Jim: 5732 books
Ending Our Uncivil War
A Path to Political Recovery & Spiritual Renewal
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Civility is in decline in America. Fear and certitude are paralyzing our country. With Congress in gridlock, more Americans are leaning toward authoritarian political figures and the courts for answers to unaddressed legislative questions. Social media seems like an endless landscape of echo chambers...
Imperfect Presidents
Tales of Presidential Misadventure and Triumph
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2007
When people make bad decisions, odd remarks, and just plain silly mistakes, the results are sure to haunt them. But when these things happen to the president of the United States, they can change the course of history. In this clever portrait of the American presidency, Jim Cullen takes ten presidents...
The Last Best League, 10th anniversary edition
One Summer, One Season, One Dream
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Every summer, in ten small towns across Cape Cod, the finest college baseball players in the country gather in hopes of making it to "The Show." The hopes are justifiably high: The Cape Cod Baseball League is the best amateur league in the world, producing one out of every six major league...
by Dr Jim Porter
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - How to Help Teams Perform Effectively.
For any organization to become successful, its employees must work effectively as a team. But you must remember that a new team can’t be expected to perform exceptionally from the very beginning. Team formation takes time,...
Warrior
Frank Sturgis---The CIA's #1 Assassin-Spy, Who Nearly Killed Castro But Was Ambushed by Watergate
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
The press called him a "real-life James Bond."
Fidel Castro called him "the most dangerous CIA agent."
History remembers him as a Watergate burglar, yet the Watergate break-in was his least perilous mission.
Frank Sturgis--using more than 30 aliases and code...
by Jim Wawro
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2012
Why do people drink wine?
Throughout history people have extolled the virtues of wine, but what is it about wine that inspires an emotional response that other historical spirits, like beer, simply do not?
Through forty years of experiencing and reading about the enjoyment of wine, I...
How to Say It: Negotiating to Win
Key Words, Phrases, and Strategies to Close the Deal and Build Lasting Relations hips
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
A no-nonsense guide to closing the deal?that makes sense to everyone.
Jim Hennig?s winning negotiating philosophy is based on finding and meeting the real needs of the other party through the use of questions, effective listening, honesty, integrity, sincere caring, and building partnerships....
by Dr Jim Porter
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - How to Improve Performance through the Balanced Scorecard.
Organizations often focus their efforts on short term financial results and neglect the other aspects of their business. This is when the concept of the “Balanced Business Scorecard”, a tool for improving...
Get the Picture?
The Movie Lover's Guide to Watching Films
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Classic favorites, current pop films, hidden gems--they’re all part of this new edition of the popular guide to watching and enjoying movies. In his witty and engaging text, author Jim Piper explains key concepts of film and uses fascinating side-by-side comparisons to explore relationships between...
by Jim Ryerson
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Under a U.S. trade embargo imposed half a century ago, U.S. citizens are barred from traveling to Cuba. As a journalist, I began visiting Cuba in 1998 and during my more than 35 visits I’ve met hundreds of Cubans who have graciously shared their lives, music, food, and culture and created my passion...
Raccoons
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Them but Were Too Busy Cleaning Up Their Mess to Ask
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The cute-as-a-button babies grow up in the city, at least to be not-so-cute nocturnal marauders that find their way into garbage bins and nest in our attics, where they cause unspeakable mayhem. Raccoons will, and do, eat anything and everything except, so far, humans. In Raccoons: Everything You Always...
From POW to Blue Angel
The Story of Commander Dusty Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
As only the third fighter pilot to become leader of the Blue Angels, Raleigh E. “Dusty” Rhodes helped develop the most famous aerobatics team ever formed. From POW to Blue Angel tells his story—a fast-paced drama teeming with action and human interest and capturing the initiative and tenacity...
by Jim Morrison, Craig Strete
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
Poetry by Jim Morrison (of The Doors) and Craig Strete."I have seen the future and I won't go," says Morrison, staring at the sky as if he saw the words up there somewhere. And the day explodes, rocketting into a long shamanistic shared journey. Words tumble out as we write furiously, thrown...
by Jim Hinckley, Kerrick James
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2011
Ghost towns lie all along the Mother Road. The quintessential boom-and-bust highway of the American West, Route 66 once hosted a thriving array of boomtowns built around oil mines, railroad stops, cattle ranches, resorts, stagecoach stops, and gold mines. Join Route 66 expert Jim Hinckley as he tours...