John Chambers was brought up on Belfast's notorious Loyalist Glencairn estate, during the height of the Troubles. From an early age he witnessed violence, hatred and horror as Northern Ireland tore itself apart in civil strife. Kneecapping, brutal murders, and even public tarring-and-feathering were simply a fact of life for the children on the estate. He thought he knew which side he was on, but although raised as a Loyalist, he was hiding a troubling secret: that his disappeared mother -...

The remarkable story of how our solar system came to beThe birth and evolution of our solar system is a tantalizing mystery that may one day provide answers to the question of human origins. From Dust to Life tells the remarkable story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how scientists and philosophers have sought to unravel this mystery down through the centuries, piecing toget...

In the past, business people discovered the importance of relationships: it was easier, safer and more reliable to deal with people you knew and trusted. The evolution of this insight is the explosion we see today of networking groups. Businesses and business people alike understand the importance and potential of networking. Unfortunately for most of them, it is potential unrealized. For the truth is most business people don't know how to effectively network. They view networking as nothi...

A double feature flipbook from the brilliant John Chambers!Cursing HomeThe old shall destroy the youngGrandpa Earnest is dragged from his home and banished to Withered Oaks-a nursing home for seniors with magical powers. While there, he discovers a demon-worshipping cult bent on revenge against the young for their cruel and heartless ways.Earnest's granddaughter, Arica, is the only one who sympathizes with his plight. She breaks into the facility to rescue...

Legendary Silicon Valley visionary and one of the world's greatest business leaders, John Chambers shares the playbook and philosophy that transformed Cisco into a global tech titan and now inspire a new generation of leaders.With numerous start-ups moving from zero to a billion to bankruptcy in a matter of years, it’s clear that sustaining a business in the digital age is no walk in the park. Over 20 years, John Chambers transformed a company with 400 employees and one toaster-siz...

This book gives you more than just "tired and true" networking tips. What's more, it helps you understand how and why networking works in both business and interpersonal relationships, and provides real insight about interacting with one another. You will pick up many new ideas and use them to build your own network of contacts, increase your client base and expand your market. No matter what business you're in, this book can help you uncover new business and customers. It should be right ...

Legendary Silicon Valley visionary and one of the world's greatest business leaders, John Chambers shares the playbook and philosophy that transformed Cisco into a global tech titan and now inspire a new generation of leaders.With numerous start-ups moving from zero to a billion to bankruptcy in a matter of years, it’s clear that sustaining a business in the digital age is no walk in the park. Over 20 years, John Chambers transformed a company with 400 employees and one toaster-siz...

This book sets echocardiography within a routine clinical context. It aims to synthesise guidelines into a pragmatic clinical approach to real patients providing a step-by-step guide to performing, reporting, and interpreting a study. We wrote it imagining we were the calm voice of a senior echocardiographer teaching a junior colleague. This edition has been extensively revised with an expansion of sections on acute, intensive care, and emergency medicine. COVID-19 has necessitated limitin...

Silicon Valley visionary John Chambers shares the lessons that transformed a dyslexic kid from West Virginia into one of the world's best business leaders and turned a simple router company into a global tech titan.When Chambers joined Cisco in 1991, it was a company with 400 employees, a single product, and about $70 million in revenue. When he stepped down as CEO in 2015, he left a $47 billion tech giant that was the backbone of the internet and a leader in areas...

This book makes it easy for anyone to network. It discusses different networking styles, and covers everything from appearance to desktops to office enhancements, it is The Complete How - To on Effective Networking.It helps you to define and set your networking goals. Also included are suggestions on how to find groups to join in order to build a networking pool and how to get more specific results from those suggestions.This book is a guide to networking and building relat...

When in 1867 the four principal British provinces in the eastern portion of North America were confederated under the British North America Act and became the original Dominion of Canada, the vast regions of the west vaguely known under several designations such as the “Hudson’s Bay Territory,” the “Northwest Territory” and “Rupert’s Land,” and extending from the United States boundary to Arctic sea, and from the western frontier of Ontario, James bay and Hudson bay to Rocky mountains, rem...

We are at war! This is not a drill. The stage is being set. The controlled demolition of the current financial system and restructure is happening right before our eyes. The currency supremacy war is heating up. One of many battles in this war between good and evil. The Central Banks are preparing to convert deposits into the Central Bank Digital currency (of which President Donald J. Trump has spoken out against). With this Central Bank move, there are valid and great concerns of draconia...