L L Scott: 253 books
The Frances Smith
Palace Steamer of the Upper Great Lakes, 1867-1896
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2005
The Frances Smith was not only the first steamboat to be built in Owen Sound, but also the largest vessel on Georgian Bay at that time. By far the most luxurious vessel to sail the Upper Great Lakes from a Canadian port, she was known as a "palace steamer." In the mid-to-late-19th century,...
The Second Battle of Winchester
The Confederate Victory that Opened the Door to Gettysburg
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
June 1863. The Gettysburg Campaign is underway. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia is pushing northward through the Shenandoah Valley toward Pennsylvania, and only one significant force stands in its way: Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy’s Union division of the Eighth Army Corps, in the vicinity...
by Scott L. Malcomson; George Packer
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
As we approach the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we have a chance to see more clearly how they were a turning point in Americas relationship with the world. America became more assertive abroad; its authority and legitimacy as the only superpower became more widely opposed; and the limitations...
by Fred H. Cate, Katie Shilton, Simon DeDeo
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Perspectives on the varied challenges posed by big data for health, science, law, commerce, and politics.
Big data is ubiquitous but heterogeneous. Big data can be used to tally clicks and traffic on web pages, find patterns in stock trades, track consumer preferences, identify linguistic correlations...
by Sir Walter Scott, W. M. Thackeray, Edward Bulmer Lytton
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Contents
The Two Drovers By Sir Walter Scott Mr. Deuceace By W. M. Thackeray The Brothers Edward Bulmer Lytton Doctor Manette's Manuscript By Charles Dickens The Caldron of Oil By Wilkie Collins The Burial of the Tithe By Samuel...
Corporate Cthulhu
Lovecraftian Tales of Bureaucratic Nightmare
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2018
YOUR CALL TO CTHULHU IS IMPORTANT TO US. PLEASE HOLD.
Red tape. Catch-22s. Circular chains of command. Whether you're a customer or co-worker, bureaucracies drive us all insane. Even management is just a cog in a vast machine. Information, items, and even people get lost in the system, never...
Love and Other Happy Endings
A Collection of Classic Short Stories
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
Happy endings come in many guises.
A collection of classic love stories that end on a high note: fun and spirited, with overtones that will linger awhile.
The flight includes:
The Singing Lesson, by Katherine Mansfield
Akin to Love, by L.M. Montgomery
Mr. Lismore and the Widow,...
emerge 17
The Writer's Studio Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Drag kings and sea monsters, switchblade travellers and teacup ghosts—these stories and poems are a mixture of the mundane and the bizarre. Here you’ll find true tales of a son’s death and a girl’s first heartbreak, stories that range from the minutely personal to the transcendently universal.
Words...
HARVARD CLASSICS - All 20 Volumes in one Edition
Complete Fiction Classics: Crime and Punishment, The Scarlet Letter, Pride and Prejudice, Notre Dame, Anna Karenina, Vanity Fair, Sleepy Hollow
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2019
The Harvard Classics - Shelf of Fiction represents a specific selection of the greatest novels, novellas and short stories of seven national literatures, namely: English, American, French, Spanish, German, Russian, and Scandinavian. Table of Contents: Vols. 1 & 2: The History of Tom Jones by Henry...
by Scott L. Mingus Sr.
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Previous works on Confederate brigadier general Harry T. Hays's First Louisiana Brigade -- better known as the "Louisiana Tigers" -- have tended to focus on just one day of the Tigers' service -- their role in attacking East Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863 -- and have touched only lightly...
The Moral Brain
A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
An overview of the latest interdisciplinary research on human morality, capturing moral sensibility as a sophisticated integration of cognitive, emotional, and motivational mechanisms.
Over the past decade, an explosion of empirical research in a variety of fields has allowed us to understand...
by Scott L. Gardner, Radford Public Library
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
Situated on the New River, Radford has served as a gateway since its earliest days. Pioneers journeyed westward through the area along the Wilderness Road in the 1700s and 1800s, and the railroad made its way west in the 1850s, bringing about a boom in development. Today Radford still welcomes people...
Individual Positive Behavior Supports
A Standards-Based Guide to Practices in School and Community Settings
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
Aligned with the Association for Positive Behavior Support’s Standards of Practice, this graduate-level text is an authoritative PBS primer for professionals preparing for work in educational and community-based settings. More than 60 leading scholars present the critical skills and knowledge...
by Scott L. Templin
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Businessman and family man Scott L. Templin reveals his experiences through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy in this candid and unprecedented book of business wisdom and advice. With his natural characteristic wisdom Templin offers insights on how to Stay positive during extreme adversity Show up to the battles...