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On Leadership

By: John Gardner

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On Leadership

By: John Gardner

A searching examination of leadership as it is practiced, or malpracticed, in America today. Includes the elements of motivation, shared values, social cohesion, and institutional renewal.

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Self-Renewal

The Individual and the Innovative Society [First Edition]

By: John W. Gardner

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Self-Renewal

The Individual and the Innovative Society [First Edition]

By: John W. Gardner

“The only stability possible is stability in motion.”—John William Gardner In his classic treatise Self-Renewal, John W. Gardner examines why great societies thrive and die. He argues that it is dynamism, not decay, that is dramatically altering the landscape of American society. The twentieth century has brought about change more rapidly than any previous era, and with that came advancements, challenges, and often destruction. Gardner cautions that “a society must court the kinds of change that will enrich and strengthen it, rather than the kind of change that will fragment and destroy it.” A society’s ability to renew itself hinges upon its individuals. Gardner reasons that it is the waning of the heart and spirit—not a lack of material might—that threatens American society. Young countries, businesses, and humans have several key commonalities: they are flexible, eager, open, curious, unafraid, and willing to take risks. These conditions lead to success. However, as time passes, so too comes complacency, apathy, and rigidity, causing motivation to plummet. It is at this junction that great civilizations fall, businesses go bankrupt, and life stagnates. Gardner asserts that the individual’s role in social renewal requires each person to face and look beyond imminent threats. Ultimately, we need a vision that there is something worth saving. Through this vision, Gardner argues, society will begin to renew itself, not permanently, but past its average lifespan, and it will at once become enriched and rejuvenated.

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1789120071

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On Leadership

By: John Gardner

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On Leadership

By: John Gardner

A searching examination of leadership as it is practiced, or malpracticed, in America today. Includes the elements of motivation, shared values, social cohesion, and institutional renewal.

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Self-Renewal

The Individual and the Innovative Society

By: John William Gardner

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Self-Renewal

The Individual and the Innovative Society

By: John William Gardner

Gardner's is not a 'how-to-do-it' book for the conduct of modern society. It is something rarer these days and more basic: a 'why-to-do-it' book. Its impact on many readers is bound to be challenging and stimulating and even inspirational."-Clark Kerr, Science

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W. W. Norton

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0393301125

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9780393301120

Conversations with John Gardner

By: John Gardner

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Conversations with John Gardner

By: John Gardner

This collection, selected from more than 140 interviews Gardner granted, presents a wealth of information on the life and art of one of America's foremost novelists. These interviews show him as a novelist, a charismatic teacher of creative writing, and a widely published scholar who has vast knowledge and who generated much literary information in his lectures and interviews. After the publication of such popular and critical successes as Grendel (1971) and The Sunlight Dialogues (1972), this philosophical writer with an enviable talent for storytelling was regarded as ""a major contemporary writer."" After Gardner had demonstrated that he was one of America's most prolific, versatile, and imaginative authors, he became one of its most controversial when he attacked the literary establishment in his book On Moral Fiction and in his interviews. These candid conversations reveal a man of contrasts and contradictions, a writer who, as one of his interviewers remarks, ""brought to everything he did a passion that at times bordered on madness.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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0878054235

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Excellence: Can We Be Equal And Excellent Too?

By: Dr. John W. Gardner

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Excellence: Can We Be Equal And Excellent Too?

By: Dr. John W. Gardner

This is a book about excellence, more particularly about the conditions under which excellence is possible in our kind of society; but it is also—inevitably—a book about equality, about the kinds of equality that can and must be honored, and the kinds that cannot be forced. Such a book must raise some questions which Americans have shown little inclination to discuss rationally. What are the characteristic difficulties a democracy encounters in pursuing excellence? Is there a way out of these difficulties? How equal do we want to be? How equal can we be? What do we mean when we say, “Let the best man win”? Can an equalitarian society tolerate winners? Are we overproducing highly educated people? How much talent can the society absorb? Does society owe a living to talent? Does talent invariably have a chance to exhibit itself in our society? Does every young American have a “right” to a college education? Are we headed toward domination by an intellectual elite? Is it possible for a people to achieve excellence if they don’t believe in anything? Have the American people lost their sense of purpose and the drive which would make it possible for them to achieve excellence?

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1786256177

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The Richardson Memorial, Comprising a Full History and Genealogy of the Posterity of the Three Brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson

By: John Adams Vinton

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The Richardson Memorial, Comprising a Full History and Genealogy of the Posterity of the Three Brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson

By: John Adams Vinton

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

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3385532698

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Every Man Will Do His Duty

An Anthology of Firsthand Accounts from the Age of Nelson 1793–1815

By: Dean King,John B. Hattendorf

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Every Man Will Do His Duty

An Anthology of Firsthand Accounts from the Age of Nelson 1793–1815

By: Dean King,John B. Hattendorf

Napoleonic-era accounts of life aboard Royal Navy warships: “Readers of Patrick O’Brian and C. S. Forester will enjoy this collection” (Library Journal). At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the British Navy was the mightiest instrument of war the world had ever known. The Royal Navy patrolled the seas from India to the Caribbean, connecting an empire with footholds in every corner of the earth. Such a massive Navy required the service of more than 100,000 men—from officers to deckhands to surgeons. These are their stories. The inspiration for the bestselling novels by Patrick O’Brian and C. S. Forester, these memoirs and diaries, edited by Dean King, provide a true portrait of life aboard British warships during one of the most significant eras of world history. Their tellers are officers and ordinary sailors, and their subjects range from barroom brawls to the legendary heroics of Lord Horatio Nelson himself. Though these “iron men on wooden ships” are long gone, their deeds echo through the centuries.

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Open Road Media

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1453238328

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The History of the 12th (Bermondsey) Battalion East Surrey Regiment

By: John Aston,L. M. Duggan

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The History of the 12th (Bermondsey) Battalion East Surrey Regiment

By: John Aston,L. M. Duggan

The 12th E Surreys were raised on 14th May 1915 by the Mayor and Borough of Bermondsey, and in October the battalion joined 122nd Brigade, 41st Division, the last of the Kitchener divisions. It remained in the same brigade throughout the war. A year later, May 1916, the division arrived in France where the battalion served until November 1917, when they were sent to Italy. In March 1918 they returned to France where the battalion remained for the rest of the war. The authors have made every effort to be accurate in their account, but the main aim has been to provide a narrative, not so much for the general reader as for the members of the Battalion Association and their friends. In pursuit of this aim they have included plenty of ‘yarns' using the actual words of the individual narrator which, they believe, will prove the best part of the volume. In fact this is the most ‘anecdotal' unit history I have yet come across. Reading it today, some ninety years later, it is clear that these personal contributions add a great deal to the story, bringing a feeling of reality to the scenes being described. There are plenty of references to individuals, references which are always welcome in what amounts to a family history, telling the day-to-day story of a close knit battalion. There is no doubt it will have brought to mind those who died and will have helped to recall incidents, localities, friendships and dangers shared. The division was one selected for the Army of Occupation in Germany and the battalion ended its war service on garrison duty in the Rhine bridgehead. 217 officers and 4,487 other ranks served with the battalion during the war, and total casualties amounted to 128 officers and 2,675 other ranks of whom 38 and 683 respectively died.The appendices contain a wealth of information, of great help to the researcher. There is the nominal roll of officers and men who served with the battalion; there is a list of cemeteries in which the dead are buried, each is numbered and keyed to the Roll of Honour so the place of burial can be checked; and there is the list of honours and awards. This is a very comprehensive history.

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Andrews UK Limited

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1781515859

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Manchester

By: John B. Clarke

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Manchester

By: John B. Clarke

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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The 39th Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK®: John W. Campbell, Jr. (vol. 2)

By: John W. Campbell Jr

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The 39th Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK®: John W. Campbell, Jr. (vol. 2)

By: John W. Campbell Jr

John Wood Campbell, Jr. (1910–1971) was an American science fiction writer and editor. As editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later renamed Analog Science Fiction and Fact) from late 1937 until his death, he is generally credited with shaping the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Isaac Asimov called Campbell "the most powerful force in science fiction ever, and for the first ten years of his editorship he dominated the field completely." Included in this volume are 12 of his classic novels and stories: THE ELECTRONIC SIEGE THE LAST EVOLUTION SPACE RAYS BEYOND THE END OF SPACE THE BATTERY OF HATE ATOMIC POWER THE IRRELEVANT THE MIGHTIEST MACHINE CONQUEST OF THE PLANETS BLINDNESS THE ESCAPE ELIMINATION If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

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1479438049

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The Bible in People's Lives

By: John P. Dondapāti

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The Bible in People's Lives

By: John P. Dondapāti

The Bible in People's Lives By: John P. Dondapāti Christopher Columbus, navigator and discoverer who had shown keen interest in the Bible and Biblical prophesies, once said, “I did not make use of mathematics, intelligence, or maps. It was simply the fulfillment of what Isaiah prophesied. (Isaiah 11:10-12) There is no question that the inspiration was from the Holy Scriptures.” Within these pages, you will read the quotes of top political leaders around the world who were influenced by the Bible and its impacts. Included are 16 U.S. Presidents, U.S. Vice-Presidents, Governors, the Founding Fathers, as well as a Queen and two Kings of the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, two Prime Ministers of Israel, and the father of our Indian Nation, Mahatma Gandhi along with their photos and short biographies. Other lives mentioned are great English poets, John Milton and Samuel Coleridge, as well as celebrated historical figures Albert Einstein, Helen Keller, and great men of God, D.L. Moody and Charles H. Spurgeon. 114 quotes are included within. By reading “The Bible in People’s Lives”, you will be inspired to read the Bible.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1646102401

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Railroads in the Civil War

The Impact of Management on Victory and Defeat

By: John E. Clark, Jr.

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Railroads in the Civil War

The Impact of Management on Victory and Defeat

By: John E. Clark, Jr.

By the time of the Civil War, the railroads had advanced to allow the movement of large numbers of troops even though railways had not yet matured into a truly integrated transportation system. Gaps between lines, incompatible track gauges, and other vexing impediments remained in both the North and South. As John E. Clark explains in this compelling study, the skill with which Union and Confederate war leaders met those problems and utilized the rail system to its fullest potential was an essential ingredient for ultimate victory.

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LSU Press

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0807152668

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After the Dream

Black and White Southerners since 1965

By: Timothy J. Minchin,John A. Salmond

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After the Dream

Black and White Southerners since 1965

By: Timothy J. Minchin,John A. Salmond

Martin Luther King's 1965 address from Montgomery, Alabama, the center of much racial conflict at the time and the location of the well-publicized bus boycott a decade earlier, is often considered by historians to be the culmination of the civil rights era in American history. In his momentous speech, King declared that segregation was "on its deathbed" and that the movement had already achieved significant milestones. Although the civil rights movement had won many battles in the struggle for racial equality by the mid-1960s, including legislation to guarantee black voting rights and to desegregate public accommodations, the fight to implement the new laws was just starting. In reality, King's speech in Montgomery represented a new beginning rather than a conclusion to the movement, a fact that King acknowledged in the address. After the Dream: Black and White Southerners since 1965 begins where many histories of the civil rights movement end, with King's triumphant march from the iconic battleground of Selma to Montgomery. Timothy J. Minchin and John Salmond focus on events in the South following the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. After the Dream examines the social, economic, and political implications of these laws in the decades following their passage, discussing the empowerment of black southerners, white resistance, accommodation and acceptance, and the nation's political will. The book also provides a fascinating history of the often-overlooked period of race relations during the presidential administrations of Ford, Carter, Reagan, and both George H. W. and George W. Bush. Ending with the election of President Barack Obama, this study will influence contemporary historiography on the civil rights movement.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813139996

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Calypso Magnolia

The Crosscurrents of Caribbean and Southern Literature

By: John Wharton Lowe

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Calypso Magnolia

The Crosscurrents of Caribbean and Southern Literature

By: John Wharton Lowe

In this far-reaching literary history, John Wharton Lowe remakes the map of American culture by revealing the deep, persistent connections between the ideas and works produced by writers of the American South and the Caribbean. Lowe demonstrates that a tendency to separate literary canons by national and regional boundaries has led critics to ignore deep ties across highly permeable borders. Focusing on writers and literatures from the Deep South and Gulf states in relation to places including Mexico, Haiti, and Cuba, Lowe reconfigures the geography of southern literature as encompassing the "circumCaribbean," a dynamic framework within which to reconsider literary history, genre, and aesthetics. Considering thematic concerns such as race, migration, forced exile, and colonial and postcolonial identity, Lowe contends that southern literature and culture have always transcended the physical and political boundaries of the American South. Lowe uses cross-cultural readings of nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers, including William Faulkner, Martin Delany, Zora Neale Hurston, George Lamming, Cristina Garcia, Edouard Glissant, and Madison Smartt Bell, among many others, to make his argument. These literary figures, Lowe argues, help us uncover new ways of thinking about the shared culture of the South and Caribbean while demonstrating that southern literature has roots even farther south than we realize.

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UNC Press Books

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1469626217

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Civic Revolutionaries

Igniting the Passion for Change in America's Communities

By: Douglas Henton,John G. Melville,Kimberly Walesh

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Civic Revolutionaries

Igniting the Passion for Change in America's Communities

By: Douglas Henton,John G. Melville,Kimberly Walesh

Civic Revolutionaries offers a practical guide for renewing the great American tradition of spirited, breakthrough community leadership. By their very nature, revolutionary leaders help their communities reconcile the competing values on which our nation was built: individualism and community, freedom and responsibility, trust and accountability, economy and society. Like the Founders, today's civic revolutionaries are extraordinary leaders who are deeply committed to place, not just to specific issues or constituencies. They provide the vital spark, inspiring others who must ultimately own the revolution if it is to be successful. Written for leaders in business, government, education, and community, Civic Revolutionaries features practical guidance and in-depth case studies from communities across the country. The book provides tested advice to both new and seasoned leaders and draws essential lessons from the American revolutionary tradition to demonstrate how to become an effective leader within the community. Read a Charity Channel review: http://charitychannel.com/publish/templates/?a=294&z=25

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John Wiley & Sons

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078797451X

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Must Come Assembled

Assembling the Pieces for a Successful Relationship

By: Dr. John F. Groves Sr.

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Must Come Assembled

Assembling the Pieces for a Successful Relationship

By: Dr. John F. Groves Sr.

Must Come Assembled: Assembling the Pieces for a Successful Relationship By: Dr. John F. Groves Sr. Must Come Assembled brings to light the deep-rooted problems of dating and relationships in the modern dating era. Why do so many relationships fail? Dr. Groves explores this notion through an examination of a recently divorced man who, after being married for over sixteen years, finds himself single, back on the dating scene, and forced to confront his own history of failed relationships. Through reflection, he discovers fundamental issues about how people, in general, deal with relationship, and how dating and relationships have changed from how he had conceived of them decades before. He began exploring deep-rooted questions about human behavior. Namely, what makes one person say “yes” and another, “no”? Why do we choose the people we do? How do we come to conclusions about who is on our team, and who is not? Why do so many relationships fail? And especially, why did his relationship fail? Dr. Groves draws on his personal experiences to bring light to common human experiences and decisions, interweaving stories of plans, pains, struggles, and changes to bring the reader to a deeper understanding of dating, relationships, and the role we each play.

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Dorrance Publishing

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Ultimate Leadership

Maximize Your Potential and Empower Your Team

By: John Maxwell

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Ultimate Leadership

Maximize Your Potential and Empower Your Team

By: John Maxwell

Bundle of leadership books authored by John C. Maxwell. Includes * 21 Irrefutable Laws * Developing the Leader Within You * 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork

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