Powerful Indian

Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son, Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.

On the world maps common in America, the Western Hemisphere lies front and center, while the Indian Ocean region all but disappears. This convention reveals the geopolitical focus of the now-departed 20th century, but in the 21st century, that focus will fundamentally change. In this pivotal examination of the countries known as “Monsoon Asia”—which include India, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Burma, Oman, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Tanzania—best-selling author Robert D. Kaplan explains how crucial this dynamic area has become to American power.

Dayanita Thakore is a prickly princess who doesn’t care for the idea of any man getting close to her… until Prince Harshvardhan Singh Gaekwad turns up in her life. Sparks fly even at their first meeting when the Princess of Udaipur clashes with the Prince of Baroda. He falls in love with the fiery princess while she fights her attraction to him tooth and nail. He woos her, beguiles her, cherishes her… …while the princess feels that maybe he couldn’t love such a tempestuous woman such as herself. But before they could cross the great divide and get to know each other, something ...

Through much of the 20th century, federal policy toward Indians sought to extinguish all remnants of native life and culture. That policy was dramatically confronted in the late 1960s when a loose coalition of hippies, civil rights advocates, Black Panthers, unions, Mexican-Americans, Quakers and other Christians, celebrities, and others joined with Red Power activists to fight for Indian rights. In Hippies, Indians and the Fight for Red Power, Sherry Smith offers the first full account of this remarkable story.

The Christmas Special is a thought provoking thriller revolving around a series of Christmas morning terrorist attacks. Beside the death and destruction wrought by these horrific attacks, the selected day of execution could darken the sacred celebration of Christ's birth for years to come. The story is about love, hate, murder juxtaposed against the beauty, good will, and magic of Christmas. The Christmas Special is a book of contemporary realism that is enlightening, sad, scary and very engaging. Through the voices and actions of its characters; it evolves into being a frightening ...

We tend to tiptoe around the role of power in management and fail to openly acknowledge how the animal desire to dominate often destroys the best of organizations. Critics tend to see power as a negative thing. But power is a critical tool that affects the implementation of any idea. Any attempt to restrain it with rules results in domestication and resentment and fails to energize the organization. Leaders often equate themselves with lions and indulge their desire to dominate when, in fact, the point of leadership is to be secure enough to outgrow the lion within us.