From Apple's iPhone to Uber's ride-sharing service to ChatGPT, over recent decades we've seen 'big ideas' turn the world on its head.Yet what about those big, everyday ideas that can give your business an edge? Those little hinges that swing big doors, each of which can be worth thousands to business owners?You'll find 7 of these ideas inside "The Big Ideas Book," which is based on the three legs of a stool every business needs to thrive: lead generation, systematisation/au...

Like the view from a cracked wing mirror, each chapter reveals another sharp reflection of the characters who inhabit the Ails Valley. Revealed in fragments, their lives overlap and intertwine through decades. Humour and tragedy coexist for these unpretentious people, as their lives intersect, collide, fall apart and move on. ‘It’s all done with artistry, and with assurance, as though Peter were on his tenth book of fiction instead of his first. He knows exactly what to do, how m...

Jan Opolský has primarily been viewed as an undistinguished hanger-on in the era of Czech literary decadence. Through close reading and detailed analysis of Opolský’s prose, however, Peter Butler argues that, far from his reputation as a literary lackey, Opolský is a master of sustained narrative irony and an accomplished writer in his own right. Beyond Decadence evaluates archival sources and private correspondence between Opolský and other literary figures, and includes a classi...

This book is a timely reminder of Lachlan Macquarie's importance to modern Australians'He was a Christian, a perfect gentleman, and a supreme legislator of the human heart. … Whenever the sculptor shall imagine a guardian angel for New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, the chisel of gratitude shall portray the beloved and majestic features of General Macquarie.' Hobart Town GazetteIn 1810 Lachlan Macquarie became governor of New South Wales. He ruled the c...