Captain: 378 books

Managers who focus on the people below them miss the chance to manage up the chain of command. If they can manage their bosses, they can free themselves up to do the best job they can. You can do the same. Thats the practical and practiced message in this brief eBook from D. Michael Abrashoff, once the captain of the USS Benfold, who told his story in the bestselling book, Its Your Ship.

Companies and the navy have this in common: Success depends heavily on crew morale, the eagerness born of spirit, zeal, and zest. You cant buy morale, much less bribe or bully it into existence. But you can sharply boost it -- at little or no cost -- by spicing serious workdays with unserious good...

Figure out whats wrong, enlist your people in the cause of fixing it, persuade them to take ownership, and never declare victory. Thats the advice of Captain D. Michael Abrashoff, author of The New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Its Your Ship, in this brief eBook.

The more insecure you feel, the more difficult situations become. Thats because most people resist, making matters worse. Suppose you do the opposite: Accept fear, treat it like a passing shower, and focus on things you can control. Your demons vanish. In this brief eBook are those and other tonics...

Leading without listening is like walking in the dark. You need to know what your crew, customers, and suppliers think, so listen hard -- and pounce on every good idea you hear. But its not as easy as you think, says New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Captain D. Michael Abrashoff in this brief eBook.

Give your people power to do their jobs, clear the decks of anything that keeps them from doing it, and leave your ego on shore. Thats the advice of Captain D. Michael Abrashoff, author of The New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Its Your Ship, in this brief eBook.

As the battle of Jutland was the only major naval engagement of the First World War, both of the belligerent powers have made claim to the plaudits for winning the battle. The experts and officers of the Royal Navy have argued back and forth with their opponents on the German side. It is refreshing...

Tragedies of Cañon Blanco is the recollections of Cavalry officer Carter, who chased the Comanches in the Texas Panhandle in the mid 19th century.

Includes the First World War Illustrations Pack – 73 battle plans and diagrams and 198 photos The classic account of sniping on the Western Front. “Herbert Wesley McBride was a Captain in the Twenty-first Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, during the First World War. He was...

[Includes 11 illustrations and 6 maps] The Guerilla Warfare in the jungles and paddies of Vietnam was unlike the previous wars that the United States had been involved in for the past hundred years; there were no frontlines, no rest areas, few uniformed enemies and a terrorized population unwilling...

In January 1863 the Union War Department authorized the creation of "a special corps" composed of "persons of African descent"—the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Col. Robert Gould Shaw. Hundreds of free blacks enlisted. When the 54th Massachusetts spearheaded...

Many of the memoirs from the American Expeditionary Force cover the fighting that raged in 1918: from the shellfire to the wounds, glorious exploits and so forth. What marks Captain Blankenhorn’s memoirs as so very different is the role that he served in during the War; he was an intelligence officer...

Travels in India including Sinde And Punjab Vol II  by Captain Leopold Von Orlich Translated from German by Hannibal Evans Lloyd ON a lovely morning, the 5th of February, we rode to Delhi, the ancient Indraprast’ha, the capital of the Great Moguls: we were all mounted on elephants, because,...

This essential eBook for candidates for the EASA Private Pilot’s Licence 'Aircraft General & Principles of Flight' ground school examination offers the current representation of multi-choice questions with answers and fully illustrated explanations.It has been extensively researched...