Much of our nation's documentary heritage resides in small historical societies, libraries, cultural organizations, houses of worship, and museums. The preservation of this heritage often depends on the dedicated efforts of people who, in their workaday world, practice some profession other than archivist. For thirty years, Organizing Archival Records has equipped non-professional archivists to tackle the challenging task of arranging and describing archival materials.The l...

A sweeping behind-the-scenes look at the last four turbulent decades of “the paper of record,” The New York Times, as it confronted world-changing events, internal scandals, and faced the existential threat of the internet“An often enthralling chronicle [that] delivers the gossipy goods . . . Like Robert Caro’s biographies, [The Times] should appeal to anyone interested in power.”—Los Angeles TimesA KI...

Just a Dude riding a bus out to California. Dudeism & Gonzo journalism inspired this project, man.

Three-time New York Times bestseller Adam Carolla is back to take on social media, social justice warriors, and a society gone to s**t.In I’m Your Emotional Support Animal, Adam Carolla examines how our culture went careening off a cliff. We used to have one that created real warriors who fought world wars. Now it spawns social justice warriors who fight Twitter wars.He takes on those who are traumatized by Trump and “emotional support animal” owners who proclaim their vict...

In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation-that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Rather, The Color of Law incontrovertibly makes clear that it was de jure segregation-the laws and policy decisions passed by local, stat...

"You guys really dropped the ball on the teamwork project.”They didn’t say anything, so Jeff continued, focusing on Bobby. “You said it wasn’t just posters and t-shirts, but what else was it?” Before they could answer, he went on. “Because you don’t seem to know what you mean when you talk about team players.”“We didn’t say—” Clare wanted to explain, but Jeff wouldn’t let her.“Oh wait. I forgot.” Jeff was being sarcastic, but not rude. “You do have one clear definition...

Die Buchhändlerin und überzeugte Großstädterin Josefine liebt ihren Beruf – zum Glück, für Urlaub hat sie ohnehin keine Zeit. Und ihre schönsten Ferien bei ihrer Tante Hilde in der Rhön verblassen langsam zu nostalgischen Erinnerungen – genauso wie der Gedanke an die ganz besondere Mission, mit der ihre Tante ihre Buchhandlung führte. Doch dann hinterlässt ihre Tante Josefine ein Erbe, das sie zurück in diese wunderschöne ländliche Gegend katapultiert, in der sie jemanden wiedertrifft, der...

November 2009. An emaciated young lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, is led to a freezing isolation cell in a Moscow prison, handcuffed to a bed rail, and beaten to death by eight police officers. His crime? To testify against the Russian Interior Ministry officials who were involved in a conspiracy to steal $230 million of taxes paid to the state by one of the world's most successful hedge funds. Magnitsky's brutal killing has remained uninvestigated and unpunished to this day. His farcical posthu...

A “brilliant and practical” study of why our brain isn’t built for media multitasking—and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way (Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart**).**Includes practical strategies for fighting digital distraction—straight from a neuroscientist and a psychologist!Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves on our ability to...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.An important component of theosophy and other schools of spiritual belief, the idea of the akashic record is based on the indestructible nature of human beings and other members of the animal kingdom.Nothing comes from nothing, as thinkers more than 2000 years ago believed, and your experiences to do not come from nothing, being tied to the complex karmic relationship of all the higher life forms on this planet...

Following his explosive #1 New York Times bestseller, Red Notice, Bill Browder returns with another gripping thriller chronicling how he exposed Vladmir Putin's campaign to steal and launder hundreds of billions of dollars from Russia—and how Putin is willing to kill anyone who stands in his way.When Browder’s young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten to death in a Moscow jail in 2009, Browder cast aside his business career and made it his life’s mission to pursue justice ...

Ein effektives Trainingsprogramm für mehr Selbstverwirklichung! Das berühmte Gordon-Trainingskonzept hat bereits Millionen Menschen dabei unterstützt, sich und andere besser zu verstehen. In Zusammenarbeit mit Thomas Gordon übertragen Linda Adams und Elinor Lenz nun das "Konferenz"-Konzept auf den Bereich "Selbstverwirklichung innerhalb der Gruppe" und zeigen in einfachen, aber effektiven Schritten, wie man innere Unabhängigkeit und Freiheit erlangen kann. Denn wer gelernt hat, seine Gefüh...