David Robert: 477 books
Fire-Breathing Liberal
How I Learned to Survive (and Thrive) in the Contact Sport of Congress
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2008
There's a reason The Nation, America's leading progressive magazine, named Robert Wexler the country's "Most Valuable Congressman." It's the same reason right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh refers to him as "disgusting." It's because for the last twelve years Wexler has been Congress's...
American Grace
How Religion Divides and Unites Us
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
American Grace is a major achievement, a groundbreaking examination of religion in America.
Unique among nations, America is deeply religious, religiously diverse, and remarkably tolerant. But in recent decades the nation’s religious landscape has been reshaped.
America has experienced...
A Trilogy of Island Adventures
Robinson Crusoe, The Swiss Family Robinson, and Treasure Island
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
This Halcyon Classics ebook contains three classic stories of shipwrecks and marooning, and adventure. These are ROBINSON CRUSOE by Daniel Defoe (including THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE), THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON by Johann David Wyss, and the classic pirate tale TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson. Includes and active table of contents for easy navigation.
At The Helm: Volume 3: A Sci-Fi Bridge Anthology
At The Helm, #3
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
Conflict across the cosmos. New frontiers discovered. What it means to be human reimagined.
Dreams of tomorrow become reality in this third collection of bestselling authors and newly emerging writers from Sci-Fi Bridge. From the inner worlds of unforgettable characters to alien planets at...
Life, Death, and Meaning
Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology...
Brittanicus
A new version by Robert David MacDonald
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 1998
An Almeida Theatre production that opened at the Albery Theatre with Diana Rigg and Toby Stephens, and then played for a season on Broadway. This political thriller, set in Rome at the beginning of Emperor Nero’s tyranny, lays bare the relationships at the heart of power as a world slips into moral chaos.
Schiller: Volume One
The Robbers, Passion and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2005
Includes the plays The Robbers and Passion and Politics
Two plays concerned with tyranny and freedom. Schiller's first play, The Robbers (1781), was written in great secrecy under the prison like conditions of Württenberg's Karlsschule: Karl, the son of a count, is disinherited through the...
by Tony Davila, Marc Epstein, Robert Shelton
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2013
A brand new collection of state-of-the-art guides to business innovation and transformation
4 authoritative books help you infuse innovation throughout everything your business does: not just once, but constantly!
This extraordinary collection shows how to make breakthrough,...
by Harvard Business Review, Daniel Goleman, Robert Steven Kaplan
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Self-awareness is the bedrock of emotional intelligence that enables you to see your talents, shortcomings, and potential. But you won't be able to achieve true self-awareness with the usual quarterly feedback and self-reflection alone.
This book will teach you how to understand your thoughts...
In the Wake of the Crisis
Leading Economists Reassess Economic Policy
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
Prominent economists reconsider the fundamentals of economic policy for a post-crisis world.
In 2011, the International Monetary Fund invited prominent economists and economic policymakers to consider the brave new world of the post-crisis global economy. The result is a book that captures...
The Execution Premium
Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2008
In a world of stiffening competition, business strategy is more crucial than ever. Yet most organizations struggle in this area--not with formulating strategy but with executing it, or putting their strategy into action. Owing to execution failures, companies realize just a fraction of the financial...
by Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
This collection highlights the most important ideas and concepts from Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton, authors of The Balanced Scorecard, a revolutionary performance measurement system that allows organizations to quantify intangible assets such as people, information, and customer relationships....
by David Cottrell, Robert Nix
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
Isn't it time you got the job you deserve? Your workplace transformation is about to begin!
FACT: When opportunity knocks in the workplace, most people don't know how to seize it.
This book will show you exactly how to spot--and master--your next great job opportunity.
Are you ready...
Effective Supervision
Supporting the Art and Science of Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2011
In Effective Supervision, Robert J. Marzano, Tony Frontier, and David Livingston show school and district-level administrators how to set the priorities and support the practices that will help all teachers become expert teachers. Their five-part framework is based on what research tells us about...