S Peter: 321 books
The Pilot and the Little Prince
The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born in France in 1900, when airplanes were just being invented. Antoine dreamed of flying and grew up to be a pilot—and that was when his adventures began. He found a job delivering mail by plane, which had never been done before. He and his fellow pilots traveled...
You Can't Order Change
Lessons from Jim McNerney's Turnaround at Boeing
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2008
The first book to explore the unique leadership style of Boeing’s acclaimed CEO
Jim McNerney was one of Jack Welch’s top protégés at General Electric and a finalist to replace the retiring Welch as CEO. McNerney lost that competition in 2001, but since then he has emerged as one of the...
Maritime Terrorism
Risk and Liability
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2006
Policymakers have become increasingly concerned in recent years about the possibility of future maritime terrorist attacks. Though the historical occurrence of such attacks has been limited, recognition that maritime vessels and facilities may be particularly vulnerable to terrorism has galvanized...
by William Walker Atkinson, Neville Goddard, Peter B. Kyne
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
This is the fourth in our important Prosperity series. Now together for the first time are ten more of the most important books ever written on the subject of Wealth and Success. We’ve gathered another 1,000+ pages of the best advice and instruction that you’ll ever receive on how to become successful,...
A Handful of Mischief
New Essays on Evelyn Waugh
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
A Handful of Mischief: New Essays on Evelyn Waugh is a collection of essays based on presentations at the Evelyn Waugh Centenary Conference at Hertford College, Oxford, in 2003. There are twelve different essays by authors from various countries, including Australia, Canada, Russia, the United Kingdom,...
Novel Ideas
Contemporary Authors Share the Creative Process
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Novel Ideas provides a substantial introduction to the elements of fiction followed by in-depth interviews with successful novelists who speak with candor and insight into the complex process by which a novel is made. This edition includes new and updated interviews as well as writing exercises to...
Past Due
The End of Easy Money and the Renewal of the American Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
How Main Street was hit by—and might recover from—the financial crisis, by The New York Times's national economics correspondent
When the financial crisis struck in 2008, Main Street felt the blow just as hard as Wall Street. The New York Times national economics correspondent Peter S....
by Peter S. Ungar
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
Teeth are amazing - the product of half a billion years of evolution. They provide fuel for the body by breaking apart other living things; and they must do it again and again over a lifetime without themselves being broken in the process. This means that plants and animals have developed tough or...
by Peter S Williams
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
This is an accessible response to the contemporary anti-God arguments of the 'new atheists' (Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, Hitchens, Grayling, etc). Atheism has become militant in the past few years, with its own popular mass media evangelists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett.
In this...
All Religions Are Good in Tzintzuntzan
Evangelicals in Catholic Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Since the 1960s, evangelical Christian denominations have made converts throughout much of Roman Catholic Latin America, causing clashes of faith that sometimes escalate to violence. Yet in one Mexican town, Tzintzuntzan, the appearance of new churches has provoked only harmony. Catholics and evangelicals...
Hungry Start-up Strategy
Creating New Ventures with Limited Resources and Unlimited Vision
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Entrepreneurs are hungry. But it’s not just because they’re living on ramen and adrenaline while they pour their all into their business. Peter Cohan has found it’s something deeper: a hunger to create the kind of world they want to work in. To leave a legacy, they build carefully with limited...
by Peter Davis, Eliana Garcés
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
This book combines practical guidance and theoretical background for analysts using empirical techniques in competition and antitrust investigations. Peter Davis and Eliana Garcés show how to integrate empirical methods, economic theory, and broad evidence about industry in order to provide high-quality,...
by Peter S. Cole CPCM, Michael G. Martin PMP
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
The standard on government statements of work just got better!
How to Write a Statement of Work has been a standard reference for government employees and contractors for many years. Now, with this sixth edition, it is even more relevant and useful. Based on the excellent foundation laid by the late...
Parks, Peace, and Partnership
Global Initiatives in Transboundary Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2013
Today, over 3,000 protected areas around the world contribute to the protection of biodiversity, peaceful relations between neighbouring countries, and the well-being of people living in and around the protected environs. Historical and geo-political constraints are disappearing in a new spirit of...