Fiva: An Adventure That Went Wrong" is the epic true account from Gordon Stainforth of a near-death experience on a mountain in Norway in 1969. In the summer of 1969 as Apollo 11 was blasting off to the moon two teenage twin brothers with only three years' mountaineering experience set off to climb one of the highest rock faces in Europe. With just two bars of chocolate some sandwiches a four-sentence route description & an old sketch map they left their tent early one morning with the full expectation of being back in time for tea. Within a few hours things had gone badly wrong they were looking death in the face & the English Home Counties seemed very far away..." ...

Enid Blyton's The Famous Five have are camping near the house of a world-famous scientist. When top secret papers go missing from the scientist's house Julian Dick Anne George & Timmy the dog have to find the thief & return the papers in time. This edition features a new cover & revised text to bring the dialogue up to date for a whole new generation of readers. ...

The Famous Five are having great fun camping out near the home of a famous scientist. But they might have known thered be a mystery to solve. When the scientists important research papers go missing he needs the gangs help to get them back! But how can the Five work out who took them? & why? These classic editions feature Enid Blytons unchanged text & Eileen A. Sopers original illustrations. ...

Its eyes were on long horns like a snail's eyes...it had ears like a bat's ears & its tubby body was shaped like a spider's & covered with thick soft fur...and it had hands & feet like a monkey's'. ' It' was the Psammead the grumpy s&-fairy that could if in the mood grant a wish a day. When the five children befriend him they find that each wish granted often has a sting in its tail. Golden guineas are too difficult to spend wings let them down in a most inconvenient way & when they wish for Red Indians the children forget that they can sometimes be a little warlike. ...

The days from May 24 to May 28 1940 altered the course of the history of this century as the members of the British War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue the war. The decisive importance of these five days of Lukacs's magisterial new book. illustrations. ...

In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling & instructive as his first two best-selling books The Five Temptations of a CEO & The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive. This time he turns his keen intellect & storytelling power to the fascinating complex world of teams. Kathryn Petersen Decision Techs CEO faces the ultimate leadership crisis: Uniting a team in such disarray that it threatens to bring down the entire company. Will she succeed? Will she be fired? Will the company fail? Lencionis utterly gripping tale serves as a timeless reminder that leadership requires as much courage as it does insight. Throughout the story Lencioni reveals the five dysfunctions which go to the very heart of why teams even the best ones-often struggle. He outlines a powerful model & actionable steps that can be used to overcome these common hurdles & build a cohesive effective team. Just as with his other books Lencioni has written a compelling fable with a powerful yet deceptively simple message for all those who strive to be exceptional team leaders. ...

The blockbuster bestseller now in a manga edition--fully illustrated & fun to read! Beautifully illustrated by Kensuke Okabayashi this enthralling edition of Patrick Lencioni's massive bestseller gives readers a new format in which to understand the fascinating complex world of teams. Kathryn Petersen Decision Tech's CEO faces the ultimate leadership crisis: Uniting a team in such disarray that it threatens to bring down the entire company. Will she succeed? Will she be fired? Will the company fail? Lencioni's gripping tale serves as a timeless reminder that leadership requires as much courage as it does insight. Throughout the story Lencioni reveals the five dysfunctions that go to the heart of why teams--even the best ones--often struggle. He outlines a powerful model & actionable steps that can be used to overcome these common hurdles & build a cohesive effective team. This is a compelling fable with a powerful yet deceptively simple message for all those who strive to be exceptional leaders. Kensuke Okabayashi (Jersey City NJ) is a working illustrator a graduate of the School of Visual Arts & an instructor at the Educational Alliance Art School in New York City. ...

John & Philippa Gaunt are looking forward to finally leading a normal life.. .until they discover that an evil djinn is trying to uncover the five great secrets of the universe. If he succeeds the world will be plunged into darkness. Only the djinn twins can stop him
- but first they must find Shangri-La a mystical land hidden in the snowy mountains of Tibet...
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Julian Dick & Anne are really worried
- George & her devoted Timmy have just disappeared! Not only that somebody has broken into
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Julian Dick & Anne are frantic
- George & her devoted dog Timmy have disappeared! Not only that somebody has broken into Kirrin
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