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  • Immigrant Crossroads

    Globalization, Incorporation, and Placemaking in Queens, New York

    Edited by Tarry Hum, Ron Hayduk, Francois Pierre-Louis Jr., Michael Alan Krasner ...
    Nearly half the 2.3 million residents of Queens, New York are foreign-born. Immigrants in Queens hail from more than 120 countries and speak more than 135 languages. As an epicenter of immigrant diversity, Queens is an urban gateway that exemplifies opportunities and challenges in shaping a multi-racial democracy.The editors and contributors to Immigrant Crossroads examine the social, spatial, ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville

    by prince de Francois-Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Marie d'Orleans Joinville ...
    "Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs)" by the Prince de Joinville offers a captivating glimpse into the life of a French royal during a transformative period in history. The prince, a son of King Louis-Philippe, shares his personal experiences and reflections on significant events, including the July Monarchy and the political landscape of 19th-century France. His narrative is rich with anecdotes about his ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Set-up-to-Fail Syndrome

    Overcoming the Undertow of Expectations

    by Jean-Francois Manzoni, Jean-Louis Barsoux ...
    Do you have an employee whose performance keeps deteriorating-despite your close monitoring? Brace yourself: You may be at fault-by unknowingly triggering the set-up-to-fail syndrome. Perhaps things started off swimmingly. But then something--a missed deadline, a lost client-made you question the person's performance. You began micromanaging him. Suspecting your reduced confidence, he started ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Antiquarianism and Intellectual Life in Europe and China, 1500-1800

    by Francois Louis, Peter N. Miller ...
    Series series The Bard Graduate Center Cultural Histories of the Material World
    This book is a project in comparative history, but along two distinct axes, one historical and the other historiographical. Its purpose is to constructively juxtapose the early modern European and Chinese approaches to historical study that have been called "antiquarian." As an exercise in historical recovery, the essays in this volume amass new information about the range of antiquarian-type ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

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  • Military Life in Bivouac, Camp, Garrison, Barracks, &c.

    by Elzéar Blaze ...
    Translated by Sir Charles J. Napier, G.C.B. ...
    Many memoirs of the Napoleonic period are recounting, more or less interesting dependant on the author, of the events of their service interspersed by anecdotes of interesting events, Elzéar Blaze eschewed that style of reminiscence and left a singular view of his time in the Grande Armée. His memoirs are highly stylised, divided into the 'themes' of military life, and eruditely written by an ... Read more

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  • Female Warriors Volumes I & II

    by Ellen C. Clayton ...
    This set includes Volume I and Volume II of Ellen Clayton’s scholarly work, Female Warriors. It documents women warriors throughout history, including tribal women, fierce women throughout ancient and medieval history, and brave women in more recent history. It also includes stories from mythology.VOLUME I CONTENTS:CHAPTER I.Mythology—Warlike Goddesses—The Amazons—The Sarmatians—The Machlyes and ... Read more

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  • The Memoirs of Baron Lejeune, Aide-de-Camp to Marshals Berthier, Davout and Oudinot. Vol. II

    by Général de Brigade, Baron Louis-François Lejeune ...
    Translated by Mrs Arthur Bell ...
    Series series The Memoirs of Baron Lejeune, Aide-de-Camp to Marshals Berthier, Davout and Oudinot.
    Amongst the many memoirs of the Napoleonic period, there are a number that stand out not just for their historical value, but also for their actual written style, however in this sense Lejeune stands alone. Lejeune was by nature an artist and is still a famous as a noted painter of scenes of battles, most of which he witnessed. As such his scenes are like his painting filled with evocative detail ... Read more

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  • HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence (with featured article "What Makes a Leader?" by Daniel Goleman)(HBR's 10 Must Reads)

    by Harvard Business Review, Daniel Goleman, Richard E. Boyatzis, Annie McKee, Sydney Finkelstein ...
    Series series HBR's 10 Must Reads
    In his defining work on emotional intelligence, bestselling author Daniel Goleman found that it is twice as important as other competencies in determining outstanding leadership.If you read nothing else on emotional intelligence, read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Carrots and Sticks Don't Work: Build a Culture of Employee Engagement with the Principles of RESPECT

    by Paul Marciano ...
    Advance praise for Carrots and Sticks Don't Work:"Paul Marciano provides a wealth of prescriptive advice that absolutely makes sense. You can actually open the book to any chapter and gain ideas for immediate implementation." -- Beverly Kaye, coauthor of Love 'Em or Lose 'Em"This book should be in the hands of anyone who has to get work done through other people! It's an invaluable tool for any ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Leader Effectiveness Training: L.E.T. (Revised)

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    by Thomas Gordon ...
    In a world where effective leadership is paramount, Thomas Gordon's guide stands out as a beacon of insight and practical guidance.L.E.T. has changed countless corporations and private businesses-including many Fortune 500 companies-with its down-to-earth communication and conflict resolution skills. Now, this indispensable source has been newly revised with updated research and timely case ... Read more

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  • The Little Book of Leadership Development

    50 Ways to Bring Out the Leader in Every Employee

    by Stephanie Allen, Mitchell KUSY ...
    Authors Scott J. Allen and Mitchell Kusy redefine what we think of as traditional leadership in this tangible book that ascribes flexible yet concrete and proven actions to what can be a very abstract term.Rather than delving into lengthy exposition and analysis to help you understand what leadership is and how to develop it for yourself, this practical book enables you to design a straightforward ... Read more

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  • Mathias Sandorf by Jules Verne

    by Jules Verne ...
    Series series Halcyon Classics
    MATHIAS SANDORF follows the lonely quest of a Hungarian patriot seeking revenge. Mathias Sandorf and two companions had been deeply involved in a conspiracy to win Hungarian independence, only to have it unmasked by two petty thieves hoping to earn a reward from the police. Of the three conspirators, only Sandorf escapes; he vows revenge and spends fifteen years tracking down his betrayors.Jules ... Read more

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