"Forget everything you think you know about the direction of the American economy, about our growing need for foreign oil, about the rise of the service economy and the decline of American manufacturing. The story of the next thirty years will not be a repeat of the last thirty."
One of the mos[...]
Shocking new revelations emerge about superstar Whitney Houston and her only daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, in #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Ian Halperin's account of their tumultuous lives.
On July 26, 2015, after nearly six months in a coma, Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of musical [...]
Find original research and interpretive studies of the relations between homosexuality and the visual arts. Evidence for the role of homosexuality in artistic creation has often not survived, in part because the direct expression of homosexuality has often been condemned in Western societies. Gay an[...]
Come along for adventure in a time when the world was new and death was unknown. As his kingdom quickly becomes crowded by people, plants, and animals who live forever, young Prince Emir must discover the answers to some most perplexing questions. At the behest of his royal parents, Emir und[...]
Which blood types should... Respond quickly to signs of depression with anti-depressants?
Use a widely available vaccine to lower the risk of cancer?
Avoid aspirin because of thin blood?
Use diet to treat an ear infection?
The answers are here... Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo has established [...]
Deals with a method of accelerating positive organization change. This book discusses the Appreciative inquiry summit, a single event or series of events that bring people together to discover the organization's competencies, envision opportunities for positive change, design the desired changes and[...]
Originally part of Berrett-Koehler Communication's "Collaborating for Change" series, this short introduction to Appreciative Inquiry is the best way for organisations to be introduced to AI by the originators and leaders of the movement itself. Now with a new introduction and updated with revisions[...]
"Appreciative Inquiry Handbook explains in-depth what AI is and how it works, and includes stories of AI interventions and classic articles, sample project plans, interview guidelines, participant worksheets, a list of resources, a glossary of terms, and more.[...]
Are you spiritually healthy or just spiritually busy?This book's 10 probing questions will help you look beyond your spiritual activity to assess the true state of your spiritual health and help you on your journey of spiritual transformation. See how the spiritual disciplines--including prayer, wor[...]
This is Whitney Balliett's long-awaited "big book." In it are all the jazz profiles he has written for The New Yorker during the past 24 years. These include his famous early portraits of Pee Wee Russell, Red Allen, Earl Hines, and Mary Lou Williams, done when these giants were in full flower; his r[...]
When Whitney Balliett's American Musicians appeared in the Fall of 1986, the acclaim it received was universal. Leonard Feather, writing in the Los Angeles Times, said "no other writer now living can write with comparable grace and equal enthusiasm about everyone from Jack Teagarden and Art Tatum to[...]
Popular Feature Film director/writer Kevin Smith (Chasing Amy, Dogma) brings his world famous slacker creations Jay and Silent Bob as their super-hero personals: Bluntman and Chronic Specifically timed to coincide with the release of Kevin's new film: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (August 2001) T[...]
In the fall of 2003, Iraqi prisoners were beaten, stripped naked, confined in small spaces, tortured, sexually humiliated, and abused by U.S. personnel at Abu Ghraib, a sprawling prison complex near Baghdad. The abuse was kept hidden by the U.S. military until photographs of the victims and their sm[...]
"Forget everything you think you know about the direction of the American economy, about our grow-ing need for foreign oil, about the rise of the service economy and the decline of American manufacturing. The story of the next thirty years will not be a repeat of the last thirty."
One of the mo[...]
If you can spill paint, this book will help you turn your creative potential into reality. Whether you are looking to be a writer, architect, entrepreneur, painter, or business leader, developing creative ideas is the factor that differentiates the extraordinary from the common. Based on principles [...]
Providing an unprecedented glimpse into the fascinating and often difficult life of Whitney Houston, this biography documents the star's career from her burst onto the R&B scene with her 1985 debut album that went on to sell more than 10 million copies to her starring role in "The Bodyguard" and an [...]
"The Engines of Pratt & Whitney: A Technical History" describes the evolution from piston engines to gas turbines by the engineers who created those engines. Included are hundreds of archival photographs, as well as over a dozen tables listing specifications and applications. The story starts with t[...]
"The Power of Appreciative Inquiry" describes a wildly popular approach to organizational change that dramatically improves performance by encouraging people to study, discuss, learn from, and build on what's working, rather than simply trying to fix what's not. Whitney and Trosten-Bloom use example[...]
Choose your own ADVENTURE TIME continues in this deluxe hardcover
Bigger Bolder More Mathematical The all-ages hit of the year is now available in a deluxe, larger hardcover and totally mathematical edition The adventures of Finn the human and Jake the dog in the Land of Ooo are available f[...]