B. Peters
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"The author of the popular History of Oil podcast traces the early-20th-century rivalry between John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil and Royal Dutch Shell, describing the origins of partners Marcus Samuel, Jr. and Henri Deterding and how they used respective talents to break Rockefeller's daunting monopoly"--
At the height of the great oil boom of the 1870s-1880s, John D. Rockefeller was seemingly unstoppable. Capitalizing on the newly emerging industry...
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Get past all the hype about PHP and dig into the real power of this language. This book explores the most useful features of PHP and how they can speed up the web development process, and explains why the most commonly used PHP elements are often misused or misapplied. You'll learn which parts add strength to object-oriented programming, and how to use certain features to integrate your application with databases. Written by a longtime member of the...
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No matter how you arrived at your supervisory position, you need a specific set of skills to work successfully with your employees. Feeling positive about yourself, making effective decisions, and solving problems are still a part of your daily life, but added to this are the challenging leadership skills of communicating, delegating, coaching, motivating, hiring, and leading. Your achievement is measured by your staff's performance. Knowing how to...
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In this book, the wife of an All-Star major league pitcher Curt Schilling shares the painful and joyous story of her son's struggle with Asperger's Disease, how it changed the lives of her and her husband, and what other parents can learn about this increasingly common diagnosis. Shonda details every step in her family's journey through Asperger's, offering an intimate and candid portrait of this condition from a parent's point of view and offering...
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Based on the seminal work of Robert K. Greenleaf, a former AT & T executive who coined the term almost thirty years ago, servant-leadership emphasizes an emerging approach to leadership-one which puts serving others, including employees, customers, and community, first. The Power of Servant Leadership is a collection of eight of Greenleaf's most compelling essays on servant-leadership. These essays, published together in one volume for the first time,...
7) Lifelode
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A Marakandan scholar travels to Applekirk in search of knowledge about the ancient Marisians and encounters a native who has returned to Applekirk to fulfill his destiny.