A1 Mayday A2 Chain Link Fence A3 Semicircle Song A4 Hey!A5 The Answer's No
- Now What's The Question?A6 Chico's Radical Decade
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The Go-Away bird just wants to be left alone but when she finds herself in trouble she soon realizes that sometimes everyone needs a friend 32 pages Donaldson Julia ...

An invitation for young Leo to join a school friend at Brandham Hall
- a world of privilege far removed from his own
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Julie Christie stars in this screen adaptation of the classic novel by LP Hartley A young teenage boy Leo is invited to a wealthy school friend&s rich family estate & is drawn into a love affair between his friend&s twenty-something sister Marian & the family neighbour even though she is engaged to be married She uses Leo as a go-between sending messages to her lover Despite feeling he is betraying her fiance Hugh Leo carries on being the messager boy & discovers more about the attraction between men & women along the way ...

LP Hartley's moving exploration of a young boy's loss of innocence The Go-Between is edited with an introduction & notes by Douglas Brooks-Davies in Penguin Modern Classics' The past is a foreign country they do things differently there' When one long hot summer young Leo is staying with a school-friend at Brandham Hall he begins to act as a messenger between Ted the farmer & Marian the beautiful young woman up at the hall He becomes drawn deeper & deeper into their dangerous game of deceit & desire until his role brings him to a shocking & premature revelation The haunting story of a young boy's awakening into the secrets of the adult world The Go-Between is also an unforgettable evocation of the boundaries of Edwardian society Leslie Poles Hartley (1895-1972) was born in Whittlesey Cambridgeshire & educated at Harrow & Balliol College Oxford For more than thirty years from 1923 he was an indefatigable fiction reviewer for periodicals including the Spectator & Saturday Review His first book Night Fears (1924) was a collection of short stories; but it was not until the publication of Eustace & Hilda (1947) which won the James Tait Black prize that Hartley gained widespread recognition as an author His other novels include The Go-Between (1953) which was adapted into an internationally-successful film starring Julie Christie & Alan Bates & The Hireling (1957) the film version of which won the Palme d' Or at the Cannes Film Festival If you enjoyed The Go-Between you might like Barry Hines's A Kestrel for a Knave also available in Penguin Modern Classics' Magical & disturbing' Independent ' On a first reading it is a beautifully wrought description of a small boy's loss of innocence long ago But visited a second time the knowledge of approaching unavoidable tragedy makes it far more poignant & painful' Express ...

The classic companion to the international bestseller The Go-Giver ' Share this book with those you care about' Seth Godin'A manifesto for twenty-first-century leadership packaged in a fun & engaging story Buy this book & get it in the hands of everyone in your company' Darren Hardy Success Magazine Ben is an ambitious young executive charged with persuading 500 employee shareholders to agree to a merger that will save their company But despite his best efforts he can't convince anyone to buy in to the deal During his week at the company Ben realizes that his aggressive style is actually making it harder to reach his goals Will Ben find a way to sway the shareholders before the climactic vote? The answer may surprise you as you follow Ben on his journey to understanding that the path to genuine influence lies less in taking leadership than in giving it PLEASE NOTE This book was previously published under the title It's Not About You ...

If you have ever tried to make an Irish crochet motif using Vintage pattern books you most likely ended up confused frustrated & a bit bewildered The patterns are at best a bit vague Written in unclear versions & imprecise wording that makes these patterns hard for the average crocheter to interpret The purpose of this book is to take these lovely motifs & write them in such a manner that they make sense to the modern day crocheter Thus these stunning motifs will be preserved & used now & in the future Ten chapters include Stitches & techniques Flowers Leaves Fill in motifs Edgings & insertions Dangles Overlays Fill in Lace Assembly & Squares or motifs ...

Alex Rogo is a harried plant manager who has been given 90 days to save his failing factory If he doesn't improve the plant's performance corporate headquarters will close it down & hundreds of workers will lose their jobs It takes a chance meeting with Jonah a former professor to help him break out of his conventional thinking & figure out what needs to be done As Alex identifies the plant's problems & works with his team to find solutions the reader gains an understanding of the fundamental concepts behind the Theory of Constraints Visual & fun to read The Goal A Business Graphic Novel offers an accessible introduction to the Theory of Constraints concepts presented in The Goal the business novel on which it was based The Goal is widely considered to be one of the most influential business books of all time A bestseller since it was first published in 1984 the business novel has sold over 7 million copies been translated into 32 languages & is taught in colleges universities & business schools around the world Named to Time magazine's list of the 25 Most Influential Business Management Books it is frequently cited by executives as a favorite or must-read title ...

Alex Rogo is a harried plant manager working ever more desperately to try & improve performance His factory is rapidly heading for disaster So is his marriage He has ninety days to save his plant
- or it will be closed by corporate HQ with hundreds of job losses It takes a chance meeting with a colleague from student days
- Jonah
- to help him break out of conventional ways of thinking to see what needs to be done Described by Fortune as a 'guru to industry' & by Businessweek as a 'genius' Eliyahu M Goldratt was an internationally recognized leader in the development of new business management concepts & systems This 20th anniversary edition

Includes:: a series of detailed case study interviews by David Whitford Editor at Large Fortune Small Business which explore how organizations around the world have been transformed by Eli Goldratt's ideas The story of Alex's fight to save his plant contains a serious message for all managers in industry & explains the ideas which underline the Theory of Constraints (TOC) developed by Eli Goldratt Written in a fast-paced thriller style The Goal is the gripping novel which is transforming management thinking throughout the Western world It is a book to recommend to your friends in industry
- even to your bosses
- but not to your competitors!






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A rip-roaring & exhaustively researched new take on the origin of the comic strip by one of the leading cartoon storytellers of our time With more than 500 period cartoons The Goat Getters illustrates how comics were developed by such luminaries as Rube Goldberg Tad Dorgan & George Herriman in the sports & lurid crime pages of the daily newspaper This wild bunch of West Coast-based cartoonists established the dynamic anatomy & bold tough style that continue to influence comics today as well as their own goofy slang that enriched the popular lexicon The Goat Getters also captures early twentieth century-history through the lens of the newspaper comics the landmark 1910 boxing match in Reno Nevada between Jim Jeffries the " Great White Hope" & Jack Johnson the first African-American heavyweight champion; the nationwide race riots that followed; the San Francisco graft trials that culminated in the shooting of the Federal Prosecutor; & the trial of Harry Thaw for the murder of architect Stanford White a crime of passion that centered on Thaw&s wife show-girl Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw--all were venerated or vilified by Nell Brinkley Jimmy Swinnerton & their fellow directors of the ink & newsprint stage About the Author Publishers Weekly calls Eddie Campbell "one of the premier cartoonists of his generation" Campbell has been writing & drawing comics since 1974 & is best known for his collaborations with Alan Moore (From Hell A Disease of Language) & Neil Gaiman (The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains) as well as for Alec his tour-de-force autobiographical series that Booklist called "a high-water mark in the graphic novel&s short history" & the 1200-page epic Bacchus Forthcoming is Bizarre Romance (in collaboration with Audrey Niffenegger) ...