1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454814303321

Autore

Courrier Kevin <1954->

Titolo

Artificial paradise [[electronic resource] ] : the dark side of the Beatles' utopian dream / / Kevin Courrier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger Publishers, c2009

ISBN

1-282-42046-1

9786612420467

0-313-34587-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Disciplina

782.42166092/2

Soggetti

Rock musicians - England

Rock music - 1961-1970 - History and criticism

Electronic books.

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. [281]-296) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Once there was a way -- Like dreamers do -- Hurricane of love -- You won't see me -- Let me take you down -- Fixing a hole -- Turn me on, dead man -- Come together.

Sommario/riassunto

On February 11th 1963, the Beatles recorded There's a Place, a dazzling, unheralded tune which was included on their electrifying debut album, Please Please Me. This song firmly laid the foundation on which a huge utopian dream of the sixties would be built. Within that dream, however, lay the seeds of a darker vision that would emerge out of the very counterculture the Beatles and their music helped create. The disillusionment with the sixties, and the hopes associated with the group, would many years later culminate in the assassination of John Lennon and the attempted slaying of George Harr



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790165803321

Autore

Gallop Les <1946->

Titolo

How to become a better manager in social work and social care [[electronic resource] ] : essential skills for managing care / / Les Gallop and Trish Hafford-Letchfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012

ISBN

1-280-77809-1

9786613688484

0-85700-442-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Collana

Essential skills for social work and social care managers

Altri autori (Persone)

Hafford-LetchfieldTrish

Disciplina

361.0068

361.3068

Soggetti

Social workers - Supervision of

Social work administration

Social service

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. 223-231) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

How to Become a Better Manager in Social Work and Social Care: Essential Skills for Managing Care; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Becoming and Being an Effective Manager: Essential Skills and More; 2. Managing Yourself and Managing Others: There's Never Enough Time in the Day; 3. Skills for Managing Change: Everything's Changed but What's Different?; 4. Recruiting and Selection: Getting the Right Colleagues and Striving Towards Happiness; 5. Managing Meetings: Being a Smooth Operator

Sommario/riassunto

This handbook covers the essential skills social work and social care managers need to be excellent managers. Topics include time management, recruitment, managing meetings, involving service users, conflict management and mentoring. A self-assessment tool is included and the book features learning activities, case examples, and practical tools.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910151572903321

Autore

Eden Sarah M.

Titolo

Hope Springs : a proper romance / / Sarah M. Eden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Shadow Mountain

Salt Lake City, Utah : , : Shadow Mountain, , [2014]

ISBN

1-62973-069-6

Descrizione fisica

391 pages ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Longing for home ; ; book 2

Disciplina

813/.6

Soggetti

Irish American women

Nativism

Nineteenth century

Love stories.

Historical fiction

Wyoming setting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Irish-born Kate Macauley is caught in the feud that is raging between the American farmers and the Irish immigrants in the small Wyoming town of Hope Springs. She is also torn between loving two very different men.