This inspirational motivating at times playful book uses twelve short thought provoking exercises that effectively force the reader to look at what his or her work really is & find ways to change the mix The exercises called maps because of the quick visual way they lead the reader from A to B to Z begin with defining great work
- assess your personal bad-good ratio; tap into the power of role models; analyze those moments when work turned into a flow There are maps that explore personal creativity & inspire brainstorming & maps to help put ideas into motion including how to structure time how to elicit help from members of your team even how to navigate an idea through the organisation & along the way there are tips for clearing time to move away from bad work
- including how to use the drama triangle of transactional analysis & stop being a 'rescuer' who takes on other people's problems & how not to say 'no' but how to say 'yes' more slowly making sure you're doing what's most important

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'A superb ACHIEVEMENT' IAN MCEWAN What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands ...

Abandoned tunnels derelict stations old trackbeds & much more; all are included in Do Not Alight Here an entertaining & informative book that guides the reader through London's many remaining disused Underground & main line railway structures They can be viewed in a series of 12 guided walks & short tube & train journeys devised & investigated by the author each of which takes in a sample of these forgotten & fascinating remains with most of the entries illustrated with recently taken colour photographs ...

When Liv & Nora decide to take their husbands & children on a holiday cruise everyone is thrilled The ship's comforts & possibilities seem infinite But when they all go ashore in beautiful Central America a series of minor mishaps lead the families further from the ship's safety One minute the children are there & the next they're gone What follows is a heart-racing story told from the perspectives of the adults & the children as the distraught parents
- now turning on one another & blaming themselves
- try to recover their children & their shattered lives

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Doris Day & Rod Taylor star in this romantic comedy as Janet & Mike Harper a married couple who relocate to England when Mike is transferred by the company for whom he works While Janet & Mike seem to be happy together the trip across the pond seems to bring on a case of the Seven Year Itch; he has his head turned by his new secretary while she meets an amorous antique dealer While the Harpers both begin to see the error of their ways will they both retreat in time to save their marriage? The supporting cast

Includes:: Hermione Baddeley Reginald Gardiner & former presidential press secretary turned journalist Pierre Salinger

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Do Not Feed The Monkeys is a narrative game that can be defined as a "digital voyeur simulator" The Primate Observation Club is not a nature conservation society but the visible face of a dark group dedicated to spying on others through surveillance cameras & hacked webcams Tired of your precarious apartment of a monotonous existence & boring jobs you are accepted in the exclusive organization & finally you can pry into the privacy of the "caged monkeys" The club encourages you not to interfere with the privacy of the "monkeys" but… will you resist? Will you help those you spy on? Will you blackmail them expose their innermost secrets? Or will you simply follow instructions & just observe? Be careful because everything you do will have consequences Collector&s Edition contains Game T-shirt Badge & Art book ...

Do Not Feed The Monkeys is a narrative game that can be defined as a "digital voyeur simulator" The Primate Observation Club is not a nature conservation society but the visible face of a dark group dedicated to spying on others through surveillance cameras & hacked webcams Tired of your precarious apartment of a monotonous existence & boring jobs you are accepted in the exclusive organisation & finally you can pry into the privacy of the "caged monkeys" The club encourages you not to interfere with the privacy of the "monkeys" but… will you resist? Will you help those you spy on? Will you blackmail them expose their innermost secrets? Or will you simply follow instructions & just observe? Be careful because everything you do will have consequences Collector&s Edition contains Game T-shirt Badge & Art book ...

This brand new deluxe box set contains one copy each of Wreck This Journal This Is Not a Book Mess & now The Pocket Scavenger It has been specially designed by Keri herself Smith invites you to reimagine what a book can be (a secret message a recording device an instrument) Poke holes in the pages Paint them with coffee Bring the book in the shower Let loose & make a mess ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE PARAGRAPHE HUGH MACLENNAN PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 In Canada in 1991 ten-year-old Marie & her mother invite a guest into their home a young woman who has fled China in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square protests Her name is Ai-Ming As her relationship with Marie deepens Ai-Ming tells the story of her family in revolutionary China from the crowded teahouses in the first days of Chairman Mao's ascent to the Shanghai Conservatory in the 1960s & the events leading to the Beijing demonstrations of 1989 It is a history of revolutionary idealism music & silence in which three musicians the shy & brilliant composer Sparrow the violin prodigy Zhuli & the enigmatic pianist Kai struggle during China's relentless Cultural Revolution to remain loyal to one another & to the music they have devoted their lives to Forced to re-imagine their artistic & private selves their fates reverberate through the years with deep & lasting consequences for Ai-Ming
- & for Marie Written with exquisite intimacy wit & moral complexity Do Not Say We Have Nothing magnificently brings to life one of the most significant political regimes of the 20th century & its traumatic legacy which still resonates for a new generation It is a gripping evocation of the persuasive power of revolution & its effects on personal & national identity & an unforgettable meditation on China today
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Before MP3s CDs & cassette tapes even before LPs or 45s the world listened to music on fragile 10-inch shellac discs that spun at 78 revolutions per minute While vinyl has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years rare & noteworthy 78rpm records are exponentially harder to come by The most sought-after sides now command tens of thousands of dollars when they're found at all Do Not Sell at Any Priceis the untold story of a fixated coterie of record collectors working to ensure those songs aren't lost forever Music critic & author Amanda Petrusich considers the particular world of the 78-from its heyday to its near extinction-and examines how a cabal of competitive quirky individuals have been frantically lining their shelves with some of the rarest records in the world Besides the mania of collecting Petrusich also explores the history of the lost backwoods blues artists from the 1920s & 30s whose work has barely survived & introduces the oddball fraternity of men-including Joe Bussard Chris King John Tefteller & others-who are helping to save & digitize the blues country jazz & gospel records that ultimately gave seed to the rock pop & hip-hop we hear today From Thomas Edison to Jack White Do Not Sell at Any Priceis an untold intriguing story of the evolution of the recording formats that have changed the ways we listen to (and create) music Whether you're already a 78 aficionado a casual record collector a crate-digger or just someonewho enjoys listening to music you're going to love this book (Slate) ...