• Presents information in a non-technical format • Synthesizes sustainability issues, information, language, facts and figures that are currently widely dispersed through a range of media and difficult to access • Provides a context to the many ways in which we can manage our parks and gardens in a way that contributes to sustainable living This book is designed to reduce the environmental impact of horticulture by providing horticulturists, both amateur and professional, with a resource for making informed decisions about how they design, construct and maintain their gardens and parks. Our gardens are a microcosm of nature; the ecological processes that go on in a garden mirror those operating on a global scale. The better we understand and quantify these cycles and processes, as they operate on both large and small scales, the more effective will be our management strategies. The book introduces the reader to the historical context of the global, national and local environmental issues that confront us and examines the idea of sustainable living as a means of addressing these issues. It draws attention to the new discipline of sustainability science with its emphasis on environmental accounting, and how this is being applied at the global, national, country, household and individual levels to establish benchmarks, set management goals, assess trends and measure progress towards sustainability. The contribution of parks and gardens to sustainable living is assessed by quantifying the horticultural consumption of energy, water and materials. The book also discusses how gardens can make a major contribution to a sustainable future through increased food production and a close connection with the local environment.

Sustainable Gardens [OP] (CSIRO Publishing Gardening Guides)

Science & Math

Cross, Rob

Spencer, Roger

Biological Sciences

CSIRO Publishing

Plant Namesis an invaluable guide to the use of scientific, commercial, and common names for plants and the conventions for writing them. Written by horticultural botanists at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, this book covers the naming of wild plants, plants modified by humans, why plant names change, their pronunciation and hints to help remember them, along with updated sections on trademarks and plant breeders' rights. The final section provides a detailed guide to resources useful to people using plant names. This fourth edition is based on the recently updated International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants and the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants and makes this technical information readily understandable to a range of readers, including botanists, publishers, professional horticulturists, nursery workers, hobby gardeners and anyone interested in plant names.

Plant Names: A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

A powerful, visual framework helps managers discover how employees really communicate and collaborate to get work done - and helps them identify ways they can influence these social networks to improve performance and innovation. In The Hidden Power of Social Networks, Cross and Parker, experts in "social network analysis"—a technique that visually maps relationships between people in large, distributed groups - apply this powerful tool to management for the first time. Based on their in-depth study of sixty informal employee networks in well-known companies around the world, Cross and Parker show managers how to conduct a social network analysis of their organization.

The Hidden Power of Social Networks: Understanding How Work Really Gets Done in Organizations

Business & Money

Cross, Robert L.

Parker, Andrew

Management & Leadership

Harvard Business Review Press

Product Description 
Named the Best Management Book of 2021 by strategy+business 
Named one of "this month's top titles" in the Financial Times in September 2021 
Named to the longlist for the 2021 Outstanding Works of Literature (OWL) Award in the Management & Culture category 
A plan for conquering collaborative overload to drive performance and innovation, reduce burnout, and enhance well-being. 
Most organizations have created always-on work contexts that are burning people out and hurting performance rather than delivering productivity, innovation and engagement. Collaborative work consumes 85% of employees' time and is drifting earlier into the morning, later into the night, and deeper into the weekend. 
The dilemma is that we all need to collaborate more to create effective organizations and vibrant careers for ourselves. But conventional wisdom on teamwork and collaboration has created too much of the wrong kind of collaboration, which hurts our performance, health and overall well-being. 
In Beyond Collaboration Overload, Babson professor Rob Cross solves this paradox by showing how top performers who thrive at work collaborate in a more purposeful way that makes them 18-24% more efficient than their peers. Good collaborators are distinguished by the efficiency and intentionality of their collaboration—not the size of their network or the length of their workday. 
Through landmark research with more than 300 organizations, in-depth stories, and tools, Beyond Collaboration Overload will coach you to reclaim close to a day a week when you:\nIdentify and challenge beliefs that lead you to collaborate too quickly 
Impose structure in your work to prevent unproductive collaboration 
Alter behaviors to create more efficient collaboration\nIt then outlines how successful people invest this reclaimed time to:\nCultivate a broad network—not a big one—for innovation and scale 
Energize others—a strong predictor of high performance 
Connect with others to reduce micro-stressors and enhance physical and mental well-being\nCross' framework provides relief from the definitive problem of our age—dysfunctional collaboration at the expense of our performance, health and overall well-being. 
 Review 
"Beyond Collaboration Overload earns its spot among this year's best business books for several reasons. It disabuses us of the notion that collaboration per se is a good thing. It defines dysfunctional collaboration and identifies its many causes. It provides a host of research-derived tools and techniques for managing collaboration in ways that benefit people and the organizations they work within. And, of course, there's the welcome prospect of getting one day per week of your life back." — strategy+business 
"Beyond Collaboration Overload convincingly argues that well-meaning attempts at transparency, communication, and collaboration can go awry when they consume too much of our energy. Cross offers useful tips for how to reclaim your time and a compelling vision of what healthy networking and collaboration look like." — Charter 
"In his new book, professor Rob Cross shows how to rethink beliefs, structures and behaviours to help us adopt new patterns of interacting more efficiently. There is also a plan for dealing with collaboration overload to improve performance and innovation." — Financial Times 
"At a time when so many of us have allowed our focus and relationships to become unidimensional, in orbit around our work, Rob Cross offers a framework that focuses us back on our fuller lives. And that may be exactly what we need to be happier and more productive at work." — Porchlight Books, Staff Pick 
"Thoroughly 'reader friendly' in style, organization and presentation, Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being must be considered essential reading for any corporate executive charged with the responsibility of maintaining an effective work force at all levels of their business." — Midw

Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being

Business Culture

Position yourself for success. Get more of the management ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you stay engaged, be productive, and continue to grow throughout your working life. With insights from leading experts including Susan David, Joseph Badaracco, and Laura Morgan Roberts, this book will inspire you to: <ul> <li>Identify your purpose and translate it into action</li> <li>Make time to learn&#8212;and stay relevant in a world of rapid change</li> <li>Turn your strengths into superpowers</li> <li>Spend more time on the work that matters</li> <li>Tackle even your toughest decisions with confidence</li> <li>Reduce burnout from collaboration</li> <li>Take a stand for yourself and for others</li> </ul> This collection of articles includes "From Purpose to Impact," by Nick Craig and Scott A. Snook; "Learning to Learn," by Erika Andersen; "Making Yourself Indispensable," by John H. Zenger, Joseph R. Folkman, and Scott K. Edinger; "Make Time for the Work That Matters," by Julian Birkinshaw and Jordan Cohen; "Collaboration Without Burnout," by Rob Cross, Scott Taylor, and Deb Zehner; "Emotional Agility," by Susan David and Christina Congleton; "How to Tackle Your Toughest Decisions," by Joseph L. Badaracco; "How Dual-Career Couples Make It Work," by Jennifer Petriglieri; "Cultivating Everyday Courage," by James R. Detert; "Be Your Own Best Advocate," by Deborah M. Kolb; "Building an Ethical Career," by Maryam Kouchaki and Isaac H. Smith; "When and How to Respond to Microaggressions," by Ella F. Washington, Alison Hall Birch, and Laura Morgan Roberts. HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever&#8208;changing business environment.

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself, Vol. 2 (with bonus article "Be Your Own Best Advocate" by Deborah M. Kolb)

Review, Harvard Business

Roberts, Laura Morgan

Kolb, Deborah M.

Badaracco, Joseph L.

How a million little things are dragging you down, and what to do about it. There's a force we encounter every day that we aren't aware of--and it threatens to derail otherwise promising careers and lives: microstress. This hidden epidemic of small moments of stress has insidiously infiltrated both our work and our personal lives with invisible but devastating effects. Microstress doesn't trigger the normal stress response in our brains to help us deal with it. Instead, it embeds itself in our minds and accumulates daily, one microstress on top of the other. The long-term impact can be debilitating. Unregistered microstress weighs us down, damages our physical and emotional health, and contributes to a decline in our well-being. What's more, microstress is baked into our lives. The source is seldom a classic antagonist, such as a demanding client or a jerk boss. Instead, it comes from the people with whom we are closest: our friends, family, and colleagues. The good news is that once you understand microstress, you can fight back. Drawing on fresh research, Rob Cross and Karen Dillon explain the science behind the phenomenon. They also share the secrets of a small set of people who've endured their share of microstress but have still managed to cultivate relationships that enable them to thrive both at work and in life. Compelling interviews with these high achievers bring to life best practices that show you how to build resilience against microstress and ultimately how to find purpose--purpose that helps you break free from this quietly invasive force that's stealing your life.

The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems--and What to Do about It

Dillon, Karen

Health, Fitness & Dieting

The Colour of Ireland 2: Bringing Ireland's Past to Life 1880-1980 (Colorized Images of Ireland, Historic Ireland Photography Book, Scenic Irish Locations, Capturing Historic Buildings and People)

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Mango

The HAMSTER WHEEL STOPS and it suddenly becomes clear; you have been literally PUSHING AWAY the very things in life you want, all from how and what you think. Your thoughts have been steering your boat, from marriage to finances; from your career to your happiness. 
Hi neighbor, I’m Rob. First things first, I care. Yep, I truly care. I want you to experience life’s abundance! That’s my passion and my purpose behind every word in this heartfelt book. 
I think you’ll find my style refreshingly quirky and fun as I invite you in to sip tea with me and reconsider a few things. I want the simple common sense of this book to shimmy and shake you and help catapult you to a new place in life. 
Flip it! Vulnerability is power. Failure is necessary. Forgiveness is grace. Authenticity is your ticket. Coincidences don’t exist. Faith is knowing without having to know. Pain is gain. Your enemies are your teachers. And chocolate ice cream? Well, now that’s a major food group right there. 
FLIP YOUR THINKING is a powerful book packed with real and practical actions. I invite you to rise up and grab life by the horns in the manner you were designed back when you came out of the oven. It’s all just waiting for you, my friend, to Flip Your Thinking!

FLIP YOUR THINKING: To IGNITE Your World

Parenting & Relationships

Rob Cross

A photographic celebration of the history, culture, people, and places that make up a century of life in Ireland.\nCovering all 32 counties, this beautiful, meticulously researched collection takes a past only ever viewed before in black and white and—in glorious color—breathes fresh energy and emotion into it. With close to 200 colorized photographs set alongside their black and white counterparts, here is a world seen for the first time: a treasure trove to fire the imagination and reignite our connection to the past as it was actually lived.\nFrom the thatched cottages of Meath to the libraries of Trinity College, from 1920s sunseekers in Dún Laoghaire to women spinning and carding wool in County Mayo, all Ireland is vividly brought to life. Along with key moments from the Irish War of Independence and the turbulent history of the 32 counties, these images capture rural landscapes, villages, towns, and cities.\nEndlessly, uniquely fascinating, The Colour of Ireland offers a wealth of perspectives on the bygone ages of an ever-changing land.

The Colour of Ireland: County by County 1860-1960

Individual Artists

Black White Publishing

Travel

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