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by Harvard Business Review, Martin E.P. Seligman, Tony Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
If you read nothing else on mental toughness, read these definitive articles from Harvard Business Review.
Confront and use stress
Plan short-term goals to achieve long-term aspirations
Learn from survivors of PTSD
Use challenges to become a better leader
Recover from setbacks
Audience: Leaders...
by G. J. Baynes
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
This classic book contains a lovely collection of vintage knitting patterns for lace collars, and will make a great addition to the bookshelf of any knitting enthusiast. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive....
Honorable Treachery
A History of U.S. Intelligence, Espionage, and Covert Action from the American Revolution to the CIA
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
A “splendidly written, impeccably researched, and perfectly fascinating” look at clandestine operations from colonial times to the Cuban Missile Crisis (The Washington Post Book World).
We’ve always depended on intelligence gathering to drive foreign policy in peacetime and command decision...
by Annie Roe Carr, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2018
This holiday, we proudly presents to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas classics: most beloved novels, tales, legends, poetry & carols - to warm up your heart and rekindle your holiday sparkle: Works by Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter,...
Beyond the Stars: Unimagined Realms
Beyond the Stars, #6
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
"A blisteringly good collection."
"Will read everything in this series I can get my hands on."
"These stories are full of fantastic world building."
Twelve brand new tales from fantastic authors--both bestselling and freshly discovered--in this sixth collection from the BEYOND THE STARS series of space opera anthologies.
Corps Commanders in Blue
Union Major Generals in the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
The outcomes of campaigns in the Civil War often depended on top generals having the right corps commanders in the right place at the right time. Mutual trust and respect between generals and their corps commanders, though vital to military success, was all too rare: Corps commanders were often forced...
At War
The Military and American Culture in the Twentieth Century and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
The country’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its interventions around the world, and its global military presence make war, the military, and militarism defining features of contemporary American life. The armed services and the wars they fight shape all aspects of life—from the formation of racial...
Captured by Pirates
22 Firsthand Accounts of Murder and Mayhem on the High Seas
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
Pirates are primarily known for their swashbuckling attitudes, their freebooting lifestyle, their high-seas adventures and their stolen treasure, but their victims tend to be forgotten. These are the innocent and not-so-innocent voyagers who find themselves suddenly snatched up, brutalized, and franticly...
by J M Tuttle, G W Schatzel
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
Lumber and Wheat were the industries that made Minnesota in the mid 19th Century. Here are two reports, one from the Lumber camps in the pine forest and the second from the wheat fields. These show glimpses of life in the woods and life on the farm during the period. The Minnesota Pineries and Among the Wheat Fields of Minnesota, reports from 1868.
THE GREATEST BRITISH DETECTIVES - Boxed Set: 190+ Murder Mysteries, Thrillers & Crime Stories (Illustrated Edition)
Tales & Cases of Legendary Sleuths and Investigators - Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Hercule Poirot, Martin Hewitt, Dr. Thorndyke, Bulldog Drummond, Max Carrados, Tommy and Tuppence and more
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2017
This carefully edited collection contains the greatest tales of the legendary British sleuths and investigators, including Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Father Brown, Tommy and Tuppence, Dr. Thorndyke and many others: Sherlock Holmes Series: A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Hound of the...
Cycle Europe, Walk the Camino
A Practical Guide to Walking and Cycling
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
This book is designed to encourage you to take to the road either walking or cycling in Ireland, France, Germany and Alsace or follow part of the EuroVelo 6 route to Konstanz. It answers the simple question - how do I go about it? Each journey is outlined in detail with comments on what to see, where...
The Mormon's Mistake or, What is the Gospel?
and Mormonism
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
This tract was written by the famous H. A. Ironside. It was originally composed of 8 small pages. It is a retelling of an encounter Ironside had with an early Mormon Missionary and presents his arguments against the teaching of the "elder" and of the doctrine of Mormonism in general. It...
Dr. Seuss and Philosophy
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
Since Theodor Geisel published his first children's book in 1937 under the pseudonym Dr. Seuss, children and adults alike have been captivated by the charming and laconic tales of whimsical characters and imaginative worlds. But Dr. Seuss' stories are more than just catchy poems; they often wrestle...
Modernity and Epistemology in Nineteenth-Century Spain
Fringe Discourses
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
The fraught tension between science and religion has loomed large in scholarship about the nineteenth century in Spain, especially given the prominence of the Catholic Church and the discoveries made by Wallace and Darwin. The struggle for epistemological superiority between these two discourses (science...