Ken: 3136 books

50 Hockey Rules provides 50 pages of entertaining, quick-hitting advice for hockey players and fans alike, using the New Jersey Devils 2011-2012 season as a case study.

It is said that journalism is a vital public service as well as a business, but more and more it is also said that big media consolidation; noisy, instant opinions on cable and the Internet; and political “bias” are making a mockery of such high-minded ideals. In Backstory, Ken Auletta explores...

Remarkable cattle drives, famous ranches and legendary characters are at the heart of Ken Mather's account of the early days of ranching in British Columbia. These are stories about drovers, ranchers, cowboys and "mud pups" (the remittance men of the ranching industry). You'll meet such...

Despite being neighbouring provinces with long ranching histories, British Columbia and Alberta saw their ranching techniques develop quite differently. As most ranching styles were based on one of the two dominant styles in use south of the border, BC ranchers tended to adopt the California style...

This is management as viewed from the people in the trenches, the people that make it happen. Most of the ideas, concepts, thoughts, and general management impressions in this book were gathered from break room discussions, personal experiences, sitting around the campfire and interviews with personnel...

Quel est le secret de l'extraordinaire réussite d'Apple ? Ken Segall, proche collaborateur de Steve Jobs pendant 15 ans et acteur privilégié de l'aventure Apple nous révèle tout dans un livre poignant, chaleureux et rempli d'anecdotes incroyables. " C'est follement simple ! "....

“The only way to create great relationships and results is through servant leadership. It's all about putting other people first.” – from the foreword by John Maxwell We've all seen the negative impact of self-serving leaders in every sector of our society. Not infrequently, they end...

Simplicity is arguably the most potent weapon in business—attracting customers, motivating employees, helping outthink competitors, and creating new efficiencies. Yet rarely is it as simple as it looks. ** ** Ken Segall’s first book, Insanely Simple, was based on observations gained from twelve...

Durante toda a trilogia "O Século", Ken Follett narrou a saga de cinco famílias – americana, alemã, russa, inglesa e galesa. Neste livro que encerra a série, o destino de seus personagens é selado pelas decisões dos governos, que deixam o mundo à beira do abismo durante a Guerra...

Berlim, 1933. Violentas mudanças sacodem a cidade e prenunciam o período de instabilidade que o mundo está prestes a enfrentar. O segundo volume da trilogia "O Século" começa com a ascensão de Hitler ao poder na Alemanha e a Guerra Civil Espanhola. É o inverno do mundo. Neste cenário,...

Ken Clarke needs no introduction. One of the genuine 'Big Beasts' of the political scene, during his forty-six years as the Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire he has been at the very heart of government under three prime ministers. He is a political obsessive with a personal hinterland,...

How - and why - did one of the world's greatest cities come to be teetering on the edge of bankruptcy? Ken Auletta, writer for THE NEW YORKER and columnist for THE DAILY NEWS, shows how the decline of New York City was partly inevitable --- the result of shifting migration patterns and rapidl technological...

In this riveting chronicle (which accompanies the documentary broadcasted on PBS) Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns capture the profound drama of the American Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Terrifying photographs of mile-high dust storms, along with firsthand accounts by more than two dozen eyewitnesses, bring...

This is the eBook version of the printed book.Once, there was a remarkable person who led with love. Her company succeeded where its competitors struggled. Its customers were loyal, its employees loved to work there, and it was profitable year after year, for decades. This loving leader began her career...