Sir Alfred Munnings, retiring President of the Royal Academy, chooses the 1949 Annual Banquet to launch a savage attack on Modern Art. The effect of his diatribe is doubly shocking, leaving not only his distinguished audience gasping but also many people tuning in to the BBC's live radio broadcast. But as he approaches the end of his assault, the speech suddenly dissolves into incoherence when he stumbles over a name - a name he normally takes such pains to avoid - that takes him back fort...

Claude AI Bible for Everyone 5 Books in 1 is exactly what it sounds like: five complete guides bundled into a single volume, taking you from your very first login to running automated business workflows with Anthropic's AI assistant.Book one covers setup, getting your environment configured and ready to work. Book two is a complete Claude AI prompting guide covering both fundamentals and advanced prompt engineering, with tested patterns you can copy and adapt rather than vague theo...

'Fight Less, Win More is a massively useful book for just about anyone who has to deal with the desires, foibles, and idiosyncrasies of other human beings.' — Daniel Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of To Sell Is Human, Drive, and The Power of RegretYour handbook for mastering the negotiating skills in the multimillion-copy bestseller Never Split the Difference.You're in a nego...

Wilfred and Eileen is by Jonathan Smith, author of several novels and non-fiction books. For many years he taught at Tonbridge School and one day the young Anthony Seldon (now the Master of Wellington and the biographer of Tony Blair) told him the story of his grandparents Wilfred and Eileen Willett. Jonathan Smith's first novel a few years later was based on their lives.Wilfred Willett was 22 in 1912 when, at a May Ball at Trinity College, Cambridge, he m...

Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is a qualitative research approach committed to the examination of how people make sense of their major life experiences. This text provides a detailed guide to conducting IPA research, presenting the theoretical underpinnings of the approach, a comprehensive overview of the stages of an IPA research project, and examples of high-quality IPA studies.Extended worked examples from the authors′ own studies in health, psychological distres...

Most AI assistants can answer questions. The real breakthrough begins when they can finish entire jobs.The Claude Agent That Finishes Jobs is a practical guide to building autonomous AI agents that plan, reason, use tools, interact with external systems, and reliably complete real work from start to finish. Whether you're a developer, entrepreneur, product manager, automation specialist, or business leader, you'll learn how to transform Claude from a conversational assistant into a...

Here is a comprehensive clinical manual focused on stress management and relaxation. It contains detailed descriptions of tactics for training the user in the methods of relaxation, positive thinking, time management, and more. Features validated self-tests (normed on over 1000 individuals), and first-time ever stress management motivations and irrational beliefs inventories.This hands-on resource is essential for practitioners introducing stress management techniques into their pr...

This fully updated and expanded edition of The Crusades: A History provides an authoritative exploration of one of the most significant topics in medieval and religious history. From the First Crusade right up to the present day, Jonathan Riley-Smith and Susanna Throop investigate the phenomenon of crusading and the crusaders themselves.Now in its 4th edition, this landmark text includes:- A new and more balanced book structure with updated terminology designed to ...

Every year, millions of people decide to learn programming. Most give up within the first few weeks. They do not quit because programming is too hard or because they are not smart enough. They quit because the resources they use teach syntax without context, vocabulary without conversation.This book exists to solve that problem.Python Jumpstart takes a different approach. It does not try to cover every feature of Python. It focuses on the concepts that matter most to beginn...

What's holding your company back from the growth you know is possible?Every entrepreneurial leader eventually hits a ceiling. The skills and grit that fueled your start-up can't carry you through scale-up. Instead of freedom, you feel frustration-people problems, profit pressures, lack of control, or endless firefighting.In Grow!, Expert EOS ImplementersⓇ Jonathan B. Smith and Jeanet L. Wade reveal a proven roadmap for breaking through those barrie...

If you live in a house where everyone has ADHD, you know the chaos is not a mystery and it is not a moral failure. It is the predictable output of a household that has more people who need executive support than people who can provide it. The standard organizing advice, the chore charts, and the color-coded calendars were never designed for a brain like yours. This book is the counterargument.Built around 12 powerful laws, this system shows you how to build a home that does the rem...

I used to be the guy who faded into the background. At work, my ideas were ignored, even when I knew I was right. In social settings, I was invisible, too shy to join the conversation. And in dating, my desperation scared away every chance at love. I had the skills, the knowledge, the potential—but I lacked the one thing that could unlock it all: confidence. I thought I'd never measure up… until I decided to change.Mastering Confidence: is the story of how I went from a pl...