For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Real estate managers job, or to apply for a better job.What you'll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines. It ensures that the narrative will follow a logical structure and reminds you not to leave out the most important points. With this book, you'll be able to revise your application into a muc...

The Reformation changed everything—culture, commerce and learning. Here in these few pages we focus on its core, its defining of a new Protestant church.While Wittenberg in 1517 is often regarded as the start of the Reformation, the earliest-recorded heretik died in Scotland more than a hundred years earlier. Part l offers a fast-paced storyline of the whole period.This book does not celebrate a schism. It sets forth biblical truth, and the part each of us must play in pass...

The fully revised new edition of the international bestseller is your shortcut to business brilliance!The 80 Minute MBA is for those who want to get ahead without going back to school. A traditional MBA is for either the time-rich, very wealthy or lucky few with a generous corporate sponsor. So what happens if you want to get a hit of high-quality business inspiration without spending two years back at school?The 80 Minute MBA is the gatew...

Saga of the Greenlanders and Erik the Red's Saga are the main literary sources of information for the Norse exploration of North America. These sagas relate the colonization of Greenland by Erik the Red and his followers and they describe several expeditions further west led by Erik's children and Þorfinnr "Karlsefni" Þórðarson.

In 'The Myth of the Greenlanders & Erik the Red,' editors Arthur Middleton Reeves and John Sephton compile a fascinating anthology that delves deep into the Norse sagas and the storied past of Viking explorations. The collection captures a broad spectrum of narrative styles, from the epic to the lyrical, exploring the intersecting themes of adventure, conquest, and myth-making. The anthology's rich tapestry of tales not only highlights the timeless allure of Norse mythology but also reflec...

The controversial story of Ulysses S. Grant’s role in the 1877 seizure of the Black Hills—which the Lakota viewed as sacred land—in response to the humiliating defeat of the U.S. Army at the Battle of Little Bighorn.A riveting account of the secret, rapacious conspiracy that led to the theft of the sacred Black Hills, Grant’s Betrayal is set against a backdrop of brazen corruption, Lakota resistance, and Gilded Age greed. This unfamiliar story is about capitalism a...

A riveting account of the secret, rapacious conspiracy that led to the theft of the sacred Black Hills, Grant's Betrayal is set against a backdrop of brazen corruption, Lakota resistance, and Gilded Age greed. This unfamiliar story is about capitalism and fraud at the time of America's first centennial. It's also about loss. Over a period of several decades, the Lakota people lost most of their land, their bison herds, and their liberty to roam over their once-expansive territory....

Captain Ulysses S. Grant rose to become general-in-chief of the United States Army in 1864. Was it destiny? Or was he just an ordinary man, opportunistically benefiting from the turmoil of the Civil War to advance to the highest military rank?Soldier of Destiny reveals that Grant always possessed the latent abilities of a skilled commander—and he was able to develop these skills out West without the overwhelming pressure faced by more senior commanders in the Eastern theat...

Presenting an original, thought-provoking look at Ulysses S. Grant, Soldier of Destiny evokes the life of the general through his conflicted connection to slavery, allowing readers a clearer understanding of this great American.**Captain Ulysses S. Grant, an obscure army officer who was expelled for alcohol abuse in 1854, rose to become general-in-chief of the United States Army in 1864. What accounts for this astonishing turn-around during this extraordin...

The riveting account of the first bloody showdown between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee—a battle that sealed the fate of the Confederacy and changed the course of American history.At the outset of the Battle of the Wilderness, General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia remained capable of defeating the Army of the Potomac. But two days of relentless fighting in dense Virginia woods, Robert E. Lee was never again able to launch offensive operations against Grant's...

History has been kind to Robert E. Lee. Woodrow Wilson believed General Lee was a “model to men who would be morally great.” Douglas Southall Freeman, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his four-volume biography of Lee, described his subject as “one of a small company of great men in whom there is no inconsistency to be explained, no enigma to be solved.” Winston Churchill called him “one of the noblest Americans who ever lived.” Until recently, there was even a stained glass window devoted to L...

In "History of the Government of the Island of Newfoundland," John Reeves presents an exhaustive exploration of Newfoundland's political evolution from its early colonial days to its eventual entry into Canadian Confederation. Through meticulous research and an analytical lens, Reeves employs a clear and engaging literary style, interweaving historical narratives with critical assessments of governmental structures, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of the intricate rela...