After their thrilling exploits in Matthew Reillys bestseller Seven Ancient Wonders" super-soldier Jack West & his loyal team of adventurers are back & now they face an all-but impossible challenge. For a mysterious ceremony in an unknown location has triggered a catastrophic countdown that will climax in the destruction of all life on Earth. But there is one last hope. If Jacks team can find & rebuild a legendary ancient device known only as the Machine they might be able to ward off this coming Armageddon. The only clues to its location however are held within the fabled Six Sacred Stones long lost in the fog of history. & so the hunt begins.. . From Stonehenge in England to the deserts of Egypt to the spectacular Three Gorges region of China " The Six Sacred Stones" will take you on a non-stop rollercoaster ride through ancient history modern military hardware & some of the fastest & most mind-blowing action you will ever read." ...

From bestselling author Michael Fullan wisdom for thriving in today's complex environment Successful organizations adjust quickly & intelligently to shifts in consumer tastes political climate & economic opportunity. How do they do it? The Six Secrets of Change explores essential lessons for business & public sector leaders for thriving in today's complex environment. Fullan draws on his acclaimed work in bringing about large-scale & substantial change in education reform in both public school systems & universities as well as engaging in major change initiatives internationally. This book is filled with lessons that are insightful actionable & concisely communicable. Fullan has an uncanny ability to produce what is needed at the time it is needed. The six secrets are based in theory grounded in practice powerful in their relationship to each other & described in ways that enable deep understanding. It is a refreshing change from the surface lists of leadership & change ideas that all too often permeate education & business literature." --Vicki Phillips director of education Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Includes:: so-called leadership "secrets" that are decoded to be accessible & useful Offers illustrative examples from a variety of businesses health organizations & public education systems Lays out the six factors to organizational success: collegiality long-range plans allow for the unknown nurture employees learning leadership at all levels & positive pressure must be inescapable Michael Fullan is the author of the acclaimed best-seller Leading in a Culture of Change Fullan convinces us that a leader who attends to all six key factors will have an organization that is constantly learning growing & thriving."

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Have you ever unsuccessfully tried low-calorie dieting? There are very good reasons why it doesn't work but somehow they remain a secret... After more than 35 years of clinical practice & helping many thousands of patients to live at their ideal weight Dr John Mansfield shares his unique approach: weight gain is a condition that has specific causes that can be identified & tackled & which will be individual to YOU. Discover:
- why there is no one-size-fits-all diet that works in the long term
- how low-calorie & low-fat dieting contributes to weight gain
- how refined carbohydrates result in 'hyperinsulinaemia' & weight problems
- how gut yeasts make matters worse
- how to tell if your thyroid is also part of the problem
- most importantly the significance of individual food sensitivities: how to identify & tackle what is specific to YOU





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Start Six Sigma Fast-And Achieve Powerful Business Benefits Within Months This book offers leaders a proven turnkey approach to launching a Six Sigma initiative in 90 days & using it to transform your company within a year. Drawing on their experience with fifty Six Sigma programs at companies ranging from Allied Signal to Motorola Stephen A. Zinkgraf & his contributors show how to rapidly align people strategy processes & customers in support of your initiative-and gain powerful momentum for success. Youll walk through preparing for an enterprise-wide launch executing it flawlessly & establishing a foundation for achieving sustainable results over the long term. Zinkgrafs techniques roadmaps & milestones can help you quickly launch any complex change initiative-even those unrelated to Six Sigma. Taken together they offer a complete framework for driving & managing change: the 1 core competency for twenty-first century executives. Coverage

Includes:: * Leading Six Sigma: roadmaps milestones & techniques for delivering fast sustainable gains * Effectively preparing flawlessly executing & extending your impact for years to come * Identifying opportunities building teams choosing partners defining metrics managing risk & much more * Discovering best practices from over fifty successful launches: techniques that work with any large-scale change initiative Discover how to get dramatic business results from Six Sigma faster than you ever thought possible & use Six Sigma to drive transformative change for years to come. Writing for executives & initiative leaders Stephen A. Zinkgraf presents a high-speed methodology for linking Six Sigma to business strategy planning & executing a flawless launch aligning the entire enterprise behind performance improvement & achieving powerful results in both the short & long term. Zinkgraf helped lead Larry Bossidys pioneering Six Sigma program at Allied Signal-he & his team have participated in more than fifty Six Sigma launches. In this book he reveals best practices for leading every step of the process. Youll learn how to identify prioritize & charter breakthrough projects...choose the right partners...define roles...build & train teams...mitigate risks...implement effective metrics...and evangelize" the organization. Then after youve launched Zinkgraf shows how to improve your program-and use HR IT & other business levers to extend your impact. Simply put if youre leading Six Sigma this books Six Sigma roadmaps milestones & techniques represent the fastest route to the most business value. * Master the lessons of the worlds best Six Sigma deployments Learn from the experiences of Allied Signal Motorola 3M & fifty other Six Sigma leaders * Link Six Sigma directly to your balance sheet Set aggressive measurable business goals-and achieve them * Plan & execute a flawless launch-within 90 days! Define priorities organize teams choose partners structure enterprise-wide deployments & more * Sustain Six Sigma for the long term Using a clearly defined leadership roadmap align organization structure compensation succession planning IT resources & more * Avoid the classic Six Sigma "failure modes" Why Six Sigma projects fail & how to keep it from happening to you Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii About the Author xix Contributors List xxi PARTI: PRE-LAUNCH 1 Chapter 1: Six Sigma-The Initiative the Deployment the Technology 3 Chapter 2: The True Nature of Six Sigma: The Business Model 17 Chapter 3: Six Sigma Launch Philosophy 37 Chapter 4: Getting Early Support: Selecting a Six Sigma Provider 55 Chapter 5: Strategy: The Alignment of External Realities Setting Measurable Goals & Internal Actions 69 Chapter 6: Defining the Six Sigma Program Expectations & Metrics 87 PART II: THE FIRST 90 DAYS 103 Chapter 7: Defining the Six Sigma Project Scope 105 Chapter 8: Defining th"

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This is the fast & easy way to understand & implement Six Sigma. The world's largest & most profitable companies
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Innovative practical & inspiring Six Steps to Songwriting Success" presents a surefire step-by-step approach to mastering the elements consistently found in hit songs. Jason Blume a songwriter with the rare distinction of having had songs on the Country Pop & R&B charts simultaneously has packed this book with key aids like the three-step writing technique used by the pros; lyric melody & demo checklists; & tools for self-evaluation
- plus many other exercises that work. Blumes warm humourous style features motivational anecdotes & entertaining stories of how hit songs came to be written & recorded. " Get Six Steps to Songwriting Success" & get on the charts!"
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The multi million-copy bestseller Six Thinking Hats" by Edward de Bono author of " Lateral Thinking" & "I Am Right You Are Wrong" teaches you how to run better meetings & make better decisions. Meetings are a crucial part of all our lives but too often they go nowhere & waste valuable time. In " Six Thinking Hats" Edward de Bono shows how meetings can be transformed to produce quick decisive results every time. The Six Hats method is a devastatingly simple technique based on the brain's different modes of thinking. The intelligence experience & information of everyone is harnessed to reach the right conclusions quickly. These principles fundamentally change the way you work & interact. They have been adopted by businesses & governments around the world to end conflict & confusion in favour of harmony & productivity. " An inspiring man with brilliant ideas. De Bono never ceases to amaze with his clarity of thought". (Richard Branson). Edward de Bono invented the concept of lateral thinking. A world-renowned writer & philosopher he is the leading authority in the field of creative thinking & the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. Dr de Bono has written more than 60 books in 40 languages with people now teaching his methods worldwide. He has chaired a special summit of Nobel Prize laureates & been hailed as one of the 250 people who have contributed most to mankind. Dr de Bono's titles include classic bestsellers such as " Six Thinking Hats" " Lateral Thinking" "I Am Right You Are Wrong" " Teach Yourself How To Think" " Teach Your Child How To Think" & " Simplicity"." ...

Traditional thinking habits of businesses need to be greatly enhanced. Analysis & judgement are no longer enough to make important corporate decisions; you can analyse the past but you have to design the future. Corporate decisions depend on values. Disputes & conflicts often arise because of a clash of those values; each party in the dispute wants to pursue its own values often at the expense of the other party. It is therefore essential that companies managers & employees have a full understanding of the values of everyone involved to design a way forward that benefits all parties. From the bestselling author of How to Have a Beautiful Mind & Six Thinking Hats this groundbreaking business book provides a basis for value assessment an essential tool in decision-making for 21st century corporations. De Bono demonstrates that values come into all areas of thinking behaviour & decision-making & outlines a framework to focus employees attention on a variety of values including human values organisational values cultural values & perceptual values. By introducing a scoring system to rate different values as strong sound weak or remote de Bono helps readers to prioritise & make executive decisions that count. ...

During the Great War many boys went straight from the classroom to the most dangerous job in the world
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Six Weeks to OMG" is the New York bestselling diet book by Venice A. Fulton. " The diet that's changing diets". (" Metro"). " Move over Dr Dukan meet the OMG diet guru". (" The Times"). "" Six Weeks To OMG" is quickly becoming one of the top slimming books on the market". (" Daily Mail"). Before we get started let's test your knowledge: true or false?: skipping breakfast can be healthy; certain fruits instantly block fat loss; small frequent meals are damaging; cellulite can be massively reduced in everyone; juices & smoothies cause overeating; & exercise is more than just how much & how hard. They're all true. Using science psychology & uncommon sense you will learn how to lose up to 20 pounds of body fat in six weeks. His plan originally designed for A-List celeb clients proves that quick fixes don't work but quick improvements are still possible. No one is born fat or destined to have cellulite forever. & if you think you've failed on a diet before think again
- the diet failed. Because anyone with the correct information
- & that means anyone
- can get skinny. & Venice A. Fulton will arm you with the necessary tools in " Six Weeks to OMG". Venice A. Fulton's expertise as a sports scientist helped formulate the ideal diet plan for his A-list clients producing fantastic & fast results. Now available for everyone you can also be as skinny as you choose to be. Venice is also a former writer for magazines including " Men's Health" & " Celebrity Bodies"."


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