Rand: 260 books
by Ayn Rand
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see. It is base and evil. It is as if we were speaking alone to no ears but our own. And we know well that there is no transgression blacker than to do or think alone. We have broken...
by William Rand
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
When Mark Thompson goes across the bridge from Texas into Mexico for a night of fun, he has no idea that the sexy stripper who ends up on his lap is a vampire. Despite his crush on the beautiful woman, Mark's strict, Catholic upbringing tells him that he must destroy her. Can he do such a thing, or...
Made in Africa
Learning to Compete in Industry
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Why is there so little industry in Africa?
Over the past forty years, industry has moved from the developed to the developing world, yet Africa’s share of global manufacturing has fallen from about 3 percent in 1970 to less than 2 percent in 2014. Industry is important to low-income countries....
E is for Elvis
The Elvis Presley Alphabet
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2006
A unique, funny, and tragically hip look at the life of the King of Rock and Roll, E Is for Elvis will make you laugh at the absurdities of his life and, at the same time, smile at the magic he brought to this world. From "J is for Jeweled Jumpsuits" to "O is for Overweight," from...
Weepin' Time
Voices of Slavery in Coastal Georgia
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2010
When thirty-nine-year-old Roswell King became manager of both the Butler Island and Hampton Point plantations on the Georgia coast in 1802, he vowed to improve discipline and thoroughly enforce the plantation rules; he truly was a force to be reckoned with. For nearly eighty years, more than 900 black...
Blood in the Hills
A History of Violence in Appalachia
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
To many antebellum Americans, Appalachia was a frightening wilderness of lawlessness, peril, robbers, and hidden dangers. The extensive media coverage of horse stealing and scalping raids profiled the region's residents as intrinsically violent. After the Civil War, this characterization continued...
Historic Walks in San Francisco
18 Trails Through the City's Past
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
Eighteen self-guided walking tours down city streets that will take you back in time, with colorful stories about the buildings along the way and the people associated with them. Easy-to-follow maps, and dozens of historic photographs. You will read tales about such well-known figures as Jack London,...
The Bottle, The Breast, and the State
The Politics of Infant Feeding in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
This books explores the ways in which breastfeeding is both promoted and made difficult in the United States, while the use of formula is both shamed and promoted. It uses a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the politics, policies, and individual experiences surrounding infant...
Sustainable Revolution
Permaculture in Ecovillages, Urban Farms, and Communities Worldwide
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
Urban gardeners. Native seed-saving collectives. Ecovillage developments. What is the connection between these seemingly disparate groups? The ecological design system of permaculture is the common thread that weaves them into a powerful, potentially revolutionary—or reevolutionary—movement.
Permaculture...
by Riantee Lydia Rand
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2005
Subud is a direct and spontaneous spiritual experience that allows people to receive a contact with the Great Life Force. It re-awakens their inner feeling and puts them in touch with their own guidance, eventually bringing to the surface their true nature which was before obstructed and cluttered...
Hard Core Hockey : Essential Skills, Strategies, and Systems from the Sport's Top Coaches: Essential Skills, Strategies, and Systems from the Sport's Top Coaches
Essential Skills, Strategies, and Systems from the Sport's Top Coaches
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2009
“Coach Pecknold has created a no-gimmicks system for teaching skills and strategy that gets players to the next level.”
--George Gwozdecky, head coach of the University of Denver men’s ice hockey team, and 2005 National Coach of the Year
Hard Core Hockey is an all-in-one guide to playing...
The Operational Auditing Handbook
Auditing Business and IT Processes
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
Never out of print since 1997, and substantially updated for this second edition, The Operational Auditing Handbook has earned an international reputation as a hands-on, practical manual for internal auditors and managers to enable them to carry out audits and reviews of a wide range of business activities...
New Statistical Procedures for the Social Sciences
Modern Solutions To Basic Problems
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This unique volume addresses the inadequacies of basic statistical methods that standard textbooks tend to ignore. The author introduces new procedures with accompanying tables that illustrate the practicality of the methods. Concentrating on basic experimental designs that are central to research...
Handmade to Sell
Hello Craft's Guide to Owning, Running, and Growing Your Crafty Biz
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Business advice for enterprising crafters, by crafters
No one knows more about helping handmade businesses than Hello Craft, the nonprofit trade association for crafty entrepreneurs. Written by the directors of Hello Craft, Handmade to Sell is the most complete, up-to-date, and authoritative guide...