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One September morning in 2008, an investment banker approaching forty, his career in collapse and his marriage unravelling, receives a surprise visitor at his home. He struggles to place the dishevelled figure carrying a backpack, until he recognises a friend from his student days, a brilliant...

When Winston Churchill was a boy of 16, he already had a vision for his purpose in life. "This country will be subjected somehow to a tremendous invasion...I shall be in command of the defenses of London...it will fall to me to save the Capital, to save the Empire." It was a most unlikely prediction. Perceived as a failure for much of his life, Churchill was the last person anyone would have expected to rise to national prominence as prime minister and influence the fate of the world during World War II.

The UnStoppables is based on forward-author Graham Weston's experience growing Rackspace from a start-up into an $8 billion company, as well as fascinating case studies from such organizations as the Navy SEALs and Israeli Special Forces. In The UnStoppables, Bill Schley, co-founder of the branding firm Brand Team Six shows how the best practitioners think continuously about two things: The Big Picture and the Little Picture - essence and essentials.  

The Unfinished Leader is a modern handbook for recognizing, facing, and inspiring others to expose the real issues that underlie paradoxes in modern organizations. Leaders must first recognize situations they will never be able to "solve" and understand how to confront the barriers - in their own heads and their organizations - that push them toward seeking ultimate solutions that don't exist. Leading through complexity requires giving up the illusion of control, consistency, and closure, while embracing the reality of being permanently "unfinished".

Man and Superman was the first drama to be broadcast on the BBC's Third Programme on October 1st, 1946. To celebrate Radio 3's 50th anniversary, the play was directed by Sir Peter Hall, and preserved for all time in this lush audio dramatisation. 'A comedy and a philosophy', Man and Superman is...

Jack Serpent is the only person to have survived the Scriver Trials. With that, he became a lore keeper for the origin of monsters, a spy, and hybrid soldier able to withstand crushing magic. Ever since a coven of Strygan murdered his family, he’s set out to discover and record what plagues the continents. It’s the sort of highly valuable knowledge that could change wars and divide kingdoms.

Nathan Long, CEO of the mysterious software corporation Veridical, travels to Southeast Asia on business—unaware that his life will soon fall apart. A hacker collective makes monstrous allegations: His software, developed to fight crime, is allegedly being misused to suppress dissidents in autocratic countries. When loose accusations turn into brutal blackmail, Nathan finds himself caught between two ruthless sides. Who is telling the truth? Whom can he trust? And how far will he go to save his company—and his own life?

Seemingly granted ‘classic album’ status within days of its release in 1997, OK Computer transformed Radiohead from a highly promising rock act into The Most Important Band in the World – a label the band has been burdened by (and has fooled around with) ever since. Through close musical analysis of each song, Dai Griffiths explores the themes and ideas that have made this album resonate so deeply with its audience, and argues that OK Computer is one of the most successfully realized CD albums so far created.

Nach dem 11. September. Ein fiktiver Staat in den USA. Abram soll die verschuldete, vom toten Vater ererbte Autowerkstatt retten und versteht dabei, dass es kein richtiges im falschen Leben gibt. Er ist kein Geschäftsmann, weiß aber nicht, wer er in Wirklichkeit ist. In seiner Verzweiflung beschwört er den Vater in Gedanken. Plötzliche Einflüsterungen wollen helfen, die wirtschaftliche Krise zu überwinden. Welche Stimme hört er da? Plötzlich taucht ein Prediger auf, Sektenmitglieder beleben das Geschäft. Wurden sie gesandt? Der Ruin wird mit den neuen Kunden abgewendet.

Brought to you by Penguin. A remarkable account of the terrible climax of the Second World War in Asia, published to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. In the closing months of the Second World War hundreds of thousands of Japanese, mostly civilians, died in a final...

In After You Were, I Am, charged moments from history collide with our own godless modern world. Read by the author, the recording is divided into three sections - ingenious rewritings of canonical prayers, dramatic monologues from the Pendle witch trials of 1612, and the divine tragedy of the Elizabethan magus John Dee - obsess over individual human characters and how our past informs (and informs on) our present.

They thought the Enemy was the worst of their foes. They were wrong.

The Fab Four, the most beloved band of all time, join the ranks of this New York Times bestselling biography series about heroes, for ages 5 to 9. They began as Johnny and the Moondogs, and they weren't very good. But these teens who loved music more than anything kept working at their craft and...

Cambridge University student Joe Greene dreams of a future where his words will echo through the ages. Then, the future quite literally finds him – in the form of Esi. She’s part of a time-traveling tour to witness history's greatest moments. In Esi’s era, Joe is as renowned as Shakespeare. And he's about to meet Diana, a fellow student, who will become his muse and the subject of his famous love poems. But Esi is harbouring a secret. Something will happen at Cambridge this year that will wreck Esi’s life, and she’s hell-bent on changing it.

One of the greatest love stories in history gets derailed when a struggling poet at Cambridge runs into a time-traveler who agrees to help him find his muse—a thoughtful and uplifting romantic comedy for fans of About Time and The Midnight Library. Cambridge University, 2005: Student Joe...

Supercharge your speech to get what you want out of every conversation with this fun and practical guide to verbal vividness. An eye-opening guide on how we talk and write to one another, Word Wise explores 400+ of the most common cases of word trash (filler words, hyperbole, and abstractions)...

Basil of Baker Street Baker Street Mice — Beware! So far the twins are safe. They’ll stay that way if you do what we say. We’ve decided to make your Baker Street cellar the headquarters for our gang. Everybody must be out in 48 hours. It’s Basil’s job to move you all out, just the way...

Basil and the Lost Colony I gasped in horror. Would it be my friend's dreadful fate to perish in the swirling torrent below? "Take car! Take care!" I shouted. But my worst fears were realized. Ratigan went over the edge, dragging the detective with him! Basil and the Big Cheese Cook-Off Named...

Vom Buch zum Hörspiel. Wilma Wolkenkopf – ein Kind mit Zippelzappelhänden und Sausegedanken. Ein Kind, dessen verflixtundzugenähte Socken einfach nie an die Füße wollen. Und ein Kind mit Mut, Fantasie und übersprudelndem Herzen. Begleite Wilma auf ihren kleinen und großen Alltagsabenteuern und lerne mit ihr, dass in allem, was uns ausmacht, ein Schatz zu finden ist.

Ten full-cast dramas featuring some of the best known names in British comedy. In these ten witty, dark and disturbing episodes some of Britain’s best comedians come together to perform simultaneously hilarious and unsettling stories that will have you gripped. Sticky situations on ski slopes...