A first-time-in-paperback reissue, this full-fledged biography takes on all of the famous Shakespearean debates, from whether or not Shakespeare actually wrote his plays to speculation regarding his sexuality to the mysterious curse he set upon his own grave. This lively and provocative book weaves together the most complete, objective, and readable account of Shakespeare's life ever written. Includes 24 pages of illustrations.
A first-time-in-paperback reissue, this full-fledged biography takes on all of the famous Shakespearean debates, from whether or not Shakespeare ac...
“ Intriguing and thought-provoking, "Murder at Golgotha" amounts to a latter-day "Cold Case" episode on a centuries-old event that has changed the lives of millions throughout the world.” ---"Booklist" “ The most definitive recent study of the historical relic.” ---"The Dallas Morning News "on "The Shroud of Turin" “ Wilson’ s outstanding study must surely be the most complete yet undertaken of the subject.” ---"Washington"" Post" on "The Shroud of Turin" “ If you want a beautifully illustrated account of the sort of...
“ Intriguing and thought-provoking, "Murder at Golgotha" amounts to a latter-day "Cold Case" episode on a centuries-old event that has changed t...
This popular book has been thoroughly updated for its fourth edition, and is even more directed towards the leadership demands on managers, both within the school and in its community setting.
This popular book has been thoroughly updated for its fourth edition, and is even more directed towards the leadership demands on managers, both withi...
Strategy--and the planning that created it--has too often failed to deliver its promised results. The reasons for this failure are many and varied, but include an over-reliance on the next big thing in strategic methodology, a failure to recognize and deal with the total change that strategy requires in an organization, and an inability to deal with uncertainty. Wilson argues that strategy is a subtle and demanding art, far more than it is a science or a methodology.
To succeed in dealing with complex, interacting forces inside and outside the organization, strategy must:
Deal with...
Strategy--and the planning that created it--has too often failed to deliver its promised results. The reasons for this failure are many and varied,...
As the world comes to terms with the horror of nuclear terrorism another even more devastating threat emerges. But who is behind this and what are their intentions? With only scraps of evidence to go on two British officers, Jack Riley and Helen Bascombe, uncover a plot involving a secret religious sect whose family histories can be traced back to the Crusades. The search for the conspirators takes place against a backdrop of deteriorating relations with the USA where the President prefers the affairs of the bedroom to the affairs of State. When British and American nuclear missile submarines...
As the world comes to terms with the horror of nuclear terrorism another even more devastating threat emerges. But who is behind this and what are the...
A Sudden Vengeance Waits 2nd Edition As the world comes to terms with the horror of a nuclear attack on the Olympic Games an even more devastating threat emerges. But who is behind this and what are their intentions? With only scraps of evidence to go on two unlikely heroes emerge to uncover a plot involving a secret religious sect whose family histories can be traced back to the Crusades. The search for the conspirators takes place against a backdrop of deteriorating relations with the USA where the President prefers the affairs of the bedroom to the affairs of State. When British and...
A Sudden Vengeance Waits 2nd Edition As the world comes to terms with the horror of a nuclear attack on the Olympic Games an even more devastating thr...
A Book of Quotes About Love and Relationships. Quotes heard or read can stay in our minds and hearts forever. In this book is a small collection of some of my favorite quotes. -Come live in my heart and pay no rent. -Love is taking two hearts and blending them into one. -Her eyes, her lips, her cheeks, her shape, her features seem to be drawn by love's own hand, by love himself in love. -There are many things in life that will catch your eyes but only a few will catch your . heart, pursue those.
A Book of Quotes About Love and Relationships. Quotes heard or read can stay in our minds and hearts forever. In this book is a small collection of so...
At the Point of Death Can the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil end up as a tornado in Texas? Chaos theory says yes it can. It says that dynamic systems are sensitive to their initial conditions and the slightest differences can have huge and unpredictable outcomes. So to guard against chaos we have laws and systems, procedures and regulations. Except they don't always work. A microscopic fault in a jet engine that brings down an airliner. A piece of foam that destroys a space shuttle. A virus mutation that goes on to kill millions. In the end, everything is subject to the laws of nature,...
At the Point of Death Can the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil end up as a tornado in Texas? Chaos theory says yes it can. It says that dynamic s...
A Journey In My Head Unintended consequences. Unknown unknowns. The "Streisand Effect." Call it what you want, but the outcomes of our actions are often unexpected or even the opposite of our intentions. A newspaper hacking a child's cellphone messages to get a story that ruins and closes the newspaper. The local council trying to block a schoolgirl's blogs about her school meals that meant it went viral. Bankers fixing interest rates for short-term gains not understanding the long-term outcomes for their company or industry. And of course the mother of the phrase, the Hollywood film star who...
A Journey In My Head Unintended consequences. Unknown unknowns. The "Streisand Effect." Call it what you want, but the outcomes of our actions are oft...
