1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450053303321

Autore

McAllester Matthew <1969->

Titolo

Beyond the Mountains of the Damned [[electronic resource] ] : the war inside Kosovo / / Matthew McAllester

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8147-6438-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

949.7103

Soggetti

Kosovo War, 1998-1999

Electronic books.

Pejë (Kosovo) History, Military 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225).

Nota di contenuto

""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. One Town, Two Lives""; ""2. The Ghosts of Kula Pass""; ""3. Staying Behind""; ""4. The Serbian Canterbury""; ""5. The Friendly Lion and the KLA""; ""6. In the Trunk of a Gray BMW""; ""7. Coffee with Zejnepe""; ""8. Burning""; ""9. Agreements""; ""10. The Illyrian Wolves""; ""11. A Silent Town""; ""12. The Killing""; ""13. A White Plastic Bag in the Long Grass""; ""14. New Roofs, New Coffins""; ""15. The Butcher�s Business""; ""Bibliography""; ""About the Author""

Sommario/riassunto

Winner, Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2002, Non-Fiction  For every survivor of a crime, there is a criminal who forces his way into the victim's thoughts long after the act has been committed.   Reporters weren't allowed into Kosovo during the war without the permission of the Yugoslavian government but Matthew McAllester went anyway. In Beyond the Mountains of the Damned he tells the story of Pec, Kosovo's most destroyed city and the site of the earliest and worst atrocities of the war, through the lives of two men-one Serb and one Kosovar. They had known each other, and been neighbors for



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154779203321

Autore

Miller Douglas <1966->

Titolo

Brilliant personal effectiveness / / Douglas Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-292-07759-X

1-292-07758-1

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

Collana

Brilliant

Disciplina

658.45

Soggetti

Communication in management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: What is personal effectiveness? -- Part 1: Improving your personal effectiveness -- Chapter 1: Learning and unlearning -- Chapter 2: Engagement and effectiveness -- Chapter 3: Managing yourself -- Chapter 4: Goal achievement -- Part 2: Improving your impact on others -- Introduction: Primacy and recency -- Chapter 5: Communication essentials -- Chapter 6: Assertiveness and influencing -- Chapter 7: Working in a team -- Part 3: How to make a virtual impact -- Chapter 8: Working in a virtual world -- And finally... the future -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Identify your strengths so you can maximise your contribution and make a big impact at work. Using simple, practical steps and strategies, each of which has been developed, tested and proven to boost your personal performance.