**#1 New York Times bestseller“Barry will teach you almost everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history.”—Bill Gates"Monumental... an authoritative and disturbing morality tale."—Chicago Tribune**The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Flu Epidemic.Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Inf...

America was built upon the enduring tension between strong leadership and constitutional restraint. What happens when this balance is challenged?Drawing upon a lifetime of experience in combat aviation, national security strategy, crisis leadership, education reform, and public service, John Barry's Power & Peril takes readers on a sweeping journey through the recurring struggles that have shaped both the American presidency and the nation itself. From the...

The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic, adapted for young readers from the #1 New York Times bestseller.At the height of World War I, history’s most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, and then exploded worldwide, killing as many as 100 million people. It killed more in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four year...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history' Bill Gates'Easily our fullest, richest, most panoramic history of the subject' New York Times Book ReviewIn 1918, the world faced the deadliest pandemic in human history. What can the story of the so-called Spanish Flu teach us about the fight against present ...

A sweeping American epic of rivers, oil, and the rule of law—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Rising Tide and The Great InfluenzaIn Water and Oil, John Barry traces three great rivers and the struggle to control them: the Missouri, bearing the soil of the Great Plains; the Ohio, moving coal and steel; and the Mississippi, carrying a continent in its currents and building land across seven states, including Louisia...

An essential roadmap for anyone serious about unique transformational leadership in educationIn Super Ownership: How Superintendents Can Elevate K-12 Systems, author John Barry distills several decades of leadership wisdom drawn from his distinguished career spanning the United States Air Force, public education, and nonprofit leadership and shaped into a blueprint for superintendents-and all educational leaders-who are committed to real, lasting change. His book ...

For every income idea that gets shouted about online, there is a quieter one that actually pays the bills. 101 Remote Income Methods is a deliberate act of rebellion against the hype. Author John Barry, a decade-plus freelancer and product builder, does not hand you a listicle. He hands you an inventory, a 7 question method filter for scoring every option against your real time, skills, and risk tolerance, and a portfolio system for stacking the survivors into a business you own. The hones...

"Mademoiselle Blanche" are not readily available, Barry's novels typically explored themes of romance, social dynamics, and sometimes adventure. Given the time of its publication, the novel might also touch upon cultural aspects and societal norms of the era, possibly set against a European backdrop.Barry's writing style often combines narrative flair with character development, offering readers a glimpse into the lives of the protagonists and their journeys through various challenges and ...

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Lillian Smith Award.An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of almost one million people, helped elect Huey Long governor and made Herbert Hoover president, drove hundred...

PERSPECTIVES IN MALE PSYCHOLOGYDiscover a balanced perspective on men’s psychology in this accessible new resourceMale psychology is a new field within the discipline of psychology, which focuses on men and boys. Male psychology moves us towards a more scientific and balanced understanding of the psychology of men and of boys, drawing on a range of perspectives, and away from an overreliance on social constructionism and preoccupations with...

A revelatory look at the separation of church and state in America—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Great InfluenzaFor four hundred years, Americans have fought over the proper relationships between church and state and between a free individual and the state. This is the story of the first battle in that war of ideas, a battle that led to the writing of the First Amendment and that continues to define the issue of the separation ...

The Interplanetary Laser Jousting TournamentOr Relativity RevisedBy: John BarryIt is said that two spaceships going away from each other at very high speeds are able to see light from the other travelling at the proper speed of light because space contracts and time slows down. What would happen if these two spacecrafts passed each other? Would space suddenly invert and time change speed? How would a spaceship travelling between two light sources, such as stars, see l...