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The Leadership Challenge is the gold-standard manual for effective leadership, grounded in research and written by the premier authorities in the field. With deep insight into the complex interpersonal dynamics of the workplace, this book positions leadership both as a skill to be learned, and as a relationship that must be nurtured to reach its full potential. 

In these turbulent times when the very foundations of organizations and societies are being shaken, leaders need to move beyond the pessimistic predictions, the trendy fads, and the simplistic solutions. They need to turn to what’s real and what’s proven, to understand what the evidence tells us about how exemplary leaders get extraordinary things done. This is the imperative that best-selling, award-winning authors James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner have undertaken in their engaging, personal, and bold new audiobook....

The issue of Irish home rule was the dominant political question of British and Irish politics in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Published in 1887, this work contains articles in favour of the measure. (Irish home rule was finally approved in 1914 but implementation was suspended until after WWI.) "The object of the writers has been to treat the difficult questions connected with the Government of Ireland in a dispassionate spirit; and the volume is offered to the public in the hope that it may, at a time of warm controversy over passing events, help to lead thoughtful men back to the ...

Mallows Common and Thereabouts is the third book in the series featuring Tussel Fleabane, Adviser and Protector, as he continues his work of protecting the plants and animals as their world is changing fast. Tussel Fleabane is no ordinary being. In fact he is too tiny to be even considered as a man. He can stand inside a daffodil trumpet to shelter from a shower of rain, or even swing on a spider's web to cross a stream, and sometimes, just for fun, he'll grab a handful of dandelion seeds and float through the air!

Tussel Fleabane is no ordinary being. In fact he is too tiny to be even considered as a man. He can stand inside a daffodil trumpet to shelter from a shower of rain, or even swing on a spider's web to cross a stream, and sometimes, just for fun, he'll grab a handful of dandelion seeds and float through the air!

Mantra of the Galaxies is an adventure in the series featuring Tussel Fleabane, Adviser and Protector, as he continues his work of protecting the plants and animals as their world is changing fast. Tussel Fleabane is no ordinary being. In fact he is too tiny to be even considered as a man. He can stand inside a daffodil trumpet to shelter from a shower of rain, or even swing on a spider's web to cross a stream, and sometimes, just for fun, he'll grab a handful of dandelion seeds and float through the air!

Loss in any form seems to burden us with more weight than anything that can possibly be gained or learnt from. The loss of a person, a loved one, is often overwhelming. Lives so interwoven that the severing or loss of one life leaves the other weakened, unable to function for some time. Recovery comes in a myriad of forms but is usually debilitating, slow and, in the end, we are not as whole as we once were.It is a subject that authors return to again and again.

Criminal defense attorney Caron Mooney's life is blown apart when her Hamptons home is destroyed in a gas explosion . . . and the naked bodies of her husband Jason and a woman identified as Emma Shipman are found in the smoking rubble. It's obvious that Jason was having an affair, a revelation that only deepens Caron's heartbreak and confusion. Evidence at the scene soon points to murder and to Emma's spouse Neil as the killer. But Neil proclaims his innocence and Caron, who shares his sense of loss and betrayal, shocks everyone by agreeing to defend him. 

Wisdom’s End is a fantasy adventure in which a wandering minstrel and his dancing dog take us on a journey of discovery at a time when most humans have abandoned the polluted surface of the planet for a life of servitude to the robots in the underground levels.

This is the story of Tich, how he became a chimney sweep's climbing boy and found a new friend, Sootyfoot, a climbing boy's brush. Together they found a world of magic and adventure beyond the soot and grime of the chimneys of Barley Grange, which was to change Tich's life forever. As Tich grows up, he finds himself manipulated by the ghosts of Barley Grange, who prompt him to dedicate himself to trying to change the lives of poor children forever, ensuring that never again will they need to climb chimneys to survive.

James Cary and Barry Cooper are two English friends who live 4000 miles apart and enjoy theology, culture and the arts. Now they record themselves and call it a podcast. Thanks, internet.To get access to well over a hundred Cooper & Cary episodes, plus regular extended episodes and bonus content, subscribe to C&C Plus on Apple Podcasts.Or if you'd like all the above, plus video and access to an exclusive Discord server, become a Patron. Google "Cooper and Cary Patreon" or visit https://www.patreon.com/cooperandcary

No family wants to go through the nightmare that is childhood leukaemia. But the Elephant family are no ordinary family. And this is no ordinary story. It is a tale of bravery and courage, of family and faith. It all starts one ordinary summer day in Savannah Academy, when Luwan Elephant falls ill. Mr. and Mrs. Elephant rush him to Savannah Hospital, where Dr. Flamingo gives them the bad news.

Leadership in Higher Education explains the fundamental principles that support these practices and provides case examples of people in higher education who demonstrate each one. Drawing on the same pioneering research that formed the foundation of their classic best seller The Leadership Challenge, James Kouzes and Barry Posner offer a set of leadership skills and practices that will make a significant difference in every area of higher education - faculty, administration, library services, career counseling, auxiliary services, campus safety, and more.

Matt Wolfe, a brilliant young attorney with Native American roots unravels a murder-for-hire scheme at his prestigious Colorado law firm. Aided by his ranching girlfriend, a retired senator, and an ex-con, he must outmaneuver hired killers, corrupt lawyers, and powerful politicians. Is water worth dying for? It is in today's Wild, Wild West. For lovers of legal thrillers.

A miniature painting of a mermaid drawn in bat’s blood is taking the art world by storm. Why was it adrift at sea in a bottle, a coded message etched in the glass? Who painted it and why? It is up to Larry Settlebottom, a sheltered museum curator, to decipher the riddle. His adventures take him to Mexico and beyond as he encounters modern-day pirates, corrupted oceanographers, and a band of romantic sea gypsies, all leading him to a remote island where madness, death, and art live together.

A missing artist has painted a fantastic mermaid portrait that is taking the art world by storm. Larry Settlebottom, a lonesome Chicago museum curator, is hired to find the artist and his model at any cost. His encounters with sea pirates, exotic gypsies, and oceanographers lead him toward a secluded island with a secret guarded by a madman. Did mermaids once inhabit the Earth? To unravel the mystery, Larry must also face his own buried past.

Sun Tzu's Art of War is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest tools for understanding and resolving conflict ever. But how do you translate its military insights into practical tactics you can use in the corporate boardroom, the PTA meeting, or the family reunion? James Gimian and Barry...

A two-fisted, gun-toting private eye! A member of the French Foreign Legion waist-deep in intrigue! A lady with a taste for diamonds and danger! Heroes many have thought lost to yesterday now blast their way into today in Bishop and Hancock's Pulse Fiction! A concept conceived by noted author Paul Bishop and contributed to by author and publisher Tommy Hancock, Pulse Fiction takes the best of the past and shakes and stirs it with today's finest genre fiction writers!

Six creepy horror stories of sinister, murderous and ghostly cats. 'The White Cat' by Hugh Walpole; 'The Cat' by E. F. Benson; 'The Cats of Ulthar' by H. P. Lovecraft; 'The Black Cat' by William James Wintle; 'The Grey Cat' by Barry Pain; 'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe.

A creepy collection of 50 classic ghost, horror and mystery stories which will keep you up all night. 1. "The Well" by W. W. Jacobs; 2. "This Is All" by Barry Pain; 3. "The Beast with Five Fingers" by W. F .Harvey; 4. "The Reticence of Lady Anne" by Saki; 5. "The End of a Show" by Barry Pain; 6. "The Dabblers" by W. F. Harvey; 7. "The Room in the Tower" by E. F. Benson; 8. "August Heat" by W. F. Harvey; 9. "The Idiot" by Arnold Bennett; 10. "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe...and many more.