Powell: 1221 books
Below Stairs
The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "Downton Abbey"
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Brilliantly evoking the long-vanished world of masters and servants portrayed in Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs, Margaret Powell's classic memoir of her time in service, Below Stairs, is the remarkable true story of an indomitable woman who, though she served in the great houses of England,...
Souled Out?
How Blacks Are Winning and Losing in Sports
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2007
Souled Out?
That's the question author Shaun Powell poses and ultimately answers with regard to the nature of blacks' participation in American sports. Neither blacks nor whites—athletes, coaches, administrators, owners, media, parents, and yes, even fans—are without blame for race still...
The Chickamauga Campaign—Barren Victory
The Retreat into Chattanooga, the Confederate Pursuit, and the Aftermath of the Battle, September 21 to October 20, 1863
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
"Now in paperback, Barren Victory is the third and concluding volume of the magisterial Chickamauga Campaign trilogy, a comprehensive examination of one of the most important and complex military operations of the Civil War.
The first installment, A Mad Irregular Battle, introduced readers...
Marcus Agrippa
Right-hand Man of Caesar Augustus
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Marcus Agrippa personified the term 'right-hand man'. As Emperor Augustus' deputy, he waged wars, pacified provinces, beautified Rome, and played a crucial role in laying the foundations of the Pax Romana for the next two hundred years – but he served always in the knowledge he would never rule...
by Robert Baden-Powell
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
FEATURES:
• Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations • Active Table of Contents for an easy navigation within the book • Manually coded...
Christopher Smart's English Lyrics
Translation in the Eighteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
In the first full-length study of Christopher Smart’s translations and the place and function of translation in Smart’s poetry, Rosalind Powell proposes a new approach to understanding the relationship between Smart’s poetics and his practice. Drawing on translation theory from the early modern...
Baltimore Baseball & Barbecue with Boog Powell
Stories from the Orioles' Smokey Slugger
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Since he started smacking long balls for the Baltimore Orioles, John "Boog" Powell has enjoyed the gustatory delights of his adopted hometown. A four-time All-Star and a fixture in two World Series, Boog also knows how to make one heck of a pit beef sandwich. Backyard barbecues at Boog's Baltimore row...
REBOOT!
Confronting PTSD on Your Terms
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Are You Ready to Reboot Your PTSD?
Reboot! Confronting PTSD on Your Terms offers a well-structured method for getting a grip on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and starting to turn it around. Detailed inventories provide the opportunity to explore needs, both physical and emotional, both needs...
Sh*t the Moon Said
A Story of Sex, Drugs, and Ayahuasca
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
"It was during my eighth or ninth plant medicine journey that I was finally getting a real sense of freedom. I was feeling so elated that I told the moon I had a special request. I explained that this life had been so full of pain for me that I didn't think I could do it all again. So I asked her...
by John F. Padgett, Walter W. Powell
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2012
The social sciences have sophisticated models of choice and equilibrium but little understanding of the emergence of novelty. Where do new alternatives, new organizational forms, and new types of people come from? Combining biochemical insights about the origin of life with innovative and historically...
Management Experience Acquired
Necessary Skills for Successfully Managing Any Employee
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
As featured on ABC, Fox, and NBC, Management Experience Acquired provides grounded and common-sense advice and experience to managers and aspiring managers. The world of management can be a tricky one to navigate, especially with its diverse personalities and problems. Management Experience Acquired...
Classroom Communication and Diversity
Enhancing Instructional Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Classroom Communication and Diversity provides a useful framework for helping both new and experienced teachers and instructors navigate the communication challenges in today’s diverse classroom. It encourages teachers to reflect on how their personal cultures influence their expectations regarding...
by Fletcher Flora, Talmage Powell, James Michael Ullman
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Who doesn’t like a good mystery? Here are 25 great noir crime and mystery stories by some of the top fictioneers of the 20th century, ripped from the pages of such magazines as The Black Mask Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Secret Agent X, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine -- and...
The Valley of Bones
Book 7 of A Dance to the Music of Time
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Anthony Powell’s universally acclaimed epic A Dance to the Music of Time offers a matchless panorama of twentieth-century London. Now, for the first time in decades, readers in the United States can read the books of Dance as they were originally published—as twelve individual novels—but with...