'Ondjou' by Nicholas John, is the absorbing final story in his compilation book 'The Baboons Who Flew and Other Stories' and is ideal for younger readers, who want something more challenging or parents wanting to stretch their children's vocabulary. Sahel brings the lion Sulu Sappor unwelcome news from Africa of the drought-stricken savannah and is fretting about the survival of the family he left there long ago. Unusually, most of the action in this story takes place on the arid savannah ...

"Deep Leadership" explores the quality of leadership required to transform organisations in such a way that they leave a lasting legacy. Crucially, it explores the development of an organisation's culture so that its team feel motivated, appreciated and fulfilled. It also emphasises the development and maintenance of leadership wellbeing.Deep Leadership does not settle for teaching "tricks" that help a leader get his or her way. It teaches a profound level of leadership that comes ...

The Portal to Lean Production: Principles and Practices for Doing More with Less describes the steps, difficulties, and rewards of implementing lean production. The book moves beyond concepts to address practical matters. The authors provide enough information for you to begin implementing lean production within your organization. This book

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Lean Production for Competitive Advantage: A Comprehensive Guide to Lean Methodologies and Management Practices, Second Edition introduces Lean philosophy and illustrates the effective application of Lean tools with real-world case studies. From fundamental concepts to integrated planning and control in pull production and the supply chain, the text provides a complete introduction to Lean production. Coverage includes small batch production, setup reduction, pull production, preventive ma...

"May our love for the Sun, the will of God, be as strong as the sunflower's, so that even in days of hardship and sorrow we will continue to sail unerringly along the sea of life, following the directions of the barometer and compass of God's will that leads us to the safe haven of eternity." This is a thoroughly practical manual of the spiritual life focusing on the goal of every Christian: learning the will of God and struggling to mold our life to it.

After 30 years of research, the author of The History of Correlation organized his notes into a manuscript draft during the lockdown months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Getting it into shape for publication took another few years. It was a labor of love.Readers will enjoy learning in detail how correlation evolved from a completely non-mathematical concept to one today that is virtually always viewed mathematically. This book reports in detail on 19th- and 20th-centur...

When Manias, Panics, and Crashes was published (1978), the world was entering a new period of global economic turbulence. Economists based their analyses on the assumption that investors act rationally and often communicated their ideas with dry, technical language. Using a more literary, descriptive style, Kindleberger argued that markets are unstable precisely because investors act irrationally when they get swept along on a tide of optimism or despair making the financial markets suscep...

A promiment banker calls Nick Carter in to investigate $90,000 in missing funds—and a trusted clerk who has disappeared.Includes an introduction by John Betancourt.

A land destroyed by war. An army of giants on the rampage. Can a broken girl heal the world before it dies?All 16-year-old Khaidu ever wanted was her own hunting eagle. Her ten brothers laugh at her. After all, the rule-bound world of the Gumiren nomads has no place for a girl hunter, much less a crippled one. But Khaidu has a secret. Mastering the ancient magic of eagle-binding, she captures the largest eagle her tribe has ever seen.Except her eagle isn’t ...

When Nick Carter answers the phone, a woman's cry for help, followed by the sharp crack of a revolver being fired, launches the famous detective into his latest case.

Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, policy for inner city regeneration underwent a transformation from a reliance on central and local government activity and the use of public funds, to a much heavier dependence on private sector activities and private investment. In The Enterprise Culture and the Inner City, the authors offer a vigorous and critical investigation of government policy and, in response to the result of the 1992 general election and the implications of the Oly...