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Based on the chart-topping Business Wars podcast, stories, and lessons from history’s greatest business rivalries, interspersed with audio clips from the podcast. Using Chinese military genius Sun Tzu’s strategies as a guide, Brown examines why some companies triumph while others crumble....

With contributions by Paula Morgan-Johnson, Paula Sacks, Caroline R. Baltzer, James Hickey, Andrea Cole, Jan Bloom, and Deirdre Fay, Attachment Disturbances in Adults is a landmark resource for (1) understanding attachment, its development, and the most clinically relevant findings from attachment research, and (2) using this understanding to inform systematic, comprehensive, and clinically effective and efficient treatment of attachment disturbances in adults.

A revelatory, timely, and masterful biography of President Andrew Jackson that offers a new perspective on this charismatic figure in the context of American populism - identifying the reasons for his unprecedented appeal as it shows us the man and politician in his full complexity. 

A detailed guide to mastering lucid dreaming for physical and emotional healing, enhanced creativity, and spiritual awakening. 

More than 20 New York Times best-selling authors team up to create a first-rate serial novel -- a collaboration that combines the skills of America’s greatest storytellers to produce a gripping, spellbinding mystery.

Pigeonholed in popular memory as a Jazz Age epicurean, a playboy, and an emblem of the Lost Generation, F. Scott Fitzgerald was at heart a moralist struck by the nation's shifting mood and manners after World War I. In Paradise Lost, David Brown contends that Fitzgerald's deepest allegiances were to a fading antebellum world he associated with his father's Chesapeake Bay roots. Yet as a midwesterner, an Irish Catholic, and a perpetually in-debt author, he felt like an outsider in the haute bourgeoisie haunts.

Henry Adams is perhaps the most eclectic, accomplished, and important American writer of his time. The last member of his distinguished family - after great-grandfather John Adams and grandfather John Quincy Adams - to gain national attention, he is remembered today as a historian, a political commentator, and a memoirist. Now, historian David Brown sheds light on the brilliant yet under-celebrated life of this major American intellectual.

Abolitionism was the movement that strove to end slavery in the United States. The abolitionists saw slavery as a stain and an affliction on the United States and made it their goal to eradicate slave ownership. Abolitionists produced anti-slavery literature, sent petitions to Congress, and ran for political office.  

The Mission is the Homeric, never-before-told story of modern space exploration, and a magnificent portrait of the inner lives of scientists who study the solar system’s mysterious outer planets. David W. Brown chronicles the remarkable saga of how Europa was won and what it takes to get things done - down here and up there. The Mission is an exuberant masterclass in how a few determined cogs can change an entire machine.  

The Way of the Hermit discusses the Western Esoteric Tradition that includes Freemasonry, esotericism, mysticism, occult lore and more.

In The Art of Business Wars, David Brown, host of the hit podcast Business Wars, masterfully frames some of the biggest business rivalries in history using revered Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu's insights and pragmatic advice. Each rivalry tells a story of combined wits, strategies and resources. Brown chronicles the rise of companies as they vanquish rivals, formulate innovative plans and adapt to keep up with shifting needs. The goal? Stay ahead of the competition and emerge victorious. 

10 Great Dates Before You Say "I Do" combines the best of marriage preparation research with a fun, easy-to-follow format. Couples will love growing together while going out together.

On July 7, 2016, protesters marched in the streets of Dallas to demonstrate against the killings of unarmed black men by the police. As the peaceful event drew to a close, a sniper opened fire, targeting white cops and killing five of them. Into this charged situation stepped Dallas police chief David O. Brown, who, with a historic new tactical approach, quickly ended the gunman's siege and calmed his community and the nation.

Over the years, machines have attained intelligence capabilities that were only known to man before. Self-driving cars and virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa are some of the examples of artificial intelligence (AI) in action in daily life. For a business, artificial intelligence is important in increasing productivity, enhancing decision making and increasing profits. This book puts into perspective how artificial intelligence affects business.

Featuring insightful opinions, the latest news from around the Angus cattle world and conversations with industry leaders, newsmakers and breeders – from the well-known to the not so well-known. Go undercover with hosts, David Brown, Joe Fischer and Korbin Mehaffey.

Terms like routers, TCP/IP, protocols, FTP, servers, and switches will no longer be jargon to you. This book takes you progressively from introduction to computer networking to advanced computer networking concepts to make the transition easy for you to your next book. The five comprehensive chapters contain lots of sub-chapters that will take you from soup to nuts and through the bits and bytes of networking, so you come out knowledgeable.

 Conversaciones en inglés 2 es el primero de los 3 Audios (1 es principiante, 2 es intermedio y 3 es avanzado) sobre conversaciones en inglés. Cada capitilo presenta una conversación donde se destacan palabras clave y se trabaja la comprensión auditu¡iva del inglés de una manera pactica y asentar el nivel intermedio.   

Inglés Express es un curso de idiomas, donde los locutores te guiarán en el camino para aprender inglés. Sigue las lecciones y da un salto cualitativo con tu inglés. 

This book explains machine learning, in simple English, for beginners of all levels. In this book, you will learn how machines are able to use data to learn on their own, discover how you can create sophisticated programs without the need for complex programming, and see daily applications of machine learning in action! 

Avid gamers and industry insiders Lisa and David talk to the developers, designers, and masterminds behind the innovations driving VR, AR, and gaming. They’ll forecast their future obsessions, review current games and platforms, and talk shop with creators pushing the boundaries in the space.