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Rob May

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The Golden Thread series

With strong foundations, hardship can become a refining fire that forges "gold" in human lives. This truth comes alive in the intertwined stories of Chrétien Du Bois, Pierre Billiou, Pierre Laurent, and their families - lives marked by drama and intensity that left a lasting imprint on history.This first volume in a sweeping multi-generational series follows extraordinary individuals from a single-family line across more than 500 years. Beginning in 16th-century France, the story t...

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Rob Maylin

Rob MaylinTo celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Big Carp magazine, this series of books entitled 'Big Carp Legends' will encompass the greatest names in carp fishing history over the past two decades. The content of the books in this series will be a mixture of articles from the archives of Big Carp, life histories of famous anglers and original articles specially commissioned for the series and never before published. One by one these books will build into the greatest collection o...

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Rob May

In the emerging world of AI, the same product can be a moat, a trap, or a lottery ticket. The difference is not the technology. It is the economics.The old SaaS investing playbook assumes smooth adoption curves, tidy unit economics, and software margins that improve as you scale. AI companies break those assumptions. Every prompt can carry a cost. Usage can swing wildly. And a product that looks impressive in a demo can still be a bad business.Investing in AI

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Rob May, Kieran Molyneux

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Pocket Guides to Fashion

From its origins producing arch supports and orthopaedic products to its irrepressible rise creating specialised athletic footwear, to its omnipresence as a style staple, New Balance and been defining footwear for well over a century.Featuring all the brand's most iconic models and the celebrities who have made the signature 'N' synonymous with sport and fashion, this is a must-read for all sneaker heads.

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Rob May

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The Golden Thread series

The setting for the book is northern Europe between the 17th and 19th centuries. Authoritarian rule by monarchs and state-based religion is curtailed, as a result of the struggle for greater freedoms during this period. The story follows the adventures of an assembly of French refugees who escape from the conflict of the Thirty Years' War to assist in restoring decimated Prussian villages. The theme of light overcoming the darkness is illustrated with personal stories of triumph, interwove...

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Rob May

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The Golden Thread series

The two sisters, born from a family of European pioneers, have the same DNA and family upbringing, but end up taking very different paths in life. It is the story of two good women who remain so, but who's lives diverge due to the different paths they chose. One ending in a short life mostly out of the public eye, the other, a longer life mostly in the public eye. One of these women was Annie, whose husband was William McKenzie, known as "Fighting Mac", hero of Gallipoli, World War 1 and r...

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Rob Maylin

One Last Cast is Rob's long awaited follow up to the 1993 classic 'Bazil's Bush'.The book tracks his angling exploits over the last 16 years and as you'd expect from a Rob Maylin book, there's a mixture of carpy tails, humour and a bit of technical advice.

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Megan Armstrong, Imran Iwan, Roland Clark, Sadie Chana, Maureen A. Eger, Andreas Dafnos, Aristotle Kallis, Marta Lorimer, Paul Stocker, David Barnes, Paul Jackson, Daniel Jones, Liam Liburd, Henry Mead, Dan Stone, Leonard Weinberg, Chris Webb, Carmen Aguilera-Carnerero, Chris Allen, James Downes, Mikael Hjerm, Valery Engel, Maik Fielitz, Bernhard Forchtner, Terri E. Givens, Hans-Georg Betz, Julian Göpffarth, Barbara Manthe, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Özgür Özvatan, Cathrine Thorleifsson, Mette Wiggen, Manès Weisskircher, Ruth Wodak, Bharath Ganesh, Jade Hutchinson, Bethan Johnson, Rob May, Mark Potok, Lella Nouri, Tamir Bar-On, Juliana Chueri, Katherine Kondor, Balsa Lubarda, Samuel Salzborn, Louie Dean Valencia-García, Palak Rao, Benjamin Bland, Yannick David Veilleux-Lepage, Sean Arbuthnot, William Baldet, Craig McCann, Natalie James, Katherine Parsons, Imran Awan, Jacob Davey, Matthew Feldman, Brian Hughes, Amy-Louise Watkin, Andreas Önnerfors, Megan Squire, Archie Henderson

2018 was a tumultuous year in global politics. Starting with the rise of the Lega Nord in Italy and ending with the election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, it has never been such a pertinent time to study the radical right. This yearbook pulls together the best commentary and analysis from an international consortium of expert scholars examining the ebb and flow of radical right movements from around the world. Starting with a concise analysis of key definitions of the radical right and hist...

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Matthew E. May

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Rob Shapiro

One of the questions always posed to Matthew May is: How do I apply the principles of elegance and elegant solutions to my life in order to create meaningful change? The Shibumi Strategy is one of the best ways to answer that question. Shibumi is a Japanese word that describes the height of personal excellence, elegant performance, and effortless effectiveness. It is without definition. Appropos of the current economic environment, The Shibumi Strategy is a personal leadership fable that t...

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Cal Newport

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Jeff Bottoms

**Millions of copies sold!The bestselling modern classic that sparked a worldwide conversation about the value of concentration—and the true costs of fractured attention.“I’m handing you the answer to the overwhelm you feel, and his name is Dr. Cal Newport.” —Mel Robbins, The Mel Robbins Podcast, author of New York Times bestselling The Let Them Theory**Deep Work—the ability to focus without distraction on cognitively demanding tasks—is on...

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Tim Brown

In Change by Design, Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO, the celebrated innovation and design firm, shows how the techniques and strategies of design belong at every level of business. Change by Design is not a book by designers for designers; this is a book for creative leaders who seek to infuse design thinking into every level of an organization, product, or service to drive new alternatives for business and society.Learn the proven, human-centered process for sparking true innovation:...

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Norman Davies

'The past is a foreign country' has become a truism, yet the past differs from the present in many unfamiliar ways and historical memory is extraordinarily imperfect. The degree to which we think of the European past as the history of France, Germany, Britain, Russia and so on, actually obstructs our view of former reality, and blunts our sensitivity to the ever-changing political landscape. Europe's past is littered with kingdoms, empires and republics which no longer exist but which were...