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  • 1603

    The Death of Queen Elizabeth I, the Return of the Black Plague, the Rise of Shakespeare, Piracy, Witchcraft, and the Birth of the Stuart Era

    This lively history reveals how a single year radically changed British society, politics, and culture: "absorbing . . . in its rich texture and detail" ( Publishers Weekly).1603 was the year that Queen Elizabeth I, the last of the Tudors, died. Her cousin, Robert Carey, rode like a demon to Scotland to take the news to James VI. The cataclysmic time of the Stuart monarchy had come and the son of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Art of Crafting User Stories

    Unleash creativity and collaboration to deliver high-value products with a delightful user experience

    Proven techniques, best practices, and tips for writing effective user stories, leveraging user story mapping, and expert interviews to deliver high value to users Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesLearn how to write and implement effective user stories to improve product developmentDiscover techniques to gather requirements, prioritize, and refine user ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Kwame Anthony Appiah

    Series series Routledge Critical Thinkers
    This clear and engaging introduction is the first book to assess the ideas of Kwame Anthony Appiah, the Ghanaian-British philosopher who is a leading public intellectual today. The book focuses on the theme of ‘identity’ and is structured around five main topics, corresponding to the subjects of his major works: race, culture, liberalism, cosmopolitanism, and moral revolutions.This helpful book:• ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Performance Conversations

    How to Use Questions to Coach Employees, Improve Productivity, and Boost Confidence (Without Appraisals!)

    There are three universal truths about traditional performance management: they are widely used, universally despised, and are known to be ineffective.Performance Conversations offers a new model rooted in proven management science and tailored to today's workplace. Moving beyond ad hoc alternatives, this approach provides a unified framework for enhancing employee performance through continuous, ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Ghost Stories with Christopher Lee

    Four chilling tales from the BBC TV series

    by M. R. James ...
    Narrated by Christopher Lee ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 57 min

    Horror maestro Christopher Lee reads this quartet of supernatural tales, adapted from the stories of M. R. JamesOver a century ago, M. R. James was the provost of King's College, Cambridge. He would gather together a select group of students in his rooms every Christmas Eve, and give a candlelit performance of one of his superbly unsettling ghost stories. Christopher Lee recreates the spine ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Five Elements of Professional Networking

    Networking.For many people, the word conjures up images of stuffy events—shaking hands, making small talk, and exchanging business cards. To them, “networking” feels forced, awkward, even disingenuous.It doesn’t have to be this way.True networking is more than attending events and trading favors. Whether one is an employee or an entrepreneur, a student or an executive, good relationships form the ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Search Committees

    A Comprehensive Guide to Successful Faculty, Staff, and Administrative Searches

    Finding the right candidate for administrative, professional and faculty positions is one of the most important tasks that any institution or enterprise undertakes. However, few higher education professionals receive training on the search committee process, but are expected to serve on or lead committees. This book provides advice, training, and a step-by-step guide for conducting a rigorous, ... Read more

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  • Jet Lag

    Series series Object Lessons
    Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Jet lag is a momentary condition resulting from the human body and its inner clock being pitched against the time-leaping effects of modern aviation. But more than that, it is a situation that explains time, technology, and the human body. Jet lag epitomizes the accelerated world we live in. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories

    Narrated by Hugh Fraser, Christopher Lee ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 39 min

    Read by Hugh Fraser and Christopher LeeWitness for the Prosecution and Other Stories is a collection of eleven tantalizing tales of murder and other criminal pursuits—including the classic title story, the basis for the 1957 Oscar-nominated Billy Wilder film starring Marlene Dietrich, Tyrone Power, and Charles Laughton.A murder trial takes a diabolical turn when the wife of the accused takes the ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Unreasonable Histories

    Nativism, Multiracial Lives, and the Genealogical Imagination in British Africa

    Series series Radical Perspectives
    In Unreasonable Histories, Christopher J. Lee unsettles the parameters and content of African studies as currently understood. At the book's core are the experiences of multiracial Africans in British Central Africa—contemporary Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Zambia—from the 1910s to the 1960s. Drawing on a spectrum of evidence—including organizational documents, court records, personal letters, commission ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • The Promoter

    At 30, Monica Woods wants to put the tragedies of her earlier life behind her. Twice widowed and with a mentally challenged daughter, she enters the world of business as a legal secretary to a fatherly Jewish man with a penchant for using proverbs in his attempt to guide her.After his debt–ridden father dies by suicide in 1965, Robert Holton is determined to escape his humble beginnings in ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    The History of Sci-Fi

    100 Years of Science Fiction

    Unabridged

    7 hours 44 min

    Prepare for Liftoff—Your Journey Through the Greatest Sci-Fi Stories Ever Told Begins Now.From the golden age of pulp to the blockbuster galaxies of today, The History of Sci-Fi takes listeners on a thrilling expedition through the most iconic and imaginative realms of the genre. Whether you grew up with lightsabers or transporters, you’ll revel in the timeless debate of Star Wars vs. Star Trek, ... Read more

    $22.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus