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Book I ve Always Kept a Unicorn

Download or read book I ve Always Kept a Unicorn written by Mick Houghton and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I've Always Kept a Unicorn tells the story of Sandy Denny, one of the greatest British singers of her time and the first female singer-songwriter to produce a substantial and enduring body of original songs. Sandy Denny laid down the marker for folk-rock when she joined Fairport Convention in 1968, but her music went far beyond this during the seventies. After leaving Fairport she formed Fotheringay, whose influential eponymous album was released in 1970, before collaborating on a historic one-off recording with Led Zeppelin - the only other vocalist to record with Zeppelin in their entire career - and releasing four solo albums across the course of the decade. Her tragic and untimely death came in 1978. Sandy emerged from the folk scene of the sixties - a world of larger-than-life characters such as Alex Campbell, Jackson C. Frank, Anne Briggs and Australian singer Trevor Lucas, whom she married in 1973. Their story is at the core of Sandy's later life and work, and is told with the assistance of more than sixty of her friends, fellow musicians and contemporaries, one of whom, to paraphrase McCartney on Lennon, observed that she sang like an angel but was no angel.

Book Peter S  Beagle   s The Last Unicorn

Download or read book Peter S Beagle s The Last Unicorn written by Timothy S. Miller and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book China Unicorn Memoirs

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robin Soo
  • Publisher : iUniverse
  • Release : 2003-05-06
  • ISBN : 0595275222
  • Pages : 524 pages

Download or read book China Unicorn Memoirs written by Robin Soo and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-05-06 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Control of all triads rests on ownership of the ancient unicorn. Priests decree the true owner is recorded in memoirs of an American Andrew Goodwest. Lily Shan unravels the true owner by reading the memoirs. She finds much more and understands China better by reading about Andrew's finding of Hong Kong and Shanghai. His son Ben's dealing with Sun Yat San and a Shanghai mobster Boss Hwang. Ben's granddaughter Mai Lin tells about 1920's Shanghai, Warlords, Japanese invasion, Long March and Civil wars. Lily finds a Tibetan to fight against Dragon Wu and wins.

Book Unicorns

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  • Author : Skye Alexander
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2015-07-15
  • ISBN : 1440590540
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book Unicorns written by Skye Alexander and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enchanting treasury of unicorn lore! For thousands of years, unicorns have captured hearts, minds, and imaginations with their whimsical, mischievous spirit. This enchanting collection invites you to leap into their magical world and surround yourself in the tales that capture their power and beauty. Filled with dozens of magnificent illustrations, each page brings your favorite mythical creature to life right before your eyes--shimmering mane and all. So get ready for a magic-filled adventure--Unicorns takes you on a journey you won't soon forget.

Book Being the Unicorn

Download or read book Being the Unicorn written by Gregg J. Herning and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a unicorn enters the room, people look in amazement and are certain that something magical is about to happen. When a unicorn enters the room, people look in amazement and are certain that something magical is about to happen. Gregg J. Herning, a business unicorn who has crafted a personal brand to stand out from the masses, shares lessons on how being a unicorn can lead to personal and business success in this guide to making an impact.He shares lessons from visionaries who dared to be different, including: Jack Welch, the outspoken chairman and CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 2001, who boosted the value of the company 4,000 percent during his tenure. Steve Jobs, who may have used his horn a bit recklessly when it came to forging lasting relationships, but whose relentless passion for innovation and perfection in design and marketing changed our lives profoundly. Coach Bill Belichick of the world-champion New England Patriots, who consistently outthinks, outwits, and outmaneuvers his opponents.Whether youre an operational specialist, sales professional responsible for driving revenue, a seasoned manager or an emerging leader, its essential to stand out from the crowd in order to gain an advantage.Boost your career, develop a personal brand, help others, and declutter your life by mastering the art of Being the Unicorn.

Book Aldous Huxley Annual

Download or read book Aldous Huxley Annual written by Bernfried Nugel and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aldous Huxley Annual is the official publication of the Aldous Huxley Society at the Center for Aldous Huxley Studies in MÃ?1⁄4nster, Germany. The Society publishes essays on the life, times, and interests of Aldous Huxley and his circle. It aspires to be the sort of periodical that Huxley would have wanted to read and to which he might have contributed. Aldous Huxley Annual celebrates its 10th anniversary with a special double numbered issue. The chief contributor on this momentous occasion is Aldous Huxley himself. Volume 10/11 contains a treasure trove of new Huxley items - such as letters, poems, stories, talks, proposals, introductions, and playlets - all arranged in chronological order. The contributions date from 1916 and run through 1963, the year of Huxley's death. Moreover, for the first time, Huxley is presented as an accomplished painter - the book's editors are proud to have procured reproductions of five Huxley paintings owned by his grandchildren Teresa and Mark Trevenen Huxley. The concluding section of the book consists of several articles on particular aspects of Huxley's work. (Series: Aldous Huxley Annual - Vol. 10)

Book Classic Questions and Contemporary Film

Download or read book Classic Questions and Contemporary Film written by Dean A. Kowalski and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-08-24 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring significant revisions and updates, Classic Questions and Contemporary Film: An Introduction to Philosophy, 2nd Edition uses popular movies as a highly accessible framework for introducing key philosophical concepts Explores 28 films with 18 new to this edition, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Hotel Rwanda, V for Vendetta, and Memento Discusses numerous philosophical issues not covered in the first edition, including a new chapter covering issues of personal identity, the meaningfulness of life and death, and existentialism Offers a rich pedagogical framework comprised of key classic readings, chapter learning outcomes, jargon-free argument analysis, critical thinking and trivia questions, a glossary of terms, and textboxes with notes on the movies discussed Revised to be even more accessible to beginning philosophers

Book Decoding India s Unicorn which is Copied by Other Countries

Download or read book Decoding India s Unicorn which is Copied by Other Countries written by Sankalp Awasthi and published by Blue Rose Publishers. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amidst a sea of literature focusing on startups and CEOs, a conspicuous scarcity of detailed case studies exists. This book endeavors to rectify this by providing a fresh perspective. It chronicles how Ritesh Agarwal and his 'oyo-preneurs' guided their company to unicorn status and delves into their resilience during the challenging COVID-19 lockdown, exploring both survival and resurgence. Beyond unicorn achievement, the narrative unveils the intricate tales behind Oyo's controversies. It's crucial to clarify that a lack of execution knowledge doesn't denote ineptitude. Tailored for aspiring entrepreneurs, the book serves as a guide, empowering them to overcome challenges and succeed in the competitive race. Meticulously crafted, it incorporates valuable information and insightful advice, enabling startup founders to commence their extraordinary journeys without relying on foolproof actions. This case study stands as the most straightforward resource, offering unparalleled insights for those aspiring to join the ranks of startup founders, whether on their bookshelves or through social media platforms.

Book Love

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alexander Zeldin
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2017-04-06
  • ISBN : 1350041459
  • Pages : 89 pages

Download or read book Love written by Alexander Zeldin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: But you can't do this to us - my partner is about to have a baby and we need to eat and pay rent - and we need to eat - how is this legal! In the run-up to Christmas, three families are placed into cramped temporary accommodation. A middle-aged man and his elderly mum, a young family with a baby on the way, a newly arrived woman from Sudan. Strangers. Forced together. No space is personal. In this play by Alexander Zeldin, written through a devising process, the audience are invited to bear witness to an intimate story of family love for our times. Love received its world premiere at the National Theatre, London, in the Dorfman Theatre, on 13 December 2016 and opened at Birmingham Rep on 26 January 2017.

Book The Unicorn Within

Download or read book The Unicorn Within written by Linda K. Yates and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine if the multinational hotel groups had founded Airbnb, or the big auto companies had launched Uber and Tesla, or Blockbuster had created Netflix. Large companies can start new ventures. You have ideas, talent, brand, capital—you have customers—you can strike back. In The Unicorn Within, Mach49 founder and CEO Linda Yates empowers large companies to beat startups at their own game—to build a pipeline and portfolio of new ventures to drive meaningful growth. How? With a teachable, repeatable, scalable method focused 100 percent on execution across the spectrum of venture creation from Ideate to Incubate, Accelerate, and Scale. She also offers keys to managing the Mothership and seizing the Mothership advantage to ensure your ventures reach escape velocity and thrive. And don't stop at just one venture. Yates also lays out her blueprint for building a Venture Factory capable of becoming your company's growth engine for years to come. The next Unicorns don't have to come from Silicon Valley. Regardless of your company's industry, geography, or history, they can come from you. Whether you're the CEO, a member of the C-suite, or an internal entrepreneur, you can help your company grow. With this book's proven method, you can unleash the Unicorn within.

Book The Unicorn

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1918
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book The Unicorn written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Labour Law

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hugh Collins
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2012-09-27
  • ISBN : 113957714X
  • Pages : 1021 pages

Download or read book Labour Law written by Hugh Collins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 1021 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on their successful cases and materials book, Collins, Ewing and McColgan present an entirely restructured and freshly written new textbook on employment law. Comprehensive and engaging, it combines detailed analysis and commentary on the law with short contextual extracts to fully equip the labour law student. Carefully balancing clear exposition of legal principles with critical and scholarly analysis, this is the definitive textbook on the subject written by the UK's foremost employment law scholars. The book's 20-part structure maps logically onto either a full or half module employment law course. Chapter introductions and conclusions and an uncluttered text design carefully guide the student through the material. Innovative case studies show the law 'in action' and discussion of the globalised workplace gives the work a contemporary feel. Put simply, this is required reading for all students of the subject.

Book Be the Unicorn

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Vanderbloemen
  • Publisher : HarperCollins Leadership
  • Release : 2023-11-14
  • ISBN : 140024711X
  • Pages : 238 pages

Download or read book Be the Unicorn written by William Vanderbloemen and published by HarperCollins Leadership. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to stand out from the crowd? We have studied 30,000 top leaders and have discovered the 12 habits they share that make them as rare as a unicorn. Learn these habits, and you’ll be one of the best at whatever you do! How do I stand out? How do I become irreplaceable? With a crowded workforce, an unstable job landscape, and the rise of AI, these questions are the ones that everyone either is or should be asking. William Vanderbloemen has asked these questions over the past 15 years while running one of the world’s top executive search firms. Through extensive research of over 30,000 top leaders and proprietary data, Vanderbloemen has identified the 12 habits that the best of the best have in common. Traits such as authenticity, responsiveness, agility, and the ability to problem solve, among others. Each habit includes information on What We Know (the hard data behind why the habit is so transformative), What We’ve Seen (first-hand accounts by high-achieving professionals on how they live the habit), and What We Do (simple ways to build this habit into your daily routine). Be the Unicorn will help you: Discover the top twelve soft skills the most successful leaders, the top 1%, have. Understand how to develop these soft skills in your own life for better job success. Learn how to apply soft skills to interpersonal relationships outside of work. Understand how these soft skills can be applied in different work environments and job fields, especially with the rise of AI technology.

Book God in the Act of Reference

Download or read book God in the Act of Reference written by Erica Appelros and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To claim to believe in God without accepting that God exists independently of human minds would mean reducing God to merely a human construct, thus not real enough for being the object of religious worship. This book sets out to challenge this common view on existence and religious belief. Arguing from concrete examples of language use in children's make-believe play and other ordinary situations, Erica Appelros suggests that what makes us consider something to be real involves our capacities to relate to our surroundings - not only on grounds of their physical characteristics but also on grounds of human construction. This book makes a substantial contribution to the contemporary debate within philosophy of religion on religious realism and non-realism, and suggests innovative and constructive solutions to the perennial philosophical and religious issue of what is meant by talking about God and God's existence.

Book Ridley Scott

    Book Details:
  • Author : Vincent LoBrutto
  • Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
  • Release : 2019-05-17
  • ISBN : 0813177111
  • Pages : 285 pages

Download or read book Ridley Scott written by Vincent LoBrutto and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2019-05-17 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the iconic and influential film director’s life and work, from the author of Stanley Kubrick: A Biography. With celebrated works such as Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, and Gladiator, Ridley Scott has secured his place in Hollywood. This legendary director and filmmaker has had an undeniable influence on art and the culture of filmmaking, but is also a respected media businessman. In Ridley Scott: A Biography, Vincent LoBrutto delves into Ridley Scott’s oeuvre in a way that allows readers to understand the yin and yang of his exceptional career, offering a unique crosscut between the biographical facts of Scott’s personal life—his birth and early days in northeast England, his life in New York City—and his career in Hollywood as a director and producer of television commercials, TV series, miniseries, and feature films. Every film is presented, analyzed, and probed for a greater understanding of the visionary, his personality, and his thought process, for a deeper perception of his astounding work and accomplishments. The voices of cast and crew who have worked with Ridley Scott, as well as the words of the man himself, are woven throughout this book for a fully realized, critical biography, revealing the depth of the artist and his achievements.

Book Unicorns I Have Known

Download or read book Unicorns I Have Known written by Robert Vavra and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1983-09-26 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of unicorn legends and lore--drawn from such sources as the Bible, myth, art, and literature--enhanced by full-color photographs

Book The Unicorn Glade

    Book Details:
  • Author : Willa Dawn Cotton
  • Publisher : AuthorHouse
  • Release : 2010-04-15
  • ISBN : 1467058890
  • Pages : 408 pages

Download or read book The Unicorn Glade written by Willa Dawn Cotton and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Life was good for Baby Gin. Growing up in the rural South, she was the apple of her daddy's eye and was coddled and spoiled by a loving housekeeper and an elder brother who thought she could do no wrong. And she was in love. Baby Gin lived for the summers when she knew Cary Ellington would come to stay with his grandfather. She had grand designs for marrying him when she was all grown up. Of course, she took for granted that Cary would see things the same way. It never occurred to her that a ten-year age difference would be of consequence to him. But we all know what they say about a woman scorned. The Unicorn Glade is a coming-of-age story of a girl's quest for understanding of the world around her, especially when she realizes that she can't always get what she wants. It is a journey of self discovery and self realization, of finding her way out of darkness and learning to see beauty in the world even when things do not feel so beautiful. Written in a style evocative of the South, the book is peopled by a host of quirky characters who live in and around the small town of Indianola, Mississippi. The author's smooth, soothing, sometimes rambling prose brings to mind hot summer nights and warm gentle breezes, and will have you reaching for a cool mint julep by the end of the first page. A light-hearted, humorous, and often irreverent book, it is filled with anecdotes and old Southern expressions, with a heaping helping of gossip served on the side.