This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The essential guide to remote work for employees and employersWork has changed. The office is no longer the only place to build a successful career or run a thriving business. Whether you are starting a remote job, managing a virtual team, or adapting to a more flexible way of working, success takes more than just an internet connection. It requires the right habits, communication skills, and tools to stay focus...

A battlefield guide to the World War I exploits of the 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, made up of volunteers who had enlisted together.Follow the footsteps of the Pals in their journey from Lancashire to their training camps in England and Wales and to the villages and battlefields of France. A comprehensive account, with maps and pictures, of a Pals Battalion's service throughout the war.The Battleground series is designed for both the battlefield ...

"The Seigneurs of Old Canada: A Chronicle of New World Feudalism" by William Bennett Munro explores the unique feudal system that developed in New France. This historical account delves into the lives of the seigneurs, the landholding lords who governed vast tracts of land, and their relationships with the habitants, the peasant farmers. Munro meticulously details the social, economic, and political structures that characterized this system, illustrating how it shaped the development of Ca...

Has the First Amendment become a tool to promote the conservative agenda?On June 27, 2018, Justice Elena Kagan, dissenting from the Supreme Court's decision in a free speech case, accused the Roberts Court majority of "weaponizing the First Amendment"--of "turning the First Amendment into a sword" and using it to serve a conservative political agenda. The U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., has decided more free speech cases than any previo...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA major narrative history of Christianity's first thousand years by acclaimed educator and #1 New York Times bestselling author William J. Bennett.Full of larger-than-life characters, stunning acts of bravery, and heart-rending sacrifice, Tried by Fire narrates the rise and expansion of Christianity from an obscure regional sect to the established faith of the world’s greatest empire with ...

A single-volume edition of William J. Bennett's bestselling series, thoroughly revised and updated."The role of history is to inform, inspire, and sometimes provoke us, which is why Bill Bennett's wonderfully readable book is so important." --Walter IsaacsonA decade ago, William J. Bennett published a magisterial three-volume account of our nation's history. Now, Bennett returns to that bestselling trilogy, revising and condensing his epic tale int...

A Russian agent in place left on his own after the collapse of the communist regime, a terrorist trainer named Kalil, used by several countries who, until Omega Force acts, have remained hidden and virtually unknown, and a committee of five environmentalist terrorists clash with Bring It Up. A luxury yacht blown up at sea, its occupants either killed or taken captive, leads to a coded book that unveils this new threat to rhe oil platforms in the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Mexico! Four t...

The Educated Child defines a good education and offers parents a plan of action for ensuring that their children achieve it.The Educated Child defines a good education and offers parents a plan of action for ensuring that their children achieve it. Combining the goals that William Bennett enumerated as Secretary of Education, key excerpts from E. D. Hirsch's Core Knowledge Sequence, and the latest research, it sets forth clear curricula and specif...

By: William D. Bennett, Pub. 1989, Reprinted 2018, 184 pages, Index, E-BOOK, ISBN #978-1-63914-582-9. Orange county was formed in 1752 from Granville, Johnston, and Bladen counties with Granville having been formed from Edgecombe County. Rowan County was formed from the western boundary of Orange in 1753. Counties formed from Orange were Guildford in 1785; Chatham in 1770 with a small portion of it taken to become part of Wake County in 1770; and in 1771 Caswell County was taken from Orang...

Does God Care for the Oppressed? Rejecting a Marcion View of God confronts one of the most challenging questions facing Christianity today: How can a holy, loving, and good God be understood in light of the difficult passages found throughout Scripture?Many readers struggle to reconcile God's character with accounts of judgment, warfare, suffering, and oppression in the Bible. Like the second-century heretic Marcion, some conclude that the God of the Old Testament is fundamentally ...

We live in times when many Americans feel uncertain about the future. We worry about jobs, the economy, and whether the country is on the right path. Strength for Your Future is a reminder that, despite the confusion of our times, there are solid, unshakable principles on which this country—and our futures—can rest. We need to remind ourselves of these principles so we can use them as a compass for our nation and our own lives. Bestselling authors of The Book of Virtues, ...

For decades Americans have turned to the Commerce Department's Index of Leading Economic Indicators to spot trends in the economy. The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators brings a similar kind of empirical analysis to the moral, social, and behavioral condition of American society from 1960 to the present--a vivid, clearly accessible portrait in numbers of who and where we are as a nation.First published in 1994 and now completely updated and considerably expanded...