"Governments today face a growing set of challenges around the recruitment, retention, and management of their workforces. In short, the job of government today is straightforward: getting the best from its biggest assets-its people. Getting the most from people and building a workplace that promotes top performance is a huge challenge-one that we call "human capital management." Human capital management is increasingly important in an e ..."
"Human Capital 2002 provides eight studies on the 'state' of human capital in government today. Carol Chetkovich discusses the challenge of recruiting the best and the brightest to government. Hal G. Rainey describes how four federal agencies are using special authorities to 'win the war for talent.' Ray Blunt presents two studies on how government can better develop its future leaders. Michael D. Serlin describes the need for increased ..."
"Human Capital 2002 provides eight studies on the "state" of human capital in government today. Carol Chetkovich discusses the challenge of recruiting the best and the brightest to government. Hal G. Rainey describes how four federal agencies are using special authorities to "win the war for talent." Ray Blunt presents two studies on how government can better develop its future leaders. Michael D. Serlin describes the need for increased ..."
"Governments today face a growing set of challenges around the recruitment, retention, and management of their workforces. In short, the job of government today is straightforward: getting the best from its biggest assets--its people. Getting the most from people and building a workplace that promotes top performance is a huge challenge--one that we call 'human capital management.' Human capital management is increasingly important in an ..."
Russian River Rat (Beach Reading) by MarkAbramson Paperback, 252 Pages, Published 2018 by - - ISBN-13: 978-1-72934-365-4, ISBN: 1-72934-365-1
"Book 3 in the Beach Reading series."
Beach Reading Ser. Wedding Season by MarkAbramson Paperback, 258 Pages, Published 2018 by - - ISBN-13: 978-1-72938-178-6, ISBN: 1-72938-178-2
"Will Rosa's meltdown bring the parade to a standstill? Who is being sent to a ritzy detox center? Only San Francisco Chronicle best-selling author Mark Abramson could tell such a captivating story with shares of both delight and intrigue."
Farm Boy A Memoir with Recipes by MarkAbramson Paperback, 212 Pages, Published 2018 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-72883-294-4, ISBN: 1-72883-294-2
"In this engaging prequel to Minnesota Boy, Mark Abramson's "coming out" memoir of his college years, he reaches further back in Farm Boy to write about growing up gay in rural America. Stories of farm life through blazing hot summers and icy winters are interspersed with old recipes and commentary on Minnesota foods. He explores his love of music and cooking as well as his earliest awakenings of his interest in other farm boys and yes, ..."
Love Rules (Beach Reading) by MarkAbramson Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2018 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-72941-949-6, ISBN: 1-72941-949-6
"BOOK 7 IN THE BEACH READING SERIES“Always toward absent lovers love’s tide stronger flows,” wrote the Roman poet Sextus Propertius two thousand years ago. Tim Snow is faced with temptation and mystery in the latest volume of Mark Abramson’s Beach Reading series when his boyfriend goes traveling. But is it absence he’s feeling or hormones? The entire cast of quirky characters is back for Book Seven. Artie’s performing career has him trav ..."
More Sex, Drugs & Disco by MarkAbramson Paperback, 360 Pages, Published 2016 by Wilde City Press, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-925506-07-5, ISBN: 1-925506-07-X
"In this sequel to "Sex, Drugs & Disco," Mark Abramson's diaries begin on January 1, 1980 with optimism for the new decade. San Francisco was a beacon of freedom for gay men from around the world, and he was there to write down the details of most of his tricks, love affairs, and all the fleeting encounters in between. Like the denizens of pre-war Berlin, we were scarcely aware of how special were the times we lived in, nor that our hedo ..."
Sex, Drugs & Disco San Francisco Diaries from the Pre-AIDS Era by MarkAbramson Paperback, 294 Pages, Published 2015 by Wilde City Press, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-925313-10-9, ISBN: 1-925313-10-7
"In the 1970s, thousands of young gay men flocked to San Francisco. Mark Abramson, author of the best-selling "Beach Reading" mystery series and the AIDS memoir "For My Brothers," was one of them. In a time and place where sex was free, drugs were cheap, and the driving disco beat felt like it would go on forever, he landed in the great gay Mecca fresh out of college, reconnected with his old friend, the writer John Preston and soon enco ..."
For My Brothers by MarkAbramson Paperback, 406 Pages, Published 2014 by Wilde City Press, Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-925031-85-0, ISBN: 1-925031-85-3
"Mark Abramson was a bartender on Castro Street, Haight Street, and South of Market during the worst years of the AIDS crisis, roughly from 1984 to 1996 when new life-saving drugs came on the market. He was also involved in several of the major fundraising events of the times, from gay bars to the waterfront piers of San Francisco and theaters in between. For My Brothers is filled with true stories of encounters with Connie Francis, Jo ..."
Love Rules (Beach Reading) by MarkAbramson Paperback, 250 Pages, Published 2013 by Lethe Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59021-161-8, ISBN: 1-59021-161-8
""Always toward absent lovers love's tide stronger flows." Tim Snow is faced with temptation in the latest volume Mark Abramson's Beach Reading mystery series. With his boyfriend traveling, Tim struggles with the intricacies of 21st century gay life. The entire cast of quirky characters is back for the seventh book. Artie's performing career has him traveling more. Aunt Ruth tries to wean herself from San Francisco into married life in ..."
California Dreamers (Beach Reading) by MarkAbramson Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2012 by Lethe Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59021-144-1, ISBN: 1-59021-144-8
"Calfornia Dreamers is the sixth book in Mark Abramson's popular Beach Reading series. All the books feature mystery and romance with a taste of adventure, a touch of magic and lots of San Francisciana. Tim Snow is recruited along with other HIV patients for an experiment with Neutriva, an AIDS drug with the peculiar side effects of enhancing dreams and expanding latent psychic abilities. The team enters a trance-like state ostensibly in ..."
Wedding Season (Beach Reading) by MarkAbramson Paperback, 252 Pages, Published 2011 by Lethe Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59021-143-4, ISBN: 1-59021-143-X
"When San Francisco's most cattiest television personality Rosa Rivera sponsors a gay wedding contest, Tim Snow's boyfriend begins pressuring him to get hitched. Life for his friends in the Castro becomes comic and chaotic as the lavish ceremony is promised to be held at the restaurant where Tim works. Meanwhile, his beloved Aunt Ruth has been harboring a homeless woman. Is she protecting her nephew from some family secret? As the city's ..."
Snowman (Beach Reading) by MarkAbramson Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2010 by Lethe Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59021-142-7, ISBN: 1-59021-142-1
"In the fourth release in San Francisco Chronicle's best-selling author Mark Abramson's Beach Reading series of gay mysteries, all is well in the City by the Bay. Tim Snow, recently recovered from a debilitating accident, finds himself aimless and troubled over waning feelings from his boyfriend. And just when he wants to escape all the troubles in his life, new complications arise... three M's worth of trouble: mayhem (a visit from his ..."
Cold Serial Murder (Beach Reading) by MarkAbramson Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2009 by Lethe Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59021-140-3, ISBN: 1-59021-140-5
"Tim Snow expected to show his visiting Aunt Ruth the wonders of San Francisco, but never expected one of the sights of the city would be the body of his ex-lover. A killer is on the loose in the Castro district. Meanwhile, Tim's cadre of quirky friends and neighbors makes life all the more interesting with their drama of weddings and lost (and found) loves. Cold Serial Murder continues the story of one of the Castro's most adorable char ..."
Russian River Rat (Beach Reading) by MarkAbramson Paperback, 244 Pages, Published 2009 by Lethe Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59021-141-0, ISBN: 1-59021-141-3
"Tim Snow is sure he's finally found the perfect man, a handsome guy with a successful greenhouse business by the Russian River. With his beloved Aunt Ruth now moved to San Francisco, his life should be worry-free. But San Francisco Chronicle's best-selling author Mark Abramson can't stop with telling lively mysteries--Tim starts having troubling dreams; a drowned body haunts his boyfriend, who may be less than perfect; and there are men ..."
Beach Reading by MarkAbramson Paperback, 196 Pages, Published 2008 by Lethe Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59021-139-7, ISBN: 1-59021-139-1
"Gay tourists are arriving in San Francisco by the planeload for the party of the decade at the Moscone Center, a tribute to a late disco star. On the same night as the dance festival, a infamous evangelist plans to bring his nationwide crusade against gay rights to the Civic Auditorium a few blocks away. Tim Snow finds himself caught in the middle when his activist friends plan a protest. For Tim, the fun and the intrigue are about to b ..."
Beach Reading by MarkAbramson Hardcover, Published 2008 by Lethe Press ISBN-13: 978-1-60751-660-6, ISBN: 1-60751-660-8