"A Brief Discourse of Rebellion and Rebels" by George North

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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 9781843844884
ISBN-13 : 1843844885
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis "A Brief Discourse of Rebellion and Rebels" by George North by : Dennis McCarthy

A new source for Shakespeare's plays, only recently uncovered, is investigated here with a full edition and facsimile of the text.

Finding Your True North

Finding Your True North
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 189
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ISBN-10 : 9781118039540
ISBN-13 : 1118039548
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Finding Your True North by : Bill George

Based on Bill George’s bestselling book True North, this personal guide offers leaders a comprehensive method for identifying their unique “True North.” The book offers methods for personal reflection and includes targeted exercises that help leaders hone in on the purpose of their leadership and developing their authentic leadership skills.

True North

True North
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9780470893951
ISBN-13 : 0470893958
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis True North by : Bill George

True North shows how anyone who follows their internal compass can become an authentic leader. This leadership tour de force is based on research and first-person interviews with 125 of today’s top leaders—with some surprising results. In this important book, acclaimed former Medtronic CEO Bill George and coauthor Peter Sims share the wisdom of these outstanding leaders and describe how you can develop as an authentic leader. True North presents a concrete and comprehensive program for leadership success and shows how to create your own Personal Leadership Development Plan centered on five key areas: Knowing your authentic self Defining your values and leadership principles Understanding your motivations Building your support team Staying grounded by integrating all aspects of your life True North offers an opportunity for anyone to transform their leadership path and become the authentic leader they were born to be. Personal, original, and illuminating stories from Warren Bennis, Sir Adrian Cadbury, George Shultz (former U.S. secretary of state), Charles Schwab, John Whitehead (Cochairman, Goldman Sachs), Anne Mulcahy (CEO, Xerox), Howard Schultz (CEO, Starbucks), Dan Vasella (CEO, Novartis), John Brennan (Chairman, Vanguard), Carol Tome (CFO, Home Depot), Donna Dubinsky (CEO/cofounder, Palm), Alan Horn (President, Warner Brothers), Ann Moore (CEO, Time, Inc.) and many others illustrate the transitions that shape the type of leaders who will thrive in the 21st century. Bill George (Cambridge, MA) has spent over 30 years in executive leadership positions at Litton, Honeywell, and Medtronic. As CEO of Medtronic, he built the company into the world’s leading medical technology company as its market capitalization increased from $1.1 billion to $60 billion. Since 2004, he has been a professor at the Harvard Business School. His 2004 book Authentic Leadership (0-7879-7528-1) was a BusinessWeek bestseller. Peter Sims (San Francisco, CA) established “Leadership Perspectives,” a course on leadership development at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and cofounded the London office of Summit Partners, a leading investment firm. Their Web site is www.truenorthleaders.com.

George North

George North
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Publisher : Y Lolfa
Total Pages : 46
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ISBN-10 : 9781847716651
ISBN-13 : 1847716652
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis George North by : George a Gibbard North, Alun

Hanes cyfnod cyffrous y chwaraewr rygbi dawnus o Sir Fon, George North - ei atgofion, ei gemau cofiadwy a'r bobol a gafodd ddylanwad arno.

Finding North

Finding North
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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 9781250053893
ISBN-13 : 1250053897
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Finding North by : George Michelsen Foy

Navigation is the key human skill. It's something we do everywhere, whether feeling our way through a bedroom in the dark, or charting a ship's course. But how does navigation affect our brains, our memory, ourselves? Blending scientific research and memoir, and written in beautiful prose, Finding North starts with a quest by the author to understand this most basic of human skills---and why it's in mortal peril. In 1844, Foy's great-great grandfather, captain of a Norwegian cargo ship, perished at sea after getting lost in a snowstorm. Foy decides to unravel the mystery surrounding Halvor Michelsen's death---and the roots of his own obsession with navigation---by re-creating his ancestor's trip using only period instruments. Beforehand, he meets a colorful cast of characters to learn whether men really have better directional skills than women, how cells, eels, and spaceships navigate; and how tragedy results from GPS glitches. He interviews a cabby who has memorized every street in London, sails on a Haitian cargo sloop, and visits the site of a secret navigational cult in Greece. At the heart of Foy's story is this fact: navigation and the brain's memory centers are inextricably linked. As Foy unravels the secret behind Halvor's death, he also discovers why forsaking our navigation skills in favor of GPS may lead not only to Alzheimers and other diseases of memory, but to losing a key part of what makes us human.

True North Groups

True North Groups
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Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages : 198
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ISBN-10 : 9781609940072
ISBN-13 : 1609940075
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis True North Groups by : Bill George

True North Group is a small, diverse collection of individuals who meet on a regular basis to explore their lives and develop their self-awareness, self-compassion, authenticity, and EQ. This book demonstrates why these small groups are the vital link to both leadership and personal development.

The Bravest of the Brave

The Bravest of the Brave
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Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages : 344
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ISBN-10 : 9780807833735
ISBN-13 : 0807833738
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis The Bravest of the Brave by : Stephen Dodson Ramseur

"This Treasure-Trove of Stephen Dodson Ramseur's candid and thoughtful letters to his family, friends, and wife lays bare the innermost thoughts and emotions of a young Southerner devoted to securing the Confederacy's independence. It is destined to take a prominent plasce among the classics of primary Civil War literature." GORDON C. RHEA, author of in the Footsteps of Grant and Lee. "Stephen Dodson Ramseur well represented that class of aggressive young generals to whom Robert E. Lee entrusted his Army of Northern Virginia in battle. These letters effectively recapture the life and character of an educated and articulate Southerner who remained both convinced of the rightness of his cause and truly devoted to his family and friends until he fell in battle at Cedar Creek in October 1864." CAROL REARDON, author of Pickett's Charge in History and Memory

The Black Bard of North Carolina

The Black Bard of North Carolina
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Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages : 172
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ISBN-10 : 9780807864463
ISBN-13 : 0807864463
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis The Black Bard of North Carolina by : Joan R. Sherman

For his humanistic religious verse, his poignant and deeply personal antislavery poems, and, above all, his lifelong enthusiasm for liberty, nature, and the art of poetry, George Moses Horton merits a place of distinction among nineteenth-century African American poets. Enslaved from birth until the close of the Civil War, the self-taught Horton was the first American slave to protest his bondage in published verse and the first black man to publish a book in the South. As a man and as a poet, his achievements were extraordinary. In this volume, Joan Sherman collects sixty-two of Horton's poems. Her comprehensive introduction--combining biography, history, cultural commentary, and critical insight--presents a compelling and detailed picture of this remarkable man's life and art. George Moses Horton (ca. 1797-1883) was born in Northampton County, North Carolina. A slave for sixty-eight years, Horton spent much of his life on a farm near Chapel Hill, and in time he fostered a deep connection with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author of three books of poetry, Horton was inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame in May of 1996.