When the Harvard Business Review asked Robert Sutton for suggestions for its annual list of Breakthrough Ideas he told them that the best business practice he knew of was the no asshole rule. Suttons piece became one of the most popular articles ever to appear in the HBR. Spurred on by the fear & despair that people expressed the tricks they used to survive with dignity in asshole-infested places the revenge stories that made him laugh out loud & the other small wins that they celebrated against mean-spirited people Sutton was persuaded to write THE NO ASSHOLE RULE. He believes passionately that civilised workplaces are not a naive dream that they do exist do bolster performance & that widespread contempt can be erased & replaced with mutual respect when a team or organisation is managed right. There is a huge temptation by executives & those in positions of authority to overlook this trait especially when exhibited by so-called producers but Sutton shows how overall productivity suffers when the workplace is subjected to this kind of stress. ...

When a little girl can't find her teddy bear she refuses to go to bed. Accompanied by a brilliant cast of animal characters she searches behind all the wonderful flaps in this beautiful novelty book for the very young. Children will love helping her search! ...

As part of the massive Allied invasion of Normandy three airborne divisions were dropped behind enemy lines to sew confusion in the German rear & prevent panzer reinforcements from reaching the beaches. In the dark early hours of D-Day this confusion was achieved well enough as nearly every airborne unit missed its drop zone creating a kaleidoscope of small-unit combat. Fortunately for the Allies the 505th Regimental Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division hit on or near its drop zone. Its task was to seize the vital crossroads of Ste Mere Eglise & to hold the bridge over the Merderet River at nearby La Fiere. Benefiting from dynamic battlefield leadership the paratroopers reached the bridge only to be met by wave after wave of German tanks & infantry desperate to force the crossing. Reinforced by glider troops who suffered terribly in their landings from the now-alert Germans the 505th not only held the vital bridge for three days but launched a counterattack in the teeth of enemy fire to secure their objective once & for all albeit at gruesome cost. In No Better Place to Die Robert M. Murphy provides an objective narrative of countless acts of heroism almost breathtaking in its you are there A detail." ...

When is an island not an island? Peter Caton takes us to all four corners of England Scotland & Wales to find out. Sharing our nations fascination with islands Peter sets out to be the first person to visit all 43 tidal islands which can be walked to from the UK mainl&. Along the way he faces many challenges: precipitous cliffs vicious dogs disappearing footpaths lost bus drivers fast tides quicksand & enormous quantities of mud but also experiences wonderfully scenic journeys by road rail & on foot. He contrasts the friendly welcome from most islanders & owners with the reluctance of others to permit visits & tells how he was thrown off one secret isl&. An entertaining narrative illustrated with colour photographs No Boat Required contains a wealth of information as the author unearths many little known facts & stories. It tells of the solitude of the many remote islands & the difficulties of balancing the needs of people & wildlife. We learn of the islands varied histories
- stories of pirates smugglers murder & ghosts of battles with Vikings an island claimed by punks & another with its own king. He writes of the beauty of the islands & our coast & reflects on how these may be affected by climate change. In No Boat Required Peter Caton takes us to explore islands some familiar but most which few of us know exist & even fewer have visited. He finds that our tidal islands are special places many with fascinating & amusing stories & each one of them different. It adds up to a unique journey around Britain.
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Alex Lakes day job is all about helping people especially children. She cares about them passionately & does everything in her power to rescue them from those who mean them harm. When the case of three-year-old Ottilie Wade comes to her attention Alex finds herself completely unable to detach from the child the way she should. She feels an overpowering need to make a real difference in little Ottilies life but no one is prepared to believe that Ottilie is in danger. In the end Alex makes a decision that has consequences for her her family & Ottilie
- consequences that no one least of all Alex could have foreseen.
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The memoir of SOE agent Benjamin Cowburn is rightly regarded as a classic of wartime literature. In simple gripping detail Cowburn explains the methods of special agents who were dropped into France during the war & the ways that agents would set about establishing secure networks with the French Resistance. He also shows how agents were able to travel across France how they set up transmitters & contacted their British headquarters for orders & how they arranged airplane pick-ups & deliveries of supplies. His account sheds light on the views of both the Resistance fighters facing torture at the hands of the Gestapo & their besieged French countrymen. He notes the tensions within the different command centres in particular between the French leader-in-exile Charles de Gaulle & his British counterparts who were all eager to control the efforts of the Resistance. Cowburn gives fascinating general lessons in the art of spying from establishing a worthy target to executing an operation but also tells the full story of his own sabotage operations including the effective destruction of cylinders for thirteen locomotives in the dead of night. As in so many operations mistakes were made which could have led to numerous arrests. In this case the details of the operation had accidentally been left on a blackboard in the school where they had planned the raid but were luckily scrubbed out by the headmaster's wife. On another occasion Cowburn snuck itching powder into the laundry of Luftwaffe agents to cause a disruption. This new edition contains an Introduction by M.R.D Foot & a Foreword by Sebastian Faulks.A top 500 Amazon title!! ...

Deception blackmail murder & revenge
- these are the themes of stories that move from London to the coast of Spain from Mauritius
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Llewelyn Moss hunting antelope near the Rio Grande stumbles upon a transaction gone horribly wrong. Finding bullet-ridden bodies several kilos of heroin & a caseload of cash he faces a choice -- leave the scene as he found it or cut the money & run. Choosing the latter he knows will change everything. & so begins a terrifying chain of events in which each participant seems determined to answer the question that one asks another: how does a man decide in what order to abandon his life? ' No Country for Old Men is a severed head & shoulders over anything else written in America this year' Independent on Sunday 'A Western thriller with a racy plot & punchy dialogue perfect for a lazy Sunday' The Times '[ An] utterly absorbing chilling tale.. . One of the most sinister characters in modern American fiction' Herald 'A fast powerful read steeped with a deep sorrow about the moral degradation of the legendary American West' Financial Times ' It's hard to think of a contemporary writer more worth reading' Independent ...

From bestselling parenting author Elizabeth Pantley comes a potty-training plan that is foolproof & easy to implement. The No-Cry Potty Training Solution" is a realistic stress-free plan to help your child become independent in the bathroom. Pantleys potty training solutions are realistic as they have been tested by actual families in every parenting situation: busy households single parents working parents with limited time & money twins & multiples & children of varying age & temperament." ...

Two female agents of Operation Cream Cake
- double agents & honey traps against the KGB
- are murdered. Bond must find the others

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