A Complete learning guide for the classic art of taekwon-do.

Taekwondo (Complete Course Texts)

Oliver, Dave

Goldman, John

Gichigi, John

Sports & Outdoors

Gullane Children's Books Ltd

“A warm yet specific book which cuts to the heart of leadership issues and savvy.”—The Bookwatch Informal, even conversational in style, Lead On! is nevertheless a serious handbook from which aspiring leaders can learn how to achieve seemingly impossible goals. The book is replete with examples from the author’s experience and from the history of the nuclear navy, where the price of failure can be death. Civilian managers will find that many of the principles discussed here can be employed with profit in private industry. The old school of motivation by coercion never accomplished much with submarine sailors, who are among the navy’s elite, and the author has found that what works with this new breed of mariner-technician can be of enormous value in dealing with the members of an entrepreneurial organization. Praise for Lead On! “A wealth of advice on military leadership that is also pertinent to civilian managers.”—The Retired Officer “It is a particular pleasure to see an officer from the ‘silent service’ publish his thoughts and viewpoints. In a light and breezy style . . . Admiral Oliver [expresses] some current thinking on critical issues.”—USNI Proceedings

Lead On!: A Practical Guide to Leadership

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Random House Publishing Group

The harmonica is an incredibly versatile instrument, suitable for all types of music from classical, jazz, and soul to rock, pop, country, folk, and blues. It s also an easy ...

Playing the Harmonica

Arts & Photography

Music

Prospero Books

American Defense Reform: Lessons from Failure and Success in Navy History

A roadmap for US military innovation based on the Navy's history of success through civilian-military collaborations\nThe US military must continually adapt to evolving technologies, shifting adversaries, and a changing social environment for its personnel. In American Defense Reform, Dave Oliver and Anand Toprani use US naval history as a guide for leading successful change in the Pentagon.\nAmerican Defense Reform provides a historical analysis of the Navy during four key periods of disruptive transformation: the 1940s Revolt of the Admirals, the McNamara Revolution in systems analysis, the fallout from the Vietnam War, and the end of the Cold War. The authors draw insights from historical documents, previously unpublished interviews from four-star admirals, and Oliver's own experiences as a senior naval officer and defense industry executive. They show that Congress alone cannot effectively create change and reveal barriers to applying the experience of the private sector to the public sector\nUltimately, Oliver and Toprani show that change can only come from a collaborative effort between civilians, the military, and industry, each making vital contributions. American Defense Reform provides insights and practical recommendations essential to reforming national defense to meet future demands.

History

Toprani, Anand

Military

Georgetown University Press

Southwood Books

Dave Oliver completed this captivating short story just months before he transitioned. It was important that this book be published when the time felt right, and that time is now. On the third-year anniversary of his passing, we present to you The Pen. Dedicated to Dave's smokin' hot wife, Cheryl Oliver.

The Pen

Literature & Fiction

Independently published

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