Edward: 7422 books
Planning Local Economic Development
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2016
Written by authors with years of academic, regional, and city planning experience, the classic Planning Local Economic Development has laid the foundation for practitioners and academics working in planning and policy development for generations. With deeper coverage of sustainability and resiliency,...
Money for Nothing
One Man's Journey through the Dark Side of Lottery Millions
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
For the better part of a decade, Edward Ugel spent his time closing deals with lottery winners, making a lucrative and legitimate—if sometimes not-so-nice—living by taking advantage of their weaknesses . . . weaknesses that, as a gambler himself, he knew all too well.
In Money for Nothing,...
by Edward G. Gray
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
The little-known story of the architectural project that lay at the heart of Tom Paine’s political blueprint for the United States.
In a letter to his wife Abigail, John Adams judged the author of Common Sense as having “a better hand at pulling down than building.” Adams’s dismissive...
Hot Time in the Old Town
The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
One of the worst natural disasters in American history, the 1896 New York heat wave killed almost 1,500 people in ten oppressively hot days. The heat coincided with a pitched presidential contest between William McKinley and the upstart Democrat William Jennings Bryan, who arrived in New York City...
by Edward N. Luttwak
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
One of America's most thoughtful and provocative strategists exposes the economic and cultural assumptions that have driven the U.S. to the brink of social and financial collapse. Edward Luttwak reveals a forceful new policy that can reverse America's decline.
Strategy-in-Action
Marrying Planning, People and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
The meltdown of stalwart companies from AIG to JAL to Lehman and government crises from Greece to Spain make it abundantly clear: With economic uncertainty and rapid innovation, empowered consumers and free agents, and the constant pressure to be faster, better and cheaper, the established wisdom on...
by Edward F. Adams
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2015
One might write continuously while he lived for or against Socialism and yet at the end of a long and misspent life have said nothing that others had not said before him.
Nevertheless, new generations come on and have to learn about Socialism as they learn about other things, for there always have...
Selling Contemporary Art
How to Navigate the Evolving Market
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
A sophisticated examination of today’s contemporary art market from an art dealer’s point of view, this new book focuses on recent changes in the quickly evolving market. With an emphasis on how the market responded to the global recession that began in 2008, gallery owner Edward Winkleman moves...
Simple Secrets to Motivating People Over the Long Term
Understanding What Makes Each Person Want to Act
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2009
This Element is an excerpt from Four Secrets to Liking Your Work: You May Not Need to Quit to Get the Job You Want (ISBN: 9780132344456) by Edward G. Muzio, Deborah J. Fisher, and Erv Thomas. Available in print and digital formats. The latest research on how to motivate people: grounded in the experiences...
The Wright Company
From Invention to Industry
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Fresh from successful flights before royalty in Europe, and soon after thrilling hundreds of thousands of people by flying around the Statue of Liberty, in the fall of 1909 Wilbur and Orville Wright decided the time was right to begin manufacturing their airplanes for sale. Backed by Wall Street tycoons,...
Mouthpiece
A Life in -- and Sometimes Just Outside -- the Law
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2006
From prosecuting (and defending) murderers in the Bronx to handling the public and private problems of Manhattan’s elite, Mouthpiece recounts the colorful adventures of New York City’s ultimate legal operator.
“In the pages before us, the Counselor tells a saga’s worth of tales of the...
by Edward Ball
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Fifteen years after its hardcover debut, the FSG Classics reissue of the celebrated work of narrative nonfiction that won the National Book Award and changed the American conversation about race, with a new preface by the author
The Ball family hails from South Carolina—Charleston and thereabouts....
by Edward Renehan
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016
Now filmed as The Mercy starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz
Windcheck Magazine (Nov/Dec 2016): Absorbing and insightful ... utterly unforgettable.
Practical Sailor Magazine (January 2017): [DESPERATE VOYAGE] adds a new depth of storytelling to a tale of madness that many sailors...
by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Edward Bulwer-Lytton was a well known English novelist in the 19th century, and he's been immortalized for coining famous phrases like "pursuit of the almighty dollar" and "the pen is mightier than the sword".
In addition to being a politician, he wrote across all genres, from horror stories to historical fiction and action titles.