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  The Rise and Fall of the British...

  Lawrence James

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  The renowned historian shares “a stylish, intelligent and readable” chronicle of Great Britain from the seventeenth century to the twentieth (The New York Times Book Review). Great Britain’s geopolitical role has undergone many changes over the last four centuries. Once a maritime superpower and ruler of half the world, Britain now occupies an isolated position as an economically fragile island that is often at odds with her European neighbors. In The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, Lawrence James provides a nuanced reflection of Britain’s long and tumultuous transformation. Spanning the years from 1600 to the present day, James combines detailed scholarship with engaging popular history to provide a comprehensive, perceptive, and insightful history of the British Empire.

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  The Beecher Beached

  John B. Tabb

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  Father John Banister Tabb was an American poet, Roman Catholic priest, and professor of English. Father Tabb (as he was commonly known) was widely published in popular and prestigious magazines of the day, including Harper's Monthly, The Atlantic Monthly, and The Cosmopolitan. His books of poetry include Poems (1894), Lyrics (1897), Later Lyrics (1902), and, posthumously, Later Poems (1910). He also wrote one prose work, Bone Rules (1897), an English grammar; only one of his sermons has survived, a sermon on the Assumption (August 15, 1894). (Summary from Wikipedia)

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  Marion Winik Live - Advice &...

  Marion Winik

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  Marion Winik, one of the country's best-known personal essayists, believes in telling the truth. Her award-winning personal essays tell secrets about herself, and describe the raw power of relationships, experiences and passions. This collection of recordings includes a workshop on the craft of personal storytelling and a speech on the ethics of self-exposure. In all, she reads eight of her own essays.

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  They Did You Can - How to...

  Michael Finnigan

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  Mike Finnigan has been working in performance psychology since 1991 and he has also worked in the elite sports arena in golf, cricket, rugby and football. His latest success is with Darren Clarke, who recently won golf's Open Championship.
  Mike believes that, with the help of their sporting heroes, young people can achieve anything they want in the sporting world. By interviewing many sporting celebrities he has discovered just what it was that helped them to make it. Mike says "We can all make up excuses but you have to want to win more than you want the alibi for losing. Once you do that, you give yourself a proper chance of winning."
  Find out the secrets of success of:
  Sir Clive Woodward, Martin Johnson CBE, David Moyes, Sir Tom Finney, Philip Neville, Gordon Banks, Gary Kirsten, Karen Barber, Dame Mary Peters, Jeremy Snape, Eric Simons, Beth Tweddle and Jonathan Davies MBE.
  Revised edition of ISBN 978-1-84590-064-9 with new and updated material.

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  Personal Knowledge - Towards a...

  Michael Polanyi

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  An expanded edition of the classic philosophical work that enquires into the nature and justification of scientific knowledge. 
   
  The publication of Personal Knowledge in 1958 shook the science world, as Michael Polanyi took aim at the long-standing ideals of rigid empiricism and rule-bound logic. Today, Personal Knowledge remains one of the most significant philosophy of science books of the twentieth century, bringing the crucial concepts of “tacit knowledge” and “personal knowledge” to the forefront of inquiry. 
   
  In this remarkable treatise, Polanyi attests that our personal experiences and ways of sharing knowledge have a profound effect on scientific discovery. He argues against the idea of the wholly dispassionate researcher, pointing out that even in the strictest of sciences, knowing is still an art, and that personal commitment and passion are logically necessary parts of research. In our technological age where fact is split from value and science from humanity, Polanyi’s work continues to advocate for the innate curiosity and scientific leaps of faith that drive our most dazzling ingenuity. 
   
  For this expanded edition, Polyani scholar Mary Jo Nye set the philosopher-scientist’s work into contemporary context, offering fresh insights and providing a helpful guide to critical terms in the work. Used in fields as diverse as religious studies, chemistry, economics, and anthropology, Polanyi’s view of knowledge creation is just as relevant to intellectual endeavors today as when it first made waves more than fifty years ago. 
   
  Praise for Personal Knowledge 
   
  “Polanyi’s monumental work . . . takes the shape of an orderly rejection of the false ideal of wholly explicit and wholly impersonal, so-called objective knowledge. The human mind, for him, is not an impersonal machine engaged in the manufacture of truth. In fact, Personal Knowledge represents a compelling critique of the positivist claim for total objectivity in scientific knowledge. . . . Polanyi, the scientist-philosopher, calls forth an enormous array of examples to show that the scientist himself is engaged in acts of personal acceptance and judgment in the very doing of science.” —Philosophy Today 
   
  “Rich in insights, groundbreaking in its interpretations, Personal Knowledge deserves to be better known.” —Science and Education

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  Social Skills Training - Conquer...

  Bruno Carline

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  The First Complete In-Depth Book Ever Published On This Subject 
    
  The Most Important Skill We All Require in Today's Society! 
    
  Some individuals simply have a natural rapport with others. They always have the correct words at the right moment. They draw friends to them like moths to a flame. They're always moving forward at work. They are enticing the opposite sex on both sides. 
    
  What is it that they all share in common? 
    
  They are all very good at "Social Skills." 
    
  For the first time, "Social Skills" is the first and only one of its kind, an utterly comprehensive book dedicated to the whole spectrum of social skills... 
    
  From... 
   The Roots of Our Lack of Social SkillsProgress in Social DevelopmentSocial Skills Training for Children and AdolescentsAdult Social Skills TrainingUsing Social Skills in Your Daily LifeHow Social Skills Can Help You at WorkRelationship Management Through Social SkillsScientific Theories in Depth PLUS Practical How-To Applications 
    
  ...And Much More! 
    
  If you're having social problems, aren't where you want to be in life, or don't have the connections and relationships you want... 
    
  "Social Skills" will be essential in obtaining what you want. 
   

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