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A knowledge of China's imperial history is vital for any understanding of its present, as modern China is linked in many ways to the extraordinary culture of its empire. These 24 lectures take you to the heart of life during China's imperial era, through the lives of individual subjects of all social ranks. Across the arc of the course, you'll witness what daily life was like for government bureaucrats, for scholars, for women of the court, for soldiers, merchants, craftspeople, courtesans, imperial cooks, and many others.

The Art of War, also known as the Sūnzǐ, is a classic Chinese text on competitive strategy. It has influenced modern military and political strategists, East and West, and is considered a major landmark in the history of strategic thought. In these 12 lectures, Professor Wilson leads you in plumbing the depths of the text, understanding its historical context and profile, while grasping its application to contemporary politics, business, sports, and more.

Certain works of literature, history, science, philosophy, political theory and religion offer powerful examples of how books can spark revolutions, birth great religions, spur scientific advancements, shape world economies, teach us new ways of thinking, and much more. And with this fascinating collection crafted from our extensive library of courses, you can now get a single course that represents 36 of our best lectures on literary works that changed the world.

This second volume of a must-listen collection contains 15 bibliomysteries by best-selling and award-winning authors.

For the Sake of the Game is the latest volume in the award-winning series from New York Times best-selling editors Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger, with stories of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and friends in a variety of eras and forms. King and Klinger have a simple formula: Ask some of the world's greatest writers-regardless of genre - to be inspired by the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle. The results are surprising and joyous.

In this updated and expanded edition of Human + Machine—including a new chapter on gen AI—Daugherty and Wilson show that the essence of the AI paradigm shift is the transformation of all business processes within an organization, whether related to breakthrough innovation, everyday customer service, or personal productivity habits. As humans and smart machines collaborate ever more closely, work processes become more fluid and adaptive, enabling companies to change them on the fly—or completely reimagine them.

Fifteen-year-old Maleek Warden's high school life was normal...at least before three strange things changed his world forever. Strange thing #1: Finding a dying angelic being impaled to a tree. Strange thing #2: Said angelic being delivering to him a message from another realm. Strange thing #3: Discovering the reality of gifted human warriors, invisible divine beings, and a chaotic war hidden in plain sight.

Pierce the curtain of reality into a world of the bizarre and the macabre: a midnight realm of the creaking footsteps on the stairs, of the pale visage in the dark, and of the tingling shivers down your spine.

From Napoleon's revolutionary campaigns to the way insurgency, terrorism, and nuclear weaponry have defined the nature of warfare in the 21st century, the results of military strategy have changed the course of history. These 24 thought-provoking lectures give you an inside look at both the content and historical context of the world's greatest war strategists. From the triremes and hoplites of ancient Greece to the Special Forces in 21st-century Afghanistan, strategy is the process by which political objectives are translated into military action.

When all the species of birds, trees, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, wildflowers, dragonflies, tiger beetles, and ants are tallied, Alabama harbors more species than ninety percent of the other states in the US. The state's 4,533 species, with more being inventoried and discovered each year, are supported by no less than sixty-four distinct ecological systems—each a unique blend of soil, water, sunlight, heat, and natural disturbance regimes. Although Alabama is teeming with life, the state's prominence as a refuge for plants and animals is poorly appreciated. 

Christians believe that the Bible is the "word of God." But to what text does this refer? Is it the Bible translation I hold in my hands? Is it a textual family behind the King James Version? Is it a modern critical text, with its attempt to recover a single "original"? Or is it something else? In this lively debate about the world's most influential book, two Christian intellectuals confront this subject head-on. Both participants come from a conservative evangelical tradition, and yet passionately disagree about what version of the New Testament is truly God-breathed.

Sun Tzu's The Art of War is a landmark achievement in the evolution of strategic thought. So universal and timeless are its tactics for pursuing a competitive advantage that some of the most notable people in government, sports, and the entertainment world have all quoted from its nearly 2500-year-old pages.

The Ancestral Diet focuses on eliminating carbohydrates and processed foods to reduce the risk of dangerous health conditions. It combines ketogenic and carnivore eating with intermittent fasting that will help you burn off excess weight faster and healthier than other ways you might have tried....

Proactive tax planning for 2025 and beyond. This book is for business owners who would like to better protect what they have created, pay less tax, increase cash flow and enjoy more life. A lot of tax professionals are compliance focused rather than planning focused. As such they may not be looking at ways to improve your future but rather focused on accounting for the past. As an entrepreneur you are always focused on the future and looking to optimize your business and its value.

Jesse Callahan was happy with his life in the saddle, collecting bounties and rambling the wilderness with his trusty mare, Birdy. Then one night, deep in the rugged mountains of New Mexico Territory, he came across the famous Black Spur Ranch.

I’ve spent more time in school hallways than I can count. The clatter of lockers slamming shut, the low hum of whispered conversations, the hurried footsteps of students rushing to beat the bell; all of it has become as familiar to me as the sound of my own name. Some days, school feels like a second home, a place where friendships form in the gaps between lessons and where the smallest moments - a shared laugh, a passed note, a knowing glance across the room - become the ones you remember long after the final bell rings. Thuggish Itch: School is a collection of stories set in the world ...

I rescued her. In return, she captured my heart. Winter: I’m the North Side’s best potion dealer. Everyone in Chicago knows. What I’m not is a thief, but when a handsome dragon rescues me from a thirsty vampire’s clutches, what I want most is the one thing I can’t have. But I won’t let that stop me because our chemistry is enough to make my head spin and my heart swell. Kyle: I like to think I’m a good guy. Rescuing a beautiful stranger proves my theory and more, but there’s a problem.

After experiencing the pain and agony of divorce, ordained minister Freda R. Wilson now helps others to build their futures that are better, both inside and out. With her more than 20 years of experience working with individuals and couples, she helps those suffering from divorce recover from what may seem like the darkest period of their life.

FNH Audio present the first in a new series of science fiction short story collections. A journalist on Mars finds himself in the middle of a coup. An underground operative discovers a man with a formula for winning a planetary war. A lone hunter takes to space to bring down the legendary giant space bat. The best of space detectives gets caught up in an interplanetary extortion ring. In Jorgensen's Worlds secret operative Retief gets dispatched to a frozen world to face off an invasion. Peeten is the guard for the last of the Martian water, when an alien drops into his world...

The mission is simple. Find my target. Gut her like a fish. In and out, and I'm home free. That's the plan, until an intense glare catches my attention. A few drinks and some harmless flirting with a handsome stranger changes everything. My target is his fiancee and that spells trouble for me. Burn into this steamy dragon romance about a forbidden love, with HEA.