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The Leader's Bookshelf

By: James Stavridis,Robert M Ancell

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For the last several years Adm. James Stavridis and his co-author, R. Manning Ancell, have surveyed over two hundred active and retired four-star military officers about their reading habits and favorite books, asking each for a list of titles that strongly influenced their leadership skills and provided them with special insights that helped propel them to success in spite of the many demanding challenges they faced. The Leader’s Bookshelf synthesizes their responses to identify the top fifty books that can help virtually anyone become a better leader. Each of the works—novels, memiors, biographies, autobiographies, management publications—are summarized and the key leadership lessons extracted and presented. Whether individuals work their way through the entire list and read each book cover to cover, or read the summaries provided to determine which appeal to them most, The Leader’s Bookshelf will provide a roadmap to better leadership. Highlighting the value of reading in both a philosophical and a practical sense, The Leader’s Bookshelf provides sound advice on how to build an extensive library, lists other books worth reading to improve leadership skills, and analyzes how leaders use what they read to achieve their goals. An efficient way to sample some of literature’s greatest works and to determine which ones can help individuals climb the ladder of success, The Leader’s Bookshelf is for anyone who wants to improve his or her ability to lead—whether in family life, professional endeavors, or within society and civic organizations.

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Naval Institute Press

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1682471802

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9781682471807

Order of Avalon

By: Robert Slaughter,Jerry Brown

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Order of Avalon

By: Robert Slaughter,Jerry Brown

If the looming war between the Aurelian Empire and Thracian barbarians goes unchecked, inexorable tyranny will tip the balance of world order and confront the world. Torn apart by rebellion, organized crime, and supernatural forces, three defending factions must join forces if the country is to survive prior to the Thracian god of war reaching Aurelia.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1984572083

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9781984572080

US Commanders of World War II (1)

Army and USAAF

By: James Arnold,Robert Hargis

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US Commanders of World War II (1)

Army and USAAF

By: James Arnold,Robert Hargis

To be a successful commander requires experience, character, tenacity and boldness: the ability to establish a good rapport with both your staff and your men is also vital. The real test comes in combat though, where a large proportion of luck is involved the luck to be in the right place at the right time and lasting reputations can be formed in a very brief and frenetic period. The key US commanders of World War II were subject to (and often gratuitously fostered) the projection of their 'characters', exploiting the growing power of the media. This title examines the careers, personalities and fortunes of the key US Army and Air Force commanders of World War II.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1780968124

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9781780968124

US Commanders of World War II (2)

Navy and USMC

By: James Arnold,Robert Hargis

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US Commanders of World War II (2)

Navy and USMC

By: James Arnold,Robert Hargis

This title, the second of two looking at US commanders of World War II, examines the combat careers, personalities, uniforms, dress and appearance of the key US naval and Marine commanders. These men played a crucial role in the defeat of the Axis powers, particularly in the Pacific theater during such battles as Guadalcanal, Tarawa and Iwo Jima. Among those covered are Holland Smith, Lemuel Shepherd, Roy S. Geiger; John D. Bulkeley, Bull Halsey, Thomas Hart, Husband Kimmel, Charles Lockwood, Marc A. Mitscher, Chester Nimitz, Norman Scott, Raymond Spruance, Wade McCluskey, and Theodore Wilkinson.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1780968116

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The Muse in Bronzeville

African American Creative Expression in Chicago, 1932-1950

By: Robert Bone,Richard A. Courage

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The Muse in Bronzeville

African American Creative Expression in Chicago, 1932-1950

By: Robert Bone,Richard A. Courage

A dynamic reappraisal of a neglected period in African American cultural history from the early 1930s to the cold war, and the first comprehensive critical study of the creative awakenting that occurred on Chicago's South Side -- from cover.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813550432

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9780813550435

Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names

By: Robert L. Ramsay

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Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names

By: Robert L. Ramsay

This bulletin is one in a series published by the College of Arts and Science in which pertinent and interesting information that has been collected and analyzed in the research activities of regular departments of the College is made available to the public. The study of Missouri place names has been a project of Professor Robert L. Ramsay of the Department of English for a number of years. He has directed a series of eighteen masters theses in the field, and as a result of the research conducted by his students and through his own activities, a master file of Missouri place names has been prepared. This bulletin is only a sample of the information that has been collected and classified. The College of Arts and Science is making it available to the citizens of the State at a nominal price so that the public can have some knowledge and appreciation of this interesting and worthwhile study. The bulletin records a very significant part of our history and culture.

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University of Missouri Press

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0826205860

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9780826205865

Worlds of Never

By: Robert Reginald,Douglas Melville

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Worlds of Never

By: Robert Reginald,Douglas Melville

Originally published in 1978, this anthology includes facsimile reprints of three early fantasy novels: "Alice in Blunderland" (another adventure of Alice in Wonderland), by John Kendrick Bangs; "The Adventures of the Six Princesses of Babylon in Their Travels to the Temple of Virtue," by Lucy Peacock; and "The Log of the Water Wagon; or, The Cruise of the Good Ship 'Lithia'," by Bert Leston Taylor and W. C. Gibson.

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Wildside Press LLC

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0941028585

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9780941028585

US Defence Strategy from Vietnam to Operation Iraqi Freedom

Military Innovation and the New American War of War, 1973-2003

By: Robert R. Tomes

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US Defence Strategy from Vietnam to Operation Iraqi Freedom

Military Innovation and the New American War of War, 1973-2003

By: Robert R. Tomes

This volume examines the thirty-year transformation in American military thought and defence strategy that spanned from 1973 through 2003.

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Routledge

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1135985626

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9781135985622

The Road from Gap Creek

A Novel

By: Robert Morgan

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The Road from Gap Creek

A Novel

By: Robert Morgan

One of America’s most acclaimed writers returns to the land on which he has staked a literary claim to paint an indelible portrait of a family in a time of unprecedented change. In a compelling weaving of fact and fiction, Robert Morgan introduces a family’s captivating story, set during World War II and the Great Depression. Driven by the uncertainties of the future, the family struggles to define itself against the vivid Appalachian landscape. The Road from Gap Creek explores modern American history through the lives of an ordinary family persevering through extraordinary times.

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Algonquin Books

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1616203781

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9781616203788

Gaston County, North Carolina, in the Civil War

By: Robert C. Carpenter

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Gaston County, North Carolina, in the Civil War

By: Robert C. Carpenter

Civil War histories typically center on the deeds of generals and sweeping depictions of battle. This unique study of one Southern county's war experience tells of ordinary soldiers and their wives, mothers and children, slaves, farmers, merchants, Unionists and deserters--through an examination of tax records. The recently discovered 1863 Gaston County, North Carolina, tax list provides a detailed economic and social picture of a war-weary community, recording what taxpayers owned, cataloging slaves by name, age and monetary value, and assessing luxury items. Contemporary diaries, letters and other previously unpublished documents complete the picture, describing cotton mill operations, the lives of slaves, political disagreements, rationales for soldiers' enlistments and desertions, and economic struggles on the home front.

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McFarland

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1476623309

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9781476623306

An Epistemic Theory of Democracy

By: Robert E. Goodin,Kai Spiekermann

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An Epistemic Theory of Democracy

By: Robert E. Goodin,Kai Spiekermann

Democracy has many attractive features. Among them is its tendency to track the truth, at least under certain idealized assumptions. That basic result has been known since 1785, when Condorcet published his famous jury theorem. But that theorem has typically been dismissed as little more than a mathematical curiosity, with assumptions too restrictive for it to apply to the real world. In An Epistemic Theory of Democracy, Goodin and Spiekermann propose different ways of interpreting voter independence and competence to make jury theorems more generally applicable. They go on to assess a wide range of familiar political practices and alternative institutional arrangements, to determine what constellation of them might most fully exploit the truth-tracking potential of majoritarian democracy. The book closes with a discussion of how epistemic democracy might be undermined, using as case studies the Trump and Brexit campaigns.

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Oxford University Press

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0198823452

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A New Theory of Conscientious Objection in Medicine

Justification and Reasonability

By: Robert F. Card

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A New Theory of Conscientious Objection in Medicine

Justification and Reasonability

By: Robert F. Card

This book argues that a conscientiously objecting medical professional should receive an exemption only if the grounds of an objector’s refusal are reasonable. It defends a detailed, contextual account of public reasonability suited for healthcare, which builds from the overarching concept of Rawlsian public reason. The author analyzes the main competing positions and maintains that these other views fail precisely due to their systematic inattention to the grounding reasons behind a conscientious objection; he argues that any such view is plausible to the extent that it mimics the ‘reason-giving requirement’ for conscience objections defended in this work. Only reasonable objections can defeat the prior professional obligation to assign primacy to patient well-being, therefore one who refuses a patient’s request for a legally available, medically indicated, and safe service must be able to explain the grounds of their objection in terms understandable to other citizens within the public institutional structure of medicine. The book further offers a novel policy proposal to deploy the Reasonability View: establishing conscientious objector status in medicine. It concludes that the Reasonability View is a viable and attractive position in this debate. A New Theory of Conscientious Objection in Medicine: Justification and Reasonability will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working in bioethics, medical ethics, and philosophy of medicine, as well as thinkers interested in the intersections between law, medical humanities, and philosophy.

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1000066959

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The Leader's Bookshelf

The Leader's Bookshelf

Order of Avalon

Order of Avalon

US Commanders of World War II (1)

US Commanders of World War II (1)

US Commanders of World War II (2)

US Commanders of World War II (2)

The Muse in Bronzeville

The Muse in Bronzeville

Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names

Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names

Worlds of Never

Worlds of Never

US Defence Strategy from Vietnam to Operation Iraqi Freedom

US Defence Strategy from Vietnam to Operation Iraqi Freedom

The Road from Gap Creek

The Road from Gap Creek

Gaston County, North Carolina, in the Civil War

Gaston County, North Carolina, in the Civil War

An Epistemic Theory of Democracy

An Epistemic Theory of Democracy

A New Theory of Conscientious Objection in Medicine

A New Theory of Conscientious Objection in Medicine

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