Author: Saroo Brierley
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780143786504
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
No Marketing Blurb
Lion
Author: Saroo Brierley
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780143786504
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
No Marketing Blurb
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780143786504
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
No Marketing Blurb
A Long Way from Home
Author: Peter Carey
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 052552018X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in southeastern Australia. Together they enter the 1954 Redex Trial, a weeks-long endurance contest of a car race that circles the entire continent. With them is their lanky, fair-haired navigator: deposed quiz show champion and failed schoolteacher Willie Bachhuber. If they win the Redex, the Bobs name alone will get them a dealership, and Willie will have recharged a life currently ground to a halt. But before any of that might happen, their official strip maps will lead them, without warning, out of the comfortable white Australia they know so well. A breakneck, often hilarious, eye-opening adventure that at the same time reminds us how white people took possession of a timeless culture—the high purpose they invented, and the crimes they committed along the way—A Long Way from Home is Peter Carey’s late-style masterpiece.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 052552018X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in southeastern Australia. Together they enter the 1954 Redex Trial, a weeks-long endurance contest of a car race that circles the entire continent. With them is their lanky, fair-haired navigator: deposed quiz show champion and failed schoolteacher Willie Bachhuber. If they win the Redex, the Bobs name alone will get them a dealership, and Willie will have recharged a life currently ground to a halt. But before any of that might happen, their official strip maps will lead them, without warning, out of the comfortable white Australia they know so well. A breakneck, often hilarious, eye-opening adventure that at the same time reminds us how white people took possession of a timeless culture—the high purpose they invented, and the crimes they committed along the way—A Long Way from Home is Peter Carey’s late-style masterpiece.
The Entirepreneur
Author: Bill Bolton
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135103747
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
In this groundbreaking book Bill Bolton and John Thompson present a completely new take on the conventional domains of entrepreneur, leader and manager. They argue that in today’s turbulent and uncertain world, businesses no longer have the time for a business cycle that begins with an entrepreneur, hands over to a manager and finally brings in a strategic leader when things are flagging. ‘The New Normal’ that now prevails requires that these things run together and calls for a new kind of all-rounder. Bolton and Thompson give us a new word to describe such a person: The ENTIREPRENEUR The entirely competent person, able to discern aright and make things happen. Drawing upon the successful person-centred approach of their books on entrepreneurs they first tell the stories of over 40 entirepreneurs, demonstrating clearly that such people do exist. After discussing the ‘New Normal’ context they present a fascinating analysis that goes below the surface to describe the key Talent, Temperament, Technique and Discernment attributes that explain the entirepreneur. Readers have the opportunity to make a self-evaluation of their own attribute strengths, concluding with a final ‘entirepreneur’ score. This fascinating and insightful look at the entirepreneur is a clear pointer to what will be demanded of those who wish to succeed amid the vicissitudes of the 'New Normal’.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135103747
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
In this groundbreaking book Bill Bolton and John Thompson present a completely new take on the conventional domains of entrepreneur, leader and manager. They argue that in today’s turbulent and uncertain world, businesses no longer have the time for a business cycle that begins with an entrepreneur, hands over to a manager and finally brings in a strategic leader when things are flagging. ‘The New Normal’ that now prevails requires that these things run together and calls for a new kind of all-rounder. Bolton and Thompson give us a new word to describe such a person: The ENTIREPRENEUR The entirely competent person, able to discern aright and make things happen. Drawing upon the successful person-centred approach of their books on entrepreneurs they first tell the stories of over 40 entirepreneurs, demonstrating clearly that such people do exist. After discussing the ‘New Normal’ context they present a fascinating analysis that goes below the surface to describe the key Talent, Temperament, Technique and Discernment attributes that explain the entirepreneur. Readers have the opportunity to make a self-evaluation of their own attribute strengths, concluding with a final ‘entirepreneur’ score. This fascinating and insightful look at the entirepreneur is a clear pointer to what will be demanded of those who wish to succeed amid the vicissitudes of the 'New Normal’.
The Long Way Back
Author: Fuad al-Takarli
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9789774160929
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
A multigenerational family story of modern Iraq
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9789774160929
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
A multigenerational family story of modern Iraq
The United Service Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
The Long Way Home
Author: John Demont
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 0771025114
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The province's premier journalist tells the story he was born to write. No journalist has travelled the back roads, hidden vales and fog-soaked coves of Nova Scotia as widely as John DeMont. No writer has spent as much time considering its peculiar warp and weft of humanity, geography and history. The Long Way Home is the summation of DeMont's years of travel, research and thought. It tells the story of what is, from the European view of things, the oldest part of Canada. Before Confederation it was also the richest, but now Nova Scotia is among the poorest. Its defining myths and stories are mostly about loss and sheer determination. Equal parts narrative, memoir and meditation, The Long Way Home chronicles with enthralling clarity a complex and multi-dimensional story: the overwhelming of the first peoples and the arrival of a mélange of pioneers who carved out pockets of the wilderness; the random acts and unexplained mysteries; the shameful achievements and noble failures; the rapture and misery; the twists of destiny and the cold-heartedness of fate. This is the biography of a place that has been hardened by history. A place full of reminders of how great a province it has been and how great—with the right circumstances and a little luck—it could be again.
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 0771025114
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The province's premier journalist tells the story he was born to write. No journalist has travelled the back roads, hidden vales and fog-soaked coves of Nova Scotia as widely as John DeMont. No writer has spent as much time considering its peculiar warp and weft of humanity, geography and history. The Long Way Home is the summation of DeMont's years of travel, research and thought. It tells the story of what is, from the European view of things, the oldest part of Canada. Before Confederation it was also the richest, but now Nova Scotia is among the poorest. Its defining myths and stories are mostly about loss and sheer determination. Equal parts narrative, memoir and meditation, The Long Way Home chronicles with enthralling clarity a complex and multi-dimensional story: the overwhelming of the first peoples and the arrival of a mélange of pioneers who carved out pockets of the wilderness; the random acts and unexplained mysteries; the shameful achievements and noble failures; the rapture and misery; the twists of destiny and the cold-heartedness of fate. This is the biography of a place that has been hardened by history. A place full of reminders of how great a province it has been and how great—with the right circumstances and a little luck—it could be again.
The United Service Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
The Long Road
Author: Cathy Williams Goforth
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 110572509X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
While sailing around the Caribbean, Cathy Williams Goforth reflects on a life of travel and adventure that began in Australia as a young girl. It led to Africa during the turbulent 1970's, England, and Yemen. The Long Road morphed into a voyage that continually draws her back to Jamaica.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 110572509X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
While sailing around the Caribbean, Cathy Williams Goforth reflects on a life of travel and adventure that began in Australia as a young girl. It led to Africa during the turbulent 1970's, England, and Yemen. The Long Road morphed into a voyage that continually draws her back to Jamaica.
Kilimanjaro: One Man's Quest to Go Over the Hill
Author: M.G. Edwards
Publisher: Michael Edwards
ISBN: 1937534022
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The first book in the World Adventurers Series, Kilimanjaro: One Man's Quest to Go Over the Hill chronicles the author's attempt to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. At forty years old and on the verge of a midlife crisis, he tried to change his life by climbing a mountain. This is his true story of facing Kilimanjaro and other challenges at middle age. This book is for anyone who feels over the hill and needs encouragement to make a life change in the face of difficult odds. It's also for the casual climber or hiker who is interested in climbing one of the world's tallest mountains. Filled with insights and advice for those who are contemplating their own Kilimanjaro climb, this book will put you on the mountain and inspire you to go over it. Kilimanjaro: One Man's Quest to Go Over the Hill features more than 60 photos from the author's trek.
Publisher: Michael Edwards
ISBN: 1937534022
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The first book in the World Adventurers Series, Kilimanjaro: One Man's Quest to Go Over the Hill chronicles the author's attempt to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. At forty years old and on the verge of a midlife crisis, he tried to change his life by climbing a mountain. This is his true story of facing Kilimanjaro and other challenges at middle age. This book is for anyone who feels over the hill and needs encouragement to make a life change in the face of difficult odds. It's also for the casual climber or hiker who is interested in climbing one of the world's tallest mountains. Filled with insights and advice for those who are contemplating their own Kilimanjaro climb, this book will put you on the mountain and inspire you to go over it. Kilimanjaro: One Man's Quest to Go Over the Hill features more than 60 photos from the author's trek.
Dreams Diary
Author: Antonio Almas
Publisher: Babelcube Inc.
ISBN: 1071533894
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Why For what reason for the tree to grow we need first to plant a seed. For what reason to have the fruit it is necessary to flower. For what reason to bloom we need to water first. For what reason to have leaves it is necessary to be covered with light, it only makes sense, that to dream, and believing, day after day, year after year, we are now, sitting in to the shade to this tree that we sowed so far behind, that we cared for, we trim and we made grow. Beliving that we could be a tress, flower and bear fruit, give shade and peace it is like dreaming and making sure that one day we will be a forest To Graça with love.
Publisher: Babelcube Inc.
ISBN: 1071533894
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Why For what reason for the tree to grow we need first to plant a seed. For what reason to have the fruit it is necessary to flower. For what reason to bloom we need to water first. For what reason to have leaves it is necessary to be covered with light, it only makes sense, that to dream, and believing, day after day, year after year, we are now, sitting in to the shade to this tree that we sowed so far behind, that we cared for, we trim and we made grow. Beliving that we could be a tress, flower and bear fruit, give shade and peace it is like dreaming and making sure that one day we will be a forest To Graça with love.