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  • The Business Shrink - The Disgruntled Employee

    Manage Challenging Staff Without Losing Your Mind

    by Peter Morris, Peter Laufer ...
    Do your employees plan exit strategies around the water cooler?Are your office hallways filled with nasty gossip?Is your productivity shrinking and your profits dissolving?As a manager, every day you're faced with disgruntled employees. Now Peter Morris, host of the popular radio show "The Business Shrink," draws on his long experience to help you fix these problems.Gleaning tips from experts such ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Level Playing Fields

    How the Groundskeeping Murphy Brothers Shaped Baseball

    by Peter Morris ...
    Most baseball fans want to hear about stellar players and spectacular plays, statistics and storied franchises. Level Playing Fields sheds light on a usually unnoticed facet of the game, introducing fans and historians alike to the real fundamentals of baseball: dirt and grass. In this lively history, Peter Morris demonstrates that many of the game’s rules and customs actually arose as concessions ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • A Game of Inches

    The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball: The Game on the Field, Volume 1

    by Peter Morris ...
    As befits a game traditionally passed from one generation to the next, baseball has always had a special reverence for origins. Claims of being first with any element of the game are disputed with fervor and passion. When the octogenarian Fred Goldsmith died in 1939, a headline proclaimed, 'Goldsmith Dies Insisting He Invented Curve Ball'; Fred Goldsmith understood the secret of immortality. Yet ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • The Polymer Revolution

    A Journey Through Polymer Science

    by Peter J T Morris ...
    How were the polymers which have transformed our world created? How has our understanding of polymers changed since the Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius coined the word ‘polymer’ in 1832? Who were the people who wrought the polymer revolution? This book answers these questions by presenting a compelling narrative that weaves together the history of polymer science, the development of new ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Catcher

    How the Man Behind the Plate Became an American Folk Hero

    by Peter Morris ...
    Today the baseball catcher is a familiar but uninspiring figure. Decked out in the so-called tools of ignorance, he stolidly goes about his duty without attracting much attention. But it wasn't always that way, as Peter Morris shows in this lively and original study. In baseball's early days, catchers stood a safe distance behind the batter. Then the introduction of the curveball in the 1870s led ... Read more

    $23.59 USD

  • Audiobook

    The 2nd New & Old Time Radio Collection

    by Donnie Pitchford, Donnie Pitchford, Donnie Pitchford, Charles Dawson Butler, Alan Reed, William Melillo5, Charlie Morrow2, Victor Gates4, Ralph Tyler5, Anton Chekhov6, Jim Nixon7, Mitchell Pearson8, Bob Martin0, Justin Felix1, various authors7, Joe Bevilacqua9, Pedro Pablo Sacristán2 ...
    Narrated by Donnie Pitchford, Lorie Kellogg, Charles Dawson Butler, Alan Reed, Kenny Savoy, Jim Folly0, Vernon Morris1, Henry J. Quinn2, Jan Meredith3, Roger Hendricks Simon4, William Melillo6, Alison Nead7, Rick Ramos8, Aundrae Dair9, Cathi Tully0, Thomas Babkowski1, Charlie Morrow3, Mitchell Pearson9, Orson Welles2, Howard Koch3, James Patrick Cronin4, John Houseman5, Peter Navargic6, a full cast8, Joe Bevilacqua0, Matty O’Shea1 ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 1 min

    A tribute to the golden age of radio from veteran producer Joe Bevilacqua and comic strip artist Donnie Pitchford, The 2nd New & Old Time Radio Collection is a series of new stories and parodies featuring beloved radio characters and shows.A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Volume 1This half-hour anthology represents more than forty years of storytelling by Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a Joe Bev, the award ... Read more

    $24.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Matter Factory

    A History of the Chemistry Laboratory

    by Peter J. T. Morris ...
    From white coats to Bunsen burners the laboratory is a controlled space of experimentation, research and invention. But how have the desired functions of the laboratory influenced the way that the laboratory was constructed, laid out, equipped and operated? And how have developments in chemical practice or theory changed the laboratory and the way it is used? The Matter Factory offers a novel ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Henry Enfield Roscoe

    The Campaigning Chemist

    by Peter J.T. Morris, Peter Reed ...
    Little known today, Henry Enfield Roscoe was one of the most prominent chemists and educational reformers in Victorian Britain. Having studied in Heidelberg, he worked to transform English education by using Germany as a model. He made Owens College, Manchester, viable and converted it into Victoria University (now the University of Manchester). He then campaigned for the reform of technical ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Some Notes on Early Woodcut Books, with a Chapter on Illuminated Manuscripts

    Enriched edition.

    by William Morris, Peter Boyd ...
    In "Some Notes on Early Woodcut Books, with a Chapter on Illuminated Manuscripts," William Morris delves into the intricate world of early printed books and manuscripts, examining the aesthetics and techniques of woodcut illustrations in relation to illuminated texts. The work is marked by Morris's advocacy for craftsmanship in the age of industrialization, emphasizing the significance of artistry ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Puddy: The Life And Times Of Syd Puddefoot

    by Peter Morris ...
    Sydney Charles Puddefoot, "Puddy" to his admiring fans, was a household name amongst football supporters between the two world wars, a time generally regarded as the golden age of British football. In this first-ever full-length biography, Peter Morris charts Puddefoot's rise to stardom: from his East London upbringing to hero status at his beloved West Ham United whilst still a teenager; his ... Read more

    $12.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)

    A Diverse Celebration of Christmas Literature

    by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Selma Lagerlöf, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Martin Luther, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Max Brand, William Wordsworth, Carolyn Wells, Charles Mackay, John Addington Symonds, Sophie May, Louisa May Alcott, Henry Van Dyke, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Andrew Lang, Frances Ridley Havergal, Alphonse Daudet, William John Locke, Walter Scott, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Booth Tarkington, Benito Pérez Galdós, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Armando Palacio Valdés, William Morris, Anthony Trollope, Marcel Prévost, Rudyard Kipling, Beatrix Potter, Robert Herrick, Mary Hartwell Catherwood, Emily Dickinson, Bret Harte, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Meredith Nicholson, Lucas Malet, Isaac Watts, James Russell Lowell, James Whitcomb Riley, Thomas Nelson Page, O. Henry, Phillips Brooks, Saki, William Makepeace Thackeray, Sarah Orne Jewett, François Coppée, Oliver Bell Bunce, Susan Coolidge, Samuel McChord Crothers, Maud Lindsay, Alice Hale Burnett, Walter Crane, André Theuriet, Amy Ella Blanchard, Isabel Cecilia Williams, Evaleen Stein, Amanda M. Douglas, Edgar Wallace, George Wither, Booker T. Washington, Olive Thorne Miller, Vernon Lee, Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, Henry Vaughan, Eliza Cook, Kate Upson Clark, Ben Jonson, Ernest Ingersoll, Frank Samuel Child, Willis Boyd Allen, Georgianna M. Bishop, Edward Thring, F. L. Stealey, James Selwin Tait, Tudor Jenks, L. Frank Baum, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, J. M. Barrie, Eleanor H. Porter, Annie F. Johnston, Jacob A. Riis, Elbridge S. Brooks, Edward A. Rand, Florence L. Barclay, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Harrison S. Morris, Robert E. Howard, Marjorie L. C. Pickthall, Sarah P. Doughty, Hans Christian Andersen, William Butler Yeats, Richard Watson Gilder, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anton Chekhov, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Cecil Frances Alexander, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Margaret Deland, William Drummond, Robert Southwell, Reginald Heber, Alfred Lord Tennyson, George Macdonald, A. S. Boyd, Maxime Du Camp, Mary Austin, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Guy De Maupassant, Brothers Grimm, Clement Moore, Susan Anne Livingston, Ridley Sedgwick, Selma Lagerlof, Nora A. Smith, Phebe A. Curtiss, Nellie C. King, Lucy Wheelock, Aunt Hede, Frederick E. Dewhurst, Jay T. Stocking, Anna Robinson, Florence M. Kingsley, M. A. L. Lane, Elizabeth Harkison, Raymond Mcalden, F. E. Mann, Winifred M. Kirkland, Katherine Pyle, Grace Margaret Gallaher, Elia W. Peattie, F. Arnstein, James Weber Linn, Antonio Maré, Pedro A. De Alarcón, Jules Simon, Marion Clifford, E. E. Hale, Georg Schuster, Matilda Betham Edwards, Angelo J. Lewis, William Francis Dawson, Christopher North, Alfred Domett, Dinah Maria Mulock, James S. Park, Edmund Hamilton Sears, Edmund Bolton, C.s. Stone, Harriet F. Blodgett, John G. Whittier, Christian Burke, Emily Huntington Miller, Cyril Winterbotham, Enoch Arnold Bennett, John Punnett Peters ...
    Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition) presents an enchanting tapestry of yuletide literature that spans centuries and literary styles, gathering works that have shaped holiday storytelling. From tales of benevolence and redemption to merry rhymes and poignant legends, this anthology encapsulates the warmth and magic associated with ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 20 Eternal Masterpieces Of Fantasy (Golden Deer Classics)

    Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Man Who Was Thursday...

    by George MacDonald, Charles Kingsley, Golden Deer Classics, Lewis Carroll, William Morris, C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, Ernest Bramah Smith, L. Frank Baum, Edith Nesbit, G. K. Chesterton, Kenneth Grahame, William Hope Hodgson, J.M. Barrie, David Lindsay ...
    This Golden Deer Classics compilation contains the following classic fantasy works: Phantastes - George MacDonald The Water-Babies - Charles Kingsley Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll Through the Looking Glass (And What Alice Found There) - Lewis Carroll Lilith - George MacDonald The Well at the World's End - William Morris The Sundering Flood - William Morris The Lost Continent - ... Read more

    $0.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus