Bøker av Peter Shaw

This 18th-century book is a treatise on the use of a portable laboratory for conducting chemical experiments. Written by Francis Hauksbee and Peter Shaw, it provides detailed instructions for preparing, using, and maintaining the equipment and materials needed for chemical analysis. The book was intended for a wide audience, from scientists and doctors to amateur chemists and families interested in performing practical experiments.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Confident and capable leaders recognise what has shaped them. They have an understanding of their past, and are continually learning from the life journeys of themselves and others. They are fully engaged in the present, and have a positive, open and realistic mindset towards the future. Shaping Your Future Leadership will help you understand what has shaped you as a leader and how to best develop your next phase of leadership. Its seven focused sections consider how we are: · Shaped by family, schooling and background · Formed by life choices · Moulded by responsibilities · Fired by leading others · Influenced by our emotions · Energized by what we find as lifegiving · Guided as we look to the future Shaping Your Future Leadership will help you draw from the past in order to move decisively into the future.

Recent styles of political debate in western democracies have highlighted questions about how we exercise personal freedom and who is responsible for how we live. Peter Shaw draws on writers and thinkers from different eras in order to pose questions about what it means to act responsibly in a wide range of personal and public contexts.

In this latest addition to the highly successful 100 Great Ideas series, readers will find a comprehensive guide to overcoming one of the most frequently felt emotions at work today: frustration

The formal side of Adams is reconciled with his remarkably colourful private life by Shaw's penetrating grasp of the whole man. Considerable attention is given to his clash of wills with Franklin in Europe and his later relationship with Jefferson. Originally published in 1976.

In a fast-moving world coaching skills are an essential prerequisite of good leadership and management.