Wheeler: 743 books

Fair Mile was more than just a psychiatric hospital; it was an example of a nationwide network of "pauper lunatic asylums," born of responsible Victorian legislation and compassion for the disadvantaged. It was a secure home to many of its patients and staff, and the community within its...

Stepdad 101, What to Know Before You Marry A Single Mom is a vital reading for any man thinking of becoming a stepdad. With a divorce rate higher than 70 percent, blended family couples fail at a rate higher than any other category. Stepdad 101 explains the hidden challenges that make stepdads leave...

The Power of Shaolin Kung Fu offers readers a comprehensive course in the fundamental movements that have been practiced and perfected by warrior monks for centuries. It includes instruction in the powerful striking techniques that so often lead to decisive victory in today's mixed martial...

Practical household advice, first published in 1903. "Probably no art has so few masters as that of decoration. In England, Morris was for many years the great leader, but among his followers in England no one has attained the dignity of unquestioned authority; and in America, in spite of far more general practice of the art, we still are without a leader whose very name establishes law."

Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty 2. Christina Rossetti - I Loved You First: But Afterwards Your Love 3. Walt Whitman - A Glimpse 4. W.Shakespeare - Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds 5. John Donne - The Good-Morrow 6. K.Gibran - Love One Another 7. Robert Browning - Meeting At Night 8. E.Dickinson...

Denise Lee Richards' (born February 17, 1971) is an American female actor and erstwhile style type. She has emerged in features, containing Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers (1997), Wild Things (1998), Drop Dead Gorgeous (film)|Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) The World Is Not Enough (1999) as a Bond...

College guides written by students for students. Spelman College Students Tell It Like It Is This insider guide to Spelman College in Atlanta, GA, features more than 160 pages of in-depth information, including student reviews, rankings across 20 campus life topics, and insider tips...

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, , language: English, abstract: A detailed analysis of Virginia Woolf's first truly innovative novel - itself a searing indictment of the English upper classes.

交涉談判必讀的經典 　　哈佛大學、麻省理工學院、塔夫斯大學等頂尖大學跨校合作的研究成果， 　　無數MBA、跨國公司高階主管、經理人與政府官員必學的交涉與談判技巧。 　　協商、談判、議價的過程充滿變數， 　　沒有人一開始就知道自己的最大利益； 　　掌握應變的基本要領，更勝緊抓既定策略， 　　再混亂，也可以創造出好結果。 　　買房子議價時，如果屋主的開價比你預期的價格還低，你該趕快拍板成交，還是該再殺價？ 　　終於得到期望中的工作，但是，待遇卻比預期低，你該接受嗎？該如何開口談薪水？ 　　明明已經完成交易，上司卻硬是要求你再向對方多要一點，這個時候，你該怎麼做？ 　　推銷、殺價、說服、協商、談判，我們每個人時時都在進行各種交涉。 　　但是，你是不是經常不確定自己是不是讓步太快、擔心再提高條件談判就要破局，或總覺得自己沒有得到最好的條件？ 　　享譽國際的哈佛商學院...

Dementia is a family affair with the power to harm and heal in this intimate family drama that reads like a cross between STILL ALICE by Lisa Genova and THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls. Favorite daughter Elizabeth wants to do the right thing when faced with a family crisis. Her beloved mother...

From the New York Times–bestselling authors, this “chilling and engrossing” nuclear-showdown thriller packs “a multi-megaton wallop” (Chicago Tribune). Originally published during the Cuban Missile Crisis, this suspenseful novel takes off as a group of American bombers—armed with...

This holiday, we proudly presents to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas classics: most beloved novels, tales, legends, poetry & carols - to warm up your heart and rekindle your holiday sparkle: Works by Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter,...

The classic first-hand WWII narrative that chronicles the Marines' savage five-day struggle to wrest Mount Suribachi from its tenacious Japanese defenders during their 35 day battle for Iwo Jima in 1945. Revised with a new introduction by the author and recently discovered photos, this book served...

Soldier Stories chronicles the multi-dimensional drama of people who endured the shock and awe of war?and whose spirits triumphed over it. A priest in the infamous Bataan Death March who  kept others alive with his faithful recitation of the Lord's Prayer The journey to faith by a skeptical...