Given the urgency and immediacy of so many business problems and challenges, a solid grounding in the history and evolution of business thinking will help managers separate fad from fact and apply the cumulative wisdom of the writers whose ideas have demonstrated profound and lasting impact. From Sun Tzu's timeless Art of War to the inventors of modern management in the 1920s-'40s to the books that have the captured the New Economy Zeitgeist, The Best Business Books Ever ...

Rhetoric is what gives words power. It's nothing to be afraid of. It isn't the exclusive preserve of politicians: it's everywhere, from your argument with the insurance company to your plea to the waitress for a table near the window. It convicts criminals (and then frees them on appeal). It causes governments to rise and fall, best men to be shunned by brides, and people to march with steady purpose towards machine guns.In this highly entertaining (and persuasive) book, Sam Leith examines...

The Soils of Croatia is a six-chapter book detailing all aspects of Croatian soils. The book presents, in a reader friendly way, the lively history of pedology in Croatia. It explains soils as natural resources for this country and offers a detailed view on the different agricultural regions referenced in Croatia. The Soils of Croatia also contains useful information regarding the different factors of soil genesis in the different regions as well as on soil taxonomy and it gives a very det...

No classic work lends itself better to Steampunk illustrations than The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, and "The Country of the Blind," written by H.G. Wells, who many consider to be the father of Steampunk itself. Wells's tales of time travel and scientific romance is the perfect collection to the Steampunk series. Fans old and new will be delighted by Basic and Sumberac's four-color illustrations spiked with Steampunk machinery, gadgets, and fashion.

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol tells the time-honored tale of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, whose encounters with the ghosts of Jacob Marley, Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come lead him to examine his bitter existence. Haunting steampunk illustrations by acclaimed artist Zdenko Basic accompany the original story, transforming this Christmas classic like never before. Images of steam-powered machinery, a chilling industrial London, and ornate mechanica...

If you combined clockwork gears, parasols, and air balloons with Edgar Allan Poe, what would you get? Steampunk: Poe! This is the first collection ever of Poe stories illustrated with the influence of steampunk. Running Press Teens has selected some of the most popular, thrilling, and memorable stories and poems by the classic 19th century American writer whose literary talent continues to open the mind to countless interpretations.Every Poe story and poems is fully illust...

A ‘Tall Tale’ is a story that’s hard to believe, and the five tall tales in this book all tell of ghosts. Some have dark secrets buried in the past, others bring messages for the living. Some are laughable, some are sad, and some are just evil. Sometimes there’s a logical explanation for the strangest happenings, but often things cannot be explained by logic alone. Either way, you’re sure to find some frightening reading between the covers of this book.

The Educated AF Hospice NurseIn this book you will find the following:Documentation Best PracticesDocumentation HacksHow to spend less time on charting.*Tips on documenting at the bedside*Documenting FormatULTIMATE HACK "Patient Cheat Sheet."Example IDT NoteExample RECERT NoteExample Admission NoteExample Death Note

Happy Papi - A Heartwarming Dinosaur Story About Family, Grandparents & Social Emotional Learning (SEL)Happy Papi is a joyful dinosaur picture book for kids about love, emotions, and the special bond between grandparents and grandchildren. When Papi, a once happy Grandpa Dino, loses his smile, his little dinos set out on a heartfelt family adventure to help him find it again.Through love, creativity, and t...

According to the kodari, the newly discovered wormhole is part of a limited and poorly understood network connecting distant star systems.On a post-Bottleneck Earth, the loose political organisation Human Advent are mistrustful of the kodari motives. Members are questioning their activities within the Solar System and the imposed restrictions on the use of the tunnel network.Some see a bright future for humanity, a chance for an everlasting legacy. Others are caught between...

The author's direction takes the reader to astrophysics naming the most beautiful proportions of all within the solar system. The color chart XXI of the outer universe and its image in the solar system includes respective descriptors and refreshes a reader's imagination of the space containing the Energy of its own. This skillfully written mathematical document leads the reader to an understanding of the Zero Point Energy maximum for the rotating planetary spheres.

This book is about an antigravity force that might suddenly become incandescent in the mind, radiating outward with such apocalyptic power that everything would change.