Wheatmark: 217 books

A Climate Vocabulary of the Future offers a compelling perspective on climate change that breaks down the formidable challenges facing our species and our planet -- rising temperatures, melting glaciers, and an indifferent global populace quietly overwhelmed by the science and inconceivable consequences...

Information is more accessible than ever before. If we want to keep up with what's going on in the world, a twenty-four-hour news cycle will provide us with more facts than we can possibly absorb. And yet, this constant stream of data doesn't yield meaningful answers. Why is there political unrest...

Dining Roulette: The Truth about Restaurants from the Inside Out is essential reading for every foodie, restaurant goer, and restaurant owner and manager. It reveals the secrets, tips, and industry information needed to establish and maintain a successful business, and gives practical, prescriptive...

Successful salespeople have a lot in common with great soldiers. They're courageous, they're full of initiative and self-belief, and they possess a refuse-to-lose attitude under intense pressure. While the people on your team don't need military experience to deliver stellar results, you can help them...

The Performance Conversations® model is an innovative approach to building partnerships forsuccessful performance between managers and employees.If you hate performance appraisals, here is an alternative. Learn to:Use conversation instead of evaluation to describe and achieve great...

Many leaders need to win (and thus humiliate others), need to get their way (and thus threaten others), need to be seen in a positive light (and thus blame others), need to give good news to those they report to (and thus intimidate others into fudging reports when necessary), and need to be seen...

Contrary to popular belief, technical competency does not define a great employee. You won't find your best employees by asking a series of standard interview questions. And a resume does little to tell you whether an employee is going to be a superstar or a human-resources nightmare. In fact,...

Level Up is a proven blueprint for students ages twelve and up who have the ultimate goal of improving their overall results in grades and sports, as well as paving a path to an exciting and brilliant future. After fifteen years of researching industry experts and leaders, Andrea Samadi...

It Takes A Cat is a collection of blog posts and photos from the blog CiCi's Garden, which was written over a three-year period. Though some pages are verbatim, most have been reworked for clarity, coherence, and formatting issues. Writing a blog is a relaxed endeavor; writing a book calls for greater diligence. It's like the difference between a paper napkin and linen.

In 1962, Irene Aylworth Douglass's husband burst in the door with incredible news. His company had won a bid to build Mangla Dam … in West Pakistan! This would be the world's largest compacted earth dam, in a remote location far from the source of supply. With images of exotic locales and visions...

Abbey senses something special about the little man tending to the reindeer who, along with acentury-old farmhouse, a barn full of animals, and fields abounding in woods and pasture, was a gift toAbbey from a stranger. Abbey and her husband, Steve, move in just before the holidays. They have beentogether...

My thoughts stray to this evening and I try to imagine how all this is going to play out. I'm notscared. I'm anxious of the unknown. I'm thankful to be working with such professional people. Philwarms my thoughts. He was there for me before and I know he will be there for me again...Irish Eyes...

In many respects, Bahram Darugar's early life was unremarkable. He studied hard, navigated the minefields of puberty and dating, and attended medical school at the University of Tehran. But those years also brought him face-to-face with bigotry and persecution. He was beaten by a soldier who suspected...

Ninth century BCE. In the middle of a severe drought, a young Phoenician widow named Arishat is on the brink of starvation. When she prays to her goddess, Asherah, for help, Elijah, a prophet of Israel arrives at her door with bread, oil, and an allegiance to the god Yahweh. Willing to accept Elijah's...