The definitive account of workplace wellbeing and its key drivers, offering a fresh, data-driven perspective on the connections between happiness, productivity, and organizational success.Most of us spend a third of our waking lives at work. Work shapes our schedules, relationships, identities, and economies—but is it actually making us happy? This crucial question is explored in depth by leading Oxford researchers Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and George Ward, who provide ...

In "Wild Bill," George Ward Nichols delivers a vivid and compelling portrayal of the legendary frontiersman Wild Bill Hickok, blending biographical narrative with elements of folklore. The text is rich with period details and captures the essence of the American West during the 19th century, applying a distinctively journalistic style that reflects Nichols'Äô own experiences as a journalist. This narrative is not just a recounting of Hickok's life, but also an exploration of the cultural m...

A new perspective on life satisfaction and well-being over the life courseWhat makes people happy? The Origins of Happiness seeks to revolutionize how we think about human priorities and to promote public policy changes that are based on what really matters to people. Drawing on a range of evidence using large-scale data from various countries, the authors consider the key factors that affect human well-being, including income, education, employment, famil...

From the bestselling author of Happiness and co-editor of the annual World Happiness ReportMost people now realize that economic growth, however desirable, will not solve all our problems. Instead, we need a philosophy and a science which encompasses a much fuller range of human need and experience.This book argues that the goal for a society must be the greatest possible all-round happiness, and shows how each of us can become more effective creat...

This is the original article, including illustrations, that made Wild Bill Hickock, the Scout of the Plains, a household word back in 1867. This article details the Hickcock - Davis Tutt Shootout and discusses his scouting during the war. George Ward Nichols  (1831 – 1885) was a civil war colonel and writer.

Most of us spend a third of our waking lives at work. Work shapes our schedules, relationships, identities, and economies—but is it actually making us happy? This crucial question is explored in depth by leading Oxford researchers Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and George Ward, who provide the richest, most comprehensive picture of workplace wellbeing yet.In Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters, the authors clarify what workplace wellbeing is (and is not) and offer a framework for how bu...

This file includes: "Chip of the Flying U" by B.M. Bower; "Bull Hunter" by Max Brand; "The Cave in the Mountain" by Edward Ellis; "A Cumberland Vendetta" by John Fox, Jr.; "The Forester's Daughter" by Hamlin Garland; "Desert Gold" by Zane Grey; "The Law of the Land" by Emerson Hough; "Foes in Ambush" by Charles King; "A Daughter of the Dons" by William MacLeod Raine; "The Range Boss" by Charles Alden Seltzer; "The Blazed Trail" by Stewart Edward White; and "A Straight Deal" by Owen Wister....

These tales are remarkable not just for the range of Indian places and situations they describe or their wealth of historical detail but also for their sensitive and by and large fair representations of both British and Indian characters. Kipling takes on the thorny issues of empire, race, miscegenation and the practice of ???going native', and uses them as literary tropes, to examine human culture, religion and society.

Two mountain men, Harry and Joe, stand before a strange phenomenon they found on the grassy plains–an aperture, a jagged hole in the sky. Is it an opening into another, evil dimension? The strange opening swirls with wild colors, and there are shadowy, demonic figures inside. One man is frightened, but one is mesmerized. And what does this have to do with the Battle of the Little Big Horn?

The Red Badge of Courage was published in 1895, when its author, an impoverished writer living a bohemian life in New York, was only twenty-three. It immediately became a bestseller, and Stephen Crane became famous. Crane set out to create "a psychological portrayal of fear." Henry Fleming, a Union Army volunteer in the Civil War, thinks "that perhaps in a battle he might run....As far as war was concerned he knew nothing of himself." And he does run in his first battle, full of fear and t...