Business Fiction

On the face of it, this is the story of Dave Smart, business studies lecturer, as he leads a group of three colleagues on a tour of discovery to the Smiling Disc star system, 19 light years from home. Their main purpose is to investigate business practice on Kalista-mm, the larger of the system's two planets, and gather material for Dave's new book, 'Doing Business on Other Planets'.

Maggie Harris loves her predictable life in Meadow Creek. She flourishes on stability and consistency. Until Isaac comes to town. Now, her world is turned upside down with feelings she has never experienced before. Maggie isn’t so sure she wants to break out of the comfortable lifestyle she has been dependent on to take a chance on love.

Este libro es una guía práctica para lograr empresas más diversas y desarrollar un liderazgo incluyente. Basado en conversaciones con personas de distintos países, Alfas y omegas explica cómo el equilibrio entre lo femenino y lo masculino genera bienestar a los empleados y rentabilidad a las organizaciones.

Advertising guru Olivia Masterson is all work and no play. But on the eve of earning her dream promotion, her best friend dares her to drop her ice-queen façade for one night and seduce a sexy stranger. Olivia's worked her ass off to get where she is - why the hell not? Cole Bennett never thought he'd run into his feisty one-night stand at the office, furious that he stole her promotion. No matter how hard she tries to ice him out, they can't seem to keep their hands to themselves...or their clothes on.

The post-apocalyptic survival adventure begins anew as Hobe sails for Florida in search of new opportunities after leaving the Trade Rendezvous. He has a plan that has not been revealed to his sailboats crew yet to hopefully put them into some new profitable adventures. Everything seems to be going well despite the hurricane that blew them off course and sent them towards an oyster fishing village in a far bay until pirates were spotted on the horizon. Follow our stalwart heroes as they brave the high seas five years after a Solar Storm has taken the electrical grid and economy down.

Who among us has not been hurt by human evil? It happens to us almost daily: Insults, trickery, betrayal, and other serious sins. How many times have we asked ourselves, where does all this evil come from? And why does it exist at all? And - how is it possible to deal with it and overcome it? Our small radio station invites our listeners to share with other listeners their stories of evil that they have experienced in their lives. Thirty-two different stories enable us to penetrate the depths of evil.

Through the power of story, you are about to begin to improve yourself personally and professionally. Show Your Ink contains 20 short stories that will grab you emotionally. Get ready to laugh, cry, think, and learn. Each story focuses on a different aspect of success in leadership and life. You will learn about the importance of authenticity, the need to use your mistakes, the vital role of feedback, why values matter, the key to personal change, and much more.

In Squawk! Travis Bradberry, Ph.D., reveals the three virtues that will help listeners deal with seagull managers in the workplace and, more importantly, avoid becoming seagulls themselves. Told through the story of Charlie, a well-intentioned seagull manager who doesn't understand how his actions hold back his flock, this entertaining and illuminating fable will help make us all less prone to depositing messes on the heads of those around us.

As Johnathan Cummings steps into the vibrant gay scene of Seattle, he embarks on an erotic adventure, indulging in experiences he'd only dreamed of. It's a weekend filled with tantalizing encounters and passionate connections, a haven where Johnathan can freely express his sexuality without judgment or fear.

Death and Disorder 104. Institute courses told a grim story about the Network - that savage world beyond the closely guarded Institute gates. But they wanted to see for themselves. They had to know. Were there really females there? Would their training as mercenaries prepare them for the wild bands of grisly subhumans? They set out on a journey of discovery only to become the unwitting agents of forces that threatened to destroy the only world they'd ever known.

While hoping to work as the clown in an amusement park dunk tank on the New Jersey shore the summer before his junior year in high school, Chad faces his best friend's serious illness, hassles with police, and the girl that got away.

Jacqueline Große ist ein sympathisches Landei aus der Eifel mit einem IQ von 132, von dem sie jedoch mit üppiger Oberweite und hellblonden Haaren geschickt abzulenken weiß. Im Friseursalon ihrer Mutter hat sie sich auf eine Karriere im Showgeschäft durch jahrelangen Yellow-Press-Konsum fundiert vorbereitet und arbeitet konsequent auf ihr großes Ziel hin: reich und berühmt werden.

From her front row seat at some of the world’s most prestigious governmental, academic, and business institutions, Betsy Myers has witnessed a new kind of leadership that prizes flexibility, openness, and individuality, and now she explores how all of us - and women in particular - can benefit from it. Personal, practical, and profoundly inspiring, this is a perfect book for anyone who wonders where all the great leaders have gone. Betsy Myers helps us see that leadership is all around us - and within us.

Martin Williams often finds himself in deadly historical events, with a good chance his mark will die without any intervention. But professionals don’t leave things to chance, and Martin is a motivated worker for his paymasters, the Firm. Follow Martin’s lethal career across four decades, three continents, and thousands of cigarettes.

Hast du dich mal gefragt, warum die Verkäufer im Discounter immer so gereizt sind? Ganz einfach: Wegen dir! - Verkäufer müssen längst nicht mehr nur Regale auffüllen, Kunden abkassieren und dabei freundlich lächeln. Sind sie einmal nicht in der Lage, die innersten Gedanken der "kleinen Könige" zu lesen und ihnen jeden noch so absurden Wunsch zu erfüllen, werden sie prompt für die "Servicewüste Deutschland" verantwortlich gemacht.

When I bounced the idea of An Accidental Life off Jim Browne, my financial manager with a keen understanding of the human condition, he said that all of us benefit from serendipity, from the accidental life. (We in fact met by happy accident.) He added that my life was and is typical, or perhaps a tad off the norm. Surely he's correct in that we all benefit from fortuitous events, but I think he's incorrect in saying that such events in my life are typical or normal.

The Cost is a story of a cost engineering consultant named Doug Benson who does his best to help companies understand and improve cost. When Doug arrives at Electronica, the company is on a verge of bankruptcy and hardly even knows why. He must use all his cost engineering knowledge and leadership skills amidst some considerable corporate drama all the while fighting his own personal demons in order to give Electronica a chance.

How do terrible leaders become so incompetent? Have you ever had a boss that made you wonder how they ever got promoted when they are inept? Have you ever seen someone hired to lead an organization and they left it far worse than they found it? How did they become so poor with their leadership and management skills? In this hilarious and entertaining satire, we learn that terrible leaders and managers might have actually gone to school to learn how to be poor at leading employees and managing organizations.

In The Second Assistant, readers across the country found a heroine they loved to love in Lizzie Miller, the smart and witty East Coast girl clinging for dear life to the bottom rung of the Hollywood ladder. But no more coffee runs and sorting thumbtacks by color for Lizzie; she's been promoted. As first assistant to Scott Wagner, now president of The Agency and one of Hollywood's premiere movers and shakers, she's making decisions and learning the ins and outs of the business.

An irresistible novel brimming with wit, warmth, and Irish humor, about the married owners of a friendly tavern in Belfast and the intimate lives of the customers and employees who band together to save it from demolition.