In Search of Excellence was the book that launched a thousand popular management books. In this concise book, David and Jack Collins demonstrate the emptiness of business excellence and in so doing reveal the flawed foundations of popular management theory.Focusing upon the conduct of those organizations vaunted as ‘exemplars of excellence’ the authors build upon insightful case reports to demonstrate wholesale misconduct at the very heart of the excellence project. Indeed...

Possibly Wilkie Collins' most famous novel, The Woman In White remade the Gothic Horror novel by taking its characters and tropes and setting them in commonplace surroundings among "people like us", Featuring unforgettable characters such as the incomparable Count Fosco and the redoubtable Marion Halcombe , The Woman In White with its compassionate treatment of those suffering mental distress ought to be credited with having put the cause of mental health care a hundred years ahead - had n...

Inspired by the timeless westerns of John Wayne and the hardboiled heroes of classic crime fiction, bestselling legends Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins turn up the heat on their tin-star tough guy Caleb York—in a gun-blazing showdown with two women ranchers calling the shots . . . It starts with an abusive, drunken young scoundrel who resists arrest, holds a barmaid hostage, and gets what he deserves from the blazing .44 of Sheriff Caleb York. The New Mexico lawman doesn't regret tak...

The Greatest Books of All Time Vol. 5 contains the following 10 Masterpieces :Jude the Obscure - Thomas HardyKidnapped - Robert Louis StevensonLittle Women - Louisa May AlcottOthello - William ShakespeareThe Call of the Wild - Jack LondonThe Moonstone - Wilkie CollinsThe Rainbow - D. H. LawrenceThe Thirty-Nine Steps - John Buchan

Paul Skinner, the young semiconductor design engineer at Liker Dallas, has finally got the shot what he thought his ego could handle. To be the engineer for a top secret competitive United States government design project called Project COMTEA. Little did he realize his addiction would be used against him, which in turn would lead to murder.

The Disappearance of Jack O'SullivanIn the early hours of March 1st, 2024, Jack O'Sullivan—a recent Exeter University graduate—vanished without a trace. A promising young law student on the cusp of a bright future, Jack’s sudden disappearance in the heart of Bristol shocked his family, friends, and the entire community.The search for Jack becomes a harrowing journey of hope, heartache, and unanswered questions. As his mother, Catherine, relentlessl...

Legendary crime writer Mickey Spillane’s celebrated tin-star hero Caleb York returns in the explosiveWestern saga by New York Times bestselling author Max Allan Collins. This time, the revered New Mexicogunhand unloads his .44 in a brewing storm brutal enough to freeze the blood.A killer blizzard sweeping across the Southwest threatens the livelihoods of everyone in the town of Trinidad. Butit’s two gunshots that fell Sheriff Caleb York’s unlucky deputy. As sur...

On the anniversary of his wife’s death, Leo Carlin and his two sons come together for their traditional night of sharing the good and not-so-good memories of the dearly departed Mrs. Carlin. Beers are drunk. Plans are hatched. Secrets are revealed.The Mighty Carlins is a black comedy that celebrates a family at its worst.Starring Shane Rimmer, Christopher Ragland, and Christian Malcolm

The best Science Fiction stories to come from such authors as Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, and Poul Anderson. Originally a spinoff from the NBC radio show DIMENSION X, X MINUS ONE continued the tradition of outstanding writing, acting, and direction for three seasons from 1955 to 1958 on NBC radio.X MINUS ONE, VOLUME ONE contains all 31 half-hour episodes from the original radio broadcasts of the 1955 season, digitally remastered and commercial free.

First published in the year 1873, 'A Pair of Blue Eyes' by Thomas Hardy describes the love triangle of a young woman, Elfride Swancourt, and her two suitors from very different backgrounds. Stephen Smith is a socially inferior but ambitious young man who adores her and with whom she shares a country background. Henry Knight is the respectable, established, older man who represents London society. Although the two are friends, Knight is not aware of Smith's previous liaison with Elfride.

This file includes the classic ghost stories: Schalken the Painter (1851), An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street (1853), An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House (1862), Ultor De Lacy: A Legend of Cappercullen (1861) , The Haunted Baronet (1871), Ghost Stories of Chapelizod (1851), The Drunkard's Dream (1838), The Ghost and the Bone-setter (1838), The Mysterious Lodger (1850) , LAURA SILVER BELL (1872), WICKED CAPTAIN WALSHAWE, OF WAULING (1869), THE CHILD THAT WENT WI...