Stanley: 2315 books

     Filming a real war isn’t at all like making a Hollywood movie. The danger, the blood, the humor, friendships, the heroism, and the tragedies are very real.  A newly minted 2nd Lt., a butter bar, relives his tour of duty in those turbulent days --- days some have never --- nor can ever...

Elvis Presley and his two faithful sidekicks tore up Texas highways, crisscrossing the state, always late for their next high school hop, car dealership opening, or Lion's Club fund raiser.

A window onto the lives of the Romantic poets through the re-creation of one legendary night in 1817. The author of the highly acclaimed Posthumous Keats, praised as “full of . . . those fleeting moments we call genius” (Washington Post), now provides a window into the lives of Keats and...

Saladin, one of the most prominent figure of the time of the Crusades, was a great muslim leader, respected and praised even by his Crusader foes.

“I can never recollect a time when I did not long for God.”—Smith WigglesworthIf your heart hungers for a closer relationship with God, this thrilling biography of beloved 1900s evangelist Smith Wigglesworth will ignite a renewed passion for Pentecost in your life. Written by one of his closest...

Originally published in 1908, this vintage book contains a fascinating diary of a nineteenth-century English hunter. Offering a unique and authentic insight into English rural pursuits over a hundred years ago, this is a volume that will appeal to those with an interest in the history of field sports,...

"Salesmen are made, not born. If I did it, you can do it." -- Joe Girard In his fifteen-year selling career, author Joe Girard sold 13,001 cars, a Guinness World Record. He didn't have a degree from an Ivy League school -- instead, he learned by being in the trenches every day that...

From the mind of the ultimate corporate gunslinger comes this no-nonsense, real-world Curriculum, designed to augment—if not replace—the more traditional path to achieving mastery of the business universe. Conquer this sharp, practical and often amusing course of study and save $250,000 of wasted...

There are now more than 1 million nonprofit organizations in the United States, and the fundraising industry is one of the fastest-growing segments of the economy. The Complete Guide to Fundraising Management presents step-by-step guidance on planning, self-assessment, continual improvement, cost...

Exploring the relationship between strategy, advantage, and staffing, this guide shows that a firm’s talent philosophy and business creed determine its employment needs and explains that a company’s choice and execution of hires directly relates to its overall business sense and competitive edge....

What Would Machiavelli Do? He would feast on other people's discord He wouldn't exactly seek the company of ass-kissers and bimbos, but he wouldn't reject them out of hand, either He would realize that loving yourself means never having to say you're sorry He would kill people, but only if he...

The Content in this Compilation has been Image Enhanced and Digitally Remastered for your Viewing and Reading Pleasure. Stories Include: 1.....The Day the Soldiers Ran 2.....The Thousand-Year-Old Boy 3.....Phantom's Best Friend 4.....Blood,Sweat,and Fear 5.....The Face in the Picture 6.....The Werewolf Wasp and much more!

SHE PLAYED THE ODDS – AND LOST! When the beautiful girlfriend of a notorious gangster vanishes, the last man to be seen with her needs an alibi – and fast.  Enter Donald Lam of the Cool & Lam detective agency.  Donald tracks down the two women with whom his client claims to have spent...

The award-winning author of the Mars trilogy takes readers to the last pure wilderness on Earth in this powerful and majestic novel.   “Antarctica may well be the best novel of the best ecological novelist around.”—Locus   It is a stark and inhospitable place, where the landscape itself poses...