in, and assume leading roles in any organization or work context, that culture will become more egalitarian, effective, and prone to retaining top talent.

How and Why Men Should Mentor Women

Athena Rising

The rise of China and India will be the outstanding development of the 21st century, raising fundamental questions about both the structure of the world economy and the balance of global geopolitical power. Will China still be a repressive and undemocratic regime, embracing free market economics but only when it suits? How aggressive a superpower will it be? And what about India, whose huge and growing population and economic prospects appear to guarantee prosperity? David Smith analyses the ways in which the world is tilting rapidly Eastwards, and examines all the implications of the shift in global power to Beijing, Delhi and Washington - a shift that will creep up on us before we know it.

China, India and the New World Order

The Dragon and the Elephant

Mark Rogers

Alexis Mamaux

Shannon Leggett

Matt Borgmann

Yvonne Berlinner

Drive critical, engaged, high level learning and skills. Developed with the IB, this Course Book equips learners to analyze and articulate complex historical concepts and contexts, strengthening performance and potential. Enabling advanced understanding, the student-centred approach actively builds, refines and perfects higher level skills. Cover the new syllabus in the right level of depth, with rich, thorough subject content from across the Americas for topics 10-17 for Paper 3 - Developed directly the with IB for the new syllabus first examined 2017 - Truly engage learners with topical, relevant material that convincingly connects learning with the modern, global world - Streamline your planning, with a clear and thorough structure helping you logically progress through the syllabus - Build the advanced-level skills learners need for Paper 3, with the student-led approach driving active skills development and strengthening exam performance - Integrate Approaches to learning with ATLs like thinking, communication, research and social skills built directly into learning - Help learners think critically about improving performance with extensive examiner insight and samples based on the latest exam format - The license is valid until 31st December 2023, for use by a single student or teacher - Multiplatform access, compatible with a wide range of devices - Your first login will be facilitated by a printed access card that will be sent to you in the mail

Ib History Course Book

History of the Americas 1880-1981

The African American Presidents is a history of men from the African American race who rose from humble beginnings in America to forge and lead a nation called Liberis, The First Republic in Africa. The 10 African American Presidents include, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Stephen Allen Benson, Daniel Bashiel Warner, James Spriggs Payne, Edward James Roye, James Skivring Smith, Anthony William Gardner, Alfred Francis Russell, William David Coleman, and Garretson Wilmot Gibson.

The Founding Fathers of Liberia, 1848-1904

The African American Presidents

Are you searching for spiritual guidance and inspiration in your life? Do you want to deepen your understanding of Islamic teachings and principles? Look no further than "Ali ibn Abi Talib: 100 Quotes for Spiritual Enlightenment and Inner Peace". This inspiring book is a collection of 100 quotes from Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Caliph of Islam and one of the most respected and influential figures in Islamic history. Known for his wisdom and spiritual insight, Ali's teachings have guided and inspired generations of Muslims and non-Muslims alike. In "Ali ibn Abi Talib: 100 Quotes for Spiritual Enlightenment and Inner Peace", you will find a carefully curated selection of Ali's quotes that offer guidance, inspiration, and wisdom for those seeking spiritual enlightenment and inner peace. This book is perfect for anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of Islamic teachings and principles, as well as for those who are on a spiritual quest and seeking guidance and inspiration. It is a valuable resource for Muslims and non-Muslims alike, and it will help you find the wisdom and insight you need to navigate life's challenges and discover your true purpose. With "Ali ibn Abi Talib: 100 Quotes for Spiritual Enlightenment and Inner Peace", you can: Gain a deeper understanding of Islamic teachings and principles Find guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey Discover the wisdom and insight of one of Islam's most respected and influential figures Apply Ali's teachings to your own life and find inner peace and fulfillment If you are looking for a book that will help you deepen your faith, find inspiration and guidance, and discover your true purpose, "Ali ibn Abi Talib: 100 Quotes for Spiritual Enlightenment and Inner Peace" is the perfect choice. Order your copy today and begin your journey towards spiritual enlightenment and inner peace.

100 Quotes for Spiritual Enlightenment and Inner Peace

Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Susan Cantrell

Companies have excelled by treating customers as "markets of one"-offering them personalized buying experiences. But in managing talent, most firms still use one-size-fits-all HR practices. With today's diverse workforces, this approach is preventing organizations from attracting, retaining, and leveraging top talent. In Workforce of One, Susan Cantrell and David Smith show how exceptional companies are tailoring work experiences to employees' talents and interests-customizing job duties, training, recognition, and even compensation, work schedules, and performance appraisals. Their reward? Lower turnover, greater productivity, improved profit margins. The authors present four customization strategies: -Segmenting your workforce; for example, by life stage and learning style -Offering modular choices; e.g., choices regarding rewards, learning needs, or job duties -Defining broad and simple rules, such as evaluating work by outcomes, not time invested, or hiring for potential in addition to specific skills -Fostering employee-defined personalization, whereby employees define their own people practices (e.g., using peer-to-peer technologies to learn from one another) Drawing on extensive proprietary research, the authors explain how to combine aspects of all four strategies to address your organization's unique needs. Improving workforce performance through customized work experiences is the holy grail of the HR function. This book shows you how the workforce-of-one approach positions your company to win-while transforming your HR team into a strategic powerhouse.

Revolutionizing Talent Management Through Customization

Workforce of One

Peter Raynor

Ali Wardak

Sam Lewis

The issue of minority ethnic groups' experiences of the criminal justice process, and in particular whether they are subject to disadvantageous treatment, has received much attention in recent years following high-profile events such as the publication of the Macpherson report in 1999 and the riots involving British-born Asian youths in northern towns in 2001. At the same time there has been a burgeoning body of research evidence about the needs and experiences of minority ethnic offenders, the behaviour of racially motivated offenders, and concern with 'What Works' to reduce recidivism by members of both groups. This book reviews this field, drawing upon the largest study of minority ethnic probationers ever conducted in Europe, and seeks to understand the 'stark contrast between the experience of white and black minority ethnicpeople in some areas of the criminal justice system'. Part 1 of the book sets out the context of recent policy, research and practice initiatives; Part 2 focuses on the needs and experiences of minority ethnic offenders; Part 3 discusses aspects of recent practice and policy; Part 4 reviews conclusions and the way forward. Race and Probation also contributes to the wider debate about race and crime. The lessons learned will be of key importance as new arrangements linked to NOMS (National Offender Management Service) come in to place. It will be essential reading forprobation trainees and students of criminal justice, for probation practitioners and managers, and for academics and researchers in the field.

Race and Probation

Follow Darcy and Riley as they work to right some wrongs in a crooked little town. This book is about race, and it's about police corruption. And it's about love. There's strong language. The 'n' words appears frequently. But, in the end, things get made right, real, and whole. People eventually learn how to get along. There's friendship and faith, and there's living and dying, and there's love. There's a black gang and a white gang. There's drug addiction and violence. There's a hard sense of morality and justice that lives somewhere outside of the crooked law.

Into The Midnight Blue

This book “Implementing Metrics for IT Service Management” provides a measurement framework which is based on a continuous improvement lifecycle. The measurement framework is aligned with the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL®) set of best practices. The framework is compatible with the Control Objectives for IT (CobiT®) framework and supports ISO/IEC 20000 standards for IT Service Management. This book also provides the basic concepts around measurements for business/IT alignment, achieving compliance and driving operation excellence. Where possible, examples, case studies and check lists have been included along with a scorecard accelerator software tool to further improve the learning experience and accelerate the adoption of measurements. The goal of this book is to provide the reader with a measurement framework to align IT with the business objectives to create value through continuous improvements. This book is complimentary to the book “Metrics for IT Service Management” also published by Van Haren Publishing.

Implementing Metrics for IT Service Management

Kim Langfield-Smith

Carolyn Stringer

The title book of this series draws upon the outsourcing experiences of four diverse organizations: Gradient Steel, Central Energy, Greentrees City Council, and Electnet. It aims to encourage and develop best practice among accounting and management professionals engaged in the allocation of organisational resources.

Managing the Outsourcing Relationship

Anton Amann

This book describes how the analysis of the trace gases in exhaled breath can be used for non-invasive clinical diagnosis of disease and for monitoring the effectiveness of therapy. This approach offers an important addition to the diagnostic techniques available to medicine, having the advantage that on-line breath analysis can provide information to the clinician immediately and thus facilitate rapid diagnosis and treatment. The book is a compilation of contributions to a conference held in Dornbirn, Austria, 23–26 September 2004 on various aspects of this new topic. Written by the foremost workers in the field, it will provide clinicians and others in the medical fraternity with an up-to-date summary of the status of the subject. The wide scope of the chapters ranges from descriptions of the analytical methods that are available, through the use of breath analysis in the study of physiological phenomena, to the identification of biomarkers of particular injury and disease. The proceedings have been selected for coverage in: • Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings® (ISTP® / ISI Proceedings) • Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings) • CC Proceedings — Biomedical, Biological & Agricultural Sciences Contents:New Analytical TechniquesNitric Oxide, Carbon Monoxide, and EthaneBroadly-Based StudiesFocused StudiesUse of IsotopesAnimal Studies Readership: Graduate students in medicine, physiology and biology, researchers in non-invasive medical diagnostics, and clinicians and surgeons, including intensive care specialists. Keywords:Breath Gas Analysis;Medical Diagnostics;Mass Spectrometry;SIFT-MS;PTR-MS;GC-MS;SPME;Ion Mobility Spectroscopy;Laser IR Spectroscopy;Gas Chromatography;Cancer ScreeningKey Features:First authoritative summary of the available analytical methods for breath analysisIdentification of the known breath biomarkers for particular diseases, including cancer and respiratory diseaseInteresting case studies of physiological phenomena

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Breath Analysis for Clinical Diagnosis and Therapeutic Monitoring

The third edition of Exploring Innovation offers an engaging new perspective on innovation. The book provides business students with a clear understanding of the nature of innovation and how it can be managed and fostered. Written in an accessible style, Exploring Innovation encourages students to challenge their pre-conceived ideas about innovation and to see it as a continuous, on-going process, by exploring some of the biggest developments in innovation. Lively discussions of key concepts are provide through numerous case studies, on a range of original products and services, bringing business theories to life. The new edition has been fully revised and updated with a more intuitive structure to now feature: A greater emphasis on what innovation involves. A new chapter on Value Capture. Expanded coverage on Services and Process Innovations. Two new chapters covering Global and Green trends in innovation. 8 new major case studies and more than 40 new mini-cases including Twitter, Angry Birds, Netflick, Google and Toyota.

EBOOK: Exploring Innovation

As the American Revolution continued, the British refocused their fight on the southern colonies in the hopes of triggering an outbreak of loyalism that would sweep the rebels aside. Under Sir Henry Clinton they captured Savannah at the end of 1778, and Charleston in May 1780, with Lord Cornwallis being left in command with just 8,500 men under him. Too thinly spread to guard the 15,000 square miles he was responsible for, Cornwallis went on the offensive, invading North Carolina and using Camden as a launch pad. This new history reveals how Cornwallis was able to use his aggressive strategy to great effect and how the overconfidence of the re-formed American forces under Horatio Gates was to result in a shocking defeat on the night of 15 August 1780 – a defeat that would allow Cornwallis to push deep into North Carolina the following year, where he would only be stopped by the American victory at Yorktown.

The annihilation of Gates’ Grand Army

Camden 1780

Douglas Duckworth

Christopher Barshick

Providing a theoretical background for inorganic mass spectrometry, this text describes classical applications of four modern mass spectrometers - magnetic sector, quadrupole, time-of-flight, and ion trap - and illustrates how they have impacted elemental and isotopic analysis. The book features examples that concentrate on routine and non-routine applications of inorganic analysis techniques.

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