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by M. R. James
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
M. R. James was a prolific and hugely successful author, now credited with having redefined the ghost story for the 20th century by abandoning many of the formal Gothic clichés of his predecessors and using more realistic contemporary settings. Originally published in 1904, 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll...
by M. R. James
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
'The lower jaw was thin - what can I call it? - shallow, like a beast's; teeth showed behind the black lips...'
M. R. James is the master of the English ghost story, whose tales are inhabited not by ethereal spirits, but by terrifying, palpable forces of evil. In these four stories figures...
Ethics of Spying
A Reader for the Intelligence Professional
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2005
Intelligence professionals are employees of the government working in a business that some would consider unethical_the business of spying. This book looks at the dilemmas that exist when one is asked to perform a civil service that is in conflict with what that individual believes to be 'ethical.'...
What Democrats Talk about When They Talk about God
Religious Communication in Democratic Party Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
What Democrats Talk about When They Talk about God is a collection of essays on the religious communication of members of the Democratic Party, past and present-in office, while campaigning, and in their public and private writing. While many books on the market address issues at the intersection...
Resurrection Science
Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
**A Library Journal Best Book of 2015 **
**A Christian Science Monitor Top Ten Book of September**
In a world dominated by people and rapid climate change, species large and small are increasingly vulnerable to extinction. In Resurrection Science, journalist M. R. O'Connor explores the extreme...
Gold Digger Words
of Hz. Mevlânâ Jelâleddin Rûm-î
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
'Gold Digger Words' are aphorisms of Rumi. On the occasion of the 800th birthday of the great Sufi a booklet of commemoration named 'Hz. Mevlana´Dan Güzel Sözler' was published. Eight years later a dear friend gave me a copy as a present, and I carried it with me, tried to understand the English translation...
by M. R. James
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
M. R. James was born in Kent, England in 1862. James came to writing fiction relatively late, not publishing his first collection of short stories – Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904) – until the age of 42. Modern scholars now see James as having redefined the ghost story for the 20th century...
by Nicolas Darvas, Walter Bagehot, Claude C. Hopkins
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
To make and invest money, one must understand how the financial systems work. These eight landmark books will give you that understanding and help you on your way to success and prosperity. These books have stood the test of time. Their authors have a deep understanding of the subject matter. Here...
Public Relations Writing Worktext
A Practical Guide for the Profession
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2010
Public Relations Writing Worktext provides the fundamental knowledge and the basic preparation required for the professional practice of public relations writing. This textbook introduces readers to public relations and writing, providing an overview of the four-step public relations process in addition...
The Coaching Organization
A Strategy for Developing Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2006
The Coaching Organization: A Strategy for Developing Leaders is the only book to provide practical advice on how a company can strategically manage coaching initiatives that strengthen organizations and enhance employee engagement and growth. Authors James M. Hunt and Joseph R. Weintraub offer best...
The Coaching Manager
Developing Top Talent in Business
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2016
***The Coaching Manager, Third Edition***providesstudents and managers alike with the guidance, tools, and examples needed to develop leadership talent and inspire performance. Using an innovative coaching model, bestselling authors James M. Hunt and Joseph R. Weintraubpresent readers witha developmental...
Greening the Maple
Canadian Ecocriticism in Context
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Ecocriticism can be described in very general terms as the investigation of the many ways in which culture and the environment are interrelated and conceptualized. Ecocriticism aspires to understand and often to celebrate the natural world, yet it does so indirectly by focusing primarily on written...
by Charles R. Kesler, Hadley P. Arkes, Paul A. Cantor
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
Thirty years ago, Ronald Reagan rode a wave of patriotism to the White House by calling for a return to what he considered to be traditional American values--personal liberty, free markets, and limited government. After the cultural struggles and generational clashes of the 1960s and 70s, it appeared...
by Ronald R. & Simonetta M. Weik
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
The greatest part of your life is spent in earning a living. Why live it in vain? Accumulating wealth for a better life for you and your family and living well in your retirement years should be a part of every person's goal. Anyone can make a living today but why be satisfied with mere subsistence?...