Welcome to the3 Books To Knowseries, our idea is to help readers learn about fascinating topics through three essential and relevant books. These carefully selected works can be fiction, non-fiction, historical documents or even biographies. We will always select for you three great works to instigate your mind, this time the topic is:Classic Erotica. - Lady Chatterley's Lover by D H Lawrence - Venus in Furs by Ritter von Leopold Sacher-Masoch - Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Clela...

You can turn any problem into a mystery. There are now enough agile templates and frameworks to turn any simple insight into a challenge that naturally can only be resolved with this or that method or framework. Yes, I am sitting in a glass house. I make my money giving companies valuable tips and my name is associated with Kanban. However, my goal is to never make things more complicated than what they really are. And a simple insight goes along with this: An agile organization is not cre...

The Belgian King Leopold II's desire to "do something in Africa" led to the Congo Free State's horrific massacre. Despite his initial claim of working towards peaceful and humanitarian goals, he authorized the killing of countless innocent Congolese people. The Belgians' first kind treatment towards the natives was short-lived, and soon the chiefs were forced to put their mark on the Latin alphabet paper, leading to a bloody massacre. Sadly, Leopold's vicious deeds were soon forgotten due ...

Leopold loves to dance!He dances everywhere he goes. When his dance teacher announces the year-end recital, Leopold hopes he will get to be a graceful bird. Alas, no such luck. Miss Linda says the dancers are going to be bees. But Leopold doesn’t want to be a buzzing little bee. He wants to be tall and elegant like an ostrich! When the big night comes around, the combination of stage fright and an uncomfortable costume are too much for Leopold. Will he find a way t...

This classic study is one of the few books to explore extensively the many facets of envy—“a drive which lies at the core of man’s life as a social being.” Ranging widely over literature, philosophy, psychology, and the social sciences, Professor Schoeck— a distinguished sociologist and anthropologist—elucidates both the constructive and destructive consequences of envy in social life. Perhaps most important, he demonstrates that not only the impetus toward a totalitarian regime but also t...

In the shadow of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, Kalman and Leopold— two young boys—meet as unwitting subjects of Josef Mengele's twisted twin experiments. Pulled from their barrack, they are forced to become servants to the SS guards within Mengele's "hospital" camp, bearing daily witness to scenes of obscene viciousness. Within this nightmarish hell Leopold becomes Kalman's guide, helping him to navigate the terrifying complexities of the SS guard shack. Mengele's atr...

An African American missionary-explorer risks everything to save a nation, leading to the first international human rights trial.Inspired by true events, discover the inspiring story of a forgotten African American hero whose passion for human rights helped free an enslaved nation.As a young boy growing up in post-Civil War Virginia, William Sheppard knew he wanted to explore the world. What he never expected was becoming ...

Digital manufacturing is everywhere. Technology advances in production engineering have reduced the “artisan skill” traditionally required in manufacturing processes and replaced it with high-precision, computer-controlled machinery. This reduces human errors and variability in output, but it does not reduce the knowledge required of the professional engineer or shop floor worker. In fact, the reverse is true. They still need to understand the fundamentals, and must acquire other important...

Bart skips outta Fort Collins on an eastbound freight train and ends up in rural, rustbelt, Stentorville, Pennsylvania—a whacky place complete with forgetful old lady—Dotty, black-booted, ragtag bullies stomping around town, one weird, red-headed, whiz kid—Ollie, and a hard-to-read young lady—Abby with a gigantic fireman dad. Set in a previous era, readers will find eerie parallels to events happening today.Poignant while delving into difficult subjects of White Nationalism and Alzh...

Birthed Rebirthed and Born: Turned Around Again is a book of poems written through trials. It was written to inspire others to follow Christ and, for those who do, to become better in their understanding. The romance involved causes one to hope for love again. In all hopes, we search for that which can fill us and lead us into a better way of living. Through Christ and love, all things are achievable.

An ancient vampire. A woman with dangerous secrets. A love that defies centuries of isolation.Ancient vampire Léopold Devereoux has survived by discipline and distance. When a brutal killer begins leaving a trail that echoes a threat he thought long buried, Léopold is forced to act. His search leads him to a brilliant antiques dealer whose courage challenges his resolve and awakens emotions he has spent centuries keeping under control.Laryssa Theriot has spent years guardin...

A special edition of one of the greatest masterpieces of the environmental movement—plus original photographs and other writings on environmental ethicsSince his death in 1948, Aldo Leopold has been increasingly recognized as one of the indispensable figures of American environmentalism. A pioneering forester, sportsman, wildlife manager, and ecologist, he was also a gifted writer whose farsighted land ethic is proving increasingly relevant in our own time. Now, Le...