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by Michael Wise
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
From the very beginning, Singapore’s promise of adventure and romance lured visitors to her shores. Travellers came from everywhere and found in Singapore so much to amaze and amuse, so much to write home about. The tales selected for this collection take the reader back to the early days of Singapore...
by Henry Augustus Wise
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2014
Los Gringos Part II Henry Augustus Wise, author and United States Navy officer (1819-1869)
This ebook presents «Los Gringos Part II», from Henry Augustus Wise. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.
TABLE OF CONTENTS -01- ABOUT THIS BOOK -02- PART II. LOS GRINGOS
Cassidy's Run
The Secret Spy War Over Nerve Gas
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2000
Cassidy's Run is the riveting story of one of the best-kept secrets of the Cold War—an espionage operation mounted by Washington against the Soviet Union that ran for twenty-three years. At the highest levels of the government, its code name was Operation shocker.
Lured by a double agent...
White Like Me
Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
With a new preface and updated chapters, White Like Me is one-part memoir, one-part polemical essay collection. It is a personal examination of the way in which racial privilege shapes the daily lives of white Americans in every realm: employment, education, housing, criminal justice, and elsewhere.
Using...
Dear White America
Letter to a New Minority
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Tim Wise is a force. His relentless touring and blogging have positioned him as one of the top commentators on the ever-changing racial landscape in the US today. A-list media seek him, his events are packed and his sales are strong. His success demonstrates that people of all colors in the US are...
Extreme Fear
The Science of Your Mind in Danger
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2009
Ever since the phrase "fight or flight" was coined in the 1920s, the common understanding has been that the mind respond to danger in one of two ways - either fleeing in blind panic, or fighting through it. But as scientists unlock the secrets of the human brain, a more complex understanding...
Wise Quotes of Wisdom
A Lifetime Collection of Quotes, Sayings, Philosophies, Viewpoints and Thoughts
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
The woman who raised me had many interesting sayings. Realizing that the wisdom of the universe was in those quotes, I set out to record as many of them as I could. The sources are many.
Crossing the Threshold of Eternity
What the Dying Can Teach the Living
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2011
If we learn to listen and observe carefully, the dying can teach us important things that we need to learn in preparing for the end of our own life's journey. From standing at the bedside of the dying, Robert L. Wise came to realize there were important patterns and steps that the dying were trying...
How to Be a Business Superhero
Prepare for Everything, Train with the Best, Make your Own Destiny at Work
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2008
This fun and accessible guide offers super advice for business success.
Top venture capitalist and self- proclaimed ?comic book geek? Sean Wise reveals how to create a winning business persona through valuable strategies from great comic book icons. In this engaging and insightful guide, Wise...
Using Open Source Platforms for Business Intelligence
Avoid Pitfalls and Maximize ROI
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2012
Open Source BI solutions have many advantages over traditional proprietary software, from offering lower initial costs to more flexible support and integration options; but, until now, there has been no comprehensive guide to the complete offerings of the OS BI market. Writing for IT managers and...
by Wise Publications
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Wise Publications presents the long anticipated EP from Coldplay, Kaleidoscope. All the songs from the EP are here, arranged for piano, vocal and guitar, along with hand-written lyrics in a beautiful package.
The tracks are:
- All I Can Think About Is You
- Miracles (Someone Special)
- Aliens
- Something Just Like This (Tokyo Remix)
- Hypnotised
by A.R. Wise
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016
A coronal mass ejection is hurtling towards Earth, promising destruction unlike anything the modern world has ever been forced to endure. Scientists predict the electrical grid will suffer irreparable harm. Gasoline will stop being delivered, and soon after food and water shortages will threaten life...
Resume Speed
Stories by Guinotte Wise
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2016
Wise’s first collection of short stories, the award-winning Night Train, Cold Beer, was blunt, honest, cinematic. This collection, Resume Speed, is also visually keen, and each story gives you the impression of having entered a town where, though the city limit sign welcomes you, something is amiss....
by John R. Wise
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
First published in 1861, "Shakespeare: His Birthplace and its Neighbourhood" contains a detailed history of the English town Stratford-upon-Avon and its surrounding areas by John R. Wise. John Richard de Capel Wise (1883 - 1890) was an English writer, journalist, and editor. Other notable...