A look at how to become an active listener and how to express yourself in written oral and digital communications.

The global space sector has always been regarded as a cutting-edge field, futuristic and at the forefront of innovation. In recent years, the sector has undergone massive change, giving rise to a high-technology niche worth over $330 billion in revenues worldwide and growing. That process, encompassing a greater and more diverse set of actors, has been described as the "democratization of space." Above and Beyond: Exploring the Business of Space provides a comprehensive and current overview of the business of space and its distinctive competitive dynamics. The book explores the commercialization of space, taking the reader on a journey from the era of the Space Race up to the present and beyond. Focusing on both state and commercial actors, the book provides an exhaustive panoramic view of an area of growing human endeavour and ambition that is both informative and fascinating. As the business of space continues to develop and grow at a remarkable pace, the book offers a thoughtful and timely analysis of its past, present and future scenarios. While providing a critical assessment of the business of space, this book offers valuable insights to academics, policy makers and anyone with a keen interest in the sector, as well as useful lessons from emerging commercial and traditional space actors that have broader applicability to other industries and their managers.

Beyond the Happening uncovers the heterogeneous, uniquely interdisciplinary performance-based works that emerged in the aftermath of the early Happenings. By the mid-1960s Happenings were widely declared outmoded or even ‘dead’, but this book reveals how many practitioners continued to work with the form during the late 1960s and 1970s, developing it into a vehicle for studying interpersonal communication that simultaneously deployed and questioned contemporary sociology and psychology. Focussing on the artists Allan Kaprow, Marta Minujín, Carolee Schneemann and Lea Lublin, it charts how they revised and retooled the premises of the Happening within a wider network of dynamic international activity. The resulting performances directly intervened in the wider discourse of communication studies, as it manifested in the politics of countercultural dropout, soft power and cultural diplomacy, alternative pedagogies, sociological art and feminist consciousness-raising.

Diving Deeper into Communication: An Introduction and Beyond not only provides students with the foundational information they need to understand the broad study of communication, but also demonstrates how to "do" communication. The book describes the different areas of communication studies and explores their unique features. Equipped with this knowledge, students interested in communication studies will better understand the avenues and careers available to them. The book is organized into four sections, which correspond to the four primary fields of communication: interpersonal, instructional, and health communication; mass communication; strategic and organizational communication; and intercultural and communication for social change. Each section provides an introduction to the communication field, followed by an exploration of research within the field to promote deeper understanding and scholarly interest. Featuring content written by a variety of experts within the field, the book helps students explore relational sharing, cancer communication, mass media and gender identity, digital communication, pop culture and communication, and more. Engrossing, scholarly, and designed to pique students' interest in the discipline, Diving Deeper into Communication is well suited for foundational courses in communication. Kate S. Kurtin is an associate professor of communication studies at California State University, Los Angeles. She holds a Ph.D. in mass communication from the University of Connecticut, a M.A. in advertising and communication research from Boston University, and a B.A. in sociology from Occidental College. Dr. Kurtin's current research focuses on the media's effect on children and the evolving way that young people use media within this frame.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE? WHERE DO WE GO? WHO ARE WE WITH?ABOVE & BEYOND addresses these questions and more... you will be introduced to a bevy of characters that are working through their after life experiences and revealing to you the reader what it might be like. Sometimes emotional, many times humorous, always enlightening and affirmative as tough issues of life, death, and love are explored.When we start the journey, our narrator and hero, Jack Richman seemed to have it all, a beautiful wife and family, successful scientist and writer who is on assignment in Johannesburg, South Africa when an explosion takes place. This presumed terrorist attack gets revealed to be a natural gas explosion thatdemolishes a six street radius... Jack was at ground zero. He "wakes" up on the Other Side to Dr. Annie Brooks and her team of residents in this 'other' worldly hospital. At first glance she looks like she iswearing clothing from the 1800's but in a blink, she is wearing a modern day lab coat...When Dr. Annie Brooks looks at him, there's a calming energy that warms him and lets him know he is going to be all right... but all Jack could think of is "his wife"...Jack is about to come to terms with finding out he is in the Afterlife... and he becomes our eyes and ears of what happens when he crosses over....

"Providing the tools you need to succeed, the two-volume set of Paramedic Practice Today: Above and Beyond offers a solid foundation for paramedic practice and is now updated to reflect the 2010 emergency cardiovascular care guidelines! A conversational, easy-to-read style simplifies topics and helps you master National Standard Curriculum objectives and meet the new National Education Standards. Each volume includes a companion DVD-ROM with step-by-step videos demonstrating the skills in the textbook and more. Because this two-volume set corresponds to the National Registry of EMTs National EMS Practice Analysis, it provides you with the best possible preparation for the National Registry exam."--Publisher's website.

JetBlue flight attendant McKeown has heard countless stories from the men and women who shoot through the sky with her. She writes down her observations after almost every landing. Now, McKeown presents a compilation of stories that encompass the microcosm of the traveling public--with all of their blessings, troubles, moods, foibles, and insecurities.