In The Mindful Leader, Peter Shaw unpacks the Christian concepts underpinning good leadership and management - such as wisdom, hope and truth - offering a toolkit for leaders who are aspiring to be more authentic.

Published in 1919, Heartbreak House is an examination of the failings of the European leisure classes before World War I-failings that author George Bernard Shaw blamed for the war, and that he predicted would quickly lead to another, longer war.The play is set in an English country house, where representatives of every type of English society have gathered at the home of the seemingly mad Captain Shotover. Hidebound aristocrats and cultured bohemians, wealthy capitalists ...

History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills is a comprehensive historical account that delves into the fascinating world of 19th-century American patent medicines, focusing on the rise and operations of the Comstock family business and their most famous product, Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills. The book traces the origins of the Comstock enterprise, beginning with Edwin Perkins Comstock and his brothers, who established themselves as prominent figures i...

TAROT WILL TRANSFORM YOUWhether you're curious about tarot, but don't know where to start, or if you'd like to deepen your relationship with the cards, this book can help you.Unveiling the Tarot offers a simple yet profound method for studying tarot based on classic interpretations combined with a modern, personalized and embodied experience of the cards. As a result, each page offers the opportunity to leverage the archetypal wisdom of tarot for personal awakening...

Taking on a leadership role does not always come naturally. Lack of confidence, apprehension and fear of failure all hold many gifted people back. Coaching experts Peter Shaw and Hillary Douglas will help you turn your hesitation into a confident use of your leadership gifts.

Keeping going as a leader is hard work. This practical, inspirational guide is for all leaders in need of fresh energy and encouragement. Peter Shaw draws on his wide experience of executive coaching to help you recognise the warning signs of burnout and offers a range of effective ways for renewing energy, confidence and enthusiasm.

Recent styles of political debate in western democracies have highlighted questions about how we exercise personal freedom and who is responsible for how we live. Peter Shaw draws on writers and thinkers from different eras in order to pose questions about what it means to act responsibly in a wide range of personal and public contexts.

Saint Joan stands out among George Bernard Shaw's plays. He's best known for drawing-room plays exploring social issues; here he writes something closer to a Shakespearean history play, following the fifteenth-century French national hero Joan of Arc through her campaigns and beyond.This vivid, unsentimental portrait of a saint and a soldier breathes fresh life into one of history's most enduring legends, tracing Joan's fierce conviction from the battlefield to the trial t...

Major Barbara is a three-act play that premiered at the Court Theatre in 1905, and was subsequently published in 1907. It portrays idealist Barbara Undershaft, a Major in the Salvation Army, and her encounter with her long-estranged father who has made his fortune as a "dealer of death" in the munitions industry. Barbara doesn't wish to be associated with her father's ill-gotten wealth, but can't prevent him from donating to the Salvation Army and eventually converting her family ...

On the morning they are meant to be wed, Edith Bridgenorth and Cecil Sykes are instead reading pamphlets about the dangers of marriage. Edith's father, the Bishop of Chelsea, is writing a book on the history of marriage. In his kitchen, the rest of the family assembles and attempts to hash out a better alternative to marriage as it stands. Among them are Boxer, who is proposing to Lesbia for the tenth and final time, Reginald and Leo, who have faked an assault and affair so they may get di...

The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw is a comprehensive and meticulously researched account of the evolution of currency over more than six centuries. The book traces the origins, development, and transformations of monetary systems from the introduction of the first gold florin in Florence in 1252 through to the close of the nineteenth century. Shaw explores the intricate interplay between economic, political, and social forces that shaped the currencies of Europe ...

The Clandons-twins Dolly and Phil, older sister Gloria, and their mother-return from Madeira to England and make the acquaintance of Valentine, a penniless dentist who immediately falls in love with Gloria. When they invite him to lunch, they discover that his landlord is the rich husband who Mrs. Clandon fled from years ago.Brimming with quick wit and mistaken identities, this delightful comedy of manners skewers Victorian propriety while asking whether love can survive a family's...