Forces shaping human history are complex, but the course of history is undeniably changed on many occasions by conscious acts. These may be premeditated or responsive, calmly calculated or performed under great pressure. They may also be successful or catastrophic, but how are historians to make such judgements and appeal to evidence in support of their conclusions? Further, and crucially, how exactly are we to distinguish probable unrealized alternatives from improbable ones? This book de...

The Hartford Whalers were a beloved hockey team from their founding in 1972 as the New England Whalers. Playing in the National Hockey League’s smallest market and arena after the World Hockey Association merger in 1979, they struggled in a division that included both the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens—but their fans were among the NHL’s most loyal. In 1995 new owners demanded a new arena and, when it fell through, moved the team to North Carolina, rebranding as the Hurricanes.

In Sociology of Waiting, Paul Christopher Price investigates how people wait and analyzes what individuals do while waiting. It is a key feature within U.S. and other societies; waiting is universal. Sociologically, waiting gets at order and our ability or inability to pause. Crowds cannot rush into concert venues and supermarket clerks cannot check-out customers simultaneously. So, we must wait! In all our waiting, we've developed strategies and structures for “delays,” and such methods a...

Moneyball for the New England Patriots, award-winning sportswriter Christopher Price goes into the inner workings of the legendary football franchise in The BlueprintFor years, the New England Patriots were a certifiable joke of a franchise. They were run on the cheap and were once the very example of how not to manage a team. They hired inept coaches--one of whom (Clive Rush) was nearly electrocuted when he grabbed a microphone at his introductor...

Drive for Five presents the behind-the-scenes look at the legendary 2016 New England Patriots season from the rocky start to the Super Bowl finish by award-winning sportswriter Christopher Price.Foreword by Patriots safety Devin McCourtyAfterword by Patriots wide receiver Matthew SlaterThere are certain moments that simply transcend sports. They become larger than life and bigger than anyone ever thought pos...

FREEFAB to the rescue! The organization for the protection of all fabulous creatures has a new mission! All over the world fabulous beings are vanashing without a trace. The brownie Sorrel, the homunculus Twigleg and the flying rat Lola Greytail set out for Iceland. Deep down in a rumbling volcano they discover something terrible. They realize very soon that scouting won't be their only mission ... The thrilling journey through air, water, and volcanoes is accompanied by a diverse soundtra...

The first season of the Tor.com Collection includes the following Tor.com audiobooks originally published separately in the Fall of 2015:The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante WilsonWitches of Lychford by Paul CornellSunset Mantle by Alter S. ReissBinti by Nnedi Okorafor (2016 Hugo Award winner for Best Novella)The Last Witness by K.J. ParkerOf Sorrow & Such by Angela SlatterEnv...

Following The Haunted Air, New York Times bestselling author F. Paul Wilson returns with another riveting episode in the saga of Repairman Jack, the secretive, ingenious, and heroic champion of those whose problems no one else can solve.In Gateways, Jack learns that his father is in a coma after a car accident in Florida. They've been on the outs, but this is his dad, so he heads south. In the hospital he meets Anya, one of his father's neighbors....

As President and CEO at Scripps Health, one of Americas most prestigious health systems, Chris Van Gorder has presided over a dramatic turnaround, catapulting Scripps from near bankruptcy to a dominant market position. While hospitals and health systems nationwide have laid people off or are closing their doors, Scripps is financially healthy, has added almost 5,000 employees, and has developed a reputation as a marquee employer, recognized year after year by Fortune Magazine, Working Moth...

This book teaches, shares, and outlines how anyone can get into flipping and rehabbing residential real estate. Residential real estate is the most resilient sector of the real estate industry and the easiest sector for everyday people to enter in with no experience and no money and make the equivalent to their annual salary on one deal. The book offers tips on How to estimate repairs in 15 minutes or less How to use other peoples money to buy How to learn the contractor Marketing and Inte...

Change. Its a constant, in life and in business. Its pace is increasing across the globeand businesses and entities of all stripes must do more than keep up. They must innovate and accelerate to succeed. And yet peoplemany of the people that businesses rely onare unnerved by change, often in ways they cant explain. This difficulty in embracing the new hinders breakthrough change initiatives, slowing nearly 90 percent of them to a glacial pace or stopping them entirely. Its a problemperhaps...

Startupland is the story of Zendesk, founded in the kitchen of a Copenhagen loft, and now a 500-person company with customers in 140 countries and one of the hottest companies in Silicon Valley. Zendesk provides customer service software to major clients. Much like Zendesks mission itselfto remove the friction, the barriers and the mystery in order to make software easier and more approachablethis book removes some of the myths about startups and startup founders. Instead of making things ...