Jon: 3174 books
by Jon Paul Fiorentino
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Jon Paul Fiorentino's new collection is a whip-smart poetic investigation of anxiety in all its many manifestations. Anxiety caused by geography, anxieties of influence and looming worries about loss inform the poems as they weave narrative threads that highlight both the treachery of language and...
Rebels for the Cause
The Alternative History of Arsenal Football Club
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Arsenal's on-field success has been well documented. But what has never been written before is the equally remarkable history of Arsenal's rebels, both on and off the pitch. Spanning almost 120 years, and set against a backdrop of turbulent social and political change, Rebels for the Cause assesses...
Ice Warriors
The Pacific Coast/Western Hockey League 1948-1974
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
Technically it was a minor league, but for hockey fans west of the Mississippi, the Western Hockey League provided major-league entertainment for over 25 years.
The WHL was a determined and ambitious professional league, with some 22 teams based in major American and Canadian cities. Known...
The Meaning of Cricket
or How to Waste Your Life on an Inconsequential Sport
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Cricket is a strange game. It is a team sport that is almost entirely dependent on individual performance. Its combination of time, opportunity and the constant threat of disaster can drive its participants to despair. To survive a single delivery propelled at almost 100 miles an hour takes the body...
by Jon Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
This comprehensive book will evoke memories of all the landmark matches, pivotal departures and arrivals, and significant events since the Robins first took to the field in the late nineteenth century. Compiled by the Gloucestershire Echo's soccer writer and lifelong Robins fanatic Jon Palmer, all...
by Jon Sommers
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Are you in debt? Do you want a new car or a new house? Do you just want some extra money so that you can take your family on a nice vacation? I think you can answer yes to almost every question above!
If you answered yes to at least one of them, then I have an incredible resource for you....
Everything You Need to Know About Garage & Yard Sales
Be Better Organized, Have Fun, and Sell More
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2007
Everything You Need to Know about Garage & Yard Sales: Be Better Organized, Have Fun, and Sell More provides you with the information you should consider when deciding to have a garage or yard sale, as well as easy step-by-step guidance on organization and management.
The useful tips and...
by Jon R. Katzenbach, Douglas K. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Teams are fast becoming a flexible and efficient way to enhance organizational performance. This Harvard Business Review collection brings together the ideas and research from Jon Katzenbach and Douglas Smith, who argue that we cannot meet the challenges ahead, from total quality to customer service...
Teacher Strike!
Public Education and the Making of a New American Political Order
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
A wave of teacher strikes in the 1960s and 1970s roiled urban communities. Jon Shelton illuminates how this tumultuous era helped shatter the liberal-labor coalition and opened the door to the neoliberal challenge at the heart of urban education today. Drawing on a wealth of research ranging from...
Financial Risk Forecasting
The Theory and Practice of Forecasting Market Risk with Implementation in R and Matlab
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
Financial Risk Forecasting is a complete introduction to practical quantitative risk management, with a focus on market risk. Derived from the authors teaching notes and years spent training practitioners in risk management techniques, it brings together the three key disciplines of finance, statistics...
by Jon Gemmell
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2004
The Politics of South African Cricket analyses the relationship between politics and sport, in particular cricket, in South Africa. South African Cricket embraces an ethos that is symbolic of a wider held belief system and as such has distinctive political connotations in the region.
Sport in South...
Falling Awake
How to Practice Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
Think you have no time for mindfulness? Think again.
"Thoughtful and provocative.... The relevance of this work is unquestionable, as it leaves us inspired and optimistic that true healing really is possible" (Sharon Salzberg). For four decades, Jon Kabat-Zinn has been teaching the...
Analyzing American Democracy
Politics and Political Science
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
How can political science help you understand the world you live in? Modern approaches to the study of politics analyze why Congress, the president, the courts, and other political actors do what they do. Learning to think critically about power, institutions, and rules helps citizens engage constructively...
Letting Everything Become Your Teacher
100 Lessons in Mindfulness
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010
Yes, there actually is a way to let everything become your teacher, to let life itself, and everything that unfolds within it, the “full catastrophe” of the human condition in the words of Zorba the Greek, shape your ongoing development and maturation. Millions have followed this path to greater...