The Eye That Never Sleeps

Download or read book The Eye That Never Sleeps written by Marissa Moss and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wonderfully illustrated children’s biography of the great nineteenth-century detective “evokes a mysterious and exciting old-fashioned tale of espionage” (School Library Journal). Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln, but few know anything about the spy who saved his life on the way to his 1861 inauguration! In The Eye That Never Sleeps, award-winning author and illustrator Marissa Moss reveals the true story of Allen Pinkerton. A poor Scottish immigrant, Pinkerton became the first police detective in Chicago before opening the country’s most successful detective agency. He solved more than 300 murders and recover millions of dollars in stolen money. However, his greatest contribution was foiling an assassination plot against Abraham Lincoln. The Eye That Never Sleeps is illustrated with a contemporary cartoon style, mixing art and text in a way that appeals to readers of all ages. The book also includes a bibliography and a timeline.

Download or read book The Devil Never Sleeps written by Juliette Kayyem and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An urgent, transformative guide to dealing with disasters from one of today’s foremost thinkers in crisis management. The future may still be unpredictable, but nowadays, disasters are not. We live in a time of constant, consistent catastrophe, where things more often go wrong than they go right. So why do we still fumble when disaster hits? Why are we always one step behind? In The Devil Never Sleeps, Juliette Kayyem lays the groundwork for a new approach to dealing with disasters. Presenting the basic themes of crisis management, Kayyem amends the principles we rely on far too easily. Instead, she offers us a new framework to anticipate the “devil’s” inevitable return, highlighting the leadership deficiencies we need to overcome and the forward thinking we need to harness. It’s no longer about preventing a disaster from occurring, but learning how to use the tools at our disposal to minimize the consequences when it does. Filled with personal anecdotes and real-life examples from natural disasters like the California wildfires to man-made ones like the Boeing 737 MAX crisis, The Devil Never Sleeps is a guide for governments, businesses, and individuals alike on how to alter our thinking so that we can develop effective strategies in the face of perpetual catastrophe.

Download or read book The Eye Never Sleeps written by Dennis Genpo Merzel and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1991-04-09 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The radical challenge of Zen Buddhism is to drop all assumptions and prejudices and experience the truth directly. American Zen teacher Dennis Genpo Merzel brings new life to this ancient wisdom through his commentaries on a classic Chinese Zen scripture, "Verses on Faith-Mind," by the Third Patriarch of Zen, Sosan Zenji. The author strikes to the heart of Zen with clarity and force, expressing in modern terms, to an American audience, the essential wisdom and compassion of Sosan Zenji's famous poem. Full of colorful Zen lore and personal anecdotes from Dennis Genpo Merzel's life, these talks impart the Buddha's teaching directly and intimately, illuminating in simple words the timeless questions and problems of day-to-day life.

Download or read book A River Never Sleeps written by Roderick L. Haig-Brown and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few books have captured the haunting world of music and rivers and of the sport they provide as well as A River Never Sleeps. Roderick L. Haig-Brown writes of fishing not just as a sport, but also as an art. He knows moving water and the life within it—its subtlest mysteries and perpetual delights. He is a man who knows fish lore as few people ever will, and the legends and history of a great sport. Month by month, he takes you from river to river, down at last to the saltwater and the sea: in January, searching for the steelhead in the dark, cold water; in May, fishing for bright, sea-run cutthroats; and on to the chilly days of October and the majestic run of spawning salmon. All the great joy of angling is here: the thrill of fishing during a thunderstorm, the sight of a river in freshet or a river calm and hushed, the suspense of a skillful campaign to capture some half-glimpsed trout or salmon of extraordinary size, and the excitement of playing and landing a momentous fish. A River Never Sleeps is one of the enduring classics of angling. It will provide a rich reading experience for all who love fishing or rivers. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for fishermen. Our books for anglers include titles that focus on fly fishing, bait fishing, fly-casting, spin casting, deep sea fishing, and surf fishing. Our books offer both practical advice on tackle, techniques, knots, and more, as well as lyrical prose on fishing for bass, trout, salmon, crappie, baitfish, catfish, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Download or read book Why We Sleep written by Matthew Walker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity ... An explosion of scientific discoveries in the last twenty years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives. Now ... neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming"--Amazon.com.

Download or read book "The Eye that Never Sleeps" written by Frank Morn and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raises important questions about the constituencies and social functions of both public and private police from the 1850's to the 1920's. At first the agency was seen as an alternative tot he police for those fearful of expanding governmental power. In the nineteenth centure, the private police agency could fill the gap left by inadequate public police activity and jurisdiction. Pinkerton agents were soon famous for their incredible success in detecting crime and apprehending criminals. But they were also dislike fro their coercive role in labor disputes and feared for the threat to privacy that detection work in general represented.

Download or read book The Government Never Sleeps written by J. Paul Henderson and published by Cato Group, LLC. This book was released on 2011 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All over America, people -- old, young, black, white, rich, poor, liberal and conservative -- are waking up and seeing that something has gone wrong. Very wrong. This country is in deep trouble. In "The Government Never Sleeps" J. Paul Henderson tells you what the government's been up to while you were sleeping. And it's not good. The book is divided into three sections. In the first section, the author takes you on a brief tour of American history and opens your eyes to things they never taught you in school. During your short history lesson, you'll learn about how the government cracked open the door to what would ultimately allow gross abuse of federal power. The second section consists of a long list of "very bad things" the government has been doing, that are unconstitutional, ill-conceived or just plain corrupt, and how these things have diminished your freedom and transferred more wealth and power to those who were already wealthy and powerful. You'll also learn how these government policies and programs, and the trillions of dollars of debt created to finance them have brought our country to the brink of economic collapse. In the third section you'll learn what you need to do, and do now, to turn things around before it's too late. The truth is that this country is in far worse financial condition than those in power want you to know. If we don't take our country back, the end of America as we know it will come inconveniently soon. If the economy collapses, your freedom and prosperity will go with it. What will life be like? Not pleasant. The author concludes by giving you practical and affordable ways to protect yourself, your family and your assets during what are sure to be very dark days. In "The Government Never Sleeps" you'll learn something on every page, and unlike most books on this subject, "The Government Never Sleeps" is written in an informal and entertaining style that's fun to read and easy to understand. And after you've finished reading "The Government Never Sleeps" you'll never view Washington and politicians the same way again. You'll be wide awake.