“…This superb work helps us step back and see the big picture—the complex interactions of mind, brain, personality, body, spirit, and environment—and does so in a wonderfully clear and practical way. …”

“…Winner, 2014 John Lyman Book Award for U.S. Naval History (North American Society for Oceanic History)…”

“…Human trafficking has garnered a significant and growing amount of attention from the U.S. government since the 1990's, culminating in the passage of the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act in 2000. …”

“…U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) is faced with the challenge of ensuring that the flow of qualified volunteers is adequate to meet future active-duty accession requirements. …”

“…And this transformation has happened almost without us realizing it-and certainly without the full theoretical and intellectual analysis it deserves. …”

“…"Water is the element that, more than any other, ties human beings in to the world around them -- from the oceans that surround us to the water that makes up most of our bodies. …”

“…Distinct from the related terms to which it’s often assimilated—scansion, prosody, meter—rhythm makes legible a range of ways poetry affects us that cannot be parsed through the traditional resources of poetic theory.Rhythm has rich but also problematic roots in still-lingering nineteenth-century notions of primitive, oral, communal, and sometimes racialized poetics. …”

“…But science, fortunately, tells us otherwise. A Conversation about Healthy Eating brings together all the relevant science about healthy eating in one place, and it’s exactly that – a conversation; an informal discussion between a scientist and a friend about their eating habits, keeping the science firmly rooted in everyday life. …”

“…This fascinating collection asks how the study of affect enables us to rethink intimacies, what affect theories can do to the prevailing notion of intimacy and how they renew and enrich theories of intimacy in a manner which also considers its normative and violent forms. …”

“…How do learning, feedback and coaching help us to be better leaders? Following the success of Leading Beyond the Ego, this book shows how to apply Transpersonal Leadership - practiced leaders who are radical, ethical, authentic and act beyond their own interests to create high-performing organisations - in a wide range of leadership contexts. …”

“… · Focus on merchandising and service sectors (versus traditional manufacturing settings)highlight the shifts in the US and world economies, including: · Several Concepts in Action boxes focus on the merchandising and service sectors, including achieving cost leadership at Trader Joes, using activity-based costing to reduce the costs of health care delivery at the Mayo Clinic (Chapter 5), reducing fixed costs at Twitter (Chapter 2), and analyzing operating income performance at Best Buy (Chapter 12) and web-based budgeting at 24 Hour Fitness…”

“…Differential equations play a noticeable role in engineering, physics, economics, and other disciplines. They permit us to model changing forms in both mathematical and physical problems. …”

“…In this book, drawing upon over a decade of research in multiple locations -- including China, German, India, Israel, Kenya, South Africa, UK and US -- Professor Shameen Prashantham provides guidance on how corporations and startups can build mutual beneficial partnerships. …”

“…"The U.S. is divided and dealing with civil unrest. Now, more than ever, the world wants to know what inclusive, empathic leadership looks like. …”

“…They offer a reminder too, as Benedict Kingsbury tells us, of the wisdom of others, of the Maori insight about our propensity to walk backwards into the future with our eyes on the past"--…”

“…Daynes, Sussman, and West help us understand the role of politics in the policy making process and why institutional players such as the president, Congress, and interest groups succeed or fail in responding to important environmental challenges…”