Durham: 181 books

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate Napoleon Bonaparte’s command and control of the Grand Armée through the lens of organizational design. Napoleon’s methodology behind the design of the Grand Armée is analyzed using modern principles of organizational design. The structure that Napoleon...

This is a book for mothers of grown children and those children. Maybe, it's about time we understood each other a little better. Moms, don't be mad at me for spilling some trade secrets. Maybe some of these apply and some don't, but one thing we share, for certain is our grown children really have no idea, do they?

Arfer Teacake was the cockney nickname given to the author when he was a boy. The book is an account of the most memorable episodes in the authors long life, from the aftermath of the 1914/18 war through the Great Depression of the thirties, the 1939/45 war and its aftermath to the financial crisis...

An epic Sci-Fi Saga set on a parallel Earth It is the 22nd century. Viking/Anglo Saxon is the dominant culture. Rorn is a low-life criminal who works for his grandfather the head of a criminal gang in Fyrstrborg, a city in the country of Vigrlandt. Rorn is mentored by Kaspral an old warrior with a...

Looking at both population and land tenure dynamics in their historical context, this study challenges the view that the 1969 conflict between El Salvador and Honduras was primarily a response to population pressure. The author demonstrates that land scarcity, a principal cause of the war, was largely...

Islam and Political-Cultural Europe identifies the sometimes confusing and often contentious new challenges that arise in daily life and institutions as Islam settles deeper into Europe. Critiquing past and recent assimilation efforts in the fields of education, finance, and security, the contributors...

April 22, 1945. Hitler sits in his bunker, deep beneath the doomed city of Berlin. He knows death is near. He has soared to glory since he was that strange, eccentric corporal - the "White Crow" - of the First World War trenches. Soon he and his Third Reich will be nothing but dust and ashes....

Brock Barnes loved the cowboy life. He had come west to California during the gold rush in 1850. That was ten years ago and when his dream proved to be more fantasy than reality he took a job driving cattle from San Francisco to Abilene. He not be making his fortune but he enjoys the freedom and excitement...

Rhonda has been barely scraping by for most of her life. It's not easy, but she gets by and doesn't complain. She and her coworker Lana have never addressed their attraction for each other. Neither of them wants to voice it and be crushed. But all of that changes when a handsome, mysterious stranger...

The pumpkins are all ready for the Hallowe’en Jack-o’-Lantern competition in Grandad Gordon’s allotment when someone creeps in at the dead of night and smashes them all to bits! Figaro the Cat Detective, and his trusty sidekick Harrison the toad, have just twenty-four hours to solve the mystery and help save the day.

Father Christmas has a problem. One of his reindeer is injured and he has to make a forced landing on the village green. Can Figaro the Cat Detective, with the help of the village children, come up with a solution to the crisis and save Christmas?

It is 1912 and Grace Lampley has returned to St. Louis to work as a clerk in a real estate office. Ever wary of romance, she enjoys a single life in the city’s parks, nickelodeons and dance halls. That is, until she meets Ray, who has come out from New York to manage a new theatre. She is captivated...