Winner: Jakobczak Memorial Book AwardFrom 1942–1945 the Allies’ war in the Southwest Pacific was effectively a bilateral coalition between the United States and Australia under the command of General Douglas MacArthur. By charting the evolution of the military effectiveness of the US-Australian alliance, MacArthur’s Coalition puts the relationship between the United States and Australia at the center of the war against Japan.Drawing on new primary ...

An innovative framework for enhancing leadership skills in any situationBusinesses today have a vital need to create individuals who can positively and progressively fill leadership roles at every level of their organizations. An award-winning leadership practitioner, Peter J. Dean has developed an exclusive method that shows how every interaction and every encounter holds opportunities for leadership. Leadership for Everyone provides the knowledge, tools,...

The Coachable Leader speaks to executives who are serious and willing to reflect upon, refine, and possibly reconstitute their leadership practices.If you want to be one of those people, its imperative that you remain coachable so you can gain insights on how to encourage positive behaviors and avoid executive actions that sabotage mutual success.Use this book to seize your opportunity to become an exceptional leader. Through its clearly outlined chapters, complete...

Lieutenant General Sir Frank Berryman is one of the most important, yet relatively unknown officers in the history of the Australian Army. Despite his reputedly caustic personality and noted conflicts with some senior officers, Berryman was crucial to Australia's success during the Second World War. But did the man known as 'Berry the Bastard' deserve his reputation? Bold, calculating and talented, Berryman was at the forefront of operations that led to the defeat of the Japanese, and his ...

Smart strategies for managing workplace bullies out of your life and businessMore than one in four Americans deals with an on-the-job bully. These office sociopaths don’t just make individuals miserable. Their poison spreads throughout the company, damaging overall morale, creativity, productivity, and profitability. It doesn’t have to be this way.Leading consultants Peter Dean and Molly Shepard have helped vanquish workplace bullying and now share their pr...

Payback, a delicious page-turner, follows three naïve but ambitious young women chasing their professional dreams in late twentieth-century corporate America. Over the years, their growing friendship forms a tight-knit, supportive bond that sees them through challenges related to gender bias, assault, and racism—as well as the joys of discovering their sexual identity, falling in love, and raising children while navigating demanding careers.Gripping and heartfelt, this tal...

PETER J. DEAN, Ph.D. is the head of Leaders By Design, the men’s leadership development and executive coaching division of The Leader’s Edge. With over 40 years of national and international experience, Peter bases his executive coaching and consulting work on current research and best practices in the field of leadership development. Leaders By Design helps executives recognize and understand the intricacies inherent in global leadership and dealing with diverse cultures and sub-cultures....

Mastering Leadership Fundamentals: A Self-Directed Journey is a comprehensive guide for the next generation of business leaders who want to build a strong foundation to grow robust and successful careers. This book is a powerful combination of leadership theory, practical tools and business insights that will help readers cultivate a new way of leading with fundamental skills, inclusivity, and collaboration. One of the most important needs in today’s world is to develop individuals with po...

Timely and provocative reflections on the future of the wild in an increasingly human worldThe Heart of the Wild brings together some of today’s leading scientists, humanists, and nature writers to offer a thought-provoking meditation on the urgency of learning about and experiencing our wild places in an age of rapidly expanding human impacts.These engaging essays present nuanced and often surprising perspectives on the meaning and value of “wildn...

In the decades following his death, many of those who knew James Dean best––actors, directors, friends, lovers (both men and women), photographers, and Hollywood columnists––shared stories of their first-person experiences with him in interviews and in the articles and autobiographies they wrote. Their recollections of Dean became lost in fragile back issues of movie magazines and newspapers and in out-of-print books that are extremely hard to find. Until now.The Real James Dean...

In "Peter Simpel" entführt Frederick Marryat seine Leser in die maritimen Abenteuer des titelgebenden Protagonisten, eines schüchternen und ungeschickten Jungen, der sich in die Weiten der Seefahrt wagt. Marryats Erzählstil, geprägt von einer Mischung aus humorvoller Ironie und traumhaften Seefahrt-Episoden, ist sowohl unterhaltsam als auch lehrreich. Das Werk spiegelt die zeitgenössische englische Gesellschaft der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts wider und thematisiert den Wunsch nach F...

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!