In today's fast-paced networked economy, professionals must work harder than ever to maintain and improve their business skills and knowledge. But technical mastery of one's discipline is not enough, assert professional advisors David H. Maister, Charles H. Green, and Robert M. Galford. The key to professional success, they argue, is the ability to earn the trust and confidence of clients.In this twentieth anniversary edition, Maister, Green, and Galford enrich our understanding of...

Volume 4 features portions of 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles and Psalms. It describes the transition from Israel's rule by judges to the establishment and expansion of the monarchy. The major characters include the prophets Eli and Samuel, King Saul, and the early years of the future King David. Deepen your knowledge of God and grow your faith with bite-sized, chronological readings from the Bible, and guideposts from giants in the faith - Robert Hawker, Charles H. Spurgeon, and Octavius Winsl...

Traders and Merchants and Goods, Oh My!From families just trying to eke out a living in space to monsters lurking in the darkness of unlit cargo bays, come with us on a journey through a Baker's Dozen stories of the places and risks that cargo might take you.Boundary Shock Quarterly Issue 015: Cargo Wars

This analysis of current events examines the wrong beliefs America has held supreme—"idols" that are to blame for our nation's decay—and suggests how our culture can be healed.

This book aims at exploring the profound effects of Covid-19 on people’s ways of life at home and at work, and offers strategies and expert advice for ‘survival’ as the world finds itself in a new reality that has formed by the pandemic. At the very core of Back to a New Normal is the premise that the virus, which continues to infect more than 137 million individuals worldwide and has caused millions of deaths, has also triggered radical changes within individual and organizational levels....

The workplace has remarkably changed in the aftermath of the 2019 pandemic. The transformation is profound and is still evolving. A wave of voluntary resignations unleashed in the wake of Covid-19 negatively affected the business landscape and triggered unprecedented labor shortages. This, in turn, played well into labor unions’ hands, leading in 2023 to historical gains for millions of workers across various industries. And while digital technology has enabled remote work for yet more emp...

Included:The Castle of Otranto - Horace WalpoleThe History of Caliph Vathek - William BeckfordThe Mysteries of Udolpho - Ann RadcliffeCaleb Williams - William GodwinWieland: or, The Transformation - Charles Brockden BrownNorthanger Abbey - Jane AustenFrankenstein - Mary ShelleyMelmoth the Wanderer (Lock and Key Version) - Charles Robert MaturinThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington IrvingThe Private Memoirs and Confes...

Elinor (Lin) Ostrom was awarded the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for her pathbreaking research on "economic governance, especially the commons"; but she also made important contributions to several other fields of political economy and public policy. The range of topics she covered and the multiple methods she used might convey the mistaken impression that her body of work is disjointed and incoherent.This four-volume compendium of papers written by Lin, alone or ...

The top 10 short stories of all time written by British male authors.Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediatel...

In the anthology *60 Gothic Classics*, readers embark on a thrilling exploration of the Gothic literary tradition, traversing the eerie landscapes, haunted spaces, and complex psyches that define the genre. This carefully curated collection spans centuries and continents, deftly capturing the transformative power of Gothic literature through a stunning array of narratives. The anthology balances the unyielding darkness of gothic horror with the suspenseful allure of romanticism and the int...

Set sail on a thrilling literary expedition with *The Pirate Bay Collection: History, True Stories & Most Famous Pirate Novels*, an anthology that captures the essence of nautical adventure through the ages. This collection offers an immersive foray into the tempestuous world of piracy, threading together tales of swashbuckling exploits, moral quandaries, and the eternal quest for freedom across vast, unpredictable seas. With a seamless blend of historical context and fictional imagination...

Immerse yourself in the turbulent waves of high-seas adventure with 'The Pirates' Chronicles: Greatest Sea Adventure Books & Treasure Hunt Tales,' a formidable anthology that celebrates the rich tapestry of maritime storytelling. The collection deftly spans various literary styles, from the gothic allure of Edgar Allan Poe's mysterious tales to Jules Verne's scientific romances, creating a diverse landscape of narrative ingenuity. These stories invite readers into the thrilling world of pi...