Watkins: 458 books
A Life Teaching Languages
A Memoir from Mississippi to the Bronx
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Everyone faces crossroads. While not everyone meets at the same crossroads, we all juggle multiple identities. It is these roles--sometimes conflicting and other times fitting together seamlessly--that Linda Watkins-Goffman explores in A Life Teaching Languages: A Memoir from Mississippi to the Bronx....
Stepin Fetchit
The Life & Times of Lincoln Perry
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2010
In the late 1920s and '30s Lincoln Perry, aka Stepin Fetchit, was both renowned and reviled for his surrealistic portrayals of the era’s most popular comic stereotype–the lazy, shiftless Negro. Perry was hailed by critic Robert Benchley as “the best actor that the talking movies have produced,”...
Co. Aytch
A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
A classic Civil War memoir, Co. Aytch is the work of a natural storyteller who balances the horror of war with an irrepressible sense of humor and a sharp eye for the lighter side of battle. It is a testament to one man’s enduring humanity, courage, and wisdom in the midst of death and destruction.
Early...
by Sid Watkins
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
In the years since Sid Watkins' first bestselling book of Formula One memoirs, Life at the Limit, was published the sport has seen enormous changes. The FIA's President, Max Mosley, has launched a zero option policy with the goal of zero mortality and much research and development has gone into technical...
Gold Fame Citrus
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
*Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, NPR, Vanity Fair, LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Huffington Post, The Atlantic, Refinery 29, Men's Journal, Ploughshares, Lit Hub, Book Riot, Los Angeles Magazine, Powells, BookPage *and *Kirkus Reviews *
The much-anticipated...
Patent Trolls
Predatory Litigation and the Smothering of Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Stiflers of innovation, patent trolls use overbroad patents based on dated technology to threaten litigation and bring infringement suits against inventors. Trolls, also known as nonpracticing entities (NPEs), typically do not produce products or services but are in the business of litigation. They...
Conversations With Seth, Book 1: 25th Anniversary Edition (Delux Ed)
25th Anniverary Edition (Deluxe Ed)
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2005
In 1963, Jane Roberts met a spiritual entity named Seth. He spoke through her and the lessons he taught proved timeless and crucial. From 1968 to 1975, Roberts held an ESP class, during which she channeled Seth. Susan Watkins was a member of that class. The knowledge gained from Seth helped Watkins...
Kentucky Rising
Democracy, Slavery, and Culture from the Early Republic to the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
Kentucky's first settlers brought with them a dedication to democracy and a sense of limitless hope about the future. Determined to participate in world progress in science, education, and manufacturing, Kentuckians wanted to make the United States a great nation. They strongly supported the War of...
Company Aytch or a Side Show of the Big Show
A Memoir of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
COMPANY AYTCH has reigned as one of the most memorable and honest depictions of the American Civil War since its original publication in 1882. Sam R. Watkins’s firsthand account of life as a Confederate soldier eloquently captured the realities of war, the humor and pathos of soldiering, and the...
by Sam R. Watkins, William Fletcher
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
"The Confederate Webfoot: Co. "Aytch"; Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment; Sideshow of the Big Show, Rebel & Private, Front & Rear, 5th Texas Infantry, Company "F" in the Civil War. (2 Volumes In 1)" are first hand accounts of the experiences of the Civil...
America On Suicide Watch
The Rise of the Progressive Superstate and the Fall of the American “idea”
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
America is sleepwalking toward anarchy. We are one major crisis away from falling apart.
Richter Watkins' powerful non-fiction political analysis AMERICA ON SUICIDE WATCH describes the self-inflicted wounds that destroy great nations. His eye-opening revelations shed light on how the radical...
by Harvard Business Review, Michael D. Watkins, Reid Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
The Leadership Transitions and Team Building Collection includes two important books: The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded, by Michael D. Watkins, and The Alliance, by Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha, and Chris Yeh. Transitions are a critical time for leaders. In fact, most agree that moving into a...
The First 90 Days in Government
Critical Success Strategies for New Public Managers at All Levels
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2006
More than 250,000 public sector managers in the United States take on new positions each year and many more aspire to leadership. Each will confront special challenges-from higher public profiles to a greater number of stakeholders to volatile political environments-that will make their transitions...
by Quenton Watkins
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
From Hesitant to Handshake, is a 21st-century approach to networking from an introvert's perspective.In this book, I will teach you how to successfully jump start your career and start lining up those ideal interviews all through the power of networking. You’ve already done the work to make...