Unlock your leadership potential by leveraging the power of workplace relationships to increase creativity, productivity, and genuine connection.Work has never been more connected — or more lonely. Today’s managers are told that the solution to renewing collaboration and a sense of belonging at work is to add even more tech, but endless pings, virtual meetings, and AI “copilots” leave all of us drowning in shallow interactions—and without the deeper relationships t...

Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete.He robbed from the rich and gave to the poor, and had escapades enough to please any adventure-loving child. Now even the youngest readers can have the chance to enter Sherwood Forest with Robin's band of merry men, and meet such unforgettable characters as Friar Tuck, Little John, Allan-a-Dale, the nasty Sheriff of Nottingham, and wicked King John. Every moment of the story is filled with a...

What makes Mozart's music so great? Why does a minor chord sound sad and a major chord sound happy? What's the difference between opera and operetta? From Bach to Bernstein, this definitive e-guide offers a complete survey of the history of classical music.Whether you already love classical music or you're just beginning to explore it, The Complete Classical Music Guide invites you to discover the spirituality of Byrd's masses, the awesome power of Handel'...

The Afterlife really does exist. There is a tremendous amount of evidence proving that it is so. Some of the more convincing evidence comes from the Scole experiments, proxy sittings, and solid materializations. All of this evidence proves that the personality lives on and that when we die we will meet our loved ones again. There is No Death. I am standing on the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of bea...

Cobb finds it difficult to go on. Though he finally brought an end to Kyle, he also lost the meaning to his life. He returns to his university lecturing 'to keep his head on straight' but allows himself to dwell in the past, a time when every day brought new miracles. Now, there could be no more miracles - or could there? Trouble has a way of finding Cobb and it is a strange route he follows, and a number of attempts on his life, before he realizes what is going on. I hope that you have re...

Saddam Hussein sought great power and prestige in the Middle East. He had been secretly researching and developing nuclear weapons for years and he was determined to use them against Israel. He started his Middle East expansion in 1990 when he invaded Kuwait. It was obvious that Saudi Arabia would be his next target. However Saudi Arabia called in their old American and British friends who, with modern weaponry put the Iraqi military and National Guard into an embarrassing and bloody retre...

This unprecedented book, by one of Britain's leading intellectual historians, describes the intellectual impact that the study and consideration of the past has had in the western world over the past 2500 years, treating the practise of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the cultural history of Europe and America. It magnificently brings to life the work of historians from the Greeks to the present, including Livy, Tacitus, Bede, F...

When Cobb's friend dies by suicide the police say that it is an open and shut case, but Cobb is far from satisfied. He follows his nose and a few psychic intuitions, and what was a simple suicide turns into a series of devilish crimes. Cobb tears himself away from his university lecturing and follows a very dangerous course to put all the clues together. He ends up asking himself the question "how can a dead man have committed these crimes?" It is a very traumatic time in Cobb's life. Not ...

Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are unabridged and have been rewritten for younger audiences. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve.He robbed from the rich and gave to the poor, and had escapades enough to please any adventure-loving child. Now even the youngest readers can have the cha...

Unlock your leadership potential by leveraging the power of workplace relationships to increase creativity, productivity, and genuine connection.Work has never been more connected — or more lonely. Today’s managers are told that the solution to renewing collaboration and a sense of belonging at work is to add even more tech, but endless pings, virtual meetings, and AI “copilots” leave all of us drowning in shallow interactions—and without the deeper relationships t...

Just what exactly is classical music ...and why should it be a part of everyone's life? Who are the big names behind the classical hits ...and which are the best recordings of their music? What are you supposed to wear to a classical concert ...and when on earth are you supposed to applaud? 'Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Classical Music ...But Were Too Afraid to Ask' answers these questions and much more. In the pages of this book, Darren Henley and Sam Jackson set out to make t...

'The most accessible, up-to-date introduction to its subject ... does full justice to the multifarious forces at work in high gothic Europe' Daily TelegraphThe years from AD 1000 to the beginning of the fourteenth century were the most formative period in European history: a time of intense social, political, cultural and religious change. In this definitive work one of the world's leading medievalists explores a confident, dynamic age, far removed from ou...