The purpose of this book is to address one of the most rapidly growing and important areas in the field of organization development. Despite its importance, relatively little is known about international and global organization development. This book is designed to summarize and apply the existing knowledge in international and global organization development in such a fashion as to provide insight, knowledge, and application in a way that is most helpful to the organization development pr...

Though the greats of Hollywood may fade, their secrets live on foreverFedora is dead, and movies will never be the same. A star since the early days of Hollywood, she survived the business for an unprecedented four decades before retiring to Crete. As the years wore on and her costars turned wrinkled and worn, Fedora's perfect features never faded. Now that she has finally passed, the secret to her longevity will be told—a shocking revelation that will raise her to ...

In the pursuit of Christian maturity and guidance, few works have stood the test of time with as much reverence and wisdom as The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis. Written in the 15th century, its profound insights continue to resonate with seekers of truth across generations.This timeless masterpiece simply and clearly points us towards Jesus Christ as the authour of faith and the exemplar of Christian living.Head Stories Audio presents "The Imitaion of Chri...

I’m rather used to the crazy cases, because let’s face it, most cops can handle the run-of-the-mill with their eyes closed. I’m only called in when the situation is weird or they need to solve the case fast.This case is a little of both.Someone’s attacking women as they get off of work, hitting them in the back of the head. What started as a case of battery has steadily built up to homicide. With three murders, six victims, and no leads, the Clarksville PD are desperate to ...

A story of guilt, murder and politics set in Africa and New York from the acknowledged master of psychological suspense.Twenty years ago, Ray Campbell was an idealistic aid worker in Africa. He fell in love there with Martine, a local farmer, who tried to make Ray see that all actions have consequences. But he couldn't, not until it was too late...When a friend from his time in Africa is found dead in a New York alley, Ray is forced to return to a past he's spent a lifetime...

In August 1867, a routine commuter train running along the Irish Sea from Enniscorthy to Dublin approached the Ramscalp Bridge. The bridge, just south of Bray Head, had rails and sleepers replaced the evening before and "thoroughly" inspected. Ten trains passed over the ravine without incident. Not so for the 6:30 a.m. Enniscorthy train. As it approached the trestle at 9:30 that morning, things would forever change for the lives of all those aboard.The site of disaster exists today...

"[A] thriller that reads like a high-speed theme park ride . . . with dark humor so sharp it'll make you bleed." —Brian Freeman, New York Times–bestselling authorFormer Orlando detective Michael Garrity doesn't have a good track record when it comes to women. With two ex-wives and a teenage daughter he rarely sees, the most significant relationship in his life right now is with the tumor in his head. Terminal cancer is no joke, but Mike is determined to ma...

A comprehensive, easy-to-follow guide to understanding and managing your diabetes.Silver Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Awards (Health & Fitness) by the Independent Book Publishers Association; Winner of the Best Book Award (Health: Medical Reference) by the American Book Fest; Silver Winner of Book Award (Education) by the National Health Information AwardsDiabetes Head to Toe is an invaluable resource for anyone living with diabetes. It includes...

An unflinchingly honest exploration of dementia and football from 1970s Bolton, Burnley and Blackpool striker Paul Fletcher.Written with respected football writer Dave Thomas, author of more than 30 football books.Features a contribution from Bryony Hill, whose late husband, the famous footballer and TV personality Jimmy Hill, was a dementia sufferer.The number of footballers who have succumbed to dementia is horrifying. A name appears in the press ...

In 1929, nearly four hundred years after the deaths of Saints Thomas More and John Fisher, G.K. Chesterton observed in words equally attributable to Fisher, “Blessed Thomas More is more important at this moment than at any moment since his death, even perhaps the great moment of his dying; but he is not quite so important as he will be in a hundred years.” Judge Robert J Conrad, Jr. anticipates Chesterton’s one-hundred-year mark in a collection of stories from the lives of More and Fisher,...

A famous writer is dead. Suicide? Punishment? Or Justice?Julian Wells was a writer of dark non-fiction works that detailed some of the worst crimes of the 20th Century. Was it this exploration of man's inhumanity to man that caused him to take his own life?When his body is found in a boat drifting in a pond in Montauk, New York, his best friend, the literary critic Philip Anders, begins to reread his work in order to prepare a eulogy. This rereading, along with other clues,...

The purpose of this research was to obtain a historically rooted understanding of the development, application, and adaptation of the British COIN approach—one from which the US has borrowed heavily. It focuses upon those factors which interfere with timely, adaptive application of current COIN doctrine as soon as the warning signs of insurgency present themselves. The price of failing to do so in terms of blood and treasure has been widely proclaimed daily in the news media during the pas...