Encompassing folk traditions ranging from Europe to the Middle East, Africa, Hawaii, and the Pacific Northwest, a collection of seven folktales about giants includes "The Giant Who Had No Heart" and "Kana and the Stretching Wonder," among others.

Giants!: Stories from Around the World

Paul Robert Walker

James Bernardin

Children's Books

Harcourt Childrens Books

Joining the bestsellers Longitude and Galileo’s Daughter, a lively and intriguing tale of two artists whose competitive spirit brought to life one of the world’s most magnificent structures and ignited the Renaissance The dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore, the great cathedral of Florence, is among the most enduring symbols of the Renaissance, an equal to the works of Leonardo and Michelangelo. Its designer was Filippo Brunelleschi, a temperamental architect and inventor who rediscovered the techniques of mathematical perspective. Yet the completion of the dome was not Brunelleschi’s glory alone. He was forced to share the commission with his archrival, the canny and gifted sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti. 
 In this lush, imaginative history―a fascinating true story of artistic genius and personal triumph―Paul Robert Walker breathes life into these two talented, passionate artists and the competitive drive that united and dived them. As it illuminates fascinating individuals from Donatello and Masaccio to Cosimo de’Medici and Leon Battista Alberti, The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance offers a glorious tour of 15th-century Florence, a bustling city on the verge of greatness in a time of flourishing creativity, rivalry, and genius.

The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance: How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art World

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

William Morrow Paperbacks

The lively and intriguing tale of the competition between two artists, culminating in the construction of the Duomo in Florence, this is also the story of a city on the verge of greatness, and the dawn of the Renaissance, when everything artistic would change. 
 Florence's Duomo : the dome of the Santa Maria del Diore cathedral 埩s one of the most enduring symbols of the Italian Renaissance, an equal in influence and fame to Leonardo and Michaelangelo's works. It was designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, the temperamental architect who rediscovered the techniques of mathematical perspective. He was the dome's ⨮ventor,⟷hose secret methods for building remain a mystery as compelling to architects as Fermat's Last Theorem once was to mathematicians. Yet Brunelleschi didn't direct the construction of the dome alone. He was forced to share the commission with his archrival, the sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti, whose ⏡radise Doors⟡re also masterworks. This is the story of these two men, a tale of artistic genius and individual triumph.

William Morrow

Big Men, Big Country : A Collection of American Tall Tales

Nine stories are featured, followed by information detailing the origins of each tale.

Big Men, Big Country: A Collection of American Tall Tales

Demco Media

The story has been told for generations that one summer day in 1839, in upstate New York, Abner Doubleday created a new set of rules for a new game which he called baseball. But the story simply isn t true. Then how did baseball begin? Who played the first real game? The first night game? Who invented the curveball? Why were players once reluctant to use gloves & masks? Why is the pitcher s mound precisely 60 feet 6 inches from home plate? How did baseball evolve from a leisurely pastime into a billion-dollar industry? You ll find the surprising answers to these & many others questions in this highly readable history of the great American game. Based on the PBS TV documentary by Ken Burns. More than 70 dramatic photos.

Who Invented The Game?: Baseball, The American Epic

Teen & Young Adult

Geoffrey C. Ward

Ken Burns

Sports & Outdoors

Alfred.A. Knopf

Andy Lakey: Art, Angels, and Miracles

Andy Lakey

Turner Publishing, Inc.

A land of stunning scenery and startling contrasts, of deep canyons, jagged mountains, and blistering deserts, the Southwest is the most colorful of regions, geographically and historically. It contains more national parks and monuments than any other area of the United States, a measure of its extraordinary beauty and the equally extraordinary efforts to preserve it. Paul Robert Walker’s ambitious chronological history gives readers a powerful sense of this unique region and the people—Indian, Hispanic, and Anglo—whose stories are etched into the earth. From Spanish invaders and their missions, the Santa Fe Trail, the Texas Revolution and the Mexican War, to Indian battles, gunslingers, land grabs, modern border issues, and nuclear research, Walker expertly assembles the story of the Southwest. In compelling prose, he evokes, as never before, the spirit of this corner of American from the ancient Pueblo and Hopi cultures to the New Southwest and the pressures the region faces from growth and scarcity of resources. Illustrated with contemporary photographs of landscapes from New Mexico, Arizona, and California, to Utah, Colorado, and Texas by acclaimed photographer George H.H. Huey, The Southwest captures all the magic of this awe-inspiring land.

Southwest: Gold, God, and Grandeur

Photography & Video

National Geographic

Hardcover in dustjacket, 1999 by National Geographic.

Exploring the Great Rivers of North America

Travel

Kim Heacox

Mel. White

k.m.kostyal

Canada

National Geographic Society

This engaging and often surprising collection of true tales by a noted storyteller gives young readers a highly entertaining yet accurate history of the American West. Adventures include pushing onto new frontiers with Lewis and Clark, shooting it out with the Earps and the Clantons, trying to strike it rich in the Klondike, and other memorable events!

True Tales Of The Wild West

Suzanne Fonda

History

National Geographic Children's Books

Versatile leaders optimize organizations with positive changes - persistence, realism, and transparency No one is immune to these rocky economic times. Innovative businesspeople all over the country are adapting their organizational structures to survive, profit, and compete in today s unreliable market. The practical and relevant advice in Transformational Leadership: A Blueprint for Real Organizational Change by Randy Dobbs can be applied to major corporations and small businesses alike, as well as to non-profits, universities, hospitals, and other institutions.
 Transformational Leadership differs from often dry and notoriously boring business books - it reads like a novel. In it, Dobbs provides a step-by-step guide to improving the internal structure of any organization. Effective and common sense how-to advice is supported with concrete examples of the principles at work. His leadership insights will help sharpen the skills of beginning entrepreneurs as well as veteran moguls.
 His twenty-five years in leadership positions and extensive CEO experience at three companies makes Randy Dobbs a true leadership expert. As CEO of GE Capital, IT Solutions, he was awarded General Electric's Turnaround Business of the Year Award. Now the secrets of a successful executive are compiled into a readable, practical guide for all types of leaders.

Transformational Leadership: A Blueprint for Real Organizational Change

Business & Money

Randy Dobbs

Processes & Infrastructure

Dobbs Leadership

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