Public Memory

On March 14, 1912, Hillsville, Virginia, native Floyd Allen (1856–1913) was convicted of three criminal charges: assault, maiming, and the rescue of prisoners in custody. What had begun as a scuffle between Allen's nephews over a young woman ended with him being charged as the guilty party after he allegedly hit a deputy in the head with a pistol.

Do you know what separates leaders from losers? Now, I want you to think for a second. What do you think separates super-successful people from the rest of the crowd? Is it money? Maybe fame? Or maybe they are just gifted? I will tell you this: If you take everything - all the money, fame, even talents - from a person who has built his or her success from early-career days, this person will build back everything and even more.

Do you feel like you keep missing opportunities to do better? Are you stuck in a sluggish routine that dampens your productivity? Emotional intelligence is the key to many of life’s most important doors: personal motivation and success, improved self-discipline, effortless charisma, and even improved presentation and memory skills!

Edmar Lisboa Bacha revisita a trajetória acadêmica e profissional que o levou até o mais bem-sucedido projeto de estabilização econômica do Brasil.

If people, communities, or even nations lose their memory, they lose their character. That is why cultures throughout the world work at maintaining their identity and passing traditions along to future generations. But what if a nation purposely decides it no longer wants to remember its history? What if a country imposes amnesia on itself? Helen Krieble argues persuasively that this is precisely what has happened to America. It has lost the memory of its own founding principles, and the sacrifices made over the past 250 years to preserve them.

John Locke's theory of toleration is generally seen as advocating the privatization of religion. This interpretation has become conventional wisdom: secularization is widely understood as entailing the privatization of religion, and the separation of religion from power. This audiobook turns that conventional wisdom on its head and argues that Locke secularizes religion, that is, makes it worldly, public, and political. In the name of diverse citizenship, Locke reconstructs religion as persuasion, speech, and fashion.

Do you know the biggest secret to having a more fulfilling and successful life? Emotional intelligence. In fact, happiness is actually a trainable and attainable skill! This Emotional Intelligence Bible box set includes a powerful collection of eight audiobooks that will skyrocket every area of your personal, emotional, and relationship growth. You will quickly learn how to have more rewarding and fulfilling relationships, as well as a more successful and enriching professional life.