Discover why this servant leadership book has been used all over the world to train managers into highly effective, influential leaders. Leaders of business, faith, education, non-profit organizations and more!Imagine leading individuals through inspiration instead of just being the boss. Your team is INSPIRED to come to work every day. Your team feels VALUED and you feel FULLFILLED at the end of every day. Imagine creating an environment where everyone rises to their highest potential.YOU lead the HIGH-PERFORMING team and rise above expectations. YOU have a devoted team of followers who follow you. YOU have less worry over the tasks being performed by your team.Is this your world? It could be.Servant leadership is the answer. It is the most powerful and influential style of leadership and is founded on morals and values. Discover a proven leadership style that has be applied to all types of organizations.Learn how to know you are meeting the needs of your employees and ensure your employees are feeling VALUED! Discover how to lead individuals you don’t directly manage. Then, uncover the secret to influence that has others follow your lead and are loyal to you.Learn the answer behind the question “can servant leadership be taught?” Spoiler alert – it is a skill that is developed like all other skills and here is your roadmap.Learn how to master the 12 core competencies of Leadershipthe #1 way to get people to follow youdiscover the 4 step method to solve any problem and be an effective decision makerhow to use foresight to execute HIGH Quality Decision Makinghow to convey a powerful VISION through Change ManagementAct as a humble leader and learn how to dominant…relating to your team through emotional intelligence and empathyspeaking so others will listenthe POWER of Active and Empathic Listeningcommanding the highest RESPECT in your field through stewardshipthe techniques to motivation and persuasion of individualsthe Soft skills of trust, teamwork, effective communication to name a few!And so much more!Discover why this book has been used all over the world to teach leaders!FREE BONUS—Activities to strengthen your Leadership CompetenciesFREE BONUS—Manager’s Toolbox Templates for effective decision tree analysis, coaching employees, task delegation tracker, and much more!If you are tired of long books that leave you still searching for answers. Ready for fluff-free, nuts and bolts lessons? Ready to learn or develop your soft skills? THEN, this book is one you cannot afford to miss!Servant Leadership Roadmap is creating powerful, effective leaders one individual at a time all over the world! Read more

Renowned historian William H. McNeil provides a brilliant narrative chronology of the development of Western civilization, representing its socio-political as well as cultural aspects. This sixth edition includes new material for the twentieth-century period and completely revised bibliographies. An invaluable tool for the study of Western civilization, the Handbook is an essential complement to readings in primary and secondary sources such as those in the nine-volume University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization. Read more

How well are you keeping up with the hottest topics in our world today?Should we legalize marijuana?Are the Kardashians good or bad for feminism?Is happiness a choice?Is Federer the best tennis player of all time?Should we raise taxes on the rich?Are vaccines safe for kids?Is there life after death?What the Hell are They Thinking features 100 hotly debated topics that govern your life and covers politics and government, economics, popular culture, sports, health, religion, and more!Constructed using a unique psychological writing methodology designed to open minds by reducing media biases, echo chambers, and filter bubbles, What the Hell are They Thinking offers a uniquely approachable and user-friendly way for busy, yet open-minded individuals to get a more complete understanding of what’s being discussed in our world today.What the Hell are They Thinking is the first book from multi-award-winning website The Perspective and is a collection of site's most popular, most engaged with “Big Debates” -- with 30 new ones added exclusively for the book’s release.The Perspective has won several accolades including:Editors and Publishers Eppy Award for Best Innovation ProjectHighly Commended Finalist of The Drum Award for Best Editorial InnovationWebAward: News categoryStop relying on other people or media outlets for your information, and instead educate yourself on both sides of every argument with What the Hell are They Thinking. Read more

The United States government is one of the world's largest publishers, printing and distributing a wealth of information including resources on American history, crime and justice data, contextualized government images, census data, genealogy research and much more. To serve patrons, library personnel must remain knowledgeable about U.S. government resources, agencies, departments, and websites. Aimed at librarians and library personnel from all types of libraries, and at researchers, this practical, hands-on volume is a useful resource for learning how to find and apply information from the wealth of U.S. government resources. It aids in answering various types of patron questions, performing community outreach, engaging in civic activities, serving business patrons, and providing classroom instruction. Readers will learn to discover the government's "hidden" information treasures and how to implement and adapt these resources in any library environment. Read more

Let’s travel back in time to celebrate the very special year of 1974!Were you born in 1974? Was this the year you were married?With over 225 iconic images – over 25 vintage ads – it’s the perfect birthday or wedding anniversary gift.Immerse yourself into the Culture, the People, the Leading Events, and the Arts that made 1974 so unique and shaped the World as we know it today.This perfect balance between serious and popular events will rekindle your emotions of such a remarkable time and place in history!Beautifully presented with photos on every page, this book goes over:Politics and Leading Events around the WorldCrimes and their PunishmentsThe Iconic Movies, the TV Shows and AwardsMusic: Top Songs, Albums and AwardsSports Review: American, British and International EventsPop Culture, Fashion and Popular Leisure ActivitiesTechnological Advancements and Popular CarsStats and the Cost of ThingsIconic Advertisements of 1974A lot of work went into this process to give you the most comprehensive, yet digestible, unforgettable time travel.Are you ready? Bon voyage!Click the “Buy Now” button at the top of the page to begin.Thank you! Read more

Step into a world of monumental change and timeless stories with Bridging the Decade: Timeless Connections 1945 Memories for Your 2025 Celebration. This one-of-a-kind book is your ticket to revisiting 1945, a pivotal year in human history, while planning for the future with bonus calendars spanning from 2026 to 2030. Perfect for history enthusiasts, trivia lovers, and anyone celebrating a special birthday or milestone, this book weaves together historical highlights, fascinating trivia, and a functional 2025 calendar for a truly memorable experience.Why 1945 Matters?The year 1945 was a turning point for the world, marking the end of World War II and the beginning of a new global order.Explore the key moments that shaped our history, including:Victory and Rebuilding: The end of World War II, the fall of Berlin, and the creation of the United Nations.Cultural Milestones: Broadway’s Carousel, the first-ever atomic bomb test, and the founding of Ebony magazine.Sports Highlights: Maurice Richard’s 100th NHL goal and Jackie Robinson breaking barriers in baseball.Unforgettable Events: The liberation of concentration camps, Emperor Hirohito’s surrender, and Truman’s leadership at the Potsdam Conference.Each month is packed with meticulously curated events, offering a day-by-day view of 1945’s triumphs, challenges, and innovations.Exclusive Bonus: Future Calendars 2026–2030As a special addition, we’ve included beautifully designed bonus calendars for 2026 through 2030. Each year carries an empowering theme to inspire your journey:2026: Forge New Paths2027: Unite and Inspire2028: Empower Every Moment2029: Beyond Boundaries2030: A Decade of DreamsInteractive Trivia ChallengeTest your knowledge with trivia questions woven throughout the book. From quirky facts to life-changing events, these challenges will educate and entertain readers of all ages.Why This Book is a Must-HavePerfect Gift: A thoughtful and unique present for history enthusiasts, milestone celebrations, or anyone looking to connect with their roots.Educational Value: Ideal for families, educators, and trivia lovers, blending learning with entertainment.Timeless Inspiration: Reflect on the resilience and achievements of humanity over the decades.Act Now and Rediscover History!Don’t miss this chance to own a book that’s more than just a historical account – it’s a celebration of life’s milestones and a guide for embracing the future.Click “Add to Cart” now and start your journey through time today!Whether you’re revisiting the triumphs of 1945 or planning for an inspired 2025, this book will enrich your understanding of history and motivate your future. Dive in and see how far we’ve come – and where we’re headed.========History 2025 calendarGeography calendar 20251965 history calendarcalendar planners 2024 2025monthly calendar bookmonthly history calendar book2025 plannernational photography calendar 2025travel memories weekly planner bookartwork art calendar book travellandscapes yearly organizerphotography album calendar2025 photo schedulerbirthday gift calendar 2025history art monthly planner 2025beautiful calendar 2025365 Days of Inexplicable Events, Strange Disappearances, and Baffling Phenomena365 Remarkable StoriesHeadlines in History Page A Day365 Days of History Daily 2025Civil War Day-By-Day Chronology Read more

Memories of Underdevelopment was the first great international success of Cuban cinema. The film provides a complex portrait of Sergio, a disaffected bourgeois intellectual who remains in Havana after the Revolution, suspended between two worlds. He can no longer accept the values of his family's reactionary past and yet boredom and the conditioning of his early life prevent him from committing himself to the new revolutionary society. Sergio's story is played out in the turbulent period of the Bay of Pigs invasion and the 1962 missile crisis, events he can only watch on his television screen or from his apartment balcony.The film, initially banned by the U.S. government as part of its trade quarantine of Cuba, was shown here five years after its original release. But American critics responded enthusiastically to it and the National Society of Film Critics bestowed an award on its director. This double volume includes the complete continuity script of Memories, as well as the complete novel, Inconsolable Memories, upon which the film is based. An interview with Alea is reproduced here, as well as documentation of the political controversy that surrounded the film in this country. Michael Chanan's introduction places the film in the context of Cuban political and cultural history. The volume also includes a biographical sketch of Alea, a chronology of the Cuban Revolution, reviews, commentary, a filmography, and a bibliography.Michael Chanan lives in England, where he teaches and writes on film. He is the author of The Cuban Image: Cinema and Cultural Politics in Cuba. Read more

Here is the whole story of the world of drugs―from the infamous Opium Wars to the legal availability of narcotics in the United States during the past century; from the unexpected boost given to illicit drugs by Prohibition to the great success of the French Connection.The global drug trade is one of the most prominent examples of the law of supply and demand. Despite such countermeasures as the execution of narcotics dealers in China and the United States's much-ballyhooed "War on Drugs," drug traffickers have always managed to meet the demand and satisfy an ever-growing customer base.In addition to offering a wealth of little-known facts, The War on Drugs also covers major dealers, cartels, organizations, smuggling and anti-smuggling strategies, major miscalculations and disasters, drug epidemics, legal restraints, famous incidents, and more. Read more

This book recounts the history of Marxist philosophy in China between 1923 and 1945 through the writings and activities of four philosophers: Qu Qiubai, Ai Siqi, Li Da and Mao Zedong. Two of these philosophers – Qu and Mao – were also political activists and leaders, but their contribution to this history is as important, if not more so, than the contribution of Ai and Li who were predominantly philosophers and scholars. The inclusion of Qu and Mao underlines the intimate connection between philosophy and politics in the revolutionary movement in China. It is not possible to speak credibly of Marxist philosophy in China without considering the political context within which its introduction, elaboration and dissemination proceeded. Indeed, each of the philosophers considered in this book repudiated the notion that the study of philosophy was a scholastic intellectual exercise devoid of political significance. Each of these philosophers regarded himself as a revolutionary, and considered philosophy to be useful precisely because it could facilitate a comprehension of the world and so accelerate efforts to change it. By the same token, each of these philosophers took philosophy seriously; each bent his mind to the daunting task of mastering the arcane and labyrinthian philosophical system of dialectical materialism. Philosophy might well be political, they believed, but this was no excuse for philosophical dilettantism. Read more

This lively textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the history, theory and practice of this popular theatre form. Bringing critical theory and musical theatre together, Millie Taylor and Dominic Symonds explore the musical stage from a broad range of theoretical perspectives. Part 1 focuses on the way we understand musicals as texts and Part 2 then looks at how musical theatre negotiates its position in the wider world. Part 3 recognises the affiliations of various communities with the musical stage, and finally part 4 unravels the musical's relationship with time, space, intertextuality and entertainment. Written by leading experts in Musical Theatre and Drama, Taylor and Symonds utilise their wealth of knowledge to engage and educate the reader on this diverse subject.With its accessible and extensive content, this text is the ideal accompaniment to any study of musical theatre internationally: an essential tool for students of all levels, lecturers, practitioners and enthusiasts alike. Read more

A textbook of primary sources of key events in history that have altered the pastWhile world history materials date back to prehistoric times, the field itself is relatively young. Indeed, when the first edition of Peter Stearns’s best-selling World History in Documents was published in 1998, world history was poised for explosive growth, with the College Board approving the AP world history curriculum in 2000, and the exam shortly thereafter. At the university level, survey world history courses are increasingly required for history majors, and graduate programs in world history are multiplying in the U.S. and overseas.World events have changed as rapidly as the field of world history itself, making the long-awaited second edition of World History in Documents especially timely. In addition to including a new preface, focusing on current trends in the field, Stearns has updated forty percent of the textbook, paying particular attention to global processes throughout history. The book also covers key events that have altered world history since the publication of the first edition, including terrorism, global consumerism, and environmental issues. Read more

Step into the pages of A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf’s groundbreaking work that reshaped the conversation about women, creativity, and independence. With its piercing analysis of gender inequality and the barriers faced by female writers, this timeless feminist classic continues to inspire readers to question societal norms.This Literary Companion Edition immerses the reader in Woolf’s experience, packed with carefully curated features to engage readers of all levels, from newcomers to longtime admirers. Go beyond the original text with these illuminating additions that bring Woolf’s world vividly to life:A Comprehensive Biography of Virginia Woolf, exploring her life, literary career, and the events that shaped her revolutionary perspective.Historical Context, providing a detailed backdrop of the feminist movements and societal dynamics of Woolf's time.Glossary of Terms & References, clarifying historical, literary, and cultural terms and references in Woolf’s essay.Chapter Synopses, synethezising key elements following each chapter to enhance reader comprehension.Study Guide, offering discussion questions and thematic analyses to spark meaningful engagement with Woolf’s ideas.Modern Relevance and recommended Further Reading, connecting its themes to other influential feminist texts and ongoing conversations on gender equality.Perfect for students, book clubs, educators, and literary enthusiasts, this enhanced edition bridges the past and present, ensuring Woolf’s landmark work remains as meaningful as when it was first delivered. Read more

Henry Gurney was the last Chief Secretary of the Mandate Government of Palestine. From mid-March to mid-May 1948, at his HQ in Jerusalem's King David Hotel, he wrote his diary under fire from Jews and Arabs alike, with both groups taking aim at the British Administration as the Mandate drew to a close and the country spiralled into violence. Read more

The history of the second wave of feminism in the United States demonstrates the potential for both serious social change and seemingly intractable divisions among women. Race, ethnicity, social class, sexual orientation, and religion have all been dividing influences among women, shaping their various perspectives on and relations to the women's movement. Yet collectively, women's efforts--identified as second wave feminism--are seen as having made a difference. This book highlights the lives and work of fifty second wave feminists, women who have served as catalysts in the developing feminist movement. A diverse group--playwrights and politicians, grassroots organizers and scientists, poets and theologians--they provide the reader with compelling stories of individual women's lives, collective feminist struggles, and the possibilities of feminist social change. Each woman's story provides inspiration to those interested in the power of one, and collectively, the stories show the range of motivations, activities, and accomplishments of feminist thinkers and activists today. Each entry contains three parts: a biographical portrait of the individual, including information about education, family life, and early activism; an analytical discussion, highlighting the person's accomplishments and her relationship to U.S. feminism; and a bibliographical section containing a selective list of the subject's publications and writings about her and her work. Read more

Most likely invented in the Far East, playing cards arrived in Europe at roughly the same time as paper money and gunpowder, and by the early eleventh century were in widespread use in France. This classic history, never superseded, not only tells the story of playing cards and their manufacture, but also provides the reader with a fascinating overview of heraldry, geography, history, and social and political activities over the past six centuries. In addition to making extensive use of the magnificent collection of the United States Playing Card Company in Cincinnati, this volume focuses on playing cards of China, Japan, India, Europe, Russia, and America. Also included is an enormous annotated bibliography of more than 900 items on playing cards and games, and probably the largest range of card illustrations, all royalty-free, ever assembled in one place: 1,462 photographs, of which 16 are in color on the covers. Read more

Teun van Dijk is one of the founders of Critical Discourse Studies and this collection brings together some of his most important writing, framed by new introductory material. He examines the role of discourse in the reproduction of power and domination in society and the ways in which media and political elites control access to public discourse. Read more

Though we think of the 1960s and the early ‘70s as a time of radical social, cultural, and political upheaval, we tend to picture the action as happening on campuses and in the streets. Yet the rise of the underground newspaper was equally daring and original. Thanks to advances in cheap offset printing, groups involved in antiwar, civil rights, and other social liberation issues began to spread their messages through provocatively designed newspapers and broadsheets. This vibrant new media was essential to the counterculture revolution as a whole—helping to motivate the masses and proliferate ideas. Power to the People presents more than 700 full-color images and excerpts from these astonishing publications, many of which have not been seen since they were first published almost fifty years ago. From the psychedelic pages of the Oracle, Haight-Ashbury’s paper of choice, to the fiery editorials of the Black Panther Party Paper, these papers were remarkable for their editors’ fervent belief in freedom of expression and their DIY philosophy. They were also extraordinary for their graphic innovations. Experimental typography and wildly inventive layouts reflect an alternative media culture as much informed by the space age, television, and socialism as it was by the great trinity of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll. Assembled by renowned graphic designer Geoff Kaplan, Power to the People pays homage in its layout to the radical press. Beyond its unparalleled images, Power to the People includes essays by Gwen Allen, Bob Ostertag, and Fred Turner, as well as a series of recollections edited by Pamela M. Lee, all of which comment on the critical impact of the alternative press in the social and popular movements of those turbulent years. Power to the People treats the design practices of that moment as activism in its own right that offers a vehement challenge to the dominance of official media and a critical form of self-representation. No other book surveys in such variety the highly innovative graphic design of the underground press, and certainly no other book captures the era with such an unmatched eye toward its aesthetic and look. Power to the People is not just a major compendium of art from the ’60s and ’70s—it showcases how the radical media graphically fashioned the image of a countercultural revolution that still resounds to this day. Read more

An annotated bibliography of more than 700 significant works concerning the function of race in American history. It evaluates the most important historical, sociological, and psychological studies published since 1944. An introductory chapter describes and evaluates key general works on the origin and meaning of race and race relations. After the introduction, chapters are arranged in chronological order. All consequential studies of slavery on the national, state, and local level are included with a brief synthesis of the major findings of the study. The book continues through the Civil War, the Reconstruction, segregation and Jim Crow, up to and including the ongoing Civil Rights movement begun in the late 1950s. A final chapter includes works that attempt to imagine the cost--economically, socially, and politically--of black/white racism and discrimination in the United States. Read more

If the vibrancy on display in Thinking in the Past Tense is any indication, the study of intellectual history is enjoying an unusually fertile period in both Europe and North America. This collection of conversations with leading scholars brims with insights from such diverse fields as the history of science, the reception of classical antiquity, book history, global philology, and the study of material culture. The eight practitioners interviewed here specialize in the study of the early modern period (c. 1400–1800), for the last forty years a crucial laboratory for testing new methods in intellectual history. The lively conversations don’t simply reveal these scholars’ depth and breadth of thought; they also disclose the kind of trade secrets that historians rarely elucidate in print. Thinking in the Past Tense offers students and professionals alike a rare tactile understanding of the practice of intellectual history. Here is a collectively drawn portrait of the historian’s craft today. Read more

This book traces the history of the word 'charisma', and the various meanings assigned to it, from its first century origins in Christian theology to its manifestations in twenty-first century politics and culture, while considering how much of the word's original religious meaning persists in the contemporary secular understanding. Read more