Thompson: 3849 books

Effective teams can achieve far more than individuals working in isolation. Levels of job satisfaction can be higher; there can be more learning and more creativity. However, groups of people working together with poor or non-existent teamwork can face major obstacles and problems: low morale, negativity,...

Hunter S. Thompson, “smart hillbilly,” boy of the South, born and bred in Louisville, Kentucky, son of an insurance salesman and a stay-at-home mom, public school-educated, jailed at seventeen on a bogus petty robbery charge, member of the U.S. Air Force (Airmen Second Class), copy boy for Time,...

Mark Thompson has had more than his fair share of challenges and dramas in his career. He's been part of five premierships: three as a player at Essendon where he was coached by the best and two at Geelong where he coached that club's greatest team of all. He exited the game amid the Essendon supplements...

Reminiscences of a Pioneer William Thompson, american-indian fighter and journalist (1846-1934) This ebook presents «Reminiscences of a Pioneer », from William Thompson. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01-...

Thelma Thompson, at age 92, is the well loved and respected matriarch of a very large family. Born in 1919 in Monticello, Illinois to Luther Gordon Thompson and Ida May Harvill Thompson, she was brought back to Georgia when the marriage didnt last. Later, May met a handsome man in South Floridas orange...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Glitch Factory: Perfectly Human in an Imperfect World Local Human Mother Releases Anthology That Explores Our Hilarious Attempts to Control the Chaos in Our Lives. 12 stories, 12 doses of reality, 12 quirky perspectives, all strung together to reveal the glitches that curb our...

Made into a major motion picture starring Johnny Depp, The Rum Diary—a national bestseller and New York Times Notable Book—is Hunter S. Thompson’s brilliant love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent lust in the Caribbean. Begun in 1959 by a twenty-two-year-old Hunter S. Thompson,...

From the beginning, Jim Thompson knew he was going to catch hell no matter what he did. And during a childhood spent at the mercy of a father whose schemes put him on the wrong side of the law as often as the right, and a grandfather who knew the bad parts of town like the back of his hand, young...

Most computer users think that fiddling with the insides of their PC is taboo. They fear that by removing the screws that hold the case on, they're crossing into forbidden territory. And even for those who know they can open the box and fix or upgrade their PC, analysis paralysis often stops them...

The “meticulously researched, elegantly argued and deeply humane” sequel to the landmark volume of social history, The Making of the English Working Class (The New York Times Book Review).   This remarkable study investigates the gradual disappearance of a range of cultural customs against the...

Among the most beloved saints in the Catholic tradition, Francis of Assisi (c. 1181–1226) is popularly remembered for his dedication to poverty, his love of animals and nature, and his desire to follow perfectly the teachings and example of Christ. During his lifetime and after his death, followers...

In this stylish re-issue of W. Oscar Thompson's classic book on evangelism, Thompson shows Christians how to spread the love and good news of Christ by building and repairing personal relationships. Too often the only kind of evangelism encouraged is the preaching to strangers, anonymous crowds, and...

Award–winning investigative environmental journalist Jonathan P. Thompson digs into the science, politics, and greed behind the 2015 Gold King Mine disaster, and unearths a litany of impacts wrought by a century and a half of mining, energy development, and fracking in southwestern Colorado. Amid...

Stress has become a major problem in the modern workplace. But stress is not inevitable. There are ways common mistaken assumption that ‘stress is good for you’, this important book distinguishes between pressure, which can be positive or negative, and stress which, by definition, is harmful....