New Releases by Ian Hunter

Adult readers, especially those who have read Ian Hunter''s first book ''e-Love'', about sex and relationships in the electronic age, will recognise the next stage of a man''s sexual journey in this erotically charged volume. e-Dreams, the second book in the series trilogy, re-introduces John, who embarks upon his second of three unique cyber-adventures while seeking a greater understanding of himself. The first book left John hungry for another cyber relationship. This time around, when John reviews the Yahoo Personals intending to place another advertisement, he spots a potential kindred spirit in Nathalie, who possesses ''motherly'' strength. Though childless, this married woman admits to a great capacity for love, while introducing John not only to the extremes of eroticism, but also ensnares him in the Web of pornography. With Nathalie''s encouragement, John embarks upon new writing adventures. The scenes he conjures are enticing to her, yet almost deranging to him. Ultimately, he bombards her with ideas he never knew were inside him, including vampirism, conquest, and bestiality. Theirs seems a meeting of minds and bodily ambitions. e-Dreams reaches the highest levels of the e-erotic scale. About the Author: Ian Hunter lived in Britain and Southeast Asia before moving to New York City, where he is a consultant. He has written a number of papers and books. e-Love was his first novel. The second is e-Dreams, and the third book of his e-trilogy, e-World, is already written. Publisher''s website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/e-Dreams.html

Christian Thomasius (1655-1728) was a tireless campaigner against the political enforcement of religion in the early modern confessional state. In a whole series of combative disputations - against heresy and witchcraft prosecutions, and in favour of religious toleration - Thomasius battled to lay the intellectual groundwork for the separation of church and state and the juridical basis for pluralistic societies. In this 2007 text, Ian Hunter departs from the usual view of Thomasius as a natural law moral philosopher. In addition to investigating his anti-scholastic cultural politics, Hunter discusses Thomasius'' work in public and church law, particularly his disputations arguing for the toleration of heretics, providing a revealing comparison with Locke''s arguments on the same topic. If Locke sought to base toleration in the subjective rights protecting Christian citizens against an intolerant state, Thomasius grounded it in the state''s duty to impose toleration as an obligation on intolerant citizens.

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This book, which covers an area little touched by traditional historians such as Sinclair, Belich or King, shows how entrepreneurship and innovation transformed the New Zealand economy in the late nineteenth century. In particular it draws on case studies and historical evidence to reveal that the small, organic, rapidly expanding firm was the potent force in New Zealand''s growth - the local small-time entrepreneur is the hero of this story. By focusing on the shape of our economic history Ian Hunter here fills a major gap in our knowledge of the colonial period which has derived largely from the work of social and political historians.

This Orion Partners'' report addresses the main considerations for an organization investigating a large-scale transference of HR transactional activity to an outsource provider. The report also provides an overview of the market for HR outsourcing services in Europe. There are sections profiling each of the main outsourcing providers in the UK and continental Europe and case studies drawn from both the public and private sector. Human Resources Outsourcing agreements, which typically run for seven years or more, have a critical influence on any organization''s ability to deliver its long-term strategy. The Orion Partners'' report is a valuable contribution to identifying the right model, locating the right partner and realising the value of one of the most important elements in the current strategic investment for large organizations. It also provides helpful advice on how to manage the impact of outsourcing on the retained HR team.

This text highlights the changes and challenges to the role of the HR business partner and provides an overview of emerging service delivery models for the HR function and what these mean for the HR business partner in the modern enterprise.

Links current theories of leadership to executive coaching and also shows how the return on coaching investment can be measured.

Annotation This book highlights the changes and challenges to the role of the HR Business Partner. It explores the emerging service delivery models for the HR function (in particular the development of shared services and outsourcing options) and what this means for the HR Business Partner (HR-BP) in the modern enterprise.

Offshoring to low-cost environments has increased over the last five years and the HR function is an obvious potential candidate for this strategy. ''The Indian Offshore Advantage'' is a definitive research report in this specialist field for any organization considering this step.

This specially commissioned report sets out a blueprint for the future of HR to enable you to deliver proven value to your Board, business and colleagues. In this ground-breaking report you will learn all about: how to free up HR to deliver; the role of the Business Partner; the role of the Shared Service Centre; the pros and cons of outsourcing HR; the critical factors to look for in a partner; the keys to securing the best agreement; techniques for leveraging technology.

A specially researched report that explores the serious challenges and threats facing the profession of human resources. A blueprint for the future, helps professionals deliver proven value and proposes routes for survival and growth.

This biography of Malcolm Muggeridge traces the varied life of one of the most brilliant and controversial men of the twentieth century. The author, Ian Hunter, was given full access to all of Muggeridge''s unpublished material, letters, and diaries. The result is an objective, well-researched, and honest account that is sometimes at variance with Muggeridge''s own recollection of events. Ian Hunter captures the humor, the intellect, the rawness of perception, the abandoned honesty of a man engaged in knowing himself, his world, and his God. Malcolm Muggeridge was not merely a "vendor of words," as he invariably described himself, but was also a celebrated author, broadcaster, lecturer, debater, traveller, journalist and television personality, a one-time ardent admirer of the Soviet system, a World War II intelligence agent, and a former agnostic turned committed Christian. To many people, however, Malcolm Muggeridge was admired above all for his superb use of the English language. It is to the credit of Ian Hunter that after reading this biography one has a clearer understanding of an extraordinary man. Dr. Ian Hunter is professor emeritus at the University of Western Ontario. His articles and reviews have appeared in many Canadian and American poublications. He edited two collections of Muggeridge''s writings: Things Past and The Very Best of Malcolm Muggeridge; he also wrote a biography of Muggeridge''s friend, Hesketh Pearson (Nothing to Repent: The Life of Heskerth Pearson).

Working patterns have changed radically in recent years, leaving employers and employees unsure of where they stand on many issues. This book is fully updated to cover the legislative changes of April 2003.

A textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students introducing microwave filter design and the circuit theory and network synthesis that are necessary to it. A variety of design theories are presented followed by specific examples with numerical simulations of the designs and when possible pictures of real devices. c. Book News Inc.

“A análise da ficção sobre monstros, chama a atenção para o caráter problemático da natureza da subjetividade pressuposta na teoria pedagógica — sobretudo na teoria pedagógica crítica. A “pedagogia dos monstros” não desenvolve uma pedagogia dirigida à formação de monstros nem uma pedagogia que utilize os monstros com fins formativos. A “pedagogia dos monstros” recorre aos monstros para mostrar que o processo de formação da subjetividade é muito mais complicada do que nos fazem crer os pressupostos sobre o “sujeito” que constituem o núcleo das teorias pedagógicas — críticas ou não.”

As a young man of 25, Robert Laidlaw launched a small mail-order business. With daring courage he overcame world wars, economic depression and tragic loss to build one of the largest retail chains in the Southern Hemisphere. From the highlands of Scotland to the shores of New Zealand, from Henry Ford''s moving assembly line in Detroit to the beaches of Normandy, this panoramic biography of one of the 20th century''s greatest businessmen is a story that will capture your heart and inspire you to action. A must-read for business professionals.