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Few entrepreneurs can claim to have radically changed the way we live, and Ray Kroc is one of them. His revolutions in food-service automation, franchising, shared national training, and advertising have earned him a place beside the men and women who have founded not only businesses, but entire empires. But even more interesting than Ray Kroc the business man is Ray Kroc the man. Not your typical self-made tycoon, Kroc was 52 years old when he opened his first franchise.  

This comprehensive road map for optimal leadership features: breakthrough research that connects increased leadership effectiveness with enhanced business performance; the first fully integrated Universal Model of Leadership; the five stages in the evolution of leadership - Egocentric, Reactive, Creative, Integral, and Unitive - along with the organizational structures and cultures that develop at each of these stages; six leadership practices for evolving your leadership capability at a faster pace; a map of your optimal path to greater leadership effectiveness; and more!

This volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas published between 1929 and 1964, containing 11 great classics. No anthology better captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field. Published in 1973 to honor stories that had appeared before the institution of the Nebula Awards, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame introduced tens of thousands to the wonders of science fiction and was a favorite of libraries across the country.

How do senior leaders, in their own words, describe the most effective leaders - the ones that get results, grow the business, enhance the culture and leave in their wake a trail of other really effective leaders? Conversely, how do senior leaders describe the kind of leader that undercuts the organization's capacity and capability to create its future? This book, based on groundbreaking research, shows how senior leaders describe and develop leadership that works, that does not, that scales, and that limits scale.   

For centuries England has always had a leading and admired reputation for its poets and poetry. In this volume we explore those born in the North-West who created such revered, enduring and respected verse.

These stories are set in the familiar quasi-medieval worlds to which modern listeners are accustomed, and also stories rooted in the authentic myth-constructs of high antiquity, along with several that depend for their power on the juxtaposition of fantastic situations and terribly contemporary aspects of modern life on Earth. Together these stories make up a collection which provides reassuring proof of fantasy's eternal power in this technological age.

Ten classic short stories from the quills of great bird-loving authors.

Popikone, Sexsymbol, Tierrechtsaktivistin, Schauspielerin, Sinnbild des Lebensgefühls der Neunzigerjahre – all diese Beschreibungen treffen zu. Allerdings werden sie dem Phänomen Pamela Anderson nicht gerecht. Die Frau, die von vielen allzu schnell als Baywatch-Nixe oder Playboy-Häschen abgetan wird, kann auf ein schillerndes Leben zwischen Glamour, Skandalen und dem Engagement für Minderheiten und Schutzlose zurückblicken.

Lacking health insurance when he was diagnosed with cancer, Shawn Speakman asked friends in the science fiction and fantasy writing community to donate short stories he could use to counter mounting medical debt. The result was Unfettered, an anthology offering tales from some of the best authors working today. Now, in Unfettered III, Speakman continues to pay forward the aid he received, raising money to combat medical debt for SF&F artists and authors.

Dive into The Fundamentals A Testimony To The Truth, a pivotal collection of ninety essays published between 1910 and 1915 by the Testimony Publishing Company in Chicago. This influential work aims to present a renewed statement on the essentials of Christianity, addressing concerns over emerging theological trends like liberal Christianity and biblical higher criticism. Often regarded as the cornerstone of modern Christian fundamentalism, these essays were crafted by sixty-four diverse authors from major Protestant denominations. Distributed free of charge to ministers, missionaries, theology...

In A DOUBTERS Doubts about Science and Religion, originally published anonymously by an author serving as Assistant Commissioner of Police at Scotland Yard, we delve into the intersection of skepticism, science, and faith. This thought-provoking work challenges the reader to question widely held beliefs, urging a true skepticism that scrutinizes rather than blindly accepts. The author critiques both scientific theories and religious claims, providing a philosophical exploration of ideas that continue to resonate today. Although certain theories may have evolved since its publication, the ...

One Big Show. Four Short Stories. Each episode explores a mix of topics including business/money, travel, reading/watching, ability/skill, product/service and more. The most important part is what is NOT talked about: no religion, no politics, no current events.

Military leaders throughout history have used the strategy of deception to win wars—and Satan is a master strategist. He and his forces have enveloped the world in an unprecedented age of mass media disinformation, government psychological operations, social media censorship, and other sophisticated mind-control techniques. In this eye-opening book, military and religious expert Colonel David J. Giammona and Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist Troy Anderson equip you to recognize—and resist—the propaganda and deceptive ideologies infiltrating the Church and society. 

The Silence of God is a classic written by Sir Robert Anderson in 1897. In it, the Scottish theologian discusses the oft-answered question, "Why does God not intervene in the affairs of men"?

The book addresses the question of the silence of God, especially when people suffer. It also deals with miracles, and the Bible versus the church. Several indexes contain further discussions on the subject matter.

Sir Robert Anderson (1841-1918) was an Assistant Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police. This book is his response to F.W. Farrar who had dismissed the historical claims of the book of Daniel according to the method of "higher criticism". Anderson argues that the book of Daniel was indeed written by Daniel, a Jewish official in the Babylonian and Persian court.

In this work, the well-known apologist Sir Robert Anderson examines spiritual phenomena like glossolalia by searching the Bible and taking history into account. He argues that the theology of the "gift of tongues movement" reveals enormous ignorance and that it perverts Scripture. As an example, he cites Pentecost and how the glossolalists’ observance of it subordinates the core events to secondary ones of limited worth.

Robert Anderson was the second assistant commissioner (crime) of the London Metropolitan Police from 1888 to 1901 and a theologian and writer. The Coming Prince is a classic study of the book of the prophet Daniel. It closely examines every aspect of prophecy related to the Antichrist or "Man of Sin".

Scotland’s official national day is St Andrew's Day, the feast day of Saint Andrew. In the Bible it is Andrew who introduces his brother Peter to Jesus as the Messiah. As well as Scotland he is also the patron saint of the likes of Russia, Greece, the Ukraine, and Barbados. It is thought that the day was first celebrated over a thousand years ago in the reign of Malcolm III (1034-1093).

The Gospel and Its Ministry is a classic book in which Sir Robert Anderson deals in fresh and striking terms with the great truths of the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, grace, the cross, faith, repentance and the Spirit's work, substitution, righteousness, election, sanctification, reconciliation, and justification. Still in print 150 years after it was first published, this book is just as helpful and enlightening as it was then.