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He Seemed Normal . . . I used to think people could see my anxiety, at least until I played violin in concert as a child. My Dad recorded the performance—I didn't recognize the composed person who was supposed to be me. I have always been an anxious person with a learning disability. To compensate, I've learned one strategy never fails: When trying something new, ask friends to join in so you can figure it out together. That's how I approached dating and the search for my "Manicorn." These are the dates and the men who made them, in one way or another, unforgettable.
Ex-army sergeant Daniel McEvoy is ready to say goodbye New Jersey's lawless underworld and concentrate on his new life as club owner and bona fide boyfriend. But when he's abducted and driven into the Hudson by a vengeful crime boss, he realises that the New Jersey underworld isn't ready to say goodbye to him. If Dan is to survive, he will have to evade bad guys on both sides of the law and find the missing aunt who once taught him how to handle boobs. Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl novels, turns his outstanding talent to a world as criminally funny as it is dark and compelling.
The ‘Changing World of the Trainer’ considers how the human resource development professional should undertake his or her role in today’s organization. It offers a new framework which reflects the business reality of the modern world. This practical work proceeds through a series of tools, checklists, questionnaires and instruments and presents an extensive series of illustrative case studies, drawn from organizations throughout the world. The book argues that the problems that trainers face are fundamentally the same. Their objective is to put a process in place to ensure that employees are able to acquire the knowledge and skill required by the organization. The acquisition of indivi...
In many jobs people work their way up through a hierarchy, an experience that prepares them for managing a team. In some professions, such as law, finance, accountancy, academia, engineering, education and healthcare, individuals may find themselves managing a team of equals. This book uses 50 simple lessons to show the reader in concise, pithy prose how to manage a team of equals with intelligence and diplomacy. Each lesson features a short introduction and example from the authors' experience, showing you how skills can be acquired. These are then followed by 6-10 action points to implement immediately. Core leadership skills are reevaluated for the leader of a smart team. The book teaches you core skills such as decision making and delegating, but also soft skills such as delivering good and bad news to team members and how to realise more general aims such as building trust and growing your team. The authors also offer advice on how to look after yourself as a team leader, how to build resilience in tough situations, but also how to develop creativity and extend your skill base so that you are constantly learning.
The three plays in this volume -Melissa Arctic, and Orange Flower Water, and The Pavilion - are all set in the fictional town of Pine City, Minnesota. As the name suggests, these plays share a focus on love and relationships and feature a consistent undercurrent of observation and speculation about the nature of time.
The typical story of the adolescent years of boy-meets-girl/teen troubles. Though it's a predictable but touching story, the characters come alive through emotional depth. Michael Marino had just moved to a small town in Pennsylvania. Dealing with the recent death of his mother and a hard core Marine Sergeant father, he finds it hard to make new friends. He soon hooks up with a couple of older boys and gets the reputation of a neighborhood trouble maker. Michael befriends a junkie, Rich, who sees Michael's future better than Michael sees it himself. Rich is a particularly powerful character who blurs the good boy/bad boy line. Eric is the well drawn best friend characters who's innocents gives support to Michael. Jane transcends the usual teen heroine with her unconditional love and support for Michael through her good sense. Michael's relationship with his father and their reconcile is perhaps the most touching of the story. {www.wix.com/tomjamesh/my-books} {www.wix.com/tomjamesh/my-scripts}
A sampling of ten winners through three decades, beginning with the first, Mister Roberts (1948), to one of the most recent, The River Niger (1974).
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This omnibus contains three full-length novels: Psmith in the City, Psmith Journalist and Leave it to Psmith.