Inferno is a gripping history of the world wars told through twelve battles that shaped the fate of the 20th century.From Verdun and the Somme to the Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, D-Day and the fall of Berlin, this is war at full intensity: the clashes that shattered armies, toppled regimes and redrew the map of the world. Written by the team behind the hit platform Battle Guide, Inferno combines expert analysis with vivid storyt...

In this supplement to Famous Faces Decoded: A Guidebook for Reading Others, the focus shifts from examples involving the lives of celebrities to situations readers encounter in their daily lives. For every key facial coding emotion, Decoding Faces tells readers how the facial expressions covered in Famous Faces Decoded apply on the job, in dating, marriage, or handling one's children. Packed with advice while providing a helpful checklist of ways to practice reading others, this book steer...

For far too long, emotions have been ignored in favor of rationality and efficiency.  Breakthroughs in brain science have revealed that people are primarily emotional decision-makers.  Many companies have not yet accepted that fact, ignoring emotion in favor of rationality and efficiency.  Even fewer have acted on it. Emotionomics looks at emotions in terms of business opportunities, both in the marketplace and in the workplace.  In today's highly competitive marketplace where many products l...

In this deeply moving memoir, one of Canada’s most respected singer-songwriters traces his difficult, often tumultuous relationship with his father. From the time Dan Hill picked up a guitar at age 11, he tried to win the approval of Daniel Hill Sr., a man who has been called Canada’s father of human rights. But Hill Sr. set impossibly high standards for himself and his family, especially for his eldest son, leading to conflict and alienation even as young Dan achieved international fame a...

Inferno is a gripping history of the world wars told through twelve battles that shaped the fate of the 20th century.From Verdun and the Somme to the Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, D-Day and the fall of Berlin, this is war at full intensity: the clashes that shattered armies, toppled regimes and redrew the map of the world. Written by the team behind the hit platform Battle Guide, Inferno combines expert analysis with vivid storyt...

Anyone who ever served in the military can tell a similar story. The circumstances change and the names are different, but when you deal with young soldiers anything is probable. Hill tells the reader about many of these young men and women in some very funny situations. He also details what it is like to be the commander of a unit with 200 or more of these soldiers, in peacetime and in war. In telling the story of his long and varied career, he offers some real leadership gems that carry ...

Permanence as an architectural concept is no longer restricted to the Vitruvian virtue of firmitas. To think about it in this sense today produces a schism: absolutism in a world of relativism. The fourth volume of Inflection extrapolates the permanent and the temporary not as opposing forces, but as a spectrum to be navigated at each stage of architecture's unfolding narrative. Through each of the responses presented in this year's edition, Permanence provides a critical voice as architec...

Originally featured as articles in the ESV Study Bible, these eighteen essays have been repurposed and republished in a convenient format. Covering a diverse range of essential subjects, including how to read the Bible well and why it is reliable, the essays delve into specific topics such as world religions, canon, and archaeology.Useful as both a general overview of the Bible and as a tool for more specific reference and training, readers of this book will grow in their ...

Collected first-hand accounts of British men and women serving their country during World War I, as discovered through the Herts At War community project.In Hertfordshire Soldiers of The First World War the authors explore a series of individual case studies of Hertfordshire men who served in various theaters during the First World War, all of which had been uncovered as part of the Herts At War community project. This unique collection of largely unknown ...

Random House presents The Audiobook of the Year 2018, written and read by the team behind hit podcast No Such Thing as a Fish; James Harkin, Jane Hill, Dan Schreiber, Andrew Hunter Murray and Anna Ptaszynski.Think you know what happened in 2018? Think again.Following hot on the heels of the success of The Audiobook of the Year (or, more precisely, twelve months later), The Aud...

Random House Audiobooks present The Audiobook of the Year, written and read by the team behind hit podcast No Such Thing As A Fish: James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski and Dan Schreiber.In a year when much of the news was believable but fake, comes an audiobook packed with stories that are unbelievable but true.The Audiobook of the Year is a feature-length edition of the award-winning hit comedy podcast No Such Thing As A F...

“Napoleon Hill was one of America’s great, influential thinkers who continues to have an enormous impact today.” —Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief of Forbes magazineBestselling author Napoleon Hill reveals the seven principles of good that allow us to triumph over obstacles…and find success.Using his legendary ability to get to the root of human potential, Napoleon Hill digs deep to reveal how fear, procrastination, anger, and jealous...