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Taking listeners from Thucydides to the origin of the French Revolution to the Civil War and beyond, James M. Banner, Jr., explores what historians do and why they do it. Banner shows why historical knowledge is unlikely ever to be unchanging, why history as a branch of knowledge is always a search for meaning and a constant source of argument, and why history is so essential to individuals' awareness of their location in the world and to every group and nation's sense of identity and destiny.

In this best-selling book, Kouzes and Posner (authors of The Leadership Challenge), explain why leadership is above all a relationship, with credibility as the cornerstone. They provide rich examples of real managers in action and reveal the six key disciplines and related practices that strengthen a leader's capacity for developing and sustaining credibility.

When the terrorist attacks struck New York City on September 11, 2001, boat operators and waterfront workers quickly realized that they had the skills, the equipment, and the opportunity to take definite, immediate action in responding to the most significant destructive event in the United States in decades. For many of them, they were “doing what needed to be done”. American Dunkirk shows how people, many of whom were volunteers, mobilized rescue efforts in various improvised and spontaneous ways on that fateful date.

James M. Longo investigó durante años la vida de Adolf Hitler y el origen de su crueldad. Descubrió que antes de su intento de conquistar Europa, el líder nazi se dedicó a exterminar a quienes creía que habían llevado a su familia a la miseria, a los que truncaron sus aspiraciones artísticas y a quienes lo orillaron a vivir como indigente durante su adolescencia. Para Hitler había culpables: los reyes de su natal Austria, el linaje de los Habsburgo. Ese resentimiento lo motivó a presentarse como voluntario al ejército alemán, donde cultivó su terrible antisemitismo.

He wanted me dead. But this time, the damsel saved herself. My stalker is gone. I’ve turned Mikhail’s game against him. And now I’m headed to the one person who might still be able to help me–and give me the escape I’d hoped for from the very beginning. There’s just one problem. I’m pregnant with Mikhail’s baby. Separated from me by an order he can’t easily ignore, he’s still determined to win me back. And he’s not the only one. All my life, I’ve been treated like a prize to be won. But now, all the choices are mine, and I’m faced with one I never thought I’d ...

Critically acclaimed audiobook reader Barnaby Edwards (Doctor Who, The Voyage of the Beagle, Space Danger) performs 11 tales of ghostly gothic spookiness. From tales of vampyres and spirits to devil’s deals and ethereal coachmen. Short but oh so sweet, these 11 stories from some of the most lauded authors of the Gothic period prove that you need only a few pages to tell a truly terrifying tale.

This triumphant final volume of Spinechillers begins with Doug Bradley's personal guide to the writers and the history of the stories. M. R. James' classic "Number 13" starts off this volume with a mystery about a disappearing and reappearing hotel room, can you guess the room number? Story two is the tale of a cat that can not only talk, but spills secrets that should have been truly left behind. Next, we present one of the most famous stories by H.P. Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu".

Join the adventure through dystopian worlds, to outer planets and into a speculative future. Welcome to the Future Days Anthology. Seventeen authors imagine a future with thrilling tales, starships, unlikely heroes, and exotic aliens, all of which combine to make Future Days a must-listen sci-fi fantasy short story collection.

All I want is my freedom. But the Bratva leader won't take no for an answer… My first husband is dead and buried. I’m left a widowed mafia princess—a dangerous title to hold, especially when one man already has his eye on me. Viktor Andreyev. His own men call him Ussuri. The Bear. Older than me, with a reputation for violence and a cruel exterior to match, he’s no one I would ever choose for a husband. In fact, I’d hoped that I’d never have to marry again at all. But he’s made the price for peace my hand in marriage. And it’s clear that I can’t refuse. I’ve survived ...

A noted expert on hormone health brings his medically proven program of weight loss to thirty-somethings (and even men), revealing the hidden reason why so many of them are finding it harder to keep off the weight, especially in their midsection. His three-step plan will prevent and reverse estrogen dominance, helping them lose their gut for good and gain back their bodies, health, and energy.

My husband isn’t a man to steal from. But someone has decided to anyway. Someone wanted Viktor to pay. Enough to take his wife from his own home. Enough to risk his wrath. When I wake up in a cabin in the Russian forest, broken and traumatized, Viktor is there, a different man from the one I married. Caring. Nurturing. Even, dare I say, loving. He brings me back to life, one kindness at a time, and for a few brief days, I think that maybe I’ve gotten him all wrong. But just as I begin to let down my guard, a secret threatens to rock the fragile truce between us, and turn my husband back...

Grieving widow or black widow? The day Joan Medford buried her husband was a fateful one - because before the day was out she'd meet the two men who would change her life forever. Forced to take a job waitressing to support herself and her child, Joan finds herself caught between the handsome young schemer whose touch she comes to crave and the wealthy older man whose touch repels her…but who otherwise would make a tempting husband number two. It's a classic Cain triangle - brutal and sexual and stark - that can only end in death. But for whom, the guilty…or the innocent?

“I don’t make commitments.” He shrugged. “Me either." “Even so, it will never work, you know, you and me.” Tate remembered thinking that a challenge. “Oh? And why not?” “Because we’re too much alike.” “Could work to our advantage.” She cocked her head. “How so?” “If we’re so much alike, then there will be no surprises.” She pulled back and laughed. “Until the sky falls and one of us doesn’t see it coming.” Detective Jordan Cross has one thing on her mind—get the bastard killing kids in her small southern city, the person she thinks is also ...

A businessman discovers he has a ghostly twin whose presence may be far more ominous than he had thought.... Mischievous children learn that supernatural forces are nothing to toy with, after a Halloween prank goes wrong. And holiday festivities set the backdrop to a terrified teen’s worst fears, when his grandmother’s corpse comes looking for revenge....

The Short Studies in Biblical Theology series is designed to help listeners see the whole Bible as a unified story - culminating in Jesus. Insightful, accessible, and practical, these books are perfect for listeners looking for bite-sized introductions to major subjects in biblical theology. The third volume in the series, Work and Our Labor in the Lord, explores how work fits into the framework of the whole Bible.

He saved me. Again. The man I want. The man that I love. But it’s never going to be that simple for either of us. He says what we did together was a mistake. That all I’ll ever find with him is darkness and danger. That I deserve better. He doesn’t see that I don’t care. That he’s everything I want and more–and that I believe in him, and us. I’m not afraid of the darkness, if he’s willing to be my light. My past has never left me, and now his is coming for us both. There’s no leaving right now, for either of us. This is my chance, if he’ll let me, to show him everything ...

Follow the continuing adventure of the Lyssa and the Sykes family while the Psion AIs set their sights on Vesta.

The Mentoring Project’s flagship mentoring resource is its field guides. These long-form pieces provide practical guidance on various aspects of life as a Christian, like finances, purity, technology, work, and more.

Some estimates by medical research groups state that up to 20 million Americans suffer from some form of peripheral neuropathy (PN) and this number is much higher when worldwide statistics are considered. A major reason for the rise in incidence for these conditions of damage to the nerves in the body that results in pain and dysfunction in them is the increase in cases of diabetes and pre-diabetic syndromes.

There is only one CEO in recent times who has faced ¿ and succeeded at ¿ the extraordinary challenges of leading three major companies ¿ Gillette, Nabisco, and Kraft ¿ into prosperous futures by doing what matters on the fundamentals. That CEO is Jim Kilts. In this vivid first-person account he reveals his system for success that is both cutting-edge and back-to-basics.