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Looking to foster greatness, inspire a young girl in your life or encourage the next generation of leaders? Look no further! Highlights of personal details, achievements, education, quotes from each and more Easy reference material for 48 internationally acclaimed groundbreaking women A versatile resource for both classroom and personal enrichment Highly engaging and accessible layout Portraits of each historical figure Includes reflection questions Insight into personalities Discover the Women Who Changed the World: A Book for Dreamers, Doers, and History Lovers! Unveil the incredible ...

Whether looking at intelligence or emotion, cognition or behavior, science has continued to tell us that men and women are fundamentally different. Biologists claim that women are better suited to raising families or are, more gently, uniquely empathetic. Men, on the other hand, continue to be described as excelling at tasks that require logic, spatial reasoning, and motor skills. But a huge wave of research is now revealing an alternative version of what we thought we knew.

We are at a tipping point in retail history. While consumers are profiting from the convenience of instant gratification, rapidly advancing technologies are transforming the way goods are transported and displacing workers in ways never before seen. In Arriving Today, Christopher Mims goes deep, far, and wide to uncover how a single product, from creation to delivery, weaves its way from a factory on the other side of the world to our doorstep.

Big Message Big Mission is part of the Women Innovators series published by Women Innovators Publishing and features 9 unique and diverse stories from women who have created a life and career based on a big message and bigger mission. Through an interview process, each woman was asked to define why she started her mission and how she can expand her message through this book.

Forgotten Scores: Broadway's Lesser-Known Creators by Richard Fleischman Tired of reading the same books about Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, and the usual Broadway legends? Unheard Voices is for the true Broadway superfan who craves something different—something deeper. Richard Fleischman’s meticulously researched collection of 120 essays takes you on a thrilling journey through the forgotten, the overlooked, and the lost creators of Broadway. This is not a book about the names you already know—this is about the composers and lyricists whose works shaped the Broadway we love, but ...

From government to business, banks to media, trust in institutions is at an all-time low. But this isn't the age of distrust - far from it. Rachel Botsman reveals that we are at the tipping point of one of the biggest social transformations in human history. A new world order is emerging: We might have lost faith in institutions and leaders, but millions of people rent their homes to total strangers, exchange digital currencies, or find themselves trusting a bot. This is the age of "distributed trust", a paradigm shift driven by innovative technologies that are rewriting the rules....

This audiobook explains the divine female principle as the source of creation - both metaphysically and physically; the feminine dual nature of Isis with Nephthys; the relationship (and oneness) of the female and male principles; the numerology of Isis and Osiris; Isis’ role as the Virgin Mother; explanation of about 20 female deities as the manifestations of the feminine attributes; the role of Isis’ ideology throughout the world; the allegory of Isis, Osiris, and Horus; and much more. This book will fill both the mind with comprehensive information as well as the heart.

Are you eager to dive into the world of genealogy but also yearning for a fun-filled journey along the way? Welcome to "Making Online Genealogy Fun: How to Research Your Family History, Trace Your Roots, and Learn About Your Ancestors." This isn't just another genealogy book – it's your ticket to turning a potentially serious pursuit into an enjoyable and engaging expedition. Intrigued? Let's unravel the secrets together! How does this book make genealogy fun? Think of it as a playful handbook for family detectives. From turning research into exciting games and challenges to infusing ...

Sinner is the story of Marsuvees Black, a force of raw evil who speaks with wicked persuasion that is far more destructive than swords or guns. Beware all who stand in his way. It's also the story of Billy Rediger and Darcy Lange, two unsuspecting survivors of a research project gone bad, who discover that they are perhaps the two most powerful souls in the land. Listen to them or pay a terrible price. And it's the story of Johnny Drake, the one who comes out of the desert and leads the 3,000. Follow him and die.

At thirty-seven, Dr. Stephanie Cacioppo was content to be single. She was fulfilled by her work on the neuroscience of romantic love—how finding and growing with a partner literally reshapes our brains. That was, until she met the foremost neuroscientist of loneliness. A whirlwind romance led to marriage, to sharing an office at the University of Chicago. After seven years of being inseparable at work and home, she lost her beloved husband following a devastating battle with cancer.

This third edition surveys the applicability of Egyptian cosmological concepts to our modern understanding of the nature of the universe, creation, science, and philosophy. Egyptian cosmology is humanistic, coherent, comprehensive, consistent, logical, analytical, and rational.

Encounters at the Heart of the World concerns the Mandan Indians, iconic Plains people whose teeming, busy towns on the upper Missouri River were, for centuries, at the center of the North American universe. We know of them mostly because Lewis and Clark spent the winter of 1804-1805 with them, but why don't we know more? Who were they really? In this extraordinary book, Elizabeth A. Fenn retrieves their history by piecing together important new discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, geology, climatology, epidemiology, and nutritional science.

Four arms of the author’s family, corresponding with the surnames of his grandparents. The Warrender arm of this history starts in the beautiful Lake District of the 1790s, moves to Preston, and then plays out in and around Salford, Lancashire. That is until a wife in a bad marriage moves herself and her children from Salford to Cardiff, following a new love. The Holt arm starts even earlier in the 1520s and features heavily the picturesque seaside town of Branscombe, Devon. Relatives there were agricultural labourers with wives and daughters that were lace makers. Times were tough and ...

MIND FORCE is a gripping action-adventure special forces thriller crammed full of twists, turns, espionage and military combat (411 pages). Join 22nd Special Air Service Regiment Captain Kirkland Finn as he battles an East German crime lord and his squad of ex-KSK mercenaries across multiple European countries. A fiction novel with covert military action, thrilling car and motorbike chases, helicopters, and fight scenes, written in a refreshing cinematic style without long-winded descriptions and meaningless dialogue. MIND FORCE is the third instalment of the Kirkland Finn military action-...

You’ll learn how to use free websites and tools to gather information and build your personal family tree. Find and meet living relatives who can help you research and share more information, including stories, photos, and vital documents. In addition to the helpful tips and “how-to” information, you will also be inspired as you hear true stories from people just like you who witnessed miracles as they researched their own family information. Even kids will become interested in helping you search for more information about your family!

Cash Cassidy goes against her husband’s wishes and departs Wales for South America to seek El Dorado, the famed lost city of gold. When she’s pursued by authorities, robbed of a critical item, and abandoned by the smugglers who were her guides, it’s up to Cash to find her way to safety to El Dorado. Meanwhile, Cash’s husband is desperate to find her—he’ll do anything to save her from a terrible fate. Cash travels undercover on the odyssey of a lifetime through jungles, across mountains, and even across borders. After she meets a man who reveals more clues about the whereabouts ...

The complete 5-book Cash Cassidy adventure series, including: THE HOLY GRAIL (Book 1) Cash Cassidy is a bestselling author who agrees to complete research for a renowned historian searching for the Holy Grail. She embarks on a journey to find the legendary treasure in Israel but quickly finds herself in hot water as civil war breaks out and she must fight to stay alive. Along the way, she discovers clues that lead her closer to the Cup of Christ. THE LOST CONTINENT (Book 2) Cash Cassidy, a bestselling adventure author, travels to Greece to research the myth of Atlantis for a new novel. She ...

One of Michiko Kakutani's (New York Times) top 10 books of 2016. A funny thing happened on the way to the digital utopia. We've begun to fall back in love with the very analog goods and ideas the tech gurus insisted that we no longer needed. Businesses that once looked outdated, from film photography to brick-and-mortar retail, are now springing with new life. Notebooks, records, and stationery have become cool again.

Looking to foster greatness, inspire a young person in your life or encourage the next generation of leaders? Look no further! Highlights of personal details, achievements, education, quotes from each and more Easy reference material for 100 internationally acclaimed groundbreaking people A versatile resource for both classroom and personal enrichment Highly engaging and accessible layout Portraits of each historical figure Includes reflection questions Insight into personalities Discover the People Who Changed the World: A Book for Dreamers, Doers, and History Lovers! Unveil the incredible...