Isa returns to her village and discovers her family has been taken. She sets out to find them, makingfriends along the way and discovers that the world is much bigger than she ever imagined. Amysterious darkness is creeping across Andalusia. One king is dead and another has fallen ill. Peacebetween the four kingdoms is faltering. With the help of her new friends, Isa must awaken the powerresiding within herself and discover the source of the approaching evil. Jo...

Isa returns to her village and discovers her family has been taken. She sets out to find them, making friends along the way, and discovers that the world is much bigger than she ever imagined. A mysterious darkness is creeping across Andalusia.One king is dead, and another has been fallen gravely ill. Peace between the four kingdoms is faltering. With the help of her new friends, Isa must awaken the power within her and discover the source of the approaching evil, but time is runni...

In the five years since the first edition of this book published, there has been an accelerated rise in the number and influence of COO roles in the legal sphere. No longer the preserve of the largest national and international firms, mid-tier firms and even New Law and alternative legal service providers are considering a COO as a potential – perhaps even essential – component of law firm management, to achieve increased efficiency, productivity, and meet the demands of a highly competiti...

When King Hezekiah discovers that God's Law forbids him to take multiple wives, he must choose one woman to love. He must also choose to trust God's promises when he decides to rebel against his powerful Assyrian overlords. Hezekiah seeks to strengthen his nation's fortifications by building a tunnel in Jerusalem to hide his water supply. The tension mounts as the Assyrians march closer--and Hezekiah's tunnel remains incomplete.With his officials advising him to submit to the Assyrians, He...

For over a decade, It’s Your Move has been helping Canadian executives, managers and professionals get the job they really want with proven advice and strategies. Today, competition for jobs is tough, but at the same time, opportunities for career change are plentiful. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, It’s Your Move offers clear, proven advice and strategies includingHow to use social media effectively—from establishing a powerful online presence t...

Emery Elward returned to Trinity Creek with no intention of doing anything but repairing the farmhouse he grew up in, starting a business, and tending to the graveyard linked to his family's property. He has no interest in renewing past friendships. But one old friend is determined to get Emery out from behind the cemetery's iron gates.Crafty, delicate Ezra Bell, who tailors his coal-black suits, knits gloves to warm his cold hands, and couldn't make a plant grow if he tried, isn't...

PRAISE FOR Balanced Scorecard Step-By-Step: Maximizing Performance and Maintaining Results, Second Edition"As a practitioner and thought leader, Paul Niven is superbly bridging the gulf between BSC theory and application through hands-on experiences and real-world case studies. The book provides a practical road map, step-by-step, to plan, execute, and sustain a winning scorecard campaign. Easy to read . . . tells a powerful story with lessons learned/best...

CHANGSon. Brother. Friend. Lover. Husband. Father.Warrior.Throughout his long life, he has been all of these things. But before all else, he has been a protector. He has made friends, but more importantly, he has made enemies. One has stalked him through the millennia, centuries before he took the name Chang and long before he found a lost, orphaned boy who would one day become one of the most powerful Alphas in th...

Leading Effective Supply Chain Transformations clearly defines how to achieve and maintain a supply chain leadership position by focusing on real-world execution and detailed integration of specific actions and process techniques. These distinguished experts and accomplished authors have gathered the nuggets of success from many international firms and combined them into a winning formula, not available in other books, that has been achieved by the select few. This unique,...

In the rich tradition of Francine Rivers’s Lineage of Grace series, comes a beautiful retelling of the biblical story of the woman at the well—bringing to life this poignant young woman struggling to survive love and heartbreak.Could he be the One we’ve been waiting for?For the women of the Samaritan village of Sychar, the well is a place of blessing—the place where they gather to draw their water and share their lives—but not for Mara. Shu...

Tirzah’s people, the Israelites, have been in slavery to the Egyptians for many years. Tirzah and her lame brother, Oren, help gather straw to make bricks. She observes the suffering of her people and the injustices that are done to them by the Egyptian police. Moses begs Pharaoh to let them go, but Pharaoh makes them work harder.One night, when the plague of death strikes down Pharaoh’s own son, he allows the Israelites to flee on foot, only to pursue them with horses and chariots...

A practical approach to business transformationFit for Growth***** is a unique approach to business transformation that explicitly connects growth strategy with cost management and organization restructuring. Drawing on 70-plus years of strategy consulting experience and in-depth research, the experts at PwC’s Strategy& lay out a winning framework that helps CEOs and senior executives transform their organizations for sustainable, profitable growth. This a...