A Guest at the Ludlow, and Other Stories by Nye, Bill, 1850-1896

“…A guest at the Ludlow -- Old Polka Dot's daughter -- A great cerebrator -- Hints for the household -- A journey westward -- A prophet and a Piute -- The Sabbath of a great author -- A flyer in dirt -- A singular "Hamlet" -- My matrmonial bureau…”
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Football in Asia history, culture and business

Table of Contents: “…1. Introduction: football in Asia -- 2. The slow contagion of Scottish example: association football in nineteenthcentury colonial Singapore -- 3. …”

Interactional leadership and how to coach it the art of the choice-focused leader by Harvey, Michael Denis Bagenal 1952-

Table of Contents: “…PART 1 What is interactional leadership?; Prologue: the choice-focused leader; 1 The Achievement Cycle and the art of leadership choice-making; 2 The psychology of interactional leadership and its ethical and multirole dimensions; 3 The psychology and neuroscience of choice and the philosophy of interactional leadership; -- PART 2 Coaching the choice-focused leader: interactional leadership coaching in practice; 4 Coaching the non-resourcing leader: 'Dracula' in the boardroom: the case of Blake S. 5 The practical techniques of interactional leadership coaching6 Coaching the non-strategizing leader: 'zombie leadership': the case of Arjun J.; 7 Coaching the non-delivering leader: 'blocked at every turn': the case of Deborah K -- PART 3 The multiplicity of leadership roles -- and how to coach them; 8 The global leader, the entrepreneur and the chair of the board: coaching across the spectrum; 9 The team leader: creating the dialectical team; 10 The potential leader: coaching the rising star and the gender gap in leadership 11 The thought leader: coaching creative and intellectual leadership12 The influence of the group in leadership: coaching the board -- PART 4 Interactional leadership in the public domain; 13 From Steve Jobs to Hamlet: the art of the choice-focused leader in business, politics and literature -- PART 5 Choosing the future: leaders and coaches; 14 Engaging with choice: ethical issues for leaders and leadership coaching; 15 Coaching difficult leaders: the paradox of leadership coaching; 16 Choosing the future: what decisions lie in store for leaders and their coaches?…”

William Shakespeare complete works by Shakespeare, William 1564-1616

Table of Contents: “…A User's Guide.- Preliminary pages of the First Folio.- Foreword; M.Boyd, Artistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company.- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: COMPLETE WORKS.- For each play.- Individual introduction by Jonathan Bate.- On-page footnote gloss which explains unfamiliar or obsolete words and classical, biblical or contemporary references where WS assumes audience knowledge.- Appendices of any significant passages that are not in First Folio.- 'Key Facts' box with: plot summary, major roles, date, linguistic medium, sources, textual notes.- COMEDIES.- The Tempest.- The Two Gentlemen of Verona.- The Merry Wives of Windsor.- Measure for Measure.- The Comedy of Errors.- Much Ado about Nothing.- Love's Labour's Lost.- A Midsummer Night's Dream.- The Merchant of Venice.- As You Like It.- The Taming of the Shrew.- All's Well that Ends Well.- Twelfth Night, or What You Will.- The Winter's Tale.- HISTORIES.- The Life and Death of King John.- The Life and Death of King Richard the Second.- The First Part of Henry the Fourth, with the Life and Death of Henry surnamed Hotspur.- The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, containing his Death and the Coronation of King Henry the Fifth.- The Life of Henry the Fifth.- The First Part of Henry the Sixth.- The Second Part of Henry the Sixth, with the Death of the Good Duke Humphrey.- The Third Part of Henry the Sixth, with the Death of the Duke of York.- The Tragedy of Richard the Third, with the Landing of Earl Richmond and the Battle at Bosworth Field.- The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth.- TRAGEDIES.- The Tragedy of Troilus and Cressida.- The Tragedy of Coriolanus.- The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus.- The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.- The Life of Timon of Athens.- The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.- The Tragedy of Macbeth.- The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.- The Tragedy of King Lear.- The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice.- The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra.- The Tragedy of Cymbeline.- PLAYS NOT IN THE FIRST FOLIO.- Pericles, Prince of Tyre, by William Shakespeare and George Wilkins.- The Two Noble Kinsmen, by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher.- POEMS AND SONNETS.- Venus and Adonis.- The Rape of Lucrece.- 'Let the bird of loudest lay' (also known as 'The Phoenix and Turtle').- 'To the Queen'.- Shakespeare's Sonnets.- A Scene from Sir Thomas More.- (Introduction, transcription and modernized text by Eric Rasmussen).- CHARTS.- Shakespeare's Works: A Conjectural Chronology.- Kings and Queens of England: from the History Plays to Shakespeare's Lifetime.- The Houses of Lancaster and York: A Genealogy.- The history behind the histories: a chronology.- The history behind the tragedies: a chronology.- Alphabetical Index of Plays and Poems…”