The once star profiler for the FBI, Doug ONeal, who has been able to capture the greatest of serial killers, rapists, and criminals, comes back to San Francisco to find the worst of them. Because of this killer's background, the FBI has never even known he existed. Doug has only suspected that he exists.The FBI puts together a task force with the San Francisco police, Anne Borges, and Jeff Shinn to hunt down this suspect to prevent any more deaths. The police are always looking for...

Why not just make the cake? That's a question countless people across the country started asking in 2012, when Jack Phillips told two men who walked into his Masterpiece Cakeshop that he couldn't create a custom cake for their same-sex wedding. And the question only grew more urgent as Phillips had to defend himself first before the Colorado Civil Rights Commission and then numerous courts—losing at every step of the way until the US Supreme Court ruled in his favor in June 2018.Wh...

Human Resources used to be about recruiting good people, preparing them for assignments, motivating them to perform, and retaining them. Do these things well and your well-oiled machine will operate as planned. But in today’s turbulent and increasingly broadening economy, HR must go beyond its traditional focus if a company is to also expand and become as far-reaching as the times are trying to take it. While the core plan of recruit, prepare, motivate, and retain is still essential, High-...

Show the value of virtual learning to demonstrate business impact.In Designing Virtual Learning for Application and Impact, virtual learning expert Cindy Huggett teams with evaluation experts Jack and Patti Phillips and learning transfer authority Emma Weber to create a guidebook for TD practitioners to ensure that their online programs achieve measurable results beyond the virtual classroom.This practical book outlines a design process focused on ...

Measuring the return on investment (ROI) of human resources programs is critical for success in today's business world and is an absolute requirement for HR professionals who are part of the senior executive team.This revised and updated second edition of Proving the Value of HR illustrates the use of ROI methodology as a communication tool that strengthens the relationship with senior management as well as a process-improvement tool that ...

Prove the financial value of your programs—so funders can’t say no“Not measuring the impact of leadership development is like dieting without weighing-in. This outstanding book offers a very logical and practical approach to measuring the impact of leadership development.”—Dave Ulrich, Professor, University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, and partner, The RBL Group“This book explains many of the reasons why current lea...

Traditionally, human resources has focused on recruiting good people, preparing them for assignments, motivating them to perform, and retaining them. These functions remain essential, but to be successful in turbulent times like ours, human capital strategy needs to be broader and much more far-reaching.High-Impact Human Capital Strategy examines 12 critical forces that must be considered: globalization, changes in workforce demographics, skill shortages and mismatches in labor mar...

Reads like a modern classic. Sharp, funny, original – I thought this was brilliant' – Sam Copeland, author of the bestselling Charlie Changes into a Chicken'What a FEAST! A funny and (bone) cracking good read’ – Michelle Harrison, bestselling author of A Pinch of MagicMajor film deal announced with Warner Brothers and Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts producer, David Heyman.The most exciting new children's book of 2020 and...

The ghastly tale of a spoiled child, a crumbling manor and a life-changing potion … ⚡️⚡️⚡️ 'I can’t wait to read it again.' — Lemony SnicketIn a whimsical twist on the classic tale by RL Stevenson, spoiled young Henrik Jekyll has been left his ancestor Dr Jekyll’s house, laboratory, and — most importantly — secret, life-altering Hyde Potion recipe. Henrik’s curiosity soon leads him down a dark path, unleashing a chaotic alter ego named Eddie. With Eddie's strength and misch...

Bitte (nicht) füttern! Seit Jahrhunderten hält Ebenezer Tweezer heimlich auf dem Dachboden ein Biest, welches er mit allem füttert, was es begehrt. Im Gegenzug spuckt es einen Trank aus, der Tweezer ewige Jugend und Unsterblichkeit bringt. Doch das Biest wird immer gieriger und verlangt nun ein saftiges Kind. Und so kommt die ungezogene Waise Bethany ins Spiel - Verzeihung! - ins Haus. Es dürfte nicht sonderlich schwerfallen, dem Biest diese rotzige Göre zum Fraß vorzuwerfen, oder? Zumal E...

“Thriller writing at its best. Thriller enthusiasts who relish the precise execution of an international thriller, but who seek the psychological depth and believability of a protagonist who simultaneously fields professional and personal life challenges, will find this a gripping story that's hard to put down.”--Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (regarding Any Means Necessary)“One of the best thrillers I have read this year. The plot is intelligent and will keep you hooke...

A bundle of books #1 (ROGUE FORCE) and #2 (ROGUE COMMAND) in Jack Mars’s Troy Stark Thriller series—a bestseller! This bundle offers books one and two in one convenient file, with over 150,000 words of reading. In ROGUE FORCE, Troy finds himself partnered with an Interpol agent who is as different from him as can be, and their instant dislike is mutual. But they have an attack to stop, and only a few days to do it, and together they’ll need each other as they criss-cross Europe in a high-o...