Powell: 1221 books
The Fighting Dragon
How to Defeat the Yugoslav Attack
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
What’s the best way to start learning a new opening? You can either fill your head with masses of variations and then try to keep it all straight at the chessboard, or you can absorb key patterns and themes that crop up over and over again in your chosen variation.In The Fighting Dragon, NM Paul Powell...
by Robert Baden-Powell
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 15, 2015
di Robert Baden-Powellcon una nota di Goffredo FofiNel 1908 Robert Baden-Powell pubblicò Scoutismo per ragazzi, un breve manuale da cui sarebbe nato il movimento delle guide scout, con centinaia di associazioni affiliate e milioni di aderenti in tutto il mondo. Lo scautismo è una proposta educativa...
by Jane Powell
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
A CINDERELLA JOURNEY FROM SMALL-TOWN KID TO MGM’S SINGING AND DANCING GIRL NEXT DOOR--…BUT WHAT GOT LOST ALONG THE WAY? She was the sweet-faced gal who won our hearts as the spunky heroine of SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS…the all-American beauty who kicked up her heels with Fred Astaire...
It Worked for Me
In Life and Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Colin Powell, one of America’s most admired public figures, reveals the principles that have shaped his life and career in this inspiring and engrossing memoir.
A beautiful companion to his previous memoir, the #1 New York Times bestseller My American Journey, Powell’s It Worked for Me:...
Typical
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Twenty-three surreal fictions—stories, character assassinations, and mini-travelogues—from one of the most heralded writers of the American South
There are many things that repulse “Dr. Ordinary.” “Kansas” is notable for its distinct lack of farmland. “Wayne’s Fate” is most...
THE AUDITION BIBLE
Secrets Every Actor Needs To Know
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
As a casting director for twenty-three years, Holly Powell witnessed the casting world from three different points of view: As an independent casting director, as Head of Casting for a Studio, and as a Network Casting Executive. From this unique perspective, she formed Holly Powell Studios, with her...
by Dawn Powell
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
NO ONE HAS SATIRIZED New York society quite like Dawn Powell, and in this classic novel she turns her sharp eye and stinging wit on the literary world, and "identifies every sort of publishing type with the patience of a pathologist removing organs for inspection." Frederick Olliver, an...
How Music Works
The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2010
What makes a musical note different from any other sound? How can you tell if you have perfect pitch? Why do 10 violins sound only twice as loud as one? Do your Bob Dylan albums sound better on CD or vinyl? John Powell, a scientist and musician, answers these questions and many more in HOW MUSIC WORKS,...
Relentless Forward Progress
A Guide to Running Ultramarathons
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Marathons have become too easy for some runners. What was once the pinnacle of achievement in a runner's life is now a stepping stone for extraordinary adventure in ultramarathoning. The number of ultrarunners--those running distances of 50k (31 miles), 50 miles, 100k (62 miles), or 100 miles--is...
This Love Is Not for Cowards
Salvation and Soccer in Ciudad Juárez
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
More than ten people are murdered every day in Ciudad Juárez, a city about the size of Philadelphia. As Mexico has descended into a feudal narco-state-one where cartels, death squads, the army, and local police all fight over billions of dollars in profits from drug and human trafficking-the border...
Endless Caverns
An Underground Journey into the Show Caves of Appalachia
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
For generations, enterprising people in the southern Appalachians have turned the region's extensive network of caves into a strange, fascinating genre of tourist attraction. Visitors pay admission to take a tour deep underground, learning a little about history and geology while puzzling over lit-up...
The CEO Next Door
The 4 Behaviors that Transform Ordinary People into World-Class Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
**NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • Winner of CMI Management Book of the Year 2019
Based on an in-depth analysis of over 2,600 leaders drawn from a database of more than 17,000 CEOs and C-suite executives, as well 13,000 hours of interviews, and two decades of experience...
Ciao Bella
In Search of New Relatives and Dante in Italy
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
'You really must read… Ciao Bella.' Sunday Times 'Fascinating… comic… delightful' Sunday Times 'Humorous… rich and satisfying.' Daily Telegraph 'Beautifully written, it made me laugh and I wanted to follow in Helena's footsteps round Italy.' Kate Figes 'A travel book with a difference.' Coventry...
My Tour In Hell
Early Years Supplement
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
This eBook contains the "extras", bonus material, and deleted scenes from David W. Powell's original memoir My Tour in Hell: A Marine's Battle with Combat Trauma. In this new posthumous edition, we get an intimate look at David's life in previously undocumented stages:
Growing up...