No one liked puzzles and brain teasers more than Betty White, America's First Lady of Game Shows, and this book is packed with puzzles devoted to her and her legacy. The Unofficial Betty White Puzzle Book is a puzzle centric celebration of everything about Betty White that helped us smile, laugh, think and maybe even be a little kinder and happier at the end of the day.
Tim Baker was living the dream: a best-selling and award-winning surf writer with a beautiful family, a lifetime of exotic travel and a home walking distance to quality waves. That all changed on July 7, 2015, when he was diagnosed, out of the blue, with stage 4, metastatic prostate cancer. So began a descent into the debilitating world of aggressive cancer treatments and a fight for a survival as brutal as any big wave hold down. Tim writes candidly and with a raw vulnerability about this perilous journey through chemotherapy, hormone therapy, radiation and surgery, and his own determined lifestyle strategies to maintain mind, body and spirit. Happily, surfing provided one of his most powerful forms of therapy, and writing about his experiences has proven deeply cathartic. Patting The Shark documents Tim's efforts to navigate his way through the maze of conventional and supportive therapies - meditation, diet, exercise, emotional support, counselling. Ultimately, it is a desperate plea for a more integrative approach to cancer care, treating the whole person and not just the cancer, allowing cancer patients a sense of empowerment and agency in charting their path through treatment. This is a story about facing your mortality, staring down your fears, and working out what really matters in life, when so many elements of your identity are stripped away.
A breakthrough book for leaders who want to maximize performance through empowerment. It offers a new approach and practical strategies to energize employees to exercise their initiative when needed and be accountable for their actions.
Dritter Band (von insgesamt vier) des amerikanischen Standardwerkes zu traditonellem Bogenbau. Inhalt Band 3: Traditionelle Wurzeln, Werkzeuge für den Bogenbau, Bogen aus aller Welt, Koreanischer Bogenbau, Die Bogen der Plainsindianer, Afrikanisches Bogenschießen, Teilbare Bogen, Ein Steinzeitbogen, Probleme vermeiden - Probleme lösen, Pfeile aus Holz, Selbst gemachte Schäfte, Pfeilspitzen aus Stein, Die Flamme wird weitergereicht. Ergänzt durch ein Glossar der Begriffe, Bibliographie und Index der über die Inhalte aller vier Bände geht.
This is the first comprehensive study of John Thomond O'Brien, one of the most significant Irish-born figures in the history of modern South America. Born in Baltinglass, County Wicklow, in the late eighteenth-century, O'Brien emigrated to Buenos Aires in the second decade of the nineteenth century, hoping to profit from the burgeoning trade in textiles between Britain and Ireland and the River Plate. In 1813, in Buenos Aires, he enlisted as a cavalry officer in the armies fighting against Spanish rule. His actions on the battlefield, which contributed to the achievement of independence in Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay, and his close acquaintance with the two most famous generals of the war, Jose de San Martin and Simon Bolivar, brought him renown in South America and Europe. O'Brien criss-crossed South America during his colourful post-war career, spending time in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil and Uruguay. In the 1820s, he promoted Irish emigration to Argentina, launched the highest sailing ship in the world on Lake Titicaca and led the campaign of support for O'Connell and Catholic Emancipation among the Irish in Buenos Aires. In the 1830s, he explored the Amazon for gold and was imprisoned in Buenos Aires by the dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas. In the 1840s, he represented the Montevidean government in London and Paris. During the last decade of his life, before his death in 1861, he campaigned to have monuments erected across South America to the leaders of the independence campaign. O'Brien's compelling story mirrors that of a tumultuous period in Irish and South American history
LIVE LIKE THE DRAGON- An elegant handbook packed with Bruce Lee quotes, stories, personal photos, letters and ephemera- Distills the life, philosophy and teachings of Bruce Lee into easy-to-absorb lessons- Foreword by Bruce Lee's Daughter, Shannon LeeBruce Lee was more than a movie star or a martial artist. For many people, he was a living example of the incredible things a person can accomplish through dedication, perseverance and sheer force of will. In the 33 years before his untimely death, Bruce Lee created new systems of fighting, and became an international film star, television personality, philosopher and cultural icon in the process. This inspirational guide presents a carefully curated selection of Bruce Lee photos, insights, stories, anecdotes and ephemera. It distills the iconic fighter’s approach to making the most out of life into a beautifully bound book that will be treasured by Bruce Lee fans, as well as any reader looking for an inspired approach to living a richer, more fulfilling existence.
In July 1936, an army-led coup against the democratically elected republican government ushered in the Spanish Civil War. Father Alexander J. McCabe was rector of the Irish College in Salamanca when General Francisco Franco seized power a few months later and established his GHQ in the medieval city. McCabe recorded the arrival of the nationalist war machine in his diaries, vividly documenting the horror of the repression and his encounters with Franco, Nazi officers and diplomats, British and American spies and journalists, and adventurers and charlatans from around the world who flocked to Salamanca. He also observed the implosion of General Eoin O’Duffy’s ill-fated Irish Brigade, first as one of its chaplains and later mediating between the nationalist high command and O’Duffy. He unsuccessfully attempted to dissuade a disillusioned O’Duffy from returning to Ireland with the Irish Brigade in 1937. Historian Tim Fanning uses McCabe’s diaries to provide a fascinating account of life in Spain before, during and after the war, as well as McCabe’s memories of growing up in Ireland at a time of momentous change. This is the troubling and enthralling story of an eyewitness to one of the most tragic episodes in twentieth-century European history.
The 10 Performance and Development Conversations Leaders Must Have
The book explores the detrimental effects of a century-long trend towards dehumanization in the workplace, highlighting how the focus on efficiency and cost-saving has overshadowed the importance of human connection. It argues for a return to recognizing the central role of individuals in work environments, advocating for a more humane approach that values creativity and emotional intelligence over mere productivity metrics.
But union agitator Pilar knows the number of deaths is more like 800, and that the lazy and corrupt police are the least likely to resolve the situation. Fuentes is a different kind of police officer.
Overthrowing The Eight Management Myths That Hold Businesses Back
Baker takes on eight dysfunctional people management practices originating from the scientific management and offers practical solutions for changing these practices and increasing organizational agility. Agile is the new black.