Sometimes unwittingly funny, Jones's narrative voice is a feast of fine language and well-rendered dialectical precision. --Publishers WeeklyA New York Times bestsellerWon the Herodotus Award for historical fiction, sponsored by the Historical Mystery Appreciation SocietyAbel Jones, a Welsh immigrant and Union army enlistee, investigates the death of Anthony Fowler, a young volunteer captain whose murder is blamed on the ConfederatesJones pursues the blood of the battlefield through the intrigues of Washington, D.C., where evil and good intertwine
Sometimes unwittingly funny, Jones's narrative voice is a feast of fine language and well-rendered dialectical precision. --Publishers WeeklyA New Yor...
Winner of the American Library Association's W. Y. Boyd Award for Excellence in Military Fiction
Two mighty armies blunder toward each other, one led by confident, beloved Robert E. Lee and the other by dour George Meade. They'll meet in a Pennsylvania crossroads town where no one planned to fight.
In this sweeping, savagely realistic novel, the greatest battle ever fought on American soil explodes into life at Gettysburg. As generals squabble, staffs err. Tragedy unfolds for immigrants in blue and barefoot Rebels alike. The fate of our nation will be decided in a few square...
Winner of the American Library Association's W. Y. Boyd Award for Excellence in Military Fiction
Winner of the American Library Association's 2014 Boyd Award for Literary Excellence in Military Fiction. Between May 5 and June 3, 1864, the Union and Confederate armies suffered 88,000 casualties. Twenty-nine thousand were killed, wounded or captured in the first two days of combat. The savagery shocked a young, divided nation.
Against this backdrop of the birth of modern warfare and the painful rebirth of the United States, New York Times bestselling novelist Ralph Peters has created a breathtaking narrative that surpasses the drama and intensity of his recent...
Winner of the American Library Association's 2014 Boyd Award for Literary Excellence in Military Fiction. Between May 5 and June 3, 1864,...
Inhaltsangabe: Problemstellung: Die Einfuhrung von Gruppenarbeit in bisher tayloristisch gepragten Produktions- und Fertigungsbereichen hat in den letzten Jahren die okonomische Uberlegenheit dieses mitarbeiterbezogenen alternativen Arbeitsorganisationskonzepts deutlich gemacht. Die motivationalen und psychologischen Starken von Gruppenarbeit als Personalkonzept werden zur Zeit intensiv in der Literatur diskutiert. Einige Autoren versuchen dabei den auf den Produktionsbereich fokussierten Blickwinkel auf andere Bereiche der Unternehmen und andere Branchen zu erweitern und bereits gewonnene...
Inhaltsangabe: Problemstellung: Die Einfuhrung von Gruppenarbeit in bisher tayloristisch gepragten Produktions- und Fertigungsbereichen hat in den let...
Written specifically for the oil and gas industry, Reliable Maintenance Planning, Estimating, and Scheduling provides maintenance managers and engineers with the tools and techniques to create a manageable maintenance program that will save money and prevent costly facility shutdowns. The ABCs of work identification, planning, prioritization, scheduling, and execution are explained. The objective is to provide the capacity to identify, select and apply maintenance interventions that assure an effective maintenance management, while maximizing equipment performance, value creation...
Written specifically for the oil and gas industry, Reliable Maintenance Planning, Estimating, and Scheduling provides maintenance managers a...
