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Bacon draws from groundbreaking research to demonstrate how power can be seized and used to full advantage in the workplace.…
The power a person holds is determined by a complicated arrangement of factors, including a person's knowledge, history, and character, as well as the resources and network at his or her disposal. With a clear-sighted approach, Bacon shows how anyone can leverage power to motivate and influence others. 2011.
An epic tale of 11 college football teammates confronting World War II. Eager to serve, TSU's champion athletes are stationed…
across the globe in various theatres. But one of them, Ben Reinking, is recruited by the propaganda machine to follow his former teammates and write their heroic stories for small-town newspapers across America. 2008.
A series of stories linked by a girl growing up in a small town. In "Jack of hearts", Elizabeth is…
cast in a male role for a ballet recital, and in "Sorrows of the flesh", a crush on the science teacher turns sour when he is exposed as a wife beater. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1984.
Emigrants Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson, their three children and eleven others are fleeing poverty, religious persecution and social oppression…
in Smaland, Sweden. For ten long weeks the emigrants suffer cramped, filthy quarters of the sailing vessel finally arriving in New York. Followed by "Unto a good land" (DC36567). 1995. (Emigrant novels ; 1) Uniform title: Utvandrarna.
The Emigrants is composed of four long narratives which at first appear to be the straightforward accounts of the lives…
of several Jewish exiles in England, Austria, and America. The narrator literally follows their footsteps, but gradually, Sebald's prose, which combines documentary description with almost hallucinatory fiction, exerts a new magic, and the four stories merge into one. 1996. Uniform title: Ausgewanderten.
Alison Greenall's father walked out when she was a baby, and eighteen years later, she suddenly receives an invitation to…
the lab of her father's successful biotech company. Upon arriving, Alison learns that it has been broken into by pro-life activists who oppose stem-cell research. The activists also stole a mysterious anti-aging serum, leading Alison to wonder what her father is really up to. Some strong language. 2006.
Haile Selassie, His Most Puissant Majesty and Distinguished Highness the Emperor of Ethiopia, enjoyed a 44-year reign until his own…
army gave him the boot in 1974. In the days following the coup, Polish journalist Kapuscinski travelled to Ethiopia and sought out members of the imperial court for interviews. Some descriptions of violence. 1984, c1978. Uniform title: Cesarz.
In this study Baigent and Leigh construct an alternative history of religion and thought which begins with the Hermeticism of…
1st century Alexandria and describes its pathways through Europe over the ensuing centuries. Along the way there are tales of individuals, including the Elizabethan magician John Dee and the Franciscan friar and alchemist Roger Bacon. 1997.
Understanding Japan's recent history is essential to form an efficient working relationship with the country. The author concentrates on the…
years from 1853, when the outer world broke through Japan's isolation, to 1952 when the postwar settlement and economic recovery set her on the road to becoming an economic superpower. 1989.
Sim, Johnny, Kitty and Ginger - the Elm Street Lot - meet at the elm tree stump at one end…
of the street before they set off on adventures, like finding Mr Crackenthorpe's stolen bath and tracking down an escaped hamster. Grades 3-6. 1969.
1551. King Joao III of Portugal gives Archduke Maximilian an elephant named Solomon as a wedding present. Accompanied by the…
Archduke, his new wife, and the royal guard, Solomon and his keeper, Subhro, make their way through the storied cities of northern Italy; they brave the Alps and the terrifying Isarco and Brenner Passes; they sail across the Mediterranean Sea and up the Inn River, until at last they make their grand entry into the imperial city. Traversing a continent riven by the Reformation and civil wars, this tale of friendship and adventure is tempered by reflections of the flaws and weaknesses of humanity. 2010. Uniform title: Viagem do elefante.
Like his father before him, Octavio runs the Notre-Dame bakery, and knows the secret recipe for the perfect Parisian baguette,…
but also like his father, Octavio has never mastered the art of reading, and his only knowledge of the world beyond the bakery door comes from his own imagination. Just a few streets away, Isabeau works out of sight in the basement of the Louvre, trying to forget her disfigured beauty by losing herself in the paintings she restores. The two might never have met, but for a curious chain of coincidences involving a mysterious traveller, an impoverished painter, a jaded bookseller, and a book of fairytales, lost and found. c2012.
Cerynise Kendall, born in Charleston but raised in England, is suddenly orphaned and penniless. Hoping to return to Charleston, Cerynise…
heads for London's wharfs. She finds childhood friend Beau Birmingham, who offers to take her aboard his ship if she marries him. Sequel to "The Flame and the Flower". Some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1998.
Judge Oliver Garland has just died - or was he murdered? His son, Tal, left with Oliver's cryptic last words,…
must unravel his father's life in order to solve the puzzle of his death. Unaccustomed to being a man of action, Tal must risk his career, his marriage, and even his life to follow the clues. 2002.
Actor Rajiv Surendra read "Life of Pi", discovered it was being adapted into a major motion picture, and embarked on…
a ten-year journey to land the role of a lifetime. But this is not a journey of goals and victories, this is a story of obsessively pursuing a dream, overcoming failure, and finding meaning in life. 2016.
Catherine Cabot arrives in China, trying to uncover the truth of her past. Against an uneasy political background, a love…
triangle develops between Catherine and Edmund and George Airton. As the Japanese mass themselves on the borders, waiting for an excuse to invade, Catherine unwittingly becomes the perfect tool to settle the scores of two men who will stop at nothing to wreak their revenge. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. c2005.
The power of the Elvenlords over humans and halfbreeds is supreme, except for the threat of the Prophecy. Ironically, the…
concubine of the Elven overlord gives birth to a child who becomes a dangerous yet treasured person. For it is her magic and fortune that will change the world. Followed by "Elvenblood". 1991.