The 1990s was the decade in which the Soviet Union collapsed and Francis Fukuyama declared the 'end of history'. Nelson Mandela was released from prison, Google was launched and scientists in Edinburgh cloned a sheep from a single cell. It was also a time in which the president of the United States discussed fellatio on network television and the world's most photographed woman died in a car crash in Paris. Radical pop band The KLF burned a million quid on a Scottish islan...

Par un froid matin d’automne de l’an 1700, dans le Pays Hopi des hauts plateaux de l’Arizona, une coalition de guerriers hopis se livra à l’annihilation du village fortifié – hopi lui-même – d’Awat’ovi. Le site fut incendié et les ruines proclamées interdites. Aujourd’hui encore, la tuerie hante la conscience des Hopis, réputés incarner le « Peuple de la paix ». James Brooks, articulant des sources multiples telles que les chroniques espagnoles, les récits oraux des Hopis ou les rapports ...

Discover your unique edge.Each of us has our own set of strengths, abilities and skills that allow us to shine and deliver exceptional results. These are our underlying qualities that energise us and we are great at (or have potential to become great at). But how do you understand and build upon your strengths and how do you inspire others to do the same?Optimize Your Strengths provides a proven strengths-based approach to achieving peak performance for you...

Palace intrigue, high seas piracy, the first war in Afghanistan, Elizabethan politics and TR’s take on the War of 1812 – it’s all here and more in Strategy Six Pack Six, another awesome military multi-manual for historians and tacticians. In this six-pack: The Suppression of Piracy by Henry Keppel and James Brooke. Queen Elizabeth by Jacob Abbott. The First Afghan War by Mowbray Morris. The Naval War of 1812 by Theodore Roosevelt. Oliver Cromwell by Elbert Hubbard. Plot and Counterplot: Ja...

This is the essential guide for anyone looking to get ahead in the warzone that is often the workplace.However good you are, there are always times you come under fire at work. But how do you turn a crisis into an opportunity, and make yourself bulletproof?In Be Bulletproof, business trainers James and Simon Brooke reveal the top practical solutions for strengthening your resilience – so you can bounce back from every setback, rejection or criticism. You’ll learn to be conf...

The British public school is an iconic institution, a training ground for the ruling elite and a symbol of national identity and tradition. But beyond the elegant architecture and evergreen playing fields is a turbulent history of teenage rebellion, sexual dissidence and political radicalism. James Brooke-Smith wades into the wilder shores of public-school life over the last 300 years in Gilded Youth. He uncovers armed mutinies in the late-eighteenth century, a Victorian craze for...

This book could wake up the population to the truths in the Bible! Cultures around the world that had never before been visited by Christians or Jews tell of legends handed down from generation to generation that verify the majors stories of the Bible. Some of the stories include Adam and Eve, Noah and the Ark, and the Tower of Babel. The names of the events may be altered somewhat but the stories are similar. There are 250 books and numerous Journal Articles referenced to show the validit...

The rise to the top must be carefully made, the higher you climb, the harder you fall on the way back down…O’Mar and Tray have played the game for a long time, but now they’ve found out that the riches that they’ve borrowed over the years must now be repaid. As Entrepreneurs, the two turned a lucrative good business into a thriving organization, but as the cash grows, they find out that someone is always watching around every corner; before they can make a grand exit and live like ...

The races enjoy the fruits of the first political alliances. Kings hold feasts, while a diligent few smell war on the wind. The perception of peace fades with the division of the Elven House and the rumor of a dragon with an army of slaves moving north. The fires of war are soon kindled. The Dwarves and their allies rush to prepare their forces to march out and meet a crushing wave. A mountain village bears the brunt of the first attack, and the consequences of a desperate attempt to stem ...

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Sarah Spicer took this saying to heart, at least where love was concerned. She had given up any hope in ever finding a decent man. She was convinced they had only one thing on their minds and were untrustworthy and unfit for relationships. This was exactly why she had a strict no-dating policy.That was before she met Collin Ross. He was handsome, successful, and possessed a refined confidence that any woman would have adored. ...

Bad Medicine was one of television's most popular dramas, and Ethan Prescott was the show's biggest star. He was a talented actor and an all-around good guy. His quick wit, intelligence, and dashingly handsome appearance only added to his larger-than-life persona. And somehow, Macy Tillman ended up sitting right next to him at dinner.Macy was a gifted artist and former resident of the Shower & Shelter Artist Collective. Though she was still pursuing a career as an artist, ...

California's Calling is the third book in the Hunt Family series. It can be read as a standalone or in series order.Charlotte Ritchie was traveling halfway across the world to attend her brother's wedding. She and a small group of family and friends planned on spending the week prior to the wedding volunteering at a rescue center in Kenya. Her new sister-in-law had grown up there with her missionary parents, and everyone thought it was the perfect way to c...