Download or read book Rennie s Way written by Verna Mae Slone and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An intriguing mix of family history, lore, mountain culture, and folkways, skillfully bound together with an all-but-transparent thread of fiction.” —Library Journal When Rennie Slone’s mother dies in childbirth, the twelve-year-old girl is unexpectedly thrust into adulthood. She must keep house for her father, an itinerant preacher who finds little time for family, and raise her newborn sister—a task that becomes Rennie’s lifelong passion. Against all odds, she is determined that Sarah Ellen will have the education she herself has had to give up. This first work of fiction by Verna Mae Slone, firmly grounded in her own background, is set in the 1920s and 1930s in a closeknit community in eastern Kentucky, where family roots run deep. At its center stands as strong and resilient a heroine as any in American literature. The story of Rennie’s struggles and Sarah Ellen’s growth into womanhood form a richly textured picture of the simple, sturdy mountain people—their labor to wrest a living from the land, their neighborly care for one another, their shared joys, their quarrels with the outside world, and their distinctive dialect. We see the people of Lonesome Holler raising and preserving food, gathering for bean stringings, molasses stir-offs, play parties, and pie socials, pitching in to clear a neighbor’s land, assisting at a difficult birth, and helping to bury the dead. Verna Mae Slone, a native of Knott County, Kentucky, is the author of several books, including the bestselling memoir, What My Heart Wants to Tell. “Slone’s style, which includes dialogue written in dialect, is lively. Readers drawn to regional tales will enjoy learning about Lonesome Holler.” —Publishers Weekly

Download or read book I Have the Watch written by Jon Rennie and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you're a leader, you have the watch.Through seven deployments commanding sailors in the complex and dangerous world of nuclear submarine warfare, Jon Rennie experienced a deep form of leadership. On a sub, there is no escape. No "after work." No home to commute to. You live and lead side-by-side with the crew, every day.What Rennie didn't realize was how much his time underwater prepared him to lead global industrial businesses and startups across multiple industries.Becoming a leader worth following begins--and ends--with people."This book cuts to the heart of the matter of leadership: it's all about people." Says Joshua D. Cotton, PhD, Founder and CEO, VetStoreUSAWith a special foreword by John Brubaker, Author of Seeds of Success, Rennie lays out a case for becoming a people-centered leader. Leaders have the watch. They are not only accountable for the results of the organization, but they are also responsible for the people who work for them. Leadership is a people business. The actions of a leader will have a deep impact on the lives and careers of the people they are responsible for.Natasha Goldstein, Founder and CEO, The Accountkeepers says, "As the founder of a fast-growing, people-based business, I could not put this book down. Unlike any other book on leadership I've read, Jon boils it down to what really matters: how you treat people."Great leaders know that employees who are respected, appreciated, and are given the chance to grow will go the extra mile for your organization. This book provides real-world leadership wisdom written from a hands-on perspective. If you want to be a more effective leader, this is the one book you should read this year."Start becoming a better leader today by reading this book." Says Heather Eason, Founder and CEO, SELECT Power Systems

Download or read book All in the Same Boat written by Jon Rennie and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deployed nuclear submarine operates alone - hundreds of miles from any support and hundreds of feet below the surface.An emotionless and indifferent enemy constantly surrounds the crew. Thousands of pounds of sea pressure sit right over their heads, waiting to crush them like a tin can and send them to the bottom of the ocean. Even the most junior sailor's mistake can result in loss of the submarine and everyone on it.To accomplish their mission and return safely home to their families, a submarine crew relies entirely on the actions of their fellow sailors. There is shared responsibility as well as shared vulnerability. Regardless of rank or experience, every sailor is vitally important.When Jon Rennie reported to the USS Tennessee as a young junior officer, he had no idea what to expect. He didn't realize he was heading out on a four-year adventure that would change his life and establish leadership principles that he would rely on for decades.On a submarine crew, officers and sailors work together in cramped spaces and challenging conditions to accomplish complex missions with no room for failure. As Rennie moved into leadership positions in the business world, he found that the basic underlying principles for success at sea also led to high-performing teams on land.Leaders succeed when they create a unified team with a singular mission - when all employees perform like they are all in the same boat.

Download or read book The Unequal City written by John Rennie Short and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years there has been intense scholarly and public interest in the changing nature of cities. Cities around the world have seen an increase in population and capital investments in land and building, a shift in central city populations as the poor are forced out, and a radical restructuring of urban space. The Unequal City tells the story of urban change and acts as a comprehensive guide to the Urban Now. A number of trends are examined including: the role of liquid capital; the resurgence of population; the construction of megaprojects and hosting of global megaevents; the role of the new rich; and the emergence of a new middle class.

Download or read book Restaurant Nathan Outlaw written by Nathan Outlaw and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crowned Britain's number 1 restaurant by The Good Food Guide in 2017, Restaurant Nathan Outlaw is the only fish restaurant in the UK to hold 2 Michelin stars, and this beautiful book showcases the very best the restaurant offers. Built around the seasons in its Port Isaac home, the book celebrates a culinary year of the village, exploring the place, people and produce of a small but perfectly formed coastal landscape and their contribution to the culinary excellent of Restaurant Nathan Outlaw. Within these pages, Nathan has selected 80 of his favourite recipes that feature on the restaurant's menu. From early spring, recipes include crab and asparagus, cuttlefish fritters with a wild garlic soup, and plaice with mussels and samphire. From there, Nathan travels right through the seasonal offerings of the Cornish coastline through to late winter, when delights include turbot, champagne and caviar, and lemon sole with oysters, cucumber and dill. With photography from the legendary David Loftus, Restaurant Nathan Outlaw will be one of the most desirable cookery books of the year.

Download or read book Bodily Harm written by Margaret Atwood and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the New York Times bestselling novels The Handmaid’s Tale—now an Emmy Award-winning Hulu original series—and Alias Grace, now a Netflix original series. A powerfully and brilliantly crafted novel, Bodily Harm is the story of Rennie Wilford, a young journalist whose life has begun to shatter around the edges. Rennie flies to the Caribbean to recuperate, and on the tiny island of St. Antoine she is confronted by a world where her rules for survival no longer apply. By turns comic, satiric, relentless, and terrifying, Margaret Atwood's Bodily Harm is ultimately an exploration of the lust for power, both sexual and political, and the need for compassion that goes beyond what we ordinarily mean by love.

Download or read book Free Agent written by Rennie Curran and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wealth On Any Income written by Rennie Gabriel and published by Unistar Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Every Other Sunday written by Jean Rennie and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes how she worked her way up from scullery maid during the Depression to become one of England's finest cooks

Download or read book Close to the Heel written by Norah McClintock and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the request of his late grandfather, Rennie goes to Iceland to right an old wrong, and gets drawn into investigating a murder.

Download or read book The Society of the Horseman s Grip and Word written by Society of Esoteric Endeavour and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Financial Calculus written by Martin Baxter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-09-19 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rigorous introduction to the mathematics of pricing, construction and hedging of derivative securities.

Download or read book Tallgrass written by Sandra Dallas and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2007-04-03 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential American novel from Sandra Dallas, an unparalleled writer of our history, and our deepest emotions... During World War II, a family finds life turned upside down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small Colorado town. After a young girl is murdered, all eyes (and suspicions) turn to the newcomers, the interlopers, the strangers. This is Tallgrass as Rennie Stroud has never seen it before. She has just turned thirteen and, until this time, life has pretty much been what her father told her it should be: predictable and fair. But now the winds of change are coming and, with them, a shift in her perspective. And Rennie will discover secrets that can destroy even the most sacred things. Part thriller, part historical novel, Tallgrass is a riveting exploration of the darkest--and best--parts of the human heart.

Download or read book Bleakwarrior written by Alistair Rennie and published by Blood Bound Books. This book was released on 2016-06-05 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Alistair Rennie and BleakWarrior "Transgressive and hard-edged" - Jeff VanderMeer, Nebula award winning author of the Southern Reach trilogy "Flabbergasting Black Metal New Weird" - Edward Morris, author of the Blackguard series "Death, violence, and inappropriate sex" - Neil Williamson, author of The Moon King For eons, the ancient and powerful Meta-Warriors have betrayed, despoiled, and slain each other in a relentless pursuit of total mutual destruction. Who they are, what they are, what purposes they serve-none can tell. As they exact their dismal retributions against one another, with whatever skulduggery proves necessary for achieving those ends, they do not care to wonder why. Except for one. And he will kill all who stand in the way of him discovering who-and what-he is. Or die trying. They call him BleakWarrior. Descend into a world of dark metaphysics, ultra-violence, senseless mayhem, and transgressive sex with a simultaneously brutal and brilliant fantasy novel unlike any other.

Download or read book Ride Proud Rebel written by Andre Norton and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civil war buffs and historical fiction fans alike will enjoy Andre Norton's Ride Proud, Rebel! This detailed and emotionally resonant account focuses on the personal sacrifices and astounding courage of rebel soldiers in the waning days of the Confederacy.

Download or read book Burn for Burn written by Jenny Han and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three teenaged girls living on Jar Island band together to enact revenge on the people that have hurt them.

Download or read book What Does It Take to Be a Star written by Rennie Curran and published by . This book was released on 2017-07 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young boy goes on a journey to discover what it takes to become famous. Through meeting the people he looks up to most, he quickly learns that it takes a lot more than a dream, and ends up on a mission of self-discovery. Will he be able to uncover the mystery of stardom and understand what it takes to become a star?