When JC Richards looks deep into the eyes of his loving wife he feels how every husband would hope to feel after seven years of marriage. A sense of pride, a strong desire to keep her safe and a physical attraction that borders on the hypnotic. Yet something is not right. Their lifestyle seems alien to him. He has flashbacks that he cannot explain. Recollection of ex-lovers; of a recent lover named Amanda and their children playing happily in a field. In time he realises the shocking truth...

“Major Byers got trace of the only survivors...in the slave ship (Clotilda)...were personally interviewed by Major Byers.” -Des Moines Register, Jan. 23, 1904How did the survivors of the slave ship Clotilda feel about the African tribe that captured and enslaved them for shipment to the US as slaves?In 1906, Samuel Hawkins Marshall Byers (1838-1933) would write a short, 12-page account of his interview of the surving former slaves who came to the US in the ...

In the State Department at Washington, there is on file a plain little visiting card, signed by President U. S. Grant. That card was the Secretary’s authority for commissioning me Consul to Zurich. “I would much like to have that little card,” I said to an Assistant Secretary, long years afterward. “Most anybody would,” replied the official, smiling. “You may copy it, but it can not be taken from the files.” That card, in its time, had been of consequence to me. It took me from a quiet lit...

Leadership development is a planned effort that enhances the learner's capacity to lead people. Building on the success of the first edition, Linkage conducted a study of over 300 top organizations and their needs in organizational change and leadership development that identifies approaches to leadership development that have proven to be successful. The work offers practical "how-to" instructions developing leaders and engaging in leadership development. It provides current in-depth mode...

A radio anthology of George Orwell's finest novels, memoirs and essays, plus four biographical dramas and a bonus documentary, The Road to Nineteen Eighty-FourVisionary author and journalist George Orwell was the man behind two of the best-loved and most influential novels of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm. This collection celebrating his life and work features dramatisations of both these classic books, with stell...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In this inspiring book, we delve into the remarkable achievements and contributions of women from around the world. From groundbreaking scientific discoveries to influential political movements, this book showcases the power and resilience of women throughout history. Through captivating stories and insightful analysis, readers will gain a deeper understanding of the impact that women have had on society and the strides they have made t...

Palestine two thousand years ago. The Little Land of Galilee. An Oriental Village. The Boy Carpenter. One of the beauty spots of the world, a couple of thousand years ago, was the little land of Galilee, in upper Palestine. That was a land for poets and painters. Lonesome, deserted, and little inhabited as it seems now, there was a time when this little paradise of earth had many people and many handsome cities. "In my time," says Josephus, "there were not less than four hundred walled tow...

The history of the origin and career of the two Slav States, Poland and Russia, is interesting not merely because it contains a vast number of surprising scenes and marvellous pictures of life, not because it gives us a kaleidoscope as it were of the acts of men, but because these acts in all their variety fall into groups which may be referred each to its proper source and origin, and each group contains facts that concern the most serious problems of history and political development. Th...

**Karl Marx’s groundbreaking work that calls for the overthrow of capitalism in favor of a classless society free of exploitation and inequality.“No man has influenced the course of human history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries more than Karl Marx. . . . The Communist Manifesto reads today with no less vibrancy and urgency than in 1848.”—Vladimir Pozner, from the Introduction**“A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of Communism.”So beg...

In this latest edition of THE WORLD'S LONGEST-RUNNING ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF HORROR AND DARK FANTASY you will find cutting-edge stories by such authors as Ramsey Campbell, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Alison Littlewood, Graham Masterton, Michael Marshall Smith, Damien Angelica Walters, Reggie Oliver and Than Niveau, amongst many others. You'll also find the usual Introduction: Horror in 2018 and Necrology of those who have left us.

Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon EditorsThe world’s most trusted guide for leaders in transitionTransitions are a critical time for leaders. In fact, most agree that moving into a new role is the biggest challenge a manager will face. While transitions offer a chance to start fresh and make needed changes in an organization, they also place leaders in a position of acute vulnerability. Missteps mad...