Corporate Restructuring is a practical approach to rescuing troubled companies and driving underperforming companies to top performance. It combines proven restructuring strategies with rigorous theoretical analysis. This book explains how to set and achieve asset, staffing, sales and profit goals. Topics include diagnostic tools to identify the root cause of problems, the human dynamics that cause a company to thrive or wither, customer service and relationship marketing, customer intelli...

Master the Core of Modern Backend Engineering with KotlinIn today's interconnected software landscape, data is constantly in motion. Whether you are building high-speed APIs, consuming massive flat files, or designing enterprise data pipelines, understanding how to handle structured information is a non-negotiable skill.Structured Data Parsing: Managing and Transforming Information Using Kotlin is your definitive guide to reading, interpret...

Your Groundbreaking Framework for Measurement and ReportingMost people find measurement, analytics, and reporting daunting—and L&D professionals are no different. As these practices have become critically important for organizations’ efforts to improve performance, talent development professionals have often been slow to embrace them for many reasons, including the seeming complexity and challenge of the practices. Few organizations have a well-thought-out measurement and reporting...

Transform Repetitive Tasks into Powerful Automated WorkflowsHidden beneath the polished surface of modern graphical interfaces lies a world of speed, precision, and absolute control. The command line is not an outdated relic. It is the foundation of professional software development and system administration.Command-Line Utility Construction is your comprehensive guide to designing, coding, and sharing efficient text-based tools. Whether yo...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unlock the Full Potential of Go, from First Line to Final Deployment.Are you ready to learn one of today’s most in-demand programming languages for backend development, cloud computing, and DevOps? Go Programming Made Simple: From Zero to Developer is your clear, project-based guide to mastering Go (Golang), taking you from absolute beginner to confident professional.Written in a supportive, jar...

Step into a world where glowing marbles lead the way, dragonflies hum with golden light, and every "mistake" becomes a memory worth treasuring. When Zoey and her wonderful Aunt Laura open a mysterious book, they're swept into an enchanted forest filled with stardust streams, whispering trees, and a tiny butter-colored creature named Buttersprocket.Together, they discover hidden treasures, magical surprises, and the true power of love and family.A heartwarmi...

A solid understanding of financial analysis is an essentialbut often overlookedprerequisite to making key strategic decisions.Financial Analysis and Decision Making explains how all professionals can use the tools and techniques of financial analysis to define problems, gather and organize relevant information, and improve problem-solving skills.David E. Vance, C.P.A., is an instructor in the M.B.A. program at Rutgers University School of Business and dire...

It was an outlawed book, a text so dangerous “it could only be countered by the most vicious burnings, of books and men and women.” But what book could incite such violence and bloodshed? The year is 1526. It is the age of Henry VIII and his tragic Anne Boleyn, of Martin Luther and Thomas More. The times are treacherous. The Catholic Church controls almost every aspect of English life, including access to the very Word of God. And the church will do anything to keep it that way.Ent...

London, 1941. Britain has endured the relentless bombing campaign of the Blitz and emerged, scarred but unbroken. Caitrin, too, strives to weather each challenge that comes her way, though her ever-ready banter belies deep heartbreak and loss. But now the war has entered another phase. Instead of indiscriminate bombing, the Luftwaffe is pinpointing historic targets, including cathedrals and ancestral homes. It's as if Germany plans to erase Britain's very essence and culture, dest...

London, 1942: The threat of German invasion has abated, and the war has entered a new chapter, famously summed up by Winston Churchill as "the end of the beginning." While Churchill faces mounting pressure and calls for his resignation, a dark new horror is unfolding across the channel, as the Nazis move forward with their plan to murder Europe's Jews.In the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, young SS officer Dieter Silber helps organize the conference where Reinhard Heydrich outli...

"This is the story of my life and it's not a happy one. If you wish to read about me you're welcome to but if you're looking for something to give you hope & joy comfort & inspiration then you had best leave off here straightaway and go find something else. My life has an abundance of frustration and pain plus a fair bit of sex and lots of killing and broken bones but it's got precious little hope & joy comfort & inspiration.It's got some women in it too plus a wife. Dalila is the o...

Key imperial and royal courts--in Han, Tang, and Song dynasty China; medieval and renaissance Europe; and Heian and Muromachi Japan--are examined in this comparative and interdisciplinary volume as loci of power and as entities that establish, influence, or counter the norms of a larger society. Contributions by twelve scholars are organized into sections on the rhetoric of persuasion, taste, communication, gender, and natural nobility. Writing from the perspectives of literature, history,...