An account of General Sherman's military strategy and use of cavalry in his attack on Atlanta during his sweep through Georgia in the closing days of the Civil War.

As the most opulent hotel in Manchester, England, during the decadent Roaring '20s, The Grand is more than a building. It's a nexus for schemes, scandals, romance and intrigue. For owner John Bannerman, The Grand symbolizes a tradition of luxury and elegance begun by his father. For Marcus Bannerman, it becomes a risky investment and a way to entice his brother's wife into bed. And for the maids and porters employed there, it represents a possible...

Follows the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants as they deal with social and personal changes after the end of World War I.

Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home -- at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve. In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling,...

DESIGNING YOUR WORK LIFE teaches readers how to create the job they want—without necessarily leaving the job they already have. “Increasingly, it’s up to workers to define their own happiness and success in this ever-moving landscape,” they write, and chapter by chapter, they demonstrate how to build positive change, wherever you are in your career. Whether you want to stay in your job and make it a more meaningful experience, or if you...

In a tented field hospital on the coast of France, doctors, nurses, and volunteers work together to heal the bodies and souls of men wounded in the trenches of WWI. The hospital is a frontier: between the battlefield and home front but also between the old rules, hierarchies, class distinctions, and a new way of thinking.

A Secret Service agent is assigned to protect the President's rebellious son, Luke. Friendship develops betweeen the two when the agent teaches Luke how to deal with a school bully. The fun and games end when Luke is kidnapped.

Beethoven, America's lovable St. Bernard, is in his biggest doggone collection ever. From his beginnings as a puppy on the run from dog nappers to his travels across America, this collection features all five hilarious adventures. When the Newtons first bring home a tiny St. Bernard puppy, they would have never guessed how much his larger-than-life personality would change their lives forever. Each film features Beethoven's drooling, disaster-prone...