Kent: 1460 books

It is 1792, over ten years since Britain's defeat by the American colonies, and the bitter humiliation still sticks in the Admiralty's craw. Now brutal smugglers, many of them naval deserters, occupy the Channel, plying their trade between England and France. Richard Bolitho's mission: to take three speedy topsail cutters and fight the treacherous raiders off the coast of Kent.

Kent Wascom is one of the most exciting and ambitious emerging voices in American fiction. Envisaging a quartet of books telling the story of America through a single family and region, the Gulf Coast of the United States, Wascom began with his much-lauded debut, The Blood of Heaven, published when...

Today's parents are constantly pressured to be perfect. But in striving to do everything right, we risk missing what children really need for lifelong emotional security. Now the simple, powerful "Circle of Security" parenting strategies that Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell have...

Japan grew explosively and consistently for more than a century, from the Meiji Restoration until the collapse of the economic bubble in the early 1990s. Since then, it has been unable to restart its economic engine and respond to globalization. How could the same political–economic system produce...

Decentering the traditional narrative of American breadlines, Soviet show trials and German fascists, The Global 1930s takes a truly international approach to exploring this turbulent decade. Though nationalism was prevalent throughout this period, Matera and Kent contend that the 1930s are better...

"'FreeDress For Success’ I said when I received the manuscript. C'mon. You've gotta be kidding. Then I started reading. I laughed. And laughed. And then cried and cried. This is a wonderful book, about life, business management - and the nonsense of the 'dress for success' movement. Honest Max, I'll never wear a suit again."Tom Peters, Management Guru

In December 2004 the 109th Congress passed and President George W. Bush signed the Intelligence Reform and Intelligence Prevention Act (IRTPA). M. Kent Bolton argues that IRTPA represented a change in the trajectory of U.S. national-security policy-the first fundamental, demonstrable change since...

Primary school assemblies should be exciting and interesting. They should allow children to share in valuable learning experiences. Over his 30 years as a head teacher, Mike Kent has developed amazing assemblies that do just this, and he shares them in this new practical resource. Amazing Assemblies...

Disability and New Media examines how digital design is triggering disability when it could be a solution. Video and animation now play a prominent role in the World Wide Web and new types of protocols have been developed to accommodate this increasing complexity. However, as this has happened, the...

Planning Australia’s Healthy Built Environments shines a quintessentially Australian light on the links between land use planning and human health. A burgeoning body of empirical research demonstrates the ways urban structure and governance influences human health—and Australia is playing a pivotal...

Amazing things don't happen just because of a great idea. They happen because someone takes that great idea and inspires others with it. In Framework Leadership, Kent Ingle creates a framework of suggestions that provide clarity, direction, and purpose to transform your vision into reality....

Idylle en Méditerranée, de Sandra Marton A la veille de son mariage avec un homme qu’elle n’a pas choisi, Chloé tombe follement amoureuse d’un inconnu… Un heureux malentendu, de Kate Walker Pour sauver sa famille de la ruine, Louise a dû aller jusqu’à se faire passer...

Passion! If you hate going through life feeling bored, burdened and beaten - then it is time to have a mind-blowing AllGasm. Learn to uncover the secrets to fueling ALL areas of life with the same passion and energy that is put into our sexual lives. Finally, an inspirational book that is inviting, titillating and stimulating!

If life were a television series, then Gabriel Benton’s life has suddenly become an episode in the classic Twilight Zone…where nothing is as he thought it was… When Gabe returns home to his family’s Niagara Peninsula vineyard, after close to ten years in Europe, for the funeral of...