An in-depth, research-backed exploration of the answers to worker motivationBased on an extensive global research program conducted in nineteen countries around the world surveying over forty-eight thousand people, The Archetype Effect delivers a new framework to understand and cater to worker motivators across roles, industries, and organizations. This book shows how workers can be classified into six major archetypes based on their motivations, and descr...

An in-depth, research-backed exploration of the answers to worker motivationBased on an extensive global research program conducted in nineteen countries around the world surveying over forty-eight thousand people, The Archetype Effect delivers a new framework to understand and cater to worker motivators across roles, industries, and organizations. This book shows how workers can be classified into six major archetypes based on their motivations, and descr...

From the moment films were first produced, comedy has been a key feature of cinema. From just before the turn of the twentieth century until the early 1930s, audiences celebrated the brilliant humor of cinematic clowns who left their marks forever. We still remember—and laugh at—the hilarious antics of Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and many others.In 100 Essential Silent Film Comedies James Roots identifies the major comedic motion pictures produced in the first fe...

The silent film era featured some of the most revered names of on-screen comic performance, from Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton to Harold Lloyd, Douglas Fairbanks, and Laurel & Hardy. Besides these giants of cinema, however, there are other silent era performers—both leading actors and supporting players—who left an enduring legacy of laughter.In The 100 Greatest Silent Film Comedians, James Roots ranks the greatest performers based on a scorecard that measures each comic’s humo...

The researches of Sir Harris Nicolas, Dr. Furnivall, Mr. Selby and others have provided us with a considerable mass of detailed information regarding the life and career of Geoffrey Chaucer. Since the publication of Nicolas's biography of the poet prefixed to the Aldine edition of Chaucer's works in 1845, the old traditional biography of conjecture and inference, based often on mere probability or the contents of works erroneously ascribed to Chaucer, has disappeared and in its place has b...

James Root was a train engineer. He drove engine 69. He thought of her as "his girl". Jim loved that train.One day in September 1894 he almost lost her.He was working for the St. Paul and Duluth railroad. It was his job to run the train through the big woods of Minnesota.That September day he stopped in Duluth. The air was smoky.Jim climbed into the wooden cab of old 69. Jack McGowan climbed on. He would be the fireman for the trip."There must be a big fi...

This book presents a detailed explanation of the essential facts of dictionaries in general. It includes information on the origin of English dictionaries and the authority and choice of a dictionary.

Welcome to Wild Heartlands Ranch - home to the sexiest cowboys in Montana ️ A steamy second chance romance for fans of Elsie Silver and Paisley Hope!Twelve years ago, she chose the spotlight.I chose the ranch.Now she’s back in town, and consuming my every thought.Avery Blake left Montana to follow her dreams, while I stayed rooted to my family’s Montana ranch. She asked me ...

“Brant Pitre is one of the most compelling theological writers on the scene today.” –Bishop Robert BarronBestselling author of Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist casts new light on the Virgin Mary, illuminating her role in the Old and New Testaments.Are Catholic teachings on Mary really biblical? Or are they the "traditions of men"? Should she be called the "Mother of God," or just the mot...

Lydia never planned to return to Love, GA.She never planned to see Adam again or to rehash the night that changed their lives forever.But when an assignment at work brings her back to Love, she discovers the boy she left behind is not the same man there waiting for her.Adam once thought his future with Lydia was set.Until she walked away, leaving him to pick up the pieces of his life and heart alone.It's been five ye...

From the author of Double Indemnity, a tale of an ambitious young waitress whose fairy-tale romance may have an unhappy ending . . .Carrie Selden is not at all like the woman you've read about in the papers. Though she spent time in an orphanage, she isn't an orphan. She didn't finish high school until she was nineteen, not because she struggled to make the grade but because she was waitressing tomake the money she needed. . And though Carrie is very cunnin...

Emotions run deep. The truth runs even deeper...Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes feels like she finally has the life she always wanted. She's working on figuring out her new role as a wife, settling into her job as a partner at a law firm, and preparing to plant new trees at Sugarwood.Right up until her dog digs up a skeleton at the spot where they're supposed to plant their trees. Nicole's hopes for avoiding being sucked into the decade-old crime go up in smoke when...