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Gary Player is one of golf's greatest champions. As one of the "Big Three" of golf's golden era (with Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer), he helped launch golf as a major international sport. He sits fourth on the list of most major victories on the PGA Tour, and he built a reputation of being fearless on the course and steely on the greens. Now in its second edition, revised and updated, Don't Choke is Player's look at what it takes to achieve success...
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"Discover 25 women whose disabilities did not stand in the way of their great achievements. Each woman profiled in this collection faced the challenge of a disability while pursuing excellence in her field, including the arts, sciences, sports, and politics"--
3) Dark tides
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Fairmile novels volume 2
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"#1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory's new historical novel tracks the rise of the Tidelands family in London, Venice, and New England. Midsummer Eve 1670. Two unexpected visitors arrive at a shabby warehouse on the south side of the River Thames. The first is a wealthy man hoping to find the lover he deserted twenty-one years before. James Avery has everything to offer, including the favour of the newly restored King Charles II,...
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"Part history and part manifesto, The Price of Prosperity exposes the economic, political, and cultural cracks that wealthy nations face, and makes the case for transforming those same vulnerabilities into sources of strength--and the foundation for a national renewal. To understand how great powers unravel, Buchholz identifies five potent and paradoxical forces that undermine nations after they achieve economic success. These include falling birthrates,...
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"The astonishing untold history of America's first black millionaires - former slaves who endured incredible challenges to amass and maintain their wealth for a century, from the Jacksonian period to the Roaring Twenties - self-made entrepreneurs whose unknown success mirrored that of American business heroes such as Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, and Thomas Edison. Between the years of 1830 and 1927, as the last generation of blacks born into slavery...
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A young journalist prompts a reclusive piano superstar to open up, resulting in this stunning graphic sonata exploring a lifetime of rivalry, regret, and redemption. 1933. In the small French village of Cressy-la-Valoise, a local piano contest brings together two brilliant young players: Julien Dubois, the privileged heir of a wealthy family, and François Samson, the janitor's son. One wins, one loses, and both are changed forever. 1997. In a
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In the twenty-first century, the world has tilted eastwards in its orbit; China grows confident while the West seems mired in doubt. Having lived and worked in China for more than two decades, Tim Clissold explains the secrets that Westerners can use to navigate through its cultural and political maze. Picking up where he left off in the international bestseller Mr. China, Chinese Rules chronicles his most recent exploits, with assorted Chinese bureaucrats,...
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Stone gives life to the love story between Andrew Jackson, military hero an American president, and Rachel Donelson, a girl of the Tennessee frontier, and the uphill battle they fought to clear her name, after they and the American public discovered that her abusive first husband had not officially gone through with their divorce.
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Sun Tzu's The Art of the War is the master key to power and victory. It is the most important book ever written on overcoming obstacles and defeating your foes. Now, this legendary martial guide is available in a special abridgment with a new introduction by PEN Award-winning author Mitch Horowitz.
Mitch brings you work's most essential, practical, and useful ideas. His new introduction highlights the ancient work's major points and history. Mitch...
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Le guide idéal pour approcher le bonheur de plus près !
Le bonheur est-il à portée de main ? Quelles sont les clés qui permettraient de l'approcher ? Cet ouvrage ne vous guidera pas vers un bonheur parfait ou idyllique, mais vous permettra de construire un bonheur à votre image, qui vous correspond réellement.
Se basant sur dix idées universelles, découvertes à différents moments et différents endroits par les civilisations qui peuplent...
11) Hannibal and me: what history's greatest military strategist can teach us about success and failure
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Explains how the decisions of the Carthaginian general and other famous historical figures can reveal why people overcome or succumb to failure, sharing advice about understanding human behavior and pursuing personal success.
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Martial artists, great warriors, coaches, generals, and successful corporate CEOs have all effectively used the strategies for winning found in Sun Tzu's Art of War. Authors Jerry Lynch and Chungliang Al Huang, using lessons from the The Art of War, as well as other ancient Taoist books such as the I Ching and Tao Te Ching, teach readers to develop the capacities and qualities that make a champion-such as high self-esteem, courage, fortitude, determination,...
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An F/A-18 TopGun Fighter Pilot shares with you the philosophy and attitude to help anyone achieve more, through a thrilling story of achievement and victory.
Officer School, Flight Training, Dogfighting, Carrier Landings, and finally TopGun...you will experience it all with Breaking the No Barrier!
In this book, you will take a journey from Officer Candidate School, all the way to flying Fighter Jets from the deck of US Nuclear Aircraft Carrier....
14) Leading to Win
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“If you want good results on a task, then assign the right person to do it!”
That insightful remark made by a senior mentor to the author when he was a young Air Force officer became the basis for the leadership philosophy he developed over the next several years. In Leading to Win, retired Air Force Colonel Chris Pike shares with the reader his own journey of discovery, describing those moments throughout his military career when he learned important...
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There is a hidden side to the military-behind the stories of leadership and valor is a distinct culture that promotes personal growth and development. In How to Deal with Damn Near Anything: The Paratrooper's Guide to Life, John McGlothlin shows how this culture can benefit anyone.
Using a mix of research and first-hand experience, McGlothlin distills this culture into five "inner traits" essential to facing any challenge. Each trait is examined...
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This Chinese treatise on war was written by Sun Tzu in the 6th century B.C. Each one of the 13 chapters is devoted to a different aspect of warfare, making it the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time. Studied by generals from Napoleon to Rommel, it is still one of the most influential works on the subject and is required reading in most military academies around the world.
Although it was meant to be a practical guide to...
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"O grandson of Conn, O Cormac," said Carbre, "what do you deem the worst thing you have seen?"
"Not hard to tell," said Cormac, "Faces of foes in a battle-field."
Cormac Mac Airt, a third-century high king of Ireland, ruled during a time of prosperity and is revered for his wisdom and generosity. This set of his instructions, presented in a highly poetic question-and-answer dialogue between the king and his son, offers advice on how to live an honest,...
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By following the ancient Chinese teachings of The Art of War you will discover how to use your natural abilities to find your path in life. Women and The Art of War helps women find the peaceful path to success through strategies made famous in the ancient Chinese text, The Art of War. Female wisdom, or common sense, is about avoiding needless confrontation, conserving energy for the things that matter, and seeking an outcome in which everyone wins....
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From across history and across the aisle, the examples of twenty-one American presidents demonstrate how to inspire and unite in this leadership guide.
Harry Truman once commented, "In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still." In Presidential Leadership, Dr. Brent Taylor sets out a series of timeless leadership lessons drawn from presidential history. Pairing two presidents per chapter, Taylor explores the leadership skills they...
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What connects the order a submarine commander responds to an underwater attack to your to do list?
How does the Navy submarine checklist help you deal with your inbox?
The Perisher Submarine Command Course is the most demanding in the world. It teaches the elite of the British Navy to deal with astonishing pressure of every sort.
It's what allows you to lead your team in half a billion pounds worth of military hardware, including a...
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