A fast-paced thriller from the internationally bestselling author of Absolute Power David Baldacci 608 pages Baldacci David ...

The wittiest introduction to the life of a social anthropologist ever written Studying in the Cameroons for his first experience of fieldwork Barley discovers that the society of the Dowayo people refuses to conform to the rules of his new discipline Although set amongst a little-known tribe in the Cameroons this slim volume reaches out to a vast audience who would otherwise never look at a travel book about West Africa let alone an anthropological field study A seminal text for any student in search of a laugh Witty hilarious & unconventional but also a remarkable intellectual achievement; Barley manages to turn the western science of anthropology on its head so that for once the laugh is on the professional practitioners not the observed ...

Into a Berlin wrenched between East & West comes twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham assigned to a British-American surveillance team Though only a pawn in an international plot Leonard uses his secret work to escape the bonds of his ordinary life The promise of his new life begins to be fulfilled as Leonard becomes a crucial part of the surveillance team while simultaneously being initiated into a new world of love & sex by Maria a beautiful young German woman It is a promise that turns to horror in the course of one terrible evening
- a night when Leonard Marnham learns just how much of his innocence he's willing to shed
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The unputdownable true story of a man sentenced to death for a crime he didn't commit by the master of the legal thriller! ' Chilling Because It's True'
- The Times John Grisham's first work of non-fiction is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet In the major league draft of 1971 the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson When he signed with the Oakland A's he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada & left to pursue his dreams of big league glory Six years later he was back his dreams broken by a bad arm & bad habits
- drinking drugs & women He began to show signs of mental illness Unable to keep a job he moved in with his mother & slept 20 hours a day on her sofa In 1982 a 21 year-old cocktail waitress in Ada named Debra Sue Carter was raped & murdered & for five years the police could not solve the crime For reasons that were never clear they suspected Ron Williamson & his friend Dennis Fritz The two were finally arrested in 1987 & charged with capital murder With no physical evidence the prosecution's case was built on junk science & the testimony of jaihouse snitches & convicts Dennis Fritz was found guilty & given a life sentence Ron Williamson was sent to Death Row If you believe that in America you are innocent until proven guilty this book will shock you If you believe in the death penalty this book will disturb you If you believe the criminal justice system is fair this book will infuriate you

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The Innocent's Shameful Secret
- Sara Craven Alexis Constantinou haunts Selena Blake's every memory Before his expert touch awakened
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' Who could read the programme for the excursion without longing to make one of the party?' So Mark Twain acclaims his voyage from New York City to Europe & the Holy Land in June 1867 His adventures produced The Innocents Abroad a book so funny & provocative it made him an international star for the rest of his life He was making his first responses to the Old World
- to Paris Milan Florence Venice Pompeii Constantinople Sebastopol Balaklava Damascus Jerusalem Nazareth & Bethlehem For the first time he was seeing the great paintings & sculptures of the ' Old Masters' He responded with wonder & amazement but also with exasperation irritation disbelief Above all he displayed the great energy of his humour more explosive for us now than for his beguiled contemporaries
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The Innocents tells of an impressionable & repressed governess Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr) who agrees to tutor two orphaned children Miles (Martin Stephens) & Flora (Pamela Franklin) On arrival at Bly House she becomes convinced that the children are possessed by the perverse spirits of former governess Miss Jessel (Clytie Jessop) & her Heathcliffe-like lover Quint (Peter Wyngarde) who both met with mysterious deaths Based on the novel The Turn Of The Screw by Henry James Actors Deborah Kerr Peter Wyngarde Megs Jenkins Michael Redgrave Martin Stephens Pamela Franklin Clytie Jessop & Isla Cameron Director Jack Clayton Certificate 12 years & over Year 1961 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour & 40 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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INNOVATION IN ACTION The Innovation Book is your roadmap to creating powerful innovations that deliver success in a competitive world It answers the following questions How do you become a more innovative thinker? How do you lead & manage creative people? How can you use innovation tools to get the best results? How can you engage people with innovation? How do you avoid pitfalls problems & screw-ups? With a practical bite-size format The Innovation Book will help you tackle the really important challenges & seize the most valuable opportunities Inspired ambitious & complete
- a must-read for anyone interested in innovation creativity & invention Tom Mc Mail Ex-Microsoft Strategic Collaborations Director & Academic Innovations Manager Strips big ideas down to their essence making the complicated understandable & turning the theoretical into real-world practical Recommended Broc Edwards SVP Director of Learning & Leadership
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The Innovation Workout has been specially developed to be clear simple very easy to follow & highly effective Our unique pre-workout test will help you identify your weak & strong points & the straightforward 10-step improvement plan will show you how you can quickly boost your skills 256 pages Gower Lucy ...

Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon Editors An innovation classic From Steve Jobs to Jeff Bezos Clay Christensen's work continues to underpin today's most innovative leaders & organizations The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation by renowned author Clayton M Christensen His work is cited by the world's best-known thought leaders from Steve Jobs to Malcolm Gladwell In this classic bestseller--one of the most influential business books of all time--innovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything right--yet still lose market leadership Christensen explains why most companies miss out on new waves of innovation No matter the industry he says a successful company with established products will get pushed aside unless managers know how & when to abandon traditional business practices Offering both successes & failures from leading companies as a guide The Innovator's Dilemma gives you a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomenon of disruptive innovation Sharp cogent & provocative--and consistently noted as one of the most valuable business ideas of all time--The Innovator's Dilemma is the book no manager leader or entrepreneur should be without ...