Eric Blehm author of the award-winning The Last Season is back with another true adventure story The Only Thing Worth Dying For Set in the immediate aftermath of 911 The Only Thing Worth Dying For chronicles the untold story of the team of Green Berets led by Captain Jason Amerine that conquered the Taliban & helped bring Hamid Karzai to power in Afghanistan In the tradition of Black Hawk Down The Only Thing Worth Dying For is in the words of former Congressman Charlie Wilson (from Charlie Wilson's War) "the one book you must read if you have any hope of understanding what our fine American soldiers are up against in Afghanistan" ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Dance jump & groove your way to fabulousness with the stars of the BAFTA winning TV smash The Only Way is Essex Join Sam Billie & Lydia in the awesome Essexercise workout & you&ll get the body & get the look! This is the hottest new fitness programme that will get you reem in 20 minutes! Follow the girls through this fun & easy to follow fitness programme which contains 3 specially developed 20 minute workouts each with their own warm up & cool down Each workout is specially designed to get your heart pumping & will burn off those carbs before marbs! The works outs can run independently
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Allen Carr will help you break addiction for ever in this fully updated edition of The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently This book will help you
- Achieve the right frame of mind to quit
- Avoid weight gain
- Quit without dependence on rules or gimmicks
- Enjoy the freedom & choices that non-smokers have in life
- Quit without willpower It's time to begin your new life as a non-smoker with Allen Carr's The Only Way to Stop Smoking Permanently A different approach a stunning success Sun I was exhilarated by a new sense of freedom Independent His skill is in removing psychological dependence Sunday Times Allow Allen Carr to help you escape painlessly today Obvserver A successful accountant Allen Carr's hundred-cigarettes-a-day addiction was driving him to despair until in 1983 after countless failed attempts to quit he finally discovered what the world had been waiting for
- the Easy Way to Stop Smoking He has built a network of clinics that span the globe & gained a phenomenal reputation for success in helping smokers to quit His books are published in over twenty languages & video audio & CD ROM versions of his method are also available His other books include Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking Allen Carr's Easyweigh to Lose Weight & The Easy Way to Enjoy Flying





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The adaptation of his genre-busting award-winning Artemis Fowl series has been a labour of love for lifelong graphic novel fan Eoin Colfer & Andrew Donkin Art by Giovanni Rigano & colour by Paolo Lamanna Evil pixie Opal Koboi is back & she's more dangerous than ever This time she doesn't just want power over the fairy People
- this time she wants the humans too Captain Holly Short is the only fairy with a hope of stopping her but as Holly knows it takes one genius criminal mastermind to fight another But the 14-year-old genius that Holly is thinking of doesn't even remember that fairies exist How is she going to convince Artemis Fowl to help her stop Opal? Gold usually does the trick & this time is should be no different Or is Artemis changing?
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TODAY'S LEADERS KNOW THAT SPEED & agility are the keys to any company's success & yet many are frustrated that their organizations can't move fast enough to stay competitive The typical chain of command is too slow; internal resources are too limited; people are already executing beyond normal expectations As the pace accelerates how do you inspire people's energy & creativity? How do you collaborate with customers vendors & partners to keep your organization on the cutting edge? What kind of organization matches the speed & complexity that businesses must master--and how do you build that organization? Jim Whitehurst CEO of Red Hat one of the world's most revolutionary companies shows how open principles of management--based on transparency participation & community--reinvent the organization for the fast-paced connected era Whitehurst gives readers an insider's look into how an open & innovative organizational model works He shows how to leverage it to build community respond quickly to opportunities harness resources & talent both inside & outside the organization & inspire motivate & empower people at all levels to act with accountability The Open Organization is a must-read for leaders struggling to adapt their management practices to the values of the digital & social age Brimming with Whitehurst's personal stories & candid advice for leading an open organization as well as with instructive examples from employees & managers at Red Hat & companies such as Google The Body Shop & Whole Foods this book provides the blueprint for reinventing your organization ...

Fascinating travelogue from 1924 of a road trip from Land&s End to John O& Groats In 1924 Claude Friese-Greene son of film pioneer William undertook to record on film a car journey covering the length of Britain Mainly concieved as an ideal marketing tool for his nascent colour film process whereby alternate frames were tinted red & bluegreen Greene&s journey brought the countryside to life revealing natural colour to an audience used to black & white Originally intended to be shown weekly in cinemas the 26 short episodes combine to form a unique social document of life in Britain between the wars Now digitally restored by the BFI this 65 minute compilation of the highlights is free of the technical faults inherent in the original Starting in Land&s End Greene&s journey takes in Plymouth a hunt on Exmoor the docks in Cardiff & the pleasure beach at Blackpool In Scotland Greene records shipbuilding on the Clyde the banks of Loch Lomond & Stirling & Edinburgh Castles before returning to London Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play ...

' If in this book harsh words are spoken about some of the greatest among the intellectual leaders of mankind my motive is not I hope to belittle them It springs rather from my conviction that if our civilization is to survive we must break with the habit of deference to great men'
- Karl Popper from the Preface Written in political exile during the Second World War & first published in two volumes in 1945 Karl Popper's The Open Society & Its Enemies is one of the most influential books of all time Hailed by Bertrand Russell as a 'vigorous & profound defence of democracy' its now legendary attack on the philosophies of Plato Hegel & Marx exposed the dangers inherent in centrally planned political systems & through underground editions become an inspiration to lovers of freedom living under communism in Eastern Europe Popper's highly accessible style his erudite & lucid explanations of the thoughts of great philosophers & the recent resurgence of totalitarian regimes around the world are just three of the reasons for the enduring popularity of The Open Society & Its Enemies & why it demands to be read today & in years to come
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The fifth African adventure in Lauren St John's bestselling THE WHITE GIRAFFE series 192 pages St John Lauren ...

If you want to be as successful as Jack Welch Larry Bossidy or Michael Dell read their autobiographical advice books right? Wrong says Roger Martin in The Opposable Mind Though following best practice can help in some ways it also poses a danger By emulating what a great leader did in a particular situation you'll likely be terribly disappointed with your own results Why? Your situation is different Instead of focusing on what exceptional leaders do we need to understand & emulate how they think Successful businesspeople engage in what Martin calls integrative thinking creatively resolving the tension in opposing models by forming entirely new & superior ones Drawing on stories of leaders as diverse as AG Lafley of Procter & Gamble Meg Whitman of e Bay Victoria Hale of the Institute for One World Health & Nandan Nilekani of Infosys Martin shows how integrative thinkers are relentlessly diagnosing & synthesizing by asking probing questions including What are the causal relationships at work here? & What are the implied trade-offs? Martin also presents a model for strengthening your integrative thinking skills by drawing on different kinds of knowledge including conceptual & experiential knowledge Integrative thinking can be learned & The Opposable Mind helps you master this vital skill ...

A generation-defining collection published posthumously Her voice is relevant sharp fresh unfiltered & poetic with a dry wit You can dive in & out of her questioning & her musings & meanderings So much promise' Jenna Coleman star of Doctor Who & Victoria Marina Keegan's star was on the rise when she graduated from Yale in May 2012 She had a play that was to be produced at the New York International Fringe Festival & a job waiting for her at the New Yorker Tragically five days after graduation Marina died in a car crash As her family friends & classmates deep in grief joined to create a memorial service for Marina her unforgettable last essay for the Yale Daily News ' The Opposite of Loneliness' went viral receiving more than 14 million hits She had struck a chord Even though she was just 22 when she died Marina left behind a rich expansive trove of prose that like her title essay captures the hope uncertainty & possibility of her generation The Opposite of Loneliness is an assemblage of Marina's essays & stories that articulates the universal struggle we all face as we work out what we aspire to be & how we can harness our talents to make an impact on the world ...