It Worked for Me is filled with vivid experiences and lessons learned that have shaped the legendary career of the four-star general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. At its heart are Powell's "Thirteen Rules"--notes he gathered over the years and that now form the basis of his leadership [...]

It Worked for Me is filled with vivid experiences and lessons learned that have shaped the legendary career of the four-star general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. At its heart are Powell's "Thirteen Rules"--such as "Get mad, then get over it" and "Share credit"--that introduce his prin[...]

The use of ultrasound in perioperative and critical care medicine is growing rapidly. This handy book simplifies the subject of echocardiography by focusing on the essential, basic information needed for successful use by surgeons, anesthesiologists, and physicians as well as students. Coverage incl[...]

Suitable for engineers, and students, involved in design engineering and product design, this guide is for practicing and student engineers to producing engineering drawings and annotated 3D models that comply with the British and ISO Standards of Technical Product Specifications and Documentation.[...]

Provides a practical working guide to understand PI and developing successful PI solutions and applications in chemical process, civil, biological and biochemical systems. This book offers the practical tools to reach out to a base of professional and academic engineers who are engaged in addressing[...]

Colin McRae is a legendary name in rally driving. He was born in 1968, the son of Rally King Jimmy McRae. This is the full, personal story of the sport's greatest talent, and highest paid driver (-3million a year). It has been a dramatic and dangerous climb to the pinnacle of success and his fearles[...]

The animals of Farthing Wood feel safe now that they've reached the refuge of White Deer Park. But there are further troubles in store - hostile animals, food shortages, and a bitter winter.[...]

This collection includes two of the original stories about a group of animals who pledge an allegiance as they realise that their wood is under threat from developers: "The Fox's Feud" and "Fox Cub Bold". The birth of four new fox cubs brings happiness but can the cubs survive?[...]

Traces the drifts of the trade route out of the heart of China into the mountains of Central Asia, across northern Afghanistan and the plains of Iran into Kurdish Turkey. This book recounts the adventures of the author when travelling through the Silk Route.[...]

An account of author's 15,000-mile journey through an astonishing country - one twelfth of the land surface of the whole earth. It is the story of a people moving through the ruins of Communism into more private, diverse and often stranger worlds.[...]

At one time during the first half of the twentieth century, Marcus Garvey was the most famous black man on the planet. This title chronicles Garvey's life, the failed business ventures, his misguided negotiations with the Ku Klux Klan, the two wives and the premature obituaries that contributed to h[...]

Mount Kailas is the most sacred of the world's mountains - holy to one fifth of humanity. Isolated beyond the central Himalayas, its summit has never been scaled, but for centuries the mountain has been ritually circled by Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims. This title tells the stories of exiles and of ec[...]

Provides a review and critique of bird survey methodology, providing where necessary references to other key texts/generic methods. This book is an aid to survey design, particularly when there is a need for more specific studies where a species specific method either does not exist or is not deemed[...]