Author: Judith Collins
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760874655
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The most anticipated political memoir of the year. A frank account from National MP Judith Collins of the highs and lows of a political life. From her humble beginnings as the youngest daughter of Labour-voting farming parents, Judith Collins has carved a path to almost the very top of New Zealand politics. Collins grew up in rural Walton, Waikato, on a dairy farm. At the age of 10 she entered politics, running for class president. She won. After a successful career as a lawyer, Collins became the MP for Papakura in 2002, alongside fellow new recruit John Key. When Key and National won office in 2008, Collins became the Minister for Police, Corrections and Veterans. Pull No Punches is the candid story of a determined Minister at the centre of New Zealand political life and of a woman who is always resilient in the face of adversity. Funny, forthright and fearless, Collins reveals what it is like to survive-and thrive-for two decades as a senior female politician.
Pull No Punches
Author: Judith Collins
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760874655
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The most anticipated political memoir of the year. A frank account from National MP Judith Collins of the highs and lows of a political life. From her humble beginnings as the youngest daughter of Labour-voting farming parents, Judith Collins has carved a path to almost the very top of New Zealand politics. Collins grew up in rural Walton, Waikato, on a dairy farm. At the age of 10 she entered politics, running for class president. She won. After a successful career as a lawyer, Collins became the MP for Papakura in 2002, alongside fellow new recruit John Key. When Key and National won office in 2008, Collins became the Minister for Police, Corrections and Veterans. Pull No Punches is the candid story of a determined Minister at the centre of New Zealand political life and of a woman who is always resilient in the face of adversity. Funny, forthright and fearless, Collins reveals what it is like to survive-and thrive-for two decades as a senior female politician.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760874655
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The most anticipated political memoir of the year. A frank account from National MP Judith Collins of the highs and lows of a political life. From her humble beginnings as the youngest daughter of Labour-voting farming parents, Judith Collins has carved a path to almost the very top of New Zealand politics. Collins grew up in rural Walton, Waikato, on a dairy farm. At the age of 10 she entered politics, running for class president. She won. After a successful career as a lawyer, Collins became the MP for Papakura in 2002, alongside fellow new recruit John Key. When Key and National won office in 2008, Collins became the Minister for Police, Corrections and Veterans. Pull No Punches is the candid story of a determined Minister at the centre of New Zealand political life and of a woman who is always resilient in the face of adversity. Funny, forthright and fearless, Collins reveals what it is like to survive-and thrive-for two decades as a senior female politician.
No Punches Pulled: Offences, Outrages and Other Observations
Author: Bob Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775540465
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Offences, Outrages and Other Observations: the best of Bob Jones' New Zealand Herald columns. Every week Bob Jones delivers an upper cut to the foibles, foolishness and outright fatuousness of contemporary life. In this collection of the best of his columns from the NZ Herald, he lines up the pious, the pitiful and the politically correct - and never pulls his punches. Uncompromising and unexpurgated, this is Sir Bob at his mosthonest and hilarious
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775540465
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Offences, Outrages and Other Observations: the best of Bob Jones' New Zealand Herald columns. Every week Bob Jones delivers an upper cut to the foibles, foolishness and outright fatuousness of contemporary life. In this collection of the best of his columns from the NZ Herald, he lines up the pious, the pitiful and the politically correct - and never pulls his punches. Uncompromising and unexpurgated, this is Sir Bob at his mosthonest and hilarious
No Punches Pulled
Author: Scott Allan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781990484117
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Bust Through Tough Obstacles, Develop a Resilient Mindset, and Forge Bulletproof Self Discipline Do you secretly crave a proven formula for building a bulletproof lifestyle? Are you mentally exhausted by fighting a losing battle with your mind every morning? Do you struggle with focus and mental clarity around your purpose in life? No Punches Pulled is designed to lead the way, and to help you forge an unbreakable mind and new way of life. You will learn to feed your obsession for doing what you love, as you learn to become highly creative, courageous, productive, and focused at every level. Personal development trainer and mindset optimization strategist, Scott Allan, teaches you a system of high performance lessons that can change your life. Scott provides you with a winning system for crushing existential self-doubt as you build a rock-solid bulletproof mind. In No Punches Pulled, you'll discover how to: Create a vision for achieving your goals with specific action steps to get anything done Train Your brain to win and outwork everyone else by gaining greater leverage in your relationships and business Throw away your plan B and go all in with your drive to achieve the impossible Forge bulletproof confidence by pushing out of your comfort zone and doing the hard things first Develop your inner obsession to become the best and build an undefeatable mindset figure out exactly what you want, and then decide what it is you're willing to do to get it. The No Punches Pulled framework trains your mind to embrace challenges instead of running from them, seize each day knowing it will never return, and learn to build confidence, clarity, and calmness so that you make intentional decisions to live your best life.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781990484117
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Bust Through Tough Obstacles, Develop a Resilient Mindset, and Forge Bulletproof Self Discipline Do you secretly crave a proven formula for building a bulletproof lifestyle? Are you mentally exhausted by fighting a losing battle with your mind every morning? Do you struggle with focus and mental clarity around your purpose in life? No Punches Pulled is designed to lead the way, and to help you forge an unbreakable mind and new way of life. You will learn to feed your obsession for doing what you love, as you learn to become highly creative, courageous, productive, and focused at every level. Personal development trainer and mindset optimization strategist, Scott Allan, teaches you a system of high performance lessons that can change your life. Scott provides you with a winning system for crushing existential self-doubt as you build a rock-solid bulletproof mind. In No Punches Pulled, you'll discover how to: Create a vision for achieving your goals with specific action steps to get anything done Train Your brain to win and outwork everyone else by gaining greater leverage in your relationships and business Throw away your plan B and go all in with your drive to achieve the impossible Forge bulletproof confidence by pushing out of your comfort zone and doing the hard things first Develop your inner obsession to become the best and build an undefeatable mindset figure out exactly what you want, and then decide what it is you're willing to do to get it. The No Punches Pulled framework trains your mind to embrace challenges instead of running from them, seize each day knowing it will never return, and learn to build confidence, clarity, and calmness so that you make intentional decisions to live your best life.
Deadly Little Scandals
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1368044336
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
No one is quite who they seem to be in the twisty, soapy, gasp-inducing world of the Debutantes by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, #1 bestselling author of The Inheritance Games. Think of the White Gloves like the Junior League— by way of Skull and Bones. Reluctant debutante Sawyer Taft joined Southern high society for one reason and one reason alone: to identify and locate her biological father. But the answers Sawyer found during her debutante year only left her with more questions and one potentially life-ruining secret. When her cousin Lily ropes her into pledging a mysterious, elite, and all-female secret society called the White Gloves, Sawyer soon discovers that someone in the group's ranks may have the answers she's looking for. Things are looking up . . . until Sawyer and the White Gloves make a disturbing discovery near the family's summer home—and uncover a twisted secret, decades in the making. ** Check out Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s bestselling The Naturals and Inheritance Games series!!
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1368044336
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
No one is quite who they seem to be in the twisty, soapy, gasp-inducing world of the Debutantes by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, #1 bestselling author of The Inheritance Games. Think of the White Gloves like the Junior League— by way of Skull and Bones. Reluctant debutante Sawyer Taft joined Southern high society for one reason and one reason alone: to identify and locate her biological father. But the answers Sawyer found during her debutante year only left her with more questions and one potentially life-ruining secret. When her cousin Lily ropes her into pledging a mysterious, elite, and all-female secret society called the White Gloves, Sawyer soon discovers that someone in the group's ranks may have the answers she's looking for. Things are looking up . . . until Sawyer and the White Gloves make a disturbing discovery near the family's summer home—and uncover a twisted secret, decades in the making. ** Check out Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s bestselling The Naturals and Inheritance Games series!!
Adaptation under Fire
Author: Lt. General David Barno
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190672064
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
A critical look into how and why the U.S. military needs to become more adaptable. Every military must prepare for future wars despite not really knowing the shape such wars will ultimately take. As former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates once noted: "We have a perfect record in predicting the next war. We have never once gotten it right." In the face of such great uncertainty, militaries must be able to adapt rapidly in order to win. Adaptation under Fire identifies the characteristics that make militaries more adaptable, illustrated through historical examples and the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Authors David Barno and Nora Bensahel argue that militaries facing unknown future conflicts must nevertheless make choices about the type of doctrine that their units will use, the weapons and equipment they will purchase, and the kind of leaders they will select and develop to guide the force to victory. Yet after a war begins, many of these choices will prove flawed in the unpredictable crucible of the battlefield. For a U.S. military facing diverse global threats, its ability to adapt quickly and effectively to those unforeseen circumstances may spell the difference between victory and defeat. Barno and Bensahel start by providing a framework for understanding adaptation and include historical cases of success and failure. Next, they examine U.S. military adaptation during the nation's recent wars, and explain why certain forms of adaptation have proven problematic. In the final section, Barno and Bensahel conclude that the U.S. military must become much more adaptable in order to address the fast-changing security challenges of the future, and they offer recommendations on how to do so before it is too late.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190672064
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
A critical look into how and why the U.S. military needs to become more adaptable. Every military must prepare for future wars despite not really knowing the shape such wars will ultimately take. As former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates once noted: "We have a perfect record in predicting the next war. We have never once gotten it right." In the face of such great uncertainty, militaries must be able to adapt rapidly in order to win. Adaptation under Fire identifies the characteristics that make militaries more adaptable, illustrated through historical examples and the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Authors David Barno and Nora Bensahel argue that militaries facing unknown future conflicts must nevertheless make choices about the type of doctrine that their units will use, the weapons and equipment they will purchase, and the kind of leaders they will select and develop to guide the force to victory. Yet after a war begins, many of these choices will prove flawed in the unpredictable crucible of the battlefield. For a U.S. military facing diverse global threats, its ability to adapt quickly and effectively to those unforeseen circumstances may spell the difference between victory and defeat. Barno and Bensahel start by providing a framework for understanding adaptation and include historical cases of success and failure. Next, they examine U.S. military adaptation during the nation's recent wars, and explain why certain forms of adaptation have proven problematic. In the final section, Barno and Bensahel conclude that the U.S. military must become much more adaptable in order to address the fast-changing security challenges of the future, and they offer recommendations on how to do so before it is too late.
Good Work If You Can Get It
Author: Jason Brennan
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421437961
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Read it, and you will come away ready to hit the ground running.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421437961
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Read it, and you will come away ready to hit the ground running.
Official Truth, 101 Proof
Author: Rex Brown
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN: 0306821370
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A memoir from the Pantera bassist Rex Brown, offering insight into the influential and popular heavy metal band and his career beyond the group's demise.
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN: 0306821370
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A memoir from the Pantera bassist Rex Brown, offering insight into the influential and popular heavy metal band and his career beyond the group's demise.
Reluctant Editor: The Singapore Media as Seen Through the Eyes of a Veteran Newspaper Journalist
Author: PN Balji
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9814868035
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
These are the unpublished stories about the stories that you may have read in Singapore newspapers over the years. Above all, they are Singapore media stories as experienced first-hand by a veteran journalist who had to be persuaded to become Editor of a leading newspaper. PN Balji was an active participant in mainstream journalism, having spent nearly 40 years working in five newsrooms. He was part of a hardy generation of newspaper editors who wrestled with editorial issues and made tough decisions, sometimes against the will of authority. He also had a ringside view of his colleagues’ tussles and confrontations with the government. In Reluctant Editor, Balji weaves a compelling narrative, with anecdotes, of an alternative story of how some editors of his generation managed to hold the ground in challenging times. He brings back the drama, mostly played behind the scenes, and attempts to answer the question: What made the editors of the 1970s, 80s and 90s act the way they did? It was a life lived dangerously; some lost their jobs, some had to leave the country and some decided to give in and lived to fight another day.
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9814868035
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
These are the unpublished stories about the stories that you may have read in Singapore newspapers over the years. Above all, they are Singapore media stories as experienced first-hand by a veteran journalist who had to be persuaded to become Editor of a leading newspaper. PN Balji was an active participant in mainstream journalism, having spent nearly 40 years working in five newsrooms. He was part of a hardy generation of newspaper editors who wrestled with editorial issues and made tough decisions, sometimes against the will of authority. He also had a ringside view of his colleagues’ tussles and confrontations with the government. In Reluctant Editor, Balji weaves a compelling narrative, with anecdotes, of an alternative story of how some editors of his generation managed to hold the ground in challenging times. He brings back the drama, mostly played behind the scenes, and attempts to answer the question: What made the editors of the 1970s, 80s and 90s act the way they did? It was a life lived dangerously; some lost their jobs, some had to leave the country and some decided to give in and lived to fight another day.
The Sound of Wings
Author: Suzanne Simonetti
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1647420474
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Now a USA TODAY BEST-SELLER, The Sound of Wings is a masterfully crafted tale of love, friendship, betrayal, and the risks we take in the pursuit of justice. Seventy-year-old Goldie Sparrows faces declining finances, questionable health, and a late husband who torments her from the beyond. She seeks refuge in her butterfly garden, which is filled with voices and memories from long ago. Jocelyn Anderson is a struggling writer who finds escape from her custody battle in the journal of her late mother-in-law. As she gets pulled through the pages of time, Jocelyn discovers her own husband has a hidden history she knows nothing about. Is this secret now Jocelyn’s to keep? Krystal Axelrod is living a life she never dreamed she could have. And yet the demons of a dysfunctional childhood and mean girl culture from her cheerleading days cast their shadow over her ability to feel whole, capable, and worthy. Does Goldie hold the key to Krystal’s path to freedom?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1647420474
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Now a USA TODAY BEST-SELLER, The Sound of Wings is a masterfully crafted tale of love, friendship, betrayal, and the risks we take in the pursuit of justice. Seventy-year-old Goldie Sparrows faces declining finances, questionable health, and a late husband who torments her from the beyond. She seeks refuge in her butterfly garden, which is filled with voices and memories from long ago. Jocelyn Anderson is a struggling writer who finds escape from her custody battle in the journal of her late mother-in-law. As she gets pulled through the pages of time, Jocelyn discovers her own husband has a hidden history she knows nothing about. Is this secret now Jocelyn’s to keep? Krystal Axelrod is living a life she never dreamed she could have. And yet the demons of a dysfunctional childhood and mean girl culture from her cheerleading days cast their shadow over her ability to feel whole, capable, and worthy. Does Goldie hold the key to Krystal’s path to freedom?
I.M. Wright's Hard Code
Author: Eric Brechner
Publisher: Pearson Education
ISBN: 0735664889
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Get the brutal truth about coding, testing, and project management—from a Microsoft insider who tells it like it is. I. M. Wright's deliberately provocative column "Hard Code" has been sparking debate amongst thousands of engineers at Microsoft for years. And now (despite our better instincts), we're making his opinions available to everyone. In this collection of over 80 columns, Eric Brechner's alter ego pulls no punches with his candid commentary and best practice solutions to the issues that irk him the most. He dissects the development process, examines tough team issues, and critiques how the software business is run, with the added touch of clever humor and sardonic wit. His ideas aren't always popular (not that he cares), but they do stimulate discussion and imagination needed to drive software excellence. Get the unvarnished truth on how to: Improve software quality and value—from design to security Realistically manage project schedules, risks, and specs Trim the fat from common development inefficiencies Apply process improvement methods—without being an inflexible fanatic Drive your own successful, satisfying career Don't be a dictator—develop and manage a thriving team! Companion Web site includes: Agile process documents Checklists, templates, and other resources
Publisher: Pearson Education
ISBN: 0735664889
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Get the brutal truth about coding, testing, and project management—from a Microsoft insider who tells it like it is. I. M. Wright's deliberately provocative column "Hard Code" has been sparking debate amongst thousands of engineers at Microsoft for years. And now (despite our better instincts), we're making his opinions available to everyone. In this collection of over 80 columns, Eric Brechner's alter ego pulls no punches with his candid commentary and best practice solutions to the issues that irk him the most. He dissects the development process, examines tough team issues, and critiques how the software business is run, with the added touch of clever humor and sardonic wit. His ideas aren't always popular (not that he cares), but they do stimulate discussion and imagination needed to drive software excellence. Get the unvarnished truth on how to: Improve software quality and value—from design to security Realistically manage project schedules, risks, and specs Trim the fat from common development inefficiencies Apply process improvement methods—without being an inflexible fanatic Drive your own successful, satisfying career Don't be a dictator—develop and manage a thriving team! Companion Web site includes: Agile process documents Checklists, templates, and other resources