Mark Stevens

A fascinating introduction to the history of Broadmoor: Kate Summerscale, author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher.On 27 May 1863, three coaches pulled up at the gates of a new asylum, built amongst the tall, dense pines of Windsor Forest. Broadmoors first patients had arrived.In Broadmoor Revealed, Mark Stevens writes about what life was like for the criminally insane, over one hundred years ago. From fresh research into the Broadmoor archives, Mark has uncovered the lost lives of patients whose mental illnesses led them to become involved in crime.Discover the five women who went on to become mothers in Broadmoor, giving birth to new life when three of them had previously taken it. Find out how several Victorian immigrants ended their hopeful journeys to England in madness and disaster. And follow the numerous escapes, actual and attempted, as the first doctors tried to assert control over the residents.As well as bringing the lives of forgotten patients to light, this thrilling book reveals new perspectives on some of the hospital's most famous Victorian residents: Edward Oxford, the bar boy who shot at Queen Victoria. Richard Dadd, the brilliant artist and murderer of his own father. William Chester Minor, veteran of the American Civil War who went on to play a key part in the first Oxford English Dictionary. Christiana Edmunds, The Chocolate Cream Poisoner and frustrated lover from Brighton.Broadmoor Revealed became the most popular history e-book of 2011, and now this new expanded and revised edition celebrates the Hospital's 150th anniversary.

Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum

Broadmoor Revealed

Traces the career of abstract expressionist Willem De Kooning, discussing his personal life with wife Elaine Fried, and his battle with alcoholism and Alzheimer's disease.

An American Master

De Kooning

King Icahn is an unparalleled human drama. It is the story of a man who rose from humble beginnings to emerge as the most powerful, eccentric, galling, pugnacious and successful force in the business world. The Icahn drama is rife with contradictions, juxtapositions, paradoxes and epic power plays. All have led to a reshuffling of the business\financial landscape, to the electric fear on the part of CEOs when they hear the terrorizing words "Carl Icahn is on the phone" and to one of the world's greatest fortunes. King Icahn is the only book written about Icahn, completely independent but with full access to the man himself. It reveals the back story of the greatest financier/pit bull of his generation, his multi-billion dollar epiphany, his real motive for taking on the CEO elite as well as his loves, feuds, idiosyncrasies and intellectual brilliance. Reading this book is the equivalent of earning an MBA squared!

The Biography of a Renegade Capitalist

King Icahn

A poignant story about hopes, dreams, and how far one man's talent takes him before he realizes it's about what you do--and how you do it. Frank Ryder is unstoppable on the baseball field--his pitches arrive faster than a batter can swing, giving his opponents no chance. He's being heralded as a game-changing pitcher. But within the maelstrom of press, adulation, and wild speculation, Frank is a man alone. Haunted by a tragic incident from years past, he yearns to be the best but cannot reconcile the guilt he carries with the man everyone believes him to be. Frank's path to redemption leads him on a journey back to where his life changed forever, to visit his family, his high school coach, and his brother. Through reconnection and reconciliation with those also deeply affected by the devastating event of Frank's youth, he finds peace and his place in the world both in and outside the game. The Fireballer is a lyrical, moving story of undeniable talent and the life-changing power of forgiveness and a subtly romantic ode to America's favorite pastime.

The Fireballer

Life in the Victorian Asylum reconstructs the lost world of the nineteenth century public asylums. This fresh take on the history of mental health reveals why county asylums were built, the sort of people they housed and the treatments they received, as well as the enduring legacy of these remarkable institutions.Mark Stevens, the best-selling author of Broadmoor Revealed, is a professional archivist and expert on asylum records. In this book, he delves into Victorian mental health archives to recreate the experience of entering an asylum and being treated there, perhaps for a lifetime. Praise for Broadmoor Revealed'Superb,' Family Tree magazine'Detailed and thoughtful,' Times Literary Supplement'Paints a fascinating picture,' Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine

The World of Nineteenth Century Mental Health Care

Life in the Victorian Asylum

A tasty world tour--with savory sauces! Take your next entrée further than it's ever been before. The World Sauces Cookbook is here to help you top off your meals with 60 sumptuous sauces from all four corners of the globe--including Satay, Adobo, Creole Remoulade and Comeback Sauce, Baba Ghanoush, and Pesto Della Zia. In addition to helpful prep tips and storage instructions, each sauce recipe comes complete with a flavor profile, spiciness index, and basic serving suggestions. Looking to really show off these sauces? The World Sauces Cookbook also comes with over 30 recipes for main dishes and sides meant to match with them. The World Sauces Cookbook includes: A world of flavor--From Mexico and Germany to Kenya and Indonesia, sample 60 easy-to-make sauces originating in almost as many countries. Saucy suggestions--Learn how to make your sauces shine with helpful guidelines for flavors, spiciness, and best pairing options. Perfect pairings--Pick out the ideal plate to highlight each of your sauces with the help of 30+ recipes for delicious sides and entrées. Discover how simple it is to bring flavors from all over the world right to your table with The World Sauces Cookbook.

60 Regional Recipes and 30 Perfect Pairings

The World Sauces Cookbook

Annalyn Swan

A compelling and comprehensive look at the life and art of Francis Bacon, one of the iconic painters of the twentieth century--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of de Kooning: An American Master. This intimate study of the singularly private, darkly funny, eruptive man and his extraordinary art "is bejeweled with sensuous detail ... the iconoclastic charm of the artist keeps the pages turning" (The Washington Post). "A definitive life of Francis Bacon ... Stevens and Swan are vivid scene setters ... Francis Bacon does justice to the contradictions of both the man and the art." --The Boston Globe Francis Bacon created an indelible image of mankind in modern times, and played an outsized role in both twentieth century art and life--from his public emergence with his legendary Triptych 1944 (its images "so unrelievedly awful" that people fled the gallery), to his death in Madrid in 1992. Bacon was a witty free spirit and unabashed homosexual at a time when many others remained closeted, and his exploits were as unforgettable as his images. He moved among the worlds of London's Soho and East End, the literary salons of London and Paris, and the homosexual life of Tangier. Through hundreds of interviews, and extensive new research, the authors probe Bacon's childhood in Ireland (he earned his father's lasting disdain because his asthma prevented him from hunting); his increasingly open homosexuality; his early design career--never before explored in detail; the formation of his vision; his early failure as an artist; his uneasy relationship with American abstract art; and his improbable late emergence onto the international stage as one of the great visionaries of the twentieth century. In all, Francis Bacon: Revelations gives us a more complete and nuanced--and more international--portrait than ever before of this singularly private, darkly funny, eruptive man and his equally eruptive, extraordinary art. Bacon was not just an influential artist, he helped remake the twentieth-century figure.

Revelations

Francis Bacon

A giant wildfire is roaring through Colorado's Flat Tops Wilderness. The massive blaze is wiping out Allison Coil's precious hunting grounds, and the flames have set their sights on the beautiful ranch owned by her boyfriend's family. Allison and longtime friend Trudy are shocked to learn that a body has been found in the fire ravaged forest--a friend who was a reclusive environmentalist with an unorthodox idea for the battle against global warming. Along with reporter Duncan Bloom, Allison burrows into an underground group of anti-government extremists. As they strike close to home and hurt those closest to her, Allison vows hell might not be punishment enough for this cabal of sinister fanatics.

Lake of Fire

The cutting-edge management strategies and best-kept secrets taught at Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Programme. Founded during World War II, Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Programme (AMP) originally concentrated on how to utilize the capacities of business and the industrial sector to serve the extraordinary demands of a wartime economy. Now, more than 50 years later, this exhausting 10-week boot camp (six days a week, 14 hours a day) teaches an elite group of business executives how to thrive in the highly combative and competitve global marketplace.

What They Teach You at Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program

Extreme Management

The Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program (AMP) is an exhaustive nine-week boot camp that prepares the business elite for the highly competitive global marketplace. For the first time, these closely guarded secrets are available to executives and management personnel everywhere. For the first time, these closely guarded secrets will be available to executives and management personnel everywhere. The book offers the chance to master the work models, the strategic perspectives, and visioning exercises that will turn good managers into revolutionary managers. Readers will learn how to create and sustain a competitive advantage in the global arena, manage for a world of changes yet to come, negotiate global transactions, establish enduring brand and corporate positioning, and much more.

What They Teach at Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program

Black Silver, Red Gold: The Dark Forest is set in medieval times in a parallel universe in which canines, foxes and wolves, evolved as the dominant life form on the planet rather than we humans. It's about a young vixen named Kian and a young dogfox named Tarric, who meet, in of all places, an outlaw band. Kian, a tough, hard-nosed woodsvixen born and bred in the Dark Forest, is suspicious and contemptuous of the young male, whom she considers a dandy from the big city. Tarric is indeed very much a city fox, from the streets of Brockton, the captal city. He is also very cultured and polite, with a cheerful smile and an infectious personality that threatens to win ovr Kian's heart. There is, however, a cloud on this otherwise dazzling horizon. Kildirk Drakken, the leader of the outlaw band, also has eyes for Kian, and unlike Tarric, is willng to stop at nothing to get his way. Even if it means murder.

The Dark Forest

Black Silver, Red Gold

If you're stressed about your financial future, stuck at a job that you hate, or feel trapped by your income, Rich Is a Religion is a road map that will help you transform your life. By showing you the mindset of millionaires and billionaires, you'll learn how to make more money than you ever thought possible and how to preserve this money for your entire life. With the insights found here, you'll quickly discover how to create a solid financial base and channel your money to maximize the gift of life.

Breaking the Timeless Code to Wealth

Rich is a Religion

Learn to harness the programming power that comes standard with all unix and linux systems (including Apple's OSX). This guide encourages hands-on experimentation by including actual scripts that feature the korn shell (ksh), awk, and sed.

A Practical Manual for Hands-On Learning of Awk and Unix Shell Scripting

Awk Programming Guide

101 SWISS ARMY KNIFE TASKS FOR BEGINNERS - GAIN KNOWLEDGE THROUGH PLAY AMAZING GUIDE FOR SWISS ARMY KNIVES LOVERS! ♥MUST-HAVE book with your first Swiss Army Knife! This handbook was created to help novice SWISS ARMY KNIFE enthusiasts understand how to use this multifunction tool in their everyday life. Anyone can use this inspiring collection of ideas, tricks and tips, DIY, and instructions EVEN AT HOME. This book is different than any book you've read before! Some pages are interactive, so don't be afraid to CUT or DESTROY THEM. It's all for FUN and EDUCATION for ADULTS and KIDS. Are you ready to complete all 101 tasks and become a Swiss Army Knife Master? This book can be used by anyone who wants to GAIN KNOWLEDGE THROUGH PLAY and has a standard model Swiss Army Knife with basic tools. ✓ Key features: Some of the pages are interactive so you can cut, destroy, draw, or even use them as kindling. Includes 101 tasks to complete the training - tricks, tips, ideas, DIY, and instructions that you can use even at home. Complete training that can be used like a manual for your Swiss Army Knife. Must-have for home use, camping, hunting, hiking, scouting, and outdoor adventures. Amazing gift idea for boy scouts, girl scouts, outdoor enthusiasts, survivalists, and any first-time Swiss Army Knife owner who wants to gain knowledge through play. Special Swiss Army Knife model not required - just the standard model with basic tools. Handy 5.25" x 8" size, this book is perfect to take along on any outdoor excursion. Includes history and tidbits about the Swiss Army Knife. Printed on high-quality paper with a premium glossy cover. Written in simple and understandable language for KIDS and BEGINNERS ✓ With this book you will learn how to: Use the basic tools in the typical way: large blade, small blade, corkscrew, reamer, can opener, screwdriver, bottle opener, wire stripper, toothpick, tweezers. Use the same tools with out-of-the-box thinking: Create a compass, check the condition of your tires, make a slingshot, and more! Make DIY projects with your Swiss Army Knife! Even perform first aid with your Swiss Army Knife! Authored by Mark Stevens, a former Scout, prepper, and survival instructor who has been using Swiss Army Knives since 1998. ★★★★★"This book will BLOW YOUR MIND and is definitely different than other books on the market. We had so much fun with it and can absolutely recommend this book for adults and kids as well!" - North Hiking Magazine ★★★★★"My scouting kids enjoy this book so much! This book is like playing a game for them!" - Sarah Lewis ★★★★★"I gave this book as a gift with a new Swiss Army Knife to my husband. He is impressed by the tricks contained in this book." Annie Brown Start the #SAK101CHALLENGE TODAY with this amazing Swiss Army Knife book! Click "Look inside" to see your first task!

The Essential Manual for Your First Pocket Knife - Amazing Hand Book Guide

101 Swiss Army Knife Tasks for Beginners

Traces the transformation of the small but well-regarded financial firm into a major player on Wall Street, detailing how this unprecedented growth and accompanying poor management led to the firm's bankruptcy

The Rise and Fall of E.F. Hutton

Sudden Death

Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury, published in 1953. It is regarded as one of his best works. The novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. The book's tagline explains the title: "Fahrenheit 451 - the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns..." The lead character is a fireman named Montag who becomes disillusioned with the role of censoring works and destroying knowledge, eventually quitting his job and joining a resistance group who memorize and share the world's greatest literary and cultural works. The novel has been the subject of interpretations focusing on the historical role of book burning in suppressing dissenting ideas. In a 1956 radio interview, Bradbury said that he wrote Fahrenheit 451 because of his concerns at the time (during the McCarthy era) about the threat of book burning in the United States. In later years, he described the book as a commentary on how mass media reduces interest in reading literature.

Summary of Fahrenheit 451

Provides an inside look at eight of the most influential accounting firms in the United States, examining their pivotal roles in the world of national and international finance.

The Big Eight

THE TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR Named one of The Irish Times' Books of the Year for 2021 A compelling and comprehensive look at the life and art of Francis Bacon, one of the iconic painters of the twentieth century—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of de Kooning: An American Master. This intimate study of the singularly private, darkly funny, eruptive man and his extraordinary art “is bejeweled with sensuous detail … the iconoclastic charm of the artist keeps the pages turning” (The Washington Post). “A definitive life of Francis Bacon ... Stevens and Swan are vivid scene setters ... Francis Bacon does justice to the contradictions of both the man and the art.” —The Boston Globe Francis Bacon created an indelible image of mankind in modern times, and played an outsized role in both twentieth century art and life—from his public emergence with his legendary Triptych 1944 (its images "so unrelievedly awful" that people fled the gallery), to his death in Madrid in 1992. Bacon was a witty free spirit and unabashed homosexual at a time when many others remained closeted, and his exploits were as unforgettable as his images. He moved among the worlds of London's Soho and East End, the literary salons of London and Paris, and the homosexual life of Tangier. Through hundreds of interviews, and extensive new research, the authors probe Bacon's childhood in Ireland (he earned his father's lasting disdain because his asthma prevented him from hunting); his increasingly open homosexuality; his early design career—never before explored in detail; the formation of his vision; his early failure as an artist; his uneasy relationship with American abstract art; and his improbable late emergence onto the international stage as one of the great visionaries of the twentieth century. In all, Francis Bacon: Revelations gives us a more complete and nuanced--and more international--portrait than ever before of this singularly private, darkly funny, eruptive man and his equally eruptive, extraordinary art. Bacon was not just an influential artist, he helped remake the twentieth-century figure.

If you want both results and relationships in your leadership style, this is your guide. Leadership doesn't have to be complicated or overwhelming but as a leader, you may feel it is both. The Square and the Triangle is the model to clear the clutter. To be a leader, you need to do two things: build relationships with people and get results. Simple yet powerful. The Square and the Triangle approach uses two competencies to cover the entire leadership landscape: -The Square - Relationships -The Triangle - Results You are naturally better at either results or relationships in leadership. Once you know that, you can pick up what you need to know to get the job done-and build on it to create your own style for impact, clarity, and less stress, every day. "Being a better leader really can be simple. Mark Stevens has devised a fabulous way to be the leader you were meant to be." -LaVay Lauter; Vice President, Director of Talent Development, Baird

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