Kevin: 5344 books
The Bay Area Forager
Your Guide to Edible Wild Plants of the San Francisco Bay Area
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Reading this guidebook is like taking a wild foods walk with foraging experts Mia Andler and Kevin Feinstein: it gives practical advice for gathering edible wild plants in the Bay Area in a voice that is friendly and suffused with rich personal knowledge. The authors provide thorough descriptions...
The Unlikely Disciple
A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2009
The hilarious and heartwarming, respectful and thought-provoking memoir of a college student's semester at Liberty University, the "Bible Boot Camp" for young evangelicals, that will inspire believers and nonbelievers alike.
No drinking.
No smoking.
No cursing.
No dancing.
No R-rated...
Deep Descent
Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2002
On a foggy July evening in 1956, the Italian cruise liner Andrea Doria, bound for New York, was struck broadside by another vessel. In eleven hours, she would sink nearly 250 feet to the murky Atlantic Ocean floor. Thanks to a daring rescue operation, only 51 of more than 1,700 people died in the...
The Great Defender
My Hockey Odyssey
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Legendary Canadien and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Larry Robinson takes readers rink-side in this highly anticipated and poignantly told memoir.
Larry Robinson spent 20 seasons playing in the NHL -- seventeen with the Montreal Canadiens and retiring from the game after his final 3 seasons...
Ten Innings at Wrigley
The Wildest Ballgame Ever, with Baseball on the Brink
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
The dramatic story of a legendary 1979 slugfest between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies, full of runs, hits, and subplots, at the tipping point of a new era in baseball history
It was a Thursday at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, mostly sunny with the wind blowing out. Nobody expected...
Fred Perry
British Tennis Legend
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Fred Perry, three-time Wimbledon champion in the 1930s, was one of Britain's greatest sportsmen of the 20th century. His success on the hallowed Wimbledon turf went unmatched by a British man for a remarkable 77 years, until Andy Murray's triumph in 2013. Perry was the first player to hold all four Grand...
Present Like a Pro
The Field Guide to Mastering the Art of Business, Professional, and Public Speaking
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Improve your speaking skills today with this carry-along coach written by two of the top professionals in the field
Sales calls. Weddings. Business conferences. Weekly meetings. We're all called on to speak in public. Often, professional success and advancement depend on it. Yet many people...
Project Management Accounting
Budgeting, Tracking, and Reporting Costs and Profitability
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2011
PROJECT MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
Budgeting, Tracking, and Reporting Costs and Profitability
SECOND EDITION
Over the past few decades, Project Management has shifted from its roots in construction and defense into mainstream American business. However, many project managers' areas...
Help the Helper
Building a Culture of Extreme Teamwork
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
“The real lessons of teamwork don’t happen on camera. They happen behind the closed doors of locker rooms and team meetings and practice facilities. Kevin and John open those closed doors. All you need to do is get reading!” —Larry Bird
“Help the helper” is a basketball motto...
by Kevin Yu
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2011
Debt. It's not a matter of dollars and cents. It's an epidemic that's tearing apart lives across the country. As the negative numbers stack up in your personal finances, you may think there's no way out. Think again. Financial industry pro Kevin Yu teaches you how to live debt-free. No gimmicks....
The Hidden Agenda
A Proven Way to Win Business and Create a Following
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Each of us pitches ideas every day. Regardless of what idea we’re selling—or who we’re selling it to—it all boils down to the act of stirring someone to join you, to agree to follow you. Yet we consistently underestimate how critical it is to recognize the role of the decision maker. Decisions...
The Inevitable
Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
**A New York Times Bestseller
From one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our lives**
Much of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological...
Bad Money
The Inexcusable Failure of American Finance: An Update to Bad Money (A Penguin Group eSpecial from Penguin Books)
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
In his acclaimed book American Theocracy, Kevin Phillips warned of the perilous interaction of debt, financial recklessness, and the spiking cost (and growing scarcity) of oil- warnings that are proving to be frighteningly accurate. Now, in his most significant and timely book yet, Phillips takes...
The Two-Second Advantage
How We Succeed by Anticipating the Future--Just Enough
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
What made Wayne Gretzky the greatest hockey player of all time wasn’t his speed on the ice or the uncanny accuracy of his shots, but rather his ability to predict where the puck was going to be an instant before it arrived. In other words, it was Gretzky’s brain that made him exceptional. Over...