Journey back in time to discover the fascinating histories of nine ancient civilizations, including lesser-known empires such as Ayutthaya and Benin.

You may know of the Vikings, the Aztecs and the Mongols - perhaps even Minoa, Mali and Benin. But what about Kamakura, Achaemenid and Ayutthaya? This captivating collection of histories uncovers the secrets behind nine of the world's greatest empires.

With exciting stories to tell of power-hungry leaders, incredible riches and legendary battles, Rise and Fall reveals why each empire rose to power, what life was like, and what led to its eventual downfall. Not forgetting the legacies - and lessons - they left behind for us.

Detail-packed illustrations by Peter Allen (Atlas of Amazing Architecture, Cicada 2021) bring the stories to life, taking young readers on an immersive voyage of discovery to the ancient world.

This fact-filled guide for kids 7 to 17 explores the world of architecture as you've never seen it before, from tiny shacks to vast palaces - and everything in between!

''Given the global spread of coverage and the unusual buildings chosen, this is a must for children's history, art, and architecture collections. -- Booklist Starred Review

''A delightful and informative trip around the globe. -- School Library Journal

''The illustrations are fresh and the book has a whimsical feel about it. It's unusual and delightful and it should definitely be on any parents list!'' -- The Portugal News

''A wonderful book to generate interest in the built environment. -- Goodreads

This atlas of architectural wonders eschews the classic children's book fare of the Pyramids and the Taj Mahal, and instead takes a broader view of what constitutes amazing architecture. Buildings include: the Jameh mosque of Isfahan in Iran, Native American plank houses in New Mexico, Stave Churches in Norway, The Djinguereber Mosque in Mali, and extraordinary 18th century wooden churches on Kizhi Island, Russia.

Over 50 buildings span all the continents equally throughout history. Each of these buildings is visually striking and architecturally noteworthy; they introduce new engineering technologies or define a movement or capture the essence of a moment in human history. However, despite their significance, they are, for the most part, not part of the main Western architectural canon.

This book seeks out a more diverse, inclusive approach to what constitutes amazing architecture, and presents it with fresh illustration and clear, punchy text.

Established illustrator Peter Allen, whose work has been published extensively by Usborne and Walker, brings the illustrations alive in his typical playful and dynamic style.

Let's be honest, Social Security can be complicated.

Social Security is vital to many people's retirement plans. Yet is so shrouded in uncertainty. There are so many different rules, income limitations, age requirements, cut-offs, and so on that it can drive a person mad.

Your choices influence the size of your Social Security checks and making mistakes could accidentally shrink them.

Understanding how your decisions affect your Social Security benefits can help you avoid devastating mistakes that could cost you tens of thousands of dollars over your retirement. Or cost you and your family important benefits.

Find out what's important to you and get the information you need...Read on to learn all you need to know about Social Security.

Here is just a tiny amount of what you will discover inside:

• The BEST Age to file for Social Security

• Avoid depending on your children, family, relatives, or the community

• How to calculate Your Social Security Benefits (3 Easy Steps)

• Social Security Mistakes that have BIG consequences

• Why early retirement could be an expensive mistake and the secret to maximum benefits (patience pays off)

• How to easily apply for Social Security within twenty minutes

• The MAIN reason why people stop receiving disability benefits and how to avoid it

• The Four Parts of Medicare and what they mean for you

• Are Social Security benefits taxed?

• The best ways to make your claim decisions much easier and quicker

• What to do when your claim is denied

And much, much more..

Social Security encompasses more than just retirement benefits, and the more you know, the more money you might collect from it.

It can seem confusing and this book will help you in making the best decision for you instead of relying on some generic advice you find online or hear on the TV.

Find it all in one place, This Book.

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to others. Douglas MacArthur

In leadership, you need to be able to play to your strengths and look towards overcoming your limitations. The first and most important step is identifying and understanding your leadership style. Without this self analysis, it's impossible to know what your strengths and limitations are.

Think about it....Where do you want to be a year from now?

• Do you want to be recognized as a leader that is on top of their game?
• Or do you want to be left where you are now-still struggling?
• Are you ready to face defeat or are you ready to become the best leader you can truly be?

There's not a moment to waste, it's time to take your leadership style to the next level

Leadership skills are essential for everyone, and the great news is that they can be learned, meaning that there's no excuse for poor leadership. Working with science is a way to identify and cultivate crucial leadership qualities and strengths.

This book will provide you with concise, powerful, no-nonsense advice. The information is based on experience and research ranging from neuroscience, to social psychology, and is backed up by statistical data and analysis.

In Leadership 2.0, you have each of these key characteristics and skills neatly laid out over each of the nine chapters. It's not just for all the leaders out there, it's also for supervisors, team leaders, managers, coaches, teachers, entrepreneurs, and employees-in short, this book is for anyone who would like to learn to strengthen their professional and interpersonal relationships.

In this book you will discover:

• Leadership, Management Techniques & Communication Skills (based on research from neuroscience to social psychology)
• What You Need to Become A Leader & What People Look for In A Leader
• Become A Leader People Like (without treating it as a popularity contest)
• The Top 5 Communication Secrets Of Great Leaders
• How to Motivate & Inspire Your People During Difficult Times
• How Elon Musk Got SpaceX Off The Ground (and onto Mars) - despite facing bankruptcy and ridicule by those within his own organization
• Using Data and Statics To Measure The Impact of Leadership Styles
• The Art of Connecting with Others & Delegating Work Effectively
• Six Ways Highly Effective Leaders Deal With Change
• Authoritarian Leadership and why it leads to toxicity ( learn from the failures of Julius Caesar, Adolf Hitler and more)
• Insights From The Great Leadership Experts (Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, Jack Welch, and more)

And much, much more...

This book is a must-read for all leaders, no matter the industry or leadership situation you find yourself in. Even as a parent, you will benefit from the information on these pages.

The choice now lies in your hands. I look forward to having you join me, Peter Allen, author and business leader, on this life-altering leadership journey

Become the very best version of yourself and the type of leader that others would want to follow.

Reach for your dreams with Leadership 2.0

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to others. Douglas MacArthur

Leadership skills are essential for everyone, and the great news is that they can be learned, meaning that there's no excuse for poor leadership. Working with science is a way to identify and cultivate crucial leadership qualities and strengths.

This book will provide you with concise, powerful, no-nonsense advice. The information is based on experience and research ranging from neuroscience, to social psychology, and is backed up by statistical data and analysis.

Grab your chance to own this Complete Leadership Guide by Peter Allen

Including:

• Inspiring Leadership: A Guide to Mastering Leadership, Business Management, Organisation, Development and Building High Performance Teams
• Leadership 2.0: Leading Successful Teams, Businesses, Communications and Decisions Based On Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Leadership Principles

Everyone, at some point in their life, will be asked to be a Leader

Whilst some are naturally blessed with leadership skills others can still learn to become leaders through improving particular skills.

In this complete guide it's laid out and it's not just for all the leaders out there, it's also for supervisors, team leaders, managers, coaches, teachers, entrepreneurs, and employees-in short, this book is for anyone who would like to learn to strengthen their professional and interpersonal relationships.

Inside You Wil Discover:

• The Pillars of Building A Successful Company Culture & High Performance Teams
• Using Your 30% Innate Talents to Turn You Into a Great Leader
• Family Leadership - Becoming a Successful & Effective Parent
• Simple Ways To Motivate & Inspire Your People During Difficult Times
• Fear-Vs-Respect & Why Leading Through Fear Is Never The Answer
• Listening - The Secret Weapon of Powerful Leaders + The Keys To Successfully Implementing It
• How Authenticity Makes a Leader More Real' + The 5 Basics That Make a Leader More Authentic
• Leadership Lessons from History's Most Powerful (Napoleon, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli and more)
• The Perils, Advantages + When To Use Donald Trump's Autocratic Leadership Style
• What Makes a Good Leader & Does Gender Matter?
• How Elon Musk Got SpaceX Off The Ground (and onto Mars) - despite facing bankruptcy and ridicule
• Insights From The Great Leadership Experts (Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, Jack Welch, and more)

And much, much more...

Are you ready to further advance your personal or professional influence and become a great leader?

Take action and increase your leadership skills, expand your influence and become the best leader you can be by Reading This Book

Todo el mundo, en alg n momento de su vida, deber asumir el rolde l der.

Mientras que algunos son naturalmente bendecidos con habilidades de liderazgo, otros pueden aprender a trav s de la mejora de habilidades particulares.

Steve Jobs es un famoso ejemplo de alguien que probablemente no naci para ser l der. Sin embargo, se convirti en uno de los m s inspiradores del mundo.

Las habilidades de liderazgo son muy buscadas por los empleadores y tambi n son esenciales para el xito duradero en los negocios y en la vida. Pero el problema con la mayor a de los libros de liderazgo es que son s lo de conocimiento com n, tomados de otros escritores y no son tiles.

Este libro presenta habilidades y cualidades probadas y comprobadas para ayudarle a desarrollar su mayor potencial como l der. Convi rtase en algo m s que el jefe que la gente sigue s lo porque tiene que hacerlo. En su lugar, domine la habilidad de inspirar y liderar a la gente.

En este libro descubrir

• Los pilares para construir una cultura de empresa exitosa y equipos de alto rendimiento
• Usando su 30% de talento innato para convertirse en un gran l der
• Por qu el mayor regalo de un l der es tener un sentido de prop sito
• Liderazgo familiar - Ser un padre exitoso y eficaz
• Formas sencillas de motivar e inspirar a tu gente en tiempos dif ciles
• Miedo vs. Respeto y por qu guiar a trav s del miedo nunca es la respuesta
• Escucha - El arma secreta de los l deres poderosos + Las claves para implementarla con xito
• C mo la autenticidad hace que un l der sea m s real + Los 5 fundamentos que hacen que un l der sea m s aut ntico
• Lecciones de liderazgo de los m s poderosos de la historia (Napole n, Sun Tzu, Maquiavelo y m s)
• Los peligros, las ventajas y cu ndo usar el estilo de liderazgo autocr tico de Trump
• Los Cinco Elementos Principales de la Inteligencia Emocional + Usarlos para ser un mejor l der
• Qu hace a un buen l der? & el g nero importa?

Y mucho, mucho m s...

Est listo para avanzar en su influencia personal o profesional y convertirse en un gran l der?

Si es as ... tome acci n ahora para aumentar sus habilidades de liderazgo, expanda su influencia y alcance su visi n de liderazgo leyendo este libro.

Everyone, at some point in their life, will be asked to be a Leader

Whilst some are naturally blessed with leadership skills others can still learn to become leaders through improving particular skills.

Steve Jobs is a famous example of someone who was probably not born to be a leader. Yet he went on to become one of the world's most inspiring leaders.

Leadership skills are highly sought after by employers and are also essential to lasting success in business and life. But the problem with most leadership books is that they are just common knowledge, taken from other writers and not useful.

This book presents proven skills and qualities that are tried and tested to help you develop into your greatest potential as a leader. Become more than just the boss people follow only because they have to. Instead master the ability to inspire and lead people.

In This Book You Will Discover:

• The Pillars of Building A Successful Company Culture & High Performance Teams

• Using Your 30% Innate Talents to Turn You Into a Great Leader

• Why The Greatest Gift from a Leader is Having a Sense of Purpose

• Family Leadership - Becoming a Successful & Effective Parent

• Simple Ways To Motivate & Inspire Your People During Difficult Times

• Fear-Vs-Respect & Why Leading Through Fear Is Never The Answer

• Listening - The Secret Weapon of Powerful Leaders + The Keys To Successfully Implementing It

• How Authenticity Makes a Leader More Real' + The 5 Basics That Make a Leader More Authentic

• Leadership Lessons from History's Most Powerful (Napoleon, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli and more)

• The Perils, Advantages + When To Use Trump's Autocratic Leadership Style

• The Five Major Elements of Emotional Intelligence + Using Them To Become A Better Leader

• What Makes a Good Leader & Does Gender Matter?

And much, much more...

Are you ready to advance your personal or professional influence and become a great leader?

If so..take action now to increase your leadership skills, expand your influence and achieve your leadership vision by Reading This Book

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A Step by Step Guide to Becoming a Successful Forex Trader This book contains proven steps and strategies to becoming a successful Forex trader. The first occurrence of currency trading and exchange can be traced back to ancient times, where money was used as a crucial means of buying and selling items such as food, jewelry and raw materials. Sometimes in the process of this exchange commission was charged for goods and services sold on credit. Fast forward to today and we see how the currency exchange has turned into what is now known as the forex market which has grown and developed significantly, enabling countries with powerful economies to trade large volumes of goods and services with each other. But throughout its development, the air of complexity surrounding the market has created a barrier for many people to understand how to participate in trading successfully for financial gain. Many investment experts advise new traders against trading foreign currencies because of the level of risk involved. A new trader could potentially wipe out their account with just one bad trade. In this book, you will gain sound knowledge about the various steps needed as a guide to making successful trading decisions and actions. With these easy to follow steps, you will be well on your way to becoming a successful trader. However, keep in mind that there is no easy way to success. If you want to be successful, you have to spend time learning, understanding, applying and fine tuning your trading strategies while teaching yourself how to keep your emotions at bay so that you do not make detrimental decisions. Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn: Determining Financial Goals and Trading Style Selecting a Broker that Matches Your Criteria Choosing a Trading Methodology Choosing Different Time Frames in Trading Foreign Currencies Computing for the Expectancy Focusing on the Trades Using Positive Feedback Loops Analysing Performance Weekly Download your kindle copy or purchase on paperback today

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It can be easy to feel overwhelmed by politics. At a time when many of us want to grasp what is going on, it is getting harder to do so. Rather than becoming caught up in the swirl of day-to-day events, Peter Allen suggests that we instead return to the fundamentals and cultivate a set of tools and perspectives to help us interpret the political world. How to Think About Politics is his concise and accessible guide to doing so. Mixing contemporary political science research with real-life examples, the book focuses on five ideas that will help readers to consider political events in a new way. Exploring power, representation, knowledge, interests, and possibility, this book offers tools for thinking about politics that will help readers interrogate their own political choices. Underlining the importance of these five fundamental political ideas, Allen makes the case that the scope of what politics is and what it can achieve is often greater than we are told.

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.