A First-Rate Madness

A First-Rate Madness
Author: Nassir Ghaemi
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2012-06-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0143121332

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The New York Times bestseller “A glistening psychological history, faceted largely by the biographies of eight famous leaders . . .” —The Boston Globe “A provocative thesis . . . Ghaemi’s book deserves high marks for original thinking.” —The Washington Post “Provocative, fascinating.” —Salon.com Historians have long puzzled over the apparent mental instability of great and terrible leaders alike: Napoleon, Lincoln, Churchill, Hitler, and others. In A First-Rate Madness, Nassir Ghaemi, director of the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts Medical Center, offers a myth-shattering exploration of the powerful connections between mental illness and leadership and sets forth a controversial, compelling thesis: The very qualities that mark those with mood disorders also make for the best leaders in times of crisis. From the importance of Lincoln's "depressive realism" to the lackluster leadership of exceedingly sane men as Neville Chamberlain, A First-Rate Madness overturns many of our most cherished perceptions about greatness and the mind.

First Rate

First Rate
Author: Rif Winfield
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Total Pages: 483
Release: 2010-09-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 1473814251

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In the sailing era First Rates were the largest, most powerful and most costly ships to construct, maintain and operate. Built to the highest standards, they were lavishly decorated and given carefully considered names that reflected the pride and prestige of their country. They were the very embodiment of national power, and as such drew the attention of artists, engravers and printmakers. This means that virtually every British First Rate from the Prince Royal of 1610 to the end of sail is represented by an array of paintings, drawings, models or plans.This book is a celebration of these magnificent ships, combining an authoritative history of their development with reproductions of many of the best (and least familiar) images of the ships, chosen for their accuracy, detail and sheer visual power in an extra-large format that does full justice to the images themselves. It also includes comparative data on similar vessels in other navies, so it is a book that everyone with an interest in wooden warships will find both enlightening and a pleasure to peruse.

First Rate Living

First Rate Living
Author: Dave Stone
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2011-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1105137546

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A First Rate Tragedy

A First Rate Tragedy
Author: Diana Preston
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780618002016

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Chronicles the ill-fated attempt by explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his four companions to reach the South Pole in 1912.

From First-Year to First-Rate

From First-Year to First-Rate
Author: Barbara L. Brock
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2007-01-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1412916038

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This new edition of the bestseller features more voices from first-year teachers and provides strategies for developing a first-year induction plan to help teachers become first-rate educators.

From First Year to First Rate

From First Year to First Rate
Author: Matthew J. Jennings
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2021-08-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1475861516

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Administrators often assume new teachers come prepared with the foundational skills required to be effective teachers. Not only is this frequently a false assumption, but some of these skills do also not fully make sense until a teacher has responsibility for a classroom. To assist in the transition process, many teachers will attend orientation and be assigned a mentor. However, they will not receive professional development designed to establish the foundational skills of classroom management, direct instruction, classroom assessment and professionalism. These are the bedrock skills necessary for both short and long-term success as a professional educator. Through concise, research-based explanations and practical application activities, this book is designed to fill this void. Whether it is read alone, in concert with a mentor, or as part of a systematic district induction program, teachers that master the content of this text will become effective with their students.

A First Class Temperament

A First Class Temperament
Author: Geoffrey C. Ward
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 946
Release: 2014-09-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0804173362

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In this classic of American biography, based upon thousands of original documents, many never previously published, the prize-winning historian Geoffrey C. Ward tells the dramatic story of Franklin Roosevelt’s unlikely rise from cloistered youth to the brink of the presidency with a richness of detail and vivid sense of time, place, and personality usually found only in fiction. In these pages, FDR comes alive as a fond but absent father and an often unfeeling husband--the story of Eleanor Roosevelt’s struggle to build a life independent of him is chronicled in full–as well as a charming but pampered patrician trying to find his way in the sweaty world of everyday politics and all-too willing willing to abandon allies and jettison principle if he thinks it will help him move up the political ladder. But somehow he also finds within himself the courage and resourcefulness to come back from a paralysis that would have crushed a less resilient man and then go on to meet and master the two gravest crises of his time.

First In His Class

First In His Class
Author: David Maraniss
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 975
Release: 2008-06-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1439128359

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Who exactly is Bill Clinton, and why was he, of all the brilliant and ambitious men in his generation, the first in his class to reach the White House? Drawing on hundreds of letters, documents, and interviews, David Maraniss explores the evolution of the personality of our forty-second president from his youth in Arkansas to his 1991 announcement that he would run for the nation's highest office. In this richly textured and balanced biography, Maraniss reveals a complex man full of great flaws and great talents. First in His Class is the definitive book on Bill Clinton.

The Rate of Postage on Air Mail of the First Class

The Rate of Postage on Air Mail of the First Class
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Post Roads
Publisher:
Total Pages: 24
Release: 1946
Genre: Air mail service
ISBN:

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