![]() I've been in business (well, we call it the social sector, but, you know, get real) for more than 25 years. It told me to pay close attention – but be sure to have the salt cellar to hand. He may be sharper than most of his ilk when it comes to genuine business acumen. He got out of the latter firm having recouped most of his dues, which was more than many of his colleagues managed. He worked (somewhat accidentally he'll have you believe) for one of the biggest most prestigious management consultants in the U.S., left them as part of a break-away group which succeeded brilliantly and then failed equally brilliantly. On the other hand, by his own admission he made a more than reasonable profit out of management consulting, and he is now doing likewise out of showing what a sham it all is. Matthew Stewart is a former management consultant, so he should know what he's talking about. It is a criticism (and I mean criticism not critique) of the management consultancy business since its inception to the close of the first decade of the 21st century. ![]() Stewart's book is subtitled "Debunking Modern Business Philosophy". ![]() Some great insights that many a CEO should take note of, but maybe a bit too heavy for the general reader. ![]() Summary: A thorough review of the history of management consulting that successfully debunks the so-called science involved. ![]()
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![]() Boundless human creativity, new technologies, and old dangers have been unleashed upon the world. But when she's offered a chance to forever improve civilization, will she be able to overcome her brainwashing? The answer is evident years later in Extras, after the Pretty regime has ended. And what little's left of the old Tally is further compromised in Specials, because Tally has been transformed into a fierce fighting machine. ![]() In Pretties, Tally has forgotten all about her Ugly life, and when she's reminded, she has a hard time listening. She rebels against the surgery that will make her a Pretty, but ultimately succumbs. Tally's adventures begin in Uglies, where she learns the truth about what life as a Pretty really means. Now all four books feature fresh new covers and will reach an even wider audience. ![]() The Uglies series has more than 3 million books in print, has been translated into twenty-seven languages, and spent more than fifty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. ![]() ![]() ![]() Paxton’s brother Colin has returned from his world travels to landscape the grounds, but when a gnarled peach tree is uprooted to make way for a statelier transplant tree, a skull is found in the crater. The house, deemed haunted, was abandoned for decades until salvaged by the Osgoods, who plan on converting it to a bed and breakfast. The invitations go awry due to a freak storm, which is a harbinger that dark forces still lurk at the gala site, the Blue Ridge Madam manor, once owned by lumber barons, the Jacksons, who lost their money when their logging grounds were turned into a national forest. ![]() ![]() Paxton Osgood, pampered daughter of one of Walls of Water, N.C.’s, wealthiest families, is planning a gala to mark the 75th anniversary of the Women’s Society Club, founded by her grandmother Agatha. In a North Carolina mountain hamlet, the renovation of a crumbling mansion reveals unsettling secrets. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her name was not included as coauthor of the book because it was written in the first person. ![]() Fitzgerald had collaborated with his sister, Belle Fitzgerald Empey, to write this book. He also served on Wendell Willkie's staff when Willkie was running for president.Īt the time his first book, Papa Married a Mormon (1955), was published, he was living in Los Angeles and working as a steel buyer. He worked in a variety of occupations during his life, including newspaper reporter for the World-Tribune in New York City, foreign correspondent for United Press, advertising and purchasing agent, and bank auditor. John graduated from Carbon High School and at the age of eighteen and left Utah to pursue a career as a jazz drummer. His father had a pharmacy degree but engaged in a number of business ventures and served on the Price Town Council for four years. John Dennis Fitzgerald was born in Price, Utah, on February 3, 1906, to Thomas and Minnie Melsen Fitzgerald. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The book has been printed in a sturdy board book edition - perfect for little hands! Eric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of books for very young children. Each spread leads seamlessly into the next and young children will delight in Eric's colourful collage animals and simple repetitive language. A classic picture book by Eric Carle and Bill Martin, Jr - Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Exuberantly coloured artwork and favourite animals make this rhythmic story the perfect introduction to looking and learning about colours. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Along the way, Birkeland made some remarkable discoveries and inventions, such as the idea of hearing aids for deaf patients of making caviar from cod roe and of using the force of cathode rays to propel rockets. He traveled across some of the most forbidding landscapes on Earth, from the ice mountains of Norway to the deserts of Africa, against a backdrop of war and political upheaval. At the age of thirty-one, Birkeland set out on a lifelong, increasingly compulsive quest to discover the origins of the aurora borealis. Now Lucy Jago tells the story of the science-and the romance-behind the Northern Lights as she traces the grand adventure of the life of the visionary Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland. ![]() Throughout the ages, the lights of the aurora borealis were believed to be messengers of gods, signs of apocalypse, or souls of the dead even the most sophisticated scientists misapprehended their cause. ![]() ![]() Indeed, in order for the rich man to own and tend a farm and herds, and have a roof over his head, or, in the case of Joseph and Jesus, to have wood and tools with which to do carpentry, keeping SOME treasures on Earth is necessary! Jesus says, “so is the one who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” Clearly this parable calls for the followers of Jesus to obey Him by storing up treasures in Heaven, not on Earth.īut that doesn’t mean God forbids us to have anything of value on Earth. He’s guilty of presumption, and of not recognizing God’s complete power over his life, or his own powerlessness to preserve or extend his life. He didn’t understand that his earthly treasures would either be taken from him, or he would be taken from them. ![]() In the parable in Luke 12, the rich man foolishly failed to consider his mortality (God calls him not “you evil man,” but “you fool”). He also warns against loving money and placing our faith in money, and the presumption that our self-care and self-provision is worthy of our trust. In His parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16), Jesus warns against excessive savings, not against all savings. ![]() ![]() ![]() Here are the thoughts I shared in response: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her fiction reflects aspects of her mixed heritage: German through her father, and French and Ojibwa through her mother. Born in 1954 in Little Falls, Minnesota, she grew up mostly in Wahpeton, North Dakota, where her parents taught at Bureau of Indian Affairs schools. Louise Erdrich is one of the most gifted, prolific, and challenging of contemporary Native American novelists. She is widely acclaimed as one of the most significant Native writers of the second wave of what critic Kenneth Lincoln has called the Native American Renaissance. She is an enrolled member of the Anishinaabe nation (also known as Chippewa). Her father is German American and mother is half Ojibwe and half French American. Karen Louise Erdrich is a American author of novels, poetry, and children's books. ![]() ![]() Sherlock Holmes, perhaps the most famous fictional detective, was the main character of numerous mystery stories written at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. For his part, Mark Haddon claims to know little about autism (and makes it clear that he never specifically diagnoses Christopher), saying that Christopher matters more as a character for his unique perspective on the world than for the fact that he is probably on the autism spectrum.Ĭhristopher makes frequent references to The Hound of the Baskervilles, a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Curious Incident could certainly be read as expressing support for this point of view. In fact, they have many qualities that allow them to excel in particular areas. People on the autism spectrum, they argue, function differently than others, but not in a lesser way. The autism rights movement began in the late 1980s and is still gaining strength, led by autistic people who believe that they need no cure instead, society needs to change its perspective on autistic people. ![]() ![]() Autism was not recognized until the twentieth century, and for many years, it was regarded without question as a disorder for which a cure needed to be found. ![]() Christopher is likely on the autism spectrum, though this is never explicitly stated in the book. ![]() ![]() ![]() Also.I love Bambi, she is so awesome :-) I also love that this series keeps me guessing. The addition of the witches was intriguing too. Some of these scenes were super creepy and scary (I am kind of a wimp about scary stuff but I thought they were scary)! I also enjoyed Layla exploring her powers more and getting to learn more about Roth and his fellow demons. ![]() Add to that the tension between her, Zayne, and Roth and Layla is having a tough go of it.I really enjoyed the mystery behind the Lilin and the creepy things that were happening at Layla's high school. In addition to all of that the family she’s known her whole life (the Wardens) are keeping secrets from her. To complicate things her own demonic powers have changed and she doesn’t know why. It’s a fun read that keeps you turning the pages.Layla is trying to deal with the fact that the Lilin may be free and is causing havoc. I enjoyed the fast pace of the story and whipped through this large book very quickly. ![]() This is the 2nd book in The Dark Elements trilogy and was better than the first book in the series. ![]() |