William Hall: 40 books

Antibiotics are powerful drugs that can prevent and treat infections, but they are becoming less effective as a result of drug resistance. Resistance develops because the bacteria that antibiotics target can evolve ways to defend themselves against these drugs. When antibiotics fail, there is very...

They called him America's first teenageer, James Dean starred in just three films, but his death in 1955 aged 24 - dying as he lived - made him an icon of the rebellious youth culture that he had symbolised in Rebel Without a Cause. This biography explores the myth around him.

"Did You Know Many Employees Don’t Get A Raise Because They Don’t Ask For One?"A salary.com survey found that only 12% of workers ask for more money during their annual performance reviews. And nearly half of the total employees (44%) never bring up the subject of a raise at all.Passing...

Although many people believe that “smarts” are something you’re born with, the idea that genetics alone determine your intelligence is simply not true. The mind is an amazingly flexible tool that can be trained to literally accomplish anything you “put your mind to.” There is evidence...

Born Maurice Micklewhite, son of a Billingsgate fish porter and a charlady; Michael Caine's life has been an extraordinary rollercoaster: from washing dishes and fighting on National Service, to winning two Oscars and being knighted by the Queen.With more than eighty films to his name, he has starred...

A master of the innuendo and the raised eyebrow, Frankie Howerd – inimitable star of the classic ‘Carry On’ films – became a cult hero. As much at home in the Oxford Union as in high-camp pantomime, he was adored by millions, old and young alike. From his first memory of falling downstairs...

Hardly a super-successful person is ever asked their key to success without some reference to the times they failed. * “Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” Henry Ford * “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that...

What if you could live an entire day at PEACE. How about a week? A month? Can you even imagine it? According to the famous Mayo Clinic, "some signs that you need help controlling your anger include: * Often feeling that you have to hold in your anger * Frequent arguments...

Are any of these habits draining your energy, straining your relationships and sucking the life out of you? * Overeating or stress eating * Procrastinating * Smoking * Drinking too much * Spending too much money * Stressing out * Being a workaholic * Watching too much TV * Being chronically...

In this study of Plato's theory of the individual, I propose to show that Plato is deeply concerned with the achievement by each person of the moral excellence appropriate to man. Plato exhibits profound interest in the moral well being of each individual, not merely those who are philosophically...

This is a book that has everything: religion, mythology, sex, unexplained phenomena, archeology, anthropology, movies, Atlantis, witchcraft, arithmetic, language, genealogy, even aircraft design. You name it; there is probably something about it here. It is a volume whose formulation began...

William D. Hall served as a Union soldier from August 1862 through June 1865 and left a detailed record of where he went and the battles he was in. Over the past two years, Dale, his great grandson, followed his journey, visiting eleven states, seeing for himself his great-grandfather's path as he...

Exciting, spooky and scary stories for everyone, edited by Rayne Hall. Ten authors spin creepy yarns, each with a different writing style and a different way of telling a story. Allow these fantasy and horror stories to haunt you, and see which story resonates most with you. GHOSTS CAN...

"All the heavy hitters...came out for USA Noir...an important anthology of stories shrewdly culled by Johnny Temple." --New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) One of Zoom Street Magazine's Favorite Books of 2014 Indie Books Roundup #1 Pick, Barnes & Noble Book Blog Included...