Based on the extraordinary life of Louis Erdrich's grandfather Patrick Gourneau, who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, with lightness and gravity, and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humor, and depth of feeling of a literary master. Thomas Wazhashk is the night watchman at the jewel-bearing plant, the first factory located near the Turtle Mountain Reservation...

Andrew Podger's monograph, The Role of Departmental Secretaries, Personal reflections on the breadth of responsibilities today, is an important contribution to the broader public policy discourse in Australia. Andrew has been, at times, an unflinching commentator on issues of bureaucratic performance, accountability and responsiveness to government. Andrew's reflections are drawn from his own experiences within the inner circle of Australian policy-making....

Preparing for the arrival of an important visitor, a wacky housekeeper follows her employer's instructions with humorous results.

Text and photographs introduce young readers to various careers available in a park setting such as a lifeguard, groundskeeper, and playground inspector among others. Colorful sidebars encourage young children to think, create, guess, and ask questions about working in a park.

In 1904, nine-year-old Samantha, an orphan living with her wealthy grandmother, and her servant friend Nellie have a midnight adventure when they try to find out what has happened to the seamstress who suddenly left her job.

Politische Maßnahmen zur Gleichstellung im Beruf gibt es viele aber warum fehlt ihnen noch immer der durchschlagende Erfolg? Welche Dynamiken wirken bei der Implementierung und Durchsetzung dieser Maßnahmen, und wie können Gleichstellungspolitiken künftig besser konzipiert und abgestimmt werden? Um Antworten auf diese Fragen zu finden, untersuchen die Autorinnen vergleichend die Strukturen und Maßnahmen betrieblicher Gleichstellungspolitik...