The Life and Thought of Orson Pratt

England, Breck

Biographies & Memoirs

Univ of Utah Pr

New Sherlock Holmes Historical Fiction ThrillerThe Tarleton Murders: A corking good early Sherlock Holmes story that any mystery reader will love.
Find out the answers to many tantalizing Sherlock Holmes questions in The Tarleton Murders, the book that takes you into the dark place in the life of Sherlock Holmes B.W. (Before Watson), or, as he said, “before my biographer came to glorify me.”
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<li>Who really was Moriarty?</li>
<li>Where did Sherlock Holmes go to school?</li>
<li>How did Holmes know so much about the Ku Klux Klan?</li>
<li>Was Uncle Remus actually Sherlock Holmes?</li>
<li>Did you know Holmes saved both General Sherman and the Pope from assassination?</li>
<li>How did Holmes acquire such a rich acquaintance with America?</li>
<li>Did he ever go to America?</li>
<li>Did he really prevent a Second Civil War?</li>
<li>And what role did he play in the families of Martin Luther King, G.K. Chesterton, Scarlett O’Hara, and Singin’ Jimmy McCartney of Liverpool?</li>
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Historical Fiction Thriller: The Tarleton Murders, the record of “one of those pretty little problems” Holmes solved in the pre-Watson years, has never been brought to light until now. The discovery of this previously unknown manuscript opens a window onto the mysterious early years when Holmes was struggling to set himself up as a “consulting detective”―a previously unknown profession. “I have often wished that I had notes of those cases,” Watson said of Holmes’s early work, and so do we! But in The Tarleton Murders we have an account written by a Watson before there was a Watson. An old schoolmate, now a Jesuit priest, comes to Holmes with an alarming coded message that menaces a respectable nun.
The Early Sherlock Holmes: So begins a frantic journey that takes Holmes and his friend from Rome (where they save the Pope) to Paris to London to Liverpool, across the Atlantic during the most dangerous hurricane in twenty years, to the backwoods of Georgia (infested by the Klan), and eventually into the midst of Atlanta’s highest society―with growing awareness of a plot that threatens the very existence of the United States. What Holmes called in his usual understated fashion “a pretty little problem” turns out to be “a pretty big problem” indeed! Along the way we encounter George Bernard Shaw, Joel Chandler Harris, Pope Leo XIII, the artist Mary Cassatt, Moriarty himself―and Moriarty’s wife! And in the midst of the fun we make some astounding discoveries, such as the true identity of Moriarty, the fate of the Vatican Cameos, and to top it all off, Mycroft’s schoolboy nickname.
The Tarleton Murders is just a corking good story that any mystery reader will love.

The Tarleton Murders: Sherlock Holmes in America (British Mystery and Suspense Book)

Literature & Fiction

United States

TMA Press

#1 New Release in Middle Eastern Historical Fiction ─ A heart-pounding international thriller with a shocking mysteryFor fans of Dan Brown’s Inferno and the works of David Baldacci and Daniel Silva, comes a political thriller which will have you guessing until the end.
A race against time: Like an arch with an uncertain keystone, the world trembles around the holiest spot on Earth―the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. It’s a crisis of the near future, and the slightest vibration can bring down devastating world war.
A dangerous adventure in conspiracy and suspense: The tremors start with the Pope’s apparent suicide and the disappearance of the most sacred of artifacts. Thrown unwillingly together, Ari, an Israeli intelligence agent, and Maryse, an Interpol art expert plagued by a violent past, trace the dim outlines of a conspiracy that threatens to bring about the end of everything.
A secret society threatens to ignite war as an age-old mystery unravels: In the days to come, they chase across Europe an unknown enemy who can manipulate genetics, transform lead into gold, and ignite a nuclear explosion with a whisper. And what is the aim of the four enigmatic men who make up the oldest, most secret society in the world―to save it or destroy it? Follow Ari and Maryse as they race toward the golden Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, where they must find the answers by a certain day―The Day of Atonement.
The Day of Atonement is an epic and electrifying thriller that will have readers shocked with its twists and entertained with each adrenaline-packed page.

The Day of Atonement: A Novel of the End

If there is one thing that is certain in business, it is uncertainty; still, some companies perform reliably and with excellence in spite of changing circumstances. Predictable Results in Unpredictable Times is about four essentials for getting great performance in good times and bad. (1) Excellent Execution: Winning companies have simple goals with clear targets and strong follow-through. All team members know what to do about the goals and they execute precisely. (2) High Trust Levels with All Stakeholders: Low trust slows you down and raises your costs especially in times of turmoil. But when trust levels rise, everything speeds up and costs go down. (3) Achieving More with Less: In tough times, everyone tries to do more with less, but the real question is more of what? Winning companies focus on giving more value not just cutting back. (4) Transforming Fear into Engagement: Unpredictable times create anxieties that distract you just when you need total focus. Winning organizations entrust people with a mission and strategy they can believe in, channeling their anxiety into results. These principles can help companies win regardless of the turbulence of the ride or the shock of overwhelming change.

Predictable Results in Unpredictable Times

Business & Money

Whitman, Bob D.

Covey, Stephen, R

Job Hunting & Careers

Franklin Covey Co.

The average attention span of an adult is eight secondseight seconds! That is tough news for a presenter. It means you may have a room full of people, but their minds are elsewhere. You’re competing with a slew of activities demanding their attentionemail, texts, Facebook, YouTube, chats, and apps, in addition to thoughts about their next meeting and projects that are behind schedule. How do you get a message across in a world like that? The inability to powerfully inform and persuade amid an unprecedented number of distractions is one of the greatest hidden and pervasive costs of the twenty-first-century workplace. Learn to connect with your audience, and you’ll stop having unproductive meetings and wasted time. In Presentation Advantage, FranklinCovey outlines its Connect Model,” the mental model that allows you to connect with the message, yourself, and the audience during any presentation by: Structuring relevant and purpose-driven messages Understanding how our brains best synthesize and remember key information Using visuals such as PowerPoint to inspire instead of torture your audience Aligning your message, body language, and tone of voice for a powerful delivery Whether to one person or one hundred, effective presenting is today’s top business skill, and the experts at FranklinCovey help you master it. With the Presentation Advantage, you can deliver dynamic, compelling, and truly effective presentations every time.

Presentation Advantage: How to Inform and Persuade Any Audience

Kogon, Kory

Schmidt, Julie

Economics

BenBella Books

La 3ᵉ voie

Health, Fitness & Dieting

J'Ai Lu

Companies trying to navigate in unpredictable times face four key hazards: 1. FAILURE TO EXECUTE, 2. CRISIS OF TRUST, 3. LOSS OF FOCUS, 4. PERVASIVE FEAR. In this book, there's a chapter on each of these four essential principles, together with a plan to help you apply them.One of the best ways to learn from this book is to teach its principles to someone else. It's a commonplace that the teacher learns far more than the student. So at the end of each chapter, you're invited to find someone--a co-worker, a friend, a family member--and teach him or her the insights you've gained from the chapter. You can follow the "Teach to Learn" guide provided or make up your own.

Whitman, Bob

The Bright and Morning Star: Finding and Following Jesus in the Book of Revelation

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Independently published

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