Freedman: 317 books
Will Work from Home
Earn the Cash--Without the Commute
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Escape the cube. Ditch the commute. It's not just a dream anymore.
Many people already spend 12 hours a day getting to work, working, getting home from work. Here's some good news: thanks to advances in technology, acceptance of outsourcing, the trend towards corporate flextime, and other factors,...
A Perfect Mess
The Hidden Benefits of Disorder - How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and on-the-Fly Planning Make the World a Better Place
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2007
Ever since Einstein's study of Brownian Motion, scientists have understood that a little disorder can actually make systems more effective. But most people still shun disorder-or suffer guilt over the mess they can't avoid. No longer!With a spectacular array of true stories and case studies of the...
by Deborah Freedman
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
A dazzlingly beautiful book about shyness from the author of Blue Chicken, The Story of Fish and Snail, and By Mouse and Frog!
Shy loves birds. He'd love to watch them fly and hear them sing, but he's only ever read about them in books. . .until a real bird comes along. He's dying to meet...
Relatively Indolent but Relentless
A Cancer Treatment Journal
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
From October 3 to November 28, 2012, noted artist Matt Freedman underwent radiation and chemotherapy at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, for treatment of adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare cancer that had spread from his tongue to his neck to his lungs by the time it was discovered. This is...
by Michael Scott, Colette Freedman
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
A new adult novel from Michael Scott and Colette Freedman...
The Hallows. Ancient artifacts imbued with a primal and deadly power. But are they protectors of this world, or the keys to its destruction?
A gruesome murder in London reveals a sinister plot to uncover a two-thousand-year-old...
Lincoln
A Photobiography
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 1989
Abraham Lincoln stood out in a crowd as much for his wit and rollicking humor as for his height. This Newbery Medal-winning biography of our Civil War president is warm, appealing, and illustrated with dozens of carefully chosen photographs and prints.
Russell Freedman begins with a lively...
Born to Play
The Start of a Soccer Legend
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Jamie switched on the soccer computer in his mind. It was programmed to play...set to score. Jamie Johnson had it all: a happy family, great buddies and a beautiful home. But that was back in the States, back before his whole life was turned upside down. Now he's living in England with nothing - apart...
The Sinking of the Vasa
A Shipwreck of Titanic Proportions
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
In full sail with flags flying, the mighty warship capsized and began to sink.
This is the saga of the great Swedish warship, the Vasa. Built to be the crown jewel of the Swedish Navy, the Vasa capsized not a mile into her maiden voyage in 1628—a tragedy resulting in many deaths and great...
Take This Book to Work
How to Ask for (and Get) Money, Fulfillment, and Advancement
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2007
Expert advice from Women For Hire, the leading recruitment services firm for professional women
Asking the essential question at the right moment is a skill, one that any woman can master quickly. And it is a powerful tool that can get women more of everything they want in the workplace. Take...
The Temple of Culture
Assimilation and Anti-Semitism in Literary Anglo-America
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2000
From the beginning of modern intellectual history to the culture wars of the present day, the experience of assimilating Jews and the idiom of "culture" have been fundamentally intertwined with each other. Freedman's book begins by looking at images of the stereotypical Jew in the literary...
Sight Lines
Looking at architecture and design in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Canada's leading architectural and design critic, Adele Freedman has been writing for the The Globe and Mail for almost a decade. For this collection she has selected her best columns, including a revised and expanded version of her profile of architect Peter Dickinson, the modernist architect whose...
Rush
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Rush is often referred to as a libertarian rock band, but really what the band is channeling is an Aristotelian individualism, a philosophy that strongly resonates with today's 40-somethings. This helps explain the band's resurgence in popularity, culminating in its 2013 induction in the Rock and Roll...
Corps Business
The 30 Management Principles of the U.S. Marines
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Fast. Motivated. Hard-hitting.
That's what every business wants to be. And that's why the U.S. Marines excel in every mission American throws at them, no matter how tough the odds. In Corps Business, journalist David H. Freeman identifies the Marine's simple but devastatingly effective principles...
by Lawrence Freedman
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
This book analyzes the strategic implications of the shift in focus for the US Armed Forces from regular to irregular war. Lawrence Freedman closely examines the difficulty the US Armed Forces face in shifting their focus from preparing for regular wars, in which combat is separated from civil society, to irregular wars, in which combat is integrat