The Poetics of Empowerment in David Mitchell’s Novels combines the investigation of David Mitchell’s novels with the introduction of a new critical concept to literary studies: empowerment. Aiming to situate and establish empowerment firmly within the context of literary studies, it offers the first framework and definition for reading fictional texts with the lens of empowerment and applies it in the analysis of discourse, the fictional characters, and the role of the reader in Mitchell’s novels. Drawing on narratological analysis, cognitive approaches to literature, and reader-response theory, it features close readings of Cloud Atlas (2004), Black Swan Green (2006), and The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (2010) and dissects the author’s strategies, poetics, and agenda of empowering fiction. This book argues for an inherent, indissoluble connection between empowerment and the telling of stories and demonstrates how literary studies can benefit from a serious engagement with empowerment—and how such an engagement can stimulate new responses to fiction and put literary studies in conversation with other disciplines.

Turn Frontline Staff Into Passionate StakeholdersRon Lovett went from breaking up brawls at nightclubs to providing personalprotection to some of the world's biggest A-List Celebrities--a fifteen-yearroller-coaster ride of managing against the grain in uncharted territory.In Outrageous Empowerment, Ron Lovett shares how he transformed hisone-employee business in Halifax, Nova Scotia, into a leading nationalsecurity company with over fifteen hundred frontline staff. Ron will reveal thetechniques he used to turn disgruntled employees into passionate stakeholderswho carried out the company's visions.All large companies talk about employee alignment through culture andpurpose. Ron will show you how with simple, scalable systems and processeswhich ensure that an enterprise's productivity matches its mission andempowers its staff to execute.

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Kuhn decodes interpretations that interfere with manifesting the life one dreams of. The text explains that integrity and accountability are the bottom line for self-empowered living.

"From sex-selective abortions to millions of girls who are "disappeared," from 90 million girls who do not go to school to HIV/AIDS spreading fastest among adolescent girls, women face unique health challenges, writes Anne Firth Murray. In this searing cradle-to-grave review, Murray tackles health issues from prenatal care to challenges faced by aging women. Looking at how gender inequality affects basic nutrition, Murray makes clear the issues are political more than they are medical. In an inspiring look, From Outrage to Courage shows how women are organizing the world over. Women's courage to transform their situations and communities provides inspiration and models for change. From China to India, from Indonesia to Kenya, Anne Firth Murray takes readers on a whirlwind tour of devastation - and resistance."--from amazon.com desc.

SHORTLISTED: CMI Management Book of the Year 2017 - Commuter's Read Category (previous edition) The Trusted Executive helps leaders deliver outstanding results, create inspiring relationships and provide a positive contribution through the power of trustworthy leadership. In the shifting world of business, affected by trends involving robotics, AI, data privacy, the #metoo movement, climate crisis, employment rights and income inequality, trust and truthfulness have become the agenda. But how can business leaders and executives build trust in an untrusting world? The Trusted Executive, gives leaders the tools to build trust by focusing on ability, integrity and benevolence. Providing a range of tools, exercises, examples and case studies, the fully updated edition will help readers: - Understand the primary role of trust as a leadership skill - Build trust around themselves as a leader, and develop role modelling behaviours - Lead transformation change within their own organization - Develop strategies to deal with unwanted violations of trust within their business

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