Every leadership failure you can't explain has the same root.It's not strategy. It's not skill. It's not effort. It's identity. And until you do the work most leaders avoid, every system you build will carry the same fracture.This book doesn't start where most leadership books start. It starts earlier. Before the title, before the team, before the vision statement. It starts with the question you've been avoiding: Who are you when nothing external is holdin...

Nazi Germany, June 1943, Buchenwald concentration camp. The last place you'd expect to find any form of justice. And yet justice against the SS men who brutalised the prisoners here would be attempted by the unlikeliest of sources – SS officer Konrad Morgen.Nazi Germany, despite the atrocities it carried out on an industrial scale, still had legislation and a legal system, and Morgen used these laws to bring individual members of the SS to justice for their crimes. He was a fearles...

"A thoughtful and creatively woven exploration of neuroscience, pharmacology, and insights drawn from our relationships with pets... clear and accessible, making complex concepts easy to grasp. Provides practical strategies and mindset shifts to ease challenges for all involved."-Teepa Snow, Founder of Positive Approach to Care®Are you managing a loved one's healthcare-or is it managing you?Caregiving often begins at a chao...

"Each tale leaves you gasping at the almost nonchalant, offhand accounts of extraordinary courage and dangers. This is a pageturner of a book." -Journal of Naval Engineering The Royal Naval Commandos had one of the most dangerous and important tasks of any unit in World War II. They were first onto the invasion beaches and they were the last to leave. Their remarkable story, from their early formation and their training to the invasions they spearheaded, is told here through a series of br...

A journey through the history of this railway that brought passengers to the English seaside for fifty years. Includes maps and photos.The Southwold Railway was a delightful example of one of East Anglia's minor railways: A 3ft gauge railway, single track, just over eight miles long from Halesworth (connections to London) across the heathland and marshes of East Suffolk to the seaside resort and harbor of Southwold.This book collates the research and memori...

In the golden age of circuses and the dawn of flight, The Flyer tells the sweeping, emotionally rich story of Frank Ellis-a young man torn between family legacy, love, and the sky.Set in 1911, Frank convinces his mother, owner of the struggling Audrey & Ellis Circus, to invest in a Wright Model B airplane-an audacious move that transforms their small traveling show into a sensation. As Frank soars above fairgrounds and racetracks, dazzling crowds and courting danger, he also naviga...

An in-depth analysis of what it was really like to fight at the sharp end in every theater of the Second World War from the author of Beachhead Assault.In 1947, US General S. L. A Marshall controversially wrote that out of every one hundred combat soldiers only fifteen to twenty-five actually fired their weapons at the enemy, because of the innate human reluctance to take another's life. Others maintained the opposite view that soldiers enjoyed killing.

A look at the lives of two influential men during the reign of Elizabeth I: William Cecil, Lord Burghley, and his son, Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury.Lord Burghley served three Tudor Monarchs in an unparalleled rise to power during the reign of Elizabeth I and his political influence on state matters, his remarkable close bond to the queen, and the self-sacrifice in his service to the state and crown, are closely examined in this unprecedented work. The life and c...

Leaves are all around us—in backyards, cascading from window boxes, even emerging from small cracks in city sidewalks given the slightest glint of sunlight. Perhaps because they are everywhere, it's easy to overlook the humble leaf, but a close look at them provides one of the most enjoyable ways to connect with the natural world.A lush, incredibly informative tribute to the leaf, Nature's Fabric offers an introduction to the science of leaves, weaving biology and chemistry...

The murder of Jake Alexander, a wealthy trial lawyer, and his young lover enraged East Flamingo. The prosecutor, Steele, said Jakes son Dave was seen in the study and that fingerprints, hair, fibers and an eye witness would convict. Dave phoned Charlie Carne from jail. Theyd been law school roommates. But Charlie was Jakes second chair. Hed never tried a Florida capital case. Dunstan Dundee had. But he was mesmerized by Jakes financial assistant and ex-lover, didnt like ballistics, and didnt ...

For anybody interested in learning more about the ancient art of bonsai, "Bonsai Beginnings: A Novice's Guide to the Art of Miniature Trees" is a necessary manual. This thorough book has been painstakingly written to acquaint novices with the complex realm of small-scale tree cultivation and maintenance. It covers everything from choosing the appropriate tree species and grasping fundamental methods to more complex subjects like designing elaborate bonsai designs and overseeing seasonal ma...

David Lee is a major figure in American letters: the author of fifteen books of poetry, a celebrated teacher, a legendary reader in classrooms, bookstores, and taverns; and the first poet laureate of Utah. His work is full of the most various qualities: soul-crushing tragedy, lyrical celebration, high comedy, storytelling ebullience. Rusty Barbed Wire: Selected Poems, now with us at last, brings to the community of readers raw power and radical beauty.