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Never has it been more important for leaders to engage with their people. However, there is one leadership failure The Forgotten Factor that will weaken an organisation and, ultimately, paralyse its ability to perform to its potential. Never Forget What Its Like To Be...

New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1882, is a collection of short stories previously published in magazines between 1877 and 1880. The collection contains Stevenson's first published fiction, and a few of the stories are considered by some critics to...

P. T. Barnum, the great American showman of the 19th century, wrote this short book about making and keeping money. He certainly had life experiences that qualify him for the subject--he started a small newspaper in his twenties, bought and transformed a museum into...

When the Brothers Grimm first published their collection of now famous fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was just 10 years old. But Andersen was destined to become a talented Danish author of fairy tales and children's stories himself, writing popular stories like The...

The protagonist of this picaresque novel, Aaron Sisson, is a union official in the coal mines of the English Midlands, trapped in a stale marriage. He is also an amateur, but talented, flautist. At the start of the story he walks out on his...

Diary - Special 365 Days Diary To get the most out of this special diary you must follow these steps when you write on it: 1. Write the date 2. Write your diary thoughts 3. Draw the artwork of the day in the space...

In the following physics essay I have endeavored to discuss artificial light for the general reader, in a manner as devoid as possible of intricate details. The early chapters deal particularly with primitive artificial light and their contents are generally historical.Author: M. LuckieshISBN-10: 1508854688ISBN-13:...

The beginning of the age of artificial intelligence and machine learning has created new challenges and opportunities for data analysts, statisticians, mathematicians, econometricians, computer scientists and many others. At the root of these techniques are algorithms and methods for clustering and classifying different types...

The advent of "Big Data" has brought with it a rapid diversification of data sources, requiring analysis that accounts for the fact that these data have often been generated and recorded for different reasons. Data integration involves combining data residing in different sources to...

You wake up in the middle of the night, and there's no electricity. Thunderous crashes sound from outside. Screams echo from down the street. There has been a biological attack in your town. The worst has actually happened. What should you have done to...

About the Author- Johan August Strindberg (About this sound pronounced (help-info); 22 January 1849 - 14 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades, during...

About the Author- Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Also known occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York. As a young man, he worked as a reporter...

About the Author- George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 - 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon...

About the Author- George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 - 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special correspondent. He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon...

About the Author- James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 - September 14, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American...

About the Author- Anna Chapin Ray (January 3, 1865 - December 13, 1945) was an American author. Born in Westfield, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of Edward Addison Ray and Helen M. (Chapin).In 1881 she was one of the first three women to take...

About the Author- Sara Ware Bassett (1872-1968) was a prolific American author of fiction and nonfiction. Her novels primarily deal with New England characters, and most of them are set in two fictional Cape Cod villages she created, Belleport and Wilton. Her first novel,...

About the Author- Thomas Paine was an English-American political activist, author, political theorist and revolutionary. As the author of two highly influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, he inspired the Patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Britain.His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era...

"Edeh's Model of Peace, responds effectively and efficiently to the two dimensions of peace - primordial and secondary, and this response singles it out of other systems or models of peace promoted by other exponents." AGBO EDMUND PHD "If Edeh has easily solved these...

Robert Hichens (16 September 1882 - 23 September 1940) was a British sailor who was part of the deck crew on board the RMS Titanic when she sank on her maiden voyage on 15 April 1912.He was one of six quartermasters on board the...

Robert Hichens (16 September 1882 - 23 September 1940) was a British sailor who was part of the deck crew on board the RMS Titanic when she sank on her maiden voyage on 15 April 1912.He was one of six quartermasters on board the...

Robert Hichens (16 September 1882 - 23 September 1940) was a British sailor who was part of the deck crew on board the RMS Titanic when she sank on her maiden voyage on 15 April 1912. He was one of six quartermasters on board...

Robert Hichens (16 September 1882 - 23 September 1940) was a British sailor who was part of the deck crew on board the RMS Titanic when she sank on her maiden voyage on 15 April 1912. He was one of six quartermasters on board...

Gilbert Keith Chesterton, better known as G.K. Chesterton, was an English writer. He wrote on philosophy, ontology, poetry, plays, journalism, public lectures and debates, literary and art criticism, biography, Christian apologetics, and fiction, including fantasy and detective fiction. Chesterton is often referred to as...

Of the five major Shakespearean tragedies-Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, and Othello-King Lear is perhaps the most challenging. Issues of rulership, family and blood, are overlaid with bastardy, loyalty, lust, and deceit. Add to this the apparently gratuitous on-stage blinding of Gloucester,...

Christmas classics short stories are a collection of renowned Christmas tales which are admired throughout the world. Start reading to unlock the Christmas magic.Author: Various AuthorsISBN-10: 1481163027ISBN-13: 9781481163026Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/05/2012Pages: 50Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.10d

Christmas classics short stories are a collection of renowned Christmas tales which are admired throughout the world. Start reading to unlock the Christmas magic.Author: Mary Stewart CuttingISBN-10: 1481154966ISBN-13: 9781481154963Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/03/2012Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.11lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.05d

WTF? Where's the Fraud?--How to Unmask and Stop Identity Fraud's Drain on Our Government reveals the true epidemic facing our nation, the profiles of its perpetrators, and the devastating cost of this multi-billion dollar industry. Larry Benson and Andy Bucholz marshal their experiences at...

Herbert Allen Giles (8 December 1845 - 13 February 1935) was a British diplomat and sinologist, educated at Charterhouse. He modified a Mandarin Chinese Romanization system earlier established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade-Giles Chinese transliteration system. Among his prolific works...

Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( 30 December 1865 - 18 January 1936)was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems ofBritish soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He...

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area,...

Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 - May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in the city of Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning. His ancestors include...

Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 - May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in the city of Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning. His ancestors include...

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson...

Giacomo Girolamo Casanova was born in Venice in 1725 to actress Zanetta Farussi, wife of actor and dancer Gaetano Giuseppe Casanova. Giacomo was the first of six children, being followed by Francesco Giuseppe (1727-1803), Giovanni Battista (1730-1795), Faustina Maddalena (1731-1736), Maria Maddalena Antonia Stella...

CONTENTS PART I. The Voyage to Colchis I. THE YOUTH JASON II. KING PELIAS III. THE GOLDEN FLEECE IV. THE ASSEMBLING OF THE HEROES AND THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP V. THE ARGO VI. POLYDEUCES' VICTORY AND HERACLES' LOSS VII. KING PHINEUS VIII. KING...

The General Knowledge book series, are designed for specific country, are one of the most admired book for the improvement and learning purpose.This book contains information about Background, Geography, Natural resources, Land use, Environment. Population, Sex ratio, flag of the county, Area, Border countries,...

The Academy Awards--that yearly Hollywood bash that brings together the glamour and glitz of the international film industry--is highly revered yet has been minimally explored beyond the category of Best Picture. Over the last decade, more than 2,000 films have been submitted for the...

The collection, interpretation and display of art from the People's Republic of China, and particularly the art of the Cultural Revolution, have been problematic for museums. These objects challenge our perception of 'Chineseness' and their style, content and the means of their production question...

This volume is the second of two that are a textbook for adult beginners in community schools. While teaching pupils to read, write, and figure, the books also teach rules of health, diet, work, play, thrift, and community cooperation and impress upon students those...

Sonya Davis-Roberts began her career as a Correction Officer in 1990, when she was assigned to the George Motchan Detention Center (C-73). In 1992 she was transferred to the West Facility and worked there until she was appointed as an Investigator in the Investigation...

Author: Zena ContrerasISBN-10: 1453580166ISBN-13: 9781453580165Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/11/2011Pages: 168Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Author: Okyere Mba BonnaISBN-10: 1441542744ISBN-13: 9781441542748Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/18/2009Pages: 498Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.59lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.11d

Author: Robert GossmanISBN-10: 1438905831ISBN-13: 9781438905839Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/21/2008Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d

Jerome K Jerome was born in 1859. He was an English humorist best known for this travelogue Three Men in A Boat. Jerome decided to try his hand at acting, under the stage name Harold Crichton. He joined a repertory troupe, which had little...

Patristic Study is a comprehensive guide to the study of the Church Fathers, written by Henry Barclay Swete and first published in 1909. The book covers the history and development of patristic literature, including the writings of the apostolic fathers, the apologists, and the...

The Case of Patience Worth: A Critical Study of Certain Unusual Phenomena is a book written by Walter Franklin Prince. The book is a detailed investigation of the life and work of Patience Worth, a supposed spirit medium who communicated through the use of...

The first systematic, comprehensive reference covering the ideas, genres, and concepts behind digital media.The study of what is collectively labeled "New Media"--the cultural and artistic practices made possible by digital technology--has become one of the most vibrant areas of scholarly activity and is rapidly...

Winner of the Modernist Studies Association Book Prize of the Modernist Studies AssociationIn this highly original study, Jeremy Braddock focuses on collective forms of modernist expression--the art collection, the anthology, and the archive--and their importance in the development of institutional and artistic culture in...

This book examines contemporary approaches to restitution from the perspective of museums. It focuses on the ways in which these institutions have been addressing the subject at a regional, national and international level. In particular, it explores contemporary practices and recent claims, and investigates...