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  • Dresden

    Tuesday, February 13, 1945

    by Frederick Taylor ...
    This historical account re-examines the Allied attack on Dresden during World War II, revealing the justification behind the controversial aerial bombing."Passionately written and deeply affecting. . . . A bracing rebuke to the myths and propaganda that have painted over the memory of this tragedy." — PeopleFor decades it has been assumed that the Allied bombing of Dresden was militarily ... Read more

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  • Exorcising Hitler

    The Occupation and Denazification of Germany

    by Frederick Taylor ...
    The collapse of the Third Reich in 1945 was an event nearlyunprecedented in history. Only the fall of the Roman Empire fifteenhundred years earlier compares to the destruction visited on Germany.The country's cities lay in ruins, its economic base devastated. TheGerman people stood at the brink of starvation, millions of them stillin POW camps. This was the starting point as the Allies set out to ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • The Berlin Wall, August 13, 1961–November 9, 1989

    by Frederick Taylor ...
    "Tells the story of this strange piece of architecture—that is, how the Berlin Wall was built, and how it then suddenly, and strangely, ceased to exist."*Now with an Updated Epilogue thirty years after the fall of the WallOn the morning of August thirteen, 1961, the residents of East Berlin found themselves cut off from family, friends, and jobs in the West by a tangle of barbed wire that ... Read more

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  • The Downfall of Money

    Germany’s Hyperinflation and the Destruction of the Middle Class

    by Frederick Taylor ...
    An economic horror story: The complete meltdown of a major modern country's financial system, and its disastrous effects on every aspect of society.A hundred years ago, many theorists believed-just as they did at the beginning of our twenty-first century-that the world had reached a state of economic perfection, a never before seen human interdependence that would lead to universal growth and ... Read more

    $14.79 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Coventry

    November 14, 1940

    by Frederick Taylor ...
    The German Luftwaffe's air raid on Coventry, England on the night of November 14, 1940 represented a new kind of air warfare. Aimed primarily at obliterating all aspects of city life, it was systematic, thorough, unconnected to any immediate military goal, and indifferent to civilian casualties. In a single night, roughly two-thirds of the city's buildings were damaged or destroyed as the bombers ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

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    The Berlin Wall

    August 13, 1961 - November 9, 1989

    by Frederick Taylor ...
    Narrated by Peter Noble ...

    Unabridged

    21 hours 28 min

    “This vivid account of the Wall and all that it meant reminds us that symbolism can be double-edged, as a potent emblem of isolation and repression became, in its destruction, an even more powerful totem of freedom.” — The Atlantic MonthlyNOW WITH AN UPDATED EPILOGUE 30 YEARS AFTER THE FALL OF THE WALLOn the morning of August 13, 1961, the residents of East Berlin found themselves cut off from ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • The Art of War in Renaissance Italy

    by Frederick Taylor ...
    THE change from mediaeval to modern methods in the art of war is closely related to the general transformation of European civilization which goes by the name of the Renaissance. The revival of interest in ancient history and literature had a distinct effect on military theory and practice. The new spirit of inquiry and experiment applied itself vigorously to military problems. Moreover the avowed ... Read more

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  • 1939: A People's History of the Coming of the Second World War

    by Frederick Taylor ...
    A best-selling historian’s chronicle of the dramatic months from the Munich Agreement to Hitler’s invasion of Poland and the beginning of World War II.In the autumn of 1938, Europe believed in the promise of peace. But only a year later, the fateful decisions of just a few men had again led Europe to a massive world war. Drawing on contemporary diaries, memoirs, and newspapers, as well as recorded ... Read more

    $20.59 CAD

  • The Principles of Scientific Management

    by Frederick Winslow Taylor ...
    The Principles of Scientific Management is a monograph published by Frederick Winslow Taylor in 1911. This influential monograph, which laid out the principles of scientific management, is a seminal text of modern organization and decision theory and has motivated administrators and students of managerial technique. Taylor was an American manufacturing manager, mechanical engineer, and then a ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobooks

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    The Principles of Scientific Management

    by Frederick Winslow Taylor, Frederick Winslow Taylor ...
    Narrated by Ethan Williams ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 24 min

    "The Principles of Scientific Management" by Frederick W. Taylor introduces the concept of applying scientific methods to manage labor and operations within industries. Taylor, known as the father of scientific management, argues for efficiency and productivity through the optimization of work processes and a scientific approach to labor management. His work laid the foundation for modern ... Read more

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    Also available as: eBooks

  • Shop Management

    by Frederick Winslow Taylor ...
    Series series Classic Nonfiction
    Modern engineering can almost be called an exact science; each year removes it further from guess work and from rule-of-thumb methods and establishes it more firmly upon the foundation of fixed principles.The writer feels that management is also destined to become more of an art, and that many of the elements which are now believed to be outside the field of exact knowledge will soon be ... Read more

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  • The Principles of Scientific Management.

    by Frederick Taylor ...
    Series series Elibron Classics
    Elibron Classics. Digitized replica of 1911 edition by Harper & Brothers, New York and London.The Principles of Scientific Management is a monograph published by Frederick Winslow Taylor in 1911. This influential monograph, which laid out the principles of scientific management, is a seminal text of modern organization and decision theory and has motivated administrators and students of managerial ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD